The Masked Carnivale is a single-player activity in Final Fantasy XIV added in patch 4.5. Located in Ul'dah after completing the quest 
The Real Folk Blues, it provides a series of challenges for 
Blue Mages to earn regular rewards.
Its function is similar to the battle arenas from previous games, in which the player can enter to fight in challenges. Enemies of the Masked Carnivale have resistances and weaknesses to certain skills or elements, requiring a strategic preparation for Blue Mages to avoid their attacks and defeat them.
Currently there are 31 stages at the Masked Carnivale, though only three stages ("Dirty Rotten Azulmagia", "The Catch of the Siegfried", and "Anything Gogo's") are required to complete the Blue Mage's final job quests.
This section is empty or needs to be expanded. You can help the Final Fantasy Wiki by expanding it.List of stages[]
| Stage | Acts | Enemies |
|---|---|---|
| All's Well That Starts Well | 1 | Arena Slime, Arena Dullahan |
| Much Ado About Pudding | 2 | Arena Pudding, Arena Marshmallow, Arena Bavarois, Arena Gelato, Arena Flan, Arena Licorice |
| Waiting for Golem | 1 | Zipacna |
| Gentlemen Prefer Swords | 2 | Arena Bat, Arena Wolf, Kreios |
| The Threepenny Turtles | 1 | Brotherly Gil Turtle |
| Eye Society | 2 | Arena Catoblepas, Arena Mandragora, Arena Eye |
| A Chorus Slime | 3 | Lava Slime, Ice Sprite, Gladiatorial Node |
| The Bomb-edy of Errors | 2 | Arena Snoll, Arena Bomb, Arena Progenitrix, Arena Cherry Bomb |
| To Kill a Mockingslime | 1 | Guimauve |
| A Little Knight Music | 1 | Crom Dubh |
| Some Like It Excruciatingly Hot | 2 | Arena Gas Bomb |
| The Plant-om of the Opera | 2 | Arena Roselet, Hydnora |
| Beauty and a Beast | 2 | Arena Haagenti, Arena Vodoriga, Carmilla |
| Blobs in the Woods | 2 | Arena Jam |
| The Me Nobody Nodes | 1 | Bestial Node |
| Sunset Bull-evard | 2 | Arena Cyclops, Tikbalang |
| The Sword of Music | 2 | Right Claw, Left Claw, Kreios |
| Midsummer Night's Explosion | 2 | Arena Manticore, Firesand Keg |
| On a Clear Day You Can Smell Forever | 2 | Reflective Rebekkah |
| Miss Typhon | 3 | Typhon, Ultros |
| Chimera on a Hot Tin Roof | 2 | Arena Imp, Apademak |
| Here Comes the Boom | 2 | Arena Grenade, The Forefather |
| Behemoths and Broomsticks | 1 | Kronprinz Behemoth |
| Amazing Technicolor Pit Fiends | 3 | Arena Viking, Arena Magus, Arena Scribe, Epilogi |
| Dirty Rotten Azulmagia | 3 | Azulmagia |
| Papa Mia | 2 | Arena Mirrorknight, Papa Humbaba |
| Lock up Your Snorters | 1 | Typhon |
| Dangerous When Dead | 1 | Durinn |
| Red, Fraught, and Blue | 2 | Shikigami of the Pyre, Shikigami of the Undertow |
| The Catch of the Siegfried | 3 | Siegfried |
| Anything Gogo's | 2 | Gogo |
Behind the scenes[]
The Masked Carnivale's HUD is similar to the ones from classic Final Fantasy games, showing a blue notification infobox with white text.
