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Promathia Mission 8-3

2026-04-04T00:58:16Z

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{{Mission Header
|Mission Name=When Angels Fall
|Expansion=Chains of Promathia
|Start=
|Description=The Gate of the Gods--the portal leading to the highest level of the palace--has opened. While your companions scramble to reach the audience chamber, you must find which of the five towers will return you into the light...
|Level=
|Repeatable=
|HAAP=4 points
|Previous=A Fate Decided
|Next=Dawn
|Title=Warrior of the Crystal
|Reward=1000 Experience Points (Once per Day)<br>[[Mog Wardrobe|Mog Wardrobe 2]]: 2 slots
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}}

==Walkthrough==
*Zone into [[The Garden of Ru'Hmet]] for a cutscene.

=== Part 1 ===
*The first objective is for you to climb a specific tower of [[The Garden of Ru'Hmet]], which are located in the five points of the map. Each tower corresponds to a specific [[race]].
*This can be done solo, or with your party, but each person will need to get to the top of their race's tower.
*A spinning [[Aw'zdei]] at the long hallway to each tower spins in the direction of the fastest way to the first elevator.
*In each of the larger rooms are an alcove with another [[Aw'zdei]]. You can make your way around it twice or [[sleep]] it and run to the elevator.
*There are two more floors of enemies in the towers. The elevators going up alternate sides. If the first elevator was on the east side, for example, the second will be on the west, and the third on the east again.
:*[[Flee]] makes this part easier; run about halfway around, then [[Flee]] to the elevator so you get there well ahead of any aggro and teleport away.
:* Another technique on the 3rd floor is have a paladin or someone run right through the center. Then sleepga them all at the end and just zone them up.
*The fourth floor has no enemies. Run in and check the Ebon Panel in the center of the room. Any race can check it in any tower to get the first cutscene. After that cutscene, people of the right race in the right tower check it again for a second cutscene, a key item and a new title, Warrior of the Crystal.
*Climb towers until everyone has the required key item.
* The key items are race specific. They are:
:* [[Light of Mea]]- for [[Elvaan]].
:* [[Light of Dem]]- for [[Mithra]].
:* [[Light of Holla]]- for [[Tarutaru]].
:* [[Light of Vahzl]]- for [[Hume]]s.
:* [[Light of Al'Taieu]]- for [[Galka]].
https://horizonffxi.wiki/The_Garden_of_Ru%27Hmet/Maps

=== Part 2 ===
*Once your tower is complete, you need to progress up the central area of [[The Garden of Ru'Hmet]] (the green dot marks the elevator you want to reach).
*This can be done solo, or with your party, but each person will need to get both brands.
*In each direction off the central elevator are spinning [[Qn'zdei]] pots in groups of four. When they aggro you and move off their starting positions, the door at the far end of the room slams shut and won’t open until they return to their starting positions. These [[Qn'zdei]] are totally immune to [[Sleep]] and [[Lullaby]].
*The east and west access paths have a very fast spinning [[Qn'zdei]] in them, which makes getting by next to impossible. The North access path is slightly easier, although harder to get to.
*You can make your way around the the spinning [[Qn'zdei]], fight them, or run past them and reraise.
:*If you walk down one side of the room, in effect you only need to make your way around two of them. The left side seems easier.
*Once in the elevator room, step onto the platform and choose to ascend.
*The BC is on the floor above you but the path upward is closed. The nearby [[Quasilumin]] will explain that you need to get two [[Key Item|key item]]s ([[Brand of Dawn]] and [[Brand of Twilight]]) to access the third floor.
*The [[Brand of Twilight]] is to the south and the [[Brand of Dawn]] is to the north.
*See the map to the right for recommended path to the brands.
*The pink dots are warps which count as a zone so aggro enemies will leave you alone if you warp.
*Obtain the two brands (along with two cutscenes). (Do not escape or you will need to run past the 4 spinning Qn'zdei again)

=== Part 3 ===
*Head back to the central elevator and ascend to the top floor of [[The Garden of Ru'Hmet]]. Check the Particle Gate for a cutscene and enter the battlefield when you’re ready.
;Ix’zdei Battle
*The BC is against four [[Ix'zdei]] NMs.
*When you warp into the “BC” you’ll be at the north end of the room, facing south at the pots. This means that if you want to run away from the battle, you have to cross the room and choose the southern door to leave. The door at the north won’t let you leave.
*The two larger, closer [[Ix'zdei]]s are RDMs (with ~7000 HP) and the two smaller, farther ones are BLMs (with ~6250 HP). All of them are immune to silence and are heavily resistant to sleep.
*The black mages are the more dangerous, having tier-3 aga spells, tier-4 single-target spells, and ancient magic. Target one of them first and give it your all.
*Avatar (SMN) pull makes this fight REALLY easy, having to fight only 1 pot at a time.
*[[Sleepga]] with [[Elemental Seal]] works.
*When a pot gets low on life it may attempt to flee to its starting pedestal. If it sits there for a mere few seconds, it will regenerate to full HP. [[Stun]] or use a [[weapon skill]] when this is attempted.
*<s>If/when you are about to get KO'd, try to wipe at the door at the southern end of the room near the BLM pots. Wait for the pots to go back to their starting spots (they only regen life if they flee in battle, so they won’t be healing), reraise up, rest to full, and continue to kill.</s> On Eden this is not true, the pots will not return to their starting spots after a wipe and they WILL quickly regen to full HP.
*Once you beat the pots, cross the empty room and check the Luminous Convergence for a cutscene.
*Every ''living'' party member will receive 1000 [[Experience Points]] or [[Limit Points]] upon winning. (Only once per day)
;Strategy tips
:* You can't build [[TP]] on mobs in the garden before going into the battle anymore since March 2007's update. Also you lose buffs after entering the fight.
:* Keep [[reraise]] up at all times. [[RDM]] pots can [[dispel]] it. In addition, the best method to counter this is to put up as many ''dummy buffs'' ([[Stoneskin]], [[Blink]], [[Aquaveil]], [[Phalanx]], [[Bar Spell]], [[Enspell]], etc.) as possible, as this can largely lower the chances of [[Reraise]] being [[dispel]]ed.
:* [[Sleepga]] the pots right off the bat.
:* Black magic is very powerful against the pots.
:* Skill chains are effective damage, too. Two two-step level 3 chains or one three step level 3 chain will take a BLM pot at least to half HP. A [[SAM]] can be effective for opening up multiple level 3 skill chains quickly.
:* Do everything possible to kill the two small BLM pots before wiping.
:* RDM and BLM in party can stagger [[Elemental Seal]] [[Sleepga II]], [[Elemental Seal]] [[Sleepga]] to keep pots asleep long enough to kill both BLM and possibly a RDM(leaving you with only one pot to kill).
:* RDM can kite a pot back and forth across the zone after sleeps wear off with [[Gravity]], [[Stoneskin]], and [[Blink]]. RDM might need to [[Dispel]], [[Sleep]], or [[Blind]] to keep hate off the other sleeper in your party.
:* Fight and wipe at the far door of the room.
:* [[Stun]] and hit hard any pot that flees from the tank and attempts to return to its starting position.
:* Be ready to [[dispel]] the pots and remove a lot of status effects from party members, including [[silence]], [[paralyze]], and [[petrify]].
:* [[Echo Drops]] are necessary for anyone that uses spells. [[Antidote]]s are also useful.
:* [[Utsusemi]] blocks most of the pots' TP attacks, and thus the status effects they inflict. Most are [[AoE]], but some are only cone, so keep them facing away from your mages.
:* [[Stun]] Optic Induration if you can, it will usually one-shot everyone in front of the pot. It is used when pots have no rings or bars out, and there is a long charging animation (that includes a puff of fire) before the "readies" message in the log.
:*<s>The Zdeis will not regen health after a wipe, so keep fighting until you are KO'd. 20% taken off of a Zdei before a wipe is 20% you won't have to do after recovery.</s> On Eden this is not true, the pots will not return to their starting spots after a wipe and they WILL quickly regen to full HP.
:* You have 30 minutes to kill the [[Ix'zdei]]s. <s>Time will be an issue if you wipe twice, but you can still win. Wiping three times is not a feasible option in this battle.</s>

*Once you have exited the Battlefield, check the Luminous Convergence for a cutscene.

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[[Category:Chains of Promathia Missions]]
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Talk:Return to the Depths

2026-04-01T04:06:16Z

Zoh33y:

==[[Ahriman Tears]] teleport==
[[Tarnotik]] seems to teleport you to [[Mine Shaft|Mine Shaft #2716]], but only once. On subsequent tries, trying to trade him [[Ahriman Tears]] he does not respond. I assume that this is about quest progression and the quest expects the player to do the next bit? Would be nice to get verification for that. Looking into the ASB codebase, the relevant files seem to be the quest script [https://github.com/AirSkyBoat/AirSkyBoat/blob/staging/scripts/quests/bastok/Return_to_the_Depths.lua] and the NPC script [https://github.com/AirSkyBoat/AirSkyBoat/blob/staging/scripts/zones/Oldton_Movalpolos/npcs/Tarnotik.lua]. The quest script references [[Ahriman Tears]] if you're at the corresponding stage but I can't see what makes him ignore you on a second trade if the quest is still active. The NPC page does not reference [[Ahriman Tears]] at all, only the [[Snow Lily]] trade with the requirement of the cop mission. To work after the quest is completed, I assume that the [[Ahriman Tears]] should be present here in a similar fashion?
[[User:Aramachus|Aramachus]] ([[User talk:Aramachus|talk]]) 10:49, 9 July 2025 (UTC)

2026/03/31: Traded [[Ahriman Tears]] to [[Tarnotik]] more than once. Both times was teleported to [[Mine Shaft|Mine Shaft #2716]]

Talk:Return to the Depths

2026-04-01T04:05:50Z

Zoh33y:

Category:Furniture Quests

2026-03-09T00:49:36Z

Zoh33y: Added the reputation requirement to the Bureau / Protectra IV.

[[File:Noble's Bed MH.JPG|thumb|Noble's Bed]]
When placed in your [[Mog House]], certain pieces of [[:category:Furnishings|furniture]] can trigger hidden quests (sometimes, certain other requirements must be met as well). The quests can be "active quests", and are listed in your quest log; or "passive quests", that reward you immediately.
*The furniture in question must be placed in the layout of your moghouse. Speak to your moogle and choose "[[Layout]]" to place furniture stored in your [[Mog Safe]].
*Certain quests require a certain level of reputation in your home nation before they can be activated.
*If all of these requirements are met, you ''should'' (but you may not, due to other factors such as having multiple pieces of quest furniture in your moghouse) receive the quest by '''talking to your moogle in your moghouse, in your home nation, after the next conquest tally.'''
**Remember, you must ''talk to your moogle'', not just select "Moghouse" from the menu.
**Furniture Quests '''cannot''' be triggered while you are in a Rent-a-Room.
*''Only one'' furniture quest can be activated at a time. If you have multiple pieces of furniture that activate quests placed in your layout, only one will be activated after the conquest tally. You must either remove the other quest furniture, or wait another week for the other furniture quests to activate.
*If your nation places last in the conquest, some furniture quests may not activate.

== Mog Safe Expansions ==
{| class="ffxi-table" width="75%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"
|-
! width="20%" |Furniture
! width="20%" |Requirement
! width="20%" |Quest
! width="40%" |Reward
|-
|[[Bronze Bed]]
|Reputation 3
|[[Give a Moogle a Break]]
|Increases Mog Safe capacity to 60
|-
|[[Mahogany Bed]]
|Reputation 5
|[[The Moogle's Picnic!]]
|Increases Mog Safe capacity to 70
|-
|[[Noble's Bed]]
|Reputation 7
|[[Moogles in the Wild]]
|Increases Mog Safe capacity to 80
|-
|}

== Other Furniture Quests ==
{| class="ffxi-table" width="75%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"
|-
! width="20%" |Furniture
! width="20%" |Requirement
! width="20%" |Quest
! width="40%" |Reward
|-
|[[Armoire]]
|Reputation 7
|N/A
|[[Protect IV|Scroll of Protect IV]]

|-
|[[Beverage Barrel]]
|[[Talk:Furniture Quest|Frequency dependent on national rank.]]
|N/A
|[[Grape Juice]]
|-
|[[Bureau]]
|Reputation 6
|N/A
|[[Protectra IV|Scroll of Protectra IV]]
|-
|[[Cupboard]]
|Reputation 5
|[[Unexpected Treasure]]
|12,000 gil
|-
|[[Desk]]
|{{Information Needed}}
|N/A
|{{Information Needed}}

|-
|[[Lines and Space]]
|{{Information Needed}}
|N/A
|[[Onyx]]
|-
|[[Oak Bed]]
|{{Information Needed}}
|N/A
|[[Ether]]

|-
|[[Simple Bed]]
|Reputation 3
|N/A
|[[Iron Ore]] x 4
|-
|[[Stationery Set]]
|Reputation 2
|N/A
|[[Scop's Operetta|Scroll of Scop's Operetta]]
|-
|[[Tarutaru Desk]]
|{{Information Needed}}
|N/A
|[[Hi-Potion]]
|-
|[[White Jar]]
|Reputation 4 {{verification}}
|N/A
|[[Paralyze Potion]]
|-
|[[Wicker Box]]
|Reputation 4 {{verification}}
|N/A
|[[Horn Quiver]]

|-
|}
[[Category:Side Quests]]
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