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AF400: Academia
Final Fantasy XIII-2

AF400: Academia

Walkthrough for Final Fantasy XIII-2's AF400 Academia area. Includes enemy locations, item discoveries, and strategies for defeating the boss Zenobia.

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Walkthrough for Final Fantasy XIII-2's AF400 Academia area. Includes enemy locations, item discoveries, and strategies for defeating the boss Zenobia.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    From the starting position, go east and examine the panel to change the nearby escalator from red to blue.
  2. 2
    Go up the escalator and dash north into an Alley for a scene. This is a safe zone.
  3. 3
    Talk to Miss Horizon to accept the quest of delivering explored maps when you hit 100% coverage. You receive the Sunleth Waterscape fragment (01/13) and 200 CP.
  4. 4
    Near Miss Horizon, a treasure cube contains the ‘Farewells’ Gate Seal, unlocking Time Reversal in AF300 Sunleth Waterscape.
  5. 5
    From Chocolina, go west, defeat enemies, and then a group of 3x Koboldroid Yan to remove a yellow barrier.
  6. 6
    Go south over a catwalk, then east to defeat a Fencer guarding an orange barrier.
  7. 7
    Take the stairs north and fall into an event battle.
  8. 8
    Proceed east downstairs near the escalator into Grand Avenue Square.
  9. 9
    Turn left onto Grand Avenue and go straight west, fighting waves of enemies.
  10. 10
    After a scene with Soul Edge, continue west and go down the blue escalator into another section of Central Bridge. A scene of the bridge collapsing plays, and enemies stop bothering you.
  11. 11
    Take a detour south to find the Kaiser Knuckles.
  12. 12
    Dash north and then west across the broken bridge, then turn north again. Activate the panel to change the nearby escalator from red to blue.
  13. 13
    Take the escalator up, turn west into New Town, and then turn south.
  14. 14
    Ignore the red escalator branching off west, and take the next road west. Turn north and engage the Fencer guarding a barrier.
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    Ride the blue escalator up. Chocolina is to the right if you need supplies.
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    From Chocolina, go west and win two event battles before facing Zenobia.
Tips
  • Treasures in this timeline are best collected in the AF4XX Academia timeline due to constant enemy spawns.
  • If your accessory capacity is 100, equipping three accessories that increase ATK by 10% grants the synth ability Vampiric Strike (3% of damage incurred is absorbed as HP recovery).
  • The monster Geiseric can be found further north. It drops 1000 CP and 5000 gil but is very tough; consider fighting it later.

Boss Battle: Zenobia

Stats / Weaknesses:

  • Tentacles are weak to all element magic.
  • Zenobia takes full brunt of magic assaults after tentacles are destroyed, but halves physical attacks.

Phases:

  1. Zenobia deploys tentacles that shield it. Destroy them with element magic. Tentacles can debuff you with Fog and Deprotect.
  2. With tentacles gone, Zenobia is vulnerable to magic. Employing a SAB to apply Deprotect, Deshell, and Poison is effective.
  3. At ~75% HP, Zenobia deploys another set of tentacles that can also attack and heal Zenobia. Destroy them with three RAVs.
  4. Switch to triple SEN to reduce damage from an incoming attack as tentacles protrude.
  5. Finish off Zenobia.

Strategy:

  • Destroy the initial tentacles quickly with element magic.
  • Use a SAB to apply debuffs like Deprotect, Deshell, and Poison.
  • When Zenobia deploys tentacles again, use three RAVs to destroy them.
  • Switch to a defensive formation (triple SEN) to mitigate damage from the second set of tentacles.
  • Focus attacks on Zenobia once the tentacles are dealt with.
  • For a perfect Cinematic Action: Crystal Petal.
  • AF400 Academia Fragment - Zenobia Fragment (02/13) and 6000 CP.
  • Tower Artefact.

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