Where is balthier in archades

The people that you need to speak to first are listed on the left. Trade your 28 Pinewood Chops in at any of the shops for Sandalwood Chop by speaking to one of the Chopmasters.

This completes the Chops mini side-quest. You can now move forward to the next stage of the game. Balthier will approach Vaan and the rest of the team when they arrive in Tsenoble. Touch the orange Save Crystal to activate it as a teleport point and then travel northward to initiate another cutscene involving Imperial Soldiers.

Head back towards the Cabs afterwards. Jules will approach Vaan and Balthier and, after a brief conversation, will tell them that they can now travel to the Draklor Laboratory by speaking to the Cab Guide.

Games About Support Contact. Still small when it first formed as a city-state, it grew tremendously during the long peace fostered by the Galtean Alliance. When the Empire was formed, the city center was re-located, forming the Archades we know today. Though poor in both natural resources and land, Archades came to prominence as a city of innovation and learning. All information and technology gathers here, and the famed mages and artificers born within her walls are legion.

Knowledge, then, is the true strength of the Archadian Empire. The city of Archades forms an octagon with the Imperial Palace at its center. Around the Palace sit the Senate Chambers and other administrative quarters, beyond which lies a booming mercantile district. The buildings in the city center are quite tall, with the lower floors being used mainly as residences.

The difference in heights between the various buildings makes this city of small airships, that being the most efficient means of accessing all levels of the metropolis. More than half the population of Archades is hume, and while at one time all lived near the ground, of late, those of power or particular wealth have taken to living in the higher apartments and traveling exclusively by private airship. First Aid. The party needs to earn Pine Chops to proceed and, after they have the right number of chops, they are allowed to proceed to Tsenoble.

Arriving in Tsenoble, Balthier rejoins the party, and they head to Draklor Laboratories to confront Dr. The city is divided in two levels: one consisting of the districts of "Nilbasse", "Trant", "Molberry", and "Rienna" and the upper level of "Tsenoble". There are no poor within the city of Archades proper, all of the poor find themselves in Old Archades. Cid bases all of his research out of the Draklor Laboratory , found within the city in the Tsenoble area.

Archades residents tend to be rich and arrogant. Most people there are more interested in having a good reputation—usually of being well informed—than in money or riches. Well informed people in Archades can earn chops by giving information to other residents about a particular subject. The chops are then used as proof of status, granting access to Tsenoble via taxi.

Certain areas in Tsenoble can only be accessed by those who possess a sandalwood chop. The Archades Aerodrome has skyferry flights to Balfonheim Port , Nalbina and Rabanastre for gil and the player can dock the Strahl there. Old Archades is where all of the poor and destitute from Archades wind up.

It is run down and barely patrolled by the Judges, who appear to be more interested in keeping the poor in their place. The only way into Archades is with money, so all of the citizens dream of finding a way to earn enough to see them safely into Archades.

Where chops are the most important trade item in Archades, gossip is the most important in Old Archades. If there's one way to get ahead it is by finding out as much information as possible to make the way up into Archades through gaining fortune.

Sochen Cave Palace is an ancient palace overrun with several undead creatures. The only royalty currently residing within the temple are a family of Mandragoras led by the Onion Queen. These Mandragoras have caused problems for hunters in the Archadian wilderness. Several ancient and powerful creatures are locked away in the depths of the Sochen, including one of the game's superbosses, the Hell Wyrm.

An old lift device connects Sochen to Old Archades, whilst the entrance to the destitute palace lies within the Tchita Uplands. The Draklor Labs serve as a base to Doctor Cid, whose research concerning nethicite is integral to the Empire's developments. He uses these facilities to create more and more powerful airships for the Archadian fleets, such as the Sky Fortress Bahamut. He also uses these facilities to create manufacted nethicite. The Laboratories are actually a series of rooms on multiple floors.

Each floor has a garrison of Judges on it, as well as several smaller labs manned by Imperial scientists. The top floor houses Cid's personal open air lab. In the Zodiac versions, a single chest has been added in Archades. However with the Diamond Armlet equipped, one can find the extremely rare item, Dark Energy. To proceed in the storyline the player needs to play the information exchange minigame to earn Pine Chops.

The story proceeds after either nine or three Zodiac Age chops, but if the player collects all, the chops can be traded in for a Sandalwood Chop on the second floor of any merchant shop by talking with the Chopmaster. Pine Chops are earned by connecting people with information in the various sections of Archades, by matching pairs of people.

Once the Tarot Reader and the Happy Novelist are matched in the Rienna area, the Tarot Reader will tell how many matches are left in each area.

The Imperial Soldiers will leave the stairs, allowing you to sneak into the Imperial City of Archades. You'll start in the Trant area, and you'll have a couple of cutscenes. Balthier will leave the party briefly. Head into the next area, Molberry.

They all have a unique name, and they'll all be involved in a task that you need to complete. There's also Charlotte's Magicks , and it's a good idea to purchase all of the spells you currently don't have. From here on out, you really need to have as many of the spells as possible. There's also a Cartographer's Guild Moogle here. It's a good idea to purchase them. Head into the Nilbasse area. There's an armor seller and weapons seller located in Vint's Armaments.

You'll get a cutscene introducing to the Chop system in Archades. Jules will offer more information for a price of Gil. Pay him, and you'll be told that you need 9 Pinewood Chops in order to get to the area of Archades where the Gentry live. Pinewood Chops are a currency-like object that allows you to access areas in Archades. You can purchase Chops from the Chopmaster in any shop for Gil each, or you can obtain Chops by matching citizens within areas of Archades.

You may as well do the latter, as it's really not worth spending that much Gil. Upon obtaining the 28 Chops, you'll be able to obtain the Sandalwood Chop.