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 generally 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.

Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers introduced Unreal trials, which are old Extreme trials rereleased at the then max level with tight item level syncs and no ability to run them unsynced in order to maximize their difficulty. Unreal trials offer unique rewards, but are replaced every patch with a new Unreal trial.

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.

List of Trials

A Realm Reborn

	Name	Level	Item Level	Boss	Unlock	Tomestones	Release
	The Bowl of Embers	20		Ifrit	Lord of the Inferno		2.0
	The Navel	34		Titan	Lord of Crags		2.0
	The Howling Eye	44		Garuda	Lady of the Vortex		2.0
	Cape Westwind	49		Rhitahtyn sas Arvina	Operation Archon		2.0
	The Chrysalis	50	90	Nabriales	An Uninvited Ascian	15	2.5
	The Steps of Faith	50	90	Vishap	The Steps of Faith	15	2.55
	A Relic Reborn: the Chimera	50	52	Dhorme Chimera	A Relic Reborn	8	2.0
	A Relic Reborn: the Hydra	50	52	Hydra	A Relic Reborn	8	2.0
	Battle on the Big Bridge	50	50	Gilgamesh	The Three Collectors	8	2.2
	The Dragon's Neck	50	80	Ultros and Typhon	The Coliseum Conundrum	15	2.4
	Battle in the Big Keep	50	90	Gilgamesh	Her Last Vow	15	2.5
	The Bowl of Embers (Hard)	50	49	Ifrit	Ifrit Bleeds, We Can Kill It	12	2.0
	The Howling Eye (Hard)	50	52	Garuda	In for Garuda Awakening	12	2.0
	The Navel (Hard)	50	57	Titan	In a Titan Spot	15	2.0
	Thornmarch (Hard)	50	54	Good King Moggle Mog XII	You Have Selected Regicide	12	2.1
	The Whorleater (Hard)	50	60	Leviathan	Lord of the Whorl	15	2.2
	The Striking Tree (Hard)	50	65	Ramuh	Levin an Impression	15	2.3
	The Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Hard)	50	80	Shiva	The Instruments of Our Deliverance	15	2.4
	Urth's Fount	50	95	Odin	Fear and Odin in the Shroud	15	2.5
	The Minstrel's Ballad: Ultima's Bane	50	61	The Ultima Weapon	The Ultimate Ballad	15	2.1
	The Howling Eye (Extreme)	50	65	Garuda	Gale-force Warning	20	2.1
	The Navel (Extreme)	50	67	Titan	Quake Me Up Before You O'Ghomoro	20	2.1
	The Bowl of Embers (Extreme)	50	70	Ifrit	Ifrit Ain't Broke	20	2.1
	Thornmarch (Extreme)	50	80	Good King Moggle Mog XII	The King Lives	20	2.2
	The Whorleater (Extreme)	50	80	Leviathan	Whorl of a Time	20	2.2
	The Striking Tree (Extreme)	50	85	Ramuh	Judgment Bolts and Lightning	20	2.3
	The Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Extreme)	50	95	Shiva	Drop Dead Shiva	20	2.4

Heavensward

	Name	Level	Item Level	Boss	Unlock	Tomestones	Release
	Thok ast Thok (Hard)	53		Ravana	Lord of the Hive		3.0
	The Limitless Blue (Hard)	57		Bismarck	Bolt, Chain, and Island		3.0
	The Singularity Reactor	60	142	Knights of the Round	Heavensward	10	3.0
	The Final Steps of Faith	60	205	Nidhogg	An End to the Song	10	3.3
	Containment Bay S1T7	60	190	Sephirot	When the Bough Wakes	10	3.2
	Containment Bay P1T6	60	220	Sophia	Balance unto All	15	3.4
	Containment Bay Z1T9	60	235	Zurvan	The Last Pillar to Fall	15	3.5
	The Limitless Blue (Extreme)	60	165	Bismarck	The Diabolical Bismarck	15	3.0
	Thok ast Thok (Extreme)	60	175	Ravana	Thok Around the Clock	15	3.0
	The Minstrel's Ballad: Thordan's Reign	60	190	Knights of the Round	Thordan's Reign	20	3.1
	The Minstrel's Ballad: Nidhogg's Rage	60	220	Nidhogg	Nidhogg's Rage	20	3.3
	Containment Bay S1T7 (Extreme)	60	205	Sephirot	A Fiendish Likeness	20	3.2
	Containment Bay P1T6 (Extreme)	60	235	Sophia	A Deific Simulacrum	25	3.4
	Containment Bay Z1T9 (Extreme)	60	250	Zurvan	A Demonic Duplicate	25	3.5

Stormblood

	Name	Level	Item Level	Boss	Unlock	Tomestones	Release
	The Pool of Tribute	63		Susano	The Lord of the Revel		4.0
	Emanation	67		Lakshmi	The Lady of Bliss		4.0
	The Royal Menagerie	70	280	Shinryu	Stormblood	12	4.0
	Castrum Fluminis	70	335	Tsukuyomi	The Primary Agreement	12	4.3
	Kugane Ohashi	70	365	Yojimbo	The Past Is Never Past	10	4.56
	The Great Hunt	70	320	Rathalos	The New King on the Block	10	4.36
	The Jade Stoa	70	325	Byakko	An Auspicious Encounter	12	4.2
	Hells' Kier	70	355	Suzaku	The Fire-bird Down Below	15	4.4
	The Wreath of Snakes	70	365	Seiryu	Surpassing the Samurai	15	4.5
	The Pool of Tribute (Extreme)	70	300	Susano	Songs in the Key of Kugane	15	4.0
	Emanation (Extreme)	70	300	Lakshmi	Songs in the Key of Kugane	15	4.0
	The Minstrel's Ballad: Shinryu's Domain	70	320	Shinryu	Songs in the Key of Kugane	20	4.1
	The Minstrel's Ballad: Tsukuyomi's Pain	70	350	Tsukuyomi	Songs in the Key of Kugane	20	4.3
	The Great Hunt (Extreme)	70	350	Rathalos	The Newer King on the Block	20	4.36
	The Jade Stoa (Extreme)	70	340	Byakko	Songs in the Key of Kugane	20	4.2
	Hells' Kier (Extreme)	70	370	Suzaku	Songs in the Key of Kugane	25	4.4
	The Wreath of Snakes (Extreme)	70	380	Seiryu	Songs in the Key of Kugane	25	4.5

Shadowbringers

	Name	Level	Item Level	Boss	Unlock	Tomestones	Release
	The Dancing Plague	73		Titania	Acht-la Ormh Inn		5.0
	The Crown of the Immaculate	79		Innocence	Extinguishing the Last Light		5.0
	The Dying Gasp	80	410	Hades	Shadowbringers	10 5	5.0
	Cinder Drift	80	455	The Ruby Weapon	Ruby Doomsday	12 6	5.2
	The Seat of Sacrifice	80	465	Warrior of Light	The Converging Light	12 7	5.3
	Castrum Marinum	80	485	The Emerald Weapon	Blood of Emerald	12 8	5.4
	The Cloud Deck	80	495	The Diamond Weapon	Duty in the Sky with Diamond	12 9	5.5
	The Dancing Plague (Extreme)	80	430	Titania	Minstrel from Another Mother	15 8	5.0
	The Crown of the Immaculate (Extreme)	80	430	Innocence	Minstrel from Another Mother	15 8	5.0
	The Minstrel's Ballad: Hades's Elegy	80	450	Hades	Minstrel from Another Mother	20 10	5.1
	Cinder Drift (Extreme)	80	470	The Ruby Weapon	Weapon of Choice	25 13	5.2
	Memoria Misera (Extreme)	80	470	Varis yae Galvus	The Bozja Incident	20 10	5.25
	The Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Unreal)	80	430	Shiva	Fantastic Mr. Faux	20 10	5.3
	The Seat of Sacrifice (Extreme)	80	480	Warrior of Light	Minstrel from Another Mother	25 14	5.3
	The Navel (Unreal)	80	430	Titan	Fantastic Mr. Faux	20 10	5.4
	Castrum Marinum (Extreme)	80	500	The Emerald Weapon	Weapon of Choice	25 15	5.4
	The Whorleater (Unreal)	80	430	Leviathan	Fantastic Mr. Faux	20 10	5.5
	The Cloud Deck (Extreme)	80	510	The Diamond Weapon	Weapon of Choice	25 16	5.5

Behind the scenes

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.