Pharos First Ascent

[Nezkeys]

I noticed two paths here i couldnt get to. One had a chest at the other side and the other was a fools wall. I kept returning here after every new bridge just to check but nothing. Im now on the 3rd ascent so cant be bothered returning. Is it something i get access to later or they are actually obtainable first time you see them? If they are im assuming the messages on the pillars were clues and i should have paid more attention lol. More than likely theyre useless too

[Zodiark]

You have to build bridges by killing Brainpans. You can return any time.

[JD]

Kill all the Brainpans first, they are the ones with the green flame. Avoid the Deidars on your way up, because if you kill one of them before you've killed all the Brainpans, they will take away parts of the bridges that you're building with green blocks. When you stop hearing the very distincitive noise from the dead Brainpans building your bridges and can reach the top, then start killing Deidars (doesn't matter if you kill any Brainpans at this point). They throw off the red bricks which build the bridges to the secret areas which include some chests you probably don't want to miss (Gungnir, Holy, Perseus Bow). The quickest way is to go all the way to the top, zone through the next two areas so the enemies regenerate, and head back down to kill more Deidars which are clustered near the top. Again, keep killing until you don't hear the noise anymore and then go loot the chests.

Luckily, the game seems to keep the version of the enemy that you're not supposed to be killing at that point "asleep" most of the time unless you get up close to it and aggro it.

[JD]

Also, the pillars don't mean anything unless you need hints on which waystones to touch on the third ascent. Those are on the pillars in the area where you land if you pick the wrong stone twice and have to fight a bunch of undead. Don't forget to access the secret areas in the Third Ascent behind the fool's facade walls. There's some great stuff like Ardor hidden in there.

[Nezkeys]

Originally posted by JDHski:

Also, the pillars don't mean anything unless you need hints on which waystones to touch on the third ascent. Those are on the pillars in the area where you land if you pick the wrong stone twice and have to fight a bunch of undead. Don't forget to access the secret areas in the Third Ascent behind the fool's facade walls. There's some great stuff like Ardor hidden in there.

I figured all that stuff out by myself aye and got those treasures you speak of on the 3rd ascent. At least in that case the pillars tell you the 4 colours. The part i am referring to is on the first level. Gonna try and follow the advice in your first post...but i already knew that the deidars take away a green block. The gaps i am referring to are not even those gaps. There is no way id have made it to the top if i didnt know to kill brainpans. If those red blocks build bridges in the other places then why were they not there when i returned to check like 4 times before saying fk it

[Hinnyuu]

None of the treasures are worth getting anyway. The weapons are a joke at that point, and Holy is an absolutely terrible spell you never want to use.

Just make sure to grab Ardor in the teleport maze.

[Nezkeys]

Originally posted by Hinnyuu:

None of the treasures are worth getting anyway. The weapons are a joke at that point, and Holy is an absolutely terrible spell you never want to use.

Just make sure to grab Ardor in the teleport maze.

Im fine then as picked up ardor and white robes in the same room. Im only here for a hunt. Im stuck anyway the dais wont go to the unkown

[Hinnyuu]

Originally posted by Nezkeys:

Im fine then as picked up ardor and white robes in the same room. Im only here for a hunt. Im stuck anyway the dais wont go to the unkown

To get to the ???? area you have to:

- be on the Shadowseer hunt
- have filled all pedestals on all Subterra levels with the correct number of orbs
- have defeated the Phoenix miniboss

[Nezkeys]

Originally posted by Hinnyuu:

Originally posted by Nezkeys:

Im fine then as picked up ardor and white robes in the same room. Im only here for a hunt. Im stuck anyway the dais wont go to the unkown

To get to the ???? area you have to:

- be on the Shadowseer hunt
- have filled all pedestals on all Subterra levels with the correct number of orbs
- have defeated the Phoenix miniboss

I just figured it out. Went checking all the rooms. It appears i missed a fools facade which led to phoenix. The interior of those rooms are more annoying than great crystal tho tbh. Also is there even any point to wasting an elixir on those magic pots?

[Hinnyuu]

Originally posted by Nezkeys:

Also is there even any point to wasting an elixir on those magic pots?

Well they drop MASSIVE LP when you kill them, and you can give them an elixir then steal one back.

Also they have gun resistance but that's still more damage than any other weapon. Non-elemental spells + gun and you can kill them without an elixir if you really want to (they hit hard though).

[Nezkeys]

Originally posted by Hinnyuu:

Originally posted by Nezkeys:

Also is there even any point to wasting an elixir on those magic pots?

Well they drop MASSIVE LP when you kill them, and you can give them an elixir then steal one back.

Also they have gun resistance but that's still more damage than any other weapon. Non-elemental spells + gun and you can kill them without an elixir if you really want to (they hit hard though).

Ah. I already completed everyones licence boards and had 5000lp on everyone tho lol

I started using turtleshell choker on my whm/time now instead of sage ring. cat ear hoods on the 3 reserve members makes you even more gil than choker will use up as well so you make gil fast at the same time as using it. 3 million mp and rising ... LOL