Dzemael Darkhold

Dzemael Darkhold

Level

44 (Sync: 46)

Difficulty

Normal

Party size

Light Party
4 man • 1 1 2

Unsyncing

Allowed

Time limit

90 minutes

Duty Finder

Dungeons (A Realm Reborn)

Roulette

Leveling

Req. quest

Fort of Fear

Entrance

Coerthas Central Highlands (X:20, Y:28)

Modes

Command Mission, Explorer

Patch

2.0

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Seeking to utilize an existing labyrinth of natural caves, the Ishgardian house of Dzemael began construction of their eponymous Darkhold near the end of the Sixth Astral Era, intending it to serve as a refuge for those fleeing the flames of the Dravanian Horde. When the house's digging uncovered an entrance to the void, allowing an army of voidsent into this realm, however, they immediately abandoned their plans and withdrew from the subterrane, sealing it off so that they might contain the otherworldly invaders within. Despite all this, the house is unwilling to relinquish its claim to the caves, and believes that if they can be cleared of voidsent, they might still be able to see their original plan brought to fruition.

— In-game description

Dzemael Darkhold is a level 44 dungeon introduced in patch 2.0. The map layout was overhauled in patch 6.1.

Objectives

1. Open the Grand Hall gate: 0/1
2. Clear the Feasting Hall: 0/1
3. Deactivate the level IV magitek field: 0/1
4. Defeat Batraal: 0/1

Walkthrough

• In the first section of the dungeon, to avoid high damage of the untelegraphed Eyes on Me AoE from the roaming All-seeing Eye (ahriman), stand on the purple ground near the glowing crystals to receive the Crystal Veil buff, which will reduce damage taken by 90%.
  • This buff also enables one to pull all enemies in the first section of the dungeon to the room before the first boss, without much risk.
• In the second and third sections, the orange corrupted crystals will occasionally pulse telegraphed point-blank AoEs that should be avoided.
• Stand in blue Magitek circles until the countdown is completed to open doors. Some of them will be within range of the orange crystal AoEs, so heal through the damage. Having more people in the timers makes them faster, but with diminishing returns--they take 20 seconds with one person, 10s with two or three, and 7.5 with four.

Bosses

Dzemael Darkhold Guide

All-seeing Eye

All-seeing Eye is the first boss of Dzemael Darkhold. This Ahriman Boss has an ability called Eyes on Me. The ability does heavy damage to all players near it. Players with the buff Crystal Veil are immune to this damage. Players receive this buff when they are near the glowing crystals. The effect of the crystals fade over time. Players need to move to a new cluster of crystals when this occurs.

Throughout the fight, All-seeing Eye will spawn adds. Avoid Adds AoE attacks and kill them asap.

• Fight the All-seeing Eye near the crystal clusters to gain the Crystal Veil buff. When "The power of the crystal begins to dim" appears on screen, move to a new crystal cluster immediately. The All-seeing Eye is invulnerable to attack except when it is near a cluster of crystals.

Abilities

Dread Gaze is a frontal cone AoE attack that inflicts the debuff Paralysis to all targets hit.

Cursed Gaze is a frontal cone AoE attack that inflicts the debuff Amnesia to all targets hit.

Eyes on Me is an ability that deals heavy damage all players near the All-seeing Eye. Players under the effect of Crystal Veil are immune to this damage.

Taulurd

Taulurd is the 2nd boss of Dzemael Darkhold. He has some powerful AoE cone attacks that should be avoided by all players.

Throughout the fight he will summon adds named Deepvoid Slaves. These monsters are on top of an elevated platform. They will perform ranged attacks at the players. Be sure to spread out and avoid their Firewater attacks.

Adds

Deepvoid Slave has two types of attacks, Firewater and Boulderdash. Firewater is a circular AoE attack that targets one random player. Firewater can be avoided by moving out of the red circular ground indicator.

Abilities

Straight Punch is an instant melee attack that deals a small amount of damage.

Double Smash is a frontal AoE cone attack that deals a large amount of damage to targets hit.

Elbow Drop is a frontal AoE cone attack that deals more damage than Double Smash. Taulurd starts to use this when it is under half HP.

Batraal

Batraal is the final boss of Dzemael Darkhold. This demon has an instant frontal AoE cone attack that deals heavy damage to all targets hit. Be sure to have only the tank in front of the boss. He has a long ranged AoE column attack named Desolation that does extremely high damage and will instantly kill most players.

Throughout the fight, a purple beam will appear between Batraal and a crystal. Batraal will mark a player with a crosshair and fires Desolation at the target every few seconds. While Batraal is connected to the crystal, he is invulnerable. Be sure to kill the crystal as soon as possible while dodging Desolations. The player who was targeted should avoid aiming the Desolations at the rest of the party.

At around 30% HP and after the 3rd crystal is destroyed, Batraal will use Hellssend and become enraged. He will start using Desolation at will. Batraal will also spawn black pools under 3 players. Players within the pool will take damage over time. Move out of them immediately. The puddles will occasionally explode and deal high damage to anyone standing in them.

• Avoid Desolation at all cost, since it will instantly kill most players

• If you are targeted, don't point Desolation at the rest of the party

• Kill crystals when they appear. The crystal activate in a set pattern at set percentages of the boss's HP. The first to activate is the crystal in the alcove behind and to the left of the boss, relative to where players enter the room. From there, the crystals will activate counter-clockwise (near and to the left of the boss, then behind and to the right of the boss) roughly every 25% of the boss's HP.

Abilities

Grim Fate is an instant frontal attack that deals heavy damage to a single player.

Grim Cleaver is an instant ranged attack that deals moderate amount of damage to a random player.

Grim Halo is an instant attack that deals moderate amount of damage to all players around him.

Desolation is an frontal AoE column that deals very heavy damage to all players caught within.

Bestiary

Name Drops All-seeing Eye Alpgrot Orobon Amanuensis Batraal Betrayed Soul Bone Nix   Sticky Tongue Corrupted Crystal Deepvoid Slave

Name Drops Diamond-tooth Hedgemole Forsaken Soul Hellsbound Warrior Lava Drake Mouch Volante Recluse Hippogryph Taulurd

Loot

See also: Dzemael Weapons and Dzemael Armor

All-seeing Eye

• 25,000 Experience Points

Name	Type	Item Level	Rarity	Quantity
Coliseum Galerus	Body	46	BGreen	1
Coliseum Loincloth	Legs	46	BGreen	1
Coliseum Shawl	Body	46	BGreen	1
Coliseum Subligar	Legs	46	BGreen	1
Dzemael Bardiche	Marauder's Arm	46	BGreen	1
Dzemael Carbine	Machinist's Arm	46	BGreen	1
Dzemael Jamadhars	Pugilist's Arm	46	BGreen	1
Dzemael Longbow	Archer's Arm	46	BGreen	1
Dzemael Planisphere	Astrologian's Arm	46	BGreen	1
Dzemael Pugiones	Rogue's Arm	46	BGreen	1
Dzemael Spear	Lancer's Arm	46	BGreen	1
Dzemael Staff	Two-handed Thaumaturge's Arm	46	BGreen	1
Dzemael Whispering Rod	Two-handed Conjurer's Arm	46	BGreen	1
Dzemael Winglet	Gladiator's Arm	46	BGreen	1
Dzemael Zweihander	Dark Knight's Arm	46	BGreen	1
Pince-nez	Head	46	BGreen	1
Scorpion Shield	Shield	46	BGreen	1
The Book of Dzemael	Arcanist's Grimoire	46	BGreen	1

Taulurd

• 45,000 Experience Points

Name	Type	Item Level	Rarity	Quantity
Buccaneer's Gloves	Hands	46	BGreen	1
Buccaneer's Sarouel	Legs	46	BGreen	1
Buccaneer's Shirt	Body	46	BGreen	1
Buccaneer's Tricorne	Head	46	BGreen	1
Harlequin's Acton	Body	46	BGreen	1
Harlequin's Cap	Head	46	BGreen	1
Harlequin's Mitts	Hands	46	BGreen	1
Harlequin's Tights	Legs	46	BGreen	1
Sentinel's Celata	Head	46	BGreen	1
Sentinel's Cuirass	Body	46	BGreen	1
Sentinel's Gauntlets	Hands	46	BGreen	1
Sentinel's Trousers	Legs	46	BGreen	1
Templar's Chain Coif	Head	46	BGreen	1
Templar's Haubergeon	Body	46	BGreen	1
Templar's Skirt	Legs	46	BGreen	1
Templar's Vambraces	Hands	46	BGreen	1

Batraal

•   Ahriman Card (Drops at a fixed rate)
• 55,000 Experience Points

Name	Type	Item Level	Rarity	Quantity
Buccaneer's Boots	Feet	46	BGreen	1
Dzemael Bardiche	Marauder's Arm	46	BGreen	1
Dzemael Carbine	Machinist's Arm	46	BGreen	1
Dzemael Jamadhars	Pugilist's Arm	46	BGreen	1
Dzemael Longbow	Archer's Arm	46	BGreen	1
Dzemael Planisphere	Astrologian's Arm	46	BGreen	1
Dzemael Pugiones	Rogue's Arm	46	BGreen	1
Dzemael Spear	Lancer's Arm	46	BGreen	1
Dzemael Staff	Two-handed Thaumaturge's Arm	46	BGreen	1
Dzemael Whispering Rod	Two-handed Conjurer's Arm	46	BGreen	1
Dzemael Zweihander	Dark Knight's Arm	46	BGreen	1
Harlequin's Boots	Feet	46	BGreen	1
Paladin's Dzemael Arms (Lv. 44)	Other	N/A	BGreen	1
Sentinel's Sabatons	Feet	46	BGreen	1
Templar's Sollerets	Feet	46	BGreen	1
The Book of Dzemael	Arcanist's Grimoire	46	BGreen	1
The Darkhold Orchestrion Roll	Orchestrion Roll	N/A	ABasic	1

Treasure Coffers

Treasure Coffer 1 (X: 12.8 Y: 13.7, Outer Hold)

Name	Type	Item Level	Rarity	Quantity
Pince-nez	Head	46	BGreen	1
Coliseum Galerus	Body	46	BGreen	1
Coliseum Shawl	Body	46	BGreen	1
Coliseum Subligar	Legs	46	BGreen	1
Coliseum Loincloth	Legs	46	BGreen	1
Sentinel's Sabatons	Feet	46	BGreen	1
Templar's Sollerets	Feet	46	BGreen	1
Buccaneer's Boots	Feet	46	BGreen	1
Harlequin's Boots	Feet	46	BGreen	1

Treasure Coffer 2 (X: 6.7 Y: 12.0, Inner Hold)

Name	Type	Item Level	Rarity	Quantity
Sentinel's Celata	Head	46	BGreen	1
Templar's Chain Coif	Head	46	BGreen	1
Buccaneer's Tricorne	Head	46	BGreen	1
Harlequin's Cap	Head	46	BGreen	1
Sentinel's Gauntlets	Hands	46	BGreen	1
Templar's Vambraces	Hands	46	BGreen	1
Buccaneer's Gloves	Hands	46	BGreen	1
Harlequin's Mitts	Hands	46	BGreen	1

Treasure Coffer 3 (X: 8.4 Y: 12.3, Inner Hold)

Name	Type	Item Level	Rarity	Quantity
Sentinel's Cuirass	Body	46	BGreen	1
Templar's Haubergeon	Body	46	BGreen	1
Buccaneer's Shirt	Body	46	BGreen	1
Harlequin's Acton	Body	46	BGreen	1
Sentinel's Trousers	Legs	46	BGreen	1
Templar's Skirt	Legs	46	BGreen	1
Buccaneer's Sarouel	Legs	46	BGreen	1
Harlequin's Tights	Legs	46	BGreen	1

Achievements

This duty is associated with the following achievements:

Name	Points	Task	Reward	Patch
Mapping the Realm: Dzemael Darkhold	10	Discover every location within Dzemael Darkhold.	-	2.0
My Body Is a Temple	5	Obtain a complete set of templar armor consisting of a Templar's Chain Coif, a Templar's Haubergeon, and a pair of Templar's Sollerets. Speak to Jonathas with all three items equipped.	-	2.0
Dress Like a Pirate Day	5	Obtain a complete set of buccaneer armor consisting of a Buccaneer's Tricorne, a Buccaneer's Shirt, and a pair of Buccaneer's Boots. Speak to Jonathas with all three items equipped.	-	2.0
A Mummer in Motley	5	Obtain a complete set of harlequin armor consisting of a Harlequin's Cap, a Harlequin's Acton, and a pair of Harlequin's Tights. Speak to Jonathas with all three items equipped.	-	2.0

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Lore

See also: The Mythril Eye#The Mythril Eye 01 - Disaster at the Darkhold and The Harbor Herald#The Harbor Herald 01 - The Maelstrom in Ishgard

The Count's Ambition

Seeking to utilize an existing labyrinth of natural caves, Count Tarresson of House Dzemael ordered the construction of the Darkhold near the end of the Sixth Astral Era, intending it to serve as a refuge for those fleeing the flames of the Dravanian Horde. When the house's digging uncovered an entrance to the void, allowing an army of voidsent into this realm, however, they were forced to withdraw from the subterrane and suspend their plans. To add insult to injury, imperial troops exploited the confusion to take up positions within the caves.

In a bid to liberate the Darkhold, a young Artorel de Fortemps assembled his knights at the hamlet of Owl's Nest. Bolstered by the presence of capable adventurers, they succeeded in removing the Garleans, earning the future lord of House Fortemps considerable renown. The voidsent, however, proved considerably more difficult to purge, and after some years at a standstill, the call went out once more for brave souls who might aid in reclaiming the caves once and for all.

All-seeing Eye

An immense ahriman whose menacing eye seems to strip barethe essence of things. With but a mere gaze it can call down a curse upon its enemies, while its robust wards stymie the efforts of archers, sending their arrows skittering harmlessly away.

Batraal

In the course of the Darkhold's construction, the workers of House Dzemael uncovered solid, to their sheer horror, what turned out to be a full gargoyle. A type of voidsent that manifests in the Source by merging its essence with stone, the creature is believed to have occupied a position of power amongst its kind, as indicated by the pair of massive blades it brandished. In gargoyle society, such as we understand it, size does appear to matter.

Himself a student of architecture, Count Tarresson de Dzemael had hoped to minimize the cost of building a fortress by taking advantage of a natural cave system. The myriad troubles that beset the Darkhold's construction, however, led to his renouncing his title—under pressure from his sons, if the whisperings amongst Ishgardian nobility are to be believed.

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