How to get Excalibur

....THE EXCALIBUR....

The Excalibur is a truly invigorating sword that can only be obtained in

the depths of the Great Crystal (Giruvegan). Its really good and stuff. The

Excalibur is:

Sword (2H)            Element: Holy

Attack power: 128

Evasion: 10

LP: 160

Its license is way at the end of the Swords/Katana license area, and the

Excalibur of course has its own license. Its pretty great for later in the

game when you want to level up characters to fight King Behemoth, Hellwyrm,

Yiazmat, etc. Because it does 9999 to most enemies in Pharos, where youll

likely be doing your leveling. So thats good, plus its the second strongest

2H Sword next to the Tournesol (which only has 12 more attack and 15 more

Evasion). So, how to get it?

                                >IIIa: Requirements<

Before you go hunting for the Excalibur, you need to have (done) these things:

 - Have a Diamond Armlet

And dazzit. This is by far the longest section in the FAQ.

                            >IIIb: Getting the Excalibur<

Arrive at Giruvegan.

Now go all the way through until you reach

The Great Crystal. This is where the going gets tough.

Open up this link:

http://www.m4lu.de/ff12maps/greatcrystalhires.jpg

This is the map of the Crystal. Now I'll walk you through

it. Note that there will undoubtedly be lots of enemies

teleporting in everywhere, most of which are weak to

Holy, so if you have a Holy Lance or something like that

equip it. Now.

You start at Waystone (WS) VIII. This is at the bottom

left of the provided map. Go North

now to WS IX, and touch it. This brings you to WS X. Go

down the only path and you'll arrive at WS XX. Now head

down either Southern path to the Sagitarrius Gate Stone.

Touch that and go back to WS XX, then go East, opening

up that Sagitarrius Gate, and to WS XII.

This brings you to WS XIV. Now you have to travel around

to the Excalibur chest. Looking at the map, head SW to

the first platform. North to the next. NE to the next, and

finally NE again to the last. There should be a treasure

chest here, and probably an enemy or two. Equip the

Diamond Armlet and open it. You'll probably get Gil, but

if youre lucky you'll get the Excalibur and youll be done!

However, if you didn't, you have to travel 3 screens back

to reset the chest. That means just count back 3 platforms

or whatever, then return to the Excalibur room. It might

take you in excess of 10 tries. Either way, youll get it, and

a good character can now deal 9999 damage to most of the Great

Crystal monsters with it. Now you can go get the Zodiac

Estucheon.

Note that, while the chest will respawn, you can only get 1

Excalibur. Also, something to note, when I got mine, I

actually found 2 chests overlapping, so I opened 2. I guess

it was a glitch, but it was still cool.