*EDIT* to avoid double posting and to disclaim my ideas
lets see...your question Nocturne...okay how many times HAVE you met the legendary smith?I assume you've finished the princess pendant sidequest and that you have the Orihculum...correct?Now I met her when all of my characters were lvl.47...my highest job level was 86 I believe...and I got my first Ultima Weapon from her...now based on th fact that Ive been going around to different towns...and as of now Ive been to every single one...multiple times since getting my Ultima Sword...I have some theories as to this...now this is just idle speculatio on my part...but here it is...
1. She appears randomly...so every time you leave a town...she'd relocate and change position...this idea sprang up based on what people have been saying on not being able to find her...along with pokemon...why pokemon you might ask?If u ever played the later games (G,S,C,FR,LG) you'd remember the legendary dogs...Entei, Raikou and Suicune...there placements adjusted every time you flew r entered a building...now assuming this is the same...except in this you dont have a method of detecting her(Pokedex in Pokemon was your detector)her placements would be 100% random...and impossible to track...you could technically increase your chances of finding her by continually entering and exiting a particular city multiple times(being sure to check the town for her every time)...
2. this is avoiding looking at one other point to this game...which may rip apart...or at least adjust my theory...that she goes into certain towns at certain times...now I found her around 3 PM yesterday in Falgabard...I didnt look at the exact time...I just know it was around 3...now...if thats the case you could technically adjust her location by changing your time via DS start menu...tghe trouble with that is...do you know just how long it would take to find out if thats the case...and if so...what her locations would be during those times?
wow...annoyingness...
3. Maybe you have to beat all of the special bosses before she appears again?the Only one I couldnt beat was the Iron Giant...one character survived till turn 2(because he jumped)...the rest each recieved a meteor...survivied...followed by a slash...which missed my Ninja the first time...followed by a 4000ish damage attack to my white mage(killing him)...then another 4000ish damage attack which this time killed my Ninja...and finally a 5000ish damage attack to my ranger...which killed her...so Ive beaten the rest...but mayhap...iuno if u have yet...try beating him before you look for her again...now I couldnt beat him at level...51...ithink I was...maybe 53(cant remember...I just know I was in the 50's)
4. Beat the game first?Ive heard people mention needing to beat the game before finding her...that or having a lvl.99 job on a character(which I have for a Ranger on Refia...)...but I couldnt beat the game when I tried...cuz I did the whole scene where I died...and then got resurrected...went into that world of darkness or w/e...and proceeded to meet the boss again...and then Die...so I went to Eureka...did all that other crap...and am intending on going back again...to try my mettle this time...
*wipes hand across head*
wow...that was alot of info...
OKAY...now most of my theories I posted above...well I destroyed them myself...and answered them in the other Legendary Blacksmith topic I opened...the what, when, and how of obtaining the Ultimate items are posted there...I have also submitted it as a walkthrough...
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