FFXIII Quick way to farm Adamantoises (no summons) HD

This strategy requires you to practically be done with the Crystarium (meaning everyone is level 5 in all roles) and you must have Tier 2 weapons equipped along with very high strength and magic boosting accessories. You also need the Genji Gloves (breaks damage limit) , and I recommend equipping a Collector's Catalogue to increase the chances of obtaining Platinum Ingots. Make sure Fang has the Genji Gloves equipped or else you won't kill the legs in one hit.

Have the party consisting of Fang, Hope, and Vanille and have these Paradigms:

Rapid Growth (SYN/SYN/SYN)
Tri-disaster (RAV/RAV/RAV)
Discretion (COM/MED/MED)
Assassination (SAB/RAV/SAB)
Cerberus (COM/COM/COM)

When the battle begins, manually caste Bravera and Faithra on the party. When this is done, switch to Tri-disaster and stagger one of the legs. When its staggered, get its stagger percentage above 450% and then switch to Discretion. Use Highwind, which will KO the leg, and then switch back to Tri-disaster and do the same thing with the other leg.

When the Adamantoise falls over, switch to Assassination and caste Slow and Imperil while Vanille will cast Deprotect and Deshell. When this is done switch to Tri-disaster and stagger the Adamantoise. Stay with this Paradigm until his stagger percentage is above 900%; getting it to 999% would be much better but anything above 900% is good enough.

Now switch to Cerberus and kill the Adamantoise. This strategy also works with Adamantortoise, the weaker versions of the Adamantoise.

Note that if you are having troubles with this strategy, you simply are not strong enough. Fang must have over 2,500 strength for Highwind to KO the legs and Vanille and Hope should also be around 2,500 magic.

This is one of the faster methods of killing Adamantoises and is great for farming Platinum Ingots (which you can sell for 150,000 Gil, great for farming Gil) and Trapezohedrons, which are required to create Tier 3 weapons.

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[tyloni7991]

@SuttaBro Those 3 are exactly who I use and those are exactly the reasons why I use them. :)

[98flamingblade]

just a reference to final fantasy 13-2

[leonicle]

@98flamingblade

then why does the name above to the stagger bar say adamantoise?

[98flamingblade]

this isn't adamantoise it is lon-gui

[RoughDivideVIII]

Ahhhhh...I remember the days farming these in order to upgrade weapons so I could get my Fang gamerpic :D

[SuttaBro]

If you're looking for maximum time efficiency, it's important to note that you can stagger both legs while in Tri-Disaster and then have Fang Highwind them one right after another. Also, Hope is a poor choice for a Rav in this scenario since his casting time is horribly slow when compared to some others (namely Light and and Snow). Fang in Rav is better off spamming Lightning for its instant cast speed (similar to Ruin) rather than auto-chain. At this point, Fang/Light/Snow is the way to go.

[saorin0]

I managed to do this without (!) maxed out Crystarium (main roles of everyone at 5, additional one at 5 and the others at 1-3) thanks to your strategy! My Fang only has STR 2350, but with Bravera, she usually still takes down the leg with Highwind in one hit. Instead of many boosting accessoires, I equipped Gaian Rings* and things that give resistance against Physical attack, so even my not-maxed out party is standing up to the beast. Thanks a lot for the help. =)

[zero71234]

@TheeFreakiishlyz (I am pro86fan, just my other account) For me that was fine, what is pissing me off is that my characters are all fully upgraded in crystarium but I still have to keep killing adamantoises /adamantortoises to gain money, to upgrade my weapons and stuff, and that is a pain in the ass. I liked when we received money each battle, not just selling stuff. Apart from that, a great game, but to receive the platinum trophy we must kill the same enemies over and over and over. that sukz

[TheeFreakiishlyz]

@Pro86fan That was one of the worst ideas in FFXIII, can't believe they fucking did that, I enjoy a large variety of weapon designs and to have all available weapons fully upgraded to all look the same. Would of been amazing if each of the 8 different weapons have 8 different designs for ultimate version.

[TheSOA20]

IN ONE STAGGER?!?! WTF?!?!?!