Draklor Laboratory Draklor Laboratory is an unrevisitable location in " Final Fantasy XII " . It is situated in Archades , the capital city of the Archadian Empire , and is among the tallest buildings there . Location . Treasures . The treasures in Draklor Laboratories appear in pairs , with one treasure with 100 % spawn rate , and the other with 70 % spawn rate . They most often contain different types of Motes , even with the Diamond Armlet equipped . In the room in the northeastern corner of the Floor 66 the 70 % chance treasure can give a Power Vest , and the 100 % chance treasure can give a gambit for a foe weak against Wind . In the Floor 67 , in the southwestern corner of the area , the treasures can contain a Doom Mace ( 70 % treasure ) and gambit for a foe weak against the Dark ( 100 % ) . In the 70th Floor there is a single treasure with 70 % spawn rate that can contain the Pheasant Netsuke . 68th Floor - Room 6801 West . These chests only appear in the " International Zodiac Job System " version of the game . Energy Transitarium . These chests only appear in the " International Zodiac Job System " version of the game . This is the room where Cid is fought . As such , the player must grab the chest during the battle as they can never return to the location after . Story . The head researcher at Draklor is Dr . Cid , who has become obsessed with nethicite and spends all of his time researching its properties and how to integrate it into weapons for the empire . He conspires with Vayne Carudas Solidor to conquer all of Ivalice , and thus Vayne orchestrates for Archadia to invade the smaller nations on the Empire ' s border to obtain their shards of deifacted nethicite , heirlooms of Dynast King Raithwall so Cid can study their properties at the Draklor Laboratory . After meeting the rogue Occuria Venat at Giruvegan the two team up and Venat teaches Cid how to manufacture manmade nethicite . Behind Emperor Gramis Gana Solidor ' s back , Vayne enters a deal with Halim Ondore IV of Skycity of Bhujerba for the local Lhusu Mines to provide the Draklor Laboratories with magicite for study . Ashe , after obtaining the Sword of Kings , plans to use it to destroy the Empire ' s nethicite in the laboratory and infiltrates the Draklor Laboratory with the help of Balthier ' s " friend " , Jules . Once inside , the party discovers someone else has also infiltrated the building . The intruder shows himself when the party reaches the upper floors leading to Dr . Cid ' s room , and is revealed to be the sky pirate Reddas . Reddas assists the party when they confront Dr . Cid but Cid escapes with the nethicite , saying he is heading to Giruvegan . Reddas helps the others escape on his airship and takes them to the Balfonheim Port . Enemies . When the party first arrive there are no enemies . It is not until after the party arrives and obtains the map that an alarm is triggered , calling various enemy soldiers and the occasional mastiff to defend the lab . The party reaches the top floor by using switches to remotely open and close different doors , where they fight Cid . Once Dr . Cid is defeated , the party can no longer return . Etymology . The word Draklor may come from two words : " dark " with changed letter order and " lore " which is other word for " wisdom " . This makes the Laboratory ' s full name " Laboratory of Dark Wisdom " which is correct as in the laboratory , Dr . Cid is researching various weapons of war , and the information about the research done there is not public .