11J: Their Own Worst Enemy Part II

11J: Their Own Worst Enemy Part II

Stone Mission 52

From the cliffs turn around and follow the path back until you reach the save point on the right - and use it.  Continue along the path to the zone point, jump down on the other side and use the Stone to teleport to the Archylte Steppe Northern Highplain.

Pull up the map - where we want to go is straight up on the map to the small carved out area above - basically South and a little West as you run.  Use the stone here to begin the next mission.

Stone Mission 52: Head in the Clouds

Use the nearest teleport stone to go to the Mah'habara, take the South tunnel and follow it to the end sticking to the left.  Fight your way in and flag the next mission to progress.

Stone Mission 53: Freedom from Fear

Head back to the teleport stone and jet over to the Northern Highplain in the Steppe.  The next stone is located very close to where we are - run up the path and use the save point and then head to the right - you should see the stone from here. 

Stone Mission 54: The Bigger They Are

That was some fight, right?  I chose to rely on luck for that one because I wanted it done, and even though Lightning's Hauteclaire was still just Level 1 (I did not remember to upgrade it when I was near the save point) I was still able to kill the mark in one go once the instant stagger kicked in.  A most excellent outcome to an otherwise frustrating battle!

Don't forget to return your party member's weapons and kit to the regular set - optimizing works good - after this battle, since the configuration that I recommend is pretty much exclusive to this battle and you will not want them fighting the other missions with that configuration!

Now to continue, head to the nearest teleport stone and select 'Oerba - Village Proper' and, once you are there, follow the path down the slopes into the village until you reach the building on the wharf - enter the building and head upstairs to its roof, fighting mobs as needed, where you will find the next stone!

Stone Mission 55: Can't We All Just Get Along?

After you complete this one, you should seriously equip the Growth Egg on one of your party - it gives you double-CP for all of the CP you earn from here on out, which can only be a good thing!

Our next mission is back in the main Steppe area - so head back to the teleport stone and return to the Steppe - then head for the stone which is located to the east - you are heading for the ring of stones near the cliff - that is where our stone is.

When you get there you want the stone that is between 7 and 8 o'clock when you are facing the cliff. 

Stone Mission 56: A Toothy Grin

Return to the Steppe and to the stone ring, and select the next mission!

Stone Mission 57: What's Yours is Brine

After you exit the mission screens you unlock the Trophy/Achievement 'Xezat's Chalice' (worth the usual 15 GP).  Head for the teleport stone and then return to the ring and select the next mission stone!

Stone Mission 58: The Culler of Many

Backtrack to the teleport stone and return to teh Steppe, use the nearby save point and then grab the choco and ride to the ring, where you can select the next mission.

Stone Mission 59: Two-faced Fiend

Return to the teleport stone and teleport to the Steppe, then use the nearby save point before mounting a chocobo and riding back to the stone circle.  Once you reach the circle, select the next mission!

Stone Mission 60: Degela Vu

After you complete the mission, head back to the teleport stone - you will probably have to fight a few mob groups on the way out just as you had to on the way in, and if you are following this walkthrough you, like me, have discovered that there is a cap on your CP bank!  I think that is a terrible oversight on the part of the programmers.  A cap of 999,999 CP is bunk!  Obviously you cannot use the banked CP until you get the final Crystarium Stage upgrade - and that is not going to happen until we wrap up the last handful of Cie'th Stones, so you may as well un-equip the Egg for now, and replace it with something that adds to your stats or abilities, right?

So teleport to the Steppe, save, grab the nearby choco, and head for the stone ring.  Once you get there, flag the next mission!

Stone Mission 61: I, Juggernaut

At this point we have pretty much done all of the Stone Missions that we can do without unlocking the final stage of the Crystarium.  You could try to continue with these, but I doubt that what you experience will be even remotely pleasant and, based upon my own experiences, will be rather frustrating as well!  So be happy that we have completed all but 6 Stone Missions and admit that it is now time to finish this story!

Head for the teleport stone and then to the Village of Oerba!  Now follow the path to the tracks and follow those all the way to the end, where you will find the ship that you need to board to return to Cocoon!

You get a spectacular series of CS's and of course you unlock another Instrument Trophy/Achievement as this is the end of one chapter and the start of another - in this case you get 'Instrument of Faith' (worth 30 GP).  You are promoted to save - do so.