Final Fantasy XIII-2’s fragments are hard to find, but we explain how to collect all 160, as well as every artefact and Graviton Core, here in our massive walkthrough guide.

This guide will be updated regularly with new fragments, so check back regularly for all 160 collectible locations.

[LAST UPDATED 14 Feb 2012]

Final Fantasy XIII-2 charts an epic quest that spans time and multiple dimensions. Heroes Serah and Noel must travel across time in search of Lightning using a gateway called the Historia Crux.

At first you can only access a handful of time zones, but as you collect fragments – powerful artefacts that unlock new time periods – the Historia Crux gets bigger and bigger.

The game starts in the year 003 AF, which is also where this guide begins. Each area takes place in a different time and we have labelled each entry with the relevant year so you don’t get lost.

However, triggering certain events in the world will create alternate timelines that replace zeroes with ‘X’. For example, New Bodum 003 AF would become New Bodum XX3 AF and so on.

So if you follow our guide and find that you haven’t got all of the fragments in an area, fear not, as you will have to come back to some areas much later before being able to collect them all.

Final Fantasy XIII-2 can get a little confusing once you start opening up multiple timelines and alternate histories, but we’ve made this guide as easy to explain as possible.

What are fragments?
There are 160 fragments to be found in Final Fantasy XIII-2. Some are dropped after defeating bosses, while others are earned by completing quests.

However, you will need to unlock new time eras to collect every fragment in the game, and this requires Wild Artefacts. Wild artefacts are invisible and can only be revealed by using Mog’s special Moogle Hunt ability.

Once revealed they can be picked up and used to unlock new time gates found within Final Fantasy XIII-2’s many time zones.

Note: Wild Artefacts do NOT count towards your fragment total, but you will need them to unlock every area in the game.

Collecting a fragment of any kind will also reward all party members with an amount of Crystogen Points (CP), which are used to level up Noel and Serah’s Paradigm roles. These rewards can be vast, so fragments are always worth seeking out.

Only by collecting all 160 fragments are you able to see everything that Final Fantasy XIII-2 has to show you, and of course, hit a coveted 100 per cent completion stat by the end of the game.

Read on to find out how to collect all 160 fragments, and be sure to check back as we update this guide on an ongoing basis. Happy hunting!