Identical to every other MMORPG, Ultimate Fantasy 14 has raids. These eight-player boss fights are damaged up by issue, with regular raids being the variations you possibly can clear for loot and story and savage raids being those that drop best-in-slot gear and mounts.
Beneath, we clarify how regular raids work, the place to unlock each regular (and savage) raid in FFXIV, and the place to change loot for every raid collection.
FFXIV regular raids and regular raid roulette, defined
Regular raids are eight-player boss fights that usually slot right into a wealthy storyline in every enlargement. There are usually 12 fights to every raid collection launched over the span of a single enlargement; every of an enlargement’s three patches drops 4 fights.
Regular raids usually reward distinctive gear which are near best-in-slot on the time of launch, and the savage issue variations of those fights (normally known as savage raids) do drop the best-in-slot gear for the time. Savage raids are usually seen as the end-game content material — with final raids being even tougher content material that solely the highest share of gamers full, however these are virtually a completely separate factor.
As soon as the gear turns into outdated just a few patches later, it’s successfully solely good for use as glamour.
Slightly than getting armor items straight-up, you’ll get particular drops that may be traded in for gear. The conventional drops commerce on the following fee:
- 2 lenses/helms for head armor
- 4 shafts/armor for physique armor
- 2 cranks/gauntlets for hand armor
- 4 springs/chausses for leg armor
- 2 pedals/greaves for ft armor
- 1 bolt/bangle per accent
The latest set of raids could have raid drop restrictions on them, that means you possibly can solely declare one drop from every battle in that set per week. Finishing the final battle in every tier for the savage raids additionally rewards a particular mount.
Unlocking at the least two raids from any collection (besides “The Coils of Bahamut”) will unlock regular raid roulette, which offers you EXP and different goodies in change for queueing right into a random regular raid.
As common with post-game content material, you’ll have to beat a bulk of or all the base recreation or enlargement’s story to unlock it. For instance, to do the Omega raids in Stormblood, you’ll want to finish the primary situation quest “Stormblood.”
The place to unlock the A Realm Reborn raids, ‘The Coils of Bahamut’
A Realm Reborn’s raid collection is not like every other raid in that there are 13 fights, known as “turns” and solely 4 of the fights can be found in savage.
To unlock the coils, speak to Urianger in The Waking Sands (Western Thanalan) to start out the search “Primal Awakening.”
You’ll unlock the primary 5 turns, then the subsequent 4 turns, after which the ultimate 4 turns unexpectedly. You may simply full the final flip in every set to finish the search.
Word that no one queues for the coils anymore, so to don’t queue for these fights within the common responsibility finder or else you may be caught there endlessly ready for folks. Arrange a celebration finder group and take into account throughout these fights unsynced to complete the quests.
That is additionally the one raid collection to really drop armor and tools, so that you don’t have to fret about buying and selling loot in to an NPC.
The place to unlock the Heavensward raids, ‘Alexander’
To unlock the Alexander raids, you’ll want to speak to Slowfix in Idyllshire to start out the search “Disarmed.”
As you full the raids and the questline, you’ll proceed to unlock increasingly more fights, till you might have all 12 unlocked.
If you wish to unlock the savage fights for funsies after you clear the conventional raids, you possibly can speak to the Wandering Minstrel in Mor Dhona and do the quests “A Tune for Steam and Metal,” “A Chorus for the Undaunted,” and “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Retells Your Story.”
Loot from the Alexander raids may be traded to Sabina in Idyllshire or the Rowena’s Consultant NPC in Ishgard.
The place to unlock the Stormblood raids, ‘Omega’
To unlock the Omega raids, speak to Wedge in Rhalgr’s Attain to start out the search “The Hunt for Omega.”
As with the opposite raid collection, extra fights will unlock as you full the search, till you might have all 12 unlocked.
If you wish to unlock the savage fights after clearing the conventional fights, work together with the Magitek Terminal in Rhalgr’s Attain.
Loot from the Omega raids may be traded in to Gelfradus in Rhalgr’s Attain or the Rowena’s Consultant in Kugane.
The place to unlock the Shadowbringers raids, ‘Eden’
To unlock the Eden raids, speak to the “Anxious Crystarium Guard” NPC in The Crystarium to start out the search “Within the Center of Nowhere.”
The fights will unlock one by one as you full the quests.
The savage model of the Eden raids may be unlocked by speaking to Lewrey in Ahm Araeng.
Loot from the Eden raids may be traded in to a couple NPCs: Ghul Gul in Amh Araeng, Yhal Yal in Eulmore, or the Mowen’s Service provider within the Crystarium.
The place to unlock the Endwalker raids, ‘Pandaemonium’
To unlock the Pandaemonium raids, speak to Nemjiji in Previous Sharlayan to start out the search “The Crystal from Past.”
You’ll want to finish every raid and quest to unlock the subsequent one, as a part of the questline.
The savage model of the Pandaemonium raids may be unlocked by speaking to Nemjiji in Labyrinthos.
Loot from the Pandaemonium raids may be traded in to Djole in Radz-at-Han or Mylenie in Labyrinthos.
The place to unlock the Dawntrail raids, ‘The Arcadion’
To unlock the Arcadion, speak to the Trendy Stranger NPC in Resolution 9 on the following location to start out the search “A New Challenger Seems.”
You’ll want to finish every raid and quest to unlock the subsequent one, as a part of the questline.
Look from the Arcadion raids may be traded to Hhihwi in Resolution 9.
The savage model of those raids will launch in patch 6.05 on July 30, seemingly unlocked by speaking to an NPC close to the Arcadion.
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