Trial (Final Fantasy XIV)

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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.

List of Trials

	Name	Party	Level	Item Level	Boss	Unlock	Tomestones	Release
	The Bowl of Embers	4	20-22	N/A	Ifrit	Lord of the Inferno	N/A	2.0
	The Navel	4	34-36	N/A	Titan	Lord of Crags	N/A	2.0
	The Howling Eye	4	44-46	N/A	Garuda	Lady of the Vortex	N/A	2.0
	Cape Westwind	8	49-50	N/A	Rhitahtyn sas Arvina	Operation Archon	N/A	2.0
	The Chrysalis	8	50	90	Nabriales	An Uninvited Ascian	15	2.5
	The Steps of Faith	8	50	90	Vishap	An Allied Perspective	15	2.55
	A Relic Reborn: the Chimera	8	50	52	Dhorme Chimera	A Relic Reborn	8	2.16
	A Relic Reborn: the Hydra	8	50	52	Hydra	A Relic Reborn	8	2.16
	Battle on the Big Bridge	8	50	50	Gilgamesh	The Three Collectors	8	2.2
	The Dragon's Neck	8	50	80	Ultros and Typhon	The Coliseum Conundrum	15	2.4
	Battle in the Big Keep	8	50	90	Gilgamesh and Enkidu	Her Last Vow	15	2.5
	The Bowl of Embers (Hard)	8	50	49	Ifrit	Ifrit Bleeds, We Can Kill It	12	2.0
	The Howling Eye (Hard)	8	50	52	Garuda	In for Garuda Awakening	12	2.0
	The Navel (Hard)	8	50	57	Titan	In a Titan Spot	15	2.0
	Thornmarch (Hard)	8	50	54	Good King Moggle Mog XII	You Have Selected Regicide	12	2.1
	The Whorleater (Hard)	8	50	60	Leviathan	Lord of the Whorl	15	2.2
	The Striking Tree (Hard)	8	50	65	Ramuh	Levin an Impression	15	2.3
	Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Hard)	8	50	80	Shiva	The Instruments of Our Deliverance	15	2.4
	Urth's Fount	8	50	95	Odin	Fear and Odin in the Shroud	15	2.5
	The Minstrel's Ballad: Ultima's Bane	8	50	61	The Ultima Weapon	The Ultimate Ballad	15	2.1
	The Howling Eye (Extreme)	8	50	65	Garuda	Gale-force Warning	20	2.1
	The Navel (Extreme)	8	50	67	Titan	Quake Me Up Before You O'Ghomoro	20	2.1
	The Bowl of Embers (Extreme)	8	50	70	Ifrit	Ifrit Ain't Broke	20	2.1
	Thornmarch (Extreme)	8	50	80	Good King Moggle Mog XII	The King Lives	20	2.2
	The Whorleater (Extreme)	8	50	80	Leviathan	Whorl of a Time	20	2.2
	The Striking Tree (Extreme)	8	50	85	Ramuh	Judgment Bolts and Lightning	20	2.3
	Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Extreme)	8	50	95	Shiva	Drop Dead Shiva	20	2.4
	Thok ast Thok (Hard)	8	53-54	N/A	Ravana	Lord of the Hive	N/A	3.0
	The Limitless Blue (Hard)	8	57-58	N/A	Bismarck	Bolt, Chain, and Island	N/A	3.0
	The Singularity Reactor	8	60	142	Knights of the Round	Heavensward	10	3.0
	The Final Steps of Faith	8	60	205	Nidhogg	An End to the Song	10	3.3
	Containment Bay S1T7	8	60	190	Sephirot	When the Bough Wakes	10	3.2
	Containment Bay P1T6	8	60	220	Sophia	Balance unto All	15	3.4
	Containment Bay Z1T9	8	60	235	Zurvan	The Last Pillar to Fall	15	3.5
	The Limitless Blue (Extreme)	8	60	165	Bismarck	The Diabolical Bismarck	15	3.0
	Thok ast Thok (Extreme)	8	60	175	Ravana	Thok Around the Cloak	15	3.0
	The Minstrel's Ballad: Thordan's Reign	8	60	190	Knights of the Round	Thordan's Reign	20	3.1
	The Minstrel's Ballad: Nidhogg's Rage	8	60	220	Nidhogg	Nidhogg's Rage	20	3.3
	Containment Bay S1T7 (Extreme)	8	60	205	Sephirot	A Fiendish Likeness	20	3.2
	Containment Bay P1T6 (Extreme)	8	60	235	Sophia	A Deific Simulacrum	25	3.4
	Containment Bay Z1T9 (Extreme)	8	60	250	Zurvan	A Demonic Duplicate	25	3.5

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.