#All trials in Ultimate Fantasy XIV and the right way to unlock them – Destructoid
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Maybe among the most enjoyable and demanding content material for informal gamers in Ultimate Fantasy XIV is the trials and their excessive equivalents. These trials set eight gamers in opposition to one enemy, with difficulties various relying on the extent and the way high-level the trial is.
There are quite a lot of trials in FFXIV, with the bulk coming from MSQ development. Laborious or Excessive variations are normally unlocked by way of finishing facet quests, and Excessive trials are price aiming in the direction of.
Excessive trials normally drop sought-after supplies, and all of them drop their very own mounts. Finishing the entire Excessive trials in an growth and incomes their mounts will then unlock an additional mount that may’t be earned another approach.
Right here’s each trial in FFXIV, and what quest you’ll want to finish to unlock it.
A Realm Reborn trials
MSQ trials
These trials are unlocked just by enjoying by means of the MSQ of A Realm Reborn:
| Trial | Stage | Unlock quest |
|---|---|---|
| The Bowl of Embers | 20 | Lord of the Inferno |
| The Navel | 34 | Lord of the Crags |
| The Howling Eye | 44 | Woman of the Vortex |
| The Porta Decumana | 50 | The Final Weapon |
| Thornmarch (Laborious) | 50 | You Have Chosen Regicide |
| The Whorleater (Laborious) | 50 | Lord of the Whorl |
| The Hanging Tree (Laborious) | 50 | Levin an Impression |
| The Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Laborious) | 50 | The Devices of Our Deliverance |
| The Chrysalis | 50 | An Uninvited Ascian |
Aspect quest trials
Whereas these aren’t strictly vital for the story of FFXIV, they do add extra lore and facet tales which are enjoyable to dive into, nonetheless. You even have to finish Laborious trials to be able to unlock their Excessive variations, and these are all degree 50 trials:
| Trial | Unlock quest |
|---|---|
| The Bowl of Embers (Laborious) | Ifrit Bleeds, We Can Kill It |
| The Howling Eye (Laborious) | In for Garuda Awakening |
| The Navel (Laborious) | In a Titan Spot |
| A Relic Reborn: The Chimera | A Relic Reborn |
| A Relic Reborn: The Hydra | A Relic Reborn |
| Battle on the Large Bridge | The Three Collectors |
| The Dragon’s Neck | The Coliseum Conundrum |
| Battle within the Large Maintain | Her Final Vow |
| Urth’s Fount | Worry and Odin within the Shroud |
Excessive-end trials
Excessive-end trials are the acute variations of trials that exist already, with the problem taken up a notch (or a couple of). Excessive trials will all the time be the utmost degree for the growth by which they have been launched, so all A Realm Reborn trials are degree 50.
| Trial | Unlock quest |
|---|---|
| The Minstrel’s Ballad: Ultima’s Bane | The Final Ballad |
| The Howling Eye (Excessive) | Gale-force Warning |
| The Navel (Excessive) | Quake Me Up Earlier than You O’Ghomoro |
| The Bowl of Embers (Excessive) | Ifrit Ain’t Broke |
| Thornmarch (Excessive) | The King Lives |
| The Whorleater (Excessive) | Whorl of a Time |
| The Hanging Tree (Excessive) | Judgement Bolts and Lightning |
| The Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Excessive) | Drop Lifeless Shiva |
Heavensward trials
MSQ trials
The next 4 trials are unlocked as a part of the MSQ throughout Heavensward:
| Trial | Stage | Unlock quest |
|---|---|---|
| Thok ast Thok (Laborious) | 53 | Lord of the Hive |
| The Limitless Blue (Laborious) | 57 | Bolt, Chain, and Island |
| The Singularity Reactor | 60 | Heavensward |
| The Ultimate Steps of Religion | 60 | An Finish to the Track |
Aspect quest trials
The next trials are unlocked by means of facet quests in Azys Lla, and all are degree 60:
| Trial | Unlock quest |
|---|---|
| Containment Bay S1T7 | When the Bough Breaks |
| Containment Bay P1T6 | Steadiness unto All |
| Containment Bay Z1T9 | The Final Pillar to Fall |
Excessive-end trials
If you need an additional problem, then you’ll be able to unlock and full the Heavensward Excessive trials to tackle beforehand challenged enemies at the next scale of issue and get these valuable drops. These are all degree 60 trials:
| Trial | Unlock quest |
|---|---|
| The Limitless Blue (Excessive) | The Diabolical Bismarck |
| Thok ast Thok (Excessive) | Thok Across the Clock |
| The Minstrel’s Ballad: Thordan’s Reign | Thordan’s Reign |
| Containment Bay S1T7 | A Fiendish Likeness |
| Containment Bay P1T6 | A Deific Simulacrum |
| Containment Bay Z1T9 | A Demonic Duplicate |
| The Minstrel’s Ballad: Nidhogg’s Rage | Nidhogg’s Rage |
Stormblood trials
MSQ trials
Stormblood added one other 4 new trials as a part of the MSQ, and so they’ll unlock on the following levels:
| Trial | Stage | Unlock quest |
|---|---|---|
| The Pool of Tribute | 63 | The Lord of the Revel |
| Emanation | 67 | The Woman of Bliss |
| The Royal Managerie | 70 | Stormblood |
| Castrum Fluminis | 70 | The Main Settlement |
Aspect quest trials
The next trials are unlocked by finishing facet quests in Stormblood, together with the 4 Auspices line of quests:
| Trial | Unlock quest |
|---|---|
| The Jade Stoa | An Auspicious Encounter |
| The Nice Hunt | The New King on the Block |
| Hells’ Kier | The Hearth-Chook Down Beneath |
| The Wreath of Snakes | Surpassing the Samurai |
| Kugane Ohashi | The Previous Is By no means Previous |
Excessive-end trials
Lots of the Stormblood trials, besides Kugane Ohashi from the Hildibrand quest line, have Excessive variations to unlock and struggle by means of. Fortunately, most of them are unlocked by finishing a single facet quest:
| Trial | Unlock quest |
|---|---|
| The Pool of Tribute (Excessive) Emanation (Excessive) The Minstrel’s Ballad: Shinryu’s Area The Jade Stoa (Excessive) The Minstrel’s Ballad: Tsukuyomi’s Ache Hell’s Kier (Excessive) The Wreath of Snakes (Excessive) |
Songs within the Key of Kugane |
| The Nice Hunt (Excessive) | The Newer King on the Block |
Shadowbringers trials
MSQ trials
As was one thing of a sample by this level, Shadowbringers added 4 new MSQ trials:
| Trial | Stage | Unlock quest |
|---|---|---|
| The Dancing Plague | 73 | Acht-la Ormh Inn |
| The Crown of the Immaculate | 79 | Extinguishing the Final Gentle |
| The Dying Gasp | 80 | Shadowbringers |
| The Seat of Sacrifice | 80 | Hope’s Confluence |
Aspect quest trials
As a part of the Shadow of Werlyt quest line, the next three degree 80 trials will also be unlocked in Shadowbringers:
| Trial | Unlock quest |
|---|---|
| Cinder Drift | Ruby Doomsday |
| Castrum Marinum | Blood of Emerald |
| The Cloud Deck | Obligation within the Sky with Diamond |
Excessive-end trials
In contrast to different expansions, Shadowbringers added an Excessive trial (Memoria Misera) that doesn’t have a traditional issue counterpart. That is unlocked by finishing quests within the Bozjan Southern Entrance. Finishing this Excessive trial unlocks the power to dye degree 80 Artifact Armor.
Right here’s the right way to unlock this trial, together with the remainder of the extent 80 Excessive trials:
| Trial | Unlock quest |
|---|---|
| The Dancing Plague (Excessive) The Crown of the Immaculate (Excessive) The Minstrel’s Ballad: Hades’s Elegy The Seat of Sacrifice (Excessive) |
Minstrel from One other Mom |
| Cinder Drift (Excessive) Castrum Marinum (Excessive) The Cloud Deck (Excessive) |
Weapon of Alternative |
| Memoria Misera (Excessive) | The Bozja Incident |
Endwalker trials
MSQ trials
Endwalker actually upped the variety of trials added as a part of the MSQ, going in opposition to the established sample and including a complete of seven trials to unlock as you progress by means of the principle story:
| Trial | Stage | Unlock quest |
|---|---|---|
| The Darkish Inside | 83 | The Martyr |
| The Mothercrystal | 89 | Her Kids, One and All |
| The Ultimate Day | 90 | Endwalker |
| Storm’s Crown | 90 | The Wind Rises |
| Mount Ordeals | 90 | Needs Untold |
| The Voidcast Dais | 90 | Abyssal Darkish |
| The Abyssal Fracture | 90 | Down within the Darkish |
Aspect quest trials
Just one degree 90 trial is unlocked by means of finishing a facet quest throughout Endwalker, and it comes as a part of the In some way Additional Hildibrand Adventures. To unlock the Gilded Araya, you’ll have to play by means of all of Hildibrand’s Endwalker quests till you full “Gentleman at Coronary heart.”
Excessive-end trials
Every of the MSQ trials in Endwalker has an Excessive equal, and this may be unlocked by finishing the extent 90 facet quest “I Wandered Sharlayan as a Minstrel.”
Dawntrail trials
MSQ trials
Up to now, three trials have been added to Dawntrail as a part of the MSQ:
| Trial | Stage | Unlock quest |
|---|---|---|
| Worqor Lar Dor | 93 | The Skyruin |
| Everkeep | 99 | The Resilient Son |
| The Interphos | 100 | Dawntrail |
Aspect quest trials
As of but, there aren’t any additional trials that may be unlocked by way of facet quests in Dawntrail. This will likely change with future patches, so this part might be up to date accordingly.
Excessive-end trials
Every of the MSQ quests in Dawntail has an Excessive model that may be unlocked by finishing the extent 100 facet quest “How the West Was Sung.”
