Final Fantasy XII
Bazaar, Loot FAQ                                       
          

Compiled by N.G.R, a.k.a. GaeanPrayer
[email protected]
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I, obviously, don't own Final Fantasy, or I'd be rich and hardly interested in 
writing this FAQ for you. I'd likely be spending money on one thing or 
another...like more video games...but alas, this isn't so. Someone else owns 
the game, the characters, and all the blah that comes with it. Google the 
info if you really care (which you don't, I'm sure.)

This FAQ, however, I ~do~ own. I really don't care where it ends up on the 
internet provided I maintain the credit, am notified and this FAQ stays 
exactly as I have written it. The info below was aquired during my second play-
through of the game via a guide and was (painstakingly) verified item by item, 
by me.

If, however, I do make a mistake, as is bound to happen, use my e-mail above to 
notify me and I will correct it as soon as I can. 
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~ The Bazaar ~

The Bazaar is unique to the Final Fantasy series. As any who have played the
game know, enemies no longer drop absurb amounts of gil; now, they drop loot. 
Said loot can be sold to the stores, which is how you aquire the money to 
purchase your equipment/spells/whatever. However, as an added incentive, 
certain combinations of loot sold are automically turned into other useful 
items and equipment. This is incredibly beneficial, as the Bazaar items are
usually much cheaper than their merchant counterparts in addition to being 
available much earlier in the game (i.e., being able to purchase the Gold Armor 
set from materials before you can buy it from a store). For added 
convenience, every single merchant has the Bazaar option, and as such the
Bazaar is directly connected to each and every one. This means that you don't 
have to keep track of what loot you sell and who you sell it to; just drop it 
off wherever it's convenient and let the merchant NPCs handle the rest.

Below is a list of Bazaar items, sorted Alphabetically (by first letter only,
'cuz I'm lazy), followed by the loot and amount necessary to recieve the item 
and the difference in price compared to buying the item from a store. Enjoy.

Note: an Asterisk (*) means this item (or part of it, as is in the case of
ammunition) is NOT available in stores. If you want it, the Bazaar is your 
only option.

Format:
Name - Duh.
Loot - Stuff you need to sell for said item to appear.
Gil - Amount to buy. Duh again.
Compare - Difference between what you pay at the bazaar and what you'd pay at
a merchant for the same item.
Package - What's actually contained in the Bazaar item.

---
Antidote Set
Drab Wool x2
100g
-50g
Antidote x3
---
Assorted Leathers
Wolf Pelt x2, Tanned Hide, Dark Stone x2
680g
-200g
Leather Breastplate, Leather Headgear 
---
Arrows Alight *
Crooked Fang x2, Fire Stone x4
3800g
Long Bow, Firey Arrows
---
Alluring Finery
Fine Wool x3, Tyrant Hide, Ice Magicite x4
5480g
-820g
Lamia's Tiara, Enchanter's Habit
---
Armor-Piercing Shot *
Ring Wyrm Scale x4, Silver Liquid x5, Wind Crystal x7
15200g
Spica, Windslicer Shot
---
Attenuated Greatsword
Quality Stone x4, Sky Jewel x7, Holy Crystal x10
14000g
-1500g
Save the Queen
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Arrows of the Moon Goddess*
Vampyr Fang x2, Dorsal Fin x2, Gemini Gem x3
15000g
Artemis Arrows
---
Bow and Bodkin*
Bat Fang, Rat Pelt x2, Dark Stone x2
600g
Shortbow, Parallel Arrows
---
Burning Blade
Lumber x2, Malboro Vine x2, Fire Stone x6
4680g
-520g
Flametongue
---
Burnished Protectives
Wyrm Carapace x2, Quality Hide x2, Fire Stone x6
8400g
-2100g
Burgonet, Shielded Armor, Ice Shield
---
Burning Fangs*
Pointed Horn x2
980g
Red Fang x5
---
Blindflight Quarrels*
Spiral Incisor x3, Silver Liquid x3, Dark Crystal x3
11220g
Hunting Crossbow, Black Bolts
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Befuddling Incendiaries*
Bomb Shell x4, Book of Orgain-Cent x3, Fire Crystal x7
17800g
Caldera, Chaos Bombs
---
Black Vestments
Blood Wool x9, Prime Tanned Hide x7, Dark Crystal x8
22800g
-3100g
Black Mask, Black Robes
---
Bow of the Moon Goddess*
Great Serpent's Fang x2, Moondust x2, Sylphi Halcyon
15800g
Artemis Bow
---
Brilliant Shield*
Ancient Turtle Shell x2, Ring Wyrm Liver x2, Undin Halcyon
12420g
Venetian Shield
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Brawler's Fetish (<----kinky O.o)
Gimble Stalk x2
5940g
-560g
Amber Armlet
---
Blush of Light
Tomato Stalk x2, Magick Lamp, Snowfly
4500g
-500g
Firefly
---
Back Harness
Wolf Blood
800g
-200g
Battle Harness
---
Chain-link Belt
Battlewyrm Carapace x2, Adamantite
17820g
-1080g
Bubble Belt
---
Chronos Tear Pack*
Eye of the Hawk
333g
Chronos Tear x10
Repeatable
---
Cursed Necklace 
Blood-stained Necklace x3, Death's Head x2, Leo Gem x3
15000g
Nihopalaoa
---
Comfy Headgear
White Incense x2, Einherjarium x2, Virgo Gem x7
30000g
Cat-ear Hood
---
Crimson Blade
Solid Stone x2, Glass Jewel x2, Dark Stone x5
4500g
-500g
Blood Sword
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Double-bladed Knife
Windslicer Pinion x5, Malboro Flower x7, Wind Crystal x9
13800g
-1200g
Zwill Crossblade
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Devastating Incendiaries*
Bomb Fragment x3, Frog Oil x2, Aries Gem x3
12000g
Castellanos
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Darksteel Blade*
Orichalcum x2, Chimera Head x2, Taurus Gem x3
17800g
Stoneblade
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Dragon Crest*
Omega Badge, Godslayer's Badge, Lu Shang's Badge
65535g
Wyrmhero Blade
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Exquisite Ring
Frogspawn x2
14400g
-1600g
Opal Ring
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Esoteric Draught*
Onion x3, Rat Tail x3, High Arcana x2
108000
Megalixer
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Engraved Spear
Ketu Board x2, Broken Spear x2, Mystletainn x2
15300g
-1700g
Gungnir
---
Elegant Pole
Blood-darkened Bone x8, Demon Feather x6, Wind Crystal x7
12150g
-1360g
Ivory Pole
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Emboldening Arms
Quality Pelt x6, Tanned Giantskin x4, Fire Crystal x3
13780g
-2420g
Chakra Band, Power Vest
---
Eye Openers
Chocobo Feather x4
1280g
-220g
Phoenix down x5, Alarm Clock x5
---
Eye Drop Set
Demon Eyeball x2
100g
-50g
Eye Drops x3
---
First-aid Kit
Large Feather x3
450g
-100g
Phoenix Down x2, Potion x2
---
Forked Spear
Pointed Horn x4, Maggoty Fleshx5, Wind Magicite x6
11250g
-1250g
Trident
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Forbidding Shield
Aged Turtle Shell x2, Destrier Barding x8, Leamonde Halcyon
9800g
-1400g
Demon Shield
---
Flask of Oily Liquid
Unpurified Ether x2, Caramel x3
4000g
+3775g
Ether
---
Flash of Viscous Liquid*
Unpurified Ether x2, Foul Liquid x2, Slime Oil x4
12000g
Hi-Ether
---
Fire-bird's Whisper
Jack-o-Lantern
2222g
-278g
Phoenix Down x10
---
Feathered Boots
Arctic Wind, Broken Sword
450g
-50g
Winged Boots
---
Gilt Phylactery
Tattered Garment
3150g
-1350g
Golden Armlet
---
Golden Battle Axe
Electrum x2, Broken Greataxe x2, Mardu Halcyon
16200g
-1800g
Golden Axe
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Gigas Gear
Prime Pelt x8, Prime Tanned Hide x7, Dark Crystal x7
17800g
-3800g
Gigas Hat, Gigas Chestplate
---
Golden Garb
Iron Carapace x3, Tanned Hide x2, Dark Stone x5
6780g
-1790g
Golden Helm, Golden Armor, Golden Shield
---
Gilt Shield
Molting, Fire Stone
270g
-30g
Escutcheon
---
Hollow-shaft Arrows*
Bat Fang x5, Yellow Liquid, Water Magicite x3
6280g
Loxley Bow, Bamboo Arrows
---
Huntsman's Crossbow*
Bundle of Needles, Festering Flesh x2, Ice Magicite x5
9980g
Recurve Crossbow, Stone Bolts
---
Hi-potion Pack
Rainbow Egg
1111g
-989g
Hi-potion x10
Repeatable
---
Iron-forged Pole
Sturdy Bone x5, Demon Eyeball x3, Fire Magicite x4
4780g
-520g
Iron Pole
---
Iron-Forged Blade
Iron Scraps x3, Foul Flesh x2, Earth Stone x3
1080g
-120g
Iron Sword
---
Jag-tooth Ninja Sword
Giant Feather x5, Festering Flesh x4, Dark Magicite x5
9000g
-1000g
Kagenui
---
Jewel of the Serpent*
Snake Skin x4, Serpent Eye x2, High Arcana
19998g
Serpentarius
Repeatable
---
Jewel of Creation*
Soul Powder, Wargod's Band x2, High Arcana
29997g
Empyreal Soul
Repeatable
---
Light Spear
Horn x2, Foul Flesh x2, Wind Stone x3
1260g
-140g
Javelin
---
Light and Sturdy Garb
Coeurl Pelt x6, Tanned Tyrant Hide x2, Storm Magicite x5
9800g
-2000g
Adamant Hat, Adamant Vest
---
Late-model Rifle*
Wyvern Wing x2, Yensa Fin x2, Salamand Halcyon
19800g
Arcturus
---
Life Crystal*
Arcana x10, Feystone, Soul of Thamasa
9999g
High Arcana
Repeatable
---
Large Gloves
Bent Staff x3
4500g
-1300g
Blazer Gloves
---
Magick Shard*
Glass Jewel x8, Sky Jewel x8, Diakon Halcyon
99g
Holy Mote
---
Magick Shard* (There are 3 kinds of Magick Shards available, not a typo)
Book of Orgain x8, Book of Orgain-Cent x8, Book of Orgain-Mille x8
499g
Scathe Mote
---
Magick Shard* (3rd)
Festering Flesh x4
1480g
Water Mote x5
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Mysterious Substance
Grimoire Togail x3, Grimoire Aidhed x3, Bat Wing
14999g
+14997g
Dark Matter
---
Master-Crafted Blade*
Gemsteel x2, Orichalcum x3, Mallet x2
350000g
Masamune
---
Matchless Metal*
Scarletite, Damascus Steel x2, Hell-Gate's Flame x2
29997g
Gemsteel
Repeatable
---
Memories of Yore*
Quality Stone x5
999g
Pebble x99
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Magepower Helm
Charger Barding x5, Chimera Head x2, Feystone
12800g
-220g
Magepower Shishak
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Mystic Staff
Quality Lumber x4, Demon Feather x6, Storm Crystal x7
7200g
-900g
Cloud Staff
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Mudslinger*
Ichthon Scale x4, Silver Liquid x3, Earth Crystal x3
9080g
Aldebaran, Mud Shot
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Monk's Garb
Coeurl Pelt x4, Tyrant Hide x2, Ice Magicite x4
5480g
-220g
Headband, Jujitsu Gi
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Matching Reds
Coeurl Pelt x3, Quality Hide x2, Dark Magicite x3
4280g
-720g
Red Cap, Brigandine
---
Marksman's Delight*
Fish Scale x2, Green Liquid, Dark Stone x3
1680g
Capella, Silent Shot
---
Ninja Garb
Fine Wool x4, Tanned Tyrant Hide x2, Fire Magicite x5
8330g
-1470g
Black Cowl, Black Garb
---
Noisome Incendiaries*
Bomb Shell, Fire Crystal x3
9800g
Fumarole, Poison Bombs
---
Nature's Armory
Prime Pelt x9, Forbidden Flesh x7, Fire Crystal x8
24650g
-4350g
Crown of Laurels, Rubber Suit
---
Ninja Footgear
Slaven Harness x2
450g
-260g
Gillie Boots
---
Oil-soaked Incendiaries*
Bomb Ashes x3, Book of Orgain x2, Fire Crystal x3
10625g
Tumular, Oil Bombs
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Platinum Gear
Insect Husk x2, Tanned Giantskin x5, Storm Magicite x6
19120g
-4780g
Platinum Helm, Platinum Armor, Platinum Shield
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Phials & Philtres
Malboro Flower x3
1980g
-420g
Vaccine x8, Smelling Salts x16
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Potion Crate
Screamroot x3
7480g
-5120g
Potion x30, High-Potion x20, X-potion x10
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Permafrost Bow and Quiver*
Spiral Incisor x4, Antarctic Wind x2, Ice Crystal x7
17200g
Perseus Bow, Icecloud Arrows
---
Phoenix Flight
Windslicer Pinion x5
8750g
-3750g
Phoenix Down x50
---
Piercing Bolts*
Wrath of Gods x2, Ring Wyrm Liver x2, Capricorn Gem x3
15000g
Grand Bolts
---
Potion Pack
Cactus Fruit x2
70g
-70g
Potion x2
Repeatable
---
Rain of Tears*
Yensa Scale, Green Liquid x3, Water Stone x4
2980g
Vega, Aquashot
---
Ranger's Crossbow*
Crooked Fang x4, Yellow Liquid x2, Ice Stone
6480g
Crossbow, Long Bolts
---
Shoes of the Dead
Zombie Powder, Destrier Mane
450g
-360g
Quasimodo Boots
---
Shell-worked Collar
Bomb Shell x2, Four-leaf Clover x2
8370g
-930g
Turtleshell Choker
---
Saint's Draught*
Ambrosia x3, Demon's Drink x3, High Arcana
36000g
Elixer
---
Silver Bow*
Beastlord Horn x3, Moon Ring x3, Sagittarius Gem x4
60000g
Sagittarius
---
Stone Shot*
Mirror Scale x2, Tyrant Bone x2, Libra Gem x3
15000g
Stone Shot
---
Serpent Blade*
Coeurl Whisper x2, Sickle-Blade x2, Cancer Gem x3
15200g
Orochi
---
Samurai's Katana
Iron Ore x5, Screamroot x7, Water Crystal x9
13800g
-1200g
Ame-no-Murakumo
---
Scout's Crossbow*
Wyvern Fang x4, Ancient Bone x3, Holy Crystal x9
17800g
Penetrator Crossbow, Time Bolts
---
Sturdy Battle Gear
Charger Barding x4, Split Armor x2, Pisces Gem x3
14800g
-2200g
Maximillian
---
Soul of the Fire Bird
Bundle of Feathers x3
5980g
-270g
Phoenix Down x25
---
Survival Set
Malboro Fruit x4
1500g
-300g
Antidote x12, Eye Drops x12, Echo Herbs x12
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Sipping Wine
Tyrant Hide x2
240g
-120g
Bacchus' Wine x3
---
Smelling Salts, &c (Ingame typo?)
Malboro Vine x4
540g
-400g
Hi-Potion x4, Smelling Salts x2
---
Tail of the Phoenix
Small Feather x3
400g
-100g
Phoenix Down x2
---
Tinctures & Tonics
Succulent Fruit x4
700g
-100g
Potion x5, Handkerchief x3, Gold Needle x3
---
Traveler's Garb
Braided Wool x2, Tanned Hide 2, Water Stone x5
3280g
-520g
Feathered Cap, Traveler's Vestments
---
Triage Kit
Giant Feather x3
2980g
-850g
Phoenix Down x12, Hi-Potion x3
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The Leering Blade
Solid Horn x4, Demon Tail x7, Dark Crystal x10
14800g
-1200g
Deathbringer
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The Scorpion*
Charged Gizzard x3, Wyrm Bone x3, Scorpio Gem x4
60000g
Scorpion Tail
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The Sunflower*
Gemsteel x3, Empyreal Soul x3, Serpentarius x3
60000g
Tournesol
---
Ultimate Blade*
Adamantite x2, Death Powder x2, Gnoma Halcyon
22800g
Ultima Blade
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Unassuming Surcoat
Wolf Pelt x2, Earth Stone x1
180g
-20g
Chromed Leathers
---
Vaccine Pack*
Demon's Sigh
999g
Vaccine x10
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Wing Cord
Stardust x2
3600g
-400g
Pheasant Netsuke
---
Wind Walkers
Gyshal Greens x33, Arcana x15
18000g
-2000g
Hermes Sandals
---
Whisker of the Beast*
Mythril x3, Corpse Fly x3, Aquarius Gem x4
60000g
Whale Whisker
---
Well-forged Blade*
Lifewick x3, Emperor Scale x2, Leshach Halcyon
21600g
Durandal
---
Water-drop Munitions*
Book of Orgain x3, Putrid Liquid x3, Water Crystal x10
7800g
Water Bombs
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White Vestments
Blood Wool x9, Beastlord Hide x7, Holy Crystal x8
22800g
-6200g
White Mask, White Robes
---
Warped Blade
Bundle of Deathers x6, Maggoty Flesh x4, Fire Magicite x6
11250g
-1250g
Diamond Sword
---
War Axe
Pointed Horn x2, Malboro Fruit x4, Wind Magicite x6
10350g
-1150g
Francisca
---
Wooden Pole
Bone Fragment x5, Succulent Fruit x3, Earth Stone x4
1800g
-200g
Cypress Pole
---
X-Potion Pack*
Behemoth Steak
4444g
X-Potion x10
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~ Grimoires ~

Grimoires become available in the Bazaar after specific conditions, all of
which easily attainable, become filled. Grimoires will make their respective 
monster(s) drop better loot and, at times, large amounts of it. They are 
expensive, but well-worth the effort to purchase, as they'll turn
money-making into a child's play. Upon purchase of a Grimoire, they take up
space in your inventory  (key Items) as a Monograph.
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Forgotten Grimoire   |    Gil |     Monsters    |  How to Purchase

Hunter's Monograph   | 18,000 | Beasts, Avions  | Speak with Gatsly after
                                                |completing his     
                                                | Bill, Thextera Hunt.
Knight's Monograph   | 19,000 | Giants, Insects | Talk to: Weapon Merchant 30x
Warmage's Monograph  | 20,000 | Amorphs, Undead | Read Bulletin Board 20x
Mage's Monograph     | 21,000 |   Fiends        | Talk to: Magick Merchant
                                                |25x.
Scholar's Monograph  | 22,000 | Constructs      | Talk to: Armor Merchant 15x.
Dragoon's Monograph  | 22,000 | Dragons, Plants | Read Bulletin Board 40x.
Sage's Monograph     | 25,000 |  Elements       | Talk to: Any merchant, 100x  
                                                | (accumulative).
Canopic Jar          |250,000|   All Enemies    | Sell: Phobos Glaze,
                                                |Horakhty's Flame,    
                                                |Deimos Clay.

Canopic Jar: After achieving this item, all enemies will begin dropping
Arcana, which normally drop only from Rare Monsters. Arcana can be sold for a 
small amount of money, whereafter it later becomes powerful items and equipment 
in the Bazaar, some of which can be bought over and over!




F.A.Q.

Q. What is the best way to make money early in the game?
A. Lhusu Mines, without a doubt, is the best way to earn tons of money and LP
within a very short amount of time. You can easily earn 30k+ Gil and 100+ LP
within 20-30 minutes with the following:

1. Enter Lhusu mines and kill everything up until the path splits in 2; take
the right (easy, first path you reach) path down to start building up your
chain of skeletons. From here on in, attack ONLY skeletons.

2. Hold R2 (allows you to flee without possibly attacking the wrong enemy and
ruining the chain) past the Oltam Spam, and held north from the Transitway 1
towards Shunia Twinspan, still holding R2

3. Walk back and forth over the Shunia Twinspan bridge, where anywhere from
15-30 skeletons can spawn at a time, building up that chain and collecting
tons of loot along the way. Let your two AI controlled members kill while you
set your gambit to Nearest Foe = Steal. Once the skeletons stop spawning, head
north to Site 2 and clear the entire area of skeletons. Unless this is the
first time you've visited the mines (where you will fight a boss) or have
taken on the Elite Quest (another boss) there will be nothing around to hurt
your chain.

4. Walk backwards, killing skeletons that have respawned along the way. Hold
R2 through Transitway 1 and Oltam Span so the chain isn't hurt. When you reach
the Shaft Entry, kill only enemies along the south section of the map (which
are all skeletons). Feel free to pick up any treasure in the area that may
have respawned.

5. Rinse, and repeat until you've had enough or are at 90+ Bone Fragments.
Return to town, sell, save, and do it again if you like.

This one run will net you 12k+ just on bones alone, plus Iron Helms the
Skeletons have likely dropped (700g each), Dark Stones (44g each, usually you
can rack up 50+), etc., etc., earning anywhere from 15-30k easily. You can
also build up an endless chain this way, though it's not necessary if you've
reached the max (99) amount of any one type of item you can carry. It is
HIGHLY recommended you wait until lvl 20+ to do this, and possible have a
fourth character (guest) to help with the killing. I spent a day doing this
and built up 500k, reached lvl 31 on my main characters, bought all grimoires
with money to spare, and had more than half of my board opened (including
everyone's lvl 1-3 quickenings). Needless to say, I was MORE than ready to
take on anything that game my way until the second portion of the game.


Q. Is your Bazaar/Item/Whatever list complete?
A. Far as I know, yes. If there is something missing or incorrect, however,
please contact me and I will fix whatever needs a'fixin', plus you get a nifty
shout in the Thanks section. Isn't that special?



~ Updates ~

Update section is getting put down here, as no one really cares about it. This
is more or less for my own reference, and because documented progress makes me
feel spiffy.

11/6/06 - V.1.20 (many hours later)

-Completed Bazaar List
-Started a FAQ Section
-Starting to work on Loot List

11/6/06 - V.1.10

-Wrote Bazaar List A-D
-Spiffied up Grimoire Section

11/5/06 - V.1.00

-Started the FAQ
-Wrote Grimoire Section
-Wrote 'Thanks To' section so I remembered to give credit where due.


~ Thanks to ~

SquareEnix, for making, thus far, the ONLY games to ever hold my interest all
the 
way up to completion.

BradlyGames, for making a guide that made my second play-through infinitely 
easier, and helping me to pinpoint what exactly it was that I was selling to
make these bazaar items
appear.

Mi Amore, for allowing me to sit and play a video game for 10 hours at a time 
without getting upset (as long as I remembered to do the dishes and take out 
the trash...) Love you, honey!

Many others who have and will contribute to this and future walkthroughs. 
Yall know who you are.