Final Fantasy Resonance

The first HD-2D Final Fantasy: turn-based battles, Visions of the series' heroes and a world full of side content. Our review, the platinum roadmap and all 40 trophies explained in depth, with every Vision, Esper, Cave Master, Legendary Arm and Tablet Shard.

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Developer: Lancarse & Square Enix  ·  Publisher: Square Enix  ·  Released: October 22, 2026
Platinum: 4/10 · 50–60h · 1 playthrough · offline · no missables
Trophies: 1 · 4 · 7 · 28

The pixel Final Fantasy we always wanted

Final Fantasy Resonance is the first Final Fantasy in the HD-2D style: pixel-art characters in detailed, lit 3D worlds, with a camera that swoops in for the big moments. It retells the first season of Brave Exvius as a full console RPG: Rain, Lasswell and Fina's journey across Grandshelt, Olderion, Zoldaad and beyond, with airships, crystals, chocobos and moogles everywhere you look.

The battles are classic turn-based combat with a modern hook. Hit weaknesses to wear down an enemy's stagger gauge, break every enemy in the same turn for a Sweeping Stagger, and a Resonance fires: a cinematic attack or heal from the Vision you've equipped. Visions are the series' heroes (Cloud, Terra, Squall, Lightning, Sephiroth and more) and work like the old job system, so swapping and mastering them is half the fun. The side content is generous: fifteen Cave Masters, a four-league Colosseum, the Chamber of Arms, Gilgamesh and a showdown with Ultima Weapon.

Critics have been warm: 85 on Metacritic for PS5, 9/10 from Game Informer, 9.5 from COGconnected, 8s from IGN and Push Square, and 36/40 from Famitsu. The fair criticism is that it leans on familiar genre beats rather than surprising you. We think it's the best traditional Final Fantasy in years. For trophy hunters it's a 4/10 platinum with no missables and no difficulty trophies, done in one 50–60 hour playthrough.

The road to Ultimate Fantasy

One playthrough, 50–60 hours, no missables and no online trophies. Casual difficulty is fine, and you can change it whenever you like.

In-depth guides

All 40 trophies explained in depth with the real trophy art, plus every Vision, Esper, Cave Master, Legendary Arm, Adamantite and all 99 Tablet Shards.

All 40 trophies — explained in depth

Ultimate Fantasy (Platinum)

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Earn the other 39 trophies. It's a 4/10 platinum that takes about 50–60 hours in one playthrough, fully offline, with nothing missable and no difficulty trophies (Casual is fine, and you can change difficulty at any time). After the credits you get free roam of the whole world with every quest and collectible still available, so the plan is simply: story, side content, Ultima Weapon last. Tip: Swap a character's Vision as soon as it hits Mastery Rank 9: it's the fastest way to learn abilities, and it banks Vision Connoisseur along the way.

The twelve progression trophies: all eight chapters, every party member and their substory, the first chocobo and the airship. None of them can be missed, and every substory stays available after the credits.

A Journey Begins

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Bronze — Clear chapter 1. Story trophy for Chapter 1, Tailing the Truth. The route runs Grandshelt Castle → Earth Shrine → Mitra (Leah and Tronn) → the attack on Grandshelt → Kol (chocobo) → Felicitas → Kolobos Ruins → Grandport → Siren's Tower. Bosses: Belmodar (Fire), Hell's Rider (bring Antidote Herbs), a scripted loss to Umbra, The Hunger (Light; it revives once and calls adds) and Siren (Lightning: equip Tronn, cure Charm). Board the ship at Grandport to finish. Tip: Open Oblivion Palace (just south-east of Grandport Harbour) as soon as you can: turning in 3 Tablet Shards there pops Princess's Reward. Full guide →

Those Who Unite the Skies

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Bronze — Clear chapter 2. Story trophy for Chapter 2, Eternal Blue, in Dirnado. Lid joins at the Dilmagia shipyard, then it's Mt. Thunderclap (pay her 1,000 gil for the short route), the Dwarven Forge, the Mobliz Shipyard (pull lever 16 only in the control room) and the Wind Shrine. Bosses: Liquid Thunder (Earth), Mom Bomb (splits into four Great Bombs at low HP), Adrastea (Water or Lightning) and Aether (Ice). Tip: After the Mobliz Shipyard events, go back to the Dwarven Forge and talk to Verun: that's the start of Mechabo Mania, and it's easy to forget. Full guide →

Olderion Blues

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Bronze — Clear chapter 3. Story trophy for Chapter 3, Wardens of the Aquapolis, in Olderion. Nichol joins in the Cave of Waters; rest at the Olderion inn after Lake Dorr to trigger the flood, then Waterfall Way, Amore and the Water Shrine (the hidden R'lyeh Text is behind the switches Left, Right, Left). Bosses: Wave Lopros (Ice), Water Dragon, Leviathan and Alluvion (all Lightning). Tip: The Rukh and Mindflayer caves are both here at around levels 26–28: good early Cave Masters for Magicite Hunter and the Magicite they drop. Full guide →

Viva la Revolución

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Bronze — Clear chapter 4. Story trophy for Chapter 4, Banner Oath, in Zoldaad: Mozul Station, the Imperial Capital, the Rebel Hideout (Jake), the lava Weapons Factory and Zoldaad Castle (Dungeon Key from a guard, Throne Room Key from the captain, and you can talk him out of a fight). Bosses: Ignis (a scripted loss, then Water), Emperor Sosa (Water; the Kaiser Sword is left of the throne) and Lazarov with his test subjects aboard the Enterprise (Earth; The Hunger v5 is weak to Light). The Colosseum reopens in Grandshelt this chapter. Tip: Clear the Fledgling League while you're here: battle 2 gives Adamantite, battle 3 the Ancient Greatsword and battle 5 the Gaia Hammer that frees Titan. Full guide →

In Search of the Truth

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Bronze — Clear chapter 5. Story trophy for Chapter 5, Scars of Time. Mysidia is hidden by magic: fly over the sea south and slightly east of Pharm and use Radar Pulse, following Lid's hints. Sakura joins (Those Who Defy Fate), then the Village of Sunioo, the Nameless Ruins, the Arcane Library (five Monster Tomes), Fina's Psyche and the Tower of Mysidia. Bosses: Slagworm (Wind), Byblos (Fire or Dark) and Tellus (Wind). Tip: With the airship most of the map opens: the Chamber of Arms, Whirlpool Hollow (Sephiroth), the Mysidia shrines and Ifrit's volcano are all reachable now. Full guide →

And the Winner Is...

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Bronze — Clear chapter 6. Story trophy for Chapter 6, Tranquility, in Gronoa. In the Research Centre Ruins collect the level 1, 2 and 3 key cards (teleporters Right, Left, Right for the optional Fortress Gear) and take the White Jade Stone to the Gaberada elder: Fina learns Holy and clears the miasma. Then the Rugged Mountain Path (hidden Kumobashiri), Duggle, the Gronoa Shrine and the Sanctissimus Shrine's boss gauntlet: Archaroaevis (shifting weakness), Dad Bomb (Fire), Test Rider, Yakhanati, two Arch Gargoyles (kill them together), a Dragon (Lightning) and Gelidus (Fire). The Hero's Blade is in a hidden west passage before the last lift. Tip: Pick up the radar part from the man hidden behind the Gaberada inn: Aileen's crafting, an Adamantite and two Legendary Arms all depend on it. Full guide →

Past Glory

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Bronze — Clear chapter 7. Story trophy for Chapter 7, Reckoning, in Pharm: fly into the tornado south of Pharm, then the Town of Sian (Ayaka), Mt. Reizan (the High-Power Generator chest for the Ancient Hammer is on the story path), the Forest Path and the Wandering Lands (Silver Key in the first east dead end of the second screen). You refight the Sworn Six: Aether (Ice), Ignis (Water), Alluvion (Lightning), Tellus (Wind) and Umbra (Light). Bahamut can be challenged from the airship any time this chapter. Tip: Collect your 89th Tablet Shard around Mt. Reizan if you've been thorough: that opens the last Adamantite at Oblivion Palace. Full guide →

Aspiration's End

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Bronze — Clear chapter 8. Story trophy for Chapter 8, Beyond Hope: the Crystal Tower. Grab Laevateinn and a Megalixir up the left staircase, the Ancient Katana at the save point, then cross the invisible bridges (Book of Eibon, a Tablet Shard, the Hastur Long Barrel, the Dragon Whisker and the Faerie Bow are on the side paths). Dark Bahamut is weak to Light or Wind. The final teleporter is the point of no return: the last bosses are a Dark-weak guardian and The Patronizing Pride (Light in phase 1, then check each part's weakness). Load your clear save afterwards for free roam. Tip: Make a manual save before the last boss. You have one autosave slot and ten manual ones. Full guide →

Those Who Defy Fate

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Bronze — Unlock all party members. Unlocked when all eight party members have joined. They're all story recruits, so it can't be missed; the last one joins automatically in Chapter 5. Tip: Characters you don't use still need Adamantite weapons and substories later, so keep everyone's gear reasonable. Full guide →

Conscience Renewed

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Bronze — Clear all party member substories. Complete all eight party member substories: A New Leaf (Rain), The Twin Titleholders (Lasswell), Shimmering Reflections (Fina), Beyond the Blue (Lid), Nichol's Duty (Nichol), Token Legacy (Jake), Last Respite (Archwitch Fina) and Mysidia, Ever Blooming (Sakura). They're blue-marker sub quests of four or five steps, mostly travel and conversations, with one Adamandelion fight in Lasswell's. Each gives an accessory and a permanent stat bonus; every step is on our story page. Tip: Do the substories before the late Cave Masters: each one rewards its character with a permanent stat boost. Full guide →

Kweh!

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Bronze — Obtain a chocobo. Story trophy: you get your first chocobo in Chapter 1 when you reach the Village of Kol. If you played the demo and load its save, it pops automatically. Tip: Chocobos skip random encounters on the world map, which is great when you're hunting Tablet Shards. Full guide →

Airship Enterprise

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Bronze — Obtain an airship. Story trophy at the start of Chapter 5, when you get the airship, the Enterprise. Press Square while flying to go on board: Aileen, Evan and the Moogle of Light all end up on the deck. Tip: Land everywhere once you have it. Most of the optional content (Chamber of Arms, Whirlpool Hollow, Dragon's Maw, Ardra Crater) needs it. Full guide →

Nine trophies built around the battle system: collecting all 26 Visions and all 9 Espers, mastering and awakening Visions, and the two long counters, 1,000 staggers and 400 Resonances.

The First Step Towards Mastery

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Bronze — Reach max Mastery Rank for a vision for the first time. Raise any Vision to the maximum Mastery Rank (MR 9) on one character. MR rises with MRP, earned from battles, and each rank gives stat boosts and abilities. It's slow at first and much faster later on. Tip: MR is tracked per character: Cloud at MR 9 on Rain starts again at MR 0 if you move him to Lasswell. Plan who keeps which Vision. Full guide →

Awakened Light

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Bronze — Awaken a vision to its limit for the first time. Awaken one Vision to 3 stars. Visit a Moogle of Light (almost every town, and on the airship) and upgrade in order: 1 star costs a Magicite Shard, 2 stars a Magicite, 3 stars a Magicite Cryst. Crysts first appear in Chapter 5. Tip: Magicite comes from chests, Cave Masters, sub quests and some Colosseum fights, and the Colosseum sells every type late in the game. There's enough to awaken every Vision, so spend it as you get it. Full guide →

Visions Assemble

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Silver — Obtain 10 visions. Own 10 Visions. You'll have this by around Chapter 3: two come with the story in Chapter 1 and the rest are shrine Visions you collect along the way. Tip: Every shrine works the same way: go into the Sanctum, touch the crystal and answer three questions about that Vision's game. Wrong answers don't matter. Full guide →

Will Crystallized

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Gold — Obtain all visions. Collect all 26 Visions: 16 Sanctums, Leah and Tronn from the story, Sephiroth from a fight in Whirlpool Hollow (level 45, 250,000 HP), and 7 from sub quests. None are missable, and every one is listed with its location on our Visions page. Tip: The sub quest Visions (Camille, Wilhelm, Aileen, Victoria, Amelia, Charlotte, Ayaka) are the ones people miss: check every town's quest givers from Chapter 5 on. Full guide →

Vision Connoisseur

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Silver — Reach max MR with 8 visions. Get 8 different Visions to MR 9. It comes naturally during the story if you rotate: whenever a Vision reaches MR 9, swap it for one you haven't mastered yet. Tip: Awakening stars are shared across the party, MR isn't. A Vision mastered on one character counts once. Full guide →

Esper's Covenant

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Bronze — Gain help from 3 espers. Have 3 Espers join. Siren comes with the story in Chapter 1, Ramuh is on Mt. Thunderclap in Chapter 2, and Carbuncle's riddle in Ruby Cave opens in Chapter 3. Tip: Carbuncle is the only Esper without a fight: just collect the three Ruby Fragments in order. Full guide →

The Sovereigns of the Planet

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Silver — Gain help from all espers. Get all 9 Espers: Siren, Ramuh, Carbuncle, Titan, Ifrit, Shiva, Leviathan, Odin and Bahamut. Fina (and Archwitch Fina) summon them. Every step is on our Espers list; Bahamut needs the other eight first and is challenged from the airship in Chapter 7. Tip: Grab them as you go: Espers are a big help in the mid-game and matter less in the endgame. Full guide →

Keep Them on Their Toes

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Silver — Stagger enemies 1000 times. Stagger enemies 1,000 times. The yellow bar under an enemy's HP is its stagger gauge: hit weaknesses or use stagger-focused skills (the ones with a bullet mark) to empty it. It pops on its own, usually around Chapter 4. Tip: Players report the counter can break if you continue from a demo save, so if it's suspiciously late, start fresh. Full guide →

Resonance Rapid Fire

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Gold — Use Resonances 400 times. Use 400 Resonances. Stagger every enemy in the same turn for a Sweeping Stagger; at the end of the bonus turn a character with a Vision performs a Resonance (an attack, heal or buff). The story gives most of these, the rest is a short grind. Tip: Fast farm: equip a Vision with a healing Resonance (Leah or Ayaka), leave one easy-to-stagger enemy alive, stagger it, heal it with the Resonance so it doesn't die, Defend through the other turns, repeat. Full guide →

Eight trophies about gear and money: Aileen's eight Adamantite weapons, the twelve Legendary Arms of the Chamber of Arms, the Enigmatic Princess's Tablet Shard rewards at Oblivion Palace, and spending and earning gil.

Princess's Reward

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Bronze — Receive a reward at Oblivion Palace for the first time. Hand in 3 Tablet Shards to the Enigmatic Princess at Oblivion Palace (Kingdom of Grandshelt, just south-east of Grandport Harbour, open from Chapter 1) and open the first reward chest. Tip: Tablet Shards are sparkles on the world map and in dungeons. Pick them up as you go; there are 99 and you need 89. Full guide →

Memento

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Bronze — Help the enigmatic princess regain her second memory. Turn in 60 Tablet Shards to the Enigmatic Princess and she recovers her second memory. You don't have to open the chests in her treasure rooms to trigger it. Tip: Keep going past 60: 76 shards give the Ancient Firearm, 80 an Adamantite, 84 the Ancient Whip and 89 the last Adamantite. Full guide →

Gil Comes and Goes

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Bronze — Spend a total of 100,000 gil. Spend 100,000 gil in total at weapon, armour, item and accessory shops. Buying new gear in each town gets you there naturally. Tip: Shortcut: when you're holding 100,000 gil, make a manual save, spend it all, and reload. Full guide →

Making Lid Proud

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Bronze — Gain a total of 1,000,000 gil. Earn 1,000,000 gil in total. It's cumulative, so you never need a million at once, and battles plus treasure get you most of the way. Tip: Fastest top-ups: King Gil Snappers on the Dragon's Maw island, Vaan's Double Gil ability at MR 9, or save, sell everything, and reload. Full guide →

The Weapon that Suits the User

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Bronze — Have Aileen craft a weapon for the first time. Have Aileen craft her first weapon. Recruit her with the sub quest Forger of Wills in Dilmagia, the Machinopolis (from the gossiping girl near the entrance), then give her one Adamantite on the airship deck. Tip: Your first Adamantite is the Colosseum's Fledgling Battle 2, open from Chapter 4. Full guide →

The Weaponsmith

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Silver — Have Aileen craft weapons for all party members. Have Aileen craft a weapon for all 8 party members, one Adamantite each. All eight Adamantite are listed on our gear page: three from the Colosseum, two from Oblivion Palace, one from a Merchant Ship, one with the treasure radar and one in the Rugged Mountain Path. Tip: These are some of the best weapons in the game, usually better than the Legendary Arms, so craft them before the late Cave Masters and Ultima Weapon. Full guide →

Ancient Artifact

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Bronze — Obtain one of the Twelve Legendary Arms for the first time. Obtain your first Legendary Arm. Find one of the 'Ancient' items, take it to its glowing pedestal in the Chamber of Arms and win the two-stage level 50 trial. The easiest first one is the Ancient Greatsword from the Colosseum's Fledgling Battle 3. Tip: The Chamber is in the mountains at Dirnado's north-west tip, north-west of the Mobliz Shipyard; land there with the airship. Full guide →

Legendary Arms

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Silver — Obtain all Twelve Legendary Arms. Complete all 12 trials in the Chamber of Arms. Each Arm starts as an 'Ancient' item you find somewhere in the world (two from Oblivion Palace, two from the Colosseum, two from Merchant Traders, two with the treasure radar and four from chests and NPCs). The full list with every trial enemy is on our gear page. Tip: Three can't appear before Chapter 8 (Cloak, Tome, Katana) and the Hammer needs the Mt. Reizan generator from Chapter 7, so don't hunt for them early. Full guide →

Ten trophies for the optional fights: the fifteen Cave Masters, the first three Colosseum leagues, the King Gil Snapper and Metal Gigantuar, Mechabo's three upgrades and the superboss, Ultima Weapon.

Just Getting Started

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Bronze — Clear all Fledgling League fights in the Colosseum. Win all five Fledgling League fights at the Grandshelt Colosseum, open from Chapter 4. The leagues are the sign-up tables from left to right; Fledgling is the green one on the left and starts at about level 25. Tip: Its prizes are excellent: Adamantite (battle 2), the Ancient Greatsword (battle 3) and the Gaia Hammer for Titan (battle 5). Full guide →

Arena Fighter

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Bronze — Clear all Brawler League fights in the Colosseum. Win all five Brawler League fights (the blue table, second from the left). It opens after you clear Fledgling; the fights run from about level 40 upwards. Tip: Battle 3 is an Ochu with Microchus: kill the Microchus first. Battles 2 and 3 give Adamantite, battle 5 the Ancient Cuirass. Full guide →

Career Fighter

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Silver — Clear all Gladiator League fights in the Colosseum. Win all five Gladiator League fights (the purple table, third from the left). Leave it for the late game, with Adamantite weapons and awakened Visions. The fourth league isn't needed for any trophy. Tip: Reader reports say a few players got only two of the Colosseum's three Adamantite; keep a manual save before each Adamantite fight and check your inventory after. Full guide →

Magicite Hunter

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Bronze — Defeat a cave master. Defeat any Cave Master. The first is the Marauder in the central Grandshelt desert during Chapter 1 (level 15, weak to Wind). Tip: The recommended level shows at every cave entrance. You interact with the boss inside to start the fight. Full guide →

The Bigger They Are...

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Bronze — Defeat 5 cave masters. Defeat 5 Cave Masters. Marauder, Shoggoth, Rukh, Mindflayer and Gogmagog are all available by Chapter 4 at levels 15–34. Tip: Shoggoth on Dirnado's east coast is immune to physical attacks: bring Water or Earth magic. Full guide →

The Harder They Fall

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Gold — Defeat all cave masters. Defeat all 15 Cave Masters. Each can only be fought once, none are missable, and the last few (Malboro Menace, Titanoraidos) are level 60 with 700,000–800,000 HP. Locations, levels and weaknesses for all fifteen are on our bosses page. Tip: Every Cave Master drops Magicite, and the late ones give Magicite Crysts: do them before Ultima Weapon. Full guide →

Struck Gold

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Bronze — Defeat a King Gil Snapper for the first time. Defeat a King Gil Snapper. It appears on the small forested island at the exit of Dragon's Maw (southern tip of the Kingdom of Pharm, recommended level 55). It's level 49, weak to Ice, absorbs every other element and has huge physical defence. Tip: Bring two Ice casters or Ice-element Vision skills. It also gives a pile of gil for Making Lid Proud. Full guide →

Priceless Experience

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Bronze — Defeat a Metal Gigantuar for the first time. Defeat a Metal Gigantuar, which also appears on the Dragon's Maw island. It has only a handful of HP (single digits to the low teens, depending on difficulty) but extreme evasion and resistances, and it runs away after a few turns. Tip: Use Dualcast and your strongest spells to get as many hits in as possible. One kill gives a huge amount of EXP (about 150,000). Full guide →

Mechabo Mania

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Bronze — Upgrade Mechabo to his ultimate form. Upgrade Mechabo three times for Verun. Arise, Mechabo! (Chapter 2, Dwarven Forge): 2 Dynamo Stones from Ipooh bears outside the Forge. Mechabo Evolved: 3 each of Dhorme Chimerae, Medusae, Destroyers and sandworms. Mechabo Unleashed (Chapter 5+): 3 Mahadevas and 3 Malbodooms. Hand everything in and talk to Verun on the airship. Tip: The hunting grounds are on our bosses page. The Malbodooms in western Gronoa only appear from Chapter 6. Full guide →

My Name Is Ultima...

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Gold — Defeat Ultima Weapon. Defeat Ultima Weapon in Ardra Crater (south-east of the map) after the story: load your clear save and an airship cutscene points you there. It's level 70 with 3.9 million HP, and the hardest trophy in the game. Tip: Win it with defence, not damage: Reraise everyone first, nullify each Ultima Beam with Sakura's Eternal Veil Limit Break, and Dispel when it uses Bravery. Full strategy on our bosses page. Full guide →

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