XCDE: Future Connected Casual Ponspector% By ClassicRagu Special Thanks to Vaxherd and Gren for help with various questions pertaining to the route Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AHFgP_3A8SL-N_qJu2CoXE4u3VUfB288CDiUlunDLlc/edit?usp=sharing

Notes The Google Doc will always be the newest version. Use that if possible. Make sure to change text speed to fast. This can be done before starting a run and only has to be done once.

Junks→ Companions’ Cape Menu: TURN ON CASUAL MODE!!! Fight the 3 Volff enemies (do any team adjustments you want here) Get Nawir Highland STL Get Companions Cape STL and progress story

Companions’ Cape→ Soltnar Seal Island ST to Junks Walk to Cragmaw Caverns Get your first Ponsepctor, Tentoo, for viewing a cutscene Talk to Evelen (to your left after walking through the cave) Fight 3 Sardi Talk to Evelen Collect morrow cobs as needed, you will not be back here Get Zephyr’s Counsel STL Get your second Ponspector, Evelen Get Xen’s Thoroughfare STL Do Scapular Lance Skip: Talk to Nonona Get Old Expedition HQ STL (walk past Nonona) Get Quarry Colonnade STL ST to Zephyr’s Counsel Get Barouh Plaza STL (Just walk east and you will reach it) Save Dekadeka and get your third Ponspector, Dekadeka (to the left as you enter the cave) Get Pillar Knoll STL (Walk through the cave) Get Thulles Way STL (Continue walking east after dropping down from Pillar Knoll) Get Old King’s Testament STL (Turn left and hug the wall after reaching Thulles Way) Talk to Setset ST to Pillar Knoll Fight the 3 quest Rhogul Get Soltnar Seal Island STL Take the transporter

Alcamoth -> Soltnar Seal Island Talk to Drydry Gather the 5 feathers If you keep going to the left after talking to Drydry you will find them ST to Main Entrance Get your fourth Ponspector, Drydry Kill the Fog Beast

Soltnar Seal Island -> Gran Dell ST to Xen’s Thoroughfare Talk to Fofora (Behind you to the left) Fight the 3 Kromar on the path to the right after going through the gate Bait them back a bit to make the run to Skybridge faster Get Skybridge STL (walk straight, you will find it) Progress story ST to Xen’s Thoroughfare Talk to Fofora ST to Xen’s Thoroughfare Get your fifth Ponspector, Fofora (Go back the way the Kromars were blocking Talk to Hekasa (Backtrack from Fofora until you can go up a slope, go up said slope) Get Cloudtop Lookout STL Get Abaasy’s Dorsum STL (turn around, drop down to the right and walk straight) Talk to Faifa and turn in sky mole (come back later if you don’t have one) Fight 1 Green Feris (Do later if no sky mole) To find one just drop down from the area Faifa is in to the lower area behind Faifa ST to Abaasy’s Dorsum Get your sixth Ponspector, Faifa (do later if no sky mole) ST to Old King’s Testament Get your seventh Ponspector, Setset Get Gran Dell Ramparts STL (if you walk east enough you will find it) IGNORE WUNWUN (you may want to talk to wunwun now but it will be a waste of time) Get Gran Dell Approach STL

Gran Dell -> End ST to Navvir Crossroads Go to Hekasa’s Objective (across the bridge and to the left) ST to Navvir Crossroads Talk to Teitei Get Nerthis Necropolis STL by following the western path Collect Item for Teitei in the northern part of Nerthis Necropolis ST to Cloudtop Lookout Talk to Hekasa ST to Nerthis Necropolis Fight Ramrod Tirkin This Tirkin can be found directly past where the Gogols are Focus on only killing this Tirkin. Once it is dead, either die if you have no gauge or run away ST to Navvir Crossroads Get your eighth Ponspector, Teitei ST to Cloudtop Lookout Get your ninth Ponspector, Hekasa ST to Soltnar Seal Progress Story ST to Grand Arch Fight 2 Armu ST to Skybridge Fight the evil man and his 2 robots ST to Gran Dell Approach Talk to Gran Dell Militia ST to Gran Dell Ramparts Talk to Gran Dell Militia ST to Gran Dell Ramparts Get Prayer Rock STL Collect Mirror This can be found on the eastern coast of the island in the center of the lake You do not need to fight the boss there to get it Talk to Tutu, Tutu is further south on the shore Get your tenth Ponspector, Tutu Walk to Heroes Rest (Southern shore of the lake to the south of Gran Dell) Talk to Sarja ST to Quarry Colonnade Get Marga’s Weeping STL (ignore all enemies, die once you reach it) Collect High Ether Lure and fight the two enemies in front of the UB Lure and fight Thing-a-Majicker XIII to the left of the UB ST to Old Expedition HQ Get your eleventh Ponspector, Nonona ST to Grand Approach Talk to Wunwun twice ST to Navvir Crossroads Lure and Fight Cutpurse Igna Go up the path from Navvir Highland and drop down to the right. Keep going up until you find a bunch of Igna and walk behind the one on the rock. Go down to the path where there is red ether for mining and lure the Igna down ST to Grand Approach Get your Final Ponspector, Wunwun ST to Grand Arch Progress Story Menu: Shulk Arts Monado Armor: 7 Back Slash: 7 Slit Edge: 7 Light Heal: 7 Shadow Eye: 6 Upgrade anything else that is the colour pink Melia Arts Summon Bolt: 7 Summon Flare: 7 Summon Ice: 7 Spear Break: 7 Starlight Kick: 7 Nene Arts Sword Drive: 7 Last Stand: 5 (REPLACE LARIAT) Upgrade any other aggro/gauge boosting art ST to Gran Dell Ramparts Fight #1 Fight this enemy with only arts and save your union strike for the next fight Use Monado Speed when hit by Weakening Howl ST to Companions Cape Fight #2 Immediately Union Strike, the main antol will die immediately no matter what. ST to Gran Dell Ramparts Fight #3 Fight the Deinos till you get Union Strike. Union strike the Deinos and use arts for the rest ST to Main Entrance (Alcamoth) Progress to final story checkpoint, save if you want, it’s casual though so it doesn’t matter Fog King PT1 “Safe” method: Fight knights for union strike. Union strike Fog King and arts the rest. Less “Safe” method: Only attack Fog King, union strike Fog King and arts the rest Risky method: Only attack Fog King, union strike Fog King as much as possible Fog King PT2 “Safe” and less “safe” methods: Union strike once the knights come out. Union strike whenever possible. Bait mist press away from your allies if possible, stand around fog king’s arms when it does this attack so you get pushed back to your allies. Risky method: You have no union strike at the beginning, good luck. Union strike whenever possible.

Changes 6/18/2020 Move Fofora, Hekasa, and Faifa to after Alcamoth Get Tutu before talking to Sarja