Dungeons

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Dungeons are instanced areas teeming with enemies and bosses, fought by a party of 4 players (1 tank, 1 healer, and 2 DPS). Each instance of a dungeon is separate from others and is exclusive to a specific party. Dungeons need to be unlocked through quests (many are unlocked as part of the main story). They also have level requirements (and, starting at level 50, item level requirements). Players below the level requirement cannot enter the dungeon. Players above the level requirement are level synced to the maximum level permitted for the dungeon.

For example: Sastasha's level requirements are 15-18. Level 14 players cannot enter the dungeon; and level 19 and above players are level synced down to level 18 upon entering.

Some dungeons may have two difficulties: regular and hard. "Hard" dungeons are remixes of the original dungeon at a higher level with new enemies and pathing through the dungeon, but are generally not significantly more difficult than the original, and can be completed using matched parties. Hard difficulty dungeons are available at Lv. 50, 60, and 70.

Layout

Dungeons contain treasure coffers throughout the map and after defeating each boss. Lower level dungeons may have environmental "puzzles" or branching paths with optional treasure coffers, but all dungeons past Lv. 50 (excluding Variant and Criterion Dungeons Variant and Criterion Dungeons) have a streamlined linear layout.

Dungeons are almost always divided into three sections. Each section contains a few packs of monsters (commonly called "trash mobs"). In post-level 50 dungeons, a tank will typically establish aggro on each group of monsters up to the point where no further progress can be made due to a barrier (called a "wall-to-wall pull") and all party members will defeat the trash mobs with their area-of-effect (AoE) attacks. Once the trash mobs are dead, the barrier will disappear and the next group of trash mobs or the boss of that section can be fought. Lv. 81 and higher dungeons are usually limited to a maximum of two packs of trash mobs per wall-to-wall pull. In lower-level dungeons, wall-to-wall pulls are still possible but can be more dangerous due to having limited healing, defensive, and AoE damage actions at those levels.

Rewards

As of Patch 6.0, regular enemies inside dungeons no longer grant Experience EXP. Instead, the equivalent EXP is granted upon defeating the bosses. Treasure coffers in dungeons contain gear that can be rolled on by the party.

Dungeons below an expansion's level cap reward gear that is useful for characters that are leveling up. Upon completion of a leveling dungeon, all party members will receive a random gear piece that is usable for their current class or job. This gear piece is selected from those that the player does not currently have, which allows completing a set in a predictable number of runs.

Dungeons at the current level cap reward gear that has a lower item level than gear from raids or capped tomestones, or the most recent crafted gear. However, dungeon gear is not subject to weekly loot restrictions and is free to acquire, so it is useful as "catch-up" gear for players. Many dungeons drop rare minions or unique furniture for player housing, some of which can be sold on the Market Board for good prices. Level cap dungeons also reward random combat materia from defeating enemies. High-level dungeons do not consider the gear the player already has when determining drops, unlike leveling dungeons, which can make completing sets more time consuming.[1]

Endgame dungeon armor and accessories have an additional niche use: providing "best-in-slot" gear for previous ultimate raids in the expansion. This is because certain dungeon gear will match the item level sync of the ultimate raid and allow materia melds to be maintained compared to syncing down higher item level gear. Dungeon gear suitable for the ultimate raid is released two patches after the raid itself (e.g. gear from the x.3 dungeon would be used in the x.11 raid, and gear from the x.5 dungeon for the x.31 raid). The gear is 5 item levels higher than the highest-item level armor when the raid was first released, thus providing higher stats. However, depending on the substats of the gear piece, it may be more optimal to still use a lower-level piece from when the raid was new. Once the current endgame item levels are sufficiently high (~2.5 years since release of the ultimate raid), players can freely sync down current endgame gear for ultimate raids instead of needing to farm dungeon gear.

Participation

Dungeons are some of the most common instances to be played using Duty Finder matching with random players. Players can also form pre-made parties in Party Finder or run previous-expansion dungeons with an Unrestricted Party (unsyncing) either solo or in a pre-made party.

Players can use three different systems to complete dungeons with a party of NPCs instead of other players:

Between patch 6.1 and patch 6.5, many main scenario dungeons were overhauled to make them compatible with Duty Support. Starting from patch 7.1, optional dungeons in Duty Roulette: Leveling will also be overhauled and have Duty Support added. These overhauls encompassed reworks of several bosses to remove or rework obscure boss mechanics and introduce common mechanic markers, a visual "language" used for many encounters in the game, at an early level. Lower-level optional dungeons that were not reworked maintain some obscure mechanics that are absent in reworked or higher-level dungeons.

All dungeons may be freely revisited in their completed state with Explorer Mode enabled.

As an anti-RMT measure, players are restricted to a maximum of 100 dungeon entries per day. In practice, this limit is rarely encountered except in cases where players are quickly finishing dungeons using the Unrestricted Parties feature. (Such as when doing the Nexus Zodiac Weapons series[2]) For context, 100 dungeons a day, assuming 8 hours of sleep, would be one dungeon every 9 minutes 36 seconds.

A Realm Reborn

Dungeon Level IL Req IL Sync Roulette Loot IL Tomestones Unlock Duty Support available Command Mission available
Sastasha 15 - - Leveling 17 - It's Probably Pirates It's Probably Pirates 1Yes 0No
The Tam-Tara Deepcroft 16 - - Leveling 17 - Fire in the Gloom Fire in the Gloom 1Yes 0No
Copperbell Mines 17 - - Leveling 17 - Into a Copper Hell Into a Copper Hell 1Yes 0No
Halatali 20 - - Leveling 22 - Hallo Halatali Hallo Halatali 1Yes 1Yes
The Thousand Maws of Toto-Rak 24 - - Leveling 26 - Into the Beast's Maw Into the Beast's Maw 1Yes 1Yes
Haukke Manor 28 - - Leveling 30 - Skeletons in Her Closet Skeletons in Her Closet 1Yes 0No
Brayflox's Longstop 32 - - Leveling 34 - The Things We Do for Cheese The Things We Do for Cheese 1Yes 1Yes
The Sunken Temple of Qarn 35 - - Leveling 37 - Braving New Depths Braving New Depths 1Yes 0No
Cutter's Cry 38 - - Leveling 40 - Dishonor Before Death Dishonor Before Death 1Yes 0No
The Stone Vigil 41 - - Leveling 43 - In Pursuit of the Past In Pursuit of the Past 1Yes 1Yes
Dzemael Darkhold 44 - - Leveling 46 - Fort of Fear Fort of Fear 1Yes 1Yes
The Aurum Vale 47 - - Leveling 49 - Going for Gold Going for Gold 1Yes 1Yes
Castrum Meridianum 50 42 60 Main Scenario - Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 100 Rock the Castrum Rock the Castrum 1Yes 0No
The Praetorium 50 42 60 Main Scenario - Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 150 The Ultimate Weapon The Ultimate Weapon 1Yes 0No
The Wanderer's Palace 50 45 110 High-level Dungeons 55 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 20 Trauma Queen Trauma Queen 0No 1Yes
Amdapor Keep 50 45 110 High-level Dungeons 55 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 20 Ghosts of Amdapor Ghosts of Amdapor 0No 0No
Pharos Sirius 50 48 110 High-level Dungeons 60 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 30 Sirius Business Sirius Business 0No 1Yes
Copperbell Mines (Hard) 50 48 110 High-level Dungeons 60 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 30 Out of Sight, Out of Mine Out of Sight, Out of Mine 0No 1Yes
Haukke Manor (Hard) 50 48 110 High-level Dungeons 60 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 30 Maniac Manor Maniac Manor 0No 0No
The Lost City of Amdapor 50 55 110 High-level Dungeons 70 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 40 One Night in Amdapor One Night in Amdapor 0No 0No
Halatali (Hard) 50 55 110 High-level Dungeons 70 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 40 This Time's for Fun This Time's for Fun 0No 0No
Brayflox's Longstop (Hard) 50 55 110 High-level Dungeons 70 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 40 Curds and Slay Curds and Slay 0No 1Yes
Hullbreaker Isle 50 70 110 High-level Dungeons 80 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 50 King of the Hull King of the Hull 0No 0No
The Tam-Tara Deepcroft (Hard) 50 70 110 High-level Dungeons 80 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 50 0No 0No
The Stone Vigil (Hard) 50 70 110 High-level Dungeons 80 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 50 Blood for Stone Blood for Stone 0No 0No
Snowcloak 50 80 - High-level Dungeons 90 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 70 The Path of the Righteous The Path of the Righteous 1Yes 0No
Sastasha (Hard) 50 80 - High-level Dungeons 90 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 70 It's Definitely Pirates It's Definitely Pirates 0No 0No
The Sunken Temple of Qarn (Hard) 50 80 - High-level Dungeons 90 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 70 The Wrath of Qarn The Wrath of Qarn 0No 0No
The Keeper of the Lake 50 90 - High-level Dungeons 100 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 100 The Rising Chorus The Rising Chorus 1Yes 0No
The Wanderer's Palace (Hard) 50 90 - High-level Dungeons 100 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 100 Not Easy Being Green Not Easy Being Green 0No 1Yes
Amdapor Keep (Hard) 50 90 - High-level Dungeons 100 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 100 For Keep's Sake For Keep's Sake 0No 0No

Heavensward

Dungeon Level IL Req IL Sync Roulette Loot IL Tomestones Unlock Duty Support available Command Mission available
The Dusk Vigil 51 100 - Leveling 120 - For All the Nights to Come For All the Nights to Come 0No (future patch) 0No
Sohm Al 53 105 - Leveling 130 - Mourn in Passing Mourn in Passing 1Yes 1Yes
The Aery 55 110 - Leveling 136 - Into the Aery Into the Aery 1Yes 0No
The Vault 57 115 - Leveling 142 - A Knight's Calling A Knight's Calling 1Yes 1Yes
The Great Gubal Library 59 120 150 Leveling 148 - Forbidden Knowledge Forbidden Knowledge 1Yes 0No
The Aetherochemical Research Facility 60 142 180 High-level Dungeons - Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 150 Heavensward Heavensward 1Yes 0No
Neverreap 60 145 210 High-level Dungeons 160 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 20 Reap What You Sow Reap What You Sow 0No 0No
The Fractal Continuum 60 145 210 High-level Dungeons 160 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 20 Do It for Gilly Do It for Gilly 0No 1Yes
Saint Mocianne's Arboretum 60 170 240 High-level Dungeons 185 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 30 An Overgrown Ambition An Overgrown Ambition 0No 0No
Pharos Sirius (Hard) 60 170 240 High-level Dungeons 185 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 30 Things Are Getting Sirius Things Are Getting Sirius 0No 1Yes
The Antitower 60 180 - High-level Dungeons 195 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 40 The Word of the Mother The Word of the Mother 1Yes 0No
The Lost City of Amdapor (Hard) 60 180 - High-level Dungeons 195 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 40 One More Night in Amdapor One More Night in Amdapor 0No 0No
Sohr Khai 60 200 - High-level Dungeons 215 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 50 Winning Over the Wyrm Winning Over the Wyrm 1Yes 0No
Hullbreaker Isle (Hard) 60 200 - High-level Dungeons 215 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 50 Storming the Hull Storming the Hull 0No 0No
Xelphatol 60 210 - High-level Dungeons 225 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 70 Shadows of the First Shadows of the First 1Yes 0No
The Great Gubal Library (Hard) 60 210 - High-level Dungeons 225 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 70 Let Me Gubal That for You Let Me Gubal That for You 0No 0No
Baelsar's Wall 60 230 - High-level Dungeons 245 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 100 Griffin, Griffin on the Wall Griffin, Griffin on the Wall 1Yes 0No
Sohm Al (Hard) 60 230 - High-level Dungeons 245 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 100 The Fires of Sohm Al The Fires of Sohm Al 0No 0No

Stormblood

Dungeon Level IL Req IL Sync Roulette Loot IL Tomestones Unlock Duty Support available
The Sirensong Sea 61 240 - Leveling 260 - Not without Incident Not without Incident 1Yes
Shisui of the Violet Tides 63 245 - Leveling 270 - The Palace of Lost Souls The Palace of Lost Souls 0No (future patch)
Bardam's Mettle 65 250 - Leveling 276 - In the Footsteps of Bardam the Brave In the Footsteps of Bardam the Brave 1Yes
Doma Castle 67 255 - Leveling 282 - The Die Is Cast The Die Is Cast 1Yes
Castrum Abania 69 260 290 Leveling 288 - The Price of Freedom The Price of Freedom 1Yes
Ala Mhigo 70 280 310 High-level Dungeons 300 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 20 Stormblood Stormblood 1Yes
Kugane Castle 70 280 340 High-level Dungeons 300 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 20 King of the Castle King of the Castle 0No
The Temple of the Fist 70 280 340 High-level Dungeons 300 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 20 To Kill a Coeurl To Kill a Coeurl 0No
The Drowned City of Skalla 70 300 370 High-level Dungeons 315 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 30 The Mad King's Trove The Mad King's Trove 1Yes
Hells' Lid 70 310 - High-level Dungeons 325 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 40 An Auspicious Encounter An Auspicious Encounter 0No
The Fractal Continuum (Hard) 70 310 - High-level Dungeons 325 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 40 An Unwanted Truth An Unwanted Truth 0No
The Swallow's Compass 70 330 - High-level Dungeons 345 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 50 Tortoise in Time Tortoise in Time 0No
The Burn 70 340 - High-level Dungeons 355 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 70 Feel the Burn Feel the Burn 1Yes
Saint Mocianne's Arboretum (Hard) 70 340 - High-level Dungeons 355 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 70 Secret of the Ooze Secret of the Ooze 0No
The Ghimlyt Dark 70 360 - High-level Dungeons 375 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 100 The Face of War The Face of War 1Yes

Shadowbringers

Dungeon Level IL Req IL Sync Roulette Loot IL Tomestones Unlock Duty Support available
Holminster Switch 71 370 - Leveling 390 - The Lightwardens The Lightwardens 1Yes
Dohn Mheg 73 375 - Leveling 400 - The Key to the Castle The Key to the Castle 1Yes
The Qitana Ravel 75 380 - Leveling 406 - The Burden of Knowledge The Burden of Knowledge 1Yes
Malikah's Well 77 385 - Leveling 412 - A Fresh Start A Fresh Start 1Yes
Mt. Gulg 79 390 420 Leveling 418 - Extinguishing the Last Light Extinguishing the Last Light 1Yes
Amaurot 80 410 440 High-level Dungeons 430 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 20 Shadowbringers Shadowbringers 1Yes
The Twinning 80 410 470 High-level Dungeons 430 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 20 By the Time You Hear This By the Time You Hear This 0No
Akadaemia Anyder 80 410 470 High-level Dungeons 430 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 20 Akadaemia Anyder Akadaemia Anyder 0No
The Grand Cosmos 80 430 470 High-level Dungeons 445 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 30 A Grand Adventure A Grand Adventure 1Yes
Anamnesis Anyder 80 440 500 High-level Dungeons 455 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 40 Beneath the Surface Beneath the Surface 1Yes
The Heroes' Gauntlet 80 460 500 High-level Dungeons 475 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 50 The Converging Light The Converging Light 1Yes
Matoya's Relict 80 470 - High-level Dungeons 485 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 70 Like Master, Like Pupil Like Master, Like Pupil 1Yes
Paglth'an 80 490 - High-level Dungeons 505 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 100 The Flames of War The Flames of War 1Yes

Endwalker

Dungeon Level IL Req IL Sync Roulette Loot IL Tomestones Unlock Duty Support available
The Tower of Zot 81 500 - Leveling 520 - In the Dark of the Tower In the Dark of the Tower 1Yes
The Tower of Babil 83 505 - Leveling 530 - Gateway of the Gods Gateway of the Gods 1Yes
Vanaspati 85 510 - Leveling 536 - Skies Aflame Skies Aflame 1Yes
Ktisis Hyperboreia 87 515 - Leveling 542 - Caging the Messenger Caging the Messenger 1Yes
The Aitiascope 89 520 550 Leveling 548 - Her Children, One and All Her Children, One and All 1Yes
The Dead Ends 90 540 570 High-level Dungeons 560 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 20 Endwalker Endwalker 1Yes
Smileton 90 540 600 High-level Dungeons 560 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 20 Cutting the Cheese Cutting the Cheese 0No
The Stigma Dreamscape 90 540 600 High-level Dungeons 560 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 20 Where No Loporrit Has Gone Before Where No Loporrit Has Gone Before 0No
Alzadaal's Legacy 90 560 600 High-level Dungeons 575 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 30 Alzadaal's Legacy Alzadaal's Legacy 1Yes
The Fell Court of Troia 90 575 630 High-level Dungeons 595 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 40 In Search of Azdaja In Search of Azdaja 1Yes
Lapis Manalis 90 590 630 High-level Dungeons 605 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 50 King of the Mountain King of the Mountain 1Yes
The Aetherfont 90 605 - High-level Dungeons 625 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 70 Going Haam Going Haam 1Yes
The Lunar Subterrane 90 620 - High-level Dungeons 635 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 100 Down in the Dark Down in the Dark 1Yes

Dawntrail

Dungeon Level IL Req IL Sync Roulette Loot IL Tomestones Unlock Duty Support available
Ihuykatumu 91 630 - Leveling 650 - For All Turali For All Turali 1Yes
Worqor Zormor 93 635 - Leveling 660 - The High Luminary The High Luminary 1Yes
The Skydeep Cenote 95 640 - Leveling 666 - Road to the Golden City Road to the Golden City 1Yes
Vanguard 97 645 - Leveling 672 - All Aboard All Aboard 1Yes
Origenics 99 650 680 Leveling 678 - The Resilient Son The Resilient Son 1Yes
Alexandria 100 670 700 Level Cap Dungeons 690 Allagan Tomestone of Mathematics 50 Allagan Tomestone of Mnemonics 20  Dawntrail Dawntrail 1Yes
Tender Valley 100 670 730 Level Cap Dungeons 690 Allagan Tomestone of Mathematics 50 Allagan Tomestone of Mnemonics 20  It Belongs in a Museum It Belongs in a Museum 0No
The Strayborough Deadwalk 100 670 730 Level Cap Dungeons 690 Allagan Tomestone of Mathematics 50 Allagan Tomestone of Mnemonics 20  Something Stray in the Neighborhood Something Stray in the Neighborhood 0No
Yuweyawata Field Station 100 690 730 Level Cap Dungeons 705 Allagan Tomestone of Mathematics 50 Allagan Tomestone of Mnemonics 20  In Search of the Past In Search of the Past 1Yes
The Underkeep 100 705 760 Level Cap Dungeons 725 Allagan Tomestone of Mathematics 60 Allagan Tomestone of Mnemonics 30  Descent to the Foundation Descent to the Foundation 1Yes
The Meso Terminal 100 720 760 Expert 735 Allagan Tomestone of Mathematics 80 Allagan Tomestone of Mnemonics 50  A Terminal Invitation A Terminal Invitation 1Yes
Mistwake 100 735 - Expert 755 Allagan Tomestone of Mathematics 80 Allagan Tomestone of Mnemonics 50  Beyond the Mountains Beyond the Mountains 1Yes

Other Dungeon Types

There are other dungeon types available, although these are not required for main scenario quest progression.

Deep Dungeons

Main article: Deep Dungeon

Deep Dungeons are procedurally generated, 100-200 floor dungeons with a self-contained progression system and "rogue-like" mechanics. They can be completed solo or with a party of up to four players with no role restrictions.

Variant and Criterion Dungeons

Main article: Variant and Criterion Dungeons

Variant Dungeons are non-linear dungeons with multiple branching paths that are decided based on player choice. Boss mechanics will differ based on the path taken and random events. The player will accompany an NPC during the dungeon, who will not participate in combat. They can be completed solo or with a party of up to four players with no role restrictions.

Criterion Dungeons are high-difficulty linear dungeons comparable to extreme trials or savage raids and are aesthetically similar to variant dungeons. These require a four-player light party with 1 tank, 1 healer, and 2 DPS. They are available in two difficulties: Normal and Savage.

Achievements

Dungeon completion is associated generally with the following achievements:

Name Points Task Reward Patch
To the Dungeons I To the Dungeons I 5 Successfully complete 5 unique instanced dungeon raids or trials. - 2.1
To the Dungeons II To the Dungeons II 10 Successfully complete 10 unique instanced dungeon raids or trials. - 2.1
To the Dungeons III To the Dungeons III 20 Successfully complete 20 unique instanced dungeon raids or trials. - 2.1
To the Dungeons IV To the Dungeons IV 20 Successfully complete 30 unique instanced dungeon raids or trials. - 3.0
To the Dungeons V To the Dungeons V 20 Successfully complete 40 unique instanced dungeon raids or trials. - 3.0
To the Dungeons VI To the Dungeons VI 20 Successfully complete 50 unique instanced dungeon raids or trials. - 3.0
Dungeon Siege I Dungeon Siege I 5 Complete 10 instanced dungeon raids or trials. - 2.1
Dungeon Siege II Dungeon Siege II 5 Complete 30 instanced dungeon raids or trials. - 2.1
Dungeon Siege III Dungeon Siege III 5 Complete 100 instanced dungeon raids or trials. - 2.1
Dungeon Siege IV Dungeon Siege IV 10 Complete 300 instanced dungeon raids or trials. Dungeon Master 2.1
Dungeon Master Dungeon Master 20 Complete 1,000 instanced dungeon raids or trials. - 2.1
Lifer I Lifer I 20 Successfully complete 2,000 instanced dungeon raids or trials. - 3.0
Lifer II Lifer II 20 Successfully complete 5,000 instanced dungeon raids or trials. - 3.0
Lifer III Lifer III 20 Successfully complete 10,000 instanced dungeon raids or trials. - 3.0

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Notes

  1. ↑ https://www.iggm.com/news/ffxiv-preparation-for-accumulating-tons-of-gil-before-the-dawntrail-launches
  2. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/tlfu6y/psa_doing_too_many_dungeons_in_a_day_incurs_a/

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