Through the Quicksand Caves

• complete ZM5
• D-12 entrance to quicksand caves
• fall down a hole… um somewhere
• Chamber of Oracles BCNM
• ZM7

Once you collect the last fragment for ZM5 you're automatically pushed into this mission, you can check your zilart mission menu to be sure.

Sorry I was led around and forgot to check the <pos> of the hole we fell down. it's behind one of the weight-activated doors.

BCNM: 3 Anticans, Triarius V-VIII (BLM), Centurio V-III (PLD), and Princeps V-XI (RNG), whose names begin with "T" "C" and "P" respectively. That's the order you kill them in as well. Like Juhle said "just think TLC, but slightly different."

It's easy for a party of 70s, and a party of 60-65 can handle it… if they're lucky/careful. Interestingly, the BCNM60 at this location is the same 3 monsters, except that's harder, and you're capped at 60...

For this fight I highly recommend a refresher. We didn't have one and it caused us trouble, since it takes some time to beat. We had quite an adventure with Whm72, Rng70, Mnk73, Pld73, Blm61, and Drg71. After crushing the Blm antican most brutally, we accidentially blew a skillchain duing the Pld antican's invincible. The Rng ant kept waking up and killed our Blm. Then a big curaga from the whm drew the Pld ant's hate. I didn't turn and WS fast enough to draw the hate off poor Mashengo and he went down. luckily the Pld ant soon followed. The four of us went to town on the Rng ant, with only a half-mp Pld to heal us. Luckily a good skillchain and eagle-eye-shot from me won us the battle with only one more death (I was at 56 hp at the end!).

Unfortunatly a second attempt at it with Whm72, Thf73, Mnk73, Pld73, Blm61, and Drg66. Ended in slightly more death.

Note that ZM7 is simply putting the fragments into the pedastals after the anticans are dead… I don't understand why they have these non-missions in here, one of the few thing that just seem dumb in this game.