Final Fantasy 15 guide: how to get FF15's airship, the flying car
Fly like an eagle.
Final Fantasy is all about the tradition. The series has been running for a pretty long time now, and so certain things are (for better or worse) expected. Big swords, obviously. Chocobos. Moogles. And, of course… airships.
Final Fantasy 15's airship takes the form of a flying car, the Regalia Type-F. The Regalia is with you all game, of course, but you're able to upgrade it, changing its look to be a little more slick and then rather impressively making it into a full-on Final Fantasy airship that can fly all around the Lucis portion of FF15's game map.
The instructions of how to unlock it are a little spoilerish, obviously, but you've been warned. After the jump: we explain how to get it done.
How to Unlock FF15's flying car: the Regalia Type-F
So, the first major point of unlocking the flying car is something big you have to do before you can even think about taking to the skies: Complete the game.
Finish off the main story and you'll be placed back in time and back to the open-world segment of the game once more. If you haven't already, call Umbra and have him take you back to past Lucis.
Now you have your regular Regalia and it's time to make it fly. In order to do that you need to take down the three optional Nifelheim military bases that are scattered around the map. That's Fermouth Garrison (in Northen Leide), Aracheole Stronghold (Southeast of Lestallum) and Fort Vaullerey (Southwest of Old Lestallum). You really can't miss these bases – on the map they're big slabs of grey visible from the sky because they're built out of concrete.
Each base you clear will unlock a new mysterious part for your car. The game didn't alert me as to what they were for – consider yourself warned – but once you have all three parts a quest titled ‘Into Unknown Frontiers‘ will trigger.
Go speak to Cindy in Hammerhead and she'll install the parts in the Regalia. That'll give you the Regalia Type-F. That wasn't so bad, right?
How to fly the Regalia Type-F – and what it's useful for
Given that it's a post-game item, it's true that the Regalia Type-F has some relatively limited usage. You can only use it in Lucis, for a start, with the other game areas not suited for it. Within Lucis it's a pretty cool ride, however.
There'll be a new option as you drive on your menu with the Type-F: hit circle to fly. Be aware this won't be available everywhere, but only on roads where a safe take-off can be initiated. When you come in to land, be careful – if you come in too hot or outright crash, it's an instant game over.
I highly recommend you do what I did at first – just take it to the skies and fly about, taking in the sights. When you've done that, you might want to start flying around the far reaches of Lucis… there might well be a hidden dungeon out there for you to find that can't be reached any other way than by flight. Just saying.
So, yes — that's that. Airships! Flying is cool. I recommend you pop on the in-game radio… you'll find a classic airship track from the Highwind or the Hilda Garde suits cruising in the Regalia Type-F quite well.
