Past Sins (Louverance's Path)

• Nexus Cape: Join somebody who can reach the isle, then use the cape. You must have visited Bibiki Bay, but do not need to have visited the isle itself.
• Voidwatch warp: An Atmacite Refiner can warp you directly to the isle if you have Hyacinth Stratum Abyssite II. At Item Level 115+ with Rhapsody in Mauve, you can use Trust and purchase Phase Displacers for 1,000 gil each to complete the four Tavnazia Voidwatch prerequisites. Using five displacers per fight costs 20,000 gil in total; sufficiently strong players can fight without them.
• Event swimsuit enchantment: The following RSE swimsuits can teleport you to the isle after you have visited Bibiki Bay. Some holiday events sell them through an Event Moogle.
  • Custom Gilet +1 — Hume
  • Magna Gilet +1 — Elvaan
  • Elder Gilet +1 — Galka
  • Savage Top +1 — Mithra
  • Wonder Maillot +1 — Tarutaru
• Manaclipper: If the other options are unavailable, take the ferry as described below.

Swimsuit timer: Retrieving one of these items from an Event Item Storer resets its reuse timer. You must then wait 20 hours before using the enchantment.

Enter Mine Shaft #2716 from Newton Movalpolos at (M-9) and select the battlefield A Century of Hardship.

If you have the Home Point: Warp to the Newton Movalpolos Home Point at (M-9). The entrance to the shaft is right beside it.

If you have not registered the Home Point, use one of these routes:

• Tarnotik / Snow Lily: Trade a Snow Lily to Tarnotik in Oldton Movalpolos at (K-10) to warp to the shaft. Register the Home Point on arrival to avoid needing a second lily for the return visit. A further lily can be useful for Mission 7-3, Fire in the Eyes of Men.
• Tarnotik / Ahriman Tears: If the teleport portion of Return to the Depths is active, or you have obtained the Pungent Providence Pot key item through that quest, trade a bottle of Ahriman Tears instead. This option remains available even after selling the key item.
• Twinkbrix ENM shortcut: Speak to Twinkbrix in Oldton Movalpolos (E-13). Trade 1–10,000 gil for a chance to obtain the Shaft Gate Operating Dial; a 10,000-gil trade gives a 50% chance. After obtaining it, pay another 2,000 gil to warp to the shaft.
• Walking route: Follow the route through Newton Movalpolos used for the Bionic Bug ENM. The bridge at (K-10) requires three people to operate the three Rusty Levers simultaneously. This is a longer route than the NPC warps.

Before fighting: If you arrive inside the shaft by NPC warp, turn around and exit to Newton Movalpolos to register the Home Point, then re-enter. Sleakachiq, outside the battlefield exit, also offers a paid warp back to the shaft if you wish to do an ENM while here.

Buffs wear on entry. The fight is soloable starting around level 65+ with Trust, easy at level 80+, and trivial at Item Level.

You face four Moblins and one Bugbear:

• Bugbby uses Mighty Strikes, attacks twice each round like a Monk, and is extremely susceptible to Stun.
• The Moblins use their jobs' two-hour abilities and are extremely susceptible to Silence. Keeping them silenced makes the fight much easier.
• Any Moblin can call Bugbby to the center of the battlefield, resetting his hate and interrupting kiting. Reclaim hate when this happens.
• All five enemies are immune to Sleep and Sleepga, even with Elemental Seal.
• Each living party member receives 1,000 EXP, including on the first win.

Entrance versus exit: Leaving the battlefield places you at the one-way exit in Newton Movalpolos at (J-7). To re-enter, use the entrance beside the M-9 Home Point. Farm a Gold Key for the next stage while you are in Newton Movalpolos to save a return trip.