Post-game: what to do after beating Final Fantasy Resonance

The last save point before the ending is the save crystal near the top of the Crystal Tower in Chapter 8; past it, a prompt warns that there is no going back. CGInferno's two ending videos stop at 'Fin.', with no save prompt, title-screen change or post-credits scene on screen.

PowerPyx says reloading a cleared save plays a short scene on the airship about a new presence in Ardra Crater, and that you keep free roam of the whole map by airship, with every quest and collectible still available. There's no New Game+, and PowerPyx counts none of the 40 trophies as missable, so one playthrough covers everything.

Spoiler clip · The end of the credits and 'Fin.' · reveal

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1:23:35–1:24:04 · 29 sThe end of the credits and 'Fin.'

1. Reload your cleared save.
2. Watch the airship scene about Ardra Crater.

PowerPyx's roadmap has three steps: finish the story (about 40 hours), side content (10–15 hours) and Ultima Weapon plus clean-up (1–5 hours), about 50–60 hours in all by PowerPyx's estimate for the platinum. For the side content it suggests the party members' substories first, for their stat boosts, then the Legendary Arms and Adamantite weapons, leaving Ultima Weapon for last.

Optional content you can still do after the story: the 15 Cave Masters, the 12 Legendary Arms, Aileen's 8 Adamantite weapons, the 99 Tablet Shards for Oblivion Palace, the Colosseum's four leagues, the side quests (Gilgamesh's 'Battle at the Big Bridge' among them) and the optional Sephiroth fight. Each has its own page; if 400 Resonances is still missing, PowerPyx suggests staggering one leftover enemy and using a healing Resonance over and over.

1. Do the party members' substories.
2. Collect the Legendary Arms and Adamantite weapons.
3. Fight Ultima Weapon last.
   Spoiler clip · Meeting Ultima Weapon in the crater · reveal

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   0:02–0:26 · 24 sMeeting Ultima Weapon in the crater

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Ultima Weapon waits in Ardra Crater in the south-east of the map: Lv.70 with about 3.9 million HP, per PowerPyx, who says it can be beaten at Level 60 and suggests 60–65 as a minimum. Its strongest attack, Ultima Beam, is flagged by an exclamation mark on the turn bar and red flames above its HP bar. The Ultima Weapon page has the unlock scene, the fight and the rewards.

1. Fly to Ardra Crater and interact with Ultima Weapon.

Dragon's Maw is an optional dungeon on the southern tip of the Kingdom of Pharm. It opens once you have the airship in Chapter 5, but PowerPyx recommends Level 55, calls its random encounters some of the toughest in the game and suggests coming back at the end of the game, when you are much stronger.

Past it is a small forested island where random battles can be one of three special enemies: a Metal Gigantuar (huge EXP; 8 HP, very high evasion, and it runs away), a King Gil Snapper (Lv.49, huge gil; weak to Ice, absorbs other elements, very high physical defense) and a Gigantuar (lots of MRP). PowerPyx ties the first two to the trophies 'Priceless Experience' and 'Struck Gold', and suggests Dualcast and high-level magic such as Ultima for the Metal Gigantuar.

CGInferno met one in the Crystal Tower in Chapter 8 (Lv.52, 14 HP on its Libra card), and the win paid 150,000 EXP. PowerPyx gives 8 HP for the Metal Gigantuar on the island; we haven't reconciled the two figures.

1. Fly to the southern tip of the Kingdom of Pharm.
2. Clear Dragon's Maw (Recommended Level 55).
3. Fight random battles on the forested island past it.