Crucible of the Unbroken

The Crucible of the Unbroken is a series of solo roguelike combat challenges available for beastmasters, themed after a tabletop game. Initially unlocked at level 30, the crucible is the primary gameplay focus for beastmasters aside from capturing beasts.

In addition to being required for the beastmaster job quests past level 30, rewards include various cosmetic items, gear upgrades, beast glamours, and Kornago Gourds. This content can also be used for leveling both beastmaster and their pets.

There are both story-mode and optional high-end boards available to challenge. In addition, players will gain access to three difficulty multipliers once they have completed the final board.

To enter the crucible once it has been unlocked in Into the Crucible, players must speak to Lauda in Central Shroud (X:21.9, Y:22.8), nearby the Bentbranch aetheryte.

Mechanics

• Players may prepare a roster of 10-15 beasts prior to entering the duty, but only three can be taken into a given battle, and only one can be summoned at once.
• Each beast has their own level (rank) and attributes in the Crucible. Unlike in the overworld, beasts also have HP and can take damage. Leveling up beasts will increase their attributes (e.g. maximum HP, physical attack/defense, magical attack/defense). The maximum rank of each beast is 25.
• The Crucible map consists of a series of nodes with branching paths. Each node may have a battle, a reward item the player can choose, or a rest area to restore HP. There are nearly 50 unique battle encounters.
• HP of the player and their pets will not be automatically restored upon completing a battle, only from using consumable items, certain actions, or from a rest node. Players may only choose a limited number of beasts to restore HP in a rest node.
• Players will obtain consumable items and equipment that are useful in combat. They have various effects, such as enhancing attributes or reviving the player upon death. These consumables and equipment are lost after the run.
• Players will also earn an in-duty currency (Territory Tokens) that can be used to purchase food for their pets to enhance their stats within a run. Each pet has a different capacity for how much food can be used. All food effects are lost if the beast is rested at a rest node. In addition, duplicate food items may not be fed to a beast.
• Elemental attacks, physical damage types, and status effect resistances are relevant in the Crucible, so players will need to choose the appropriate team of beasts based on the encounter. Battles will test the player's synergy with their beasts along with standard encounter mechanics (e.g. reacting to cast bar names and animations to avoid AoEs).

Duty actions

The player has access to two duty actions that determine whether they or their current beast has enmity on enemies, which can be used to divert enemy attacks:

Action	Acquired	Level	Type	Casting	Recast	Range Radius	Description
Challenge	BST	30	Ability	Instant	15s	25y 0y	Gesture threateningly, placing yourself at the top of a target's enmity list and increasing enmity generation. Duration: 30s Additional Effect: Nullifies familiar's Cover
Snarl	BST	30	Ability	Instant	15s	25y 0y	Orders your familiar to use Threaten, placing it at the top of a target's enmity list and increasing its enmity generation. Additional Effect: Takes all damage intended for the beastmaster Duration: 45s

Boards

There are five boards currently available. The first three boards are required for the beastmaster job quests. The last two boards are optional.

Board	Level	IL Sync	Rec. Beast Rank (Sync)	Max Roster	Map	Unlock
First Board of the Unbroken	30	-	1 (5)	10		Into the Crucible
Second Board of the Unbroken	40	-	6 (10)	12		Gobsmacked
Third Board of the Unbroken	50	100	11 (15)	14		A Beastmaster's Path
First Master's Board	50	120	16 (20)	12		Free for All
Second Master's Board	50	135	21 (25)	15		Mastery Rematch

Difficulties

Once the player clears the Second Master's Board and completes Blazing Trails, they will unlock additional difficulty options per board: First Degree, Second Degree, and Third Degree, in increasing difficulty. Playing on a higher difficulty will increase the HP and damage done by enemies, but will provide large score bonuses and are needed for certain achievements.

Each degree increases enemy HP and damage by 42% additive (so the Second Degree is an 84% increase and the Third Degree is 126%.)

Ephemeral Items

Players may obtain several types of items in the crucible as drops from encounters, treasure nodes, or purchased with Territory Tokens at a shop node. These items do not stack and will be lost after a run. Players can sell unwanted items (except for feed) at a shop node for Territory Tokens.

Beast Gear

Main article: Beast Gear

These items give permanent passive bonuses during the run, when they are in the inventory. One piece of gear is provided at the start of a board. Players may hold up to 10 beast gear total, but duplicate gear items are not allowed.

Crucible Items

Main article: Crucible Items

Referred to as "Crucible Items" in the game, these items are consumable and have various effects. Most of the items can be used either on the player or their current summoned familiar and give supportive effects such as restoring HP/TP or buffs. Other items are offensive items that can be used on enemies during combat.

Depending on the item, some may only be used on the crucible board map or within a battleground.

One crucible item is provided at the start of a board. Players may hold up to 10 consumables total. These can be used from the inventory popup or assigned to hotbars.

Feed

Main article: Beast Feed

Players may use these items to give their familiars passive bonuses. Based on its class, each familiar has a different capacity (satiety) for how much feed can be used on them. In addition, duplicate feed items cannot be used on the same familiar. Some feed items can also only be used on certain familiar classes. Satiety is reset and feed bonuses are lost if the familiar is restored at a campsite node, unless if they have been fed a Lily Simular.

Unlike other types of ephemeral items, these items cannot be sold for Territory Tokens.

Bonuses and Rank

Conclusion of a board (either through success or failure) will be accompanied by a "rank," which is influenced by how many turns (nodes) were complete, how many enemies, elite enemies, and bosses were killed, how much HP is remaining, and a variety of bonuses (similar to bonuses awarded in the Masked Carnivale for Blue Mage). The list of bonuses are as follows:

Name	Description	Points	Notes
Willing Sacrifice I	Clear the board with 3 incapacitated familiars.	250
Willing Sacrifice II	Clear the board with 2 incapacitated familiars.	500
Willing Sacrifice III	Clear the board with 1 incapacitated familiar.	750
No Beast Left Behind	Clear the board with no incapacitated familiars.	1000
Beast Squad I	Clear the board with a team of 6 or 7 familiars.	1250
Beast Squad II	Clear the board with a team of 4 or 5 familiars.	2500
Beast Squad III	Clear the board with a team of 1 to 3 familiars.	4250
Self-preservation	Clear the board with beastmaster HP at 100%.	250
Selfless	Clear the board with all familiar HP at 100%.	1000
Infinity and Beyond I	Perform Universality at least 5 times.	250	Only available in Second Master's Board
Infinity and Beyond II	Perform Universality at least 10 times.	500	Only available in Second Master's Board
Infinity and Beyond III	Perform Universality at least 15 times.	750	Only available in Second Master's Board
Unbeastable	Clear the board without being afflicted by Damage Down or Vulnerability Up	1250
Nameday Attire	Clear the board without acquiring any beast gear.	750
Walking Armory	Clear the board in possession of 10 pieces of beast gear.	500	Not available in First Board of the Unbroken
Economic Ethos	Clear the board without using crucible items.	750
Habitual Horder	Clear the board in possession of 10 crucible items.	1000	Not available in First Board of the Unbroken
Starve the Fever	Clear the board without feeding any familiars.	750
Feed the Bold	Clear the board having fed your familiars at least 20 times.	750	Not available in First Board of the Unbroken
Coin Clutcher	Clear the board without spending territory tokens.	500
Rolling in Riches	Clear the board in possession of at least 2,000 territory tokens.	500	Not available in First Board of the Unbroken
Sleepless Survival	Clear the board without resting at a campsite.	375
Beastkin Gambit	Clear the board with a team of only beastkin.	750
Vilekin Gambit	Clear the board with a team of only vilekin.	750
Cloudkin Gambit	Clear the board with a team of only cloudkin.	750
Seedkin Gambit	Clear the board with a team of only seedkin.	750
Wavekin Gambit	Clear the board with a team of only wavekin.	750
Scalekin Gambit	Clear the board with a team of only scalekin.	750
Soulkin Gambit	Clear the board with a team of only soulkin.	750
Ashkin Gambit	Clear the board with a team of only ashkin.	750
First Degree	Clear the board under the first degree.	4000
Second Degree	Clear the board under the second degree.	6250
Third Degree	Clear the board under the third degree.	9000

Clearing the board with sufficiently high score will grant one of nine ranks; in order from lowest-to-highest required scores, these are:

1. Apprentice
2. Novice
3. Journeyman
4. Adept
5. Exemplary
6. Renowned
7. Elite
8. Apex
9. Legendary

Score thresholds for each rank vary by board, so it is difficult to summarize exactly what's required for each. However, for the three Unbroken boards, a score of 17875 or higher will certainly result in a Legendary rank. For the Master's boards, a score of 18766 or higher will certainly result in a Legendary rank.

Competitive Rankings

The highest difficulty (Third Degree) contains a seasonal leaderboard where the top 300 players per region (North America, Japan, etc.) will obtain the exclusive Tourmaline Golem mount. The first ranking period will begin two weeks after the release of patch 7.56 and last until the release of patch 7.58. The mount is also obtainable from subsequent ranking periods after the first.

Gallery

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See also

• This content is essentially Beastmaster's version of The Masked Carnivale for Blue Mage, although it is structured differently.