Missable help

[Jon.Topps]

I've read posts and sites and stuff, and from what I see for the Steam achievements, the only missable is the treasure hunter one. For this, I have to make sure I get, and don't sell, every piece of equipment, with the main (only?) thing to really worry about being the elemental rings.

Can anyone tell me exactly which things I need to watch out for?
I just don't want to get to the end and realize "ohhh I missed that..."

Thanks for the help!

[Number Eight]

I would strongly recommend against doing 100% achievements run on the first play-through. It completely ruined the game experience for me.

Nonetheless: Major misconception about this achievement is that you need to have one of every item present in the inventory by the end of the game, while it's actually only necessary to acquire every item at some point during the game-play.

Upgrading weapon or accessory to final stage count as having all of those previous stages acquired.
You don't need to have multiple stages of same item to be present in the inventory as suggested in the jduecker's guide.[gamefaqs.gamespot.com]
(he does mention in the guide that it's just due to his way of completionist gaming.)

However, if you have problem to remember what items you have acquired through out the game- progress, it's safer to always keep at least one of each accessory, when you decide to sell some.

Problem might be to watch out for treasure spheres. I don't remember if there are some accessories that can be obtained only through some hidden treasure in unrevisitable location though.

Both Fandom[finalfantasy.fandom.com] and Gamer Corner[guides.gamercorner.net] can be of some help to get better info about each accessory origin/upgrade.

[groudonvert]

Only the Elemental Rings can be a problem because you can buy them in a shop. BUT dismantling an Elemental Charm gives you the base Elemental Ring you need and all of them are in the Archylte Steppe.

[Number Eight]

Originally posted by groudonvert:

Only the Elemental Rings can be a problem because you can't buy them in a shop. BUT dismantling an Elemental Charm gives you the base Elemental Ring you need and all of them are in the Archylte Steppe.

Might be worthy to say that various stages of elemental rings are in many treasure spheres throughout the game, you just have to watch out to not miss any treasures.
Charms on the other hand are unique and you can get only one of each from treasures in Gran Pulse, with exception of water and ice, where you can get two of them.

Jduecker's guide tells you do not sell any charms since you need to dismantle one of the ice charm to have 3 frost rings total. One to keep at 1st stage, second to upgrade to icicle ring and last one to upgrade all the way to boreal ring. As I mentioned before, that's optional.

[tiornys]

It's possible to miss some copies of various limited items, but it's possible to access at least one copy of every item from guaranteed boss drops, shops, upgrading/dismantling, mission rewards, and treasures in postgame locations. If you avoid selling any of the elemental Charms then you can always complete Treasure Hunter.