Tales of Arise (Xbox One) 100% guide

This route covers all three Xbox achievement lists for Tales of Arise: Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and Windows. Each list is identical: Tales of Arise has 58 achievements worth 1,205 Gamerscore: 47 achievements and 1,000G in the main game, plus 11 achievements and 205G in Beyond the Dawn.

• Everything is single-player. There are no online, co-op, or server-dependent achievements.
• CURRENTLY CONFIRMED UNOBTAINABLE: none as of 2026-10-04.
• CURRENTLY CONFIRMED DISCONTINUED: none as of 2026-10-04.
• There are no difficulty achievements. Story difficulty is achievement-safe, so lower the difficulty whenever a story boss, optional boss or grind is wasting time. Training Grounds fights are the exception: they always run at Normal difficulty, whatever the setting.
• Ceaseless Chatterbox is potentially missable, so treat it as missable. Skits you trigger but skip stay in the campfire Reminisce menu, but sources disagree on whether a skit prompt you never trigger can come back. There are 320 skits and you need 300 viewed, which leaves a 20-skit buffer, so watch skits as they appear. Everything else can be finished on the same save. A few locations change during the story, but the achievement-critical items have recovery routes or remain available later.
• Practical minimum: one main-game playthrough, then one separate Beyond the Dawn playthrough. New Game+ is not required.
• The main-game ending creates Game Clear data. Loading it returns you to the pre-final state with free travel and unlocks post-game quests.
• Beyond the Dawn is launched separately from the main menu and takes place after the main ending. Finish the main-game 1,000G first so its completion bonuses carry into the expansion.

The three lists are separate stacks with separate progress. The game is not Smart Delivery or Play Anywhere, so achievements earned on one never unlock on another. Play the whole route on the version you want credit on. If you own the game digitally on console you get both the Xbox One and Series X|S versions, and the in-game save upload can carry a save from Xbox One to Series X|S, but achievements still have to be earned again on the new list.

This guide tracks five checklists in its Collectibles section: the 38 owls, the 23 artifacts, the 20 gigants, the 70 main-game sub-quests and the 40 Beyond the Dawn sub-quests. Each item also appears in the route where you should pick it up or finish it. The checklist is your own guide tracking; the game's menus and the achievements themselves are what confirm progress.

Keep these habits running from the beginning. They eliminate nearly every late-game grind.

• Watch skits whenever the RB prompt appears. If you skip a prompt, check Reminisce at campfires for unwatched entries. You need 300 viewed skits, not merely triggered skits. The Play Records "Skits Triggered" counter includes skits you triggered but never opened, so open every unwatched Reminisce entry before trusting it.
• Collect every owl. The first eight owls in Calaglia have no detector, so use the owl list in this guide. From Lacerda Cliffs (after the first lord) onward, Hootle flies out and Rinwell remarks when an owl is in the area. Report to the Owl King periodically rather than leaving all reporting until the end.
• Complete marked sub-quests when they are near your level. There are 70 main-game sub-quests. You can finish 67 before the final battle. Only three (Another Hillside Anomaly, Otherworldly Visitors and The Reminiscence Device) need Game Clear data.
• Fight every red-diamond gigant once it is reasonable. You need all 20. Most of them only appear while their sub-quest is active, so the map icon is not a complete list.
• Forge new weapon types instead of only buying upgrades. The crafting menu marks previously forged weapons as Created. Several later weapons consume earlier weapons as materials, so keeping old weapons until their upgrade chain is finished saves recrafting.
• Spend SP rather than hoarding it. Only skills you actually buy count toward the 400-skill achievement; free skills granted with a title do not.
• Use Counter Edges constantly. Perfect-dodge an attack, then immediately retaliate when the prompt appears. You need 100 over the full run.
• Keep the ranch running once it opens. Harvest and immediately refill every pen whenever you receive the maturity notification. Have a Rappig pen going before you reach Pelegion, because a Gourmet Saga quest there needs Rappig Meat.
• At every campfire, check for a speech-bubble icon beside a companion. Choose a marked companion before sleeping. Only one meaningful bond conversation can be taken at a time, and there is roughly an hour of active play before another becomes available.
• Heal every injured NPC you find with Shionne's field action. Several later sub-quests depend on it.
• Keep one copy of unusual monster materials until weapon cleanup. Selling common excess is fine, but rare drops are usually worth more as crafting insurance than as gald.

There is no difficulty requirement, so use whatever setting keeps fights efficient. Story difficulty is especially useful for the level 50-100 optional bosses. It does not help in the Training Grounds, which always fight at Normal.

The main final battle is not an achievement lockout. Finish it, save the resulting Game Clear data, then load that file for free-roam cleanup and the post-game quest chain. Beyond the Dawn behaves similarly: its clear data lets you return before the final confrontation and clean up unfinished side content.

Mobile Fortress Gradia is the one story location that disappears. Its owl (Butterfly Wings) is still recoverable afterward on the Thistlym shore, by the small dock, so missing it does not force another playthrough. Still, loot the fortress normally while you are there so you do not create unnecessary cleanup.

Play the opening normally until Ulzebek becomes your first usable hub. Start doing side quests as soon as their letter icons appear. You do not need to clear enemies far above your level; the efficient rule for this game is to finish what is nearby and leave obvious superboss-style encounters for later.

Hootle cannot detect owls yet, so pick these up by hand:

• Dog Tail: Sandinus Ravine, on a gnarled tree at the end of the bridge just before Ulzebek's entrance.
• Rabbit Ears: Ulzebek, on the roof of the Crimson Crows hideout. Climb the ladder inside, then the second ladder from the balcony.
• Spotted Cat Ears: Iglia Wastes, south-west high ground. Climb at the ladder icon and follow the upper path south to a tree.
• Cat Tail: Kyrd Garrison, at the end of the small side path right next to the Mosgul entrance.
• Monocle: Mosgul, behind the low brick wall in the south near Doc. It is not there during the opening Mosgul segment; it appears when the story brings you back to Mosgul after Ulzebek.

Side quests here: Hunger Averted (the cook by the Ulzebek fast-travel point wants Wheat ×3 and Potato ×3 from Iglia Wastes) and Forging from Scratch (an automatic forging tutorial after you return from Mosgul). The Harried-Looking Member in Ulzebek also offers Giant Zeugle Hunt after the first quest. Accept it, but its Lv 43 Mantis is a late-game fight.

Recipe: open the blue chest in the guard house just east of the Cave of Solitude exit in Kyrd Garrison for Grilled Mushrooms.

Before pushing through the castle, clear any comfortable Calaglia side quests and collect these owls on the way:

• Dog Ears: Trench of Flames – Castle Gates, inside the ruined house just off the path at the start.
• Left Bandage: Trench of Flames – Gates of Fire, behind the leaning broken metal mesh on the left wall near the start.
• Rabbit Tail: Glanymede Castle 3F, in the room by the elevator among the chickens under the clotheslines.

Glanymede Castle 4F holds the gigant Toxidillo (Lv 13), roaming south of the 3F exit. Fight it now; it is on-level. The gigant to skip for now is the Lv 43 Mantis on the hill by the Ulzebek entrance in Sandinus Ravine.

After Balseph, new quests open in Ulzebek and Mosgul:

• The Hunt for New Arms: Dyron wants Stone Fragment ×3 from the Golems in Iglia Wastes or Sandinus Ravine.
• Taking Root: Grenar sends you to defeat a marked golem and three wolves in east-central Iglia Wastes. It is the first half of a chain that finishes much later.
• Doc's Secret Ingredient: Doc in Mosgul wants Pepper ×4 from the two collection points in Kyrd Garrison.
• Shionne the Fashion Critic: accept it from the Handsome Nobleman in central Ulzebek and give him any advice. He only returns with new clothes much later, after the fifth lord.

Recipe: Mosgul's far north corner is open after Balseph; its blue chest holds Grilled Fish.

In Lacerda Cliffs, the owl Frame Glasses sits beside the campfire in front of the Ulvhan Grotto entrance. From here Hootle's owl detection is active.

In Ulvhan Grotto, take the left (north) branch at the path split to its dead end and defeat the gigant Boisterous Roper (Lv 15) while Zephyr is still with you. A later Cyslodia quest, Opening Up Trade, completes instantly once it is dead.

On the mandatory camp outside Messia 224, the game introduces companion bonding. From this point forward, every time you camp, check the companion list before sleeping.

A speech-bubble icon marks a bond conversation that actually advances that character. Choose one whenever available. The cooldown is shared across the party, so you cannot chain several in one visit. Story progression also gates later conversations, which is why starting now is much better than trying to grind all bonds after the credits.

Shionne, Rinwell, Law, Kisara, and Dohalim are the five required bonds. A smiley icon indicates that character is already maxed.

Owls: Left Eyepatch is on the bridge edge by the stone arch just before Messia 224, and Wolf Ears is in a basket behind the oxen cart on the western path inside Messia 224.

Messia 224 quests: Fire Beneath the Ice (defeat 7 Ice Wolves on the White Silver Plains main path), Thawing Relations (Lettuce ×3 and Apple ×3) and Hard Liquor (Earth Seed ×4 from the Ropers in Ulvhan Grotto).

On first entering Nevira Snowplains, the game makes you interact with an owl on a stump near the camp. That starts The Owl Forest and takes you to the Owl King. From now on, use the forest as your reporting hub: fast travel to the Nevira camp and take the path to the right of the campfire. The stump owl is only the entrance; it is not one of the 38.

The counted Nevira owl is Wolf Tail, on a rock on the small island in the middle of the large northern lake.

Continue taking every owl in Calaglia and Cyslodia. Collected owls show as white icons on the map, and each owl gives a unique outfit attachment, so the Outfits menu doubles as proof of which owls you have.

Clear the Cyslodia story, local side quests that match your level, and nearby owls. Keep checking camps for bond conversations whenever enough time has passed since the last one.

• Sunglasses: Cysloden – Alley, the underground market by the fast-travel point, on rocks above the river behind the stall.
• Devil Horns: Riville Prison Tower 2F, on a bookshelf in the south-east room.

After the Silver Swords hideout event, the porter in Cysloden offers Gathering of Zeugles: defeat 3 Ice Wolves, 3 Berserkers and a Roper near the Abandoned Passage entry in Nevira Snowplains.

Bregon's three quests in Bregon's Hideout (Cysloden) open after Ganabelt:

1. Culling the Snowplain Herds: defeat the star-marked packs on the Nevira main road.
2. Survey Says...: talk to the three marked townspeople, then release and defeat the gigant Polycephus (Lv 21) in the large cell of Riville Prison Tower – Underground Prison. This also gives you the key to the Riville Prison Tower Hidden Chamber, which you need later for a special owl.
3. Opening Up Trade: defeat the Boisterous Roper in Ulvhan Grotto. It completes instantly if you already killed it.

On the way out through Frozen Valley, Gourdeno (collapsed near the east bridge) starts the Gourmet Saga with Berry Scavenging: Apple ×2 and Wheat ×2. The owl Half Frames is on a tree just before the rope bridge to Upper Level – Safar Sea Cave.

On the road toward Viscint, speak to the collapsed man (Bogdel) on Traslida Highway and complete the Pharia Ranch sub-quest. This unlocks livestock management.

The ranch is a real-time background grind, so starting it immediately is one of the biggest time savers in the guide. Use every available pen, collect mature livestock whenever the notification appears, and immediately send another animal into that slot. You can manage the ranch through the farmer or the traveling merchant at campfires.

Other quests here start automatically or on arrival: A Healer and Her Patients (heal the marked injured NPCs on Overseer Hill with Shionne's field action; the last one is the Wonder Bard, who reappears later in Niez), Refreshing Roughhousing (scripted sparring battles), and Getting Rusty (Earthen Mass ×8 for the man at the plantation, once you have entered Viscint).

Owls: Red Tropical Corsage is on the rocks left of the fishing spot below the Overseer Hill camp, and Devil Wings is in the field beside the horse stable on Traslida Highway, east of the river bridge.

Warning: the gigant Great Dragon (Lv 26) can join an ordinary boar battle on Traslida Highway with no map warning. If it ambushes you and you win, it counts. If you lose, simply retry; it remains available through its quest in Viscint.

Use Viscint as your first serious crafting hub. Sell only obvious excess materials, forge upgrades you have not created before, and begin crafting accessories instead of waiting until the end.

The Training Grounds open here through Training Grounds for All, which completes as you enter the arena during the story. Training Grounds battles always run at Normal difficulty, allow no items, and award no EXP (and reportedly no SP). Their rewards are materials, accessories, armor, outfits, fishing gear, two artifacts and titles. On this first visit, the realistic trials are the Solo Training trials (around level 20) and Solo Novice trials (around level 25); Group Novice is recommended at about level 30. Clearing the Solo Novice trials gives titles for Alphen, Rinwell, Law, Kisara and Dohalim, and Kisara's Solo Novice also gives the Celestial Whale lure.

Viscint quests: Taste-Testing Tusks (Granite Fang ×4 from boars), Gourmet Saga: Palace Delicacy (Gourdeno by the Talka Pond Road exit wants Beef ×2, Potato ×4, Tomato ×4 and Mushroom ×2) and Claiming a Bounty (the Frontier Man sends you to defeat the gigant Great Dragon, Lv 26, which joins a boar battle on Traslida Highway). Do Claiming a Bounty once the party is in the mid-20s.

Owls: Giggle Glasses is on top of the stone arch in the south-east corner of Tietal Plain (walk under it and look up), Halo is in a blue vase at the central market stall by the Viscint fast-travel point, and Crown is on a high shelf in the Autelina Palace 1F kitchen.

Recipe chests in Autelina Palace: Omelette in the 1F Library and Pork Bun in the 2F Guard Room.

Continue the story through Menancia and recruit the remaining local allies before leaving the realm. Once Dohalim joins, three gigant quests open, and all three gigants are about level with the party here (Lv 25-28), so do them now:

• A Boorish Boar: Lagill in Viscint sends you after the gigant Relentless Charger on Traslida Highway. Finishing it also leads to An Eternal Rivalry later.
• Walking Crag: the Quarry Laborer by the Razum Quarry bridge sends you after the gigant Flamewrecker in Razum Quarry, Mining Site 1.
• Dohalim, Big Game Hunter: the Frontier Woman at the top of the Traslida plantation hill sends you after the gigant Alpha Reaper (with two Apes) in far north-east Traslida Highway.

Tigrina in the Autelina Palace Library also offers Bibliophile now. It needs a late "rarest book", so accept it and finish it near the end of the game.

The owl Devil Tail is on Talka Pond Road: from the Viscint exit, follow the perimeter wall to the west edge; it sits on top of the wall behind trees and boars.

Continue the story through Aqfotle Hills and Niez. Clear the marked side quests that are available, keep collecting owls, and continue forging new weapon types whenever the next tier opens.

Quests after you meet Dedyme in Niez:

• City Renewal: Demihuman Muscle ×3 from the Rioter Claws on Mount Dhiara.
• The Mysterious Pair: the Wonder Bard you healed on Overseer Hill waits by the Niez entrance from Mount Dhiara. Solve his riddle notes: the Iron Pipe is at the sparkle in the narrow northernmost dead end of Iglia Wastes. Show it to him for the Quivering Candles artifact.
• Kisara's Initiation: the food manager at the Niez Inn wants Rice, Potato ×4, Beef ×2 and Pepper ×4, then Salmon ×2 for Kisara's curry lesson.
• Gourmet Saga: Prairie Scent: Gourdeno near the Niez entrance to Aqfotle Hills wants Lettuce ×4, Apple ×2 and Lemons (carry 4). All three grow in Adan Lake. Reward: the Glutton's Maze artifact.

In Adan Lake, open the red chest in the ruined tower on the western edge (swim across the central lake, go through the open gate and climb the hill). It is guarded by enemies and holds the Blade of Sealing artifact.

Recipe chests in Mahag Saar: Bouillabaisse is a blue chest in the same Adan Lake tower, Ice Cream is at the bottom of the first well on the left (west) in Adan Ruins, and Horse Sashimi is upstairs (2F) in the Dark Wings HQ in Niez.

Owls: Red Rose Corsage is in a bucket on wooden planks at a stall by the dry fountain in east Niez. Retro Sunglasses is on the first ruined house on the left after entering Aqfotle Hills from Niez. Angry Glasses is on top of the big stone gate in Adan Lake: wade through the lake, take the open gate uphill, climb to the highest plateau and drop down onto it. Angel Wings is in Adan Ruins: keep right after the first enemies and look west to a wall.

Do not spend hours farming gald yet. Story quests, side quests, weapon crafting, accessory crafting, consumables, and post-game cleanup will naturally push a large amount of money through your inventory.

Treat Mobile Fortress Gradia as a one-pass story dungeon. Explore side rooms and grab its owl, Butterfly Wings, in the second cabin from the top-left on Ship Interior Level 2. If you miss it, the owl washes up on the Thistlym shore by the small dock, together with any unopened ship chests, so your 100% run is still safe.

When you first reach Thistlym, check the dock on the shore if you did not collect Butterfly Wings on the fortress. Continue through Shinefall Woods and Pelegion, taking every new side quest and owl that is currently available.

• Right Eyepatch: Tuah Seashore. Stand at the exit to Thistlym, turn to face north-east and interact with the owl on the vegetation beyond the edge. Adjust the camera if the prompt does not show.
• Star Hair Clip: Thistlym upper level, under the large brazier to the left of the exit to Shinefall Woods. This is a different owl from the Gradia owl by the dock.
• Right Bandage: Shinefall Woods. Take the narrow path up the hill beside the big stone arch, then walk across the top of the arch.
• Swirly Glasses: Lavtu Marshlands, on the stone block beside the ladder icon on the south-west upper tier.

Fishing Fiends (from the Dahnan Man by the Shinefall Woods exit in Thistlym) asks for 4 Terrapin Fist kills in Shinefall Woods.

During the Aureum Falls story climb, after defeating Meria Phein, go to the Upper Level Exit area. Drop off the waterfall at the north-east corner (marked as a drop on the map) and climb the very long ladder back up. At the top, head toward the south exit to find a guarded red chest with the Drums of the Master artifact.

This is also a good point to start deliberately testing your strongest attacks against weaker enemies whenever you revisit earlier regions.

Finish the Ganath Haros story. Inside Del Fharis Castle, the owl Hootle Doll is on Central Entrance Plaza 4F near the Hanging Garden elevator and the green healing fountain: face away from the elevator and look up at the ceiling light. Both drawbridges must be lowered to reach 4F. This reward is the plain "Hootle Doll"; the paid DLC "... Hootle Doll" attachments are not owl rewards.

After the region resolves and travel opens again, sweep Pelegion and Del Fharis Castle for newly available quests, conversations, and owls before moving on.

Once Pelegion is reclaimed after Vholran, and again when the main quest "The Way Forward" begins in Pelegion, a batch of Ganath Haros quests opens. Fast travel is limited to Ganath Haros until you cross the Forland Mountains, so do the local ones now:

• Pelegion's Zeugle Mascot: Wild Boomy ×5 in Aureum Falls – Waterfalls.
• Catching Up: Infused Statue Fragment ×3 from Killer Effigies.
• Gourmet Saga: Soft and Fluffy: Gourdeno on Pelegion Level 2 wants Rice ×6, Stimulating Powder (Pepper) ×4, Rappig Meat ×2 and Tofu ×2. Rappig Meat only comes from the ranch and takes roughly 40 minutes to raise, so start a Rappig pen before you get here.
• Her Place: defeat the gigant Regent Bee (Lv 45) and its Assault Bees, north and then west of the quest giver near the south Shinefall Woods campsite.
• Seaside Tornadoes: defeat the gigant Stormbringer (Lv 42) and its Hawks on Tuah Seashore, where Alphen first came ashore.
• Missing Lover: Cagari in Thistlym asks you to talk to Ganye on Pelegion Level 3. You can only finish it once fast travel to the rest of Dahna returns, because the next step is on Talka Pond Road.

Recipe: in south-west Lavtu Marshlands, heal the injured NPC marked on the map with Shionne's field action for Sashimi.

If Regent Bee or Stormbringer is too strong right now, leave them for the return sweep in the next section; nothing here expires.

On the Forland Mountains crossing, open the chest on the South Hiking Trail for the Hamburger recipe. After crossing the Forland Mountains, fast travel to all of Dahna is restored. Before boarding Mahavar's ship for the Wedge, sweep these quests:

• Shionne the Fashion Critic: the nobleman in Ulzebek now has new clothes for Shionne to judge. If he is not ready at your first check, try again after the Wedge or Berg Volcano.
• In Sync: Patvo, just north of fast travel on Cysloden – Fountain Plaza Avenue, sends you after the gigant Agony Keeper (Lv 39) in Frozen Valley. Follow the quest marker to the dead-end path below the drawbridge road (vine ladder north-east of the drawbridge). Reward: Rappig Minnow lure.
• The Stud from the Plains: Bogdel at Pharia Ranch. Pick up his order from the woman on the side road west of the Viscint inn, deliver it, then defeat the three boars around his bull north of Traslida Highway. If Bogdel offers nothing, keep the ranch running and recheck.
• An Eternal Rivalry: Lagill in the Training Grounds challenges Kisara to a solo duel (Lv 44). Items are usable in this one.
• Missing Lover: talk to the Renan Soldier just north of the Talka Pond Road camp (heal him first with Shionne's field action if you have not), then report to Cagari in Thistlym.
• Master of Nature: the boy on Pelegion Level 2 sends you after the gigant Elemental (Lv 42) on the larger southern island of the central Lavtu Marshlands bog. It arrives as several units; defeat all of them.
• Echoes: Baephon by the fast-travel point in Niez. Fast travel to west Aqfotle Hills, take the Este Luvah Forest elevator to B1, drop off the unrailed south side to B2 and defeat the gigant Ruthless: two Lv 43 enemies that count as one gigant. Reward: the Lucky Cat Statue artifact.
• Owl Sanctuary: appears after Echoes. Giselle in east Niez sends you to the Dandy Owl on the northern Niez bench. Then go to the Owl Forest, choose the jet-black owl in the middle and pick the Big Basket (it gives the Sandwich recipe immediately), then report. Some guides say it also needs 20 or more owls reported; you will have 32 by now.
• Skybound Swarm: the Fleeing Man by the Hidden Wharf fast-travel point. Defeat the gigant Mother Boomy (Lv 42) and its Wild Boomies in western Aqfotle Hills near the Adan Ruins exit.

Also accept the four elemental-boss quests as they appear (Spirit Temple, Farewell, Mage, Untamable Rage and the hidden Phantom Flower of Nevira). Their bosses are level 54-70, so the guide fights them in the pre-final cleanup.

Training Grounds stop for this level band: Solo Advanced trials are open from the start, and Dohalim's Solo Advanced trial (recommended around level 40) gives the Hellmask Fiend Skull artifact on its first clear. Clear it first among the Advanced trials, then use the skull's double damage to make the others easier, and switch it off afterwards. Kisara's Solo Advanced trial gives the Mieu Sinker lure and the "Indomitable Golden Lion" title. Group Intermediate also opens after Ganath Haros.

Follow the main story into the Wedge. This stretch is linear enough that there is little achievement-specific cleanup worth forcing. Fight unfamiliar enemy variants so the enemy encyclopedia progresses and keep any rare drops used for later forging.

Once you are on the Wedge, A Talk with Tilsa appears on Pelegion Level 2. You can fast travel out from Spiral 3 Conduit, answer her questions (any answers work) and come back, or take it right after this chapter.

Continue into Berg Volcano. Defeat the mandatory elemental boss to receive the Secret Key.

As soon as the party reforms at the Berg Volcano camp and fast travel returns, use the key. Fast travel to Trench of Flames – Gates of Fire and go west to Trench of Flames – East Side. Entering the area starts Into the Grotto automatically; open the ornate locked door and view Balseph's treasury. This quest has no map icon and is the single most common reason players end up stuck at 69/70, so do it now.

Renans and their Lords starts automatically in Lenegis – Residential Zone 16. Before you move on to the Civilian Park Zone, talk to all five green-star NPCs: three in Residential Zone 16 and two in Residential Zone 4. A skit plays and the quest completes. Do it while you are here.

Recipes in Lenegis: heal the injured woman in the centre of Residential Zone 16 with Shionne's field action for Fancy Parfait, and open the chest on the east side of the Maintenance Passageway for Shortcake.

Reaching Lenegis also opens the six Solo Ultimate trials and Group Advanced in the Training Grounds. You cannot use them during this story stretch, but they are waiting for your return to Dahna.

Bond conversations keep unlocking with story progress and play time. Each companion needs several bond scenes in total. Only a companion showing the "…" speech-bubble icon advances, and the roughly one-hour real-time cooldown is shared across the party. From here until the end, check a camp after roughly each hour of active play and always choose a companion still showing a speech bubble. If a companion has no bubble for a long time, that companion simply needs more story progress or play time. The system stays available on Game Clear data.

Do not idle at a camp expecting several conversations to appear back-to-back. Progress the story, fight, explore, or clean side content between checks.

Continue the story through Lenegis and Daeq Faezol. There is no need to force final crafting or leveling yet; the post-game dungeons are far more efficient for both.

Once you have physically set foot on Rena, the last owl condition is satisfied. Lenegis and Daeq Faezol do not count; it has to be Rena itself. If you already reported 32 owls, a pop-up saying "Special owls seem to have appeared throughout Dahna" appears after you move a short distance on Rena. If it does not, report to the Owl King and it will appear there.

This is the best point to stop the final story push and perform the large world cleanup because the special owls, late quests, and nearly every base-game system are now available. Reaching Gegham Helgarahi also opens Group Ultimate in the Training Grounds, but that fight is level 99 and belongs in the post-game.

Fast travel back to Dahna and work through the next sections before finishing the final battle. If a level 60-plus optional boss is slowing you down, mark it and return immediately after the ending; nothing here expires.

The six special owls are now in earlier areas. Each gives an artifact instead of an outfit attachment. Collect them in this sweep, leaving the island for last:

• Battle Maiden's Shield: on Balseph's throne in the Glanymede Castle Lord's Chamber.
• Vivid Sphere: Iglia Wastes. Climb to the Spotted Cat Ears ledge, then go to the Map Action icon on the raised wall north of it. Dohalim's field action grows vines; climb to the top and find the owl on the rocks to the right of the red chest.
• Broken Machine Gun: Riville Prison Tower Hidden Chamber. Go through the Collection Room into the Office and use the Hidden Chamber key (from Survey Says...) on the marked wall at the back. The owl is on the display case to the left.
• Ancient Excavator: on a desk in the small Guard Room on Autelina Palace 2F.
• Trident: on Vholran's broken, frozen throne in the Del Fharis Castle Lord's Chamber, which has its own fast-travel point.
• Metal Miner's Cap: Uninhabited Island. Enter Tuah Seashore and a scene with a bottle on the beach starts Beyond the Grave automatically; there is no marker beforehand. Talk to Mahavar at the Hidden Wharf and choose to go to the Uninhabited Island. Climb the spiral route to the quest marker and defeat the boss Mesmald (Lv 58-59). Only then does the owl appear, on the rocks to the left of the arena. Then drop down the island's south cliff to a blue chest holding the Meuniere recipe. Clear the island's fishing spot while you are already there.

The perches in the Owl Forest are only useful for the first 32 owls; they already read "full" before these six. Use this six-owl list, or the six artifacts in Field Guide > Artifacts, as your check.

Now clear every available realm quest you postponed. Recheck older hubs as well as the current story areas, because late quests can appear far from where the story currently points you. These open after reaching Rena:

• Giant Zeugle Hunt: defeat the gigant Mantis (Lv 43) on the hill by the Ulzebek entrance in Sandinus Ravine, then report in Ulzebek.
• Mixed Feelings: Grenar in Ulzebek, once Taking Root is done. Use Law's field action to break the boulder in south-west Iglia Wastes, defeat the gigant Thunderite (Lv 53) behind it, and report to Nayth.
• Global Connection: Doc in Mosgul, once Doc's Secret Ingredient, Opening Up Trade and Gourmet Saga: Soft and Fluffy are done. Find Gourdeno on Glanymede Castle 3F (east of the elevator), give him Wheat ×6 and Egg ×6, then report to Doc. Reward: the Glutton's Code artifact.
• Their Future: the Renan soldier Nottio in front of fast travel on Pelegion Level 3, once Missing Lover is done. Attend the wedding at Saxleoh Temple. Reward: the Silver Suit of Armor artifact.
• The Daeq Faezol researchers: four quests in strict order on Daeq Faezol's Lower Level. Tissue Sample sends you to Rena, Gegham Helgarahi Upper Level 3F, to defeat the gigant Calamity Arms (Lv 54). An Ambition Fulfilled is an immediate fight against a Lv 52 Helganquil. The Super Zeugle sends you to western Adan Lake for the gigants Masher Bull and Masher Mare (Lv 56), fought together but counted as two. The Ultimate Zeugle sends you to Mount Dhiara – Mountain Base for the gigant Ezamamuk (Lv 59).

Four of the most completion-critical late quests contain the elemental bosses below. They are not missable and can be done after the ending if your level is still uncomfortable.

With the four bosses down, a final group of quests opens:

• Bibliophile: show Tigrina in the Autelina Palace Library five books: Secrets of the Stars, any Nature's Beauty edition, any Taming Water edition, any Radiant Light part, and a "rarest book". Burning Blood from Untamable Rage works, as does a forged Heavenly Gaze.
• Dahna's Tastiest Pancake: the Sweets Seller in the Viscint Inn lobby, once you have reached Rena and finished Bibliophile, Kisara's Initiation and The Stud from the Plains. Watch the skit, consult Bogdel at Pharia Ranch, and the contest skit completes it. No ingredients are needed. It gives three pancake recipes, and resting at any campfire afterwards plays a skit that adds Murus Flegit Porridge.
• Brave New World and A Humbling Lesson: the Manager outside the Cysloden inn on Fountain Plaza Avenue. These hot-spring quests stay invisible until the elemental-boss quests are done (sources disagree on whether Meneiys is part of the gate, so do all four first). View both scenes. The second rewards the Golden Fairy Statue artifact. The "Law failed to unlock Dirty-Minded Devil" message is scripted and normal.

Training Grounds: Dohalim's Solo Ultimate trial (open since Lenegis, recommended around level 60) gives the Devil Sculpture artifact on its first clear. Kisara's Solo Ultimate gives the Alliance Marine Rod. Clear both now.

With Fogwharl Limestone Caverns, the Hidden Wharf, and the late-game travel options open, you can finish the three major collection systems without repeated backtracking.

For fishing, use Fishing Notes rather than trying to memorize a list. There are 44 fish across 12 spots. At each spot, the fishing screen lists the species found there and shows the ones you have already caught in green. At each location, catch every uncaught species shown in your notes. Keep returning to the Fishing Expert on Talka Pond Road as milestones are reached because his rewards include the equipment needed for later fish.

Fishing gear also comes from other sources:

• Rods: Novice Tackle (10 types), Fish Sniper (20 types), and Tenebrae Mk. III (all types) come from the Fishing Expert. The Alliance Marine Rod comes from the Training Grounds Solo – Kisara – Ultimate trial, which opens from Lenegis.
• Shop lures: sold in Cysloden, Viscint, Niez, and Pelegion.
• Chest lures: found in Adan Lake, Adan Ruins, Lavtu Marshlands, Fogwharl Limestone Caverns, and the Forland Mountains.
• Other lures: the Rappig Minnow is the In Sync sub-quest reward, and the Celestial Whale and Mieu Sinker come from the Kisara Solo Novice and Advanced trials.

Better gear mainly makes rare fish faster and safer to land; it is a convenience rather than a strict requirement.

The final stretch should include Fogwharl Limestone Caverns and the deep-sea fishing spot reached with Mahavar. Once your unique total reaches 40, the Fishing Expert awards the Silver Fang lure; use it in the deep sea to catch the Silver Marlin, then return to the expert.

Before returning to Rena for the ending, make sure every sub-quest currently available in the five Dahnan realms and on Daeq Faezol is complete. Record Collection is the last one to do before the ending.

Record Collection comes from the Wonder Bard outside the Viscint Training Grounds. He offers it after you have reached Rena and finished the quest lines of the NPCs whose voices he collects. The ten quests most often listed are Global Connection, The Hunt for New Arms, Mixed Feelings, In Sync, An Eternal Rivalry, Dahna's Tastiest Pancake, The Mysterious Pair, Farewell, Mage, Their Future and A Talk with Tilsa. He takes you through:

1. He gives you a recording device.
2. Talk to every green-star NPC realm by realm: in Calaglia, Doc and Kohl in Mosgul, Dyron, Grenar and Nayth in Ulzebek, and Gourdeno on Glanymede Castle 3F; in Cyslodia, Bregon and Patvo; in Menancia, Bogdel, Drashin, Lagill and Tigrina; in Mahag Saar, Baephon and Giselle in Niez and Mahavar at the Hidden Wharf; in Ganath Haros, Cagari and Nottio in Thistlym, Tilsa on Pelegion Level 2 and Ganye on Pelegion Level 3. The next realm's NPCs are marked once the current realm is done.
3. Return to the bard.

The bard's marker sometimes takes a few minutes of play, a fast travel or a fight to appear once you qualify. As a harmless precaution, have all five bonds maxed before you look for him. Players have finished it before the ending with only 21 artifacts, so it does not need all 23. If he still will not offer it, nothing is lost: take it on Game Clear data.

Before the final battle, Play Records should read 67/70 sub-quests. The three missing quests should be Another Hillside Anomaly, Otherworldly Visitors and The Reminiscence Device. Field Guide > Artifacts should read 22/23.

Return to Rena and finish the story. There is no achievement-related reason to grind to level 100 before the ending.

On the way, take the detour for the last gigant. In the Astral Energy Convergence Zone of Tarfhal Helgarahi (the hub with six teleporters just before the final boss), take the third teleporter on the right to the Water Astral Energy Separator and defeat Sword Dancer (Lv 56). That should be your 20th gigant and unlock Big Game Hunter. Arrive stocked up. If you skip it, it is still there on Game Clear data.

Loading Game Clear data returns you before the final battle with free travel. Finish any late elemental boss, gigant (including Sword Dancer in the final dungeon), owl, fishing, or standard side quest you intentionally deferred before beginning the post-game chain. If Record Collection did not trigger before the ending, do it now. If Shionne the Fashion Critic is still open, revisit the nobleman in Ulzebek.

If Spirit Temple is complete, speak to the cattle rancher on the Viscint bridge near the Traslida Highway exit to begin Another Hillside Anomaly. Return to the centre of the Earth Spirit Temple and talk to the Renan researcher. Completing that short quest automatically leads into Otherworldly Visitors.

Use the Otherworld and remaining high-level side content for the last combat requirements. By now your equipment, artifacts, and unlocked title panels make the remaining fights much faster than they would have been before the ending.

This is the correct time for the expensive collection grinds because all blueprints, high-level enemy drops, and most title panels are now available.

Before farming anything, check Play Records. You may already have finished Veteran Rancher, High Roller, Diligent Counterattacker, Hundred-Hit Smackdown, and the bond achievements naturally.

Launch Beyond the Dawn from the main menu. It is a separate progression state rather than a continuation of your level, gear, and skills. The expansion starts the party at its own designed power level and awards bonuses based on the main-game save.

A completed base-game save grants starting bonuses such as extra gald, SP, and CP, with additional rewards tied to deeper base-game completion. Beyond the Dawn does not simply carry over your exact level, gear, and build. These bonuses are conveniences, not achievement requirements, so do not replay the main ending solely to chase a missing bonus.

Beyond the Dawn has 40 sub-quests total: 28 regular quests and 12 character sub-quests marked by party-member face icons. None are permanently missable. Clear quests whenever the current story state makes them available so the final cleanup is small. The main quests run The Lord's Daughter, Warmth, Branded, Free From Pursuit, Budding, Feared, Disappearance and Distress, One's Own Master, Faceless, For Whom, Land of the Beginnings and Beyond the Dawn.

Gold envelope icons mark four "EX" quests. They do not count toward the 40, but they matter: while an EX quest is active, some sub-quests disappear or are suspended until it is finished, and the first EX quest gates three counted quests. Finish every EX quest you start.

Start the ranch at the first campfire. From the first campfire at Adan Lake during Warmth, open "Manage Ranch" at any campfire trader. Several counted quests need ranch meat:

• Life's Changes: Pork ×3. There is also a Pork chest in Niez on the road north-west of the giver; open it first.
• Gourmet Saga: Wind of the New World: Rappig Meat ×3, needed right after Feared. This is the earliest deadline.
• On the Brink of Paradise: Rappig Meat ×3 in Land of the Beginnings.
• A New Juice: Horse Meat ×5 in Land of the Beginnings.

The optional EX quest A Feast of Blessings needs another 3 Rappig Meat. It is not yet confirmed whether Rappigs and Horses are selectable from the start of the expansion, so harvest repeatedly (chickens are fastest) and switch to Rappigs and Horses the moment they appear. Rappigs take about 30-40 minutes and Horses about 35-50 minutes with the best feed, and ranch time does not run while the game is paused or idle. Check inn merchants before farming any requested material, because some are sold there.

The first four quests open after The Lord's Daughter:

• Ignorance of Knowledge: Torvin outside the Niez gate in east Aqfotle Hills wants 3 Wind-Swept Mane from Withered Wolves in north Adan Lake.
• For a Safe Trade Route: the Migrant Sailor in Aqfotle Hills wants the zeugle groups in east, central and west Aqfotle Hills cleared.
• Life's Changes: the Renan Man at the north-east end of the bridge near the Niez inn wants 3 Adan Pepper, 3 Lettuce, 3 Potato (Adan Lake gathering points) and 3 Pork.
• The Meaning of the Flag: the Dark Wings member in central Niez wants three Adan Lake zeugle groups cleared.

Follow The Lord's Daughter and Warmth into the main quest Branded. Explore the mausoleum normally, defeat the story boss, and seal the innermost door.

While you are inside, farm Hard Bone from Sweeper Apes and Earth Stone from Ominous Earthen Mass (break its core with Rinwell's Boost Attack) for A Bright Schoolhouse. Optionally try for Titanium Vambrace by using Dohalim's Boost Attack on each Sweeper Ape; if none drop here, the east Shinefall Woods apes are the fallback later.

Continue through Free From Pursuit and Budding. As new towns reopen, scan their maps for letter icons and complete side quests that match your level.

During Feared, return to Niez and clear the zeugle attacks. Then continue through Disappearance and Distress to Ulzebek and into One's Own Master, the first main quest carried out in Ulzebek.

Quests in this stretch, in roughly the order they open:

• Silence and Sleep (after Branded): the Tomb Raider near Adan Lake sends you back into Mausoleum 238 to defeat the boss Cruel Keeper. Use the map marker to find him.
• A Bright Schoolhouse (during or after Free From Pursuit): the Wise Renan Man in the Autelina Palace 1F courtyard wants 3 Sharp Fang, 3 Hard Bone and Earth Stone. Check the active quest's requirement for the Earth Stone amount, and farm it from Ominous Earthen Mass if needed.
• Beauty Clearing the Land (after Free From Pursuit): the farmer in the Traslida Highway ranch area wants west Traslida Highway cleared.
• The Keeper of Wallets (midway through Budding): the shopkeeper by the Viscint fast-travel point asks for a Training Grounds spar with Kisara and Dohalim.
• Pastoral Romance (after Budding): Bogdel at Pharia Ranch asks you to find Wilbur on Traslida Highway; the fight is at the third search spot.
• Goodwill Ambassador Zareh (after Feared): Lagill north-east of the Training Grounds. Follow the cat to three spots, then rescue the child on Traslida Highway.
• Gourmet Saga: Wind of the New World (after Feared): Gourdeno, collapsed by the central bridge on Traslida Highway. Ask the two marked Viscint residents, then bring 3 Strawberry (south-east Pharia Ranch by the fence), 3 Mackerel (river or Adan Lake; also sold in Viscint once the three Menancia reconstruction quests are done) and 3 Rappig Meat.
• The Owls' Gratitude (midway through Disappearance and Distress): Giselle in east Aqfotle Hills wants 3 Majestic Feather from Manhunt Hawks in Rudhir Forest.
• A New Rival? (same time): Lagill in the Training Grounds, a solo duel as Dohalim.
• You're So Thoughtful (after the Nevira investigation): clear the zeugles at the Nevira lakeshore and road for the member in Cysloden.
• The Ties That Bind (same time): escort the Considerate Brother from the Messia 224 bridge through Rudhir Forest.
• Cast Aside (on reaching Ulzebek): the Brooding Man north-west of the Ulzebek inn wants three Iglia Wastes groups cleared (ruins, starship, north end).
• A Donut-Fueled Town Revitalization (on finishing Disappearance and Distress): Kohl in central Ulzebek. Fight the waves at the Ulzebek–Iglia Wastes border.

Before pushing too far, complete every currently available face-icon quest and normal letter-icon quest in the reopened regions. Each party member has two character sub-quests across the expansion for 12 total, but later ones are story-gated, so you cannot finish all 12 here.

The character quests are worth prioritizing because completing each character's pair improves that character's Boost Attack for the rest of Beyond the Dawn.

During One's Own Master:

• Where an Unforeseen Encounter Leads (Shionne): the Dahnan Man on 2F of the Crimson Crows' old HQ in Ulzebek. Find his son in Iglia Wastes, then bring 3 Apple, 3 Lemon and 3 Strawberry.
• In Pursuit of the Traveling Book (Rinwell): the librarian in the Autelina Palace 1F library. Follow the book from the Viscint vendor to the Cysloden vendor to the Ulzebek peddler, then defeat the zeugles at the book in Rudhir Forest.
• Beyond the Visage (Kisara): the Considerate Brother on the steps to Autelina Palace in Viscint. Question a resident, then rescue the girl on west Traslida Highway.
• Even If I'm Not a Hero (Alphen): there is no quest giver; stand near the Alphen face icon in front of the Ulzebek inn to trigger a cutscene. To be safe, first finish A Donut-Fueled Town Revitalization, The Owls' Gratitude and Where an Unforeseen Encounter Leads, reach One's Own Master's "Go to Niez" step, and have no EX quest active. Then talk to Doc (tent by the well), bring him 3 Titanium Vambrace, borrow a book from Tigrina in the Autelina Palace library and return it to Doc. Reliably farm Titanium Vambrace by using Dohalim's Boost Attack on Sweeper Apes. If the Mausoleum 238 apes give none, farm the east Shinefall Woods apes once For Whom opens it, so this quest may slip into For Whom. One player reported it failing to trigger; following the safe order above is the best available fix.

After Faceless, start the gold EX quest Flower of Happiness at the Viscint inn and finish it, because it unlocks Grenar's Important Letter. Then:

• Seeking the Ideal Waterfront (Kisara): the Curious Child in central Viscint. Talk to Drashin in Viscint, the men at Messia 224, the Hardworking Man in Ulzebek and Bogdel at Pharia Ranch.
• A Thread to the Future: the Silver Swords member in Bregon's Hideout wants 5 Dark Mane from Rampage Wolves in Iglia Wastes.
• The Temperature of Touch (Shionne): the Dahnan girl from the Cysloden Bakers in Central Plaza. Find Gourdeno in north Nevira Snowplains, buy 2 Wheat, 2 Egg and 2 Tofu from the Nevira merchant, and deliver them to the hungry Renan boy on Pelegion Level 2.
• Good Luck, Boss (Law): the Concerned Dahnan Man south-west of the Ulzebek inn. Chase the Renan child through Iglia Wastes, then defeat Maxidillo.
• Sentimental Bouquet: the Worried Man in Thistlym wants a zeugle group cleared in central Shinefall Woods.
• A Nice Spot for Love and Healing: after Sentimental Bouquet, Nottio and Cagari south-west of the Thistlym inn want 5 Icicle Fang. They only drop from Wild Boars in Shinefall Woods when Kisara's Boost Attack breaks the tusks mid-charge. Set the ally AI to "Do Nothing" so your allies do not kill the boars first.
• Grenar's Important Letter: after Flower of Happiness, Nayth in east Ulzebek. Talk to Grenar, then Tilsa on Pelegion Level 1, then Grenar and Nayth.
• Zephyr's Ring (Law): once Cast Aside, A Donut-Fueled Town Revitalization and Grenar's Important Letter are done, interact with Zephyr's memorial in west Ulzebek. Talk to three Ulzebek NPCs, win the solo dream duel as Law against Zephyr, then report to Nayth.
• Path of the Potter (Dohalim): same gate. The Dahnan Potter in south Ulzebek wants 3 Stone Fragment from the Golems in Iglia Wastes, then High Quality Clay gathered by the water in south Shinefall Woods near Mausoleum 67.

Shinefall Woods only opens with For Whom, so Sentimental Bouquet, A Nice Spot for Love and Healing and the clay for Path of the Potter are finished there, before you enter the mausoleum. Expect about 31/40 sub-quests before entering Mausoleum 67.

During For Whom, enter the mausoleum from the Ganath Haros side. This dungeon contains the six base weapons required for Arms Master later.

Do not rush through the trapped-zeugle rooms. The base weapons are guarded by powerful gigant-class zeugles. Clear every barrier room and every guarded encounter in every layer, and check your inventory for all six before you leave:

• Alphen: Novus Aetas.
• Shionne: Initium Lucis.
• Rinwell: Black Book of Disaster and Dawn.
• Law: Divine Hand Armor.
• Kisara: Supreme Shield Aegis.
• Dohalim: Ending Rod Bucks.

As a rough guide, the weapons are spread across the Convection Control Layer, the Lower Central Stabilization Layer, and the Control Compartment Layer. Treat that split as a hint, not a confirmed count per layer, and rely on the inventory check.

These six weapons are the ingredients for the Ryugola-fragment weapons in the final dungeon. Missing one only creates backtracking, because the dungeon can be revisited; it does not permanently lock the achievement.

For Whom quests:

• The Girl's True Face: starts automatically on your first visit to Shinefall Woods. Talk to four Pelegion NPCs and the Renan Woman in Shinefall Woods, then turn it in to the Brooding Woman on Pelegion Level 2.
• Friends Someday (Rinwell): after The Girl's True Face, the two arguing girls south-east of the Pelegion Level 1 inn. Talk to three Pelegion Level 2 NPCs, then bring 5 Blistering Fang. They drop from Berserker Boars in the Limestone Cavern: Shallow Layer of this mausoleum. The reliable way to get them is to break the horn with Kisara's Boost Attack mid-charge; re-enter the area to respawn the boars. Merchants also sell them for about 11,500 gald each.
• A Dahnan Concert: Ganye on Pelegion Level 3. Talk to Avakhir on Level 2, then bring 3 Punisher's Vambrace from the Murder Apes in the same Shallow Layer.
• Kindling the Flames of Change: after A Dahnan Concert, the man on Pelegion Level 2. Talk to four Level 2 NPCs and report back.

Buy a Boss Fish from the Owl King for 15,000 gald now (Owl Forest, via the owl by the Nevira Snowplains campsite) for On the Brink of Paradise, plus a second one if you plan to do the EX quest A Feast of Blessings. A caught Boss Fish also works.

Continue through Land of the Beginnings, but before committing to the Keystone, revisit every hub and clear all side quests currently shown. Six quests open only in Land of the Beginnings, and several need earlier quests first:

• Hand in Hand: Snake Eye on the north-west lakeshore of Nevira Snowplains. Talk to a Messia 224 NPC, then fight waves in Nevira with only Law and Rinwell. It is not a character quest.
• Thawing a Frozen Heart: needs You're So Thoughtful and A Thread to the Future. Bregon in the Riville Prison Tower office. Question the Former Informant at the top of the stairs on Prison Tower 1F, the two girls in the Cysloden Alley, the older man at the Cysloden inn and the man in a brown coat in Central Plaza, report to Bregon, then bring 5 Earth Seed from Ropers (low drop rate).
• Know I Will Be Your Shadow (Alphen): needs Even If I'm Not a Hero. The two men just inside the Crimson Crows' HQ door in Ulzebek. Rest at the Ulzebek inn, then win an Alphen-only duel against a phantom Vholran (about level 100). Stock healing items first.
• For Old Ties (Dohalim): an event on the east side of Pelegion Level 2. If it does not trigger, finish Path of the Potter, A Dahnan Concert and Kindling the Flames of Change first. View the Saxleoh Temple statue, talk to Ganye, talk to the three marked Pelegion NPCs, talk to Ganye again, heal Avakhir with CP across the bridge near the Shinefall Woods campfire, rescue Fahria near the mausoleum at the south campfire, and report to Ganye on Pelegion Level 3.
• On the Brink of Paradise: needs A Dahnan Concert and Kindling the Flames of Change. The arguing pair on Pelegion Level 1. Talk to the merchant by the Viscint inn, then deliver 3 Apple, 3 Rappig Meat and 1 Boss Fish to the Renan woman in Pelegion.
• A New Juice: appears in the Viscint inn (the Sweets Seller between the clerk and the innkeeper) only after the Nazamil fight and the rest at the Niez inn, and needs Seeking the Ideal Waterfront. If it is missing, finish any open EX quest. Bring 5 each of Apple, Lemon, Milk, Strawberry, Tomato and Pepper (all sold at inn shops) and 5 Horse Meat, then go to Pharia Ranch for the juice contest. No Rappig is needed.

Check that you have 40/40 sub-quests and 12/12 character sub-quests before entering the Keystone. Clear data remains available after the ending, so anything left over can still be finished then.

The Keystone is the expansion's final dungeon and contains three achievement-critical systems at once: the six portraits, the summit jump, and the Ryugola Core Fragments.

There are exactly three Nazamil Nether fights (level 87), and each drops two Ryugola Core Fragments, giving the six fragments needed for Arms Master. One of the three is off the required path, so a player who only follows the main route can finish the dungeon two fragments short. Explore every palace fully and win all three:

• Flame Palace: upper area, near the end of the palace before the Newborn Floor.
• Whirlpool Palace: Level 3, near the exit to the fourth level.
• Stone Palace: toward the exit, near the teleporter back to its entrance.

Also inspect each palace for Nazamil's portraits and interact with the image on the wall; merely walking past a portrait does not register it.

Use this portrait checklist as you clear the palaces:

• Alphen: Flame Palace, in the storehouse room.
• Rinwell: Whirlwind Palace, in the storehouse room near the Astral Energy Machine.
• Shionne: Whirlpool Palace Level 1, at the bottom of the summit drop, behind the green barrier that Rinwell's field action absorbs.
• Kisara: Stone Palace Upper Level, reached using Dohalim's vine field action from the central level.
• Law: Ziern Shrine, Room of Rivalry, in the back right (north-east) corner.
• Dohalim: Helgan Shrine.

Finish the Keystone and the Beyond the Dawn main quest. There are no difficulty restrictions and no need to finish every side quest before the ending.

Clear data returns you to the pre-final state with your expansion progress intact. Recheck every hub map for normal letter icons and party-member face icons before grinding anything else.

If a sub-quest is missing, check in this order:

1. Finish any active EX quest; an active EX quest hides or suspends some sub-quests.
2. Check the quest chains: Even If I'm Not a Hero, A Nice Spot for Love and Healing, Grenar's Important Letter, Zephyr's Ring, Path of the Potter, Friends Someday, Kindling the Flames of Change and every Land of the Beginnings quest only appear once their prerequisites are done.
3. Check the ranch meat and Boss Fish for On the Brink of Paradise and A New Juice.

The three quests started by walking into a spot rather than talking to someone are Even If I'm Not a Hero (in front of the Ulzebek inn), Zephyr's Ring (the memorial in west Ulzebek) and For Old Ties (east Pelegion Level 2). The Girl's True Face starts automatically in Shinefall Woods.