Final Fantasy XII Walkthrough

Henne Mines

Watch your map. Just south from the entrance is a switch. Press it. Continue south through the fork.

Area Enemies: Henne Mines - First Visit

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

Seeker

Hostile

Important! Shares the Steeling Chain family with Redmaw. Its Henne Steal table replaces the middle result with Smelling Salts and its very rare drop with Blood Sword.

Chain family: Steeling
Level: 22–23
LP: 1
HP: 1,094–1,110
EXP: 754–758
Weakness: Earth

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.

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.

Redmaw

Hostile

Shares its Chain family with Seeker. Its very rare Ice Shield drop halves Ice damage while providing the same Evade as Golden Shield.

Chain family: Steeling
Level: 23–24
LP: 1
HP: 1,134–1,202
EXP: 783–875
Weakness: Earth

Steal chances
Item	Normal	Thief's Cuffs
	48.0%	80%
100 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.

Nightmare

Hostile

Teleports and casts Dark. Watch the trap in front of the Phase 1 Dig encounter and collect Grimoire Togail if the Dark Matter Bazaar package matters.

Chain family: Ghost
Level: 24–25
LP: 1
HP: 1,630–1,688
EXP: 1,104–1,205
Weakness: Holy

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.

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.

Jelly

Hostile

Important! Switchboards can drop a large group at once, and Divide creates a full-HP copy. Flee west on the first visit unless the party can control the swarm.

Chain family: Flan
Level: 24–25
LP: 1
HP: 1,913–2,018
EXP: 1,104–1,213
Weakness: Fire

Steal chances
Item	Normal	Thief's Cuffs
	48.0%	80%
	9.7%	30%
500 Gil	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.

Thunderbug

Hostile

Important! Disguised as a yellow treasure chest in Phase 1 Dig and Crossover B. Inspect only when ready to fight and never use Lightning.

Chain family: Mimic
Level: 23–25
LP: 1
HP: 2,083–2,303
EXP: 744–922
Weakness: Ice; absorbs Lightning

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.

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.

Tyranorox

Hostile

Important! Sonic Fangs can instantly KO a target. Lure the bats away before engaging, or run past rather than turning the entire crossover into one fight.

Chain family: Tyrant
Level: 26–27
LP: 2
HP: 4,073–4,413
EXP: 1,775–1,901
Weakness: Wind

Steal chances
Item	Normal	Thief's Cuffs
	48.0%	80%
60 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.

Pithead Junction A and the Map

When you come to the next area, be a little wary. Talk to the guy there, then head out the only open door. You’ll be in the Phase 1 Shaft. Head west to the Phase 1 Dig. If you need help avoiding , have someone learn and cast Float - that’ll keep you from triggering traps.

If your guys are a high enough level, toggle the switch next to the wounded Imperial and head east, through the door to the left of the switch. Follow the path as it winds south, and you’ll find an Urn with a map. Continue along the path and you’ll be back in the switch house. Flip the switch again, and this time head west.

Phase 1 Dig

To make your way through the Phase 1 Dig, take the first right after the tunnel opens into the dig, not the earlier bend in the Phase 1 Shaft. Then go straight at the next cross, take a left at the next branch, and continue straight, well, around the corner, to the end of the area.

Crossover A and Crossover B

You’ll end up in Crossover A. Kill the enemies here, then head north and take the left path when it forks. There’s a Tyranorox here. If you can take him, go for it, otherwise run past. It might help to lure some bats out first.

Anyway, just past that is the entrance to Crossover B. Go there and look at the treasure. Notice they are yellow? That means enemy. If you want a fight, go for it. They are tough and not worth much XP, though.

Head left from the entrance to this area, and take the second left you come to. Follow that around and there will be an exit to the south. That takes you to Pithead Junction B.

Pithead Junction B

This area looks like a dead end, but it’s not. Hit the pulsating red switch. A bunch of enemies will fall off the ceiling when you do. You probably cannot take them. If you have , go for it; I was at level 41 and wiped the floor with them. Otherwise, just run to the west exit as soon as you see them.

Fight these guys here, or just run past them. You want the right-hand fork here. Look familiar? It should. Throwing the switch just moved around a bunch of gates. Go the way you went before, to Crossover B, but this time take the right-hand path. The “treasures” are there again, if you wanna go after them. See the exit leading north now? Take that path and watch the cutscene.

Staging Shaft

You’ll wanna heal up and cast and on everyone. Cast too, if you have it. Do you have a ? Equip at least one to someone - you don’t want to get your whole party disabled. Use this opportunity to teleport out and get one. Tetran sold them in Eruyt Village, and you can also get them in the Mosphoran Highwaste. See the July in Nalbina sidequest.

Mjrn will go running off to the north, but save your game before following her. After all, you DO wanna be able to teleport back here, right?

Boss Fight Prep

Gear: Put a on at least one healer or item user so Disablega cannot shut down every recovery option. Spread the party around Tiamat instead of stacking in front of its breath.
Gambits: Put Ally: any -> above attacks. Keep available for the threat, and do not depend on to cure Disable unless that character has the required .
Buffs: Apply Protect, Shell, and Bubble if available, then use the Staging Shaft crystal to restore the party and save.
Damage: Tiamat is weak to Earth, absorbs Wind, and halves every other element. Slow can work. Save a chain or for its stronger critical-HP phase.
Steal: The uncommon target is . Disable a repeated Steal Gambit after taking the result you want.

Boss Fight: Tiamat

Level / HP	Level 25 / 49,993 HP.
Steal	(common), (uncommon), (rare).
Weak / Absorbs	Weak to Earth; absorbs Wind and halves Fire, Lightning, Ice, Water, Holy, and Dark. Slow and Confuse can work.
Reward	15 LP, , and story progress. Montblanc later pays 900 gil for defeating Tiamat.
Drops	None.
Strategy	Keep one wearer able to cure Disablega, spread the party so Breath does not hit everyone, and keep HP high against . Tiamat casts Reflect on itself around 80% HP and gains at critical HP, so finish with or rather than letting the fight drag on.

When you go north, you’ll find a really big, nasty, waiting for you. Welcome to the battle with Tiamat. Steal a from him. If you have Black Belts at your disposal, I suggest you use them. Tiamat will cast Disablega, which can really ruin your day if you aren’t ready for it.

If you have the , use that to “remedy” him for Slow and Confuse. Since Larsa keeps attacking regardless, it’s only really useful for Slow - unless he kills off Larsa with . Heh heh. BTW: Disablega is also why I suggested saving your game first. >.< He will also try to your guys, so you may want to set up a Gambit to cast or use a .

It may also be useful to have your guys spread out in a triangle, or square with Larsa, pattern so his breath attack doesn’t kill everyone off at the same time. When he gets low on HP, his defense goes up. Anyway, since I had roamed around and done most of the sidequests already, I guess my guys were pretty buffed up - this wasn’t much of a difficult battle.

Back in Eruyt Village

Watch the cutscenes, and you’ll end up back in Eruyt Village - with . Tetran has restocked. BUY BUY BUY! Unless you have six Golden Amulets already, buy enough to equip everyone, including the reserve characters. If you have one, get five more. Otherwise, get six. This will allow your party to DOUBLE the license points they acquire. Also, buy and as many other Magicks as you can afford, but try to be sure you spend the 9K for , , and .

See Tetran after Lente’s Tear for a compact priority list.

Bazaar Checkpoint

Depending on how powerful your guys are, you may want to try and get the weapon at this time. See the Henne Mines Bazaar checkpoint before committing to that farm. make available, but the complete recipe also requires and , so this is not a normal first-visit requirement.