FFXIV: Dawntrail’s discipline operation is the Occult Crescent, an enormous piece of content material that dropped in patch 7.25 and may hold you busy for some time. This content material is considerably tied to the Dawntrail relic weapon (although you’ll have the ability to full the weapon with out essentially partaking within the discipline op), and serves as a good way to kill time whereas additionally operating some fairly thrilling content material.
Beneath we clarify the place to unlock the Occult Crescent in FFXIV and canopy particulars about what the Occult Crescent even is.
Easy methods to unlock the Occult Crescent in FFXIV
To unlock the Occult Crescent, you’ll must have not less than one fight job at degree 100 and have accomplished the primary portion of the Dawntrail enlargement. (Y’know, the primary story quest that’s actually referred to as “Dawntrail.”)
As soon as that’s located, you’ll simply want to begin the hunt “One Final Hurrah” from the Expedition Messenger in Tuliyollal:
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Observe this quest line to unlock entry to the Occult Crescent.
What is the Occult Crescent?
The Occult Crescent is the sphere operation for the Dawntrail enlargement. That is separate, instanced content material that plunges you onto an enormous map with a bunch of mechanics particular to this space.
Within the Occult Crescent maps, you’ll degree your “information” somewhat than your precise job degree, and the enemies across the map will deal and take harm based mostly on that information degree. In the event you get attacked by a degree 20 monster whenever you’re solely at information degree one, be ready to die.
The Occult Crescent shares a variety of quirks with its predecessors, like Eureka or Bozja:
- You lose information EXP (and probably ranges) whenever you die after which select to revive again at base (however you don’t lose any whenever you get raised by one other participant).
- You can not fly across the map, however you can experience your mount.
- Particular “essential encounters” spawn across the map, locking you into robust and chaotic battles in opposition to a giant enemy or distinctive pack of enemies.
- Identical to bunnies in Eureka, you’ll be able to assist Magic Pots in particular FATEs to be led to treasure.
Particular to the Occult Crescent, there are Phantom Jobs, that are like… mini-jobs you’ll be able to tackle to offer you additional expertise to assist out. Some are unlocked instantly, like Phantom Bard or Phantom Knight, however some require you to purchase them from the native store or get a particular drop from a essential encounter.
After discovering some survey factors, finishing some quests, and hitting information rank 20, you’ll have the ability to take part in “The Forked Tower,” a 48-person dungeon for distinctive rewards.
So, yep. Your fundamental objective right here is to run round, finishing FATEs and significant encounters to realize information EXP and rank up. You’ll additionally amass foreign money alongside the best way that you should use for particular rewards.
Beginning suggestions for conquering the Occult Crescent
If that is your first time stepping foot right into a discipline operation, it may be quite a bit. Listed below are some suggestions that will help you out:
- Not like in earlier discipline operations, you’ll be able to freely unlock aethernet teleport factors, without having to fret about development or degree. You’ll wish to reveal the map and unlock these ASAP so you’ll be able to shortly bounce into essential encounters.
- To take part in essential encounters, you’ll must head over to the realm labeled with the blue FATE icon and wait within the enormous circle or sq. on the bottom. In the event you don’t make it there by the point the encounter begins, you won’t be able to take part.
- You may go it alone, however partying up is significantly better. A easy “lfg” in shout chat ought to web you an invitation. If no invite comes, you might want to begin accumulating your personal straggler gamers to make a celebration of your personal.
- In the event you’re low degree, keep out of the imaginative and prescient of these high-leveled baddies to keep away from dying. When doubtful, stroll behind them and hug partitions to remain out of their means.
- With these two above factors being made, if you happen to do die, sending a request for a revive alongside a “
” in shout chat will inform gamers your location in order that they can assist you. Selecting to revive again at base will lose you EXP and presumably ranges, so strive not to try this an excessive amount of. - Don’t neglect to use your Phantom Job expertise. It may be simple to get too locked in to a essential encounter, however don’t neglect that you’ve some helpful unique instruments at your disposal.
- Don’t get discouraged by your rampant deaths in essential encounters. These fights are chaotic and contain a variety of sample recognition and memorization. It takes a bit to be taught and also you’ll get there!
- Open these chests! You might even see simply chillin’ chests on the ground. Whereas a variety of them gives you bizarre junk, a few of them have valuables like mounts, minions, and glamour inside.
- Contemplate shopping for the using map first and the opposite stuff after. Attending to zoom across the map at a quicker pace will assist the grind quite a bit. You should purchase the map from the “Expedition Antiquarian” NPC on the base camp for 3,000 silver items.
- When you degree up sufficient Phantom Jobs, you should use their buffing expertise after which swap jobs whereas retaining the buffs. This makes Phantom Bard a reasonably good job to degree early, as it will probably grant you an Phantom Job EXP buff.
That stated, this entire factor is a studying expertise — everybody alongside you can be figuring stuff out, us included.
