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	N/A	Ifrit	Template:FFXIV questlink	N/A	2.0
	The Navel	4	34	N/A	Titan	Template:FFXIV questlink	N/A	2.0
	The Howling Eye	4	44	N/A	Garuda	Template:FFXIV questlink	N/A	2.0
	Cape Westwind	8	49	N/A	Rhitahtyn sas Arvina	Template:FFXIV questlink	N/A	2.0
	The Chrysalis	8	50	90	Nabriales	Template:FFXIV questlink	15	2.5
	The Steps of Faith	8	50	90	Vishap	Template:FFXIV questlink	15	2.55
	A Relic Reborn: the Chimera	8	50	52	Dhorme Chimera	Template:FFXIV questlink	8	2.16
	A Relic Reborn: the Hydra	8	50	52	Hydra	Template:FFXIV questlink	8	2.16
	Battle on the Big Bridge	8	50	50	Gilgamesh	Template:FFXIV questlink	8	2.2
	The Dragon's Neck	8	50	80	Ultros and Typhon	Template:FFXIV questlink	15	2.4
	Battle in the Big Keep	8	50	90	Gilgamesh	Template:FFXIV questlink	15	2.5
	The Bowl of Embers (Hard)	8	50	49	Ifrit	Template:FFXIV questlink	12	2.0
	The Howling Eye (Hard)	8	50	52	Garuda	Template:FFXIV questlink	12	2.0
	The Navel (Hard)	8	50	57	Titan	Template:FFXIV questlink	15	2.0
	Thornmarch (Hard)	8	50	54	Good King Moggle Mog XII	Template:FFXIV questlink	12	2.1
	The Whorleater (Hard)	8	50	60	Leviathan	Template:FFXIV questlink	15	2.2
	The Striking Tree (Hard)	8	50	65	Ramuh	Template:FFXIV questlink	15	2.3
	Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Hard)	8	50	80	Shiva	Template:FFXIV questlink	15	2.4
	Urth's Fount	8	50	95	Odin	Template:FFXIV questlink	15	2.5
	The Minstrel's Ballad: Ultima's Bane	8	50	61	The Ultima Weapon	Template:FFXIV questlink	15	2.1
	The Howling Eye (Extreme)	8	50	65	Garuda	Template:FFXIV questlink	20	2.1
	The Navel (Extreme)	8	50	67	Titan	Template:FFXIV questlink	20	2.1
	The Bowl of Embers (Extreme)	8	50	70	Ifrit	Template:FFXIV questlink	20	2.1
	Thornmarch (Extreme)	8	50	80	Good King Moggle Mog XII	Template:FFXIV questlink	20	2.2
	The Whorleater (Extreme)	8	50	80	Leviathan	Template:FFXIV questlink	20	2.2
	The Striking Tree (Extreme)	8	50	85	Ramuh	Template:FFXIV questlink	20	2.3
	Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Extreme)	8	50	95	Shiva	Template:FFXIV questlink	20	2.4
	Thok ast Thok (Hard)	8	53	N/A	Ravana	Template:FFXIV questlink	N/A	3.0
	The Limitless Blue (Hard)	8	57	N/A	Bismarck	Template:FFXIV questlink	N/A	3.0
	The Singularity Reactor	8	60	142	Knights of the Round	Template:FFXIV questlink	10	3.0
	The Final Steps of Faith	8	60	205	Nidhogg	Template:FFXIV questlink	10	3.3
	Containment Bay S1T7	8	60	190	Sephirot	Template:FFXIV questlink	10	3.2
	Containment Bay P1T6	8	60	220	Sophia	Template:FFXIV questlink	15	3.4
	Containment Bay Z1T9	8	60	235	Zurvan	Template:FFXIV questlink	15	3.5
	The Limitless Blue (Extreme)	8	60	165	Bismarck	Template:FFXIV questlink	15	3.0
	Thok ast Thok (Extreme)	8	60	175	Ravana	Template:FFXIV questlink	15	3.0
	The Minstrel's Ballad: Thordan's Reign	8	60	190	Knights of the Round	Template:FFXIV questlink	20	3.1
	The Minstrel's Ballad: Nidhogg's Rage	8	60	220	Nidhogg	Template:FFXIV questlink	20	3.3
	Containment Bay S1T7 (Extreme)	8	60	205	Sephirot	Template:FFXIV questlink	20	3.2
	Containment Bay P1T6 (Extreme)	8	60	235	Sophia	Template:FFXIV questlink	25	3.4
	Containment Bay Z1T9 (Extreme)	8	60	250	Zurvan	Template:FFXIV questlink	25	3.5
	The Pool of Tribute	8	63	N/A	Susano	Template:FFXIV questlink	N/A	4.0
	Emanation	8	67	N/A	Lakshmi	Template:FFXIV questlink	N/A	4.0
	The Royal Menagerie	8	70	280	Shinryu	Template:FFXIV questlink	12	4.0
	Castrum Fluminis	8	70	335	Tsukuyomi	Template:FFXIV questlink	12	4.3
	Kugane Ohashi	8	70	365	Yojimbo	Template:FFXIV questlink	10	4.56
	The Great Hunt	8	70	320	Rathalos	Template:FFXIV questlink	10	4.36
	The Jade Stoa	8	70	325	Byakko	Template:FFXIV questlink	12	4.2
	Hells' Kier	8	70	355	Suzaku	Template:FFXIV questlink	15	4.4
	The Wreath of Snakes	8	70	365	Seiryu	Template:FFXIV questlink	15	4.5
	The Pool of Tribute (Extreme)	8	70	300	Susano	Template:FFXIV questlink	15	4.0
	Emanation (Extreme)	8	70	300	Lakshmi	Template:FFXIV questlink	15	4.0
	The Minstrel's Ballad: Shinryu's Domain	8	70	320	Shinryu	Template:FFXIV questlink	20	4.1
	The Minstrel's Ballad: Tsukuyomi's Pain	8	70	350	Tsukuyomi	Template:FFXIV questlink	20	4.3
	The Great Hunt (Extreme)	4	70	350	Rathalos	Template:FFXIV questlink	20	4.36
	The Jade Stoa (Extreme)	8	70	340	Byakko	Template:FFXIV questlink	20	4.2
	Hells' Kier (Extreme)	8	70	370	Suzaku	Template:FFXIV questlink	25	4.4
	The Wreath of Snakes (Extreme)	8	70	380	Seiryu	Template:FFXIV questlink	25	4.5
	The Dancing Plague	8	73	N/A	Titania	Template:FFXIV questlink	N/A	5.0
	The Crown of the Immaculate	8	79	N/A	Innocence	Template:FFXIV questlink	N/A	5.0
	The Dying Gasp	8	80	410	Hades	Template:FFXIV questlink	10 5	5.0
	Cinder Drift	8	80	455	The Ruby Weapon	Template:FFXIV questlink	12 6	5.2
	The Seat of Sacrifice	8	80	465	Warrior of Light	Template:FFXIV questlink	12 7	5.3
	The Dancing Plague (Extreme)	8	80	430	Titania	Template:FFXIV questlink	15 8	5.0
	The Crown of the Immaculate (Extreme)	8	80	430	Innocence	Template:FFXIV questlink	15 8	5.0
	The Minstrel's Ballad: Hades's Elegy	8	80	450	Hades	Template:FFXIV questlink	20 10	5.1
	Cinder Drift (Extreme)	8	80	470	The Ruby Weapon	Template:FFXIV questlink	25 13	5.2
	Memoria Misera (Extreme)	8	80	470	Varis yae Galvus	Template:FFXIV questlink	20 10	5.25
	The Seat of Sacrifice (Extreme)	8	80	480	Warrior of Light	Template:FFXIV questlink	25 14	5.3
	The Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Unreal)	8	80	430	Shiva	Template:FFXIV questlink	20 10	5.3

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.