Back to the Beginning

Back to the Beginning Series Wings of the Goddess Starting NPC N/A Title Cait Sith's Assistant Repeatable No Description Hideous statues. Monstrous beasts. The otherworld that lies in between. Could this war-torn land you have been thrust to truly be the outskirts of Jeuno...? Previous Mission Next Mission Cavernous Maws Cait Sith

Rewards
None

Walkthrough

• In the last mission you had been asked to go to a nearby Allied fortress, one of the three dungeons near Jeuno: Garlaige Citadel (S), Crawlers' Nest (S), or The Eldieme Necropolis (S).
  It is there you can pick up a recommendation letter that is required to join the Allied Campaign.
• There are three potential recommendation letters that may all be obtained, but you may only join one nation at a time.

• Joining San d'Oria:

• Speak with Randecque in Garlaige Citadel (S) at (I-6) on the second map.

• Zone in and follow the left wall (at any intersection) until reaching (H-7).
• Make a right at this T-split in the path and then through the gated door.
• Continue running straight ahead until reaching Randecque.

• Randecque will give you a Red recommendation letter and tell you to proceed to San d'Oria.

• Joining Windurst:

• Speak with Kalsu-Kalasu in Crawlers' Nest (S) at (L-8) (near the entrance).

• They will give you the Green recommendation letter and tell you to proceed to Windurst.

• Joining Bastok:

• Speak with Turbulent Storm in The Eldieme Necropolis (S) at (J-9) (near the entrance)

• Enter from Batallia Downs (S) at (J-10).

• They will give you the Blue recommendation letter and tell you to proceed to Bastok.

Delivering the Letter

• You will have to take at least one these recommendation letters to a town by crossing through several Shadowreign areas.

• Most of the maps in-game will appear the same as they do in the present and will not display any differences, such as new zone lines. The paths are as follows:

• San d'Oria:

• Batallia Downs (S) -> northern Jugner Forest (S) -> Vunkerl Inlet (S) -> southern Jugner Forest (S) -> East Ronfaure (S).

• Windurst:

• Sauromugue Champaign (S) -> Meriphataud Mountains (S) -> Fort Karugo-Narugo (S) -> West Sarutabaruta (S).

• Bastok:

• Rolanberry Fields (S) -> Pashhow Marshlands (S) -> Grauberg (S) -> North Gustaberg (S).

• Note: At this point, the maps of Vunkerl Inlet (S), Fort Karugo-Narugo (S), and Grauberg (S) will be absent.

• They may be obtained from quests within the area of the three Allied fortresses and do not require any sort of fighting.

• These quests are, respectively: The Flipside of Things (Vunkerl), The Weekly Adventurer (Fort Karugo-Narugo), and Lost in Translocation (Grauberg).

• Once you reach one of the capitals, you will have to prove your worth to whatever faction you intend on joining.

• Allegiance is not dependent on the present. The recommendation letter will be taken and an initial quest will have to be completed.

• Once this is done, you will need to complete two more quests. The initial quest can be canceled and the recommendation letter returned.

• Completing the initial quest will switch your allegiance. Unlike manually switching your allegiance, there is no penalty or cost and no restriction.

• If you wanted to complete all three quest, simply do them in a fashion that places your permanent nation last.

• The two follow-up quests from any nation can be done once any single initial quest has been completed and are optional.

Follow-Up Quests

Knights of The Iron Ram

• Speak with Mainchelite (southern (I-9) of Southern San d'Oria (S) ) to begin the quest Steamed Rams.
• Complete the following quests: Gifts of the Griffon and Claws of the Griffon.

The Cobras

• Speak with Miah Riyuh (western (H-9) of Windurst Waters (S) ) to begin the quest Snake on the Plains.
• Complete the following quests: The Tigress Stirs and The Tigress Strikes.

Republican Legion's Fourth Divison

• Speak with Adelbrecht ( (E-8) of Bastok Markets (S) ) to begin the quest The Fighting Fourth.
• Complete the following quests: Better Part of Valor and Fires of Discontent.

• Once a single questline has been completed, touch any of the three Cavernous Maws outside Jeuno in the past to get a cutscene for Cait Sith (Mission). You will receive the title "Cait Sith's Assistant" when it finishes.
  • Note: Present day maws surrounding Jeuno can also be used, provided you have unlocked them beforehand.
  • If you have not unlocked these maws, your only present-day option is the randomly-generated zone that you first landed into during the previous mission.