Last One Standing

Last One Standing is a side quest in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII that requires the player to defeat every Last One enemy, exterminating all possible monsters from Nova Chrysalia. However, as some foes only appear in the final dungeon, the player can only complete this quest in a New Game Plus playthrough.
==Quest log==
;Entry 1 - Quest Begins
:At the foot of the Oasis Lighthouse, Lightning meets a man called Zanford who claims to be the last researcher. Not the last remaining researcher, he clarifies, but someone who investigates the phenomenon of Last Ones.
:Last One monsters are fearsome beasts that concentrate the strength of their fellow predecessors into one last ultimate incarnation. Lightning's task is simple, yet surely impossible. Can she eradicate all monster species and slay every last Last One incarnation?
;Entry 2
:Lightning must slay every single Last One monster, fill every page of her Bestiary, and then report to Zanford, who waits for news by the Oasis Lighthouse.
:This is an incredibly difficult quest that requires all of Lightning's hardened battle skills. But there is a way to make Last One monsters appear without killing every individual of the species first. If Lightning can find out how, her task will not be quite so daunting.
;Entry 3 - Quest Complete
:Lightning has done the impossible. In doing so, she has shone a beam of inspiration and hope into Zanford's heart and thrown off the shadow of despair that had suffocated his soul.Lightning is the true chosen one. She can do what no one else can do. She can save humankind.
==Walkthrough==
Zanford at the Oasis Lighthouse at the Dead Dunes offers the quest since Day 1, but this quest cannot be completed on the first playthrough. Lightning must kill every Last One enemy and three of them only appear on the final day when returning to the quest-giver is impossible. She must also kill Cactair. Aeronite does not count. Zanford's dialogue will grow more enthusiastic the more Last Ones Lightning has defeated. In a New Game Plus playthrough, Lightning can approach him, start the quest, and immediately complete it if they have every Last One and Cactair defeated in the previous playthrough.
==Rewards==
Completing the quest earns 12000 gil, Bladed Lance weapon (the best spear Lightning can wield), Hermit's Cap adornment, Max HP +160, Strength +18, and Magic +16. Subsequent rewards if the player completes the quest again in another New Game Plus earns 18000 gil, Max HP +100, Strength +10, and Magic +8.
Defeating all Last Ones also earns various good weapons and accessories from the enemies themselves.
Category:Quests in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII