Final Fantasy 14 recently released a new down-to-earth, a sort of back-to-basics expansion episode taking place in the unknown habitat of Tural, a soft-reboot which also ignites a next phase in their ongoing game’s story called Dawntrail. FF14 Dawntrail takes place after their last beyond world-ending expansion that ended multiple long running plotlines and story threads which was Endwalker. In this guide, we are going to cover, how you can defeat FFXIV Dawntrail Queen Eternal.
Narrative Leading Up to the Battle
In this expansion, Wuk Lamat and companions assist the Warrior of Light in the competition for Tural’s Dawnservant throne. They also deal with challenges from Koana, Wuk Lamat’s adopted brothers who are supported by Zoraal Ja, the antagonist, out for war and conquest. When Wuk Lamat is crowned, Zoraal Ja steals a key and invades Tural with advanced technology where he kills their father Gulool Ja Ja thereby challenging Wuk Lamat.
The party follows Zoraal to his hometown in Erenville which has now become Solution Nine, a high-tech city linked to Alexandria. It is discovered that Queen Sphene of Alexandria had been helping Zoraal using soul-based technology for revival which turns against itself when he uses Alexandria’s forces against its own people. The party eventually defeats Zoraal.
However, Sphene ups her plans to take over other planets since she was not able to defeat them this time around. The group tracks her down at Living Memory which is a mirror image of Alexandria were transformed into Queen Eternal, they confront her on final battle mode.
Defeating FFXIV Queen Eternal
To neutralize and defeat the final boss – FFXIV Dawntrail Queen Eternal, you need to follow this guide where the fight is split into two phases and requires the collaboration of the entire party to be able to defeat the giant machine.
The First Phase
Legitimate Force: His hands will sparkle, which indicates double AoEs for half rooms in series. For subsequent use, two hands on one side may light up.
Aethertithe: Delivers continual light magic damage, requiring healing. A green grid that moves around with different distorted parts showing conal AoE’s is seen. Three different AOEs (northeast, centre and northwest) suck players in and kill them instantly.
Coronation: Randomly follows some players with moving orange targeting rings that lock into circle AoEs. The main tank must face a predictable physical tankbuster called Prosecution of War.
Virtual Shift: It delivers magical damage to the party while changing the shape of the arena to a smaller hourglass with two gaps cut out of it at the center.
Downburst: Sudden wave emanating from one corner. Players should be aiming to take radial knockback across the diagonal or else rely on knockback immunities.
Brutal Crown: Five ghostly noulith-like appendages meet implying a donut AoE after long telegraphing.
Powerful Gust: East-West horizontal knockback. To get knocked back along top-bottom edge or avoid it by using knockback immunities.
Virtual Shift Reversion: Restores original state of the arena. Coronation and Aethertithe mechanics are repeated.
Royal Domain: It inflicts all-party magical damage.
Mechanics will repeat until the next Virtual Shift, transitioning the arena into two smaller, disconnected rectangles. Players receive Gravitational Anomaly, causing them to float and freely maneuver. Touching the border results in death.
The Second Phase
Castellation: The boss summons a castle wall on the north with holes at the top or bottom. The wall charges forward, knocking back and killing any player it hits. Players must position in line with the holes.
Gravity Manipulation: Players stop floating and must land safely on one of the two small platforms to avoid falling off. Castellation is repeated with players needing to align with the bottom holes this time. Players float again and resolve Castellation using upper holes.
Legitimate Force: Reused with players losing their ability to float once more.
Virtual Shift Reversion: Reverts the arena to its original state again.
Absolute Authority: Kicks off an assortment of highly dynamic mechanics.
- Throbbing pulses of magic damage that must be healed and mitigated.
- Four DPS players receive flare markers and must move away from the group.
- All players receive a triangular red stack above their heads, therefore they should stack with at least one person nearby.
- Multiple circular AoEs will spawn leaving safe spots to stack in.
- A second set of circular AoEs occurs requiring movement to avoid them.
- Authority’s Hold (acceleration bomb) debuff resolves; therefore, players should stop moving in the newly safe spots to take no damage.
- Healers have a gaze indicator, so other players should not look at it to prevent petrification.
Divide and Conquer: Sequential line AoE telegraphs on random players followed by another set on all players. Spread out.
Aethertithe: A doughnut AoE indicator appears halfway through the room cleave that is recycled. Players should move toward that side when dodging cleaves.
This mechanic repeats until approximately 30% health of the boss then triggers a cutscene, victory lap phase.
The Third Phase
Dynastic Diadem: Telegraphed donut AoE directly in front of the boss.
Royal Banishment: Five hits of party-wide magical damage with telegraphed conal AoEs originating from the boss.
Halfway through this part, players receive Dawn’s Resolve, which increases their damage dealt. Repeat mechanics until the boss is defeated.
Tips for Strategy
Healing: Healers need to be on their toes all the way as this fight can continue for long times especially during Aethertithe, Royal Domain and Absolute Authority. Always keep an eye on your members’ health bars so as they can withstand the continued damage output.
Positioning: One must always be aware of how the shape of the arena shifts and move accordingly. This will help in avoiding being pushed off by using knockback immunities whenever powerful gust or downburst is casted by a boss.
AoE Dodging: Pay close attention to telegraphed AoEs and positioning requirements during Castellation, Divide and Conquer, and Absolute Authority phases. Proper movement is key to avoiding instant death mechanics.
Communication: Effective communication is crucial, especially during phases requiring coordinated movement, such as handling Coronation and stacking during Absolute Authority.
Cooldown Management: Use a defensive cooldown wisely in order to mitigate heavy raid-wide damage when Virtual Shift comes up first before Royal Domain follows to end at last with final phase Absolute Authority.
Conclusion
Although defeating the final boss can feel difficult, it is not impossible as you can follow this guide and rely on the help of your party to deal damage on Interphos as well as continuously keep up the team’s health and affective communication can turn this fight around against FFXIV Queen Eternal. Once the fight is over, you can loot Queen Eternal card as well as Allagan Tomestone of Aesthetics and with that the episode will be over. Don’t forget to purchase FFXIV Gil from U7BUY for giving an easy defeat to the Queen Eternal boss.
