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In Final Fantasy 14, each level you reach will lead you to a trial, where you’ll learn more about the game’s story and find more loot for later exploration. When you reach level 60, you’ll face a trial called Final Steps of Faith, which marks the climax of the Post-Heavensward Main Scenario Quests and the end of Dragonsong War. In this trial, you’ll need to win the favor of Hraesvelgr in Sohr Khai, and then fight a final boss, Nidhogg. It uses the body of an Azure Dragoon as its carrier, and you’ll meet it in Steps of Faith.

Since your encounter with Nidhogg is a rare 4-phase battle, this guide will show you what combat mechanics and moves Nidhogg will use in each phases so that you can react in time and successfully defeat it.

How To Meet Nidhogg?

As mentioned earlier, Nidhogg will appear in Final Steps of Faith, a trial that you unlock by completing An End to the Song quest in the post-Heavensward MSQ. In addition, your item level must be 205 or above to participate in this trial.

How To Defeat Nidhogg?

When you reach Steps of Faith in Final Steps of Faith trial, you will encounter Nidhogg. However, it should be noted that there is an effective range between you and its arena, so try not to step into it before you are fully prepared.

In addition, before challenging Nidhogg, interact with the nearest checkpoint near the arena. On the one hand, you can spend some FFXIV Gil here to improve the defense and damage capabilities of the build; on the other hand, once you die in the battle, you will not be reborn at a checkpoint far away.

After you have made all the preparations, let’s take a look at what mechanisms Nidhogg will use in each of the four phases of the battle and how you should deal with them.

Phase 1

First of all, in the first phase, Nidhogg will mainly attack you with AOE, and there are different types. For example, Deafening Bellow will cause inevitable range damage to all players in the entire arena. At this time, you can only rely on range healing to restore your health to a healthy level.

When lines appear below you or your allies in the battle, they will quickly open into circular eyes and cause circular range damage to you, so Nidhogg has launched Horrid Roar at you. At this time, you can predict the range of damage by those lines and avoid it on time.

Besides this deforming line, Nidhogg will also cast Hot Wing, which will use two large lines fired from both sides of the boss to cause linear range damage. What you should do is stay in the safe area in the center to avoid these damages, and find ways to cast more damaging skills.

As for The Scarlet Whisper cast by Nidhogg, it will cause untelegraphed damage to a cone-shaped area in front of the boss, which is fatal to most Jobs, so during this trick, the tank as the vanguard should keep other team members away from Nidhogg.

After you reduce its health to a certain value, Nidhogg cannot aim and fly away, and cause Horrid Roar AOE damage to multiple players in the air. Generally, it will hit the center of the arena to prepare a straight line range and deal continuous damage. Here, you can only dodge Horrid Roar again and again, and then move to the other side to avoid Cauterize.

After a while, Nidhogg will land with Touchdown and cause damage in the area, and then the entire battle will return to normal. Until its health is 70% remaining, Nidhogg cannot aim again and summon three enemies, which means that your battle has entered the second phase.

Phase 2

This is an additional phase where you will fight Shadow Brobinyak, Shadow Dragon, and Shadow Falak summoned by Nidhogg. The strategy here is to deal with Shadow Dragon first, as it cannot be controlled by tanks.

So the two tanks in the team can deal with one of the other two monsters, so that the three of them can be separated from targeted attacks. Shadow Dragon will launch a sweep attack to cause Damage Down, so you should try to ensure flexibility in your build when fighting it.

Both Shadow Brobinyak and Shadow Falak have breath attacks that can cause unpredictable area damage in front, so try not to stand in front of them to avoid being attacked.

Once all three monsters are defeated, Nidhogg will use Final Chorus to deal inevitable damage to all players and enter the third phase of the battle.

Phase 3

Here, Nidhogg will transform into Estinien Varlineau and use a new set of attacks. First up is Ala Morn, which deals with heavy damage to the main tank player. If you’re playing this type of character, you can use defensive cooldowns to reduce the damage of this attack on you.

And of course, there’s Geirskogul, Nidhogg’s (Estinien) favorite area-of-effect attack, which deals damage in a straight line. This attack is very predictable and easy to avoid, just move out of the range indicator.

During this phase, the boss will have AOE Markers, and will use High Jump to target several players, creating a puddle because deals with continuous damage. Because of this move, you and your allies should spread out as much as possible to avoid stacking damage.

In addition to the long-range area-of-effect damage from the previous phase, Nidhogg will also use Super Jump to deal close-range area-of-effect damage in the third phase - the closer you are to this area, the more damage you will take. So the best solution is to run to the other side of the arena as soon as possible to avoid damage.

During Super Jump, Nidhogg will also use the straight-line AOE damage caused by Geirskogul to target multiple players. So in addition to moving to avoid close-range area damage, you also need to stay away from these linear area damage.

Generally, Nidhogg will repeat these attacks until its health is only 30%. At this time, it will jump away and slam the arena with Bloodrage, which will also cause inevitable damage to the entire team. Then it will enter the fourth and final phase.

Phase 4

At the start of this phase, Nidhogg will cast Horrid Roar and Cauterize simultaneously. You’ll need to avoid the circular damage area and get out of Cauterize’s area of ​​effect, then prepare for the final battle.

Here, Nidhogg will repeat all the attacks from Phase 1, and add a few new ones. For example, Akh Morn will target a player with a stacking marker and deal damage to the area over time. During this move, healers and other Jobs in the team should gather around the affected player to keep him safe.

There’s also Flame Blast, which is another skill that deals with linear damage. Nidhogg will create several flaming balls that will explode in a cross-shaped line after a few seconds. So obviously, you should stand diagonally opposite each ball to avoid these.

After Nidhogg casts Hot Wing, it will immediately follow up with a Hot Tail, dealing damage to a linear area in the center of the arena, which you’ll find is the safe area for Hot Wing. So you may need to move to either side between these two attacks to avoid the subsequent damage.

That’s all you need to know about challenging Nidhogg in FFXIV. Hopefully, with the help of this guide, you can easily complete this final boss encounter in one go, and learn more about the story behind the main quest. Have fun!

When you explore Final Fantasy 14, it is very fun to open Treasure Maps with your friends and find hidden loot and quests in them. But if your team is lucky enough, you may find a very magical portal in Treasure Maps that can teleport you to a dungeon full of strange monsters, traps, and a lot of wealth.

For example, when you are swimming in Level 100 Maps, you may land through the portal in the amazing Cenote Ja Ja Gural, which is also the first Treasure Dungeons in Dawntrail. It will bring you some special rewards, which can make your subsequent exploration process smoother and easier.

But it is necessary to remind you in advance that the challenge of this level 100 dungeon is very difficult, so it is also necessary to understand the entry method and completion guide of Cenote Ja Ja Gural in this guide before exploring. Without further ado, let’s start our exploration journey!

Location Of Cenote Ja Ja Gural

As mentioned above, Cenote Ja Ja Gural is a special dungeon, so it has its own way of entering. You cannot enter it through Duty Finder or regular duties. You can only enter by defeating the monsters guarding the treasure chests in Treasure Maps.

In addition, this is a Level 100 Treasure Dungeon, so it will only appear in Timeworn Br’aaxskin Treasure Maps designed for players with a character level of 100. Please note that these maps require you to explore in a group, because it is difficult for a single person to kill the monsters near the treasure chests.

Maps that can be explored by one person, such as Loboskin Treasure Maps, cannot generate portals, so you cannot explore this dungeon. If your game friends or members of Free Company cannot explore with you, you can join or create a Party Finder group to complete the exploration of this dungeon with those equally active players. After running, you can decide where the rewards go, whether it is Free For All or the owner of the map takes it all.

Although the developer recommended that your team should consist of 8 level 100 players to complete all the explorations when creating this Cenote Ja Ja Gural. However, after many players’ actual testing, you only need to use a regular Light party, which requires at least one Healer and one Tank, but the premise is that each player’s item level is 710 or above.

After defeating the monster and the portal appears, your team needs to roll the dice to decide whether to continue to search for the remaining loot. After that, the owner of the map can touch the portal and teleport all players to this hidden dungeon.

Steps To Complete Cenote Ja Ja Gural

Step 1: Select

In fact, Cenote Ja Ja Gural is a door-type Treasure Dungeon. After you and your allies enter the room and defeat the monster, the owner of the map can open a treasure chest and get some FFXIV Gil and loot from it. After splitting the rewards, you and your teammates will face the problem of choosing between two doors.

One door is the wrong option, and once opened, you will be kicked out of the dungeon immediately; the other door will teleport you to the next room. Similarly, you will face such a choice after each room you clear, and there will be about 4 doors waiting for your choice.

Although you can only rely on your intuition to choose the door you want to open, this dungeon advantage will prompt you to the location of the correct door by illuminating the path to the correct door. You can observe it carefully. It is worth reminding you that you must not use it as the main method, because the possibility of their appearance is very small.

The deeper you explore, the more rewards you can get from the treasure chest. When you reach the last room together, you will find that there is no door for you to choose, but the boss guards the last treasure chest.

Step 2: Fight

Just said, you need to defeat the monster guarding the treasure chest in each room of Cenote Ja Ja Gural to get the rewards offered to you. In some cases, however, more enemies may appear after you clear them, which can bring you additional rewards, including extra FFXIV Gil and consumables.

Step 3: Gamble

Sometimes, when you open a treasure chest as the map owner, you may be offered a gambling game: you can choose a card with a number on it, and then you need to guess whether the number on the next card is higher or lower than the number you chose. If you guess correctly, your total reward for the room will be increased (in most cases, it will be doubled); but if you guess wrong, you will lose all the treasure.

The numbers available here are from 1 to 9, so the highest and lowest numbers will be your best choices. Try not to choose 5, as this will only give you a 50% chance of guessing correctly. This gambling game can happen in every room, including the last room with the boss.

If the number on the next card is the same as the number you chose, the system will choose a random number for you again, and you can continue to guess the number higher or lower. Although this gambling game will double your rewards in Cenote Ja Ja Gural, you still need to be careful to make sure that your choices are correct, otherwise you will lose everything.

Cenote Ja Ja Gural Rewards

As just mentioned, you and your teammates will get a lot of Gil in each room, and the more people there are, the more Gil you will get. Even in the last room where you fight the boss, each player will get up to 100,000 Gil.

However, I believe that you explore this interesting dungeon not only for the above currency but also for the various very rare drops, which are very valuable whether they are placed in your build or traded on Market Boards in the game. Here is the specific list of rewards:

• Figmental Weapon Coffer
• Mamonite (Crafting Material)
• Corduroy Felt (Crafting Material)
• Twilight Gemstone (Mount exchange item)
• Ja Ja Gural Tree (Furniture)
• Pile of Gold (Furniture)
• Honeysuckle (Minion)
• The Lawnblazer (Minion)
• Ribboned Parasol (Fashion Accessory)
• Modern Aesthetics - Doing the Wave (Hairstyle)
• Slim Frame Glasses (Facewear)
• Cat Eye Glasses (Facewear)
• Pathmaker Orchestrion Roll
• Cast Stones in Shadow Orchestrion Roll

The above are the exploration steps and rewards for Cenote Ja Ja Gural in FFXIV. I hope that with the help of this guide, you can smoothly and easily explore this dungeon with rich rewards and feel a different gaming experience in it. I wish you a happy game!