"These vast plains are a playground for Pulse's deadly monsters. They share the land with its original inhabitants, a clan of hunters, who have built themselves a comfortable life on this grand terrain."
In Final Fantasy XIII, it is the only place in the game where the player can ride wild chocobos. The area links the Vallis Media, Faultwarrens, and Mah'habara Subterra. In Final Fantasy XIII-2, another part of the Steppe is explored, possibly the western side, where it is now the home of a hunters' settlement in possession of a weather changing device.
These great plains cover a vast expanse of Gran Pulse.
With an unobstructed view clear to the horizon, creatures can easily spot intruders into their territory. Perhaps this explains why so many beasts of the steppe are merciless predators—victors of the unending struggle for survival.
The Archylte Steppe is a broad plain located in a remote corner of Pulse. The few explorers who reach the steppe return with reports of a tribe of fiercely independent nomadic hunters who have lived off the land here for centuries, cut off from the rest of human civilization.
The actual location has not been made public, but tourists with a bent for adventure might consider renting an airship and putting together their own expedition.
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Some believe that the hunters are descendents of the original inhabitants of Pulse, while others claim they are a lost tribe of Cocoon. If you could get close enough to win their trust, they might tell you their story.
After departing the Vallis Media, the party finds themselves in the Archylte Steppe and come across a Cie'th Stone. Vanille explains the purpose, and the party accepts their first mission. After completing another mission, they head for the Mah'habara Subterra in hopes of reaching Oerba, Vanille and Fang's home.
An optional cutscene involving Sazh and Fang talking about Dajh can be accessed in the Font of Namva.
Serah, Mog, and Noel travel here to fix an anomaly affecting the Sunleth Waterscape 300 AF, and find themselves in a sandstorm-filled field. They come across a hunter's settlement that possesses a weather-changing device that Serah and Noel can access after completing several missions for them.[1]
After earning the hunters' trust, by defeating a pack of Goblins and retrieving wool, they are taught how to use the weather machine. By using it, they uncover the Faeryl, a monster which is sucking up Miniflan. However, the path to the Faeryl is blocked by a Long Gui making Serah and Noel use the device again to remove the Long Gui. They fight the Faeryl and upon defeating it discover that it accidentally ate an artefact which meant whatever Miniflan it would swallow would be transported to the Sunleth Waterscape. With artefact in hand and paradox seemingly solved, the two return to the Sunleth Waterscape.
The Archylte Steppe has a good grinding spot on the northern expanse near the passage to Mah'habara Subterra. A Behemoth King and Megistotherian are constantly fighting down the path from the Save Station, and all the player needs to do to get the pair to respawn is to backtrack a little and come back.
The pair gives an automatic preemptive strike every time, and rewards the player with 6,600 CP after each battle, 13,200 with the Growth Egg accessory. An easy strategy is to instantly stagger the Behemoth King and then juggle it with a Commando's Launch skill, so it will not be able to replenish its HP.
In addition, players can battle groups of three Gorgonopsid for 1300CP in a very simple battle. Three groups of Gorgonopsid are arranged closely together and respawn on the Western edge of the map, near the Uridimmu mark.
There are several notable grinding locations in this area, or rather 'farming' locations for the components needed to level up the paradigm pack monsters.
In the areas of Stonestump Wastelands and Grave Ridge (Sunny), there are plentiful numbers of Buccaboos which drop the Grade 3 Biological monster component Potent Orb.
In Clearwater Marsh (Rainy), the player can encounter Hedge Frogs, Mud Frogs, Swampmonks, and Caterchipillars, all of which drop Potent Essence, a Grade 4 Biological monster component.
In Clearwater Marsh (Sunny), the Microchu spawns in mass numbers allowing the player to collect many Potent Crystals as well as the rare item component Sunpetal, making this the best location for farming Grade 5 Biological monster components. This opponent is also reasonably frequent during the rainy season, allowing the player to collect a number of Potent Crystals at the same time as collecting Potent Essences.
The Vampire Cie'th on Grave Ridge, Stonestump Wastelands, and the Clearwater Marsh (Stormy) offer a 20% chance of dropping Potent Generators, making them the only realistically farmable choice for this Grade 5 Mechanical monster component.
In Final Fantasy XIII, the Archylte Steppe is a vast plain connecting Vallis Media, Faultwarrens, and the Mah'habara Subterra. Oretoises inhabit only these lands due to their immense size.
In Final Fantasy XIII-2, a different part of the Steppe is shown, and there is no sign of Cocoon on the horizon; being possibly located early after the second fall of Cocoon.
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The appearance of enemies depends on the area's weather. Defeating the Ochu during rainy weather, Long Gui during sunny weather, Immortal during cloudy weather (listed in the following table as Windy), and Yomi during stormy weather, earns the player the "Big Game Hunter" achievement/trophy.
Weather can be changed by moving the levers on the weather machine in the hunter's camp.
Cactuar tablets must be found using Moogle Hunt in Clearwater Marshes Rainy or Sunny to fight Gigantuars in Clearwater Marshes. All three tablets only appear once Faeryl is defeated.
Sidequest target. Available only after Faeryl is defeated. Will reappear after defeat when weather is switched from and back to Stormy.
The cycle that causes a boss to reappear is as follows; To respawn bosses Yomi, Long Gui, Immortal and Ochu return to the Nomad Camp, shift the weather away from the boss you wish to respawn, exit to the Historia Crux, re-enter, shift the weather back to the favorable conditions for the boss, battle, rinse, repeat. Happy hunting.
Archylte Steppe has its eponymous theme as a background theme. "Pulse de Chocobo" also plays exclusively in this area, since chocobos can only be ridden here.
The Archylte Steppe has multiple themes, with each playing depending on the type of weather. During sunny weather, the two electronic themes "Plains of Eternity" composed by Naoshi Mizuta and with vocals performed by Joelle, serves as the background theme, while its non-lyrical counterpart, "Plains of Eternity -Aggressive Mix-" plays whenever enemies appear. For rainy weather, the "Gapra Whitewood" theme plays. During cloudy weather, the "Vile Peaks" theme plays, and for stormy weather, "Will to Fight" is the background theme.
The Archylte Steppe is a single-loading map, this means it only loads once per visit, or only when the player leaves the map or saves then loads that file.
It is the largest area in the Final Fantasy series.
There were plans to have a downloadable scenario to take place in the Archylte Steppe where Snow would have ridden his Shiva Sisters motorbike across the steppe, killing monsters, but this idea was abandoned.[2]
The Archylte Steppe bears a resemblance to the Calm Lands from Final Fantasy X: both have vast plains and are surrounded by valleys and mountains.
This resemblance is also strengthened by the fact that the Gate Seal that enables the player to reverse the events in the Archylte Steppe is called "The Calm," which can relate to the Calm Lands.
Concept art exists for a scenario where the capital of Cocoon, Eden, would have crashed to Archylte Steppe after the events of Final Fantasy XIII.
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Archylte Steppe in-game.
Archylte Steppe in-game.
The Haerii Archaeopolis.
The Adamantoise, undisputed king of the Steppe.
Vanille riding a wild chocobo.
The Font of Namva.
Map.
Nomad hunters concept.
Sunny Archylte Steppe.
Rainy Archylte Steppe.
Cloudy Archylte Steppe.
Stormy Archylte Steppe.
Archylte Steppe - Year Unknown.
Archylte Steppe - Year Unknown.
Archylte Steppe - Year Unknown.
Archylte Steppe - Year Unknown.
Archylte Steppe - Year Unknown.
The weather control machine in Archylte Steppe - Year Unknown.
Noel examining the weather changing device.
Noel and Serah riding chocobos in cloudy weather.
Nomad Village in cloudy weather.
Sheep in Archylte Steppe.
A thunderstorm in the Archylte Steppe.
Faeryl appears.
Red cactuar tablet.
A map of the Archylte Steppe (the top) and the Yaschas Massif (the bottom) for Final Fantasy XIII.
Map of the Archylte Steppe for Final Fantasy XIII-2.
The map of Archylte Steppe - Year Unknown.
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