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Questing Cape Caem

By
Jarrod Garripoli
&
Nathan Garvin

The Perfect Cup (Shrimp Variant)

Speaking of which, return to Cape Caem to find even more sidequests waiting for you. Before you go starting any new quests, however, you might as well see to some old business. If you told Gladiolus your favorite ingredient was “Shrimp” during the quest “A Need for Noodles”, head south-west from the Cape Caem Outpost marker (the spot along the highway where the Regalia is parked, by default) and into the wooded land north of the beacon.

Dispatch some Shieldshears and continue west to find a giant lobster - a Karlabos - skittering around. This monster will be here regardless of whether you’re here as part of “The Perfect Cup” or not, the only difference being that in the case of the quest it’ll be called a “Rogue Karlabos”. This enemy, as the obligatory epic music suggests, is no push-over, being capable of inflicting immense amounts of damage with its attacks, which include spraying the area in front of it - either in a short-range burst or an long-range line - with fluid from its tail. Being a big, mean crustacean, it’s also not afraid of leaping on prey (that’s you) and skittering sideways before attacking with its massive claws.

Fortunately, despite its size and damage output, its attacks generally fall into one of two categories: easily dodged, and easily blocked and countered, which should make it easier to defeat that its level would otherwise suggest. Even if you’re not here for the quest “The Perfect Cup”, killing this beast will get you some Karlabos Claws, which are useful for a few recipes, if nothing else. If you are here for “The Perfect Cup”, be sure to rest at a campground somewhere to finish the quest. It’s not done until Gladiolus eats his meal, after all.

Objective Reward
For sating Gladiolus’s taste for exquisite Cup Noodles EXP 4,000

The Karlabos can shoot blasts of fluid of of their tail (left). Cut the beast down, however, and it’ll find a place in your Cup Noodles (right).

Living Off the Land

Now that the business with oversized lobsters is done, make your way to the Cape Caem hideout with the intention to pursue some of these new side quests. First talk to Iris, who is standing on the porch of the Hidden Getaway house and she’ll tell you about her garden, which is finally set up and ready to start producing. If you’re excited by the prospect of farming, don’t be, as you can only grow Caem Carrots here, and since Noctis doesn’t like them, you won’t be eating them.

Objective Reward
For indulging Prompto EXP 300

What’s the use of them, then? Well… first you need to get yourself some carrots. Head over to the field and interact with the soil to plant the crops, after which you’ll need to rest for the carrots to grow. Yep, they’re fast-growing carrots that sprout when you dream. Or something. You might be tempted to just keep resting to harvest carrots, especially since there’s profit to be had in it, but you’ll at best get two crops out before the soil becomes “impoverished”. Carrots grow when you sleep, and soil becomes replenished when you complete side quests. RPGs are funny like that. So plant some carrots, sleep, then head out and gather them, repeat, then you’ll need to complete side quests. Fortunately you’ve got a few coming up, and it’ll be left up to you if/when to return after completing said side quests to collect more carrots.

As for the rewards, after your first haul a restaurant owner by the name of Tony stops by and offer to pay for your premium veggies. What luck that he happened by just as soon as you uprooted them, eh? Anyways, you can trade between one and four carrots at a time, and the number you’ll get per harvest varies depending on the weather (between two and five, usually). The rewards for doing so are as follows:

Carrots Reward
1 500 Gil
2 Ulwaat Berries
3 Auto Part
4 Weapon

Talk to Iris at Cape Caem to learn that the garden is ready for planting (left). Plant seeds and rest overnight to grow some Caem Carrots (right).

The “Auto Parts” include a variety of character decals: Noctis, Ignis, Prompto, Gladio and Umbra. The weapons - Force Stealer (greatsword), Absorb Shield (shield), Valiant (firearms), Plunderers (Daggers) - are all elemental-absorbing weapons that can be upgraded by Cid, making them well worth getting. Picking up some Ulwaat Berries is also worth doing, as they’re required to complete the quest “Berried Memories”. Go after the weapons, first, then come back periodically to collect more carrots as you complete quests (or Hunts - even repeating old hunts will work), picking up Ulwaat Berries after the weapons are depleted, then, finally, work on the decals if you care to.

Berried Memories

Speaking of Berried Memories, once you have the Ulwaat Berries, you might as well see to this quest. Return to Galdin Quay and talk to Coctura - the proprietor of the Mother of Pearl restaurant. Seems she was making a dish for you, or to honor your impending wedding, in any event, and needs one final ingredient - some Ulwaat Berries. If you traded some carrots for them, hand them over to Coctura to finish up this quest.

Objective Reward
For giving Coctura some Ulwaat Berries EXP 5,000 / 3,000 Gil / Leiden Sweet Potato / Fine Cleigne Wheat / Ulwaat Berries

Trade two Caem Carrors for some Ulwaat Berries (left) and give them to Coctura to get access to a new meal (right).

Crazy About Cactuars

When you’re done messing around with carrots (for now at least) head into the the Hidden Getaway house and talk to Talcott, who will profess his love of Cactuars… or at least statuettes of them. His request is a pretty simple pair of fetch quests “A Cactuette of Wood” and a “Cactuette of Mortar”, both of which are under the umbrella of the quest “Crazy about Cactuars”. If you bought the Cactuar Statuette from the Post Kiosk at Wiz’s Chocobo Outpost and the Cactuar Model from Veenon’s Trading in Lestallum, you should be good to go. If not, you’ll need to head to those locations and drop 500 Gil and 1,000 Gil on them, respectively. In essence, you’re trading your time and money for 2,000 experience.

Objective Reward
For getting Talcott two Cactuettes EXP 2,000

A Feline Feast

The last bit of business requires seeing to one more pest. Head over to the lighthouse and make your way behind the structure to find a familiar feline resting on a crate. Noctis will again use his powers of kitty communication to decipher the pussy’s predictable plight. After some group chatter, a course of action will be decided upon - see if Monica has any ideas.

Search behind the beacon at Cape Caem to find an Oracle Ascension Coin (left), then search a crate to find the picky puss from Galdin Quay (right).

Return to the Hidden Getaway and talk to Monica and she’ll surprisingly indulge your nonsensical request… insomuch as she’ll agree to cook whatever you can bring her. Your options are to shell out an absurd amount of cash - 20,000 Gil - to buy some Luxury Cat Food from the nearby JM Market - Caem or you’ll have to catch a Dark Allural Sea Bass from the Caem Shore Fishing Spot, to the north-west. Be wary, though, as this may require you to possess some levels in your fishing skill, upgraded rods and reels and perhaps some Super Baleen or even Dragon’s Beard fishing line, as big, nasty fish inhabit that Fishing Spot.

Catch a Tide Grouper (left) or buy some Luxury Cat Food. Either way, feed the fancy feline to obtain a SkyGemstone (right).

Get whatever meal you can and feed it to the cat to finish this quest, the reward for which includes a Sky Gemstone , an upgrade component for the Circular Saw. Speaking of upgrading weapons, you’ve got - or will soon have - a bunch of new ones that need upgrading. Not only that, but you have the freedom and power to gather the components to upgrade older weapons. A bit of discussion seems necessary on the matter of upgrading weapons.

Objective Reward
For spoiling a cat, again EXP 1,200 / Sky Gemstone
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Guide Information
  • Publisher
    Square Enix
  • Platforms,
    PC, PS4, XB One
  • Genre
    Action RPG
  • Guide Release
    19 December 2016
  • Last Updated
    11 April 2023
    Version History
  • Guide Author
    Nathan Garvin, Jarrod Garripoli

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After a years-long cold war between the Kingdom of Lucis and the empire of Niflheim over the world’s last crystal, an armistice is finally agreed upon. As part of the peace treaty, the heir to the Lucian throne Noctis Lucis Caelum is to marry Lady Lunafreya Nox Fleuret, an oracle from the imperial province of Tenebrae. After Noctis sets out to meet his betrothed, the treaty collapses. Merely a ruse to bring down the magical barrier protecting Lucis, Niflheim invades and takes the kingdom and the crystal for itself. With the treaty in tatters and his father and betrothed believed dead, Noctis must rely on his own tenacity and the support of his band of loyal followers to get him through what is to come.

**Version 1.4 **

  • Complete coverage of the main story.
  • Basic gameplay section telling you how to play the game.
  • A Skills section showing everything related to the characters’ hobbies, including an extensive list of every recipe in the game.
  • A postgame section telling you how to get through every dungeon, including the brutal Pitioss Ruins.
  • All sidequests in the main walkthrough and in their own section.
  • Every single Hunt in the game, including strategies on how to beat them.
  • A miscellaneous section describing Chocobos and mini-games.
  • An extensive trophy/achievement guide.

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