

Cloak Aura skill 1 and 2 are necessary for this one. The best time I got without Cloak Aura was 1 min 45 seconds which got me 4 stars. After that Pirates 8 and 9 are easy again, later down the path, alone, and facing away from you. (you need to get to pirate 6 at about 4 min 10-20 sec left on the clock, or 40-50 seconds into the attempt) Pirate 7 is generally roaming towards Pirate 6 right around the 4 minute mark and gets alerted if you take too long to get to Pirate 6. Pirate 3 roams along a path right before Pirates 4 & 5 who are standing nearby one another but can still be approached. Pirates 1 & 2 are relatively easy and are facing away from you. They are generally very far apart except for the 4-5 pirates in the middle. This might be the toughest one because if you alert the pirates you have to completely start over. Mari will ask you to stealth takedown 9 pirates in the area. Mari is located in the mission instance location under Amber Town. There is no quest marker for this one just like Battle Test.

*** Spoiler - click to reveal *** -The quest giver for this is in Sapphire town and asks you to find her friend Mari who likes dark places. My final time for this was about 1 min 20 seconds (80 seconds) so I think the 5 star cut off is 90 seconds or less. At the last chest I punched Smoker a couple of times to knock him back and while he was stunned/knocked down I was able to open the chest. With the skills, I was able to Flame-Flame Dash along the parapet walls, land near the chests, and open them just before the navy soldiers started attacking me. Without any of the skills above, it took me as long as 4 minutes to finish because I was forced to fight off the Navy soldiers before opening each chest. Then the trick will be to Flame Dash off the sides of the wall without falling off to get to the next chest as quickly as possible.

If not, take out the navy goons as fast as you can. Try to get to the chests without fighting. You may need a handful of other damage boosting skills from the Battle tree depending on your play style. I would recommend getting the Flame Dash: Flight Boost skill, Movement Speed Boost, Aura Cloak 1 and 2, all attack and defense parameter boosts as well as equipment slot gain for max items and what not, and also the Chest Open Time Reduction 1 and 2 skills. Also, both times I tried, Smoker was waiting at the 4th chest. Problem is they are guarded by navy soldiers. Picke gives you 5 minutes to open 4 chests. It might actually be faster to run around the outside left of the Prison Tower and use a tall tree far enough, yet close enough, to the wall to go straight onto the wall.

There is a marker on your map locating him at Prison Tower - Tourmaline on the wall in the back, so you will need to climb the prison tower one way or another to get to him using Flame Dash. *** Spoiler - click to reveal *** -The quest giver is on the south end of Amber Harbor and will send you to find his master lockpicking friend Picke. Another thing is that the pirates spawn and attack the Pacifista wherever he is, but if the Pacifista is dead the pirates will spawn and come after you instead, which is more convenient also. Without the Pacifista for 1-2 minutes, I didn't have that extra nuisance knocking me down with his laser bolts. On the 96 kills attempt I decided to try killing the Pacifista and this definitely worked better. The cut off for 5 stars could be anywhere between 75-95 kills. I had three attempts at 53, 74, and 96 each. Once you talk to the Old Pacifista right inside the entrance, you basically have to fight a 3 minute battle royale between you, the Pacifista, and infinite waves of pirates. There will also be a marker for the instance entrance in the southwest corner of Steel City later if you forget where it is. There won't be a marker on your map because the Old Pacifista is inside the mission instance entrance (sewer grate) right next to the soldier. *** Spoiler - click to reveal *** -The quest giver for this is a navy soldier standing in the southwest corner of Steel City.
