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Final Fantasy XIII cheats for Xbox 360

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Achievement Hints

Limit Breaker - Dealt 100,000+ damage with a single attack - 30G

* You have to equip the Genji Gauntlet which allows you to break the damage limit of 99,999 *

Commando's Seal - Mastered the Commando Role - 15G

* You have to upgrade Commando to Role Level 5 (Everything filled); This goes for the other Mastered achievements *

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Achievements

*** 35 Achievements for 1000G ***

Treasure Hunter - Held every weapon and accessory - 80G

Loremaster - Discerned the full attributes of 100 enemies - 80G

Limit Breaker - Dealt 100,000+ damage with a single attack - 30G

Adamant Will - Felled a heavyweight of the lowerworld wilds - 30G

Master's Seal - Fully developed all characters - 30G

Commando's Seal - Mastered the Commando role - 15G

Ravager's Seal - Mastered the Ravanger role - 15G

Sentinel's Seal - Mastered the Sentinel role - 15G

Saboteur's Seal - Mastered the Saboteur's role - 15G

Synergist's Seal - Mastered the Synergist role - 15G

Medic's Seal - Mastered the Medic role - 15G

*** Secret Achievements ***

Instrument of Change - Witnessed the dawn of a new crystal legend - 95G

L'Cie Paragon - Earned a 5-star ranking for all Cie'th Stone missions - 80G

Superstar - Earned a 5-star ranking in the battle to determine the world's fate - 80G

Instrument of Faith - Defied destiny's charge and embarked on a different path - 30G

Dorgann's Trophy - Completed all high-level Cie'th Stone missions - 30G

Galuf's Grail - Completed all Cie'th Stone missions - 30G

Exorcist - Triumphed over undying lowerworld souls in seven fierce battles - 30G

Floraphobe - Toppled a green terror and cut an oversized succulent down to size - 30G

Natural Selector - Passed Titan's trails - 30G

Instrument of Fate - Took the first steps toward challenging an unjust fate - 15G

Instrument of Dissent - Survived the Purge to confront a greater peril - 15G

Instrument of Tragedy - Strode into danger's den and paid the consequences - 15G

Instrument of Flight - Slipped through the net and lived to fight the day - 15G

Instrument of Vengeance - Resolved to be more than a victim of circumstance - 15G

Instrument of Survival - Evaded pursuers, through memories of the past gave chase - 15G

Instrument of Rebellion - Made plans to infiltrate enemy-occupied territory - 15G

Instrument of Shame - Carried the burden of guilt to the end of the line - 15G

Instrument of Wrath - Took the fight to the enemy's door - 15G

Instrument of Truth - Recognized the true threat to the world's fate - 15G

Instrument of Hope - Traveled to the world below, seeking a way to alternate fate - 15G

Pulsian Pioneer - Took over 10,000 steps on the lowerworld surface - 15G

Gysahl Wreath - Discovered buried treasure with a little help from a chocobo - 15G

Kelger's Cup - Completed all low-level Cie'th Stone Missions - 15G

Xezat's Chalice - Completed all mid-level Cie'th Stone missions - 15G

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CP Farming

Entry Location:
nautilus park

When playing as Sazh and Vanille after being attacked by those PSICOM soldiers, fight everyone but don't go past the save that leads to the mission marker. There will be 5 or 6 little blue enemies fight them and you will get 650 CP's, then run back to the little blue enemy next to a item container, fight him and then go back to the 6 enemies at the top and repeat.

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Cp Farming (Advanced)

Entry Location:
Archylte Steppe – Northern Highplain

First of all you need a reasonable amount of strength and magic, then as you are about to leave the Archylte Ateppe you should see two monsters having a little fight approach these two monster and attack you will always get a pre-emptive strike then quickly kill the behemoth king and the the big dog thing if you have reasonable strength this fight should only take 10-15 seconds. Afterwards you will receive 6,600 cp points then run back to the nearby save point (maybe a bit further beyond the save point) then run back and fight again for a quick way to gain cp.

If you own the growth egg obtained after completing mission 55 then you will gain double Cp and receive 13,200 Cp points.

Hope this helps you all struggling for Cp.

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Easy CP and Weapon Grinding

Entry Location:
Leviathan Plaza - Eden

Firstly, this is better tried once the final boss has been defeated.

Pick Vanille as your party leader with Fang and Hope at your side. Equip Vanille with Debuff enhancing equipment (Belladonna Wand is a must!) Make sure Vanille has the Death ability unlocked before attempting this.
Select your default Paradigm as Espionage (SAB+SAB+SYN) with Vanille and Fang as Saboteurs and be sure to have a TP of 3 or more.
Now find the Adamantoise walking around (this shouldn't take too long) and commence battle. Immediately initiate Vanille's Eidolon, doing so will knock this mighty creature to its knees. Immediately after the Eidolon is summoned activate Gestalt mode and hit it with Gaian Salvo (Y Button).
Once the cutscene is over, enter in to the abilities menu and continuously cast Death until the creature succumbs.
This may take a few tries but eventually you will be successful and for a few minutes work you will be rewarded with 40,000 CP and if you are lucky a Platinum Ingot worth 150,000 GIL. Now, fight the enemies around this area to build your TP back to 3 and save your game. Quit your game and reload your save file and hey presto - another Adamantoise has appeared for you to slaughter. Repeat this process as much as possible to improve your characters and to really make the most of the CP points offered, equip one character with the "Growth Egg" to receive a whopping 80,000 CP points a kill!
A rare drop for this creature is a Trapezohedron which is a component used to create ultimate weapons for all characters. In the R&D shop these cost a staggering 2,000,000 GIL, and seeing as you need 6 of these for the Treasure Hunter achievement, you may want to pay attention to my next tip!

Once you have obtained a Trapezohedron DO NOT USE IT! - yet. Instead of using this to create an ultimate weapon for your favourite Commando, you will benefit greatly to use this on a weapon for Vanille or Fang. The reason behind this is simple - grind one of their weapons to level 100 (Kain's Lance or Nirvana) and dismantle. I know this sounds crazy but for your 1,500,000 GIL investment into creating this full upgraded weapon, you will be rewarded with 3 Trapezohedrons! with a value of 6,000,000 GIL - more than trebling your original investment.
As an added bonus you will also receive some other components worth 216,000 GIL - NICE!

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Easy way to beat Eidolons Shiva Sisters and Odin

The Eidolons are probably one of the hardest opponents you'll come across, but the good news is, if you beat them, they'll join you as FF13's new summons. Here's how to beat the first two you'll come across.

*note* Each Eidolon fight is set to a certain amount of time portrayed above the character's head. You MUST complete the challenge in that time or you'll have to retry.

Shiva Sisters:

To beat the Shiva sisters, you should have the role "Sentinel" by now. When the Shiva sister leaves herself open, strike while you can. This won't raise her gestalt gauge much, but it will help a little at least.

Then, when you see her throw her hands out and her weapon spins above her head, active Sentinel now. Then, right when she goes to strike, use Guard (or whatever the ability is) to defend from her attack. This will cause the gauge to rise VERY noticeably. Continue this process with good timing, and you'll have the sisters as a your first summon.

Don't worry about the other sister watching the battle. She won't strike, but she will continuously heal you so you can't lose unless you fail to fill the gauge.

*note* Only Snow can summon the sisters, as each character has one summon specific to them.

Odin:

Odin was much easier than the Shiva sisters. All you have to do is make sure you have a paradigm with "Commando" and "Ravager", as he's weak against magic, which the Ravager uses. It wouldn't hurt to occasionally active a paradigm with "Medic" in it, but always make sure you switch back to Ravager as soon as necessary.

In this particular fight, it's okay to attack head on with the Commando, mostly due to your Ravager inflicting great damage with their magical attacks. Synchronize your attacks witht the Ravager just right, and you will claim victory of this Eidolon in just a few minutes at most.

*note* Odin can only be summoned by Lightning.

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Eidolon Battles

Eidolon: SHIVA
Character: SNOW
Chapter: 03
Strategy: In order to impress Shiva, switch the Paradigm Shift to Sentinel. Have Snow use Steel Guard all the time and wait for the Gestalt Meter to fill up. Don’t worry about your health because Striria (Sister of Nix) will heal you.


Eidolon - ODIN
Character: LIGHTNING
Chapter: 04
Strategy: This is one of the hardest fights you will encounter so far as Odin is fast and deadly. Before entering the battle, make sure that you changed your Battle Speed under Settings to Slow. The key to fill up the Gestalt Meter fast is when Odin sees a lot of healing and chaining up your attacks. Start off with Hope casting Protect and Shell then change the Paradigm Shift to Dual Casting allowing both Lightning and Hope cast magics. When you see one of your characters HP is low, switch to Yin & Yang Paradigm to allow Hope heal Lightning while she’s still attacking with a magic.


Eidolon: BRYNHILDR
Character: SAHZ
Chapter: 08
Strategy: Start off by having the characters switch their Paradigm to Saboteur and Synergiest. Have either of the two cast Vigilance and Haste. If the HP runs low on either of the characters, change the Paradigm to War & Peace to have one of the characters use Cura or Cure. The main key to this battle is to chain up the Chain Gauge. Do it by always focusing on Dual Casting Paradigm to have both characters attack with magic (Ravager).



Eidolan: BAHAMUT
Character: Fang
Chapter: 10
Strategy: Making a pact with Bahamut is a very challenging one as it attacks rampantly. Focus on the health of your party. I suggest to have someone in your party cast Shell and Protect to lessen the damage that you get from Bahamut. Start off by debuffing Bahamut. Have one of your party be a Sentinel (preferably Fang) and the two becomes a Ravager. Keep on attacking Bahamut until the Gestalt Gault fills up


Eidolon: ALEXANDER
Character: Hope
Chapter: 11
Strategy: Make sure Hope has a lot of HP by this time as he will be the Party leader. Start off the battle with Alexander by shifting to Delta Attack Paradigm. Have Fang be the Sentinel while Hope and Lightning do the attack. When you see the party’s HP drop significantly, switch to Combat Clinic Paradigm to do the healing. Keep on doing it this until the Gestalt Meter fills up.


Eidolon: HECATONCHEIR
Character: Vanille
Chapter: 11
Strategy: With only Vanille and Fang fighting this Eidolon Battle, it can be tough. Start off the fight by having Vanille be the Ravanger and Fang be the Sentinel. Keep attacking Hecatoncheir with Vanille’s Magic and watch his Chain Gauge goes up. When the HP runs low, change to a Medic Paradigm and have Vanille heal and switch back to the first strategy. Keep on doing this and the Gestalt Meter will go up

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Enemy Circle

Entry Location:
Enemy Circle

Once Snow is instructed to take Hope's father into the back room, an enemy assault takes place. You are in the circular portion of Hope's house, and there are enemies to your left and right. The safe door containing Hope's father and Snow is in front of you. DO NOT ENTER IT!! Instead, defeat the enemies on your right, then your left, save, upgrade and take care of whatever else is necessary. Once both squads of enemies are dead, head to the right along the longest hallway. Once you reach the end and take the left corner, the original left group of enemies will re-spawn. This is a continuous cycle (I am doing it right now, and have been for an hour). Keep Lightning and Fang as Commandos and Hope as a Ravager. If you get 5 star ratings on the enemy groups, you often receive Incentive Credits (sold for 2,500 gil a piece). This makes for a great way to make fast money, as well as level up character's paradigm roles and weapons/accessories.

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Fang gamerpic

Get the Treasure Hunter achievement

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Fast Full ATB

Entry Location:
In battle

While in battle you can get a quick full ATB bar by switching paradigms. You may utilize this for a quick combo while switching to a healing or support paradigm. But remember, it only works on the first switch. Don't keep switching hoping for full ATB gauges.

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Final Fantasy XIII Combat Tip

Entry Location:
Battle

This is confirmed to work with at least two commands in the game, but may work with others.
For Lightning's 'Army Of One' which is a Ravager command, as such is great for raising stagger gauge, but does little damage. When using the command, watch for the text appearing on screen to signify the start of the combo.
When this happens, quickly switch to a paradigm where Lightning is in the Commando role. This will not interrupt the combo, and will increase the attack power, for me, the increase is from around 2000 per hit, to around 16000 per hit.

This same strategy works with Vanilles 'Death' move, which, when equipped with a Genji glove can cause up to 999,999 damage to a staggered enemy.

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Hope gamer pic

Complete the game then get it at the extras in the main menu.

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Lightning gamer pic

Get the Super Star achievement.

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Make your character dizzy

Whenever you have control of your character outside of battle, move the analog stick left and right quickly. Do this enough (6 or so times) and your character will come to an abrupt stop and emote -- expressing anger or fatigue.

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Quick access to weaknesses in battle

If you have a hard time inflicting physical damage on an enemy, chances are it's weakened by elemental attacks. Thus, be sure you have a Ravager on the field for one.

Now, to easily access an enemy's elemental weakness in-battle, all you have to do is press RB, and the screen revealing information on the currently targeted opponent will appear. This is most helpful in fights like the one against the mini-boss at the start of Disc 2.

*note* You'll need to use the techniqe "Libra" in order to uncover the aforementioned information.

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Sazh Gamer Pic

Get the Lore master achievement to unlock the pic in the extras in the main menu.

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Snow gamerpic

Get the L'Cie Paragon achievement to have it unlocked in the extras menu.

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