Final Fantasy 14 is well-known for its punishingly difficult raid encounters, featuring both a normal difficulty for players looking to enjoy the story, as well as a Savage difficulty for players wanting to test their skills against revamped bosses with new mechanics for a chance at best-in-slot gear. In recent expansions, however, Final Fantasy 14 has introduced an even higher difficulty of raids called Ultimate raids, revisiting old bosses and introducing new, devastatingly punishing attack patterns in excruciating boss rush-style encounters, often lasting over 15 minutes in length. At the time of writing, there are five Ultimate raids in the game, with a sixth raid, Future's Rewritten (Ultimate), announced for release in patch 7.11.

While Ultimate raids are among the most difficult content players can tackle in Final Fantasy 14, players that are able to complete them will be rewarded with an exclusive achievement, title, and customizations for their character portraits and adventurer plates. Most importantly, these raids will also drop a totem that can be exchanged for unique weapons with impressive visual effects themed after the encounter, allowing players to show off their accomplishment in style.

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How To Unlock The Unending Coil Of Bahamut And The Weapon's Refrain

The first Ultimate raids introduced in the Stormblood expansion, The Unending Coil of Bahamut (UCoB) and The Weapon's Refrain (UWU), appear at level 70 and can be unlocked by completing boss encounters in the Omega series of raids on Savage difficulty. To unlock the prerequisite Omega raids, players will need to have completed the level 70 Main Scenario Quest "Stormblood," followed by the side quest "The Hunt for Omega" in Rhaglr's Reach (X:12.5, Y:12.4).

Players will need to complete the normal difficulty version of each wing of the raid, consisting of four bosses each and a small quest chain, in order to unlock their Savage difficult counterparts from the Magitek Terminal in Rhalgr's Reach (X:13.5, Y:12.4). The first wing, Deltascape V4.0 (Savage), is required to unlock The Unending Coil of Bahamut, while the second wing, Sigmascape V4.0 (Savage), is required to unlock The Weapon's Refrain. Once the prerequisite fights have been completed, the Ultimate raids can be unlocked by speaking to the Wandering Minstrel in Kugane (X:11.6, Y:12.6).

How To Unlock The Epic Of Alexander

The only Ultimate raid added during the Shadowbringers expansion, The Epic of Alexander (TEA), occurs at level 80, requiring completion of Eden's Gate: Sepulture (Savage), the first wing of the Eden series of raids. This wing can be unlocked by completing the level 80 Main Scenario Quest "Shadowbringers," followed by the quest chain beginning with "In the Middle of Nowhere" in The Crystarium (X:9.7, Y:12.3).

Once the normal difficulty raid has been completed, the Savage difficulty can be unlocked for this wing by speaking to Lewrey in Ahm Araeng (X:26.9, Y:16.3). Once players defeat Eden's Gate: Sepulture (Savage), The Epic of Alexander can be unlocked by speaking to the Wandering Minstrel in Kugane (X:11.6, Y:12.6).

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How To Unlock Dragonsong's Reprise And The Omega Protocol

The final Ultimate raids at the time of writing, added during the Endwalker expansion, occur at level 90. Both Dragonsong's Reprise (DSR) and The Omega Protocol (TOP) require the completion of Savage difficulty Pandaemonium raids, with Dragonsong's Reprise requiring the completion of Asphodelos: The Fourth Circle (Savage), and The Omega Protocol requiring completion of Abyssos: The Eighth Circle (Savage).

These Pandaemonium raids can be unlocked by first completing the level 90 Main Scenario Quest "Endwalker," followed by the quest chain beginning with "The Crystal from Beyond" in Old Sharlayan (X:9.7, Y:12.3). Like the raids before it, unlocking the Savage difficulty for the Pandaemonium raids requires players to first complete the normal difficulty, then speak to Nemjiji in Labyrinthos (X:8.4, Y:27.4). Once the prerequisite Savage fights have been completed, the Ultimate raids can finally be unlocked by speaking to the Wandering Minstrel in Old Sharlayan (X:12.7, Y:14.2).

Final Fantasy 14

Platform(s)

PC , PS3 , PS4 , PS5 , Xbox Series X , Xbox Series S

Released

August 27, 2013

Developer(s)

Square Enix

Genre(s)

MMORPG