Has your collection of High Kindred's Crests been piling up on Shami? Do you feel that your lust for battle and the acquisition of loot has yet to be sated? Your troubles are soon to be over, for in the next version update for Final Fantasy XI, a series of new battlefields will be implemented. In addition to additional battlefields that utilize the Phobos and Deimos orbs obtained from regular Kindred's Crests, a series of battlefields using the High Kindred's Crests will also be added!

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From the official Final Fantasy XI forums:

• New Burning Circle Notorious Monster (BCNM) battlefields will be added.
• New orbs will be obtainable from the Port Jeuno NPC Shami in exchange for High Kindred’s crests.
• Locations, entry requirements, and other conditions for the new battlefields will be as follows:
  
  

  Orb Type	Price	Location	Restrictions
  Zelos Orb	30 High Kindred’s Crests	Boneyard Gully	Level: Any
  			Participants: 6
  		Bearclaw Pinnacle	Level: Any
  			Participants: 6
  Bia Orb	50 High Kindred’s Crests	Mine Shaft #2716	Level: Any
  			Participants: 6
  		Monarch Linn	Level: Any
  			Participants: 6
  Phobos Orb	30 Kindred’s Crests	Spire of Holla	Level: Any
  			Participants: 6
  		Spire of Dem	Level: Any
  			Participants: 6
  		Spire of Mea	Level: Any
  			Participants: 6
  Deimos Orb	50 Kindred’s Crests	Spire of Vahzl	Level: Any
  			Participants: 6

• Players victorious in the battlefields at the Spires of Holla, Dem, Mea, and Vahzl will receive items that may, in turn, be traded to the NPC Shami to claim rewards.

*Time limits for the battlefields above are currently under consideration. An announcement will follow when these details are finalized.