Final Fantasy 12 - Rocktoice location, requirements and strategies for the Rank I The Cry of Its Power
How to take on Rocktoice in Final Fantasy 12.
Here on this page of our Final Fantasy 12 Elite Hunts and Marks guide, we'll be taking you through everything you need to know in order to defeat Rocktoice - a Rank I Elite Mark for The Cry of Its Power Hunt - including the Petitioner and Mark's locations, the Hunt requirements, and strategies for the battle itself.
If you're looking for one of the other Marks however, you can head back to our Final Fantasy 12 Hunts and Marks locations, requirements and strategies hub. For other tips and explainers meanwhile, head to our Final Fantasy 12 The Zodiac Age guide and walkthrough, where we cover plenty more.
Rocktoice and The Cry of Its Power Hunt location and requirements
Before you get to the actual battle, here's everything you need to know about Rocktoice and The Cry of Its Power Hunt:
- Prerequisites: complete Barheim Passage.
- Recommended level: 18+
- Petitioner location: Khus Skyground, Bhujerba.
- Mark location: Site 2, Lhusu Mine
- Reward: 1200 Gil, Hi-Potion, Heavy Coat
The petitioner is the Moogle sitting on near the steps to the south in the small area on the west of Bhujerba. Talk to him, then head for the cave at the far end of Lhusu Mine where you went on your failed attempt to rescue Penelo.
Rocktoice strategies and how to defeat it
The Rocktoise has two lines of protection: high natural defence, and the help of skeletons spawning in. His attacks are mostly short range and he's weak to Aero, so using ranged or magic attacks will help avoid most of his damage. When the skeletons spawn focus on eliminating them as they're a nuisance and can chip away at your health if you're not careful - remember that Undead can be killed with healing spells - but other than that it's a case of staying alive and chipping away at him.
For more help with? Final Fantasy 12? Our Final Fantasy 12 The Zodiac Age guide, walkthrough, Switch and Xbox differences gives an overview of the game to get you started. Elsewhere, there's our hidden Espers strategy and locations and Elite Hunts and Marks pages, how to get the best Zodiac Jobs for each character, advice on farming LP from Jellies and even how to get the Zodiac Spear.
You can cheese the fight at a lower level by standing in the doorway with a ranged character wearing gear that provides high magic resistance (equip the Goddesses Magicite if you have it) and one other character that does nothing but heal. The Rocktoise physically can't get close enough to hit you so will resort to magic, but the amount of damage he deals is minimal and even a low-level healer should be able to cover the damage whilst also dealing with the Undead menace. It will probably take a long time as ranged weapons are generally less powerful than melee, but you'll get there in the end.
Head back and collect your reward, although it's a little underwhelming for such a big enemy - if you have a character that can wear the Heavy Coat it may be better than your current equipment, but by now it's probably just suitable for selling.
Be sure to cycle back to our main Final Fantasy 12 Marks and Hunts strategy guide for more on those, otherwise head to our primary Final Fantasy 12 The Zodiac Age guide and walkthrough hub for plenty more on the game in general!