[nervosa]

Mission 01: A Shantotto Ascension

Spoiler

Zone into Windurst Walls from an adjacent zone for a CS. (Mog House or Warp Taru will not work)

Mission 02: Burgeoning Dread

Spoiler

Zone into East or West Sarutbaruta for another CS.
You are told to head to frozen pond in Qufim and to come with an enfeeblement kit.

Mission 03: That Which Curdles Blood

Spoiler

Each kit requires a particular potion depending on which you were assigned.

Enfeeblement Kit of Silence - Silencing potion
Enfeeblement Kit of Sleep Sleeping Potion
Enfeeblement Kit of Poison - Poison Potion

Talk to Kuroido-Moido in the Orastery in Port Windurst - 2 Bast Parchment + Inferior Cocoon + Earth = Padded Box
Inferior Cocoon drops from Crawlers in Maze of Shakrami

Talk to Faulpie in the Tanner's Guild in South Sandy - Pumice + Parchment + Dark = Fine Parchment (need 2)
Pumice drops from Bones in Gusgen Mines

Talk to Abd Al-Raziq in the Alchemist Guild in Bastok Mines - Magiked Blood + Black Ink + Dark= Enchanted Ink (need 2)
Magiked Blood drops from Stink Bats in Ordelles Caves

Making your kit...
Earth Crystal
2 x Fine Parchment
2 x Enchanted Ink
1 x Padded Box
1 x related potion

Head to Qufim and trade the kit to the 'Trodden Snow' by the pond.
You receive 6 Key items called 'Domina's seal (scarlet, cerulean, emerald, amber, violet and azure).

Mission 04: Sugar-coated Directive

Spoiler

Defeat at least 3 protocrystals (touch crystal after for a cs) and then head back to Qufim.

Mission 05: Enemy of the Empire (I)

Spoiler

Head to Norg and speak to Andrause at (I-8)
You need to take pictures of mobs in Sea Serpent Grotto, he will offer to sell you a Soultrapper and a stack of soul plates for 800gil
Collect three pictures and trade them to Andrause one at a time.
Mobs can include: Riparian Sahagin, Swamp Sahagin, Razorjaw Pugil, Mousse, Lagoon Sahagin, Marsh Sahagin, Sea Bonze, Undead Bats and Devil Manta (some of these mobs are behind the Silver, Mythril and Gold Beastcoin doors)

Zone into Gustav Tunnel from Cape Terrigan and find the Outcropping at (F-10), check it for a CS.

Check it again to start a fight with 3 Tenshodo NPCs.
They will start to make clones of them themselves, you only need to defeat the real versions.

Mission 06: Enemy of the Empire (II)

Spoiler

Talk to Aldo at the Tenshodo in Lower Jeuno.

Mission 07: Sugar-coated Subterfuge

Spoiler

Zone into Ro'Maeve.

Mission 08: Shantotto in Chains

Spoiler

Head to the B-10 and check the Ensorcelled Door.
Collect 6 Key Item Fragments from the following mobs in Ro'Maeve and The Sanctuary of Zi'Tah.

Ro'Maeve
* Fired Urn. Only takes Slashing Damage.
* Steely Weapon. Only takes Ranged Attack Damage.
* Lode Golem. Only takes Magic Damage.

Zi'tah
* Blest Bones. Only takes Magic Damage.
* Skeleton Scuffler. Only takes Blunt Damage.
* Holy Horror. Only takes Piercing Damage.

Mission 09: Fountain of Trouble

Spoiler

Head to Full Moon Fountain and check the Moon Spiral for a CS.
Collect 8 Key Item elemental Saps throughout Toraimarai Canal on your way to Full Moon Fountain
(Only one is needed to access to the BCNM. The more you get the more damage will be reduce in the upcomming fight. )
Spots they should be around:
Map 1,(H-7)
Map 1, (J-9) In the water.
Map 2, (H-7) Circular room.
Map 2, (J-9) Upper level of the big room, south side of it.
Map 2, (J-8) Upper level of the big room, north side of it.
Map 2, (G-11) Circular room.
Map 2, (G-8) Starmite Beetles room.
Map 1, (F-8)

Mission 10: Battaru Royale

Spoiler

Head to Full Moon Fountain and check the Moon Spiral to start a BC fight vs 8 Fomor Type mobs.

Mission 11: Romancing the Clone

Spoiler

Talk to Aldo at the Tenshodo in Lower Jeuno. for CS

Mission 12: Sisters in Arms

Spoiler

Proceed to the Temple of Uggalepih > Den of Rancor > Sacrificial Chamber (Unlit Lanterns needed to get into Sacrificial Chamber.)
Obtain 16 Key Item Tablets in Temple of Uggelepih and Den of Rancor.
Note: The Hexes are optional but any you possess will increase your stats/traits/mp/hp significantly for the next fight.
Temple of Uggalepih: 2 on first map
- Tablet of Hexes: Deceit (F-8)
- Tablet of Hexes: Malice (F-10)
Temple of Uggalepih: 4 on second map
- Tablet of Hexes: Envy (F-8)
- Tablet of Hexes: Greed (G-10)
- Tablet of Hexes: Pride (J-11)
- Tablet of Hexes: Bale (I-8)
Den of Rancor: 7 on first map
- Tablet of Hexes: Despair (J-13)
- Tablet of Hexes: Regret (E-5)
- Tablet of Hexes: Rage (K-11)
- Tablet of Hexes: Agony (E-10)
- Tablet of Hexes: Dolor (J-9)
- Tablet of Hexes: Rancor (F-11)
- Tablet of Hexes: Strife (H-6)
Den of Rancor: 2 on second map (fall through or exit at A )
- Tablet of Hexes: Blight (H-9)
- Tablet of Hexes: Death (L-13)
Den of Rancor: 1 on third map (exit from first map at B )
- Tablet of Hexes: Penury (F-9)

Mission 13: Project: Shantottofication

Spoiler

Check the Mohagany Door in the Sacrificial Chamber for a CS
Check it again to enter the battlefield.
Battle against: D. Shantotto (Black Mage) and Shantotto (White Mage)

Mission 14: An Uneasy Peace

Spoiler

Zone into Windurst Waters to get a CS.

Mission 15: A Shantotto Ascension (Fin)

Spoiler

Go to the Tenshodo to retrieve your pants, and turn in other keys (if you haven't already)

[Caerai]

Taking the warp taru from port windurst doesn't work either ;-)>

[Maikar]

wow really sucks hard when you fail on making the kit and lose everything having to start all over again

[Altanos]

This is the biggest trojan horse piece of shit update SE has ever come out with.

[Corrderio]

This is the worst add-on of all 3 IMO

[Zeosilot]

Maikar, on 09 November 2009 - 11:32 PM, said:

wow really sucks hard when you fail on making the kit and lose everything having to start all over again

Yup, first a friend of mine traded their stuff to me for final synth only for us to discover that it's "Exclusive," like, wtf @ that. Then when the person got ALL the ingredients again and tried the final synth "BOOM critical fail" It's like SE wants to make people quit the game out of sheer frustration.

Corrderio, on 10 November 2009 - 08:39 AM, said:

This is the worst add-on of all 3 IMO

^

[Kyatharin]

FYI... when doing fight in Full Moon Mountain, make sure everyone doing mission has ALL Saps or you wont get win

And make sure everyone collects ALL the tablets in Temple of ug. and den of rancor for bonuses to stats

[Corrderio]

Kyatharin, on 10 November 2009 - 05:44 PM, said:

FYI... when doing fight in Full Moon Mountain, make sure everyone doing mission has ALL Saps or you wont get win

And make sure everyone collects ALL the tablets in Temple of ug. and den of rancor for bonuses to stats

Are you sure you didn't miss a CS or something? Not all your members were 8/8 and the ones who needed the win got the win.

[Nanako]

Are the key items found in Toraimarai Canal and Temple of Uggalepih/Den of Rancor lost if you lose the battle? I would assume they are lost, because SE *is* sadistic enough to have us hunt for ??? in a deathtrap while suffering full xp loss.

[Corrderio]

Yes you lose all items upon entry of the BC

[Prothescar]

This add-on is shit. That's pretty much an entire review. Easily the most tedious one, and arguably the shittiest reward.

[Corrderio]

Prothescar, on 11 November 2009 - 06:40 AM, said:

This add-on is shit. That's pretty much an entire review. Easily the most tedious one, and arguably the shittiest reward.

I actually plan on putting a review up, but I need to beat the last fucking fight.

[Velhart]

Corrderio, on 11 November 2009 - 07:45 AM, said:

I actually plan on putting a review up, but I need to beat the last fucking fight.

Let me guess, a gigantic Taru?

Only thing this expansion gave me was access to a nice cape. I am not going to jump through hoops for this.

[Nanako]

Wow, ASA is just fucking sadistic. No level cap or anything in place to help people through some of the most dangerous dungeons of the classic lands. Are they still claiming this includes lower level content? I don't know anyone lower level who'd risk going through some of those dungeons for the avatar fights.

The thought of going to the Sacrificial Chamber a dozen times to try to beat this fucking train wreck makes me want to drink. It was oh so much fun farming a lantern and going through that hellhole for the Zilart missions.

It's like they got tired of people complaining how tedious the first two were, and decided to see how sadistic they could be and get away with.

[Corrderio]

Velhart, on 11 November 2009 - 10:18 AM, said:

Let me guess, a gigantic Taru?

Only thing this expansion gave me was access to a nice cape. I am not going to jump through hoops for this.

Nope...

Spoiler

2 Shantottos, a Light Shantotto and a Dark Shantotto, make sure you kill the Dark Shantotto first or the Light Shantotto will use Metor spammage.

Last fight is pretty easy if you're geared right, 4 heavy DDs and 2 WHMs spamming Curaga 4 makes this fight pretty managable.

[_Vivik_]

Well this was a piece o cake expansion, now my biggest prob is WHAT PANTS to get

[Corrderio]

Also noticed the something in the OP

The Light Shantotto is NOT a White Mage, the only white magic I seen it cast are Protect, and Holy.... possibly Shell also. Other than that it uses Black Magic as it's main form of damage.

[Wolfshadow123]

Phew! Tried posting on BG....with their silly...4 day...rule...thing...
ANYWAYS! We've tried countless time as war/nin mnk/nin blu/nin sam/nin whm/sch and whm/sch
a whm goes w/ war to door to hold the whm totto, melee chip away while other whm keeps them cured up, come 75% the war tries to peel whm back off to hallway...and it works... then come 50% its zerg time and the war kinda just gives up on holding whm and joins the zerg. we whms start spaming curaga IV...only to get massive hate and die right away...
How are you getting past this hate issue?!
The mnk i will admit is kind of a sucky dd in that its punches do 0~30 and he asuran fists for 300 at the most...
Is our lack of -great- DD power whats keeping us behind? we keep wiping at around the last 5% of the blm totto

[Alkar]

I've seen her use Protect V and Holy II. I'm sure she can use Shell V as well but giving them jobs is a bit of a stretch.
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Lets' say that it's funny how SE doesn't let us beat Shantotto lol

[Velhart]

Welp I definetely know I am never doing this expansion, I refuse to do anything that involves that god awful place called Den of Rancor.

Great job.