List of all post-game content you can find after beating the main story of Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age.
What to Do After Clearing the Game
Start New Game+
After watching the ending, your party members’ and guest members’ levels will all be at 90 if you load your save file again. The party members’ jobs will return to their initial state, but your money and equipment will still be there after the ending.
Clear Trial Mode
You can easily go through 100 stages of Trial Mode once you’ve beaten the game due to your party’s level.
At the 100th and last stages of Trial Mode, you will fight all the Judges of Ivalice.
Trial Mode Guide
Get the Strongest Weapons
Getting the strongest weapons in the game is much easier after finishing the main story.
How to Obtain the Best Weapons
Get the Strongest Equipment
There are several powerful armor pieces and accessories for each job that you can collect after finishing the main story.
How to Obtain the Best Armor
How to Obtain the Best Accessories
Capture Hidden Espers
There are some hidden Espers that you can capture in secret areas of the game. You can try to capture them while playing through the main story, but some of them can be very difficult to defeat if you are not at the recommended level or equipped with the proper equipment. A list of hidden Espers is indicated below.
Esper Boss Guide
Battle Hidden Bosses
There are three hidden bosses that you can find in Ivalice. These hidden bosses are Hell Wyrm, Yiazmat, and Omega Mk XII. Click the name of a hidden boss below for an in-depth guide on how to defeat them.
Sidequest and Optional Boss Guides
Do Hunts
After beating the main story, you may still complete some of the hunts that you hadn’t accepted before.
Mob Hunts Guide
Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age / FFXII Recommended Article List
FAQs
The Masamune is a weapon in Final Fantasy XII. It is the strongest katana in the original version, and technically also the strongest katana in the Zodiac versions. The Zodiac versions added an upgraded version of it, the Kumbha, which is a one-handed weapon.
Can you play ff12 after beating the game? ›
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
I can go to the Bahamut now, how long until I beat the game? The game is over when you beat it. You must load an earlier save to play further, thus losing your end game progress. Once you receive the signal that you can't go back, that is it, you lose everything beyond that point.
How long does it take to beat Yiazmat? ›
Defeating Yiazmat takes at least an hour at high levels and player skill, but usually takes longer. Yiazmat has well over 50 million hit points. This astronomically high number is the main reason it takes so long to kill, since regular attacks break the damage limit only in the Zodiac versions.
Is there a point of no return in ff12? ›
Final Fantasy XII
The point of no return is entering the Sky Fortress Bahamut.
Is Chaos Blade the best katana? ›
Any katana can be best, depending on how well u can use each. Just going off stats, at 45 dex chaos blade gives about 30 more AR than uchi, but cant be buffed. It has 3 more bleed which isnt really noticeable much and other katana's can be buffed unlike chaos blade.
What is the strongest weapon in the zodiac age? ›
1 Seitengrat
It boasts 224 Attack and 75 Evade, alongside a ridiculous 25% Critical Chance that is the best among all bows in the game. Unfortunately, the weapon is also extremely difficult to acquire.
Is it okay to sell loot in FF12? ›
The only loot item you dont really need to sell is the Great serpent skin which is used in the side quest that unlocks the path to zalera. if you sell that then you cant get him. all other loot can be sold. even things like the lu-shangs badge, the omega badge, and the godslayers badge, which you can only get once.
Is level important in FF12? ›
Contrary to many other games, level has a much lesser impact on performance in this game than you might believe - specifically relative to gear. While of course a gain is a gain, you tend to get significantly more gains out of gear than you do out of levels when it comes to time investment.
Do levels matter in FF12? ›
Level actually affects all damage formulae in the game. Every time you attack it is modified by one or more of your stats plus your level. The base formula is [stat A] x [level + stat B] and then divided by some number. Stat B is also sometimes the same as stat A.
What is the strongest one handed sword in ff12? ›
The Durandal is a weapon in Final Fantasy XII. It is the strongest one-handed sword in the original version, and only obtained as the Well-forged Blade in the Bazaar. In the Zodiac version, the Well-forged Blade is instead the upgraded Durandal, the Simha.
The Yagyu Darkblade is a ninja sword in Final Fantasy XII. In the original version, it is the strongest ninja sword, while in the Zodiac versions, it is outdone by the Mesa. In the original version all ninja swords were Dark elemental.
Why is Satori the best katana? ›
The best Katana in the game by far is the Satori. It can deal 3.85 strikes per second with each one having a base damage of 57. A DPS of 221 isn't much compared to other Katanas, but this weapon's strength lies in its only perk: +500% – 600% Critical Hit Damage.
How do you get the legendary katana in Pisces? ›
How to get: This Katana can be looted from the room where you meet the Tyger Claw bosses towards the end of the Pisces side job.
