The Occult Crescent: North Horn

Level: 100 (Sync: 100)
Item Level: 690 (Sync: 700)
Difficulty: Normal
Party size: Flexible
1-72 man • 1-72
Unsyncing: Not Allowed
Time limit: 180 minutes
Phoenix Down: Available
Req. quest: Occult Reunion
Entrance: Phantom Village (X:4.5, Y:6.6)
Location: North Horn
Region: ???
Patch: 7.55

The Occult Crescent: North Horn is a level 100 field operation introduced in patch 7.55 with Dawntrail.

It is the second of two field zones in the Occult Crescent series. Both the 48-player normal-difficulty raid The Forked Tower: Magic and the high-difficulty raid The Forked Tower: Magic (Extreme) are located within the zone.

Requirements

Level Requirement: Disciple of War or Magic level 100
Item Level Sync: 700
Party Size: One to eight players
- While up to 72 players can simultaneously be in the instance, only party sizes of up to eight players are allowed. Players can freely join or leave parties inside the instance, but Party Finder is disabled.
Role Restrictions: None
Time Limit: 180 minutes
- The instance timer is specific to each player and commences upon entering the duty.
Unrestricted Parties not allowed
Limited Jobs not allowed

Unlock

Quest: Occult Reunion
Level: Disciple of War or Magic level 100
Starting NPC: Expedition Messenger
Starting NPC Location: Tuliyollal (X:17.2, Y:11.8)
Prerequisite: Mysteries Abide

Locations

All aetherytes are immediately available for attunement with no Knowledge Level prerequisite, provided that players can navigate around high-level enemies.

Like other field operations zones, players may use mounts, but cannot fly in this zone. It is highly recommended to purchase a North Horn Riding Map for 3,000 from the Expedition Antiquarian at the base camp as soon as possible.

The action Occult Return automatically replaces Return and can be used on demand to return to the base camp.

Quests

Quest	Level	Quest Giver	Unlocks
Occult Reunion	100	Expedition Messenger	The Occult Crescent: North Horn
The North Horn Beckons	100	Ketenramm
A Confluence Conundrum	100	Ketenramm
Aetherial Oddities	100	Ketenramm
A Familiar Issue	100	Ketenramm
The Observant Servant	100	Iris
In the Shadow of the Tower	100	Ketenramm	The Forked Tower: Magic The Forked Tower: Magic (Extreme)
Wisdom's End	100	Archive	Universally Crescentialed

Shops & Services

Merchant Name	Title	Location
Expedition Antiquarian		(X:39.4, Y:38.7)
Expedition Armorer (North Horn)		(X:39.5, Y:39.1)
Expedition Supplier (North Horn)		(X:39.1, Y:38.7)
Expedition Trader		(X:39.5, Y:38.8)

Enemies

Regular

Special

FATEs

FATEs are short open battles either against either a single boss (purple symbols) or multiple waves of enemies (blue symbols), the latter of which are tied to the Persistent Pot minigame. Up to one boss FATE may spawn at a time per instance. The pot FATEs spawn on a 30 minute timer and alternate between the two possible FATEs.

All FATE spawns are automatic with no prerequisite mobs.

FATE	Location	Knowledge Phantom EXP	Currencies	Notable Rewards
A Rotten Affair	(X:12.5, Y:5.4)	66-85,120 240	70
Allure of the Occult	(X:13.4, Y:16.3)	66-85,120 240	70
Daylight Pottery	(X:26.2, Y:11.6)	66-85,120 240	70	0–1 Notes on Persistent Pots
Eye to Eye	(X:31.7, Y:20.8)	66-85,120 240	70
Gale-force Encounter	(X:4.2, Y:31)	66-85,120 240	70
In a Pot of Bother	(X:11, Y:25.8)	66-85,120 240	70	0–1 Notes on Persistent Pots
Inconstant Gardener	(X:18, Y:11.7)	66-85,120 240	70
Raging Thrall	(X:35.8, Y:25.7)	66-85,120 240	70
Scale Model	(X:8.2, Y:20.1)	66-85,120 240	70
Shoreline Showdown	(X:23.3, Y:30.8)	66-85,120 240	70
Territorial Dispute	(X:19.6, Y:38.7)	66-85,120 240	70
Thunderregnum	(X:24.2, Y:7.3)	66-85,120 240	70
Waved Away	(X:28, Y:16.4)	66-85,120 240	70

Critical Encounters

Being hit with any avoidable AoEs will inflict a stack of Vulnerability Up that lasts indefinitely for the rest of the encounter or until the player dies. Unlike with Bozja, there appears to be no tangible reward for completing Critical Encounters with no vulnerability stacks.

Upon completing a Critical Encounter, players have a random chance of receiving the Battle High status for 15 minutes, increasing their Critical Hit and Direct Hit Rate and providing healing-over-time. Critical encounters have an extremely rare chance of dropping the following Occult Accessories:

FATE	Boss	Location	Knowledge Phantom EXP	Currencies	Notable Rewards	Spawn Mob
A Beast Unleashed		(X:26.1, Y:28.6)	200-130,210 720	20 10 200		Automatic
Accept No Imitators	Metamorph	(X:31.4, Y:15.2)	200-130,210 720	20 10 200	0–1 Notes on the Metamorph	Automatic
Ahead of the Competition		(X:19.8, Y:31.1)	200-130,210 720	20 10 200		Automatic
Appalling Behavior	Pallmagia	(X:38.2, Y:9.8)	200-130,210 720	20 10 200	0–1 Blue Mage's Soul Shard 0–1 Notes on the Pallmagia	Automatic
Cursed Resurgence	Claret Dragon	(X:7.7, Y:24.5)	200-130,210 720	20 10 200	0–1 Notes on the Claret Dragon	Crescent Big Horn
Dark Artistry	Phantom Necromancer (Boss)	(X:25.9, Y:4.3)	200-130,210 720	20 10 200	0–1 Necromancer's Soul Shard 0–1 Notes on the Phantom Necromancer	Automatic
Doubled Trouble	Conjured Calofisteri	(X:17.2, Y:20.2)	200-130,210 720	20 10 200	0–1 Notes on Conjured Calofisteri	Crescent Blackguard
Familiar Tactics		(X:13.5, Y:35.8)	200-130,210 720	20 10 200		Automatic
Forbidden Folios	Arbatel	(X:34.7, Y:34.5)	200-130,210 720	20 10 200	0–1 Notes on Arbatel	Automatic
Imbalanced Diet	Algol	(X:36.7, Y:21.4)	200-130,210 720	20 10 200	0–1 Notes on Algol	Automatic
Lost on the Wind	Abductor	(X:18.4, Y:4.3)	200-130,210 720	20 10 200	0–1 Notes on the Abductor	Crescent Wraith
Many Mouths to Feed		(X:4.1, Y:10.3)	200-130,210 720	20 10 200		Crescent Wamoura
Quarried Away	Alabaster Blade	(X:12, Y:8)	200-130,210 720	20 10 200	0–1 Notes on the Alabaster Blade	Automatic
Tiny Terror	Tiny Mage	(X:24.3, Y:35.6)	200-130,210 720	20 10 200	0–1 Notes on the Tiny Mage	Automatic
Web of Terror		(X:24.9, Y:18.8)	200-130,210 720	20 10 200		Crescent Hellhound

Treasure Coffers

Personal treasure coffers will spawn in this zone, which can be claimed individually without needing to dismount. For possible spawn locations and drop tables, please see the above link.

Bronze coffers may rarely drop a Fortune Carrot, which can be used on chewed carrots randomly found on the ground in certain locations to spawn a Happy Bunny, which will offer a golden treasure coffers with a different reward pool.

Persistent Pots

Rescue Persistent Pots by completing the Daylight Pottery or In a Pot of Bother FATEs to start a minigame that will lead the player to a hidden treasure coffer in certain locations.

Persistent Pots are highly desirable due to their rewards, so it is common for players to ask for respawn timers in an instance. A common format is X:AA N and X:BB S, corresponding to the north FATE (Daylight Pottery) and south FATE (In a Pot of Bother) respectively. For example, X:15 N, X:45 S means that the north FATE will spawn at 15 minutes on the hour for the player's local time, and the south FATE will spawn at 45 minutes on the hour.

The Forked Tower: Magic

Similar to the South Horn, the North Horn contains a capstone in-instance raid. However, two difficulties are available, each with different modes of accessibility. Each difficulty accommodates up to 48 players. Neither difficulty requires players to offer ciphers.

Normal difficulty

The Forked Tower: Magic has a normal-mode difficulty that is tied to the story of the Occult Crescent. To enter:

Stand atop the aetherial node when it becomes available to register interest in the duty.
If more players than can enter the duty are atop the node, participants will be selected at random.
Should you fail to be selected, your next entry will be given priority.

Extreme difficulty

The Forked Tower: Magic (Extreme) is an optional challenge mode similar to The Forked Tower: Blood. To enter:

Players must form a premade alliance of at least 12 total players in at least 3 parties outside of the Occult Crescent.
A preformed alliance meeting these conditions will enter an "extreme-mode" North Horn instance.
Upon entering an extreme-mode instance, the Forked Tower will immediately become accessible.

Achievements

This duty is associated with the following achievements:

Name	Points	Task	Reward	Patch
Universally Crescentialed	10	Complete the quest “Wisdom's End.”	-	7.55
Mapping the Realm: The Occult Crescent: North Horn	10	Discover every location on the Occult Crescent: North Horn.	-	7.55
Archiving the Arcane	10	Unlock all entries in the Occult Record pertaining to the North Horn.	-	7.55
Critical Analysis I	10	Complete 10 critical encounters on the Occult Crescent: North Horn.	-	7.55
Critical Analysis II	10	Complete 50 critical encounters on the Occult Crescent: North Horn.	-	7.55
Critical Analysis III	10	Complete 100 critical encounters on the Occult Crescent: North Horn.	-	7.55
Critical Analysis IV	20	Complete 500 critical encounters on the Occult Crescent: North Horn.	Inescapable Encounter	7.55
Horns of Plenty I	5	Open 10 treasure coffers found during your excursions on the Occult Crescent.	-	7.25
Horns of Plenty II	5	Open 100 treasure coffers found during your excursions on the Occult Crescent.	-	7.25
Horns of Plenty III	5	Open 1,000 treasure coffers found during your excursions on the Occult Crescent.	-	7.25
Horns of Plenty IV	5	Open 5,000 treasure coffers found during your excursions on the Occult Crescent.	King Among Castaways (Male) / Queen Among Castaways (Female)	7.25
Shades' Treasury	20	Open 10,000 treasure coffers found during your excursions on the Occult Crescent.	Pirate's Displeasure	7.51
In Pot Pursuit I	5	Open 10 treasure coffers revealed to you by persistent pots on the Occult Crescent.	-	7.25
In Pot Pursuit II	5	Open 50 treasure coffers revealed to you by persistent pots on the Occult Crescent.	-	7.25
In Pot Pursuit III	5	Open 200 treasure coffers revealed to you by persistent pots on the Occult Crescent.	-	7.25
In Pot Pursuit IV	5	Open 1,000 treasure coffers revealed to you by persistent pots on the Occult Crescent.	Persistent Pal	7.25
Pot in the Act	20	Open 2,000 treasure coffers revealed to you by persistent pots on the Occult Crescent.	Protector of Pots	7.51
Phantom Physicking I	5	Resurrect another player on the Occult Crescent: North Horn 10 times.	-	7.55
Phantom Physicking II	5	Resurrect another player on the Occult Crescent: North Horn 100 times.	-	7.55
Phantom Physicking III	10	Resurrect another player on the Occult Crescent: North Horn 500 times.	Phantom Salvation	7.55
Occult Enlightenment I	5	Complete 10 FATEs on the Occult Crescent: North Horn.	-	7.55
Occult Enlightenment II	5	Complete 50 FATEs on the Occult Crescent: North Horn.	-	7.55
Occult Enlightenment III	5	Complete 100 FATEs on the Occult Crescent: North Horn.	-	7.55
Occult Enlightenment IV	10	Complete 500 FATEs on the Occult Crescent: North Horn.	Writer of Fates	7.55
Phantomastery I	5	Master a phantom job.	-	7.25
Phantomastery II	5	Master 5 phantom jobs.	-	7.25
Phantomastery III	5	Master 10 phantom jobs.	Overemployed	7.25
Phantomastery IV	5	Master 16 phantom jobs.	-	7.55
Phantomastery V	10	Master 24 phantom jobs.	Wearer of Many Hats	7.55
Where Rabbits Roam I	5	Open 10 treasure coffers revealed to you by happy bunnies on the Occult Crescent.	-	7.25
Where Rabbits Roam II	5	Open 50 treasure coffers revealed to you by happy bunnies on the Occult Crescent.	-	7.25
Where Rabbits Roam III	5	Open 200 treasure coffers revealed to you by happy bunnies on the Occult Crescent.	-	7.25
Where Rabbits Roam IV	5	Open 1,000 treasure coffers revealed to you by happy bunnies on the Occult Crescent.	Bunny-blessed	7.25
...Riches Abound	20	Open 2,000 treasure coffers revealed to you by happy bunnies on the Occult Crescent.	Bun-believable	7.51

Music

Section	Theme
Main	Dungeon (Dawntrail)
Battle	Sealed Away (Dawntrail)
FATEs	To the North Mountain (Dawntrail)
Critical Encounters	A New World (Dawntrail)
Persistent Pot minigame	By Design