New Bodhum

New Bodhum is a coastal town in Final Fantasy XIII-2, located on a shore of Gran Pulse, built by NORA and the residents of the original city of Bodhum in Cocoon, after which the town is named. In Final Fantasy XIII-2 Fragments Before it is stated the Cavalry also helped in the town's construction.
==Datalog==
New Bodhum is one of the settlements built by immigrants from Cocoon on the shores of Gran Pulse. Many of its residents, are former inhabitants of Cocoon's seaside town of Bodhum.
Serah's fiance, Snow, chose the settlement's name. The members of his group, NORA, help work the fields and protect the townspeople from roaming monsters.
;Travel Guide: New Bodhum
;Area Information
New Bodhum is a seaside village located some distance from Cocoon's pillar. Most of the residents are refugees from the former Cocoon town, Bodhum.
The residents are trying to recreate the fireworks festival for which old Bodhum became famous. If they succeed, the town is sure to become a major tourist destination.
;From the Editor's Desk:
Be sure to drop by NORA House, a peaceful cafe right on the beach that serves up a fatally delicious dish of deadly whitefish. When we asked the very attractive chef what exactly was in it, she told us 'It's better that you don't know!' 
==Story==
In the two years after Lightning's disappearance, NORA built New Bodhum and taught the former Cocoon citizens how to adapt to living on Pulse. Snow and Serah lived together, though still unmarried, and she became a teacher to educate kids on how Cocoon fell. One day Snow told Serah he believes her about Lightning being alive somewhere. Giving Serah his engagement necklace, he promised he will bring her home.
A year passes and Serah never hears back from Snow. One night, a crystal meteorite lands outside of town and mysterious monsters appear and attack the residents. As NORA fends them off, Serah gets caught in the chaos. A young man saves her and, with little time to talk, he hands Serah a weapon, enabling her to fight the monsters with him.
The man introduces himself as Noel Kreiss, and after they fight Gogmagog that emerges from a time rift, he tells Serah he has met Lightning and can take her to her, but NORA won't believe he is telling the truth. Noel shows them the meteor is really a Time Gate.
The next day, Serah and Noel search for an artefact to unlock the Time Gate. After finding it Noel reveals he is the last human alive in his time, 700 AF in the future. Before they get to the Time Gate, they have a rematch with Gogmagog, after which they reach the gate and step into the Historia Crux. If they return to New Bodhum later, they will find NORA marveling how they have barely been away.
After Caius puts Serah into sleep in the Void Beyond, she ends up in the dream world version of New Bodhum from 3 AF where she is married to Snow and Lightning lives with them. Serah doubts the reality of the world and when she rejects the fake Lightning, a pathway to the Meteorite Crash Site area opens. At its end Serah is surprised to meet Vanille who explains the New Bodhum is a dream world, and Fang appears out of a portal. Vanille says that Serah's friend is trapped in his dream world somewhere in the Void Beyond and she must help him lest he'll be lost in it forever. Fang says Serah's rejection of the fake Lightning allowed them to enter her dream and opens a portal to Noel's dream world for Serah to continue on her quest.
At 700 AF, Serah, Mog, and Noel meet Lightning in the blackened ruins of New Bodhum. Lightning tells them they are in a future she couldn't save, before explaining everything that happened to her after Cocoon's fall and how Caius plans to turn the world into another Valhalla. To stop Caius's plan, Mog reveals a new Time Gate for Serah and Noel to pass through, leading to Academia 500 AF, the time Caius is to enact his plan.
If Serah and Noel return to New Bodhum in 3 AF where they had begun their journey, the members of NORA sense their final battle looms near and wish them the best of luck.
==Areas==
The layout for the town area of New Bodhum is taken from playable section of Bodhum from Final Fantasy XIII, albeit with architecture change. The town is smaller than Bodhum, although it's possible that the buildings seen across the sea are part of the town as well. The building that evolved from the cafe's concept, was re-imagined into a bungalow which serves as a house and a bar. The wooden pier along the beach is also recreated. One of a fragment entries mentions that Gadot designed the houses along the shore. The village has a vegetable patch, a pier, and raised residences with walk ways between them.
The uninhabited area of the locale is a hilly area and for a proper travel requires people to jump over ledges and pits. Tidal Shallows is occasionally submerged, and the Meteorite Impact Site is a small recess in a previously flat hill created when the meteorite hit it.
*NORA House
*Town Square
*Beachfront
*Winding Way
*Tidal Shallows
*Meteorite Impact Site
The area map in 3 AF shows New Bodhum to be in the south of the area, and the meteorite impact site to the north. However, in Hollow Seclusion and in 700 AF, the village is to the west.
==Treasure==
===3 AF===
Item 	Location 	Requirements
Potion x3 	Winding Way 	None
Librascope 	Winding Way 	None
Map of New Bodhum 	Winding Way 	None
Phoenix Down 	Winding Way 	None
300 gil 	Winding Way 	None
Medical Kit 	Winding Way (Box) 	None
Iron Bangle 	Tidal Shallows 	None
Phoenix Down 	Tidal Shallows 	None
Graviton Core Alpha 	Tidal Shallows 	Moogle Hunt
Gysahl Greens x2 	Meteorite Impact Site	None
Blue Propeller 	Town Square 	Improved Moogle Throw
Rangda 	Town Square 	Improved Moogle Throw
Gold Chocobo Figurine	Meteorite Impact Site	Improved Moogle Throw
Cactuarina 	Meteorite Impact Site	Improved Moogle Throw
===700 AF===
Item 	Location 	Requirements
Phoenix Blood 	Beachfront 	Moogle Hunt
Cartesian Board 	Beachfront 	Moogle Hunt, Moogle Throw
Map of New Bodhum -700 AF-	Town Square	Advanced Moogle Hunt
Artefact of the Ark 	Town Square	Advanced Moogle Hunt
Supply Sphere Access Code 	Town Square	Advanced Moogle Hunt
Noel's Message 	Beachfront 	Paradox Scope fragment skill
Serah's Message 	Town Square	Paradox Scope fragment skill
==Enemies==
;3 AF - Initial Visit
;Town Square
*Nekton
*Meonekton
;Beachfront
*Gorgonopsid
*Spiceacilian x3
*Spiceacilian x4
*Meonekton x2
*Meonekton x2, Nekton
*Meonekton, Nekton x3
*Nekton x3
*Pulsework Soldier
;Winding Way
*Gorgonopsid
*Spiceacilian x3
*Meonekton x2
*Meonekton x2, Nekton
*Meonekton, Nekton x3
*Nekton x3
*Pulsework Soldier
*Gogmagog (Boss)
;Tidal Shallows
*Sarracenia x2
*Spiceacilian x2
*Spiceacilian x3
*Spiceacilian x4
;3 AF- Subsequent Visits
;Beachfront
*Tabasco Toad x2
*Tabasco Toad, Spiceacilian
*Spiceacilian x2
*Spiceacilian x3
*Exoray
*Gorgonopsid
;Winding Way
*Spiceacilian x2
*Spiceacilian x3
*Pulsework Soldier
*Gorgonopsid
;Tidal Shallows
*Spiceacilian x3
*Spiceacilian x4
*Tabasco Toad, Spiceacilian
*Tabasco Toad x2
*Sarracenia, Spiceacilian x2
*Sarracenia x2
*Exoray
;700 AF
*Apotamkin
*Pantopoda
*Pleuston
*Strigoi
*Seeker
*Metallicactuar
==Musical themes==
New Bodhum has two tracks, both composed by Mitsuto Suzuki and performed by ORIGA: "New Bodhum", and its remix, "New Bodhum -Aggressive Mix-". The regular song is a calm and slightly upbeat. The aggressive mix plays whenever enemies appear on the field, during the duration of the Mog Clock. When New Bodhum is being explored in 3 AF during the night, just after the meteorite's impact, a track called "Full Speed Ahead" plays as both the background theme and as the battle theme.
The next morning, "New Bodhum" and "New Bodhum -Aggressive Mix-" play in 3 AF, while in 700 AF, "Dust to Dust" - from Final Fantasy XIII - plays as the background theme initially, but after the meeting with Lightning, "Lightning's Theme - Unprotected Future -" plays as the main area theme. During battles in the area in 3 AF, "Paradigm Shift" plays as the battle theme whereas in 700 AF, "Blinded By Light" from Final Fantasy XIII plays.
==Other appearances==
===Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade===
===Final Fantasy Record Keeper===
==Behind the scenes==
This concept art of Eden appears in a wall portrait in the NORA house of New Bodhum.
If the player skips the cutscene in which Noel asks Serah if she is ready to go with him on the journey at the meteorite, the game will not continue. Players will need to watch the cutscene otherwise the Live Trigger menu for Noel's question will not appear.
==Gallery==
;3 AF
New Bodhum -003 AF-.png|New Bodhum.
New Bodhum -003 AF- High Angle.png|High angle view.
New Bodhum -003 AF- Beach.png|The sea.
FFXIII-2 New Bodhum 3AF - Beach.png|The beach.
Noel-Serah New Bodhum.jpg|Noel and Serah on the beach.
FFXIII-2 Serah Riding Chocobo.jpg|Serah and Noel riding chocobos on the beach.
FFXIII-2 New Bodhum 003AF - Town Square.png|Town Square.
FFXIII-2 NORA House New Bodhum.png|NORA House.
FFXIII-2 Inside NORA House New Bodhum.png|Inside NORA House.
FFXIII-2 Serah Room.png|Serah's room in NORA House.
FFXIII-2 New Bodhum 003AF - Winding Way.png|Winding Way.
FFXIII-2 New Bodhum 003AF - Serah & Noel.png|Serah and Noel in the Winding Way.
FFXIII-2 New Bodhum 003AF - Tidal Shallows.png|Tidal Shallows.
FFXIII-2 New Bodhum 003AF - Meteorite Impact Site.png|Meteorite Impact Site.
NewBodhumAtNight.png|At night.
New Bodhum 3 AF Map.jpg|The map.
;3 AF (Dream World)
FFXIII-2 New Bodhum 003 AF Dream 1.png|New Bodhum in Serah's dream.
FFXIII-2 New Bodhum 003 AF Dream 2.png|New Bodhum in Serah's dream.
FFXIII-2 New Bodhum 003 AF Dream Serah Lightning.png|Serah and Lightning at the peer.
;700 AF
New Bodhum future concept art.jpg|Concept art.
FFXIII-2 New Bodhum 700 AF Arrival.png|The party arrives in New Bodhum 700 AF.
FFXIII-2 New Bodhum 700 AF.png|New Bodhum 700 AF.
FFXIII-2 New Bodhum 700 AF Beach.png|The beach.
FFXIII-2 New Bodhum 700 AF Crystal Pillar.png|The collapsed Crystal Pillar.
FFXIII-2 New Bodhum 700 AF Final Time Gate.png|Time Gate.
New Bodhum 700 AF Map.jpg|Map.
==See also==
*Live Trigger/New Bodhum
Category:Locations in Final Fantasy XIII-2
Category:Towns