The Dusk Vigil dungeon guide

Dungeon quick facts

In the days following the Calamity, western Coerthas was abandoned by the knights of Ishgard, save for the Dusk Vigil, whose defenders refused to withdraw. Since then, the fortress has only fallen further into disrepair, and her garrison has long since been presumed dead. Unlike most Ishgardians, who would sooner put the tragic episode behind them, Father Wealdtheow would have you enter the forsaken fortress and reclaim a priceless treasure: an ice rondel set in the crown of a sculpture within the vigil's chapel. A simple request, perhaps, but if experience has taught you anything, such tasks are anything but...

• Category: Dungeon
• First Appearance: Patch 3.0, *Heavensward*
• Level: 51
• Item Level Requirement: 100
• Party Size: 4man
• Required Quest: For All the Nights to Come
• Entrance: Coerthas Western Highlands
• Entrance Coordinates: 20,7
• Region: Coerthas

Before queueing

Use the quick facts to check level, item level, party size, required quest, entrance, roulette, and time limit before queueing for The Dusk Vigil.

• Repair gear and meet the listed level/item-level requirements.
• Tell the party if it is your first clear.
• Use the local wiki link for exact duty facts and related articles.

Boss and mechanic notes

The Dusk Vigil has local boss notes for: Towering Oliphant, Ser Yuhelmeric, Opinicus. These notes are pulled from the local wiki and should be treated as source-backed prep unless separately marked as human-reviewed strategy.

• Rear - Circle AoE around the boss.
• Prehistoric Trumpet - Room-wide attack.
• Rock of Ages - targets a random player and inflicts Down for the Count on them, then follows up with Wooly Inspiration.
• Wooly Inspiration - frontal cone directed at the player that Rock of Ages hit. This attack pulls players closer to the boss, then Stuns and launches them. This is followed up by another Rock of Ages on a random player, then Rout.
• Rout - line AoE directed at the player that the preceding Rock of Ages hit. This attack is actually a stack - one of the party can stand between the Oliphaunt and the targeted player to share the damage.
• Tumulus - Circle AoE around the boss.
• Brain Drain- Room-wide attack that also summons adds. This attack is cast at specific HP thresholds, and summons different adds at each threshold. Keep the boss away from the adds and kill them quickly, as they can give the boss buffs at close range.
• At 90% HP, summons 2 melee adds (red weapons).
• Red enemies cast Rictus, a circle AoE around themselves that will give the boss a stacking Damage Up if he touches it.
• Red adds can also cast Overturn (large cone AoE); Iron Tempest (large circle AoE), Dead Alive (makes the add deal crits for 10 seconds), and Widowmaker (strong but small cone AoE).
• At 60% HP, summons 2 caster adds (blue weapons).
• Blue enemies cast Lifeless Wind, a circle AoE around themselves that will give the boss a stacking Haste buff if he touches it.
• Blue adds can also cast Blizzard (circle AoE), Black Eruption (circle AoE that inflicts Heavy), and Dark Blizzard III (circle AoE that inflicts Bind)
• At 40% HP, summons 2 melee adds and 2 caster adds.

Duty finder and rewards context

Use this section to decide whether the duty belongs in roulettes, high-end queues, mentor roulette, or repeat farming.

• Duty Finder: Dungeons (Heavensward)
• Roulette: leveling
• Modes: explorer
• Time Limit: 90

Completion notes

After your first clear, check whether the duty has mapping, clear, Blue Mage, loot, music, or collection reasons to return.

• Achievement: Mapping the Realm: Dusk Vigil
• Music: Main: Descent
• Music: Mid-Bosses: To the Fore|roll=n
• Music: Final Boss: Ominous Prognisticks

Verification boundary

This page is generated from local TJPedia wiki data. It does not invent missing mechanics, NPC coordinates, loot tables, or current-party-finder strategies. High-end positioning and current-prog tactics still need human review before being labeled as a full strategy guide.

• Source-backed: duty facts, local boss notes, achievements, and music.
• Needs human review: exact high-end progression strategy.
• Use official patch notes for changed requirements or rewards.

Related on TJPedia

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