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I spent a lot of hours idling with [[Aranea]] during Chapter 7, thinking our time together was limited and trying to have [[Promptos]] capture some good moments. Turns out she'll randomly rejoin your party for fights in later chapters, and you can glitch her to not leave.
She never downs, can link strike, can revive your other party members, participates in camps and photos, Sawashiro Miyuki. She can't level, can't change [[gear]], can't be targeted by [[items]], has no [[chocobo]], doesn't ride inside vehicles, blocks Tour quests, may lurk in some scenes, doesn't help the already bad party AI, makes the Carbuncle buff harder to get.
==Steps==
#Camp at [[Cotisse Haven ]] north of [[Hammerhead]]. You may know this as an [[Angelus farming spot]]. Wait till midnight and save. You can pick up a nighttime bounty (Raindrops in the Night) to fast forward to night right away. Fast traveling to [[Galdin ]] and back will burn the rest of the hours.#After around midnight, the spawn tables change. The usual dropship will stop appearing and Giants will start appearing. Head North towards the wall with the red fence. Wander till you trigger a [[Giant ]] spawn. If nothing is showing up, you can try the beast whistle, it seems to queue a spawn at the next spawn location you come across. If you get Imperials, you can despawn the drops by fast traveling to your car, then back to camp.
#As soon as you agro the Giant, Aranea should be on her way. Run outside the combat radius, bring up the map, and Return to rest point. Do not wait for any signs of her or it'll be too late, unless you want to test if she's spawning at all and reload to actually get her.
#Open the camp menu *before* her descent animation plays and she joins the party. If you wait too long, the UI will be locked and you won't be able to get the menu, you'll have to reload and try again.
Removing Aranea: She will leave your party when it resets at certain story events or quests. If you're in the postgame, the only known ways to remove her are by repeating the final battles and reloading your new clear file or one time with the diner part of the mountain hunt pre-quest. You can repeat the steps to recruit her again after she leaves.
I've confirmed that you can also remove her by going to [[Pitioss]], though I'm still horrible at landing there.
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