Sky Pirate's Den

The Sky Pirate's Den (空賊の隠れ家, Kūzoku no Kakurega?) is a collection of achievements for Final Fantasy XII. By fulfilling certain conditions unknown to the player until they actually fulfill them, sprites of characters, monsters and other familiar objects from the game will move into the den. It was originally not present in The Zodiac Age version, having been replaced by trophies/achievements with mostly identical requirements, but fan demand led to the feature being re-implemented in patch 1.04.

Along with the sprite the player will be given a title and the condition for the sprite will be revealed. The player needs to complete the Sky Pirate's Den to reach the highest rank in Clan Centurio, The Order of Ambrosia.

To fill the bestiary completely for Ba'Gamnan's sprite, the player needs to kill at least one of every normal enemy, and defeat all Hunts and Rare Game (trophy Rare Game included). Chocobos and the different types of humanoid enemies (i.e. bangaa, seeq, etc) all share the same bestiary entry, so the player does not need to find every variation. The enemies not needed for bestiary completion are the final bosses and the enemies in the very last dungeon (accessed past the point of no return), as well as the Trial Stage 100 enemies in the Zodiac versions. The player can fill the bestiary by either fighting in the normal game, or in the Trial Mode. If the player defeats an enemy in Trial Mode that grants a Sky Pirate's Den sprite that they have not already defeated in the normal game, the Sky Pirate's Den sprite will be waiting if they load the normal game from the Trial Mode save. Additionally, the respective trophy/achievement will be granted immediately upon defeating it.

Sprites

Image	Character	Title	Awarded for
	Ashe	Exemplar	Getting your party's average level above 50.
	Ba'Gamnan	Scrivener	Complete the Bestiary in the Clan Primer. It is only required to defeat every enemy once; the extra pages do not need to be unlocked.
	Balthier	Assault Striker	Attacking 300 times.
	Basch	Blood Dancer	Defeating 500 enemies.
	Behemoth King	Lord of the Kings	Defeating the Behemoth King.
	Belias	High Summoner	Acquiring every Esper.
	Carrot	Freshmaker	Defeating Carrot.
	Chocobo	Wayfarer	Walking more than 50,000 steps.
	Crystal	Runeweaver	Obtain all magick.
	Deathgaze	Eagle Eye	Defeating Deathgaze.
	Fafnir	Wyrmslayer	Defeating Fafnir.
	Fran	Spellsinger	Casting over 200 spells.
	Gabranth	Mist Walker	Unleashing all Concurrences at least once each.
	Gilgamesh	Master Swordsman	Defeating Gilgamesh.
	Gurdy	Spendthrift	Spending over 1,000,000 gil.
	Hell Wyrm	Radiant Savior	Defeating the Hell Wyrm.
	Migelo	Privateer	Selling 1000 pieces of loot.
	Mimic?	Collector	Buying the Canopic Jar.
	Montblanc	The Unrelenting	Getting a battle chain of over 50.
	Old Dalan	Cartographer	Fully explored every map. Does not include areas that can only be visited once, the final dungeon, or areas without a mini-map present. It is not necessary to "light up" every part of every zone; it is sufficient to own a map for the area and enter each zone and residence.
	Penelo	Plunderer	Getting over 100,000 gil.
	Rasler	Conqueror	Unlocking every license at least once, Espers and Quickenings included. In the Zodiac versions, accumulating 48,000 License Points.
	Reks	Record Breaker	Getting over 500,000 clan points.
	Trickster	Sharpshooter	Defeating Trickster.
	Ultima	Fell Angel	Defeating Ultima.
	Vaan	Master Thief	Stealing successfully over 50 times.
	Vayne	Premier Prestidigitator	Using Technicks over 100 times.
	Vossler	Jack-of-All-Trades	Buying every Technick.
	Yiazmat	Hunter Extraordinaire	Defeating Yiazmat.
	Zodiark	Zodiac Knight	Defeating Zodiark.

Behind the scenes

The floor pattern in the Sky Pirate's Den resembles the cover of the Final Fantasy Tactics Advance Gran Grimoire. The Sky Pirate's Den also resembles the Titles section in the Vagrant Story Score menu, in that it lists titles a player acquires upon meeting certain conditions, but does not reveal what the conditions are until they are met. Both Vagrant Story and Final Fantasy XII had the same original director, Yasumi Matsuno, though Matsuno was replaced part-way through development.

Gallery

A completed Sky Pirate's Den.

Sky Pirate's Den (HD).

Etymology

[view · edit · purge]Air pirates, also known as sky pirates, are a type of stock character from science fiction and fantasy. Fictional air pirates typically operate as pirates in the air, or, in general, the atmosphere of a planet, dwarf planet or moon, and travel by aircraft, as opposed to the more traditional pirates on the high seas, who travel by ship.