AAC Heavyweight Tier (Savage)

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General Information

AAC Heavyweight Tier (Savage) is the third and final section of The Arcadion (Savage), the main 8-player high-end raid in Dawntrail. To be released on January 6, 2026, three weeks after Heavyweight Normal, AAC Heavyweight Tier (Savage) requires players with item level of 760 or higher to enter. Once unlocked, players can use Party Finder or other means of forming a full premade party before entering the raid, which is located in Raid Finder → Raids.

The extended delay of this raid tier's release was to avoid coinciding with the holiday season.

Unlock

To access AAC Heavyweight Tier (Savage), players must speak with Gabbro in Solution Nine (X:22.3 Y:17.1) with a level 100 Disciple of War/Magic after completing the quest, Feature Quest Glory Incarnate. They do not need to have completed any prior Savage raids.

Upon registering for and completing an AAC Heavyweight Tier (Savage) duty, the player's weekly progress will be updated to that point, preventing them from obtaining rewards from previous floors regardless of whether they have completed them for the week.

Example: A player has yet to complete AAC Heavyweight M1 (Savage) for the week. They cannot register for AAC Heavyweight M2 (Savage). However, they join a premade party in which the leader has completed AAC Heavyweight M1 (Savage) for the week and can register for AAC Heavyweight M2 (Savage). The player can enter AAC Heavyweight M2 (Savage), but upon entering, they will forfeit all rewards from AAC Heavyweight M1 (Savage) until the next weekly reset.

Reward eligibility is reset every Tuesday at 8:00 (GMT).

  • In the event a raid is underway when reward eligibility is reset, players will still be permitted to vie for items during the upcoming week.

Floors

Level Requirement

  • Disciple of War or Magic level 100 (Two or more of the same job is not permitted if forming a matched party in Raid Finder)

Party Size

  • Eight players
Duty Abbreviation Min IL Boss(es) Tomestones Time Limit
Raid AAC Heavyweight M1 (Savage) M9S 760 Vamp Fatale Allagan Tomestone of Mnemonics 30  90 min
Raid AAC Heavyweight M2 (Savage) M10S 765 Red Hot and Deep Blue Allagan Tomestone of Mnemonics 30  90 min
Raid AAC Heavyweight M3 (Savage) M11S 770 The Tyrant Allagan Tomestone of Mnemonics 30  90 min
Raid AAC Heavyweight M4 (Savage) M12S 770 Lindwurm Allagan Tomestone of Mnemonics 30  120 min

Gear

Grand Champion's Weapons

Grand Champion's Armor

Grand Champion's Accessories

Rewards

Upon completing AAC Heavyweight Tier (Savage) duties, one treasure coffer will appear containing Grand Champion's Equipment Coffers and other rewards, which can be rolled on. Using an equipment coffer transforms it into gear corresponding to the user's current job. Duplicate equipment coffers in a single treasure coffer will not appear. In addition to a weapon coffer, the coffer that appears upon completing AAC Heavyweight M4 (Savage) yields a random Grand Champion's Weapon.

The number of drops in the coffer is decreased if one or more party members have completed the duty for the week. No coffer will appear if five or more party members have completed the duty for the week.

Item Type Equipment Reward Source
  Grand Champion's Weapon Coffer (IL 795) Weapons Raid AAC Heavyweight M4 (Savage)
  Grand Champion's Head Gear Coffer (IL 790) Head Raid AAC Heavyweight M2 (Savage)
  Grand Champion's Chest Gear Coffer (IL 790) Body Raid AAC Heavyweight M3 (Savage)
  Grand Champion's Hand Gear Coffer (IL 790) Hands Raid AAC Heavyweight M2 (Savage)
  Grand Champion's Leg Gear Coffer (IL 790) Legs Raid AAC Heavyweight M3 (Savage)
  Grand Champion's Foot Gear Coffer (IL 790) Feet Raid AAC Heavyweight M2 (Savage)
  Grand Champion's Earring Coffer (IL 790) Earrings Raid AAC Heavyweight M1 (Savage)
  Grand Champion's Necklace Coffer (IL 790) Necklace Raid AAC Heavyweight M1 (Savage)
  Grand Champion's Bracelet Coffer (IL 790) Bracelets Raid AAC Heavyweight M1 (Savage)
  Grand Champion's Ring Coffer (IL 790) Ring Raid AAC Heavyweight M1 (Savage)

In addition to equipment coffers, certain AAC Heavyweight Tier (Savage) duties will also drop items that are needed to upgrade IL 780 Bygone Brass Weapons, armor, and accessories to IL 790 Augmented Bygone Brass Weapons, armor, and accessories. The final duty also drops an exclusive mount and orchestrion roll, in addition to a minion (  Grooving Green) that can be obtained from the normal-difficulty version.

Item Use Source
  Universal Tomestone 3.0 For purchasing an IL 780 Bygone Brass Weapon Raid AAC Heavyweight M2 (Savage)
  Thundersteeped Solvent Bygone Brass Weapon augmentation Raid AAC Heavyweight M3 (Savage)
  Thundersteeped Twine Bygone Brass Armor augmentation Raid AAC Heavyweight M3 (Savage)
  Thundersteeping Glaze Bygone Brass Accessory augmentation Raid AAC Heavyweight M2 (Savage)
  The Arcadion Orchestrion Roll Orchestrion Roll Raid AAC Heavyweight M4 (Savage)
  Lowrider T1RANT Identification Key Mount Raid AAC Heavyweight M4 (Savage)

Item Exchange

In addition to gear, players will receive an AAC Illustrated: HW Edition from each area, which can be exchanged for gear of your choosing. Instead of being rolled on, these automatically go to the player's inventory upon completing the duty.

By speaking with Hhihwi in Solution Nine (X:8.7 Y:13.4), players can exchange AAC Illustrated: HW Edition from AAC Heavyweight Tier (Savage) for corresponding gear.

Item Required Token # of Tokens
Weapons   AAC Illustrated: HW Edition IV 8
Gladiator's Arm   AAC Illustrated: HW Edition IV 5
Shield   AAC Illustrated: HW Edition IV 3
Head   AAC Illustrated: HW Edition II 4
Body   AAC Illustrated: HW Edition III 6
Hands   AAC Illustrated: HW Edition II 4
Legs   AAC Illustrated: HW Edition III 6
Feet   AAC Illustrated: HW Edition II 4
Accessories   AAC Illustrated: HW Edition I 3
  Thundersteeped Solvent   AAC Illustrated: HW Edition III 4
  Thundersteeped Twine   AAC Illustrated: HW Edition III 4
  Thundersteeping Glaze   AAC Illustrated: HW Edition II 3
  AAC Illustrated: HW Edition I   AAC Illustrated: HW Edition IV 1
  AAC Illustrated: HW Edition II   AAC Illustrated: HW Edition IV 1
  AAC Illustrated: HW Edition III   AAC Illustrated: HW Edition IV 1

Loot summary

AAC Heavyweight M1 (Savage) Loot

  • Guaranteed to inventory: AAC Illustrated: HW Edition I
  • Treasure coffer (full loot): bracelet, earrings, necklace, rings
  • Treasure coffer (reduced loot): Two random non-duplicate accessory coffers

AAC Heavyweight M2 (Savage) Loot

  • Guaranteed to inventory: AAC Illustrated: HW Edition II
  • Treasure coffer (full loot): boots, gloves, head, tomestone accessory augmentation item, tomestone weapon token
  • Treasure coffer (reduced loot): One random equipment (boots/gloves/head) coffer + tomestone weapon token

AAC Heavyweight M3 (Savage) Loot

  • Guaranteed to inventory: AAC Illustrated: HW Edition III
  • Treasure coffer (full loot): chest, legs, tomestone weapon augmentation item, tomestone armor augmentation item
  • Treasure coffer (reduced loot): One random equipment (chest/legs) coffer

AAC Heavyweight M4 (Savage) Loot

  • Guaranteed to inventory: AAC Illustrated: HW Edition IV
  • Treasure coffer (full loot): 2 weapons (weapon coffer and a random weapon), mount, minion, phase 2 orchestrion roll
  • Treasure coffer (reduced loot): One random weapon + minion

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