Raid (Final Fantasy XIV)

Raids are endgame duties found in Final Fantasy XIV, of which there are 8-player and 24-player varieties, the latter of which are called alliance raids. Raids are not required for completion of the main scenario, and represent the majority of high-end content in Final Fantasy XIV.

Normal and Savage raids

8-player raids are short duties culminating in a single boss encounter. Unlike trials, raids may feature short dungeons to navigate with regular enemies or mini-bosses along the way, although this difference has not been practiced since Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward. Raids are also generally considered to be of higher difficulty than trials, and are found exclusively at the max level for their expansion. Raids are also released in groups, unlike trials, meant to represent a larger dungeon divided up into separate duties. Raids feature higher difficulty versions called Savage raids, which are the primary focus of high-end players.

The Raid roulette includes all normal difficulty 8-player raids, with the exception of the Binding Coils of Bahamut which are generally considered on the level of the Savage level raids introduced later.

List of Normal and Savage raids

	Name	Level	Min Item Level	Boss	Unlock	Tomestones	Release
	The Binding Coil of Bahamut - Turn 1	50	70	Caduceus	Primal Awakening	10	2.0
	The Binding Coil of Bahamut - Turn 2	50	73	ADS	Primal Awakening	10	2.0
	The Binding Coil of Bahamut - Turn 3	50	70	N/A	Primal Awakening	N/A	2.0
	The Binding Coil of Bahamut - Turn 4	50	77	Clockworks	Primal Awakening	10	2.0
	The Binding Coil of Bahamut - Turn 5	50	82	Twintania	Primal Awakening	10	2.0
	The Second Coil of Bahamut - Turn 1	50	90	Rafflesia	Another Turn in the Coil	20	2.2
	The Second Coil of Bahamut - Turn 2	50	95	Melusine	Another Turn in the Coil	20	2.2
	The Second Coil of Bahamut - Turn 3	50	100	The Avatar	Another Turn in the Coil	20	2.2
	The Second Coil of Bahamut - Turn 4	50	105	Nael deus Darnus	Another Turn in the Coil	20	2.2
	The Final Coil of Bahamut - Turn 1	50	110	Imdugud	Fragments of Truth	30	2.4
	The Final Coil of Bahamut - Turn 2	50	115	Kaliya	Fragments of Truth	30	2.4
	The Final Coil of Bahamut - Turn 3	50	120	Phoenix	Fragments of Truth	30	2.4
	The Final Coil of Bahamut - Turn 4	50	123	Bahamut Prime	Fragments of Truth	30	2.4
	The Second Coil of Bahamut (Savage) - Turn 1	50	105	Rafflesia	Sing Me Another Song	20	2.3
	The Second Coil of Bahamut (Savage) - Turn 2	50	105	Melusine	Sing Me Another Song	20	2.3
	The Second Coil of Bahamut (Savage) - Turn 3	50	105	The Avatar	Sing Me Another Song	20	2.3
	The Second Coil of Bahamut (Savage) - Turn 4	50	105	Nael deus Darnus	Sing Me Another Song	20	2.3
	Alexander - The Fist of the Father	60	170	Oppressor	Disarmed	10	3.01
	Alexander - The Cuff of the Father	60	170	Illuminati	Steel and Steam	10	3.01
	Alexander - The Arm of the Father	60	170	Living Liquid	Tinker, Seeker, Soldier, Spy	10	3.01
	Alexander - The Burden of the Father	60	170	The Manipulator	The Pulsing Heart	10	3.01
	Alexander - The Fist of the Son	60	200	Ratfinx Twinkledinks	Rearmed	10	3.2
	Alexander - The Cuff of the Son	60	200	Vortexer	The Folly of Youth	10	3.2
	Alexander - The Arm of the Son	60	200	Quickthinx Allthoughts	Toppling the Tyrant	10	3.2
	Alexander - The Burden of the Son	60	200	Brute Justice	One Step Behind	10	3.2
	Alexander - The Eyes of the Creator	60	230	Refurbisher 0	The Coeurl and the Colossus	20	3.4
	Alexander - The Breath of the Creator	60	230	Lamebrix Strikebocks	Biggs and Wedge's Excellent Adventure	20	3.4
	Alexander - The Heart of the Creator	60	230	Cruise Chaser	Thus Spake Quickthinx	20	3.4
	Alexander - The Soul of the Creator	60	230	Alexander Prime	Judgment Day	20	3.4
	Alexander - The Fist of the Father (Savage)	60	190	Oppressor	A Song of Steam and Steel	15	3.01
	Alexander - The Cuff of the Father (Savage)	60	195	Illuminati	A Song of Steam and Steel	15	3.01
	Alexander - The Arm of the Father (Savage)	60	200	Living Liquid	A Song of Steam and Steel	15	3.01
	Alexander - The Burden of the Father (Savage)	60	205	The Manipulator	A Song of Steam and Steel	15	3.01
	Alexander - The Fist of the Son (Savage)	60	215	Ratfinx Twinkledinks	A Refrain for the Undaunted	15	3.2
	Alexander - The Cuff of the Son (Savage)	60	220	Vortexer	A Refrain for the Undaunted	15	3.2
	Alexander - The Arm of the Son (Savage)	60	225	Quickthinx Allthoughts	A Refrain for the Undaunted	15	3.2
	Alexander - The Burden of the Son (Savage)	60	225	Brute Justice	A Refrain for the Undaunted	15	3.2
	Alexander - The Eyes of the Creator (Savage)	60	245	Refurbisher 0	Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Retells Your Story	30	3.4
	Alexander - The Breath of the Creator (Savage)	60	250	Lamebrix Strikebocks	Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Retells Your Story	30	3.4
	Alexander - The Heart of the Creator (Savage)	60	255	Cruise Chaser	Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Retells Your Story	30	3.4
	Alexander - The Soul of the Creator (Savage)	60	255	Alexander Prime	Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Retells Your Story	30	3.4
	Deltascape V1.0	70	295	Alte Roite	Into the Deltascape	10	4.01
	Deltascape V2.0	70	295	Catastrophe	A Catastrophe Waiting	10	4.01
	Deltascape V3.0	70	295	Halicarnassus	The Croak Queen	10	4.01
	Deltascape V4.0	70	295	Exdeath	A Void at All Costs	10	4.01
	Sigmascape V1.0	70	325	Phantom Train	No Slowing Down	10	4.2
	Sigmascape V2.0	70	325	Chadarnook	An Unfinished Masterpiece	10	4.2
	Sigmascape V3.0	70	325	Guardian	Wont Let You Pass	10	4.2
	Sigmascape V4.0	70	325	Kefka	Test World of Ruin	10	4.2
	Alphascape V1.0	70	355	Chaos	In the Beginning, There Was Chaos	20	4.4
	Alphascape V2.0	70	355	Midgardsormr	And Like Fire Was His Mane	20	4.4
	Alphascape V3.0	70	355	Omega	In the End, There Is Omega	20	4.4
	Alphascape V4.0	70	355	Omega-M and Omega-F	In the End, There Is Omega	20	4.4
	Deltascape V1.0 (Savage)	70	310	Alte Roite	The Anomaly	15	4.01
	Deltascape V2.0 (Savage)	70	315	Catastrophe	The Anomaly	15	4.01
	Deltascape V3.0 (Savage)	70	320	Halicarnassus	The Anomaly	15	4.01
	Deltascape V4.0 (Savage)	70	320	Neo Exdeath	The Anomaly	15	4.01
	Sigmascape V1.0 (Savage)	70	340	Phantom Train	Test World of Ruin	15	4.2
	Sigmascape V2.0 (Savage)	70	345	Chadarnook	Test World of Ruin	15	4.2
	Sigmascape V3.0 (Savage)	70	350	Guardian	Test World of Ruin	15	4.2
	Sigmascape V4.0 (Savage)	70	350	Kefka	Test World of Ruin	15	4.2
	Alphascape V1.0 (Savage)	70	370	Chaos	To Kweh Under Distant Skies	30	4.4
	Alphascape V2.0 (Savage)	70	375	Midgardsormr	To Kweh Under Distant Skies	30	4.4
	Alphascape V3.0 (Savage)	70	380	Omega	To Kweh Under Distant Skies	30	4.4
	Alphascape V4.0 (Savage)	70	380	Omega	To Kweh Under Distant Skies	30	4.4
	Eden's Gate: Resurrection	80	425	Eden Prime	Deploy the Core	10  5	5.01
	Eden's Gate: Descent	80	425	Voidwalker	One Fell Swoop	10  5	5.01
	Eden's Gate: Inundation	80	425	Leviathan	Nor Any Drop to Drink	10  5	5.01
	Eden's Gate: Sepulture	80	425	Titan	Super Seismic	10  5	5.01
	Eden's Verse: Fulmination	80	455	Ramuh	Blood and Thunder	20  10	5.2
	Eden's Verse: Furor	80	455	Raktapaksa	Into the Firestorm	20  10	5.2
	Eden's Verse: Iconoclasm	80	455	The Idol of Darkness	Heart of Darkness	20  10	5.2
	Eden's Verse: Refulgence	80	455	Shiva	On Thin Ice	20  10	5.2
	Eden's Gate: Resurrection (Savage)	80	440	Eden Prime	The Next Piece of the Puzzle	15	5.01
	Eden's Gate: Descent (Savage)	80	445	Voidwalker	The Next Piece of the Puzzle	15	5.01
	Eden's Gate: Inundation (Savage)	80	450	Leviathan	The Next Piece of the Puzzle	15	5.01
	Eden's Gate: Sepulture(Savage)	80	450	Titan and Titan Maximum	The Next Piece of the Puzzle	15	5.01
	Eden's Verse: Fulmination (Savage)	80	470	Ramuh	Life Finds a Way	30	5.2
	Eden's Verse: Furor (Savage)	80	475	Raktapaksa	Life Finds a Way	30	5.2
	Eden's Verse: Iconoclasm (Savage)	80	480	The Idol of Darkness	Life Finds a Way	30	5.2
	Eden's Verse: Refulgence (Savage)	80	480	Shiva	Life Finds a Way	30	5.2

Alliance raids

Alliance raids feature three groups of 8 players for a total of 24 players, navigating large dungeons with 4 bosses. One of the major hurdles for groups participating in this content is coordinating such a large number of players. Spells and abilities that are specified to only affect party-members, such as Medica, will only affect a player's party of 8 rather than the larger alliance, and players have a more limited interface view of the status of players in other groups.

The Alliance Raid roulette includes all 24-player raids.

List of alliance raids

	Name	Level	Min Item Level	Final Boss	Unlock	Tomestones	Release
	The Labyrinth of the Ancients	50	50	Phlegethon	Labyrinth of the Ancients	100	2.1
	Syrcus Tower	50	70	Xande	Syrcus Tower (quest)	100	2.3
	The World of Darkness	50	90	Cloud of Darkness	The World of Darkness	100	2.5
	The Void Ark	60	175	Echidna	To Rule the Skies	100	3.1
	The Weeping City of Mhach	60	205	Calofisteri	The Weeping City	100	3.3
	Dun Scaith	60	235	Diabolos Hollow	Where Shadows Reign	100	3.5
	The Royal City of Rabanastre	70	305	Argath Thadalfus	A City Fallen	100	4.1
	The Ridorana Lighthouse	70	335	Yiazmat	Annihilation	100	4.3
	The Orbonne Monastery	70	365	Ultima, the High Seraph	The City of Lost Angels	100	4.5
	The Copied Factory	80	435	9S-operated Walking Fortress	On the Threshold	100  20	5.1
	The Puppets' Bunker	80	465	Compound 2P	Everything You Know Is Wrong	100  20	5.3

Ultimate raids

Ultimate raids are a type of 8-player raid introduced in Stormblood. They are high-end raids that host a gauntlet of bosses from previous duties that must be defeated in a single attempt. Failing will reset the entire gauntlet. They are intended to be of even higher difficulty levels then the Extreme or Savage levels that previously represented the game's hardest content. These raids require players to have completed the Savage difficulty-level of the previous raid section to even unlock. Due to their high difficulty, Ultimate raids are not intended to be "progression" content for the majority of the player base, and are designed solely for those seeking a challenge.

Ultimate raids have thus far been strictly recreations of older content, with the Unending Coil of Bahamut being based on the Binding Coil of Bahamut raid series, The Weapon's Refrain being based on the climactic battles of the A Realm Reborn main storyline, and The Epic of Alexander being based on the Alexander raid series.

List of Ultimate raids

	Name	Level	Max Item Level	Final Boss	Unlock	Tomestones	Release
	The Unending Coil of Bahamut (Ultimate)	70	345	Bahamut Prime	Complete Deltascape (Savage)	100	4.11
	The Weapon's Refrain (Ultimate)	70	375	The Ultima Weapon	Complete Sigmascape (Savage)	100	4.31
	The Epic of Alexander (Ultimate)	80	475	Perfect Alexander	Complete Eden's Gate (Savage)	30	5.11

Behind the scenes

8-player raids had not yet settled on a difficulty structure in A Realm Reborn, with the Binding Coils of Bahamut being exclusively high-difficulty when released. The Second Coil of Bahamut was the first series to feature a Savage mode of even higher difficulty. Beginning in Heavensward, the difficulty of new normal raids was toned down to make them more accessible, while the Savage difficulty was retooled to represent of the original difficulty, though the Binding Coils remained at their original level.

Unlike other content, the development team currently has no plans to increase the Level or Item Level syncs on Ultimate raids, or allow the them to be run unsynced. This is in order to preserve the difficulty level as it was when initially released, even as players become more powerful as the game progresses, and ensures that all Ultimate content, both existing and forthcoming, will remain the hardest content for the remainder of the game's lifespan.