A Chance Encounter is the 7th main story quest in Final Fantasy 16 (XVI). This walkthrough will guide you through all objectives of the A Chance Encounter main scenario chapter.
- Starting Location: The Nysa Defile
- Requirement: Complete Flight of the Fledgling
- Reward: None
- Quest Info: The year is once again 873 and Clive has returned from his reverie to the chaos that smolders in the wake of Shiva and Titan’s terrible encounter. Tiamat reminds Wyvern of their mission and that there is no escaping the inexorable fate of the Branded.
Objectives:
- Pursue the retreating army
- Slay Shiva’s Dominant
- Slay the Ironblood crusaders
- Follow Cid to the hideaway
Pursue the retreating army
At the start of this quest, you’ll be back playing as Clive in the present. You’ll now have access to all of the Phoenix’s abilities, as well as the basic skill tree, so you can customize your abilities a bit. It would be recommended to focus on unlocking all the basic skill tree items and mastering them first as these are abilities you always have available, but up to you have you want to proceed with these. You can reset single or all abilities at any time and respec as you want, so you don’t need to worry about locking yourself into a play style you don’t like by taking specific upgrades early.
Follow the linear path ahead after your allies to reach the next section. There are a number of consumables along the way, but you should pick these up automatically due to proximity on the path.
Slay Shiva’s Dominant
After some scenes, you’ll be fighting against Shiva’s Dominant, along with a number of Ironblood soldiers. You can just ignore the Ironblood (as suggested by your companions) as they will be cleaned up quickly, and focus solely on Shiva. She generally has similar basic attacks to the Knight you fought in the prior quest, though with the addition of some ranged ice attacks she’ll shoot toward you after a short charge period where you can see the projectiles in front of her. You can avoid most of these by just continually strafing around her.
When she staggers remember that you now have a second Eikon ability to use, which you can pull out at the end of the stagger for a big damage boost. After the first stagger she’ll likely start doing her main named attack, Blizzaga. This is a series of magic attacks where she will drop ice crystals on the ground. These can be avoided by watching for the ice spots on the ground where they will be falling, and making sure to stay outside those areas or dodging when the crystal is about to hit. This will happen a few times, even after she returns to the ground, so keep watching your feet until this stops.
She’ll also then start sending a series of shards in a line toward you, which you can avoid in the same manner by strafing and staying outside the ice area on the ground. Once you’ve seen these moves you’ve seen all Shiva will really do, so keep focusing her down to complete the fight. You’ll have all of your potions replenished after this fight, so don’t worry too much if you’re taking a lot of damage here.
Slay the Ironblood crusaders
After the fight with Shiva’s dominant, you’ll have to deal with a group of Ironblood yourself. They have more or less the same moveset as the Imperial soldiers you fought previously, so deal with them accordingly. When they are all dealt with, you will have to fight against your compatriot Tiamat. Compared to Shiva’s dominant he isn’t actually much to stress over, as he has only a couple basic attack strings for his normal moves. His named move to watch out for is Enruin, where he will charge up his blade and do a series of slashes toward you. This can be avoided just by continually dodging away until he finishes the move, then you’ll have a short opening before he starts attacking again.
Follow Cid to the hideaway
After the fight and proceeding scenes, you’ll be on the world map. Select The Hideaway to complete the chapter.
This finishes A Chance Encounter Main Quest in Final Fantasy 16 (XVI).
Next Quest: Hide, Hideaway
For all other Quests refer to Final Fantasy 16 (XVI) Walkthrough.
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