Trial (Final Fantasy XIV)

Trials are a type of duty found in Final Fantasy XIV. They differ from other duties in that they feature only a single boss encounter, where other duties typically have multiple boss encounters and regular enemies in between.

There are three difficulty levels to trials. Normal modes require only 4 players, and only three of them are encountered early in the game. Once players arrive at the endgame, they will start encountering Hard mode trials, which require 8 players. The most difficult trials are Extreme modes, which are among the most difficult encounters in the game at the time of their release, many of them being seen as superbosses. No Extreme mode trials are required for the main scenario.

A Trials roulette can be found in the Duty Finder, which will enter a solo player into a random Hard mode trial that they have already completed with greater rewards than queueing for specific trials, as well as extra bonuses that can only be received once per day. Normal mode trials can instead be found in the Leveling roulette, as their difficulty is on par with leveling dungeons. Extreme mode trials cannot be found on any roulette, as they are typically far too difficult for players to be thrown into randomly with complete strangers.

Lists of Trials by DifficultyEdit

NormalEdit

Name	Level	Boss	Unlocking Quest	Release
The Bowl of Embers	20-22	Ifrit	Lord Of The Inferno	2.0
The Navel	34-36	Titan	Lord Of Crags	2.0
The Howling Eye	44-46	Garuda	Lady Of The Vortex	2.0

HardEdit

Name	Level	Item level	Boss	Tomestones	Unlocking Quest	Release
Cape Westwind	49-50	N/A	Rhitahtyn sas Arvina	N/A	Operation Archon	2.0
The Bowl of Embers	50	49	Ifrit	12	Ifrit Bleeds, We Can Kill It A Relic Reborn	2.0
The Howling Eye	50	52	Garuda	12	In For Garuda Awakening A Relic Reborn	2.0
The Navel	50	57	Titan	15	In A Titan Spot A Relic Reborn The Beast That Mourned At The Heart Of The Mountain	2.0
Thornmarch	50	54	Good King Moggle Mog XII	12	You Have Selected Regicide	2.1
A Relic Reborn: The Chimera	50	52	Dhorme Chimera	10	A Relic Reborn	2.16
A Relic Reborn: The Hydra	50	52	Hydra	10	A Relic Reborn	2.16
The Whorleater	50	60	Leviathan	15	Lord Of The Whorl	2.2
Battle on the Big Bridge	50	50	Gilgamesh	10	The Three Collectors	2.2
The Striking Tree	50	65	Ramuh	15	Levin An Impression	2.3
Akh Afah Amphitheatre	50	80	Shiva	15	The Instruments Of Our Deliverance	2.4
The Dragon's Neck	50	80	Ultros & Typhon	15	The Coliseum Conundrum	2.4
The Chrysalis	50	90	Nabriales	15	An Uninvited Ascian	2.5
Battle in the Big Keep	50	90	Gilgamesh & Enkidu	15	Her Last Vow	2.5
The Steps of Faith	50	90	Vishap	15	An Allied Perspective	2.55
Thok ast Thok	53-54	N/A	Ravana	N/A	Lord Of The Hive	3.0
The Limitless Blue	57-58	N/A	Bismarck	N/A	Bolt, Chain, And Island	3.0
The Singularity Reactor	60	142	Knights of the Round	10	Heavensward	3.0
Containment Bay S1T7	60	190	Sephirot	10	When The Bough Wakes	3.2
The Final Steps of Faith	60	205	Nidhogg	10	An End To The Song	3.3
Containment Bay P1T6	60	220	Sophia	15	Balance Unto All	3.4
Containment Bay Z1T9	60	235	Zurvan	10	The Last Pillar To Fall	3.5
The Pool of Tribute	63	N/A	Susano	N/A	The Lord Of The Revel	4.0
Emanation	67	N/A	Lakshmi	N/A	The Lady Of Bliss	4.0
The Royal Menagerie	70	280	Shinryu	12	Stormblood	4.0
The Great Hunt	70	320	Rathalos	10	The New King On The Block	4.36
The Jade Stoa	70	325	Byakko	12	An Auspicious Encounter	4.2
Castrum Fluminis	70	335	Tsukuyomi	12	The Primary Agreement	4.3
Hells' Kier	70	355	Suzaku	15	The Fire-bird Down Below	4.4
The Wreath of Snakes	70	365	Seiryu	15	Surpassing the Samurai	4.5
Kugane Ohashi	70	365	"Yojimbo"	10	The Past Is Never Past	4.56
The Dancing Plague	73-74	N/A	Titania	N/A	Acht-la Ormh Inn	5.0
The Crown of the Immaculate	79-80	N/A (420 iLvl sync)	Innocence	N/A	Extinguishing the Last Light	5.0
The Dying Gasp	80	410	Hades	10 6	Shadowbringers	5.0

ExtremeEdit

Name	Level	Item level	Boss	Tomestones	Unlocking Quest	Release
The Minstrel's Ballad: Ultima's Bane	50	61	Ultima Weapon	15	The Ultimate Ballad	2.1
The Howling Eye	50	65	Garuda	20	Gale-force Warning	2.1
The Navel	50	67	Titan	20	Quake Me Up Before You O'Ghomoro	2.1
The Bowl of Embers	50	70	Ifrit	20	Ifrit Ain't Broke	2.1
Thornmarch	50	80	Good King Moggle Mog XII	20	The King Lives	2.2
The Whorleater	50	80	Leviathan	20	Whorl Of A Time	2.2
The Striking Tree	50	85	Ramuh	20	Judgment Bolts And Lightning	2.3
Akh Afah Amphitheatre	50	95	Shiva	22	Drop Dead Shiva	2.4
Urth's Fount	50	95	Odin	15	Fear And Odin In The Shroud	2.5
The Limitless Blue	60	165	Bismarck	15	The Diabolical Bismarck	3.0
Thok ast Thok	60	175	Ravana	15	Thok Around The Clock	3.0
The Minstrel's Ballad: Thordan's Reign	60	190	Knights of the Round	20	Thordan's Reign	3.1
Containment Bay S1T7	60	205	Sephirot	20	A Fiendish Likeness	3.2
The Minstrel's Ballad: Nidhogg's Rage	60	220	Nidhogg	20	Nidhogg's Rage	3.3
Containment Bay P1T6	60	235	Sophia	25	A Deific Simulacrum	3.4
Containment Bay Z1T9	60	250	Zurvan	25	A Demonic Duplicate	3.5
The Pool of Tribute	70	300	Susano	20	Songs In The Key Of Kugane	4.0
Emanation	70	300	Lakshmi	20	Songs In The Key Of Kugane	4.0
The Minstrel's Ballad: Shinryu's Domain	70	320	Shinryu	20	Songs In The Key Of Kugane	4.1
The Jade Stoa	70	340	Byakko	20	Songs In The Key Of Kugane	4.2
The Minstrel's Ballad: Tsukuyomi's Pain	70	350	Tsukuyomi	20	Songs In The Key Of Kugane	4.3
The Great Hunt	70	350	Rathalos	15	The Newer King On The Block	4.36
Hells' Kier	70	370	Suzaku	25	Songs In The Key Of Kugane	4.4
The Wreath of Snakes	70	380	Seiryu	25	Songs In The Key Of Kugane	4.5
The Dancing Plague	80	430	Titania	15 8	Minstrel from Another Mother	5.0
The Crown of the Immaculate	80	430	Innocence	15 8	Minstrel from Another Mother	5.0

TriviaEdit

• The Minstrel's Ballad: Ultima's Bane and Urth's Fount are unique in that they are not Extreme versions of previously existing trials. Instead, Ultima's Bane is an Extreme version of the encounter from the Praetorium dungeon, and Urth's Fount is an Extreme version of the "Steel Reign" FATE.
• Only a handful of trials have not received Extreme modes, those being Cape Westwind, A Relic Reborn: The Chimera, A Relic Reborn: The Hydra, Battle on the Big Bridge, The Dragon's Neck, Battle in the Big Keep, The Chrysalis, The Steps of Faith, and Kugane Ohashi. All but Kugane Ohashi are from A Realm Reborn. Every trial since the release of Heavensward had an Extreme mode prior to the release of Kugane Ohashi as the final trial of Stormblood.
• All Hard trials featuring primals prior to the Singularity Reactor featured the "(Hard)" tag in their duty name. This was an artifact from the first three Hard modes, which needed to differentiate themselves from their Normal modes. Once it became clear that Hard modes had completely replaced Normal modes, and that no new Normal trials would be released, the developers stopped appending the "(Hard)" tag to new trials.
• The Crown of the Immaculate is the only trial to feature an item level sync. This is because its level requirement of 79 allows the use of level 80 (the Shadowbringers level cap) characters, who can drastically overpower the trial as they acquire endgame equipment. The item level sync prevents them from trivializing the encounter. This same adjustment was crucially not made to the similar Cape Westwind, a level 49 trial that often sees level 50 (the A Realm Reborn level cap) characters beating it in seconds.