A labor of love from our team of devoted Final Fantasy veterans, Final Fantasy XIII: The Complete Official Guide is a comprehensive, lavishly-crafted and – if we may be so bold – downright essential companion for all players who intend to enjoy the full FFXIII experience. Structured for maximum ease of use, it features everything from measured step-by-step guidance to analysis of hidden gameplay mechanics. Whether you use it as a well-thumbed reference tool, or make it a near-permanent fixture on your lap until you conquer every last challenge, this 100% complete guide will answer every question you may have – and, indeed, many you might never have thought of…
Features
The Strategy & Analysis chapter exposes hidden mechanics, advanced battle tactics and techniques to obtain the best rewards. Crystarium, Eidolons, Paradigms & roles, character development paths, synthesized abilities – it’s all in here!
All secrets included: every side-quest, every mini-game, every bonus, every Trophy and every Achievement revealed and explained.
Carefully designed to minimize unnecessary story spoilers.
The all-encompassing Inventory and Bestiary chapters contain comprehensive lists, tables and charts that reveal all notable attributes (including hidden stats) for every object and adversary encountered.
With detailed area maps and finely tuned guidance, the Walkthrough chapter charts the most rewarding path through the main storyline and all optional side-quests.
Editions
Choose your Guide Edition
| Image |  |  |
|---|---|---|
| Edition | Standard Edition | Collector’s Edition |
| Release date | 3/9/2010 | 3/9/2010 |
| Pages | 260 | 276 |
| Binding | Softcover | Hardcover |
| Bonus | Comprehensive story recap, illustrated with exclusive artwork. | |
| ISBN | 978-0-307468-37-6 | 978-0-307468-38-3 |
| EAN | 9780307468376 | 9780307468383 |
| UPC | 050694427812 | 050694427829 |
| Price | US $24.99 / CAN $28.99 | US $34.99 / CAN $39.99 |
| Availability | Sold out | Sold out |
Preview
The entire sample page pack
All the sample pages from the Final Fantasy XIII Complete Official Guide available in one easy download.
Reviews
“Just brilliant”
“This guide is just great. I usually get the guides with Final Fantasy games so that I don’t miss anything, including secret endings to the story etc. This one is just as good as can be: very well presented, good pictures and a very good walkthrough split in small numbered paragraphs easy to relate to the accompanying maps. I particularly appreciated the fact that they’ve tried to avoid the story spoilers as much as possible to let the player enjoy them in the game. All in all, a very good product and the perfect companion if you want to do and see everything in Final Fantasy XIII.”
Amazon Customer Review 04/22/2010
“Simply Excellent”
“I haven’t gotten much use out of it yet (as I’d like to beat the game before I refer to the guide), however, there have been a few times I felt necessary to reference it and it definitely does avoid unnecessary spoilers. All the information you’d want is where you’d expect it to be and organized in a logical fashion. So I beleive the content to be quite well put together, although, as I said, I haven’t used it much yet. But the thing I’d like to comment on the most about this guide is the quality of it. This thing is nicer than my college textbooks. It feels sturdy and looks great! There’s lots of attention to details and a few nice touches. Its fun to explore the book itself.”
Amazon Customer Review 03/10/2010
“Best I’ve seen in 18 years of hardcore gaming”
“I’ve seen a lot of different guides for games and this company Piggyback is the best I’ve seen so far. Nothing is missing from this guide. It’s got everything you need, like an encyclopedia for FFXIII. The words are intelligent and descriptive and they think of anything you may need to know at any given point in the game. They even have spoiler warnings and an index, as well as an intermission mid-story to get you prepped for the rest of the game. It has an excellent strategy and analysis section that teaches you everything about the way the game functions, as well as tables for every weapon, accessory, component, dismantles, EVERYTHING. A+ best I’ve seen in about 18 years of hardcore gaming.”
Amazon Customer Review 04/05/2010