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Chapter 4 is when Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles really opens up, allowing you to explore the world for errands, specialty shops, and random battles to strengthen your team. One very effective way to boost your power is through a side story that becomes available during this chapter.
In this side story, you’ll recruit special characters and sometimes upgrade them without even realizing it! One of the quests involves turning Reis, a Holy Dragon, back into her original human form. She is recruited along with helpful Templar Beowulf, and once transformed, she becomes even more useful.
How to Turn Reis Human
Turning Reis into a human happens as part of this side story you can start in Chapter 4. You need to meet certain requirements:
- Recruited both Beowulf and Reis after finishing their quests.
- Completed the chapter’s main story battles and reached the Trade City of Sal Ghidos. There, you’ll see a cutscene with a flower girl—buying her flower is necessary if you want to recruit Cloud.
Following this, a cutscene in the Clockwork City of Goug will unlock. Watch the scene to gain a new rumor, which can be read at Zeltennia Castle. Reading this rumor opens access to Nelveska Temple, linked to Zeltennia Castle.
Traveling to Nelveska Temple will trigger a battle. Complete this battle to transform Reis into a human and continue with the next part of Chapter 4’s side story.
How to Defeat Construct 7
The Nelveska Temple battle features Construct 7, two Hydras, and three Cockatrices. The main threat is Construct 7—similar to Construct 8—so if you’re familiar with that fight, you’re halfway there. Unlike some enemies, Construct 7 doesn’t die instantly when its health drops to zero; it revives with minimal health, so focus on defeating it strategically.
Magic attacks are mostly ineffective as Construct 7 is immune to them. Physical attackers are your best bet. Units like Orlandeau and Agrias are ideal, especially with their Hallowed Bolts attack that hits multiple enemies. It’s best to eliminate the Hydras and Cockatrices first because they are easier to kill and can interfere with healing.
Once you isolate Construct 7, keep reviving any allies it kills while whittling down its health. Use units equipped with revival abilities—like Phoenix Down, Raise, or Revive—to keep your team alive.
How to Get the Escutcheon and Javelin
Nelveska Temple’s battlefield contains valuable, powerful equipment you can obtain with the Treasure Hunter ability, learned by Chemists. Focus on the tops of the two tall pillars near your starting area, which initially hold Hydras.
The desired items are the Javelin and Escutcheon, which, despite sharing names with weaker versions, are the strongest and most powerful. Make sure your Treasure Hunter units are equipped to recognize and pick up these elite items; you’ll see special icons over their heads when they’re on the right tiles.
To reach the top of these tall pillars, you’ll need:
- A monster unit capable of being stepped upon (like Construct 8 or Reis in her Holy Dragon form) standing next to the pillar.
- A Treasure Hunter with at least 4 Jump points, possibly equipped with Spiked Shoes to increase reach.
During this process, beware that Treasure Hunt mechanics depend on your unit’s Bravery stat:
- When ending a turn on a treasure tile, the game calculates whether you get the common or rare item.
- Higher Bravery increases the chance of finding the rare, better item.
- Units taking the Chemist job have an increased chance of obtaining rare items.
- Rapha is a popular Treasure Hunter due to her starting Bravery of only 32, which makes her over 70% likely to get the rare weapons from the pillars.
Using these strategies, you’ll be able to unlock some of the most powerful weapons in the game and successfully complete the chapter’s side missions.
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