Chapter 3 Walk-Through

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                ||                 Lake Bresha                ||

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Characters: Lightning, Snow, Vanille         Lake Bresha - The Waters Stilled

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Items                         Enemies

 [1] Pearlwing Staff (W)      [E011] Ghast (900)

 [7] Chipped Fang (C)         [E010] Ghoul (330)

[200] 200 Gil                 [E012] Wight (270)

 [5] Cie'th Tear(C)           [E003] PSICOM Warden (84)

 [1] Silver Bangle (A)        [E016] Breshan Bass (2430)

 [1] Phoenix Down (B)         [E004] Pantheron (375)

[50] Gil                      [E002] PSICOM Enforcer (171)

 [8] Strange Fluid (C)

 [1] Magician's Mark (A)

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[-] Ghast x3

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The battle gives an explanation about Paradigm System which you can now use.

At this point, the following roles are available:

Lightning: Commando, Ravager

Snow: Commando, Ravager, Sentinel

Vanille: Ravager, Medic

Sazh: Ravager

Hope: Ravager

During the battle you can change between COM/RAV/RAV and COM/SEN/MED. With

Lightning, Snow and Vanille. The battle itself is not very hard, so you can

experiment a bit with these roles. After the battle, new merchandise becomes

available.

Follow the road.

Crystarium tutorial pops up. Which means you can finally use CP.

And you get some to start with as well.

Follow the road to the left side it leads to some battles in which you can

finally get some CP, and a treasure.

[CP]enemy x0

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[19] Ghoul x4, Ghast

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Treasure: Pearlwing staff, weapon for Vanille

Now go back and take the right road. There is a Save Station on the left.

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[22] Wight x3, Ghast

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A well hidden treasure is on the right of the battle on top of the rock. It

contains 7 components for upgrading, which won't be available until later.

Treasure: Chipped Fang x7

Jump your way to the next part of the road. Go right.

Treasure: 200 Gil. 

Walk up to Snow. 

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[21] PSICOM Warden x7

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This battle gives you a tutorial on something you probably figured out by now,

but if you didn't you can read it. It's about Inputting Commands.

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Characters: Lightning, Snow, Vanille       Lake Bresha - Amid Timebound Waves

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Follow the thin road. Or go to the right if you forgot the 200 Gil.

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[36] Ghast x3, Wight x3

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Treasure: Cie'th Tears x5, on the road to the right.

The left is the road to follow.

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[32] Breshan Bass x4

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Another fork in the road. Take left to find a treasure.

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[32] Breshan Bass x4

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Treasure: Silver Bangle 

Go back to that fork so you can take the right path. Save Station on the right.

Keep walking along the road.

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[12] Pantheron x4

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Treasure: Phoenix Down, on the left

Treasure: 50 Gil, a little further on the right

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[6] Pantheron x2

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Treasure: Strange Fluid x8

Take the next path left before going right.

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[9] PSICOM Enforcer x2, PSICOM Warden

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Treasure: Magician's Mark

Take the path right and then jump all the way to the save Station and beyond.

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Characters: Lightning, Snow, Vanille         Lake Bresha - A Silent Maelstrom

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Items                         Enemies

 [6] Strange Fluid (C)        [E017] Mansvin Warmech (32400)

[240] Gil                     [E016] Breshan Bass (2430)

 [1] Deneb Duallers (W)       [E004] Pantheron (375)

 [6] Enigmatic Fluid (C)      [E018] Bloodfang Bass (81)

 [7] Wicked Fang (C)          [E019] Alpha Behemoth (20250)

 [1] Libra Scope (B)          [E020] PSICOM Tracker (1296)

 [2] Digital Circuit (C)      [E021] Watchdrone (1890)

 [2] Paraffin Oil (C)         [E022] PSICOM Ranger (324)

[50] Gil                      [E023] Ciconia Velocycle (7290)

 [3] Insulated Cabling (C)

[30] Gil

 [6] Begrimed Claw (C)

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Paradigm System and how to use it to stagger an enemy is explained in the next

battle against a familiar enemy.

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[64] Manasvin Warmech

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Stay in COM/RAV/RAV and change to COM/SEN/MED when he starts using Crystal

Rain. When you get him into Stagger status, change to the COM/RAV/RAV 

Paradigm to hit him hard. Then when its nearly over or when you get in

trouble, change to COM/SEN/MED to get your HP up again. Use Libra to get to

know his weakness which is lightning, so the Ravagers in your party cast

Thunder.

After the fight, Snow leaves the party and Sazh takes his place as a battle

member. Follow the road again.

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[64] Breshan Bass x3

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Treasure: Strange Fluid x6, on the right path 

Take the left path to proceed.

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[12] Pantheron x4

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Take the left path first.

Treasure: 240 Gil right

Treasure: Deneb Duallers, weapon for Sazh 

Then take the long path back for the right path.

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Characters: Lightning, Vanille, Sazh         Lake Bresha - Encased in Crystal

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[23] Bloodfang Bass x5, Breshan Bass

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Take a right.

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[20] Bloodfang Bass x4, Breshan Bass

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Treasure: Enigmatic Fluid x6

Take the road back and take a right to get back on the main road.

Go right a little further.

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[12] Pantheron x4

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Treasure: Wicked Fang x7

Check the weird machine next to where Hope and Vanille are standing to open up

a doorway further ahead.

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[45] Bloodfang Bass x7, Breshan Bass x3

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Through the doorway you created is a Save Station.

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[36] Alpha Behemoth

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This battle gives you a tutorial on Techniques. Explanation can be found

elsewhere in this FAQ.

Use the COM/RAV/RAV optima for the start, then when HP gets to low, use a

set-up with a MED in it, or use potions. Not to hard of a battle.

Don't forget that Libra makes your Ravagers attack the weakness faster.

Take the ramp on the right.

Treasure: Librascope, (same effect as the Technique Libra).

Then continue on.

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[16] PSICOM Tracker x2

[30] Watchdrone x3

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Treasure: Digital Circuits x2 on the right.

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Characters: Lightning, Vanille, Sazh           Lake Bresha - The Frozen Falls

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[23] PSICOM Tracker x2, PSICOM Ranger

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Go up the left path up, then further on take the right.

Treasure: Paraffin Oil x2

Treasure: 50 Gil

Next up go right ignoring the enemies for now. 

Treasure: Insulated Cabling x3

Go towards the Save Station.

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[34] Watchdrone, Ciconia Velocycle

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This bike thing is kind of hard to beat so go on with caution. Switch

to Medic often.

Save Station ahead.

Continue on.

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[30] Watchdrone x3

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Treasure: 30 Gil

Treasure: Begrimed Claw x6

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Characters: Lightning, Vanille, Sazh         Lake Bresha - Gates of Antiquity

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Items                        Enemies

[600] Gil                    [E019] Alpha Behemoth (20250)

[2] Digital Circuit (C)      [E021] Watchdrone (1890)

[7] Begrimed Claws (C)       [E022] PSICOM Ranger (324)

[1] Spark Ring (A)           [E024] Crusader (7290)

[3] Potion (B)               [E004] Pantheron (375)

[1] Millerite (C)            [E026] PSICOM Executioner (4050)

[1] Ferroelectric Film (C)   [E020] PSICOM Tracker (1296)

[1] Phoenix Down (B)         [E025] (B)Garuda Interceptor 1st (8000)

[2] Librascope (S)           [E025] (B)Garuda Interceptor 2nd (16200)

                             [E027/E028] (B)Shiva Sisters (NA)

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Save Station at the right on the stairs before the gate. Go inside and prepare

for battle.

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[36] Alpha Behemoth 

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Try to pre-emptive it. That way it'll go down in no time.

Treasure: 600 Gil, on the right before the Behemoth fight.

Take the right path past the debris.

Treasure: Digital Circuit x2

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[37] Watchdrone x3, PSICOM Ranger

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Go up the ramp.

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Characters: Lightning, Vanille, Sazh          Lake Bresha - Forgotten Commons

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Take a right before going down the stairs.

Treasure: Begrimed Claw x7

Go down the stairs.

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[30] PSICOM Ranger x2, Crusader

[30] PSICOM Ranger x2, Crusader

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Treasure: Spark ring, after the circle thing on the left.

Go up the stairs.

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Characters: Lightning, Vanille, Sazh           Lake Bresha - A City No Longer

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Treasure: Potion x3

Ahead is a Save Station. And next to that a short cut. So you won't have to

fight the enemies on the way, but you will miss the treasure that way.

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[6] Pantheron x2

[34] PSICOM Ranger x2, PSICOM Executioner

[23] PSICOM Tracker, PSICOM Ranger x2

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Treasure: Millerite

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[36] Pantheron x2, PSICOM Ranger x2,PSICOM Tracker x2

[9] Pantheron x3

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The stairs further on lead back to the place you could skip the previous

area. As enemies re-spawn in this area, you could keep going in circles

to gather some CP. But I advice against it. It is extremely boring and you

don't really need the little CP it gives you anyway. The items you get

aren't really worth the trouble either.

Go up the stairs.

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[15] PSICOM Tracker, PSICOM Ranger

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Treasure: Ferroelectric Film

Jump down.

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[43] PSICOM Tracker x2, PSICOM Ranger, PSICOM Executioner

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Go up the stairs.

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Characters: Lightning, Vanille, Sazh         Lake Bresha - Echoes of the Past

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Treasure: Phoenix Down, on the right

Treasure: Librascope x2, on the left

Save Station: in the middle

Max out your CS before going furher.

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[0] Garuda Interceptor 1st

[240] Garuda Interceptor 2nd

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Not to hard of a battle as long as you keep your MED close. And therefore, you

get to fight it again, but now with double HP. Use Libra on it, so the RAV

automatically attack its weakness. Because it has a nice weakness, it is wise

to go with a COM/RAV/RAV paradigm for a while and switch to a COM/MED/RAV when

your HP get a little low. Like after his big ball of lightning attack.

Once you get him in Stagger, the battle is pretty much done.

After battle:

- Crystarium Enhancement!

- Roles: Sazh, Synergist & Vanille, Saboteur

- New Shop: Up in Arms

  <> Blazefire Saber

  <> Vega 42s

  <> Wild Bear

  <> Ninurta

  <> Binding Rod

Save your game.

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Characters: Snow                               Lake Bresha - The Frozen Falls

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[24] PSICOM Ranger x3, PSICOM Tracker x2

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You can win this fight, but it won't matter much. Outcome will be the same.

Their extremely tough, so you'll need a lot of potions and the Commando

role seems to be the best option.

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[0] Shiva Sisters

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You'll get a tutorial on how to beat these sisters. It'll explain that

the only real way to defeat these two is to put Snow in a special role.

Furthermore it tells you to use Libra on summon battles, to find out their

weakness and to press the Square button when prompted to finish the fight.

You start the battle with a counter (321 seconds or 5 minutes) above

your head. When the number reaches zero, its game over. So use Libra on

the girls as the tutorial stated and you'll find out you should use

Sentinel. Then select Steel Guard when she does attacks and wait it out.

Don't forget to press the square button when its done.

When you win, Snow's ATB level's up. Meaning you'll get one ATB slot extra.

You'll get the option to save your game.