The Aurum Vale

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The Aurum Vale

The Aurum Vale.png
Level
47 (Sync: 49)
Difficulty
Normal
Party size
Light Party
4 man 1 Tank role.png 1 Healer role.png 2 DPS role.png
Unsyncing
Allowed
Time limit
90 minutes
Duty Finder
Dungeons (A Realm Reborn)
Roulette
Leveling
Req. quest
Feature quest Going for Gold
Entrance
Coerthas Central Highlands (X:14, Y:35)
Modes
Explorer
Patch
2.0

Soon after its discovery, miners from across the realm flocked to the Aurum Vale, driven by rumors that deep within lay endless veins of mythril. What they found instead was gold, but not the sort which would make them rich. Believing the substance precious aurum, miners unknowingly stumbled into deep pools of glowing venom thereafter known as goldbile. Not only did the liquid burn their skin, but the noisome fumes given off by the foul ooze cooked their lungs when inhaled, bringing on a quick, yet excruciating death. These truths, however, have done little to prevent new miners from braving the suffocating shafts, now even more driven to find what those who entered before could not.

— In-game description

The Aurum Vale is a level 47 dungeon introduced in patch 2.0.

Objectives

  1. Breach the Lock.
  2. Defeat the morbol bed keeper.
  3. Clear the Coincounter's Chest.
  4. Defeat the morbol bed keepers.

Enemies

Name Drops
Coincounter Glower.png  Glower
Eftstool
Goldvine
Lily of the Vale
Locksmith
Miser's Mistress Bad Breath.png  Bad Breath
Name Drops
Nether Nix
Poisoned Peasant
Vale Banemite
Vale Bat
Vale Diremite
Vale Wasp

The first room of enemies can be problematic for inexperienced parties. There are several patrolling enemies that can quickly overwhelm the party if too many are engaged. The Nether Nixes in particular will use Sticky Tongue.png  Sticky Tongue to yank the first person it sees to its location, aggroing many enemies along the way. The party should "hug" the left wall and fight as few enemies as possible until they reach the first boss room.

Bosses

The Aurum Vale Guide

Note that the yellow liquid does damage-over-time to players standing in them, represented by the Goldbile icon1.png Goldbile debuff.

Aggressive difficulty r5.png Locksmith

Locksmith is the first boss of The Aurum Vale - this gigantic Ochu has several high damage mechanics that will test the capabilities of the parties' healers.

Morbol Fruit will grow along the sides of the arena. Locksmith will cast a Gold lung icon1.png Gold Lung debuff on the party that cannot be cleansed by Esuna.png  Esuna. To remove the debuff, players will need to click on the Morbol Fruit to interact with the item and remove the debuff. Players should avoid having more than 2 stacks of Gold Lung, as it will increase damage taken.

After interacting with a fruit, it will disappear. The Morbol Fruits respawn over time.

Abilities

  • Hundred Lashings is a melee attack that deals moderate to high amount of damage.
  • Gold Rush is an instant ability that places a damage over time debuff named Gold lung icon1.png Gold Lung on all players. This effect stacks. The debuff can be removed by consuming a Morbol Fruit.
  • Gold Dust is a circular AoE spell that appears under a random player. It deals moderate damage to all players hit.

Tank Mechanics

In order to click on the Morbol Fruit to remove the debuff stacks, tanks may have to stun Locksmith to avoid being interrupted.

Aggressive difficulty r5.png Coincounter

Coincounter is a giant cyclops that has powerful front AoE attacks, swipe cleave abilities, and a room-wide AoE lightning mechanic.

  • As of Patch 5.3 orange ground indicators have been added to all of the boss' AoEs. However, there are later occurrences of this same type of boss that remain un-telegraphed, so learning the visual tells is still useful and encouraged.

All non-tank players should stay away from the front of the boss at all times- Coincounter has 2 types of 100-Tonze Swipe cleaves:

  • The first type can be identified when he holds his mace with only 1 of his hands. This is a frontal cone AoE attack.
  • The second type can be identified when he holds his mace with 2 of his hands. This is a circular AoE attack that does an enormous amount of damage to all targets around him.

100-Tonze swipe attack can be stunned or interrupted.

At about half HP, Coincounter will start using Eye of the Beholder, a long range, frontal cone, AoE spell. Ranged damage dealers and healers should spread apart and avoid his Glower.png  Glower and Eye of the Beholder abilities if possible.

Abilities

  • 10-Tonze Swipe is an instant frontal AoE attack that does moderate amount of damage.
  • 100-Tonze Swipe (1 Hand) is a frontal cone AoE attack that does a large amount of damage to all targets hit.
  • 100-Tonze Swing (2 Hand) is a circular AoE attack that does extremely large amount of damage to all targets close to the Cyclops.
  • Glower.png  Glower is a laser fired from the eye of Coincounter onto a random player. The player will take moderate amount of damage and become inflicted with the debuff Paralysis icon1.png Paralysis.
  • Eye of the Beholder is a partial donut AoE spell that deals a moderate amount of damage and inflicts a DoT named Electrocution icon1.png Electrocution. Coincounter will face a random player and use the emote "The Coincounter takes a moment to reconsider..." before using this spell. This C-shaped attack has safe spots behind the boss and close in.

100-Tonze Swipe, 100-Tonze Swing and Eye of the Beholder can be interrupted with Stun icon1.png stuns.

Aggressive difficulty r6.png Miser's Mistress

Miser's Mistress is the final boss of The Aurum Vale. This Morbol boss has powerful frontal AoE attacks and should be faced away from all non-tank players. The debuffs from Bad Breath.png  Bad Breath could be deadly.

Similar to Locksmith, there are objects named Morbol Fruit around the boss room. Players can consume the fruit to remove all the stacks of the debuff Burrs.png Burrs, which deals increasing damage over time with each additional stack. Players should consume the fruit at 2-3 Burrs stacks, and will typically need to alternate between two separate fruits to achieve this (there are 8 total fruit spawns in the room). Note that the fruits can also remove the debuffs from Bad Breath, so if a player gets hit by this attack, they should quickly use a fruit to avoid the debilitating and possibly deadly effects of the slew of debuffs it inflicts.

Adds

At half HP, Miser's Mistress will spawn 5 strange Morbol Fruits that must be destroyed immediately. Use a physical ranged or caster limit break if needed. Any fruits that hatch will turn into Morbol Seedlings that will add Burr debuff stacks with every attack. If any seedlings hatch, this could easily wipe the group.

Abilities

  • If the healer gets hit by Bad Breath.png  Bad Breath, it can very quickly lead to a wipe. Healers and ranged DPS should stay far away from the boss. Esuna.png  Esuna can be used to remove the Bad Breath.png  Bad Breath debuffs, but this will only remove one status effect at a time, and if the healer is the one that was hit, the Silence effect will prevent using Esuna anyway. Players should use the Morbol Fruit to remove all the effects at once if they are hit with Bad Breath.png  Bad Breath.
  • Vine Probe is a frontal column AoE attack that deals a moderate amount of damage to all targets hit.
  • Hooked Burrs is an ability that deals a small amount of damage and adds one stack of Burrs.png Burrs on a random player.
  • Burr Burrow is an ability that inflicts the player with the debuff Burrs.png Burrs and deals small amount of damage per stack of Burrs already on the player. If a player has enough Burr stacks, this can do a considerable amount of damage. Use the Morbol Fruit that grow on the outside of the arena to cleanse the debuff stacks, as it cannot be cleansed with Esuna.

Loot

See also: Aurum Weapons, Aurum Armor and Aurum Accessories

Silver Coffer (small).png Locksmith

Name Type Item Level Rarity Quantity
Aetherial amber earrings icon1.png  Aetherial Amber Earrings Earrings 49 DAetherial 1
Aetherial amber ring icon1.png  Aetherial Amber Ring Ring 49 DAetherial 1
Aetherial black pearl ring icon1.png  Aetherial Black Pearl Ring Ring 49 DAetherial 1
Aetherial rubellite earrings icon1.png  Aetherial Rubellite Earrings Earrings 49 DAetherial 1
Aetherial rubellite ring icon1.png  Aetherial Rubellite Ring Ring 49 DAetherial 1
Aetherial spinel earrings icon1.png  Aetherial Spinel Earrings Earrings 49 DAetherial 1
Aetherial spinel ring icon1.png  Aetherial Spinel Ring Ring 49 DAetherial 1
Aetherial tortoiseshell armillae icon1.png  Aetherial Tortoiseshell Armillae Bracelets 49 DAetherial 1
Aetherial tourmaline earrings icon1.png  Aetherial Tourmaline Earrings Earrings 49 DAetherial 1
Aetherial tourmaline ring icon1.png  Aetherial Tourmaline Ring Ring 49 DAetherial 1
Aetherial turquoise earrings icon1.png  Aetherial Turquoise Earrings Earrings 49 DAetherial 1
Aetherial turquoise ring icon1.png  Aetherial Turquoise Ring Ring 49 DAetherial 1
Aetherial zircon earrings icon1.png  Aetherial Zircon Earrings Earrings 49 DAetherial 1
Aetherial zircon ring icon1.png  Aetherial Zircon Ring Ring 49 DAetherial 1
Aurum armguards icon1.png  Aurum Armguards Hands 49 BGreen 1
Aurum celata icon1.png  Aurum Celata Head 49 BGreen 1
Aurum dress gloves icon1.png  Aurum Dress Gloves Hands 49 BGreen 1
Aurum gauntlets icon1.png  Aurum Gauntlets Hands 49 BGreen 1
Aurum pot helm icon1.png  Aurum Pot Helm Head 49 BGreen 1
Aurum temple chain icon1.png  Aurum Temple Chain Head 49 BGreen 1

Silver Coffer (small).png Coincounter

Name Type Item Level Rarity Quantity
Aurum brais icon1.png  Aurum Brais Legs 49 BGreen 1
Aurum chasuble icon1.png  Aurum Chasuble Body 49 BGreen 1
Aurum cuirass icon1.png  Aurum Cuirass Body 49 BGreen 1
Aurum jacket icon1.png  Aurum Jacket Body 49 BGreen 1
Aurum smalls icon1.png  Aurum Smalls Legs 49 BGreen 1
Aurum trousers icon1.png  Aurum Trousers Legs 49 BGreen 1

Gold Coffer (small).png Miser's Mistress

Name Type Item Level Rarity Quantity
Astaroth cane icon1.png  Astaroth Cane Two-handed Conjurer's Arm 49 BGreen 1
Aurum boots icon1.png  Aurum Boots Feet 49 BGreen 1
Aurum leg guards icon1.png  Aurum Leg Guards Feet 49 BGreen 1
Aurum sabatons icon1.png  Aurum Sabatons Feet 49 BGreen 1
Balisarde icon1.png  Balisarde Dark Knight's Arm 49 BGreen 1
Black mages verdant arms (lv. 47) icon1.png  Black Mage's Verdant Arms (Lv. 47) Other N/A BGreen 1
Bloody murder icon1.png  Bloody Murder Machinist's Arm 49 BGreen 1
Canopus bill icon1.png  Canopus Bill Marauder's Arm 49 BGreen 1
Canopus guisarme icon1.png  Canopus Guisarme Lancer's Arm 49 BGreen 1
Canopus stilettos icon1.png  Canopus Stilettos Rogue's Arm 49 BGreen 1
Misers folly orchestrion roll icon1.png  Miser's Folly Orchestrion Roll Orchestrion Roll N/A ABasic 1
Paladins templar arms (lv. 47) icon1.png  Paladin's Templar Arms (Lv. 47) Other N/A BGreen 1
Pupils book of mythril icon1.png  Pupil's Book of Mythril Arcanist's Grimoire 49 BGreen 1
Vega icon1.png  Vega Astrologian's Arm 49 BGreen 1
Verdant hora icon1.png  Verdant Hora Pugilist's Arm 49 BGreen 1
Verdant shortbow icon1.png  Verdant Shortbow Archer's Arm 49 BGreen 1

Treasure Coffers

Bronze Coffer (small).png Treasure Coffer 1 (X: 10.3 Y: 8.6)

Name Type Item Level Rarity Quantity
Aurum sabatons icon1.png  Aurum Sabatons Feet 49 BGreen 1
Aurum leg guards icon1.png  Aurum Leg Guards Feet 49 BGreen 1
Aurum boots icon1.png  Aurum Boots Feet 49 BGreen 1
Morbol seedling (minion) icon2.png  Morbol Seedling   This item is guaranteed to drop. Minion N/A ABasic 1

Bronze Coffer (small).png Treasure Coffer 2 (X: 8.9 Y: 9.0)

Name Type Item Level Rarity Quantity
Aurum celata icon1.png  Aurum Celata Head 49 BGreen 1
Aurum pot helm icon1.png  Aurum Pot Helm Head 49 BGreen 1
Aurum temple chain icon1.png  Aurum Temple Chain Head 49 BGreen 1
Aurum gauntlets icon1.png  Aurum Gauntlets Hands 49 BGreen 1
Aurum armguards icon1.png  Aurum Armguards Hands 49 BGreen 1
Aurum dress gloves icon1.png  Aurum Dress Gloves Hands 49 BGreen 1
Mossy horn icon1.png  Mossy Horn Material N/A ABasic 1

Bronze Coffer (small).png Treasure Coffer 3 (X: 7.0 Y: 7.0)

Name Type Item Level Rarity Quantity
Aurum cuirass icon1.png  Aurum Cuirass Body 49 BGreen 1
Aurum jacket icon1.png  Aurum Jacket Body 49 BGreen 1
Aurum chasuble icon1.png  Aurum Chasuble Body 49 BGreen 1
Aurum trousers icon1.png  Aurum Trousers Legs 49 BGreen 1
Aurum brais icon1.png  Aurum Brais Legs 49 BGreen 1
Aurum smalls icon1.png  Aurum Smalls Legs 49 BGreen 1
Dodore wing icon1.png  Dodore Wing Material N/A ABasic 1-2
Carnivorous seedling icon1.png  Carnivorous Seedling Material N/A ABasic 1

Bronze Coffer (small).png Treasure Coffer 4 (X: 4.5 Y: 8.9)

Name Type Item Level Rarity Quantity
Paladins templar arms (lv. 47) icon1.png  Paladin's Templar Arms (Lv. 47) Other N/A BGreen 1
Canopus bill icon1.png  Canopus Bill Marauder's Arm 49 BGreen 1
Balisarde icon1.png  Balisarde Dark Knight's Arm 49 BGreen 1
Canopus guisarme icon1.png  Canopus Guisarme Lancer's Arm 49 BGreen 1
Verdant hora icon1.png  Verdant Hora Pugilist's Arm 49 BGreen 1
Canopus stilettos icon1.png  Canopus Stilettos Rogue's Arm 49 BGreen 1
Verdant shortbow icon1.png  Verdant Shortbow Archer's Arm 49 BGreen 1
Bloody murder icon1.png  Bloody Murder Machinist's Arm 49 BGreen 1
Black mages verdant arms (lv. 47) icon1.png  Black Mage's Verdant Arms (Lv. 47) Other N/A BGreen 1
Pupils book of mythril icon1.png  Pupil's Book of Mythril Arcanist's Grimoire 49 BGreen 1
Astaroth cane icon1.png  Astaroth Cane Two-handed Conjurer's Arm 49 BGreen 1
Vega icon1.png  Vega Astrologian's Arm 49 BGreen 1

Achievements

This duty is associated with the following achievements:

Name Points Task Reward Patch
Mapping the realm aurum vale icon1.png  Mapping the Realm: Aurum Vale 10 Discover every location within the Aurum Vale. - 2.0

Images

Lore

See also: The Harbor Herald#The Harbor Herald 06 - Garleans in the Vale

Drowning In Gold

One of the many caverns found in the Coerthas central highlands, known for its glowing pools that give off a golden mist. Though beautiful to behold, the liquid is in fact a lethal seepage called goldbile—the product of a union between sulphur and mythril ore, quickened in groundwater. Drawn, by the mesmerizing scenery or the promise of precious aurum, many have unwittingly stumbled into these pools only to have the liquid burn their skin and the noisome fumes cook their lungs. As if such a place were not sufficiently perilous, prolonged exposure to the fumes wrought an adverse change to the wildlife within, rendering it too dangerous to be left unchecked. Thus did the Holy See of Ishgard petition the three allied city-states to undertake a purge of the Vale in return for the supply of bat- tle-trained chocobos, and the Grand Companies each dispatch a unit of adventurers to see to the task.

The Coincounter

Making its lair in the Aurum Vale, this hulking cyclops attacks all who enter its territory, giving the impression of a watchdog jealously guard ing a golden hoard. For its antics, adventurers have named it the Coincounter.

The Miser's Mistress

If the miser is avaricious, then his mistress is avarice itself. Lording over all in the Aurum Vale, this enormous morbol uses its ever-searching tendrils to seize prey in a rapacious embrace before devouring it whole. While the species is known for spewing forth virulent gas, that which is produced by this specimen is surpassingly potent, an effect of its toxic environment.

Pleasing to behold but excruciating to breathe within, what could otherwise be a scenic wonder to attract visitors is marred by the presence of noisome fumes. The peculiar ore known as vale bubo, born of the mingling between mythril and sulphur, is a subject of interest for geological enthusiasts.