Similar to some other MMORPG, Ultimate Fantasy 14 has raids. These eight-player boss fights are damaged up by issue, with regular raids being the variations you may clear for loot and story and savage raids being those that drop best-in-slot gear and mounts.
Under, we clarify how regular raids work, the place to unlock each regular (and savage) raid in FFXIV, and the place to alternate loot for every raid collection.
FFXIV regular raids and regular raid roulette, defined
Regular raids are eight-player boss fights that sometimes slot right into a wealthy storyline in every enlargement. There are sometimes 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 sometimes 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 sometimes 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 nearly a wholly separate factor.
As soon as the gear turns into outdated a number of patches later, it’s successfully solely good for use as glamour.
Fairly than getting armor items straight-up, you’ll get particular drops that may be traded in for gear. The traditional 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 toes armor
- 1 bolt/bangle per accent
The newest set of raids could have raid drop restrictions on them, which means you may 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 a minimum of two raids from any collection (besides “The Coils of Bahamut”) will unlock regular raid roulette, which will provide you with EXP and different goodies in alternate for queueing right into a random regular raid.
As typical with post-game content material, you’ll must beat a bulk of or the entire 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 in contrast to some 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, discuss to Urianger in The Waking Sands (Western Thanalan) to begin the hunt “Primal Awakening.”
You’ll unlock the primary 5 turns, then the subsequent 4 turns, after which the ultimate 4 turns abruptly. You possibly can simply full the final flip in every set to finish the hunt.
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’ll be caught there without end ready for individuals. 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 gear, 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 begin the hunt “Disarmed.”
As you full the raids and the questline, you’ll proceed to unlock increasingly fights, till you may have all 12 unlocked.
If you wish to unlock the savage fights for funsies after you clear the conventional raids, you may discuss to the Wandering Minstrel in Mor Dhona and do the quests “A Music for Steam and Metal,” “A Chorus for the Undaunted,” and “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Retells Your Story.”
Loot from the Alexander raids might 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, discuss to Wedge in Rhalgr’s Attain to begin the hunt “The Hunt for Omega.”
As with the opposite raid collection, extra fights will unlock as you full the hunt, till you may 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 might 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, discuss to the “Anxious Crystarium Guard” NPC in The Crystarium to begin the hunt “Within the Center of Nowhere.”
The fights will unlock one after the other as you full the quests.
The savage model of the Eden raids might be unlocked by speaking to Lewrey in Ahm Araeng.
Loot from the Eden raids might be traded in to some 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, discuss to Nemjiji in Previous Sharlayan to begin the hunt “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 might be unlocked by speaking to Nemjiji in Labyrinthos.
Loot from the Pandaemonium raids might 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, discuss to the Trendy Stranger NPC in Resolution 9 on the following location to begin the hunt “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 might be traded to Hhihwi in Resolution 9.
The savage model of those raids will launch in patch 6.05 on July 30, possible unlocked by speaking to an NPC close to the Arcadion.
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