FINAL FANTASY XIII

FINAL FANTASY XIII

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Best CP+Gil Farming Spot - More than 7000 CP+Gil/Min (Chapter 13)
By RetriButioN
With this method, you can gain ~7000 Gil & CP per each ONE minute of gameplay MINIMUM, you would probably gain a lot more! I will try to keep this guide as brief as possible.
   
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At the beginning of Chapter 13 (Orphan's Cradle), right beside the Save Point, you will see two packs of Sacrifices on your right and left. You will be farming the pack of four on your left since they seem to be closer to each other and easier to hit with Ruinaga, however if your characters aren't powerful enough, you can farm the pack on your right. Bear in mind that YOU CAN ONLY USE THIS METHOD BEFORE DEFEATING THE FINAL BOSS:


Set Lightning as Leader with Vanille & Fang as members. You will only need two Paradigms, which are Exploitation (COM/SAB/SAB) and Aggression (COM/RAV/COM). Set Exploitation as your default:


Engage in a battle with the pack of four Sacrifices. Scoring a Preemptive Strike is crucial, you must hit them with a Preemptive Strike or the fight will take too long. Getting a Preemptive Strike on them is quite easy, wait until all four of them turn their backs on you and then engage:



After the battle begins, have Lightning spam Ruinaga at the center of the pack. Ruinaga is the only ability you will need to use, don't use anything else. Wait until Vanille & Fang apply 7 or more Debuffs then shift your Paradigm to Aggression and keep spamming Ruinaga until you win the battle:




The battle should take about a minute to win. The common drop is "Perfume" which sells for 12,500 Gil while the rare drop is "Scarletite" that can be sold for 7,000 Gil. Keep in mind that since getting Perfume drops is preferred, you should equip Collector Catalog if you still have it. However, if you have upgraded it to Connoisseur Catalog and don't have any normal one, you should still equip it because it Scarletite drops tend to be more in number than Perfume drops (in other words, while you normally can get 1-2 perfumes, it's possible to get 3-4 Scarletite instead):


You can respawn the Sacrifice pack by either saving & reloading or moving down the pathway to their side a little bit (until they re-appear as red dots on the mini-map):
11 Comments
aydmen 29 May, 2016 @ 10:28am 
So... I'm having issues with the respawn. I go both ways . both at the starting point, and on the other side, without activating the cut scene,but nothing respawns :(
Anyone had this issue?
Frostas 9 Mar, 2015 @ 2:39pm 
If farming for gil don't use connoisseur catalog + Collector Catalog.
11 run connoisseur catalog + Collector = 21 perfume / 22 scarletite = 416 500 gil
11 run Collector catalog = 29 perfume / 14 scarletite = 460 500 gil

I too use just 1 paradigms: raw/raw/sab (1 button strategy). Time: 39-44 sec/ 19-24 sec
fizz 25 Jan, 2015 @ 4:50am 
forgot to mention that you need to max out crystarium such that light has deshellga. It is essential since deshellga+lionheart will stagger all sacrifices before ruinga from hope and fang will hit.
fizz 25 Jan, 2015 @ 4:10am 
[Hope][Party Leader]
nue* (hawkeye tier 3)
sorcerers mark *
blessed talisman
genji gloves

[Lightning]
lionheart (any level)
aurora scarf
growth egg (or any item wil do1)
collector catalog

[Fang]
kain's lance * (taming pole tier 3)
aurora scarf
blessed talisman
genji gloves

Paradigms 1: Hope(com), Light(sab), Fang(com)
Paradigms 2: Hope(com), Light(com), Fang(com)

This setup should take 4 seconds. Just pre-empt then use auto-battle -> sacrifice 2. If AI Fang casts ruin instead of ruinga you may need to switch to paradigm 2 and use another round of auto-battle.
RetriButioN  [author] 14 Dec, 2014 @ 8:44pm 
@Aeval

By equipping "Growth Egg" you double the amount of gained CP. You can read my other guide about getting that item.
Aeval 14 Dec, 2014 @ 1:26pm 
you are receiving 2x the amount of CP compared to what I get, are you using an Item of sorts to boost it?
W r a i t h 10 Dec, 2014 @ 7:52pm 
In my experience, the chances that I get Scarletite and Perfume is 50/50 so I prefer using the regular collector's catelog. Might as well get the more expensive one.:FFXIIIlightning:
A1K 10 Dec, 2014 @ 1:43pm 
nice spot!
Turvek/Lindzei 7 Dec, 2014 @ 1:42am 
I have another spot but this one is good too ! Thanks.
HatefulMother 29 Nov, 2014 @ 11:28am 
Nice guide.