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Draklor Laboratory
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age

Draklor Laboratory

Navigate Draklor Laboratory in Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age. This guide details the path to Cid's office, bulkhead puzzles, and finding the Lab Access Card.

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Navigate Draklor Laboratory in Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age. This guide details the path to Cid's office, bulkhead puzzles, and finding the Lab Access Card.

Walkthrough
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    From your starting point, go west through a doorway, then north down a hallway. You'll find a surviving Imperial; you can speak to him if you wish.
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    Continue north, then east through a doorway into a small chamber. Two paths branch here; ignore the eastern one for now.
  3. 3
    Continue north down another hallway to a junction with another wounded Imperial. Ignore his pleas and turn east.
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    You will reach a chamber with a Direct Lift. Use the North Lift Terminal and select the 67th floor as your destination.
  5. 5
    From the lift, proceed east, passing another soldier. Turn north to find a wounded Imperial near a "C.B.D" door.
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    Open the door to enter Doctor Cid's office. A scene will play, and Balthier will acquire the Lab Access Card and a map of Draklor Laboratories.
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    Exit Cid's lab and head south. Note that the mini-map may become erratic.
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    Search the first door to the west to enter the Rm 6704 East area. Speak to the Senior Researcher here to learn about the bulkhead system (red and blue bulkheads, where one is open when the other is closed).
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    Use the Save Crystal in this room, then return to the 67th Floor main area.
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    Continue south, ignoring the room to the west (Rm 6703 East). Note the two doors to the south: a locked blue door to the west and an open red door to the south.
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    Proceed south through the open red door until you find a door leading to Rm 6711 East. Speak to the Nethicite Researcher here; he will mention that Doctor Cid is on the 70th floor.
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    Leave Rm 6711 East and backtrack north to Rm 6703 East. Activate the Bulkhead Controls console here.
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    Return outside. The red door will now be closed, and the blue door will be open. Imperial troops will begin to harass you.
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    Continue west past the lift room and into the western hallway. Turn north and enter a door to the east to reach Rm 6703 West. Activate the Bulkhead Controls console here.
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    Switch the bulkhead system to team blue (closing red doors, opening blue doors). Return outside and proceed south through a doorway.
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    Turn west to find a now-opened red door. Go through it to find a non-bulkhead door leading to Rm 6711 West.
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    In Rm 6711 West, you can find two chests with motes and one chest containing a Claymore (Greatswords 1).
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    Leave Rm 6711 West, return to Rm 6703 West, and flip the bulkhead back to red (opening red doors, closing blue doors).
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    You can now choose to return to the 66th Floor or ride up to the 68th Floor to continue your search for Doctor Cid.
Tips
  • Imperial troops will spawn regularly throughout Draklor Laboratory, arriving via the lifts.
  • The mini-map may be distorted on the 67th floor due to high Mist levels, but the pop-up and full maps function correctly.
  • Be aware that activating bulkhead controls will change the accessibility of doors throughout the laboratory.
  • Lab Access Card
  • Map of Draklor Laboratories
  • Claymore (in Rm 6711 West)

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