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Pieuje's Decision - WHM AF3  

Realm:San d'Oria
Start Area: Chateau d'Oraguille
Start NPC:Pieuje
Type:Artifact
Prerequisites:Messenger from Beyond - WHM AF1
Related Areas:Fei'Yin
The Eldieme Necropolis
Related Mobs:Altedour I Tavnazia (G - 8)
Dark Stalker (BLM)
Dark Stalker (RNG)
Dark Stalker (THF)
Dark Stalker (WAR)
Narcheral (M - 6)
Mission:5 - 0
Min Level:50
Max Level:75
Rating
*****
(Average from 6 ratings)
Items Required:Tavnazia Bell
Tavnazian Mask
Title Obtained:Paragon of White Mage Excellence
Items Granted:Healer's Briault
Last Updated: Tue Feb 15 21:28:19 2005

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Summary

Once you've found a Tavnazia bell in the Eldieme Necropolis, journey to Fei'Yin and commence the battle against the undead.

Walkthrough

Note:You must have completed Messenger from Beyond - WHM AF1 and Prelude of White & Black - WHM AF2 in order to activate this quest.

In Chateau d'Oraguille, head to Prince Regent's chamber at H-8 and examine the door. A cutscene will begin, and you will be asked to obtain a Tavnazia Bell.

To get a bell, head to Eldieme Necropolis and kill Dark Stalkers, which come in the form of Dark Stalker black mages, Dark Stalker rangers, Dark Stalker thieves and Dark Stalker warriors.

When you have a bell, head to Fei'Yin, which is accessed from the northeast corner of Beaucedine Glacier. You will get another cutscene when you enter Fei'Yin. Head to J-10 on the top floor and trade the Tavnazia Bell to the ??? to spawn the notorious monster Altedour I Tavnazia. Kill the NM shadow to receive a Tavnazian Mask.

Return to Northern San d'Oria and head upstairs in the cathedral. Trade the Tavnazian Mask to Narcheral to receive your Healer's Briault.

Quest Series

This quest is part of the white mage artifact gear quest series. The complete series includes:


To read the transcripts for this quest, see the Pieuje's Decision Spoilers page.

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Not easy
# Jul 13 2006 at 4:05 PM Rating: Decent
I have come to the conclusion that fighting this NM, and winning, has nothing to do with how strong you are. It is pure luck, and nothing more.
I know four WHMs who said they killed this guy with no problems, no deaths, and it wasn't a 40 minute long fight where a two SMNs kite the thing around.
Then there's me. Every time I fight this guy, I get the shaft. He uses -aga III magic that can't be interrupted and Dimensional Death that can one-shot Galka Lv.75 MNKs. I've tried it with a 75NIN and 75RDM/NIN, and we died. I tried it with an alliance of nearly all Lv.70+ people, and we died. I got so mad one day that I solo'd the little creep. And I died. I got a couple SMNs to help me out, and they did really good kiting and slowly taking down his HP. But then he slept the avatar and used -aga III on us. We all died.

So for everybody saying that this guy is easy, and that it only takes a couple people, well, you got lucky. He's not easy. It takes more than just a couple people. I've tried every strategy, and I'm just ready to murder that evil thing from hell.
Not easy
# Jul 29 2006 at 1:13 AM Rating: Decent
lol not so much luck ^^; and i never said he was easy xD (took 40 mins obviously not easy) but perhaps there was a lack of skill? I mean after fighting THAT many times u'd think u'd pick up on something to help u out....Maybe it's just me =)
Not easy
# Jul 26 2006 at 6:21 PM Rating: Decent
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Sry mate, but you're the one that's unlucky.
This guy's a panzy.

Problem with your setup is you relied on a shadow ***** (NIN and RDM/NIN)
Of course -aga 3 will tear him apart.

And his Dimensional Death is weaksauce.

Moral of the story? You needed a PLD, perferably high lvl'd. Hell I trio'd him with a RDM and the WHM that needed it.
af3 pop
# Jul 12 2006 at 12:26 PM Rating: Decent
valfor server got bell took lots of help coulnd get nm to pop have af1 hammer and af2 healers mitts and tanz bell to trade but no pop of nm help
af3 pop
# Jul 14 2006 at 5:06 AM Rating: Default
yeah, have to have the AF mitts quest active in order to pop the NM.

Edited, Jul 15th 2006 at 8:04am EDT by joefriend
af3 pop
# Jul 13 2006 at 1:49 AM Rating: Decent
from wakefield lv70whm cant seem to get nm to pop in fei yen have tanz bell and have af1 hammer af2 mitts went with lots of help on valfore server to ??? to trade bell but cant seem to get nm to pop anyhelp would be great do i need more fame? really dont understand?? think i was at j9 ??? but no cut snene as i entered fei yen and no pop please help also cant get northlands map tryed to trade derfland humus in garden will not trade please any help would be great thanks emporer ls
#REDACTED, Posted: Jun 13 2006 at 9:52 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Just did this yesterday for my ls.
Pwned =P
# Jun 11 2006 at 8:12 PM Rating: Excellent
I just want to say this was easy once I had help to do it.

First off me(WHM57) and my friend(WHM58) both needed the bell so we dragged her friend(THF58) along then shouted in Jeuno for about 10 mins till someone offered to help(SAM75) so we went off to The Eldieme Necropolis, and started killing Dark Stalkers. Then an LS member(THF48) got bored and decided to join us and 20 mins later both us White mage's were both back in jeuno with our Tavnazia Bell.

It took about an hour to get a party going for the Altedour I Tavnazia fight, but in the end we all headed to Fei'yin(all 10 of us) three of us doing the quest. So in the end we had to fight the Altedour I Tavnazia three times and we owned him. Not a single death.

I just want to thank everyone who helped and congratulate the two who also got there Healer's Briault's. Hope you enjoy them.

Thanks goes out too, for helping to do the Altedour I Tavnazia fight.

Nathos - 75 RDM
Zeratul - 75 SAM
Tng - 75 NIN
Randolph - 70 RDM(Needed the quest)
Revvel - 58 WHM(Needed the quest)
Uzi - 58 THF
Vigi - 57 RDM
Zahadum - 50 NIN
Faero - 48 THF

And thanks to, for helping with the Tavnazia Bell.

Revvel - 58 WHM(Needed the quest)
Uzi - 58 THF
Faero - 48 THF
Hiero - 75 SAM

Uzi and Faero's Treasure Hunter II really came in handy, thanks guys. =D

Edit - Thanks Rev, for giving me the sam's name again. =}

Edited, Mon Jun 12 12:00:22 2006
RE: Pwned =P
# Jun 11 2006 at 9:38 PM Rating: Decent
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the sam's name was Hiero, and it was really easy with the set up we had :3 lets do it again sometime!!! ;)
Not as bad as everyone thinks...
# May 26 2006 at 7:56 AM Rating: Decent
71SMN/WHM
58WHM/BLM (me)

4 Yagudo Drinks
1 Hi Ether

Okay, so I spent about 3 weeks trying to get help for this quest...everyone on Asura are a bunch of chickens bc it's a shadow type...ZOMG!!!
But anyways...this fight was a lot easier than everyone told me.

My friend threw up stoneskin, and blink, while I threw up sneak, then Regen II and Hasted him. Popped the NM and he immediately casted Drain on me...Drained for about 100HP. My bad..no stoneskin or anything else lol. Friend summoned Carbuncle and carby went right to work while we ran as far as we could. Shadow spams Dimensional Death which I counted at least 11 times that I could see, one time I got hit in the crossrun with full health and it hit me *whm's are squishy* for about 200HP. But he spams DD, Drain, staff has MP Drain...no biggie he's hitting carby, and uses lvl III elemental spells. After he killed Carby, we were long gone and resummoned him and ran away again. Blood pacts from Ifrit since the shadow's weak to light and fire did significant damage. Got him down to half HP. Continued the carby kite, til he got to 1/4 HP. 2HR'd......it like...scratched him lol. No worries, continued carby kiting. I saw his name turn grey, he hit the floor, mask dropped...I scared the crap outta my brother bc I screamed..took 40 mins with just me and the SMN. Lengthy..but 40 mins is nothing compared to the 3 weeks trying to get someone to help. Tankies Preddy ^^
Duo'd it
# May 21 2006 at 7:54 AM Rating: Decent
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Took me two tries at this NM, but finally got it.

Got my 1st T. Bell during a Sandy Escort mission.

Went with a 75 War/Nin (Fudan, Thanks for the attempt) with myself as 75 Smn/Whm...

War got D. Death'd after his shadows went down.

After that I was a goner. Luckly a passing Whm gave us both R3, but by then the NM had despawned.

2nd attempt

A couple of days later I got my T. Bell on 1st kill ^^. Don't hate me because the War and I did come back right after the 1st attempt and we killed for maybe 2 hours with zero drops.

This time I decided I would try something a lil different. I asked a fellow lvl 75 Smn if he would help me carby kite the NM. He agreed (you rock Ryena).

Went over to the pop spot, put up stoneskin with Titan and popped the NM. NM aggros me and misses. My lil blue buddy does his duty and attacks the NM. Carby does hit pretty good on the NM averaging around 70 per hit. I kept Carby on the NM while Ryena used a couple Fenrir's as well as Carby on him.

Final result: T. Mask Mine ^^
Total Time: 15 mins (stoneskin wore off right before he died)

We were never in any real danger and neither Ryena or I was hit by the NM as far as I could see.

So if you are having trouble with this NM and you know a couple high lvl Smns, you can get this done .

Now I just need the lvls to wear the dang thing.

Edited, Sun May 21 07:49:48 2006
P.S
# May 04 2006 at 4:17 PM Rating: Decent


Edited, Thu May 4 16:12:35 2006
NM fight
# May 04 2006 at 4:12 PM Rating: Decent
Killed this NM twice last night with this setup:
NIN/WAR 75
DRG/WAR 70
WHM/BLM 68
WHM/BLM 62 (me)
WHM/BLM 57

The 2 fights were way different, in 1st fight Casted like crazy its Sleepga (like 8 times)
Lot of DMG with Dimensional Death... The DRG used 2hrs because 1 Dim. Death the Tank went red HP only once the fight was like 10 mins long...
2nd fight no sleepga, less DMG with Dim. Death in other words way easier (like 7 mins fight)...

Used for this fights:
5 poison potions
4 yag Drinks
1 Rolanberry Pie
Melees used top food too, whms just pies >.>

So This NM isnt that Bad *** like some posts say (was the reason because I waited that long to fight him) but:
1. Poison potions are a most have
2. Need a high lv tank
3. Enfeebs were ABSOLUTELY useless in this guy
4. Need kinda good luck

One last thing This guy is a BLM 100% sure he uses manafont, so not a RDM like saw in some posts..

So brothers and sisters WHMs go for it!!

Hope this help u all =)

GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF U WHMs OUT THERE!!!!


P.S: A BIG THANK YOU TO:

Dabe (NIN)
Deadlive (DRG) U rock Dead!!! Uber Dragoon!!!
Sliver (WHM 68)
Blondelle (WHM 57)

And sorry again for the lot Blondelle >.>





Edited, Thu May 4 16:11:04 2006
Finally I got it..
# Apr 17 2006 at 3:25 PM Rating: Decent
Has anyone mentioned that if you lose the fight you need another bell? We found that out the hard way..

Our first day on this quest was me WHM57/BLM .. another WHM60/BLM who also needed this fight (have to fight it once for each whm) a THF71 and a guy who offered his help from a shout in Jeuno, he remained /anon throughout but we figured he was 75nin..

So we spawn the mob and everything is going fine.. as soon a the ninja's shadows drop he goes straight into orange.. it's not pretty.. ninja full life, the thf gets hit so both whm's casted cureIV to but him back on full and while that was happening, unexpectedly the ninja dropped.. so we escaped out..

second time round with my Tavnazia Bell.. everything was going smoothly, the 60WHM ran out of MP and i was on 206 with 18%HP left on the NM.. and again the nin dropped down to orange life.. I click cureIV and nothing happens, do it again nothing happens.. and then the ninja dropped.. so either, he was dead and my macros didn't work cos my computer had to atch up or some unfair glitch happened but we lost taht one aswell..

Got a new bell and went back today.. I think this was more of a revenge thing for the ninja than helping me out lol.. with him he brought 2 whm70+ one of which was 75.. another nin75 and a rng75.. the NM had no chance.. it was an amazing fight i swear it..

so in conclusion.. for this fight either get your 70+ friends help or shout in Jeuno.. this quest is designed for people my level but how they manage it is beyond me..

Good Luck :)
orz
# Apr 03 2006 at 11:36 AM Rating: Decent
29 posts
I just had the wildest fight ever with this AF3 NM

Originally, it was me (on Amai), my whm75 friend, and a nin75 friend of hers...

So everything is going ok...then like what's been said in previous posts, it cast sleepga and chaos begins. Takes the ninja out, then the whm out, then only me (whm56/nin25) was left. I end up throwing up utsusemi and stoneskin, and kiting him around for about 10 minutes (because we don't want to go through the trouble of getting another bell), then I raise the whm and she raises the ninja...

Then the nin decides to try kiting it because of the speed boost from AF boots. But I already have hate built up from the last fight so he can't keep it off me enough. So it starts casting firaga on me as I'm running by where the nin and whm have just been raised...they die AGAIN. I live because of stoneskin.

The nin has to leave, so I kite the mob for another 10 min...I get ahead of it enough to rest MP and raise II the whm again...by this time, she has gotten two more 75 nin from her LS to come fight it...whm puts up RR3, and tries to take kite from me again...she succeeds, but then dies ><

So she reraises and rests up to full, and by that time, her ninja friends have arrived while I'm still kiting it.

The nins get there and the fighting begins again. Then guess what! He casts sleepga II *again*. both ninjas die, the 75 whm begins to kite, and I R2 both ninjas. By this time, it only has like 10% HP left so the ninjas get up and fight it while still weakened, and finally, after 4 ninja deaths, and 3 whm deaths, we killed the damn thing.

Don't be an idiot like me and stand next to it after one sleepga disaster. Be sure there is at least one mage a distance away to to wake people up.

The one ninja was enough damage to beat the nm, just be sure you everybody stays alive and this can be a smooth fight. (Edit: My whm friend had club up and was doing hexa strike, so she was effective damage too.)

Edited, Mon Apr 3 13:19:00 2006
My Tavnazian Bell Experience
# Mar 29 2006 at 12:11 AM Rating: Decent
Just went to Necropolois thru the Southernmost entrance in Batallia and made my way to the Hume Bones (yes u need someone to open the doors >.< ty Xenosaga!) Did this as 69Rdm/Blm. Dark Stalker was EP so i buff up and pull one in. Three rounds of Blink/Stoneskin, Phalanx and Enfire later he dropped Tavnazian Bell and Absorb-Vit (which is almost worthless on Valefor @ 1k). He hit me a few times and did 5 Dimensional Deaths but buffs ate it all. I just melee'd and used Fire or Light WS.
Just got mine!
# Mar 12 2006 at 1:55 AM Rating: Decent
Was shouting in Lower Jeuno for an hour...finally got two people who wanted to help. It's a goal of theirs to duo every AF NM, and this was the only they haven't done I think, and were the most scared of.

It was a 75 MNK/NIN and a 75 RDM/BLM (and me, 57 WHM). I thought we were dead for sure after someone in LS said they were owned with a 71 PLDN and 75 RDM/NIN. So we're pretty damn nervous...we get there, buff up and everything, and it was EASY. Not even a challenge. The monk had no problem keeping hate, didn't come over to us once...and it didn't cast Sleepga. Spammed Dimensional Death but mnk kept up his shadows. He went into the yellow once toward the end but we cured him quickly. Very, very easy =) I think we got somewhat lucky though. I would recommend bringing a full party unless you're desperate ^^
popable for AF not as a whm?
# Feb 28 2006 at 9:56 AM Rating: Good
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Just a simple question. Killed this thing more then a few times with a friend of mine for some other people. But now I am wondering can my friend pop him being her lvl 75 pld or will it only pop if she is her whm? I'll prob find out on my own but if someone knows it would be great help to let me know. Thanks
RE: popable for AF not as a whm?
# Feb 28 2006 at 5:39 PM Rating: Decent
No Idea but I need this AF item as well but my LS is always busy and cant help. Typical life of a WHM must depend on others lol.
Owned.
# Feb 23 2006 at 1:46 AM Rating: Good
NM = Soloed via 75SMN/WHM Marato.

Carby Kite for the win. Took 40 minutes to do it though.

And I can't take all the credit because I had a friend that was clearing out the two Shadows that spawn in that room.

But the NM was all me.
was bored...
# Feb 14 2006 at 8:12 AM Rating: Default
solo'd this quest nm, took me 2hrs, and crap'd my pants several times, do not try unless your willing to last for hours..

seriously... incredibly hard to solo,.. good luck with rdm/blm, he spams ga spells and alot of sleep spells, i'm 1/2 on this af3nm, died the first time and didnt learn my lesson.. was rather pissed so i camped bell again, just to get my revenge... #_@;
#REDACTED, Posted: Feb 14 2006 at 8:11 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) solo'd this quest nm, took me 2hrs, and crap'd my pants several times, do not try unless your willing to last for hours..
#REDACTED, Posted: Feb 14 2006 at 8:11 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) solo'd this quest nm, took me 2hrs, and crap'd my pants several times, do not try unless your willing to last for hours..
#REDACTED, Posted: Feb 14 2006 at 8:10 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) solo'd this quest nm, took me 2hrs, and crap'd my pants several times, do not try unless your willing to last for hours..
#REDACTED, Posted: Feb 14 2006 at 8:09 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) solo'd this quest nm, took me 2hrs, and crap'd my pants several times, do not try unless your willing to last for hours..
#REDACTED, Posted: Feb 14 2006 at 8:08 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) solo'd this quest nm, took me 2hrs, and crap'd my pants several times, do not try unless your willing to last for hours..
#REDACTED, Posted: Feb 14 2006 at 8:08 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) solo'd this quest nm, took me 2hrs, and crap'd my pants several times, do not try unless your willing to last for hours..
Frustrated
# Feb 01 2006 at 12:56 PM Rating: Good
I've got issues with this piece of armor. I would love to get it. I've been wanting to complete my AF by finishing this quest since level 54. Every weekend, for the past 17 weeks I've sat in Lower Jeuno on Gilgamesh spamming shouts for help. NOBODY even offered to help. The only /tells I've gotten were ones like "LOL! OMFG! You'll never find anybody to tank that NM!" and "If you find 15 Lv.70+ people to help you, I'll come too." It is getting annoying.

In the meantime, I have leveled up 11 levels (now 65) and farmed Spider Webs and Tree Cuttings for hours on end (Lvy and Mangavin are the china bots guarding the Goobbues, and I've now officially pissed them off to no end with help from my bestest best friend Blindedangel). Anyway, I got enough Gil to buy full Noble's set, and I'm debating on whether or not I should even finish this. I still shout in Jeuno, but I'm getting tired of it. I do want to get the complete set eventually, if only just to store it with NPC.

Anyway, if you're on Gilgamesh, and you're not filled with abject terror by this NM, could you please help me out?

I got a bell a while back, but I used it at level 63 when I was so frustrated by not finding anybody to help. I tried to solo it, and died. So I need to get another bell... /sigh

My Fun AF Story
# Jan 25 2006 at 1:22 AM Rating: Decent
OK, so I thought I would share my AF experience.

After waiting weeks to do this, assembled a party to go kill the NM. Party consisted of and awsome 75 RDM/NIN, another awsome 75 NIN and little old me (59 WHM at the time)

Get there, pop the NM...going good. All of the sudden he spams nukes like they are going out of style. NIN and I both take a quick dirt nap. RDM/NIN kites the mob around Fei'Yin, while we collect R3 from some random whm...just happened to be in the area. Lucky.

Weakness wears and RDM and NIN tear the guy up. Got my briault thanks to some very cool people. Fight was scary, but was a blast.

And, just because i noticed this....dimensional death barely even took a sliver of life from both the RDM or the NIN. And yes he did spam it. Water 3 or w/e it was though however.../shudder.


Edited, Wed Jan 25 00:31:10 2006
Whoooo~ XD
# Jan 17 2006 at 12:24 PM Rating: Decent
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I beat it today (well, I didnt, the people in my pt did XD) as:
RDM 75
WHM 72
WHM75
WAR 75
WHM 56 (me XD)

We had 15mins till update, and yes, it did Sleepga III on us but some reason the 72 WHM resisted it...so we were good.... beat it just before update... whooo~~
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