Shaolong Gui Shaolong Gui is a monster in " Final Fantasy XIII " that replaces Adamanchelid on Archylte Steppe after the player has completed all the missions in the Cie ' th Stone circle ( Missions 56 - 62 ) . They appear along with Long Gui that replaces the Adamantoise and Adamantortoise . Unlike its stronger counterpart , which shares the same drops as Adamantoise and Adamantortoise , Shaolong Gui does not share the same drops as Adamanchelid , and is the main source for Dark Matter outside of R & D Depot . Battle . Shaolong Gui opens the battle by casting Quake . It can use Ultima that hits the whole party for magical damage . Its stomp attacks interrupt characters mid - action alongside dealing damage . Strategy . The paradigm sets of SEN / SEN / SEN , SAB / SYN / SAB , MED / MED / MED , COM / SYN / MED , RAV / RAV / RAV , and COM / COM / COM can comfortably kill the Shaolong Gui within a reasonable period of time without too much risk . Wearing equipment to reduce damage and , optionally , reduce the likelihood of Daze can be useful . The player should begin the battle with SEN / SEN / SEN to reduce the damage from the initial Quake attack , then switch to SAB / SYN / SAB to begin the debuffing . Alternatively , begin with SAB / SYN / SAB and then switch to SEN / SEN / SEN immediately , as Quake takes time to cast . It is imperative the Shaolong Gui is constantly debuffed by Slow , in addition to all of the debuffs it is vulnerable to . Especially Daze is helpful . The party can do double damage to Shaolong Gui if it is inflicted with Imperil and a Synergist casts Enfire on the party . Once Shaolong Gui has been debuffed the party should stagger it with RAV / RAV / RAV and switch to COM / COM / COM to inflict damage . It will usually take two maxed out staggers to bring the Shaolong Gui down , though a maxed out party can do it in one stagger . The player should switch to SEN / SEN / SEN when the Shaolong Gui is about to cast either Ultima or Quake . The Shaolong Gui can be defeated relatively easily by exploiting its vulnerability to Daze . Use a party of Fang , Lightning and Hope , with Fang as the leader . The paradigm sets should be SEN / SEN / SEN , SYN / SYN / SYN , MED / MED / MED , SAB / SAB / SAB , RAV / RAV / RAV and SAB / COM / COM . If the party is well - developed in the Crystarium , then accessories should focus on increasing character Strength and Magic , rather than protective accessories . The party should begin with SYN / SYN / SYN and have Fang cast Haste on herself while the AI handles this for Lightning and Hope . While the casting is taking place , the player should switch to SEN / SEN / SEN to absorb Quake , then switch to SYN / SYN / SYN . Fang should cast Bravera and Faithra on all party members , while Lightning and Hope cast protective buffs . Once everyone has Bravera and Faithra MED / MED / MED can be used for healing if needed . Following this , in the SAB / SAB / SAB paradigm Fang should cast Slow , possibly mixing in some Daze , while waiting for Lightning and Hope to hit the Gui with Deprotect , Deshell and Imperil . Once Imperil is successful , the party should return to SYN / SYN / SYN and let Lightning and Hope take care of casting Enfire on everyone . Fang can cast Protectra and Shellra on herself at this time . Once everyone has Enfire , the party can optionally switch back briefly to SAB / SAB / SAB and hit with Daze , then switch to RAV / RAV / RAV . Bringing the chain gauge up to or near 999 % and switching to SAB / COM / COM , Fang should now manually cast Daze repeatedly while Lightning and Hope deal damage . With maxed characters , the Gui should fall in one stagger , and possibly in less than 2 : 30 . If one stagger does not finish it off , but its HP is less than a million , the party doesn ' t need to bother buffing or debuffing , but return to RAV / RAV / RAV to bring up its chain gauge and stagger it before switching back to SAB / COM / COM to finish it . Spoils . To farm for Dark Matter and Gold Nuggets , the best place is in the valley of Eastern Tors behind two Long Guis . After killing the three Shaolong Guis there , the player can exit where the save station is , stick to the wall at the right and jump onto it to find one more Shaolong Gui , wipe it out and return to the three newly respawned Shaolong Gui in the valley . It will not be possible to obtain both a Dark Matter and a Golden Nugget at the same battle . Rare drop have higher priority than common and have 5x better chance to drop when the battle is 5 - starred . Here are calculations of effective drop rate for 5 - starred battle :