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Final Fantasy 14's impressive boss fights are one of the game's best features, allowing players to take on iconic monsters from the franchise's rich history, as well as creative new designs built just for the MMO. Players aren't just fighting these bosses for the thrills either, with the hardest bosses often rewarding players with a chance to obtain exclusive rare mounts, a fan-favorite form of collectible that allows those who can triumph over the games most difficult encounters and overcome the most arduous grinds to proudly show off their achievements.
The Auspicious Kamuy is an example of a mount rewarded for defeating a difficult boss, being part of the Stormblood expansion's series of Extreme Trial mounts. While these fights may have once been considered high-end content, the continued release of new expansions has raised the ceiling on character power players can achieve, allowing even inexperienced players a chance at claiming this rare mount.
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How To Get The Auspicious Kamuy Mount In Final Fantasy 14
The Auspicious Kamuy Fife is a rare drop from the Byakko Extreme fight in "The Jade Stoa (Extreme)." For players to access this fight, completion of several prerequisite quests is required, including:
- The level 70 Main Scenario Quest "Stormblood"
- The level 70 Main Scenario Quest "Hope on the Waves"
- The level 70 sidequest "An Auspicious Encounter" in The Ruby Sea (X:6, Y:16)
- The level 70 sidequest "Songs in the Key of Kugane" in Kugane (X:12, Y:13)
- Speak again with the Wandering Minstrel who provided the "Songs in the Key of Kugane" sidequest, and select the Byakko dialogue option
The extreme version of this fight will be significantly more difficult than the normal fight from the sidequest. However, players who have leveled beyond the Stormblood expansion will be able to make use of their extra stats and bypass the automatic level sync by selecting the "Undersized Party" option in the Duty Finder settings. This can be accessed by clicking the cog icon in the top left corner of the Duty Finder window.
Although max level players will have a significant advantage, those looking to combat Byakko alone will need to ensure they have a plan to handle his State of Shock attack, an ability that normally requires players to share damage across the entire party. Without a group of players to split the damage, the second repetition of this attack will hit a solo player with an item level of 660 for roughly 350,000 damage at the time of writing, an amount only survivable by tank jobs using multiple defensive cooldowns to mitigate the incoming damage or provide invulnerability.
Players willing to group up with others can still take advantage of the Undersized Party setting by first recruiting other players via the Party Finder system, and with enough max-level characters, should be able to easily handle Byakko even in his extreme difficulty iteration. While this strategy further eases the difficulty of the fight, players will need to roll against other party members when the Auspicious Kamuy Fife drops to see who receives the mount.
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Alternate Method To Get The Auspicious Kamuy Mount
Those unenthused at the prospect of tackling an Extreme Trial may be in luck, as the Moogle Treasure Trove series of events frequently sells collectible items such as the Auspicious Kamuy for Moogle Tomestones, a special currency rewarded for players that complete event challenges. The exact items available from the Moogle Treasure Trove rotate between each occurrence of the event. However, the Auspicious Kamuy Fife has appeared a total of three times at the time of writing. Players looking to grab one will want to keep an eye open whenever a Moogle Treasure Trove is announced to see what mounts and exclusive rewards will be available.
Final Fantasy 14
- Franchise
- Final Fantasy
- Platform(s)
- PC , PS3 , PS4 , PS5 , Xbox Series X , Xbox Series S
- Released
- August 27, 2013
- Developer(s)
- Square Enix
- Publisher(s)
- Square Enix
