Phon Coast The Phon Coast is a location in the land of Ivalice in " Final Fantasy XII " . Story . The party passes through Phon Coast on their way to Archades , where Ashe wants to destroy the Empire ' s nethicite with the Sword of Kings . Balthier , who has seen Ashe ' s interest in the nethicite grow during their journey , stops to warn Ashe of the stones ' power while the party takes a break on Phon Coast . Balthier then goes on to reveal that Dr . Cid is his father and that he used to be a judge before he ran away from Archades to become a sky pirate . He doesn ' t want Ashe to end up the same way as his father did . With this in mind , Ashe still decides to carry on her journey , and the party leaves the coast to travel inland toward the capital . Locations . Connecting the regions of Nabradia and Archadia , the Phon Coast is located between the Salikawood and the Tchita Uplands . It has white sandy beach es that need to be crossed to reach Archades by land . Leads to the Salikawood , contains a Save Crystal and where the " Strahl " is berthed . Contains a chocobo path that leads to Caima Hills and vice - versa . A Wayward Chocobo lurks here . Contains a Notice Board , Gate Crystal , Chocobo Stables , Item Shop , and the Hunt Club . A Wayward Chocobo lurks here . On the western side is a Chocobo path leading to and from Pora - Pora Sands . In the northern section , there is a hidden passage that leads straight to Limatra Hills and vice versa . On the beach is a cluster of 16 treasure chests that must not be looted from if one wants to receive the Zodiac Spear later on . In the southern side is a hidden path that leads to and from The Vaddu Strand . Leads to the Tchita Uplands and contains a Save Crystal . Weather . The Phon Coast has three different weather conditions : The weather is either sunny or cloudy / rainy . During the cloudy / rainy weather , the weather changes when zoning between areas within the Coast . When it is raining , the Air Elemental is encountered in the Pora - Pora Sands and Limatra Hills areas . Also , when raining , Fire damage is halved and Lightning damage is boosted . Treasures . Several Hi - Potions and Motes can be found across the Phon Coast . With the Diamond Armlet equipped , the common treasure is a Knot of Rust and the rare treasure is a good healing item , like an Elixir or a high - level Mote ( such as the Scathe Mote ) . In the Reseta Strand , there is a treasure that spawns in the middle of the northern edge of the area that can have the Metal Jerkin . The Mauleia Strand area has treasure all around its southern edge , and one of them can have the Murasame . In Pora - Pora Sands the treasure in the northeast can have the Aldebaran . Treasure found in the Cape Uahuk area can have the Black Garb and Black Cowl . In the southeast part of the Cape Tialan area , multiple treasure chests spawn . The player may find the Halberd , Diamond Shield , another Aldebaran , and a Gokuu Pole , among many others . In Caima Hills , there is a treasure chest that spawns a bit off the entrance from Hunters ' Camp that may have the Thorned Mace . In Limatra Hills , the treasure chest that spawns nearest to the entrance from Caima Hills can have the Adamant Hat . A treasure chest that spawns near the exit to the Save Crystal area can have the Recurve Crossbow . The Phon Coast contains a treasure chest ( labeled in red ) that , once claimed , prevents the player from obtaining the Zodiac Spear ( one of the most powerful weapons ) in the Necrohol of Nabudis . The forbidden chest is among 16 chests found on the beach in Vaddu Strand . All the chests contain Knots of Rust so the player can easily ignore them even if only one of them is the forbidden one . The 16 chests on the Phon Coast correspond to the 16 chests in the Necrohol of Nabudis and , once claimed , will disappear from both locations , which is why claiming the treasure at Phon Coast prevents the player from getting the spear at Necrohol of Nabudis . If the player claims the chests with the Diamond Armlet equipped they contain Dark Matter instead of Knots of Rust . It is advised to first claim the Zodiac Spear and later claim the other chests with the Diamond Armlet equipped , either at the Necrohol or at Phon Coast . The concept of forbidden chests was removed for the " International Zodiac Job System " version . The Vaddu Strand . Chests in this location do not respawn . In the " International Zodiac Job System " version the contents of these treasure chests have been altered significantly . They include items like Teleport Stones and Braid Wool not normally found in treasures . This is a clue that this set of treasure chests hold a secret . To unlock this secret , the player must take the first Japanese character / syllable of each treasure going from last to first ( east to west ) . Doing so produces the following syllables . Combining the syllables produces three words . These are portions of the Japanese names for Great Crystal ( Kurisutaru Gurande ) , Pharos - First Ascent ( Ridoruana Daitōdai - Kasō ) , and Skyferry ( Hikūtei Teikibin ) are the locations of the three strongest invisible weapons . Quests . Hunt Club . A group of unruly bangaa hunters operate out of one of the docked ships . Rather than Marks , they prefer to hunt the more elusive Rare Game . After completing the events at Draklor Laboratory , they petition Vaan to hunt for them and return with trophies received from defeating the rarest of creatures . There are 30 Trophies in total and , depending on which bangaa Vaan gives the trophies to , he gets varying rewards for his efforts . The objective is to collect the 30 trophies and trade them to Atak , Stok and Blok to unlock items in the Shifty - Eyed Merchant ' s store . Unfortunately , since there are only 30 trophies , it is impossible to unlock everything . Depending on who the player gives the most trophies to , there will be an additional reward after trading in all 30 trophies . If the player visits the Highgarden Terrace in Archades and talks to the Hunt Club Owner , he will reward the player for finding the 30 trophy monsters . Highgarden Terrace is only accessible with a Sandalwood Chop , an item granting its owner access to the higher class areas of Archades . Rare Game . Some of the Rare Game are found at Phon Coast . To spawn Thalassinon , the player must talk to the " Huntmaster " in the rare game hunt party in the Phon Coast , he will give the player details of what they must do . Then the player must stand at the highest point in the Vaddu Strand area for ten seconds . The enemy will appear below on the beach . To spawn the Apsara , the player must kill at least ten Piranhas in the Phon Coast ( no chain required ) without leaving the Phon Coast . The best place to kill Piranhas is the Vaddu Strand . The Apsara appears on the beach area of Mauleia Strand . To find Skullash the player must have spoken to the " Huntmaster " and started the Rare Game quest . Afterward there is a 40 % chance it will appear among the Pyrolisks in Cape Tialan . Small Key . If the player defeated the Earth Tyrant , Rimzat can be found in the Hunters ' Camp and talks about what went on after the Earth Tyrant ' s death . After the Antlion hunt in the Lhusu Mines has been completed , the Site 11 Key can be found in the Hunters ' Camp , next to a fallen Bhujerba n . This unlocks a gate in Lhusu Mines to get to the deepest parts of the complex . Musical themes . The theme of Phon Coast is simply called " Phon Coast " .