If you’re aiming to unlock the “Rare Wares” achievement, this guide will walk you through everything you need to know about poaching, from how to unlock it to efficiently farming those elusive monster drops.
The process might seem complex at first — hunting monsters, breeding variants, and managing drops — but once you understand how the system works, gathering poach-exclusive items becomes straightforward and even rewarding.
FFT The Ivalice Chronicles Rare Wares Achievement Poaching Guide
Poaching becomes available starting in Chapter 3, once you’ve unlocked the Thief job line. To make use of it:
- Equip the Poach Support Ability on a character.
- Defeat a monster using a regular Attack command (skills and magic don’t count).
- When a unit with Poach lands the finishing blow, the monster’s carcass is added to your inventory.
You can poach both enemy and ally monsters, and every successful poach adds a carcass that can be traded at a Poacher’s Den for rare loot.
Poacher’s Den Locations:
The map layout remains identical to the PSX version. Towns with Poacher’s Dens are marked by red circles on fan maps (like those created by VGCartography). Simply visit these marked towns to turn in your spoils.
Common vs. Rare Poach Items
Every monster species offers two potential rewards when poached:
- Common Item – frequently obtained, usually basic consumables or equipment.
- Rare Item – less common, but usually stronger or unique gear.
When you successfully poach a monster, a ✨ symbol appears next to the name if you’ve obtained a rare item.
To earn the Rare Wares Achievement, you need 10 unique poach-exclusive items — they can be either common or rare, as long as they come from a monster-only drop.
Tip: At the Poacher’s Den, look for items marked with a monster icon — those count toward the achievement.
Breeding for Easier Poaching
The most reliable way to farm poachable monsters is through breeding rather than relying on random encounters.
Here’s how it works:
- Recruit a Monster
- Use an Orator with Beast Tongue (or any unit with the Tame Support Ability).
- Get the target monster’s HP into critical range, then attempt to recruit.
- Breed Variants
- Monsters left in your party will occasionally lay eggs when you move between locations.
- Hatching eggs can produce other variants of that species.
- Example: Chocobo → Black Chocobo → Red Chocobo or Dragon → Red Dragon → Blue Dragon.
- Expand Access
- Through breeding, you can unlock all palette-swapped versions of a single monster type, saving time on field hunting.
Efficient Poaching Strategy
To maximize your results, follow this method:
- Save before entering battle.
- Bring the monster you want to poach along with a unit who has the Poach ability equipped.
- Use regular attacks to finish off the monster.
- After victory, check your spoils at the nearest Poacher’s Den.
- Didn’t get the item you want? Reload and retry.
This “save-scumming” method prevents wasted time if RNG doesn’t favor you.
Achievement Tips
- Only 10 unique poach-exclusive items are needed to unlock the achievement.
- Some items may come from a monster’s common drop, so don’t ignore them.
- Always confirm whether an item has the monster icon next to it in the Den — those are the ones that count.
Poaching Loot Table
Below is the complete poaching loot table.
Items in bold and underlined are poach-exclusive and count toward the Rare Wares achievement.
| Monster | Common Item | Rare Item | Spawn Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chocobo | Phoenix Down | Hi-Potion | Mandalia Plains |
| Black Chocobo | Eye Drop | X-Potion | Balias Tor |
| Red Chocobo | Remedy | Barette | Balias Tor |
| Goblin | Potion | Hi-Potion | Mandalia Plains |
| Black Goblin | Hi-Potion | Antidote | The Siedge Weald |
| Gobbledygook | Mage Masher | Ancient Sword | Balias Swale |
| Red Panther | Antidote | Battle Boots | Mandalia Plains |
| Coeurl | Gold Needle | Germinas Boots | Balias Swale |
| Vampire Cat | Holy Water | Croakadile Bag | Balias Swale |
| Bomb | Flameburst Bomb | Flame Rod | The Siedge Weald |
| Grenade | Snowmelt Bomb | Flame Mace | Zeklaus Desert |
| Exploder | Spark Bomb | Flame Shield | Lake Poescas |
| Skeleton | Holy Water | Ether | The Siedge Weald |
| Bonesnatch | Hi-Potion | Partisan | Tchigolith Fenlands |
| Skeletal Fiend | Mage’s Cloak | Elven Cloak | Mount Bervenia |
| Piscodaemon | Echo Grass | Hi-Potion | Fovoham Windflats |
| Squidraken | Shoulder Cape | Sleep Blade | Balias Swale |
| Mindflayer | Hi-Ether | Vampire Cape | Balias Swale |
| Ghoul | Ether | Kunai | Araguay Woods, Tchigolith Fenlands |
| Ghast | Hi-Potion | Main Gauche | Araguay Woods, Tchigolith Fenlands |
| Revenant | Hi-Ether | Mythril Gun | The Yuguewood |
| Floating Eye | Shuriken | Platinum Dagger | Fovoham Windflats |
| Ahriman | Fuma Shuriken | Air Knife | Tchigolith Fenlands |
| Plague Horror | Yagyu Darkrood | Zwill Straightblade | Mount Bervenia |
| Jura Aevis | Potion | Rubber Boots | Zeklaus Desert, Fovoham Windflats |
| Steelhawk | Phoenix Down | Hunting Bow | Zeklaus Desert |
| Cockatrice | Gold Needle | Featherweave Cloak | Zeklaus Desert (Chapter 4) |
| Wisenkin | Battle Axe | Giant’s Axe | Zeklaus Desert, Balias Tor |
| Minotaur | Coral Sword | Slasher | Balias Tor |
| Sehkret | Holy Lance | Ivory Pole | Fovoham Windflats (Chapter 4) |
| Malboro | Platinum Dagger | Ice Shield | Araguay Woods |
| Ochu | Nu Khai Armband | Chameleon Robe | Finnath Creek |
| Greater Malboro | Elixir | Omnilex | The Catacombs (Midlight’s Deep – Floor 4) |
| Dryad | Eye Drops | Healing Staff | Araguay Woods, Finnath Creek |
| Treant | Gold Staff | Faerie Harp | Araguay Woods, Finnath Creek |
| Elder Treant | Protect Ring | Defender | Finnath Creek |
| Dragon | Jade Armlet | Hydrascale Bag | Lenalian Plateau, Finnath Creek |
| Blue Dragon | Cashmere | Dragon Rod | Dorvauldar Marsh, The Interstice |
| Red Dragon | Sortilége | Dragon Whisker | Mount Germinas |
| Behemoth | Guardian Bracelet | Pantherskin Bag | Dugeura Pass, Mount Germinas |
| Behemoth King | Envoûtement | Artemis Bow | Lake Poescas |
| Dark Behemoth | Wizard’s Rod | Stoneshooter | Lake Poescas, The Palings |
| Hydra | Blood Sword | Scorpion Tail | The Switchback |
| Greater Hydra | Septième | Rubber Suit | Terminus |
| Tiamat | Wyrmweave Silk | Whale Whisker | Terminus |
| Pig | Maiden’s Kiss | Hairband | Tchigolith Fenlands (Ch. 2) / Gollund Colliery Ridge (Ch. 4) / Dorvauldar Marsh |
| Swine | Chantage | Nagnarock | Terminus |
| Wild Boar | Ribbon | Fallingstar Bag | Breeding Only |
Accessing Midlight’s Deep
After completing the Mullonde Cathedral battles in Chapter 4, return to Warjilis to trigger a cutscene revealing Midlight’s Deep — a hidden post-game dungeon containing some of the rarest monsters in the game.
If you missed the Pig in earlier battles, you still have a chance to find one at Dorvauldar Marsh, though the spawn rate is quite low.
Poaching in The Ivalice Chronicles is one of the most intricate but rewarding systems in the game. It encourages monster collection, tactical breeding, and patience — but the payoff is immense. By following this guide and targeting the underlined items above, you’ll have no trouble unlocking the “Rare Wares” achievement while also filling your armory with powerful, exclusive gear.