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Disambig icon.png This article is about the level 60 story-mode raid. For the (Savage) version, see Alexander - The Cuff of the Father (Savage). For the first tier of Alexander in general, see Alexander: Gordias.

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Alexander - The Cuff of the Father

Alexander - The Cuff of the Father.png
Level
60 (Sync: 60)
Item Level
170
Difficulty
Normal
Party size
Full Party
8 man 2 Tank role.png 2 Healer role.png 4 DPS role.png
Unsyncing
Allowed
Time limit
90 minutes
Duty Finder
Normal Raids (Heavensward)
Roulette
Normal Raids
Tomestones
Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 10 
Req. quest
Feature quest Steel and Steam
Entrance
The Dravanian Hinterlands (X:23, Y:26)
Location
The Cuff of the Father
Region
Dravania
Stone, Sky, Sea
Available
Patch
3.01

In your last foray into the giant's mighty arm, you narrowly escaped Quickthinx Allthoughts and the Illuminati with your life. Yet in so doing, you won a cryptic name─Alexander. Whatever this may be, your path leads into the gloom of Gordias. March onwards with courage, for it is only in the darkness that you can learn how to stop the iron colossus.

— In-game description

Alexander - The Cuff of the Father is a level 60 raid introduced in patch 3.01 with Heavensward. Also called A2, it is the second floor of Alexander: Gordias.

Objectives

  • Clear Serviceway #542: 0/1
  • Clear Serviceway #539: 0/1
  • Arrive in Hangar 12: 0/1
  • Slay the machinists: 0/1

Strategy

The Cuff of the Father Guide

The second pack of enemies can be skipped. Run past them and jump down the chute at the left.

The "boss" is a series of waves of enemies. There is also a blue magitek robot which 1 or 2 raiders can choose to mount into.

The Magitek armor mount has the ability to deal damage to the enemy, put a vulnerability debuff on the enemy, and most importantly, have the ability to drag the bombs which will spawn. The bombs have a wide explosion radius and stack a fire damage taken debuff on anyone hit.

Players can fight the enemies on one side of the arena so that the bomb can be taken to the opposite corner and prevent raid damage. With current stats, this is not necessary, as the bombs only inflict minor damage if they explode.

Recommended kill order:

1) Red Magitek Suits of Armor Boomtype Magitek Gobwalker

These enemies can inflict debuffs on the raid, they are a priority to kill.

2) Tall Robot Knights Jagd Dolls

Not overly difficult, just can cause a lot of damage if not careful.

3) Big Goblins Gordian Hardhelms and Gordian Hardminds

Again, not much of a threat, but they have more health than the smaller enemies

4) Little Goblins Gordian Soldiers and Gordian Snipers

More trash mobs, deal with them to reduce the number of enemies attacking the tank.

5) Gigantic Robot Machines Magitek Gobwidow G-IX

Save these for last, they are easy enough to take down, but have an AOE. IF only one is spawned, tank it separately from the rest of the enemies until they are dealt with. Otherwise try to avoid having many of these in one area.

Loot

Treasure Coffer 1

Name Type Item Level Rarity Quantity
Tarnished gordian lens icon1.png  Tarnished Gordian Lens Other N/A ABasic 1
Tarnished gordian shaft icon1.png  Tarnished Gordian Shaft Other N/A ABasic 1
Tarnished gordian pedal icon1.png  Tarnished Gordian Pedal Other N/A ABasic 1
Tarnished gordian bolt icon1.png  Tarnished Gordian Bolt Other N/A ABasic 1

Treasure Coffer 2

Name Type Item Level Rarity Quantity
Tarnished gordian crank icon1.png  Tarnished Gordian Crank Other N/A ABasic 1
Tarnished gordian spring icon1.png  Tarnished Gordian Spring Other N/A ABasic 1
Tarnished gordian pedal icon1.png  Tarnished Gordian Pedal Other N/A ABasic 1
Tarnished gordian bolt icon1.png  Tarnished Gordian Bolt Other N/A ABasic 1

Achievements

This duty is associated with the following achievements:

Name Points Task Reward Patch
Mapping the realm gordias ii icon1.png  Mapping the Realm: Gordias II 10 Discover every location within Alexander: Gordias - the Cuff of the Father. - 3.01

Dialogue

Quickthinx Allthoughts: Pshhhkohhh... 
Gobwalkers, stand firm! Slay trespassing uplanders!
Quickthinx Allthoughts: Uplanders cannot gain ground─rain gobbie bombs on uplanders!
Quickthinx Allthoughts: Gobbies and uplanders are evenmatched... Very well. Readymake big guns!