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A Thief in Norg!? - SAM AF3  

Realm:Outlands
Start Area: Norg
Start NPC:Jaucribaix (K - 8)
Type:Artifact
Related Areas:Bastok Mines
Mhaura
Port Jeuno
Waughroon Shrine
Related Mobs:Ayakashi
Gaki
Gilgamesh (L - 8)
Onibi
Onki
Phoochuchu (H - 8)
Rasetsu
Sanosuke
Mission:6 - 0
Min Level:50
Max Level:75
Rating
*****
(Average from 22 ratings)
Items Required:Banishing Charm
Charred Helm
Gold Thread
Title Obtained:Paragon of Samurai Excellence
Items Granted:Myochin Kabuto
This Quest is Repeatable
Last Updated: Thu Nov 18 21:17:56 2010

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Summary

At the close of the Great War, Gilgamesh's father trapped a terrible spirit within a helm. That helm has been stolen, and it is your job to hunt down the thief and get it back.

Walkthrough

Note: You must have completed The Sacred Katana - SAM AF1 and Yomi Okuri - SAM AF2, and waited until after JP Midnight, to obtain this quest.

First, head to Norg and speak with Jaucribaix at K-8. He sends you to speak with Gilgamesh.

You'll then need to do some traveling. Head to Port Jeuno and speak to Sanosuke at the Duty Free Shop. Then, go to Mhaura and talk to Phoochuchu at LFKDS. Next, go to Bastok Mines and open the door at J-6 for a cutscene. Last, go to Waughroon Shrine in Palborough Mines for another cutscene.

Return to Norg and speak again with Jaucribaix. He will give you a rare/ex item called a Banishing Charm.

Go back to the Waughroon Shrine and trade the Banishing Charm to the burning circle. Inside the BCNM, you will have 30 minutes to kill three demon NMs: Gaki (blm); Onki (smn); and Rasetsu (drk). After killing the NMs, you get another cutscene involving a ninja named Ren. He gives you a key item called Charred Helm.

Grab a Gold Thread and head to Norg and talk again to Jaucribaix. After the next Japanese Midnight, talk again to Jaucribaix to finish the quest and receive your Myochin Kabuto.

Quest Series

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

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24hrs?
# Sep 17 2005 at 12:01 PM Rating: Decent
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Ok I did finished this quest about 38hrs ago. I turned in the helm and the thread and just tried again to get my helm. It says dont rush me Im working quote yet, anyone else had this problem?
Record breaking run... (still sucked though...)
# Sep 14 2005 at 9:17 PM Rating: Decent
This fight proved to be very difficult, accoplished it with:

SAM55/WAR27 Me
PLD65/WAR32 Tronn
WAR65/NIN32 Tisroc
WHM65/SMN32 Oswin
BLM75/WHM37 Galkasa
RDM57/BLM28 Mizzyodaa

We all died one time in this fight, retryed, I had deleveled, and had to go into the second try with no body piece. We killed Gaki and Oki, i releveled and we finished off the last one. And we even set the server record for Diabolos on the second run. XP I owe an extreme debt of gratitude tward these superb players.
RE: Record breaking run... (still sucked though...
# Sep 16 2005 at 2:31 AM Rating: Decent
i got this on my first try my party was overkill so we also set the current record for clear time on lakshmi had:
75DRK/SAM
75DRG/WAR
75SMN/WHM
71PLD/WAR
72BLM/WHM
60SAM/WAR
we took the blm first then the smn then the drk
the ele was slept and the drk extra warding circle helped so it might not be a bad idea to have a couple sams for this
RE: Record breaking run... (still sucked though...
# Sep 17 2005 at 12:02 PM Rating: Decent
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Yeah we beat the snot out of it huh Arkaa? lol I was kinda bored during the fight. Now I just want my helm ><;
Death.. >.>
# Sep 11 2005 at 2:49 AM Rating: Default
I didn't see the question adressed, so..

Just incase some of you skeptics were wondering out there, if you do happen to die in this fight, don't worry - you keep your Banishing Charm! thats right, its still on you after you've been raised... just some fyi.. thanks!

~Keatre
Help please
# Aug 30 2005 at 8:08 PM Rating: Decent


Edited, Wed Aug 31 12:02:45 2005
Just did it
# Aug 23 2005 at 5:25 PM Rating: Decent
I just did the quest today, about 15 minutes ago, PT setup was

75PLD
72SAM
70whm
65BLM
65RDM
58SAM (me)

PLD went in, got all the hate from the smn and the drk while both SAMs and BLM destroyed the BLM demon, 72SAM used his 2-Hour and did Tachi: Gekko and we smoked the BLM, when we got to the SMN it already was down to half hp, one anchient spell killed it fast. Next the DRK, I used my 2-Hour With Tachi: Jinpu and anchient magic along with Tachi: Gekko spamming.

We did it in:
4min 41sec

Fastest time:
4min 36sec

Was a fun battle ^^ Thank you to all who helped me.
Not as bad as people tend to make it out to be.
# Aug 07 2005 at 4:48 PM Rating: Good
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Just did this with my static, we won on the first shot.

RDM73/NIN25 (Me)
WAR59/NIN29
PLD60/WAR30
DRG59/WAR29
RDM60/BLM30
WHM59/BLM29

I cast all of my usual buffs, Utsusemi, and cast Bind on the summoner. The other RDM slept the elemental, and I engaged the BLM. The rest of the group took on the DRK.

Keeping the BLM at bay was pretty easy, his melee didn't break through my stoneskin and he definitely seems to favor high tier nukes and ancient magic, so utsusemi will take care of that no problem, even when he two hours.

The summoner was easy to take care of, just kite him around with Bind and he's nothing. His Elemental is crap if its slept, be careful if it wakes up though. Firaga II was a nasty surprise.

Have your PLD use Invincible when the DRK two hours.

The Summoner is extremely weak, if you have the BLM and the DRK down by the time you're on him, you pretty much have it clinched. Searing Light did a lot of damage to the party but it was unimportant once the other demons were dead.
some information about guide.
# Jul 02 2005 at 5:23 PM Rating: Decent
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Just a little information about this guide bwing a little off. You don't report the helm to Gilgamesh after you got to the Waughroon Shrine. You need to talk to Jaucribaix. He is the one that gives you the Banishing charm.
af3
# Jun 07 2005 at 8:31 PM Rating: Decent
how long do i have to wait to get my helm after trading in the gold thread?
[Black][/Black]
Starting quests for dummies
# Jun 06 2005 at 9:23 PM Rating: Excellent
In reguards to Sam AF quests and not being able to accpt the quests:

1) After you finish AF1 (the katana) you need to wait untill midnight japan, or 7-8AM PST (depending on daylight savings) before you can accept the Sam AF2 quest.

2) During AF2, there is a part of the quest that requires you to turn in a feather from the NM bird in onzozo. You need to wait untill midnight japan, or 7-8AM PST (depending on daylight savings) before you can activate the next stage of the quest.

3) After finishing Sam AF2, you need to wait untill midnight japan, or 7-8AM PST (depending on daylight savings) before you can accept the Sam AF3 quest.

So no matter what you do, you have to take at least 3 days to finish all of your AF. One last note, In all 3 cases you need to be on your Sam when talking to the quest NPC. If you go on another job you will not be able to activate the quest.
so its a 24hr real life wait?
# May 24 2005 at 12:22 AM Rating: Decent
Beat record!
# Apr 24 2005 at 7:02 PM Rating: Decent
Well, I just did this not to long ago.. I;m currently a 62 samurai... I waited too long for af3, it was about time i got it... Well, we did this with only 4 people XD. 75 war/nin, 75whm/nin, 73 mnk/war, and me 62 sam/war... They all tanked, kinda... The monk went in first.. he voked the smn and immediately did 2hr.. then the war went in voked the blm... and started attacking the smn.. we then it was me and the whm last... killed smn quickly... and killed the rest just as easily... the war and i did enpi> 2hr raging rush... and the mnk solo'd his asuran fist.. this thing was too easy... we beat the record time.. 3min's 31 sec's...
Easy as 1 2 3
# Apr 17 2005 at 2:19 AM Rating: Decent
Did this fight bout 4 hours ago. Pt setup was as follows:

Rainintostorm (66PLD/WAR)
Arpeggio (70THF/NIN)
Nilisa (65RDM/???)
Obssidean (60MNK/WAR)
Brite (72WHM/???)
Me (58SAM/WAR)

Entered BCNM, buffed up, and we charged in. We kill Gaki fast. I used Meditate, and my 2-hour now (5 Tachi: Jinpu's, i meditated before the battle). He didnt' get to use devastating spells. Onki was easier to kill. He did summon Garuda and did Ariel Blast. That hurt quite a bit. Then it was just Rasetsu left. He was tough to kill. He used Blood Weapon, pld used Invincible. He died shortly after. This was flipping easy. Now, I have to wait while Jaucribaix fixes the helm ><.
Just a thought
# Apr 15 2005 at 8:23 AM Rating: Decent
Just a thought, has anyone ever attempted this with 6 sams and just went F***ing CRAZY!?!? Do WS's do enough dmg to make the fight end fast enough or is a healer + tank neccessary? Let me know plz~ I want to try it O_o
If you lose...
# Apr 13 2005 at 4:33 PM Rating: Good
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Do you need to get a second banishing charm?
:)
# Apr 12 2005 at 12:06 PM Rating: Decent
Did that yesterday
NIN75
DRK71
RDM75
BLM73
RNG74
SAM58(me)

The order was BLM-DRK-SMN

It was very easy for BLM and DRK but the smn did astral flow with carby and I lost about 900 HP >.> but we have defeat them the 1st time in 6min50~~
24 hour wait
# Apr 09 2005 at 6:56 AM Rating: Decent
Please dont tell me I'll have to wait another day...Whats with Square-Enix making us wait so damn much. ; ;
high level help = good
# Apr 03 2005 at 2:10 AM Rating: Decent
did this fight tonight

75rdm/nin
75brd/whm
75rng/nin
70drk/thf
60war/nin
60war/sam (me)

Obviously this fight was pretty easy due to all the high level help. But this is what we did.

All the melees attacked Gaki along with the rng, he fell quickly. Rdm kept Onki on him and kept the elemental slept. The rest of us killed Ransetsu next, then Onki fell quickly after him.

The bard d/c right when the battle started, so there was no healing available. Things got hairy because of that, but luckily the ranger pretty much soloed the 2 mobs and Onki died easily once the other 2 were dead.

This fight can be done with a good party of 60 if they know what they're doing, but high level help is recommended ^^
high level help = good
# Apr 03 2005 at 2:07 AM Rating: Decent
did this fight tonight

75rdm/nin
75brd/whm
75rng/nin
70drk/thf
60war/nin
60war/sam (me)

Obviously this fight was pretty easy due to all the high level help. But this is what we did.

All the melees attacked Gaki along with the rng, he fell quickly. Rdm kept Onki on him and kept the elemental slept. The rest of us killed Ransetsu next, then Onki fell quickly after him.

The bard d/c right when the battle started, so there was no healing available. Things got hairy because of that, but luckily the ranger pretty much soloed the 2 mobs and Onki died easily once the other 2 were dead.

This fight can be done with a good party of 60 if they know what they're doing, but high level help is recommended ^^
Bards
# Mar 28 2005 at 12:48 PM Rating: Decent
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I was thinking the same thing last night, as I was lying face down in Waughroom Shrine. They're Dark based - and Lullabies are light based, right? Just a thought.

Sorry, this was meant to be a reply to an earlier post

Edited, Mon Mar 28 12:51:23 2005
Wait time
# Mar 27 2005 at 11:46 AM Rating: Excellent
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I can confirm that you just need to wait for midnight to pass in Tokyo (search for some world time clocks on google to find out)

YOU MUST ZONE OUT OF NORG AFTER MIDNIGHT IN TOKYO

it was 2am in Tokyo, and I hadn't zoned out - He wouldnt give me the helm :(

So I zoned out then came back in and he gives the helm :D so its 100% positive that you must ZONE OUT (not log off, zone!)

Goodluck everyone

Edited, Sun Mar 27 11:47:51 2005
What high level help?
# Mar 15 2005 at 1:54 AM Rating: Decent
Party:
73PLD/WAR
59SAM/WAR
60SAM/WAR
60WHM/SMN
54RDM/BLM
58WHM/BLM

First off... the very first time thru was a slaughter. No one knew what to expect and it was chaos. But in the end, we beat the time record on the Ramuh server ^^. 11min 3sec

Basically we went after the SMN demon first since the Astral Flow wiped us out easily the first time. One WHM kept the elemental silenced and slept to avoid any Firga II's. RDM constantly kept the WHMs and PLD refreshed. I found myself healing the PLD alot, even at 73 he took quite a bit of damage even with defender and sentinal. Basically the 2 SAM did distortion skillchains repeatedly while the RDM MBed, this took out the SMN and BLM demons out easily. The DRK demon was evil... he took the longest to kill. The mages did aspir and drain as much as possible with a finale of a few Holy's.

It seemed impossible at first, but once you got everything straight its not too bad.
Fairly Easy
# Mar 14 2005 at 3:06 AM Rating: Decent
I did this quest with:
72RNG/NIN(Lingus)
60SAM/RNG(Tidonius)
62WHM/BLM(Elei)
61PLD/WAR(Aequitas)
64SMN/WHM(Copulatron)
58BLM/WHM(Drucifer)
This was a fairly easy BCNM. Our Strategy was: I(60SAM/RNG) take the NM SMN out asap with my 2hr aka Sidewinder*5 until it was dead the BLM slept the NM AVATAR. The rng took the NM BLM out asap and the pld kite the drk until the other 2 where dead. Somewhere inbetween the SMN 2hr's while whm trys to keep us alive. I might have gotten lucky the NM BLM never slept us or even tried to at my knowledge. This is what happened: The PLD voked the NM DRK and started attacking it. The BLM slept the NM AVATAR. I used my 2hr with Sharpshot and Squid Sushi i hit every one of my Sidewinders...needless to say the NM SMN only lasted 3 of them. Our smn 2hred somewhere inbetween all of this and kept hitting the AOE's. I then went on to the NM BLM <I still had tp left> which was very badly wounded no thanks to our rng I used the 2 Sidewinders i had left the rng used Slug Shot and it was dead we went on to the drk which probably took the longest to kill. We all just did what you would normally do in a party against the NM DRK...pld tank...whm heal...the basics until it was dead. This was very easy you just need to have a plan. No poison potions where used we never got slept <thankgod> and most of us didnt even have food...I was very worried but we came out with an easy Victory. Im not entirely sure of what everyone did in the bcnm >.< i know the rng used his 2hr somewhere and im not sure if the pld did so please forgive me lol but all i know is everyone did his own job and it was very easy and very fun i might add. I can see where people would have problems though it seems alot like ZM4 <which i attempted and failed 5 times the night before i did this> only weaker versions of the mobs from ZM4...

Edited, Mon Mar 14 03:11:47 2005
Success
# Mar 11 2005 at 1:13 PM Rating: Decent
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Did this last night with my static party.
62WAR/NIN
62SAM/WAR (me)
61THF/NIN
62RDM/BLM
62WHM/BLM
62BLM/WHM

At the end all mages were out of MP, but the strategy worked.
WHM, BLM, RDM, and THF chugged poison potions (BLM demon casted sleepga twice in a row our first run and we lost) and I used {Warding Circle} at the ramp.
RDM slept elemental, BLM stunned BLM right away.
THF takes DRK and kites up and down.
I voke the BLM, hit him with 5 yukikazes, BLM does ES + Flare. Left him at 1/10HP. I didn't lose hate. BLM proceeds to nuke regularly with tier-2 nukes throughout the rest of the fight.
WAR kept the SMN occupied til BLM was dead.
WAR 2hr's the SMN after the BLM was dead, he used Ramuh's Thunderspark which was about ~300dmg to everyone.
As everyone else has said, the DRK's 2hour is just annoying. WAR blinked a decent portion of it.

Success of this strategy depends alot on your Thief's kiting ability. It was really something to see that huge DRK demon flying around the room after our THF.
Activating This Quest
# Mar 08 2005 at 3:49 PM Rating: Excellent
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I see some people are having problems activating this quest. I'm suggesting this fix not to be condescending, but rather because I actually stood in frontof Jaucribaix for about five minutes trying to activate my AF Boost quest before I realized how dumb I was being. So, here goes. . .

Your main job is SAM when you talk to him, right?

/ma "barfira" <me>
Help Wanted...
# Mar 03 2005 at 8:31 AM Rating: Decent
35 posts
Im Diass... on the Migardsormr Server, flagged the quest last night, gunna go on the goose chase today, but i still need an party to assist me in the removal of these pest, anyone on the server 60+ that comes by this message... just send me a tell. thank you. all help would be apperciated
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