Old Archades Old Archades is the slum city of rejects located parallel to the Imperial City of Archades itself , in " Final Fantasy XII " . Old Archades is where poverty - stricken families and people deemed unworthy to enter Archades live . " Information is Gold " on these streets . In fact , the player must exchange vital information between certain NPCs to gain access to Archades . Location . Treasures . In the original version , there is no treasure to be found in Old Archades . In the " International Zodiac Job System " version , twenty chests have been added to this location . Unfortunately the treasure here ranks among the worst found in the entire game , signifying the poverty of Old Archades . Chests typically will only hold tiny amounts of gil or the incredible common and nearly useless Knot of Rust . The best item to be found is an extremely rare Meteorite ( D ) but this appears only in a chest with a low spawn rate of 2 % . Story . Appearing from the Sochen Cave Palace , the party arrives in the Alley of Muted Sighs in Old Archades . Walking past a stranded seeq Merchant , a group of eight dancing moogles and a number of the poor and destitute , the party reaches the stairs to the city of Archades . However , Archadian guards stop them asking for credentials or identification . Without any , the party can not enter . Just as they are turned away , Jules , a streetear and an old friend of Balthier , appears , offering help in a sum of 1 , 500 gil . Vaan has no choice but to pay him , and Jules asks if he has heard any rumors in town . Vaan tells of one of three rumors he heard from walking past the Old Archades citizens , and Jules asks him to tell certain individuals what he has heard . This causes a fight forcing the guards to intervene , which allows Vaan and the rest of the party to enter Archades unnoticed . Quests . Rumors . There are three rumors which the player can tell to Jules . The Moogles Eight . At the Alley of Low Whispers , there is a group of eight moogles dancing , who are working for a Shady Seeq . Talking to the seeq reveals he is planning to sell the moogles . After telling Jules about it , Vaan can tell this to the moogles , causing the moogles to riot . Bags in barrels . A Lucky Man has just discovered a bag of coins in a barrel and tells Vaan about it . Jules asks Vaan to convey this information to a man named Beasley , who apparently discovered his bag of coins , which he hid in a barrel , missing . This prompts a fight between the two men . A swindler ' s swindler . A corrupt Ex - Broker in the Alley of Low Whispers is trying to stay out of sight of his old clients , whom he cheated out of their funds . Jules tells Vaan to relay this information to a Fresh Ardent who had just returned from Archades after being swindled by a broker . Once he finds out , the newcomer attacks the older man . Hunts . The Lindwyrm is a Rank V Mark whose hunt can be undertaken after the events in Draklor Laboratory are complete . The Lindwyrm is located in the Garden of Life ' s Circle area of the Tchita Uplands when the weather is cloudy ( no blue sky showing ) , but not when it is raining . If the weather is not cloudy or raining , the player must leave the Uplands completely and return to the zone . The hunt is petitioned by Fermon in Old Archades . Medallion piece . As part of the Medal collection side quest for Nabreus Deadlands , the player can talk to a nu mou in Archades who says he is looking for a medallion . After talking to the nu mou the medallion can be obtained from Otto in Old Archades . Great cockatrice escape . As part of the great cockatrice escape sidequest in Giza Plains , the player can talk to a cockatrice in Old Archades . This isn ' t the one the player must send back to Giza , but if the player talks to a cockatrice in Archades Highgarden Terrace building and mention the cockatrice in Old Archades they get a hand - bomb weapon . Cartographers ' Guild . If the player forgot to take the map of Royal Palace of Rabanastre while they were there , the map is available in Old Archades ' Alley of Low Whispers , for 100 , 000 gil . Musical themes . The background theme to Old Archades is called " A Moment ' s Rest " .