Three Forks - Louverance

Mission Name	Past Sins (Louverance's Path)
Battle Locations	Oldton Movapolis, Mine Shaft #2716
Level Cap	60
Estimated Time	short time in battle, cutcenes before and after
Special Items:	Gold Key, dropped by moblins in Newton Movapolis
Difficulty:	Easiest BC in 5-3
Medicines Needed:	Normal BC medicines
Recomended Jobs:	Defense and armor will be very useful here.
Brief synopsis:	A BC fight against 4 weak moblins and a bugbear

The other two hogged most of the hard stuff, so the elvaan is left with lots of cutscenes and silly moblins. Still, the BC can still kill you like anything else if you’re not prepared. This part is 60 cap. Bring your usual meds and a fair amount of gil.

5-3A: Past Sins

5-3A1 - Southern Legend

Cutscenes:

Zone	NPC name	Location
Tavnazian Safehold	Despachiaire	(K-10)
Windurst Woods	Perih Vashai	(K-7)

5-3A2 - Partners Without Fame

Cutscenes:

Zone	NPC name	Location
Bibiki Bay Purgonorgo Isle	??? Warmachine	(H-11)
Windurst Walls	Yoran-Oran	(E-9)

The ??? Warmachine is on Purgonorgo Isle. Take the manaclipper to the island when the attendant tells you that's where it's going. There are three possible routes so this might take some time.

5-3A3 - A Century of Hardship

Okay, now it's on! Get that level 60 cap gear and head out to North Gustaberg to enter Oldton Movapolis.

Moblin Gamblers

Other guides talk about lilies and tears and stuff. You don’t need any of that anymore to bypass Newton Movapolis. Zone into Oldton Movalpolis from the far entrance from North Gustaburg, not the one you escape out of. They are right near eachother, but you want the one is more to the east. Inside, a newish moblin will offer to play a game with you. Give him up to 10k, and he rolls dice. If you win, you get an ENM item plus teleportation privileges. The more you pay, the better your odds. I’ve heard people that pay 1k and win, and others that pay 10k 8 times and still lose. It’s luck. Cough up the gil until you win. Then pay the moblin an additional 2k and he’ll teleport you straight to Mine Shaft #2716 without mucking around with any of the other ways getting there.

Note: the ENM is 60 cap, and you’re wearing 60 cap gear. Despite this, don’t try it. You’ll need to come back to Mine Shaft #2716 with a Gold Key after you beat the BC, and if you try the ENM (no matter if you succeed or fail) you can’t try it again for five days. The moblin also won’t teleport you for five days. So if you do the ENM you won’t be able to get back, and you’ll have to muck around with tears, which means a trip to Jeuno. Just fight the ENM another time.

Many Moblins

The BC is against four moblins and one bugbear. The moblins are a WHM, BLM, RDM, and THF. The Bugbear can both counter and use mighty strikes, so he’s probably cheating somehow. My sources say they are immune to sleepga, so fan our and pick targets. Our RDM kited the bugbear until the end. In the meantime, the other moblins need to be taken care of. Kill the WHM, then BLM, then RDM, then THF. Or just kill them in any order you want.

Because they can't be slept, five of your six party members will be holding off a moblin. Your tank can possibly hold off two. A BLM should be left not tanking any of the moblins. Have your hardest-hitting DD tank the WHM so that, when it dies quickly, you will have two high-damage jobs available to assist others. Assist your healer next, then focus on cutting down the other two.

Once the moblins are dead, hopefully the kiter is doing okay. Help out your kiter with the bugbear. He’s stronger, but no match for your party even if you’re somewhat exhausted from battle.

Move	Enemy	Job	Weapon	Effect
Black magic	Chekochuk	BLM	Staff	AoE magic damage
Red magic	Trikotrak	RDM	Sword	One-target magic damage. Debuffing magic
White magic	Movamuq	WHM	Club	Healing magic. Debuffs like dia and silence
Dagger weapon skills	Swipstik	THF	Knife	One-target damage with varying effects
(unknown)	Bugbby	WAR/MNK?	fists	AoE damage

Strategy tips:

Melees will be more valuable than mages when it comes to tanking moblins.
Make sure that your strongest kiter is takin care of the bugbear.
Kill the moblin that is being tanked by your best DD first.
Assist your main healer second.
Silencing the mage moblins will prevent a lot of their more powerful attacks.
With all the moblins dead, no reason to rush when fighting the bugbear. Take him slow, recover your MP, and stay alive.

This battle is actually a good practice for the Mammets you'll be fighting very soon. Tactics that work well here carry over to this first battle in mission 6-4.

After the battle, more cutscenes in the area. If you were unable to find a Gold Key in a bazaar somewhere, Goblin Fireman or Goblin Packman mobs in Newton Movapolis drop them. Just zone out from the Mine Shaft and the monsters should be in about that area. Once everyone has their keys, escape out and to Bastok.

Exp reward for completion: 1000

5-3A4 - Departures

Cutscenes:

Zone	NPC name	Location
Metalworks	Cid	(H-8)
Mine Shaft 2716	Mine Shaft Enterance
Metalworks	Cid	(H-8)

In order to get that second cutscene, trade your Gold Key to the Mine Shaft Enterance.

If Louverance's path is your final path to complete on mission 5-3, you will get an additional cutscene at Cid that leads into the next mission.

Cutscene:

Zone	NPC name	Location	Other
Metalworks	Cid	(H-8)	If completd all three paths

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