11D: A Man's Hope is His Castle Part III

11D: A Man's Hope is His Castle Part III

Stone Mission 15

Jump on a chocobo and head out of the clearing and through the canyon to the main area, skirting the mobs that you encounter.  Once you are out of the canyon head for the lake and use the chocobo jump spot to get to the small island, and grab the pair of Minar Stones from the Treasure Sphere here, and then ride to the smaller of the two bluffs to the North and use the chocobo jump spot to get on top, hopping across to the Cie'th Stone there to flag Stone Mission 15.

Stone Mission 15: Tribal Warfare

The next Stone is directly to the South of where we are now, but that requires us to loop around the edge of the cliff and the nearby bluff - so do that, working your way down to the level below and, once you head around the edge of the bluff, use the save point there.   Work your way around the back of the bluff past the walker, then jump up on to the bluff near he second walker, and head to the Cie'the Stone here.

Although there is a choco jump point here you do not actually need one to get up, as you can climb up to the left of the spot -and finding a choco here would be difficult.  The stone is in the XXX corner of the lower plateau of this bluff.  Click the stone to flag Mission 16.

Stone Mission 16: Surrogate Slayer

Grab a chocobo and exit to the main part of the zone, then head towards the North - this is a long run to the upper left corner of the zone.  Remember that slope that lead down we used on a previous mission?  That is where we are going. 

You will have no trouble getting pasts the two large mobs fighting each other at the entrance to the sloping path, so scoot past them and click the stone mate!  If you had a similar experience to mine you probably managed to dig two or three treasures up along the way - choco digging is a convenient way to make Gil now that we have access to the birds and they are situated around the zone.

Stone Mission 17: A Widow's Wrath

With that mechanical menace out of the picture, we now want to turn around and head directly back to the stone we got this mission from - hit the save point here and then head down the path past the two battling mobs and when you reach the area where the stone is, head left and hit the zone point, where you get a brief CS of Snow pointing out that there is a path through the cliffs here.

Follow the path in a northerly direction until you zone again, and reach another save point - you may as well use that now.  If you check the map, up ahead in an area still hidden by the fog of war you can see the marker for the next Cie'th Stone.  That is where we are headed!

Ahead of you is a group of Hoplite - take them out and then hit the Treasure Sphere with a Hauteclaire (one of Lightnings weapons) which you should grab - then tackle the next group of Hoplites.  After the third group is down, head into the passage ahead and run past the branching path on the left to the end, where you bear around to the right, where you encounter a Boxed Phalanx and some more Hoplites. 

This is an odd fight - if you go after the Hoplites first thinking to think out the crowd that would be a mistake, because the Phalanx will simply re-spawn more and it will turn into a never-ending fight.  So target the Phalanx first, and then the Hoplites.

Moving forward after the fight triggers a CS and then continue on, taking out the nearby bombs, and follow the path, killing your way along until you reach the bridge - where you spot a new Fal'Cie in an interesting CS.  The stone that we are seeking is just ahead and on the left - so move up and take out the mobs ahead, then tag the stone.

Stone Mission 18: So Close, Yet So Far

Once you have the mission complete continue off of the bridge and follow the path to the first bend, where you will find a Treasure Sphere with a  pair of Saint's Amulets in it.  On the other side of the bend is a jump point, then the cavern opens up and you exit near a convenient save point.  Once you have saved your game, and then move forward to trigger the next CS.