Bastok Mission 9-1

The Salt of the Earth Series Rise of the Zilart Starting NPC Any Bastok Gate Guard Title None Repeatable No Description You have been assigned to an investigation in the Vollbow Region. Speak with senator Alois for further details. Previous Mission Next Mission Enter the Talekeeper Where Two Paths Converge

Rewards
Rank Points

Walkthrough

Gustav Map 1

Gustav Map 2

Trade enough Crystals to the Conquest NPC to raise your Rank bar and unlock the Mission, then accept it from the Gate Guard.

• Visit Alois in the President's Office Conference Room in Metalworks (J-8).
• Head to Rabao and speak to Dancing Wolf in (G-7) for a cutscene.
  • You may have to speak to him several times to receive the correct cutscene, make sure he mentions Miraclesalt.
• Proceed to Gustav Tunnel (G-6) on Map 2, and reach the ??? located in the pond.
  • The Unity Warp Level 128 to Gustav Tunnel places you on the correct map, just south of the pond.
  • Alternatively, there is a Survival Guide to Map 1.
  • Everything in the area will aggro. If in a party, you could have other players wait at (H-7), as it is safe there from aggro.
• Checking the ??? will spawn Gigaplasm, a slime NM.
  • Trivial at 99 with Trusts.
  • You can Sneak pull, sleep the NM and run back to camp. The NM will eventually make its way to you.
  • Slime NMs have high melee resistance. Casters will be very important, and sleeping the mobs will be imperative.
  • You will start against one Gigaplasm, defeating it will cause it to divide in 2 Macroplasms. Each of those will divide into 2 Microplasms, and those will divide into 2 Nanoplasms. Try to keep as many mobs asleep as you can. Commence by killing one line of Macroplasms (defeat one, defeat its Microplasms, and then its Nanoplasms), and then the second. Sleep repeatedly. The HP of the mobs gets progressively lower, to the point where a decently equipped BLM should be able to one-shot a Nanoplasm with a single Thunder III. The key to this fight is keeping everything asleep.
  • Avoid giving the mobs too much TP, as they can use the typical nasty slime TP attacks, like Fluid Spread.
• Defeat all of them and Sneak everyone to the ???. Check it to receive the Miraclesalt.
• Return to Rabao and speak to Dancing Wolf for a cutscene.
• Head back to Alois to finish the Mission.

Notes

• Although this Mission may prove difficult for some, it can be easily completed by two RDM/BLM, who gravity the Gigaplasm, drag it back up to the first map, and take it to the zone line. Proceed to nuke and sleep at a distance. If you are standing far enough away, you will not have aggro on the plasm divisions.
• One possible strategy from here is to have one player sleep one of the divisions, while the other casts gravity and zones the second split, causing it to deaggro and eventually depop. If done properly and repeated each time the plasm splits, this mission becomes drastically easier. You will still receive credit for completing the mission so long as one Nanoplasm is defeated.