WHERE TO FIND ALL SIX SIGNBOARDS

And they Opened Up My Mind is a trophy achievement within (FF16) Final Fantasy XVI. It requires players to collect all six signboards. It is also worth a silver trophy.

And They Opened Up My Mind – collect six signboards.

Signboards? What are those? Well, other than the obvious board that is a sign, a signboard in Final Fantasy 16, for this achievement, are boards displayed in key places of interest in the game. You can get them by completing certain side quests and once you have obtained them, they will display in Clive’s room at the Hideaway. Here’s the list of all 6 as well as when and where to find them.

Hanged Man Signboard

Location: Lostwing

For Great Justice

Main Quest: Out of the Shadows

WALKTHROUGH

• Pick the quest from Quinten in Lostwing.
• Head left out of the hanged man, up the stairs and speak to the Lostwing citizen.
• Turn around and head across the bridge to speak to another person, she’ll point you in the direction of laubert’s Pass.
• Head south out of lostwing to the quest marker.
• Torgal will alert you to the enemies before you engage with a trio of Black Shields.
• Return to Lostwing and report to Quinten for quest complete.

Rewards: 500 XP, 260 AP, 20 Renown, 50 Wyrrite, 50 Sharp Fangs, 1 Black Blood

For Great Justice II

Main Quest: ‘Cloak and Dagger’ chapter after leaving Tabor

WALKTHROUGH

• Pick up the quest in Lostwing by speaking to Quinten. He’ll ask you to go to Gaultand Bales.
• Run east of Lostwing and up the hill on the right to find your next point of call.
• After the cutscene, you will need to make for Heavenhall. It’s quite a trek so my advice would be to teleport to ‘The Dragon’s Aery’ and travel south from there. Follow the eastern edge of the map until you see a left turn and go straight from there.
• You will be are faced with a coeurl called Minas. Minas isn’t anything special compared to the coeurls you have faced so far. Make quick work of that big cat!
• After some cutscenes you are faced with having to fight your way through a few waves of Akashic Black Shields. There will be about 6 waves of 2-6 soldiers, usual affair, keep an eye out for mages, though.
• After the battle dies down, find Quinten in his Inn and watch some cutscenes until the end. We will then be rewarded with our Hanged Man Signboard which is required to unlock the And They Opened Up My Mind trophy achievement

REWARDS: The Hanged Man Signboard, 1,200 XP, 45 Renown, 1 Meteorite, The Beak of Wind (Wicked Wheel) Accessory

Martha’s Rest Signboard

Location: Martha’s Rest

Rekindling the Flame

Main Quest: Cloak and Dagger after leaving Tabor

WALKTHROUGH

• Speak to Martha to pick up the quest.
• Head outside of The Rest and speak to Sir Wade.
• He’ll ask that you head for Eastpool which is a easy fast travel, once you arrive, head up to the town square.
• Defeat the bandits but be aware in a second wave they will be joined by a strange slime creature called ‘Two Scoops’.
• Fast travel back to Marth’s rest and give her the good news to complete the quest.

Rewards: 700 XP, 800 AP, 25 Renown, 40 Steelsilk, 80 Bloody Hides, 1 Meteorite

Rekindling The Flame II

Main Quest: Across the Narrow

WALKTHROUGH

• Pick up the quest from Martha at Martha’s Rest. She’ll ask you to head to Eastpool to talk to Sir Wade. It’s an easy fast travel.
• After the cutscene you’ll be fighting off waves of Akashic creatures.
• The first wave will consist of Goblins and Thistles
• The second wave will consist of Dragnets and Claws
• The third Wolves and Raptors
• After the battle you will need to make you way south to the marshes between Eastpool and Martha’s Rest where you will come face to face with, you guessed it! Another Coeurl! This one is an Akashic Banderceurl.
• After some cutscenes you need to teleport you way back to Martha’s rest and have a quick chat with her to end the quest. We will then be rewarded with yet another signboard, The Martha’s Rest signboard. Which contributes towards the And They Opened Up My Mind trophy achievement

REWARDS: The Martha’s Rest Signboard, 4,800 XP, 50 Renown, 1,200 Gil, 1 Meteorite, 100 Wyrrite

Crimson Caravans Signboard

Location: Boklad

Trading Places

Main Quest: Cloak and Dagger after leaving Tabor

WALKTHROUGH

• Speak to Eloise in Boklad to pick up the quest.
• Fast travel to Laetny’s Cleft and take the first right following it down to the quest marker.
• Once you enter the town you’ll need to kill the enemies. The first wave if a rather large pack of hounds and the second in more hounds and some birds.
• After fast travel back to Boklad and report of Eloise for quest complete.

Rewards: 700 XP, 1200 Gil, 50 Renown, 50 Wyrrite, 1 Meteorite, 1 Black Blood

Trading Places II

Main Quest: Across the Narrow

WALKTHROUGH

• Pick up the quest from Theodore in Boklad. He’ll send you to talk to his sister, Eloise
• You’ll then need to travel south from Boklad and speak to Eloise again
• After some cutscenes you have to go to an area which is a little tricky to get to. If you look at the map you will see it is south of Laetny’s Cleft. Teleport there, but rather than going straight for the objective, you will need to make an immediate right and follow that path to the second left and go through the town. This is the town you would have visited in ‘Trading Places I’
• Unless you are an avid explorer the next part of the quest will not be on a discovered part of the map. Continue forward and follow the river.
• Once you get there, you’ll need to fight some Akashic creatures, a Leg Eater and some Hounds
• Once you’ve defeated them, Herensuge the Akashic Dragon will turn up.
• Slay the dragon and watch cutscenes to end the quest.  

REWARDS: The Crimson Caravans Signboard, 4,800 XP, 50 Renown, 1,500 Gil, 400 AP, The Breath of Fire (Scarlet Cyclone) Accessory

Briar’s Kiss Signboard

Location: Dalimil

Lines in the Sand

Main Quest: Across the Narrow

WALKTHROUGH

• Pick up the quest from L’ubor in Dalimil.
• Head to the north gate of Dalimil and speak to Viktor.
• He’ll ask you to head north to a bandit camp. There’s isn’t a convenient fast travel so hop on Ambrosia and run!
• Once there beat up some bandits and their hounds
• You’ll be teleported back to Dalimil for a long cutscene and quest complete.

Rewards: 2300 XP, 30 Renown, 120 Magicked Ash, 1 Meteorite

Lines in the Sand II

Main Quest: ‘Back to their Origin’ after speaking with Jill

WALKTHROUGH

• Pick up the quest from L’ubor in Dalimil. He’ll send you into the Inn to speak with Konrad and Natalie.
• After that you’ll need towards Dalimil’s south gate to talk to Ferda
• Your next destination is in the desert to the north however, ‘The Velkroy Desert’ fast travel point is right next to the objective point so, I recommend using that.
• Once you get there, you’ll need to defeat the Akashic Footpad bandits.
• Once you have finished this battle you can watch cutscenes until the end of the quest.

REWARDS: The Briar’s Kiss Signboard, 7200xp, 40 Renown, 1 Meteorite, The Breath of Light (Impulse) Accessory

Clayhearth Signboard

Location: Tabor

Duty Undying

Main Quest: Across the Narrow

WALKTHROUGH

• Speak to Cyril to pick up the quest.
• Fast travel to the Gilded Path and head left. Follow the path through the dark cave and keep on the left when the road forks.
• Eventually you’ll arrive. Interact with the gate to move on.
• You’ll find yourself attacked by Fallen machines. Take them out then head further into the village.
• Fight the golden fallen robot, it’s not different from any of the other types of fallen robots shaped like it. it’s just pretty. It will be joined by some smaller bug-like robots after it’s first stagger.
• Fast travel back to Tabor and report to Cyril for a quest complete.

Rewards: 2800 XP, 30 Renown, 120 Magicked Ash, 1 Meteorite

Duty Undying II

Main Quest: ‘Back to their Origin’ after speaking with Jill

WALKTHROUGH

• Pick up the quest from Cyril in Tabor.
• For your next point of call you’ll need to open your world map and travel and Eisla, once there, travel south to the objective
• After the cutscene, head left around the house in front of you to find your next NPC to talk to in the house behind it.
• You next find yourself in a fight with some Fallen Echoes. They don’t have special names so I’ll say the 4-legged bug-like ones and a couple of the tiny ones with lightsabres
• Next, you’ll fight Titus, no, not the ff10 protagonist. Titus is an upgraded version of the Iron Giant from the ‘Burned Memories’ chapter
• After a cutscene you will be put back in Tabor and will need to go talk to Cyril
• Once you have spoken to Cyril and watched the cutscenes, quest complete.

REWARDS: The Clayhearth Signboard, 9600 XP, 1000 AP, 50 Renown, 1500 Gil, 1 Orichalcum

Veil Signboard

Location: Northreach

Under New Management

Main Quest: Across the Narrow

WALKTHROUGH

• Speak to Isabelle to pick up the quest.
• Head over to the garrison on the other side of Northreach and speak to a man there.
• Next you’ll need to talk to people around town. First head out into the market and speak to the three assigned people there. Order does not matter.
• Then you will need to speak to three people within Northrech. Two will be over by the garrison, one will be closer to The Veil. Order doesn’t matter again but I find it’s easier to do the one closer to The Veil first.
• After that, you’ll need to head to Northreach’s north gate.
• Then head back to Isabelle to complete the quest. Yep, that’s it, no a single fight.

Rewards: 2800 XP, 1500 Gil, 30 Renown, 15 Steelsilk, 15 Bloody Hides, 1 Meteorite

Under New Management II

Main Quest: ‘Back to their Origin’ after speaking with Jill

WALKTHROUGH

• Pick up the quest from Isabelle in Nothreach. She’ll send you off to speak to Philippe who will be in the market at Northreach’s main gate.
• After that you’ll need to head southeast to Gregors Weap.
• Defeat the Encroaching Thralls and Reverents you fine there.
• After some cutscenes the mission will tell you to make for Oriflamme, however the missing maker is in the wheatfields north of Northreach.
• Once there you’ll have a few waves one enemies to deal with.
• The first will be Encroaching Reverents and Wraiths.
• The second will be a few Revernts backing up an Undertaker.
• Once that’s done you can watch cutscenes then go speak with Isabelle one last time before Quest complete.

REWARDS: The Veil Signboard, 7200xp, 40 Renown, 1 Meteorite, 1 Orichalcum

This concludes our guide on how to unlock the And They Opened Up My Mind trophy achievement. As well as a guide on how to find and get all six signboards.