Final Fantasy XIII-2 Walkthrough

January 26, 2012 5:12PM PST

Cocoon has fallen! Kweh! Our game guide for Final Fantasy XIII-2 features an in-depth walkthrough covering equipment, monsters, abilities, and more!

Main Story Walkthrough: Yaschas Massif 01X AF

Yaschas Massif 01X AF, Enemies: Mandrake, Feral Behemoth, Narasimha, Gandayaks, Gahongas, Spiranthes, Uridimmu

Live Trigger
"Yeul said that if you change the future, you change the past. But what exactly does that mean?"

A or X	B or CIRCLE	X or SQUARE	Y or TRIANGLE
"Isn't that how it works?"	"How can the future affect the past?"	"Is Caius behind the paradoxes?"	"Isn't that how it works?"

Around the corner from your starting point, look for the treasure cube on your right containing the Encounters Gate Seal. Head north. At the fork, use the moogle hunt to reveal a treasure sphere containing a pearl necklace. Continue north towards the "Meet with Hope" marker on your map. Halfway there you'll get a cutscene with a Yeul you havn't met yet.

Live Trigger
"I met another girl with the same name and face as yeul from the future. What could it mean?"

A or X	B or CIRCLE	X or SQUARE	Y or TRIANGLE
"Is Yeul the farseer's seeress?"	"How am I the same as Yeul?"	"Is Caius here too?"	"Does Yeul have a twin?"

Talk to hope. Try to leave, then talk to him one more time.

Head up the ramp next to his tent. At the top, use moogle hunt for a sphere containing 600 gil. To the right, is a hidden artefact. Again, use the moogle hunt to reveal it. Now, go to the gate in the far south.

Before you go, take heed of the two treasures on the map that are just out of reach. One is located behind boxes on the large platform in the northeast section of the map. The other is east of the gate you are headed too. Come back and collect these items after completing the Sunleth Waterscape area when you can toss Mog to retrieve out of reach items.

Examine it, and it will turn the recently acquired Mysterious artefact into the Illusionary Artefact, which thankfully you get to keep.

This gate will take you back to the historia crux…in a way. You are transported to a lost section of the crux with two locations: Locked Location, Year Unknown, and The Void Beyond, Year Unknown. Start off by heading to the Locked Location

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buntar_kuzunoha

i love this game very much,lol

chrissogat

Hi... Im stuck at Lvl 15 Augusta Towers AF300. Done everything there, But terminal in middle room says ''Need lvl 13 key, in other time period'' or similar. Also I have no A- Towers AF200, in the Historia Crux. Arrrrgh? Help.Also I cant throw Moogle.Cheers.

kardaniels

regarding the tomato thing, do I have to start over if after getting the black hole gem and the tomato is not mutant?

shademalkovich

having a hard time completeing map for oerba? is there a way to walk on water?

jensenaholic

@shademalkovich There is more than 1 Oerba. there is 200AF, 300AF & 400AF. Not unlocked them all yet but you must be able to reach the water in 300 or 400AF

jensenaholic

Also how to you get to the other side? there is usually a Chocobo to help but i can't find one you can ride. where treasures 14,15,16 and 21 are.

calacake

@jensenaholic

you have to use the way stones in the shape of cactaurs.the weather has to be the way it was when you first got there to find the way stone to the other side, n Mog has to find it.

calacake

I killed the faeryl in archylte, n I have the black hole gem, but when I went back to sunleth, the frigging tomato was still royal, not mutant! what do i do?

jensenaholic

@calacake not sure about that it worked fine with me the other day. did you fight it when the weather was changed to Lightning?

calacake

@jensenaholic

yeah, idk. maybe I should just start the eff over. dang it.....

smurf6

how do i get back to augusta in the year 200af im stuck in 300 af and completed everthing im stuck

jensenaholic

@smurf6 if you have already been to 200AF it will be unlocked in the Historia Crux.. press the start button and click the top one "return to Historia Crux' and look around and you will find it.

smurf6

how do u go back to augusta in 200 af im stuck plz help

LiFERACE

Cant get to academia? Beat the giant tomato thingy and have all the fragments. Still it hasn't been unlocked. What do I do?

jensenaholic

@LiFERACE Go to The Void Beyond and travel through the space distortion. it's orange i thing on the top of the stairs ti the East.

Bulletrush12

The weapon Sacred Cross is not "just north of the gate" its miles north of the gate, its at the opposite end of the western section of the map (where as the gate is in the furthest south-westerly position on the map).Make sure you realise this before proceeding. If you assume like i did it will be near the gate its not. youll have to go to the north of the western section first by the 3 toppled pillars marked on the map and then to the very south west to the gate.

Bulletrush12

"the little arm in the northwest" is actually in the north east....

Bulletrush12

You already have Beta and Gamma NOT Alpha and Gamma as stated at the top of the page. So you need alpha, delta and epsilon if you are using this guide ;)

Bulletrush12

tell me how can you have 4 paradigms for monsters when you only get a paradigm pack of 3? You have Ravager, Commando, Sentinel and Medic roles for the monsters in the table above but this is surely not possible.

Quelastra

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@Bulletrush12 Some monsters, much like Noel and Serah, they can have more than one paradigm. Behemoths can be Commandos or Ravagers. Cait Siths can be medics or commandos. Sometimes three. It depends on if they are late bloomers, well grown, or early bloomers.

Bulletrush12

first id like to say thanks for making this guide its helped me a lot. however im now a bit confused. When I went through the gate after collecting the artefact in waterscape I was given the options:

Quelastra

This guide helped a lot for myself and my husband. We enjoy the FF series, and he had gotten stuck in XIII-2 at Augusta 200AF the first time through, not sure where to go to use the Wild Artifact. ^^ This is a great guide.

doc-brown moderator moderatorstaff

@angel1212 - Not anymore! Thanks for the heads up.

angel1212

Your Paradigm titles are all wrong on the Faeryl battle. Good editing ;)

Doomluap

This is turning out to be a game of little content, certainly not up to the level of FF#13. I can't recall another FF this shallow. On the positive side - IT'S FINAl FANTASY - STILL THE BEST RPG SERIES EVER.

FuegoLindo

Thanks Doc Brown...I apologize and to tell you the truth i followed your stradegy with maxing out Noel as a commando and serah as Ravager and been breezing threw the bosess like nothing. Great walkthrough

doc-brown moderator moderatorstaff

Interesting opinions Fuego...Anyway, since you asked, you get it from the Mystic in Serendipity. You can acquire it after the conclusion of Episode 5. Our fragment skills page listed under primers has the requirements for each skill.

FuegoLindo

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FuegoLindo

I should have not been cheap this time around and bought the strategy guide...by the time they finish this walkthrough ill already have beaten Final Fantasy XIII-3, and be playing Final Fantasy XIII Verses

FuegoLindo

btw how do you get glide jump...ign doesnt thoroughly go through that

FuegoLindo

You think you can silence me Gamespot! this walkthrough is amateur at best. IGNs is much better! and no i do not work for IGN....TIME AND SPACE!!!!!

septuagenarion

if you have troubles with the clock puzzles check out the on-line solver that I've made for them: http://clockpuzzle.pl/

doc-brown moderator moderatorstaff

@mkrool Check back this evening (Pacific time) for the completion of Episode 4. Episode 5 will wrap up tomorrow, with the final Episode going up on Friday.

mkrool

this guide stops exactly where i have lol would love if u could put guide up bout where to go after u see caius in augusta tower and u need key 50

128BitDragon

Hey could you add what you are putting your points into in the crystarium, You stoped letting us know what are you leveling into and what you take when the crystarium levels up for your characters after Oerba. Thanks, Otherwise great job on the guide so far, I hope you finish it soon. :)

jonb4play

hopefully they finish this guide, unlike the zelda: skyward sword walkthrough

king-titan

why bother with this when there is split infinity's guide...

witcheralex

@yukinaze, yes, but not XIII.

doc-brown moderator moderatorstaff

Check back in a few hours; Updates are on the way!

FuegoLindo

damn gamespot you bozos are slow as sh*t..only up to episode 3 part one. Like an idiot i followed your walkthrough not knowing it was complete till i got to the end of yaschas massif. but then i finally came to my senses and went to IGN where they not only had a complete walkthrough, but a complete wiki on everything ffxiii-2. Step your sh*t up gameFLOP

yukinaze

Final Fantasy is the best!!!!! :)

yukinaze

yehey! thanks for the walkthrought...!!!!! :)

darkagent7

OH GOD, NOT ANOTHER WALKTHROUGH!!! Gamespot diddnt even finish the skyrim walkthough, and all they have to do its stupid stuff like achievements, and the parts that are done, are really awfully written. Its very disappointing.