Final Fantasy XV(FFXV) Hints on Xbox One (X1)

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Easy Gil / Gil Farming

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Selling items is the quickest way to earn Gil. Killing enemies and selling the items they drop (basically some of these items are unusable but worth 100 Gil and up). 

If you’ve reached chapter 3, travel to Lestallum and find the guy with the neck bear at the bottom of some stairs on the left just after you park. He gives easy quests for a lot of money. 

Kill Sabertusk doggies and sell their claws for 90 Gils each.

Quick Looting

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You can hold X/A to loot all the items on the floor instead of having to repeatedly tap the button.

First Focus - The Exploration Tree

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The exploration tree’s upgrades will allow you to gain more AP from camping and other everyday activities, ‘Happy’ and ‘Happier’ camping should be the first abilities you focus on gaining, the pay-off in the long run is worth it.

Night-Time

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Enemies present in the dark are far more powerful (several levels higher) than enemies which appear during the day, this makes travelling at night more dangerous however, but potentially more rewarding. 

If you show the shop menu in the car whilst driving this will prevent any enemies spawning on the road!

MP3 Music Player

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There is an MP3 player available for purchase for the car (~100 Gil). You use L2 to activate it and the D-Pad to change between songs, the MP3 player is usable on foot.

Combat Wait Mode

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There is an option in the settings to enable ‘Wait Mode’ which makes in-game combat more turn based and akin to classic Final Fantasy games, this may suit your play style better. During the ‘wait’ in wait mode you can get the examine the battlefield and see enemy vulnerabilities.

There is also an ascension ability tree which you can spend some AP on to increase the amount of time in wait mode.

Strategy

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Occasionally before a fight, your party members may suggest a strategy to defeat the enemy. You’ll get extra AP for following the suggestion.

Noctis - MP Stasis

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Noctis will go into stasis when he has no magic points, in statis his special moves are disabled so keep a close eye on his MP!

Defense Moves

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Tap Square/X to ‘roll-dodge’ and avoid incoming attacks.
Hold Square/X to evade or phase through attacks, phasing costs MP and beware that some attacks moves cannot be phased through.

Scraps of Mystery

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You’ll find a scrap of paper lying on the ground in an outpost or a service station or a town and when you pick it up you’ll get a new quest entitled the ‘Scraps of Mystery’ with a number appended to the end. There are 14 scraps of mystery quests to finish to complete the map.

The following video explains where to find all of them and how to start the quests for each one.

Machine Gun Damage

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At recipe level 10 of Ignis’ cooking skill Golden Tail Soup is unlocked (consisting of Kujata MArrow, Platinum Myritrout Fillet and Allural Shallot, all available to purchase). Get Ignis to cook this disk, equip the Blow of the Clever and use the Overwhelm skill whilst you have the bow equipped and Noctis will become a human machine gunner. You can also boost this using items that boost strength (STR).

Insane 99,999 Damage / DMG

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Near Volcano (Ravntogh Trail), go the Outpost, get the Feathered Giant Hunt (Lv67), make sure your car is parked at the Outpost. Climb to the summit until you reach the Camp. Sleep there. Fighting the monster will gain you 3 Zu Beaks. Use these to make Tier 4 Magic with the Limit Break Modifier (all three for a Lvl99 limit break). Now using Flare, Freeze of Electro you have a chance of hitting 99,999 in a single cast.

Killing Adamantoise in sub 8 minutes

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Make sure you have full HP for bonus damage. Use your strongest attack modifier accessories and Royal Arms. Eat Golden Tail Soup for a 100% critical chance. Use Muscle Stimulant + Power Ex. Gain Enchantment from Ignis for extra damage. Use the Piercer from Prompto to lower Adamantoise’ defence. Armiger it’s legs/fins to quickly make it vulnerable. Focus on the bulge on it’s neck and the neck itself as they have the lower defences.

Play Through The Tutorial

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Completing and mastering the ‘Platinum Demo’ isn’t a guarantee that you’ll know all the mechanics of combat and spellcasting for the main game, it is highly recommended that you play through the tutorial for this reason, also check out the Lore Guide.

Eating

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A well fed party will have an edge, so gathering ingredients should be on your TODO list. If you see a food icon, go and gather ingredients.

DIners and Hunts

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Talk to the owners of diners, they provide points of interest on the map and hunt quests which are fun and offer great rewards (in gil terms). They are probably the best type of secondary or side quest to invest time into.

Warp Kill

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You can warp kill human enemies if you are undetected before a battle starts by pressing Triangle/Y when the prompt appears.

Blitz Combos and Finishers

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A blitz is an attack that is performed by holding Circle or B to execute a basic combo that ends in a culmination. Greatswords have the longest blitz combo whilst daggers have the shortest. Using Noctis and a melee weapon with a locked opponent allows the use of L to warp your opponent with the first smash of your combo. The uses zero MP. 

After releasing Circle or B to finish a blitz, press it again to launch a finisher attack. Noctis will step back and this opens a window for a finisher attack with most weapons with the exception of the sword, for which you need to press Circle or B immediately after it starts to fade.

Oracle Ascension Coins

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Oracle ascension coins are located around Eos, once you reach Altissia you can find a vendor who will exchange them for the following rare items.

• Number of Coins - Items - Benefit
• 1 - Megalixir - Regain HP and MP for the entire party.
• 4 - Fire Crest - Reduced fire damage.
• 4 - Ice Crest - Reduced Ice damage
• 4 - Lightning Crest - Reduced lightning damage
• 8 - Dark Crest - Reduces dark damage
• 20 - Might Guard - Reduces frost, lightning, dark and fire damage
• 30 - Stone Wall - Reduces fire, frost and ballistic damage
• 40 - Ribbon - Protection from status ailments

Power Cooking Guide - Easy Levelling

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In Lestallum, buy 60 to 75 Luncheon meats and cook “Mystery Meat Sushi” 60 to 75 times, this will max out your cooking skill in about 20 minutes!

Power Fishing Guide - Easy Levelling

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From level 1 to level 10 in 2-3 hours.

You need to have unlocked Ch 7 and have about 30 to 35 thousand Gill available. 

Go to Vesperpool (north of the map). Every time you stay there you get into a long conversation with Gladio about a fishing tour, don’t accept this. Take the right path and follow it until you get to Bert’s Bobber ‘n’ Stuff and a fishing spot called Vesperpool Lake East Bank, north western corner of Celigne which is the best fishing spot in the game. 

• Buy the Death Spin rod and the Nereid Reel (total cost of about 21000 Gil).
• Get 20x Malboro Lures.
• Get 20x Dragonsbeard Silk.
  
  
• Use the Malboro lure, and we are looking to catch rare fish such as Phoneix Bass and Golden catfish.
• Throw your line at small dots.
• Ignore Gladio and Ignis.
• Purchase more silk and lures as needed.

 The more fish you catch the greater skill increase you will get, you can take a break at a campsite to rank up and then continue fishing.

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