Final Fantasy XII Walkthrough

Draklor Laboratory

This area is a little odd. You start off on the 66th floor. Follow the left wall until it winds around to the North Lift Terminal. Select a destination of the 67th floor.

Area Enemies: Draklor Laboratory

Choose an enemy to open its stats and loot chances. Mark, Rare Game, and Trophy badges flag special targets. Choose it again to collapse.

Imperial Swordsman

Hostile

Can inflict Slow and may begin under Protect. Do not sprint far enough ahead to collect several Imperial groups at once.

Chain family: Imperial
Level: 36–38
LP: 1
HP: 3,589–3,929
EXP: 1,164–1,439
Weakness: None

Steal chances
Item	Normal	Thief's Cuffs
	48.0%	80%
150 Gil	9.7%	30%
	3%	6%

Normal Steal checks rare to common and stops at the first success. Thief's Cuffs can take multiple items; chains do not affect Steal.

Drop chances
Item	No chain	Chain Lv 1	Chain Lv 2	Chain Lv 3
	25%	30%	35%	40%
	3%	6%	8%	12%

Each item gets its own independent roll. Chain level, not raw chain count, controls these rates.

Imperial Hoplite

Hostile

A durable Imperial guard. Defeat the ranged Pilots first, then finish Hoplites before another group reaches the fight.

Chain family: Imperial
Level: 36–38
LP: 1
HP: 4,308–4,788
EXP: 1,281–1,831
Weakness: None

Steal chances
Item	Normal	Thief's Cuffs
	48.0%	80%
150 Gil	9.7%	30%
	3%	6%

Normal Steal checks rare to common and stops at the first success. Thief's Cuffs can take multiple items; chains do not affect Steal.

Drop chances
Item	No chain	Chain Lv 1	Chain Lv 2	Chain Lv 3
	25%	30%	35%	40%
	3%	6%	8%	12%

Each item gets its own independent roll. Chain level, not raw chain count, controls these rates.

Imperial Pilot

Hostile

Attacks from range and can inflict Silence. Defeat it before melee guards when a healer or Magick user is exposed.

Chain family: Imperial
Level: 37–38
LP: 1
HP: 4,127–4,367
EXP: 1,222–1,497
Weakness: None

Steal chances
Item	Normal	Thief's Cuffs
	48.0%	80%
150 Gil	9.7%	30%
	3%	6%

Normal Steal checks rare to common and stops at the first success. Thief's Cuffs can take multiple items; chains do not affect Steal.

Drop chances
Item	No chain	Chain Lv 1	Chain Lv 2	Chain Lv 3
	25%	30%	35%	40%
	3%	6%	8%	12%

Each item gets its own independent roll. Chain level, not raw chain count, controls these rates.

Judge

Hostile

Dispel Bravery and use Blindga when several guards attack together. Its low-HP Ice attacks make a crowded fight more dangerous.

Chain family: Judge
Level: 39–40
LP: 1
HP: 4,846–5,086
EXP: 1,455–1,730
Weakness: Halves all elements

Steal chances
Item	Normal	Thief's Cuffs
100 Gil	48.0%	80%
	9.7%	30%
	3%	6%

Normal Steal checks rare to common and stops at the first success. Thief's Cuffs can take multiple items; chains do not affect Steal.

Drop chances
Item	No chain	Chain Lv 1	Chain Lv 2	Chain Lv 3
	25%	30%	35%	40%
	3%	6%	8%	12%

Each item gets its own independent roll. Chain level, not raw chain count, controls these rates.

Mastiff

Hostile

Has no normal drops. Its Draklor Steals are recovery items, so take one safely and keep the hallway group under control.

Chain family: Mastiff
Level: 36–38
LP: 1
HP: 4,464–5,104
EXP: 1,591–1,939
Weakness: None

Steal chances
Item	Normal	Thief's Cuffs
	48.0%	80%
	9.7%	30%
	3%	6%

Normal Steal checks rare to common and stops at the first success. Thief's Cuffs can take multiple items; chains do not affect Steal.

Lab Rat

Hostile

Optional. The room contains a large group and some may begin Confused, so let them thin themselves out before entering.

Chain family: Rat
Level: 37
LP: 1
HP: 3,627–3,647
EXP: 1,023–1,025
Weakness: Water

Steal chances
Item	Normal	Thief's Cuffs
	48.0%	80%
1 Gil	9.7%	30%
	3%	6%

Normal Steal checks rare to common and stops at the first success. Thief's Cuffs can take multiple items; chains do not affect Steal.

Drop chances
No chain	Chain Lv 1	Chain Lv 2	Chain Lv 3
40%	45%	50%	55%
25%	30%	35%	40%
3%	6%	8%	12%
1%	2%	3%	5%

Each item gets its own independent roll. Chain level, not raw chain count, controls these rates.

Hecteyes

Hostile

Important! This optional group is much tougher than the Imperials. Use Ice, avoid Lightning, and do not farm the very rare Sagittarius Gem here unless the party is completely stable.

Chain family: Flan
Level: 36–37
LP: 1
HP: 8,285–8,515
EXP: 2,728–2,900
Weakness: Ice; absorbs Lightning

Steal chances
Item	Normal	Thief's Cuffs
	48.0%	80%
200 Gil	9.7%	30%
	3%	6%

Normal Steal checks rare to common and stops at the first success. Thief's Cuffs can take multiple items; chains do not affect Steal.

Drop chances
No chain	Chain Lv 1	Chain Lv 2	Chain Lv 3
40%	45%	50%	55%
25%	30%	35%	40%
3%	6%	8%	12%
1%	2%	3%	5%

Each item gets its own independent roll. Chain level, not raw chain count, controls these rates.

Do Not Let the Hallways Fill Up

Imperial groups can arrive from both directions. Move deliberately and finish one group before rounding the next corner.
Imperial Swordsmen can inflict Slow. Imperial Pilots can inflict Silence and should be defeated early when a healer or Magick user is exposed.
Judges are durable and can become dangerous at low HP. Dispel Bravery and use Blindga when several guards pile onto one party member.
and are optional. Hecteyes are much tougher than the ordinary route enemies, absorb Lightning, and are not a sensible mandatory farm.

The 67th Floor

Head to the northeast corner of this floor until you find the door to Cid’s Office, labeled C.D.B. You’ll get both a and the laboratory map. After a few cut scenes, you’ll have control again. Just outside the office are two doors. Room 6704 East has a Save Crystal. Save now, preferably in a new spot.

The way this building works might be a little odd. Bulkhead Controls alternate which colored doors are open. The control display names the color that is currently closed, which is a very easy way to read the whole thing backward.

Enter Room 6703 East beside the save room and activate the control once to open the blue doors. Once you’ve done that, you’ll begin to encounter enemies in this area. They weren’t all that tough, and I was able to steal a LOT of Hi-Potions.

Head south, away from Cid’s office, and turn right. Fight the enemies here and head past the elevator. On the other side, turn right again and enter Room 6703 West. Activate the control to open the red doors, then continue south to Room 6711 West.

Return to Room 6703 West and activate the control again to reopen the blue doors, then head back to the North Lift Terminal.

If you head down to floor 66, you can access Room 6613 East, which may have one or two chests. I was able to get a targeting rule for wind-vulnerable foes. This detour is optional. When you’re finished, return to the North Lift Terminal and head to floor 68.

The 68th Floor

This is where the hallways can get crowded. Do not run far enough ahead to pull several Imperial groups into one fight.

Reach the South Lift
Step	Action
1	Head east from the North Lift and enter Room 6803 East. Activate the control so the red doors are open.
2	Optional: Continue to Room 6814 East in the northeast for the Lab Rats. Let the Confused rats thin themselves out before stepping into the whole group.
3	Optional: Use the control room in the southeast corner to open the blue doors, then enter Room 6811 East for the Hecteyes. Return to the same control and reopen the red doors when you are finished.
4	Follow the long northern corridor west to Room 6804 West. Activate its control so the blue doors are open.
5	Optional: Enter Room 6813 West if you want to fight the Judge. Dispel its Bravery. Room 6801 West has a damaged control and nothing worth detouring for.
6	Continue southwest to Room 6811 West and activate its control so the red doors are open.
7	Head east, then north into the South Lift Terminal. If the waiting Judges and Hoplites become a pileup, Blindga the group or use the lift control to get out.

About Those Sagittarius Gems

can very rarely drop , and four are needed with three and three to unlock the package containing .

They’re kinda tough, so I don’t recommend farming them here unless you are sure you can do it and you’re ready to reload a lot. Really, though, you’re probably better off just stealing the gems from the Foobars in the Nabreus Deadlands. :D

The 70th Floor

Take the South Lift Terminal to the 70th floor. Watch the cut scene, then save your game in a new file.

You can access Room 7002 East by heading east, then south. There’s a chest here with something good. Once it was a . Another time, it was a . Open it, then follow the dude who just showed up. That means heading north. You’ll watch another brief cut scene, then you’ll get to fight Cid.

Boss Fight Prep

Gear: Use neutral, non-elemental physical weapons while the Rooks are active. or another reliable HP buffer helps keep S-27 Tokamak from turning into a party wipe.
Gambits: Put KO recovery and strong healing above attacks. Use Foe: party leader’s target -> Attack so everyone destroys the same Rook. Prepare Dispel for Cid after the Rooks fall.
Magick: Do not use area Magick while a Rook or Cid is under Reflect. Cid is weak to Holy and absorbs Dark, but neutral physical damage is the safe answer until his support is gone.
MP: Rooks can use . Bring or recovery items and do not let repeated Steal attempts consume the party’s safety margin.
Steal: Both Cid and each Rook carry , , and . can collect more than one tier in a successful Steal, but survival comes first.

Boss Fight: Doctor Cid

Level / HP	Doctor Cid is level 40 with 72,989 HP. Each of the four Rooks is level 38 with 9,859 HP.
Steal	, , or from both Cid and every Rook.
Weak / Absorbs	Cid is weak to Holy and absorbs Dark. Rooks have no weakness and halve elemental damage.
Reward	29 LP from Doctor Cid and 5 LP from each Rook. No EXP or normal drops from Cid.
Drops	None.
Strategy	Defeat the Rooks one at a time with neutral physical attacks. They cast Protect, Shell, Regen, and Curaga on Cid, can cast Reflect within the group, and use Syphon on the party. Once all four are gone, Dispel Cid, maintain the HP buffer, and keep characters out of his front arc when he prepares S-27 Tokamak. The battle ends before Cid’s HP bar empties.

This battle is kinda tough. There are four Rooks and Doctor Cid. The Rooks heal, guard, and buff him up. You’ll wanna take them out first. I stole from everyone, including Doctor Cid, and I didn’t get anything except potions and Knots of Rust. I was able to Steal two, three, or even four times from them. Dispel the Rooks if you need to, but they really shouldn’t be that much trouble. Take them out one at a time. Be aware that the Rooks can cast Reflect on Cid, so you might not want to do high-power area Magick attacks. I took out A, then B, then C, then D, then Cid. Dispel him first, though.

Be sure not to let your HP drop too low, as he has a massively large attack called S-27 Tokamak. You know, some kinda cannon thing. If you set your primary healer to handle recovery and Dispel, you shouldn’t have too much trouble with this. When he reached about 33% HP, the other man butted in and the cut scenes began. OK, a lot of cut scenes.

After a lot of cut scenes, the party arrives in Balfonheim Port.