San d'Oria Mission 2-3
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Notes
- This fight is capped at level 25, meaning your level will be lowered to 25 and gear currently equipped will have stats lowered. Gear will be capped and scaled down, instead of being unequipped. (I.E. Scaled down the same as level sync.)
- This fight can be done with either a party of 25s, or Duoable by 2 SAM using two hour, or BLM, WHM, and WAR can trio it.
- This fight is Duoable by a BLM and a MNK. Sleep dragon, MNK kills eye, then uses 2 Hour on Dragon. Very quick fight. No meds needed.
Walkthrough
- Talk to the gate guard to obtain this mission. The gate guard will send you to Halver inside the castle. Halver will give you the Letter to the Consuls and tell you to travel to Bastok and Windurst and go to the embassy. Which nation you go first is up to you.
- You may need to trade crystals to a Temple Knight NPC for rank points, if you skipped mission 2-2. You do not need to completely fill the rank point bar; 3 stacks of crystals should suffice.
Bastok 
Windurst walkthrough
Bastok
- Head to the Consulate of San d'Oria in Metalworks and talk to ambassador Savae E Paleade. After a cutscene, she will send you to the President's office. Speak to Pius(attention, Pius is located in "Department of Industry"), who will explain the situation. Now talk to Grohm inside the eatery. He will give you some Pickaxes, but this may not be enough.
- You can also just buy the Mine Gravel at the Auction House and skip the Pickaxe step below.
- Buy extra Pickaxes (three extra is more than enough), and a map to Palborough Mines, located in the northeast corner of North Gustaberg that you must enter through Port Bastok. Only Sneak is necessary while inside Palborough Mines.
- Head to (I-8) after entering, There is a Mythril Seam located at I-8 on the first floor on the west side of the river. Trade your Pickaxe to the seams. It may take several attempts.
- Once you obtain the Mine Gravel, take the loop around to get to the other side of the river and use the elevator to get to the third floor.
- Head to (I-7). (NOTE! If you are on a PC you might want to use tab to target the lid because I was unable to do so with the mouse) You will find a refiner with a lid. Trade the gravel to the refiner lid, then pull the lever. Simply drop off of the ledge to the floor below, and you will find a lever, which needs to be pulled. You will receive the Mythril Sand that the ambassador wants.
- Return to the San d'Orian Consulate and trade that item to Savae E Paleade. She will tell you at this point that the Bastok part of the mission is done.
Windurst
- Now head to Windurst, and go to the San d'Orian embassy in Windurst Woods. Talk to Mourices and Forine (G-10) inside the embassy; they will ask you to go to Heavens Tower, which is in Windurst Walls. Kupipi inside the tower (In The clerical chamber straight ahead from entrance) will give you a Key Item: Dark Key that will get you inside Balga's Dais.
- Purchase a map of Giddeus, find a level 25 party (with someone that can sleep), and bring antidotes (White Mages may need reraiser). Only Invisible is needed inside Giddeus. Once inside of Giddeus, head to (G-12) to zone into Balga's Dais.
- Upon entering the battlefield and receiving a cutscene, you will find the Searcher and Black Dragon. The order of the fight is recommended to kill Searcher, then Black Dragon. The BLM should use Elemental Seal + Sleep on the dragon while everyone kills the Searcher. Once the Searcher is gone, the Black Dragon will die quickly. This dragon has a very potent AOE poison attack that does 10 damage per tick, which makes antidotes necessary. He also may curse the tanks.
- Easily soloable by a blu/nin using 1 Yagudo Drink. Cast Sheep Song to Sleep the dragon and kill the eye (Bludgeon works best) after the eye is dead, slept the dragon 1 more time to allow time to heal mp. Attack the dragon spamming Head Butt and Bludgeon and it will go down in no time.
- Duoed by MNK/WAR and SMN/WHM with MNK using Persikos au Lait and both using 2-hours.
- Duoed by SAM/WAR and BLM/WHM using both 2-hours.
- A RDM/NIN with some skill is able to solo this with no items. I have on many instances.
- Duoed by BST/NIN and BLM/WHM using quite a few potions, a couple ethers, 2 HQ crabs (may need 3, crab ended with less then 3% health) a little skill and a lot of luck.
- Once the Black Dragon is defeated, another cutscene will happen. You will be transported to West Sarutabaruta. Report to Mourices at the embassy. You will be rewarded with the key item Kindred Report. The embassy will tell you that this part of mission is done. It is time to talk to Halver.
Windurst Bastok walkthrough
- Go to the Consulate of San d'Oria in Windurst Woods and talk to Mourices, who will send you to Heavens Tower. Talk to Kupipi to receive the shield key item, then head to Giddeus.
- Once in Giddeus, drop down to the lower level. You will need to defeat Zhuu Buxu the Silent (Spawns around H-7 on Map 2), which has a 15 minutes repop. He will drop a Parana Shield, which you will need 2 of them. The drop rate is 100%. If you are in a party, you will have to wait for him to pop again until everyone has two shields. Once everyone has their shields, follow the torches to find Uu Zhoumo (Giddeus (F-7) - Map 2). Talk to Uu Zhoumo and he will take the key item Kupipi gave you. Return to Kupipi in Heavens Tower for confirmation. Now return to the Consulate of San d'Oria in Windurst. Speak to Mourices, who will assume you ran from Giddeus without showing your pride to the beastmen. Trade him the two Parana Shields to prove him wrong and he will give you orders to head to the next city. The Windurst part of the mission is now complete.
- Now head into Bastok. Go to the embassy inside Metalworks. Talk to Savae E Paleade for a cutscene. She will send you to talk to Pius in the south room of the president's office. You will then be directed to see Grohm in the Craftsmen's Eatery. He will tell you about the burning circle in Waughroon Shrine. Now find a full level 25 party.
- Head to Palborough Mines. Only Sneak is needed. Head to the third floor of the mines, which you can take a shortcut by going up an elevator at [I-8] of Floor 1. Here, Sneak is necessary below level 30. Head North to the next room, then west and eventually south. You will encounter a bridge which you will cross. Head South and East and you will find the zone to Waughroon Shrine at (H-10).
- In Waughroon Shrine you will enter a BCNM capped at level 25. White Mages need Reraiser, as Reraise will be cancelled out upon entering the battlefield. You will find the Seeker and Dark Dragon after a long cutscene. The order of the fight is recommended: Seeker > Dark Dragon. Dark Dragon has an attack that petrifies a party member, so you will need 2 tanks.
- Easily soloable by a blu/nin while using 1 Yagudo Drink. Cast Sheep Song to sleep the dragon and kill the eye (Bludgeon works best) after the eye is dead, sleep the dragon 1 more time to allow time for healing MP. Attack the dragon, spamming Head Butt and Bludgeon, and it will go down in no time. (Even though it says one Yagudo Drink, and this is coming from another BLU who solo'd this, I'd recommend bringing at least one or two Hi-potions if you're a BLU/NIN soloing)
- A RDM/NIN with some skill is able to solo this with no items. I have on many instances.
- Upon defeating the dragon, another cutscene will occur and you will zone into another part of the mines. To return to Bastok, head due north across the bridge, and then west the moment you cross the bridge. You will take a boat that takes you back to Bastok. Report to the embassy, they will tell you to report to Halver.
Game Description
- Mission Orders
- Visit the faraway nations of Bastok and Windurst and receive official recognition as an adventurer.
- Mission Orders (Windurst -> Bastok)
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- Journey to Windurst
- Bring an offering (a shield) from Heavens Tower in Windurst to the Yagudo treasure room in Giddeus. To uphold the honor of San d'Oria, claim two of the same shields from the Yagudo on your return.
- Journey to Bastok
- Reports indicate that the Quadav who inhabit the deepest levels of Palborough Mines are up to something. An official named Pius will instruct you further.
- Mission Orders (Bastok -> Windurst)
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- Journey to Bastok
- Survey Bastokan mining technology, and bring some mythril sand out of Palborough Mines. An official named Pius will instruct you further.
- Journey to Windurst
- Oust the giant monster that dwells deep inside the Yagudo realm of Giddeus.
