Zilart Mission 16

ZM16 The Celestial Nexus
Series	Rise of the Zilart Missions
Starting NPC	None
Title	Burier of the Illusion
Repeatable	No
Description	The fate of Vana'diel awaits you in the Celestial Nexus!
Rewards
Mog Wardrobe 2: 5 slots

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The Sealed Shrine	Awakening

Walkthrough

The The Shrine of Ru'Avitau is full of magic aggro, so even mages should bring along Silent Oil and Prism Powder. Anyone who can sub Ninja will have a far easier time of this BC. That includes mages, as most of the attacks in the fight are absorbed by Utsusemi. You may need someone to operate the Yellow door. The closest Monolith to your location is around I/J-9/10. Go to (I-6) in front of Genbu's Island and enter the Shrine. You'll be on Map 2. Sneak and head south. Go past (J-7) through the first yellow door. Go west from here, to the room with 2 Monoliths in (H-7). You'll need Invisible, then go south to a room with 2 Dark Elementals around (H-10. Go north, down a flight of stairs to the Celestial Nexus at (H-9). Gather together and get ready for the last BC of the expansion. You'll be fighting Eald'narche, who has two forms.

Ru'Avitau

Boss Fight

Note: Buffs wear upon entry.

• Upon clearing the BC, you'll receive a final cutscene and be returned to the Hall of the Gods.

Area	Boss	Abilities	Notes
Celestial Nexus	Eald'narche - First Form	Exoplate: Gaea Stream: Single target damage (~200). Absorbed by Utsusemi. Uranos Cascade: AoE physical damage (~200-400). Absorbed by Utsusemi. Cronos Sling: Cone attack physical damage (~300-600). Absorbed by Utsusemi. Phase Shift: AoE (large area) physical damage (~600-1300), Additional effect of Stun and/or Bind. Absorbed by Utsusemi. Used at around 66%, 33% and 1-2% HP. It gets progressively more powerful. At 1% the Exoplates will not die until they Phase Shift. It is possible to go below 66 and 33% before Phase Shift Eald'narche: Eald'narche uses ancient magic and will cast Sleepga II. Low HP (~2,000) will end him fairly quickly, however.	There will be 2 Orbitals, which have very little HP. They will be resummoned if killed. They heavily resist Lullaby, but Sleep is reliable. Exoplates surround Eald'narche and have about 10,000 HP. It does not melee. Go all out, and defeat the Exoplates as quick as possible. You'll want to keep mages far out of range for Phase Shift. When it appears time for a Phase Shift, try to get everyone healed to full and get shadows back up. This will negate most, if not all, damage. --If you wipe, wait until you are ejected, as you'll aggro anywhere on the battlefield.-- Does not seem to be accurate. Large area you can raise without aggro (6/8/24).
Celestial Nexus	Eald'narche - Second Form	Vortex: Medium-range AoE, low damage (~100), with an additional effect of Terror and Bind. Absorbed by Utsusemi. Stellar Burst: AoE, low damage (~100), with an additional effect of Silence. Absorbed by Utsusemi. Omega Javelin: Single target damage (~150), with an additional effect of Petrification. Absorbed by Utsusemi.	The second form is against Eald'narche only. He will teleport around like Ark Angel TT and cast various Black Magic spells, including Bindga. He still has relatively low HP (~2,500), but may or may not have a large defense and magic defense boost. You have 1 minute before he aggro's, regardless of your range from him. It has been observed that he may be heavily resistant to magic, however, a Tarutaru BLM/NIN was seen doing all of the damage to this form, ending the fight in 3 spells. He has very fast melee speed, but not quite the speed of Hundred Fists. Poison Potions and Stun can make the second form a lot easier.