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"This information processing facility was built as part of a major Academy project. Academy scientists can be seen congregating in one of the central chambers."

—Online Description

Augusta Tower (アガスティアタワー, Agasutia Tawā^?) is a location in Final Fantasy XIII-2, built by the Academy in 13 AF. In 300 AF, a timespace anomaly has thrown the tower into chaos and turned the interior into a maze.

DatalogEdit

See also: Datalog/Locales (Final Fantasy XIII-2).

ACADEMY DATANET FILE

Augusta Tower is the central information processing facility of the Academy. The entire edifice is occupied by the machinery of an artificial intelligence that possesses unprecedented processing power.

The tower also houses the Proto fal'Cie Project, an ambitious plan to create a man-made fal'Cie.

See also: Fragment/Academic Reward.

Travel Guide: Augusta Tower

Area Information

Augusta Tower is the giant electronic brain of Academia. The AI mind that occupies the tower stores precious data and records from centuries ago that cannot be found anywhere else. Apparently, there are freelance data miners who do nothing but search the archives for new information discoveries.

From the Editor's Desk:

When the tower was first built, a number of galas and parties were held featuring the tower mascots, Augy and Towpy. When the tower was closed to the public the mascots were discarded, to the dismay of small children everywhere.

StoryEdit

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After having discovered in Academia 400 AF that they were entombed in a tower at 200 AF for learning the "forbidden history", Serah, Mog, and Noel travel to that time to discover the truth. As they explore the tower, they find images of their time in Academia. They also discover various data logs about the Proto Fal'Cie project.

Serah, Noel, and Mog see Caius ascending the tower and are instantly suspicious. Serah and Noel both find the people within the tower seemingly lifeless and they encounter Alyssa Zaidelle near the main elevator. However, Alyssa then unveils that all of the people within the tower - including herself - are duplicates, holograms designed to look exactly like their original counterparts.

Presuming that Caius has business on the top floor, they ask the Alyssa duplicate to take them to the top floor. However, along the way, they are attacked by groups of enemies. As they fight, they see images of 13 AF which show that the AI in charge of the tower, as part of the Proto fal'Cie Project, rebelled against its creators and killed all of the staff in the tower - including the original Hope and Alyssa.

Afterwards, the AI created the fal'Cie Adam which in turn created the duplicates to cover up the incident and to kill any who found out the truth. After dispatching the monsters, they continue upward towards the top floor. When they reach the top, the two encounter the Yeul they countered in Oerba, who talks to Noel and Serah, revealing to them that Caius is immortal and retains memories of all of the timeline's events. As Noel and Serah step through the Time Gate to face the fal'Cie Adam, Yeul has a vision of a bright future before dying as Caius picks up her body and takes it away.

Noel and Serah end up in a junction between timelines, and there find Adam. They realize that the fal'Cie used the time junction to take control of the AI and instigate its onw creation, making it a living paradox. After defeating it once, the fal'Cie regenerates itself by traveling back in time and negating its death. After fighting continuously, Serah yells at Hope about him making his machine. This outburst was recorded in an Oracle Drive in 13 AF and after seeing Noel and Serah fight it, Hope abandons the project, ending Adam's existence and stopping the fight. They then return to the Tower, then move on through the time gate to an alternate Academia in 4XX AF.

Spoilers end here.

AreasEdit

The Augusta Tower is a 52-floor high tower located pressumably somewhere on Gran Pulse. It consists of the central lift which is used to move around various floors of the tower. Many rooms have rotary properties and computers.

200 AFEdit	300 AFEdit
49th Floor 50th Floor 51st Floor 52nd Floor AI Nucleus Top Floor	12th Floor 13th Floor 14th Floor 15th Floor

TreasureEdit

200 AFEdit

Item	Location	Requirements
1500 gil	50th Floor	None
2 Remedies	50th Floor	None
Map of Augusta Tower	50th Floor	Live Trigger "9261"
Wild Artefact	50th Floor	None
Train Conductor Beret	50th Floor	None
Twist Headband	50th Floor	None
Librascope	50th Floor	None
Paradox Agent Type A	50th Floor	Moogle Throw
Bloodguard	51st Floor	None
'Silence' Gate Seal	51st Floor	Moogle Throw
Platinum Casino Ticket	51st Floor	None
Sniper's Eye	51st Floor	Moogle Throw
Phoenix Down	51st Floor	Moogle Throw
8 Vitality Orbs	52nd Floor	None
Magistral Crest	52nd Floor	None
Platinum Casino Ticket	52nd Floor	Moogle Throw
8 Mana Engines	52nd Floor	None
8 Vitality Engines	52nd Floor	None
1450 gil	52nd Floor	None
2000 gil	52nd Floor	Moogle Throw
Phoenix Blood	52nd Floor	Moogle Throw
3 Potions	AI Nucleus	None
Gold Casino Ticket	49th Floor	Moogle Hunt
Paradox Agent Type C	49th Floor	Moogle Throw
Paradox Agent Type B	49th Floor	Moogle Throw

300 AFEdit

Item	Location	Requirements
9 Mana Slivers	12th Floor	None
800 gil	12th Floor	None
2 Potions	14th Floor	Moogle Throw
8 Vitality Bolts	14th Floor	None
6 Vitality Slivers	14th Floor	Moogle Hunt
Librascope	15th Floor	Moogle Throw
Phoenix Down	15th Floor	Moogle Throw
Access Key 50	15th Floor	Live Trigger "1237172"
Red Commando Badge	13th Floor	Moogle Throw
Blue PSICOM Spaulders	13th Floor	Moogle Throw
Blue Pilot's Badge	13th Floor	Advanced Moogle Hunt

ChocolinaEdit

Main article: Chocolina

200 AFEdit

"So for my lucky customers today, you get a big dose of spirit and zest along with your purchases."; —Chocolina at 200 AF
Items

Item	Price
Potion	160 gil
Phoenix Down	1,600 gil
Remedy	250 gil
Wound Potion	300 gil
Antidote	100 gil
Holy Water	100 gil
Painkiller	100 gil
Mallet	100 gil
Wax	100 gil

Weapons

Item	Price	Components
Meteorblaze	960 gil	-
Howling Soul	960 gil	-
Lunar Stinger	2,000 gil	-
Volatile Spark	2,000 gil	-
Raging Arc	4,500 gil	-
Blazing Spirit	4,500 gil	-
Amazon Bow	780 gil	2x Shattered Bone
Survivor's Edge	780 gil	2x Shattered Bone
Faerie's Bow	780 gil	2x Moistened Scale
Rune Tooth	780 gil	2x Moistened Scale
Fellowship Arc	1,520 gil	3x Begrimed Claw 1x Abominable Wing
Avenger's Edge	1,520 gil	3x Begrimed Claw 1x Abominable Wing
Rune Feather	1,520 gil	4x Tear of Woe 1x Abominable Wing
Sargatanas	1,520 gil	4x Tear of Woe 1x Abominable Wing

Accessories

Item	Cost	Price	Components
Iron Bangle	30	300 gil	-
Black Belt	40	500 gil	-
Rune Bracelet	40	500 gil	-
Star Pendant	55	650 gil	-
Pearl Necklace	55	650 gil	-
Warding Talisman	55	650 gil	-
Power Wristband	30	1,000 gil	-
Magician's Mark	30	1,000 gil	-
Metal Armband	55	650 gil	-
Serenity Sachet	55	650 gil	-
Ember Ring	55	1,000 gil	-
Frost Ring	55	1,000 gil	-
Spark Ring	55	1,000 gil	-
Zephyr Ring	55	1,000 gil	-
Delicate Iron Bangle	25	450 gil	1x Iron Bangle 2x Cie'th Tear
Durable Iron Bangle	35	150 gil	1x Iron Bangle 2x Molted Tail
Delicate Black Belt	30	750 gil	1x Black Belt 2x Cie'th Tear
Durable Black Belt	45	250 gil	1x Black Belt 2x Shattered Bone
Delicate Rune Bracelet	30	750 gil	1x Rune Bracelet 2x Cie'th Tear
Durable Rune Bracelet	45	250 gil	1x Rune Bracelet 2x Moistened Scale
Delicate Power Wristband	25	1,500 gil	2x Cie'th Tear
Durable Power Wristband	35	500 gil	1x Power Wristband 2x Begrimed Claw
Delicate Magician's Mark	25	1,500 gil	1x Magician's Mark 2x Cie'th Tear
Durable Magician's Mark	35	500 gil	1x Magician's Mark 1x Tear of Woe
Delicate Metal Armband	35	325 gil	1x Metal Armband 1x Tear of Remorse 2x Chocobo Plume
Delicate Serenity Sachet	35	325 gil	1x Serenity Sachet 1x Tear of Remorse 2x Chocobo Plume
Delicate Star Pendant	35	325 gil	1x Star Pendant 1x Tear of Remorse 2x Chocobo Plume
Delicate Pearl Necklace	35	325 gil	1x Pearl Necklace 1x Tear of Remorse 2x Chocobo Plume
Delicate Warding Talisman	35	325 gil	1x Warding Talisman 1x Tear of Remorse 2x Chocobo Plume
Delicate Ember Ring	50	1,500 gil	1x Ember Ring 2x Cie'th Tear
Durable Ember Ring	60	500 gil	1x Ember Ring 2x Enigmatic Fluid
Delicate Frost Ring	50	1,500 gil	1x Frost Ring 2x Cie'th Tear
Durable Frost Ring	60	500 gil	1x Frost Ring 2x Enigmatic Fluid
Delicate Silver Bangle	40	750 gil	1x Silver Bangle 2x Cie'th Tear
Durable Silver Bangle	50	250 gil	1x Silver Bangle 2x Monstrous Fang
Delicate Spark Ring	50	1,500 gil	1x Spark Ring 2x Cie'th Tear
Durable Spark Ring	60	500 gil	1x Spark Ring 2x Enigmatic Fluid
Delicate Zephyr Ring	50	1,500 gil	1x Zephyr Ring 2x Cie'th Tear
Durable Zephyr Ring	60	500 gil	1x Zephyr Ring 2x Enigmatic Fluid

Monster Materials

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Enemy FormationsEdit

200 AFEdit

49th FloorEdit

50th FloorEdit

Orion, Vespid Soldier x2, Zwerg Metrodroid (Fixed)
Orion, Vespid Soldier x4 (Fixed)
Orion, Zwerg Metrodroid x4 (Fixed)

51st FloorEdit

Orion
Flanitor
Vespid Soldier
Zwerg Metrodroid
Luminous Puma
Thermadon

52nd FloorEdit

Orion
Dragoon
Flanitor
Greater Behemoth
Thermadon

Top FloorEdit

Proto fal'Cie Adam, Left Manipulator, Right Manipulator (Boss)

300 AFEdit

12th FloorEdit

13th FloorEdit

Orion
Dragoon
Flanborg
Flanitor
Thexteron

14th FloorEdit

Flanborg
Flanitor
Thexteron

15th FloorEdit

Flanborg
Flanitor
Thexteron

DevelopmentEdit

Motomu Toriyama, director of Final Fantasy XIII, has explained that the developers believe in adding a complex dungeon in the middle of the storyline to act both as a trial and a story turning point. Augusta Tower was designed for this purpose in Final Fantasy XIII-2^[1], as a futuristic dungeon peppered with puzzles. The player has to search the whole Historia Crux in order to access the heart of the tower making it a challenge.

The Final Fantasy XIII-2 Ultimania Omega producer and director interview reveals scrapped plans for a Hope DLC scenario episode, involving a journey through the Augusta Tower. Players would have ventured through the tower, completing a number of Live Triggers as they did. The aim of the DLC was to stop Alyssa from killing Hope and based on player's Live Trigger choices, the player would have either continued the game or receive a Game Over. However, this scenario was scrapped.^[2]

MusicEdit

"Augusta Tower" composed by Mitsuto Suzuki, plays as the location theme for the Tower. A remixed version of the song titled "Augusta Tower -Aggressive Mix-" plays whenever enemies are present.

GalleryEdit

Concept art.

Augusta Tower 300 AF.

AI Nucleus.

Augusta Tower 200 AF.

AI Nucleus concept art.

EtymologyEdit

Augusta is a feminine form of the name of the Roman Emperor Augustus, and is also part of the original Latin names of many ancient places named after him.

TriviaEdit

If one chooses to do an optional side quest in the Bresha Ruins 5 AF to collect research notes for a scientist in the Academy, it is revealed that the notes contain detailed plans for both the Tower and the duplicates, which the scientist denies writing and is convinced the notes are from the future. This implies that the very existence of Augusta Tower may be either a paradox or a stable time loop.