| Treasure Chest | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 |
| 1 | Hard Rock x 5 | Fury Seed x 5 | Wicked Drop x 5 | Brilliant Ray x 5 | Lucky Seedling x 5 | Bizarre Box x 5 | Star Quartz |
| 2 | Phoenix Down | Elixir | Star Quartz | Rare Summon Ticket | Sacred Crystal x 3 | Holy Crystal x 4 | Mega Ether x 2 |
| 3 | Divine Crystal x 3 | Faeries’ Writ x 3 | Rainbow Bloom x 3 | Calamity Gem x 3 | Prismatic Horn x 3 | Calamity Writ x 3 | Hyper x 3 |
| Pickup |
| Copper Ore, Iron Ore, Silver Ore, Mythril Ore Fire Crys | Megacrys Ice Crys | Megacrys Earth Crys | Megacrys Water Crys | Megacrys Wind Crys | Megacrys Lightning Crys | Megacrys Light Crys | Megacrys Dark Crys | Megacrys |
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Great Nian – Beast (Advance) LV – 90 HP – 360,000 MP – 450 |
| -25% Fire Resistance | |
| +30% Resistance to Sleep | Immune to all | |
Day 1
Nian Beast Challenges! – INT
| Energy | Battle | GIL | UNIT EXP | RANK EXP |
| 5 | – | – | – | 105 |
| Mission | Rewards |
| Clear Quest | Lapis x 10 |
| Defeat Nian with LB | Star Quartz |
| No Continues | Holy Crystal x 3 |
| Don’t Die | Sacred Crystal x 2 |
Nian Beast Challenges! – ADV
| Energy | Battle | GIL | UNIT EXP | RANK EXP |
| 10 | – | – | – | 250 |
| Mission | Rewards |
| Clear Quest | Lapis x 20 |
| No Continues | Phoenix Down |
| No Black Magic | Mythril Saber |
| Evoke 3 or more espers | Hard Rock x 5 |
Nian Beast Challenges! – PRO
| Energy | Battle | GIL | UNIT EXP | RANK EXP |
| 15 | – | – | – | 365 |
| Mission | Rewards |
| Clear Quest | Lapis x 30 |
| No LB | Rainbow Bloom x 5 |
| No items | Red Megacite x 10 |
| No Black Magic | Metal Gigantuar x 5 |
Day 2
Nian Beast Challenges! – INT
| Energy | Battle | GIL | UNIT EXP | RANK EXP |
| 5 | – | – | – | 105 |
| Mission | Rewards |
| Clear Quest | Lapis x 10 |
| Use Tent | Tent x 5 |
| Use Hi-Potion | Mythril Sword |
| Evoke an Esper | Sacred Crystal x 3 |
Nian Beast Challenges! – ADV
| Energy | Battle | GIL | UNIT EXP | RANK EXP |
| 10 | – | – | – | 250 |
| Mission | Rewards |
| Clear Quest | Lapis x 20 |
| Use 5 or more LB | Blue Megacite x 10 |
| Defeat Nian with magic | Metal Gigantuar x 5 |
| Don’t Die | Fury Seed x 5 |
Nian Beast Challenges! – PRO
| Energy | Battle | GIL | UNIT EXP | RANK EXP |
| 15 | – | – | – | 365 |
| Mission | Rewards |
| Clear Quest | Lapis x 30 |
| No Green Magic | Rare Summon Ticket x 1 |
| Defeat Boss with Esper | Calamity Gem x 5 |
| 5 or less party members | Power Pot x 2 |
Day 3
Nian Beast Challenges! – INT
| Energy | Battle | GIL | UNIT EXP | RANK EXP |
| 5 | – | – | – | 105 |
| Mission | Rewards |
| Clear Quest | Lapis x 10 |
| Use LB | Holy Crystal x 2 |
| Don’t Die | Mythril Shield |
| Use Green Magic | Elixir |
Nian Beast Challenges! – ADV (Forcing you to do this twice!)
| Energy | Battle | GIL | UNIT EXP | RANK EXP |
| 10 | – | – | – | 250 |
| Mission | Rewards |
| Clear Quest | Lapis x 20 |
| Use 5 or more LB | King Gil Snapper x 5 |
| 5 or less party members | HP +15% |
| No LB | Wicked Drop x 5 |
Nian Beast Challenges! – PRO
| Energy | Battle | GIL | UNIT EXP | RANK EXP |
| 15 | – | – | – | 365 |
| Mission | Rewards |
| Clear Quest | Lapis x 30 |
| No White Magic | Metal Gigantuar x 5 |
| 5 or less party members | Divine Crystal x 5 |
| Defeat Nian with Magic | Orange Megacite x 10 |
Day 4
Nian Beast Challenges! – INT (Forcing you to die!)
| Energy | Battle | GIL | UNIT EXP | RANK EXP |
| 5 | – | – | – | 105 |
| Mission | Rewards |
| Clear Quest | Lapis x 10 |
| Use White Magic | Screemroot x 6 |
| Use Phoenix Down | Phoenix Down x 2 |
| Use Black Magic | Scroll of Acumen |
Nian Beast Challenges! – ADV
| Energy | Battle | GIL | UNIT EXP | RANK EXP |
| 10 | – | – | – | 250 |
| Mission | Rewards |
| Clear Quest | Lapis x 20 |
| Deal Dark Damage to Enemy | Brilliant Ray x 5 |
| Use Elixir | Elixir x 3 |
| Defeat Nian with LB | Violet Megacite x 10 |
Nian Beast Challenges! – PRO
| Energy | Battle | GIL | UNIT EXP | RANK EXP |
| 15 | – | – | – | 365 |
| Mission | Rewards |
| Clear Quest | Lapis x 30 |
| No White Magic | Metal Gigantuar x 5 |
| No Abilities | Fairies’ Writ x 5 |
| Don’t Die | MP +20% |
Day 5
Nian Beast Challenges! – INT
| Energy | Battle | GIL | UNIT EXP | RANK EXP |
| 5 | – | – | – | 105 |
| Mission | Rewards |
| Clear Quest | Lapis x 10 |
| Defeat Nian with LB | Fine Alcryst x 6 |
| Use Ether | Mega Ether x 5 |
| Defeat Nian with Ability | Mythril Helm |
Nian Beast Challenges! – ADV
| Energy | Battle | GIL | UNIT EXP | RANK EXP |
| 10 | – | – | – | 250 |
| Mission | Rewards |
| Clear Quest | Lapis x 20 |
| 5 or less party members | Rare Summon Ticket |
| Defeat Nian with Magic | Heaven’s Ash x 5 |
| Don’t Die | Lapis x 50 |
Nian Beast Challenges! – PRO (Forcing you to run twice!)
| Energy | Battle | GIL | UNIT EXP | RANK EXP |
| 15 | – | – | – | 365 |
| Mission | Rewards |
| Clear Quest | Lapis x 30 |
| Defeat Nian with LB | Metal Gigantuar x 5 |
| Evoke 5 or more Espers | Yellow Megacite |
| No LBs | Prismatic Horn x 5 |
Day 6
Nian Beast Challenges! – INT
| Energy | Battle | GIL | UNIT EXP | RANK EXP |
| 5 | – | – | – | 105 |
| Mission | Rewards |
| Clear Quest | Lapis x 10 |
| Defeat Nian with Esper | Magicite x 5 |
| 5 or less party members | Seed of Life x 10 |
| Defeat Nian with Magic | King Gil Snapper x 5 |
Nian Beast Challenges! – ADV
| Energy | Battle | GIL | UNIT EXP | RANK EXP |
| 10 | – | – | – | 250 |
| Mission | Rewards |
| Clear Quest | Lapis x 20 |
| No LB | Soul Pot |
| No Continue | Esper’s Tear x 5 |
| Defeat Nian with an item | Black Megacite x 10 |
Nian Beast Challenges! – PRO
| Energy | Battle | GIL | UNIT EXP | RANK EXP |
| 15 | – | – | – | 365 |
| Mission | Rewards |
| Clear Quest | Lapis x 30 |
| 4 or less party members | Rare Summon Ticket |
| Don’t Die | Metal Gigantuar x 5 |
| No Green Magic | Calamity Writ x 5 |
Day 7
Nian Beast Challenges! – INT
| Energy | Battle | GIL | UNIT EXP | RANK EXP |
| 5 | – | – | – | 105 |
| Mission | Rewards |
| Clear Quest | Lapis x 10 |
| No Continue | Earth Core x 5 |
| Don’t Die | Lapis x 20 |
| Deal Fire damage to enemy | Red Fang x 3 |
Nian Beast Challenges! – ADV
| Energy | Battle | GIL | UNIT EXP | RANK EXP |
| 10 | – | – | – | 250 |
| Mission | Rewards |
| Clear Quest | Lapis x 20 |
| No White Magic | Lapis x 30 |
| 5 or less party members | Magic Key x 2 |
| Evoke 3 or more Espers | Magicite x 10 |
Nian Beast Challenges! – PRO
| Energy | Battle | GIL | UNIT EXP | RANK EXP |
| 15 | – | – | – | 365 |
| Mission | Rewards |
| Clear Quest | Lapis x 30 |
| Evoke Siren | Magi Pot x 3 |
| No White Magic | Metal Gigantuar x 5 |
| No Items | Tough Pot x 2 |
All megacrysts appear to drop on the first pickup (top right) and the last pickup points, so I’m just farming those. Probably the most efficient megacryst farming thus far.
you don’t need to die…just use anyway
Definitely a great time to farm materials and TMRs. Any suggestions on TMRs to farm, aside from the obvious Zidane/Ludmille DW/DC? I do not have any *5 base units because I’m lucky like that. I was thinking Chizuru’s Blade Mastery, but I still have an open slot in my farm team. Any help would be appreciated.
How about Bartz? its a good tm if you dont have dw, i think it would go nicely with the BladeMastery.
Im also thinking of good weapon tm’s like Cecil, Agrias, Mercedes.. And skills like Shantoto, Amarant, Ingus, etc.
I finished one DW and I have two more in the works. I think 3 DW will cover it. I did finish Excalibur too. I started to work on Shantoto, but magic is falling behind physical attackers quite a bit so I switched gears. I really wish I had not sold Miyuki back when I first started playing. I needed the space and did not have any units that used a katana. Dumb move because I never gotten another one since. Maybe I’ll start working on a Kaiser Knuckle for Firion *6 eventually.
Firion punching people in the face is such a phail…. They should have boosted the sword passive for him.
Oh, lucky you!!! I’ve been playing since the day after the ff9 banner, and i only just got my first zidane last week, so i have another week of grinding for my first DW. And same here, i made a mistake of selling miyuki, twice! thinking i done need it since i didnt have a Chiz back then. for the Magic user TM’s i guess its optional, but there have been cases that my ExDeath have been really handy. Specially in this Nian events (no ability), LB + nukes ftw. Goodluck on your Kaiser, should be easy since you can get multiple xiaos now. That will be very sweet with Snow’s TM.
exdeath is a beast.
Been my main dmg dealer for a while now, and I have noctis, shizuru, CoD and Agrias.
Day 7:
Chest 1 — Star Quartz
Chest 2 —Mega Ether x2
Chest 3 — Hyper x3
Nian Beast Challenge – Pro
3rd one is No White Magic not Black Magic.
That’s for Day 7