The place to unlock all excessive trials in FFXIV

Closing Fantasy 14 has tons of fights in various difficulties, together with excessive trials, that are simpler than savage raids, however tougher than the story trials gamers will encounter.

Under, we clarify all the pieces you’ll want to learn about excessive trials in FFXIV, in addition to the place to unlock every excessive trial in every growth.

Excessive trials in FFXIV, defined

Excessive trials are tougher variations of present trials that reward high-level gear (on the time of its launch) and different rewards like mounts, crafting supplies, and orchestrions.

On the time of their respective releases, excessive trials are troublesome and require a celebration that’s keen to speak positions and patterns to finish (not like a standard trial, which you’ll simply queue into and defeat). Somewhat than utilizing the obligation finder to discover a group to clear excessive fights with, you’ll must revert to utilizing celebration finder.

As soon as a brand new growth drops, you possibly can unsync the trials from the earlier growth, so you possibly can struggle it with out your gear being synced right down to the extent of the boss. For instance, after Shadowbringers launched, you possibly can then unsync Byakko, beating him down shortly with a better stage and higher gear. This lets you farm out a mount or gear with out having to pay too a lot consideration to the often complicated mechanics.

Clearing the acute trial will reward one of many boss’ weapons in addition to an opportunity to drop the opposite aforementioned loot. Every clear will even reward you with a totem for that boss (apart from the acute trials in A Realm Reborn, which don’t make the most of totems). Some lengthier fights will even reward two totems, like Hades or Barbariccia. You may commerce totems to retailers to get particular weapons you might have considered trying at a ten:1 ratio or the mount at a 99:1 ratio, for those who’ve been unfortunate along with your loot rolls.

All excessive trials require you to finish the conventional model of the trial first earlier than you possibly can unlock it, so for those who haven’t unlocked all of the trials but (particularly since some are optionally available), you must do this first.

The place to unlock A Realm Reborn excessive trials

ARR’s excessive trials are the one ones which have a considerably convoluted methodology to unlock them. A lot of the trials (Garuda, Titan, Ifrit, Good King Moggle Mog XII, Leviathan, Ramuh, and Shiva) are unlocked by way of speaking to Urianger within the Waking Sands (in Western Thanalan):

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He’ll provide you with a quest chain beginning with “Primal Nature,” and as you full every quest, you’ll transfer alongside within the story, unlocking the subsequent quest to unlock the subsequent excessive.

Sadly, you need to unlock them so as, as they’re a part of an precise quest chain. Fortunately, these fights will be accomplished shortly with unsynced settings, for those who’re at about stage 70 and above (with appropriately leveled gear). If not, you possibly can at all times make a celebration finder group and say it’s for a primary clear — veteran gamers will come provide help to, as they get Poetics and Wondrous Tails retries as a reward.

The intense model of Final Weapon, titled “The Minstrel’s Ballad: Ultima’s Bane,’’ is definitely unlocked from a unique NPC. Speak to Alys in Mor Dhona to start out the hunt “The Final Ballad” and unlock it:

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The mounts dropped as a reward for A Realm Reborn excessive trials are based mostly off of horses, with every trial giving a singular coloured glowing horse. Garuda, Titan, and Ifrit even have an opportunity to drop a particular black unicorn mount, known as the Nightmare. Good King Moggle Mog XII doesn’t drop a mount whistle. Gathering all six horse mounts (not together with Nightmare) permits you to unlock the Kirin mount via the hunt “A Legend for a Legend.”

The place to unlock Heavensward excessive trials

Once more, most trials are unlocked from the identical individual: Unukalhai within the Rising Stones (Mor Dhona):

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In contrast to the ARR quests, you possibly can settle for any of the Heavensward quests in any order, permitting you to unlock the acute trials in no matter order you need. The quests and their respective unlock are as follows:

• “The Diabolical Bismarck” — “The Limitless Blue (Excessive)” (Bismarck)
• “Thok Across the Clock” — “Thok ast Thok (Excessive)” (Ravana)
• “A Fiendish Likeness” — “Containment Bay S1T7 (Excessive)” (Sephirot)
• “A Deific Simulacrum” — “Containment Bay P1T6 (Excessive)” (Sophia)
• “A Demonic Duplicate” — “Containment Bay Z1T9 (Excessive)” (Zurvan)

Two of the Heavensward extremes are locked behind quests given by Alys in Mor Dhona once more:

• “Thordan’s Reign” — “The Minstrel’s Ballad: Thordan’s Reign” (King Thordan)
• “Nidhogg’s Rage” — “The Minstrel’s Ballad: Nidhogg’s Rage” (Nidhogg)

You may commerce your Heavensward totems to Bertana in Idyllshire or the Rowena’s Consultant in Ishgard for loot.

The mounts in Heavensward are colourful glowing birds known as lanners. Getting all seven lanners will permit you to unlock the Firebird mount by way of the hunt “Fiery Wings, Fiery Hearts.”

The place to unlock Stormblood excessive trials

To unlock many of the Stormblood excessive fights (Susano, Lakshmi, Shinryu, Byakko, Tsukuyomi, Suzaku, and Seiryu), speak to the Wandering Minstrel in Kugane to finish the hunt “Songs within the Key of Kugane:”

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You’ll have to really decide choices from an inventory to inform him about your totally different feats (beating the conventional trials) to unlock the acute model.

You may commerce in your totems to Eschina in Rhalgr’s Attain or to the Rowena’s Consultant in Kugane for loot.

The mounts in Stormblood are foxes known as kamuy. Getting all seven kamuy mounts permits you to get the Kamuy of the 9 Tails mount by way of the hunt “A Lone Wolf no Extra.”

The intense model of Rathalos, known as “The Nice Hunt (Excessive)” is unlocked from the identical man who unlocks the conventional model: the Hearty Hunter NPC in Kugane.

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The intense model of Rathalos does drop a Rathalos mount and somewhat than totems, it rewards “Rathalos Scale+.” You may commerce within the Rathalos Scale+ for armor, a Poogie minion, a Monster Hunter orchestrion roll, or the Rathalos mount to the Smithy in Kugane (subsequent to the Hearty Hunter). You’ll want 50 Rathalos Scale+ to get the mount.

The place to unlock Shadowbringers excessive trials

A lot of the Shadowbringers excessive trials (Titania, Innocence, Hades, and the Warrior of Mild) are unlocked from the Minstrelling Wanderer within the Crystarium:

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Identical to his SB counterpart, you will want to speak to him about your feats to unlock that particular struggle.

The Sorrows of Werlyt excessive fights (Ruby Weapon, Emerald Weapon, and Diamond Weapon) unlock from a unique NPC, the Warmachina Fanatic in The Lochs:

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You may commerce in Shadowbringers totems to Fathard in Eulmore or Mowen’s Service provider within the Crystarium for loot.

The mounts in Shadowbringers are dragons known as gwibers. Gathering all seven gwibers permits you to unlock the Landerwaffe mount, which is successfully an enormous robotic dragon, by finishing the hunt “The Dragon Made.”

There’s truly one other excessive struggle to do however there’s no regular model of this trial: “Memoria Misera (Excessive),” which pits you towards Varis yae Galvus. That is only a ramped-up eight-person model of the instanced obligation the place you need to struggle Varis as a part of the Bozja questline (the identical quests you do to make your Shadowbringers relic weapon). After clearing the hunt “The Bozja Incident,” you possibly can unlock the acute struggle by speaking to the Wandering Dramaturge in Gangos:

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You may commerce the totems to C’intana in Mor Dhona in change for coffers that provide you with particular armor: dyeable variations of the extent 80 artifact armor. At this level, that is solely value farming for glamour. You may’t get a mount from Varis, however he does drop a Triple Triad card that’s required for the Triple Triad mount.

The place to unlock Endwalker excessive trials

Thank god for some simplicity. The entire Endwalker excessive trials unlock from one man: the Wandering Minstrel in Previous Sharlayan:

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Once more, you’ll simply have to speak to him about your exploits to unlock the respective excessive struggle.

You may commerce your Endwalker totems in for gear to Nesvaaz in Radz-at-Han.

The mounts for Endwalker are massive kitties additionally known as lynxes. Getting all seven lynx mounts will permit you to unlock the Apocryphal Bahamut mount by way of the “Wings of Hope” quest.

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