| If you've been playing Final Fantasy series on your | | | | can while evading any of the attacks. |
| PS2 for a while, you must have had the urge of | | | | Once you enter the Necrohol of Nabudis, run for |
| upgrading your characters' weapons as soon as | | | | your life until you reach the Cloister of the Highborn. |
| possible. Having the ultimate weapons is a dream for | | | | You can check the map to know where you are. |
| every Final Fantasy player. Although it is not crucial in | | | | From where you come in, take a right turn and then |
| winning the game, it just feels great to have the | | | | the next left. Run along a corridor heading north then |
| best weapon for every character so that killing every | | | | take the first left. There should be 16 chests in this |
| enemy will be a breeze. In Final Fantasy 12, the last | | | | room, one of which contains the Zodiac Spear. The |
| installment of the series on PS2, the strongest | | | | Zodiac Spear chest is the second chest from the left |
| weapon happens to be a spear named the Zodiac | | | | in the first row. If the spear is not there, you must |
| Spear. | | | | have opened any of the forbidden chest mentioned |
| There are two ways to obtain this weapon. One | | | | earlier. |
| method can be used to obtain it at quite an early | | | | Remember, this is a one time opportunity only. If you |
| stage of the game, while the other requires you to | | | | have opened any of the chest mentioned before, |
| wait a bit longer. | | | | you will never get the Zodiac Spear this way. |
| For the first method of obtaining the Zodiac Spear, | | | | The other way of getting the Zodiac Spear is |
| there is a rule that you have to follow or else you | | | | extremely difficult and time consuming as you rely on |
| this method will not work. You must not open four | | | | the chances of the Zodiac Spear appears in a chest |
| specific chests from the beginning of the game until | | | | in Henne Mines. The chest has a 10 percent chance |
| reaching the Necrohol of Nabudis where the spear is | | | | to spawn, a 10 percent chance to contain an item |
| located. The four chests are: | | | | and 10 percent chance to contain the Zodiac Spear. |
| 1. The chest in front of Old Dalan's place at the | | | | So theoretically, you're facing a 1/1000 chance of |
| southern end of Rabanastre Lowtown. | | | | getting the Zodiac Spear from the chest. |
| 2. The chest in the Rabanastre Palace Cellar. Do not | | | | If you're the unlucky ones to miss the first method, |
| open the one at the southeast corner of the map. | | | | then what you need to do is to defeat 10 espers |
| There will be either one or two chests that may | | | | and complete the Mineflayer hunt. Then speak to the |
| appear there. To be safe, don't open any of them. | | | | Geomancer in Jahara to have someone open up a |
| 3. The chest in the room at Nalbina Dungeons where | | | | secret area in Henne Mines. Get to the Phase 2 Dig |
| you regain all your equipment back. There are more | | | | area and look for an area not shown on the map. |
| than one chest in the room so to be safe, just don't | | | | The chest can either be there or not. If it's there, |
| open any of them. | | | | equip diamond armlet before you open it to be able |
| 4. The chest at the eastern-most section of the | | | | to get the Zodiac Spear. |
| Phon Coast. There are 16 chests there arranged | | | | It is obvious that opting for the first method is much |
| neatly near the shore. Don't open any of them. | | | | quicker and easier. If you're into perfection and love |
| After you've resisted the urge to open these chests, | | | | to collect all the weapons in the game, then obtaining |
| the next is finding the Zodiac Spear which is located | | | | Zodiac Spear is a must. Killing all enemies can never |
| in the Necrohol of Nabudis. At the early stage of the | | | | be easier with this weapon around. Good luck in |
| game, do not fight any of the enemy here or you'll | | | | obtaining this excellent equipment and enjoy the |
| die instantly. The strategy is to run as fast as you | | | | game as never before. |