Minstrel's Ballad: Hydaelyn's Call trial guide

Trial (Extreme) quick facts

From the first note of the minstrel's melody, you recall the scene with crystal clarity-your allies and Hydaelyn, hope against hope. Overcome once again with the emotion of that day, no epithet seems too grand, no verse too epic...

• Category: Trial
• Difficulty: extreme
• First Appearance: Patch 6.0, *Endwalker*
• Level: 90
• Item Level Requirement: 560
• Party Size: Full Party (8 players)
• Required Quest: I Wandered Sharlayan as a Minstrel
• Location: The Mothercrystal
• Region: The Northern Empty

Before queueing

Use the quick facts to check level, item level, party size, required quest, entrance, roulette, and time limit before queueing for Minstrel's Ballad: Hydaelyn's Call.

• 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

Minstrel's Ballad: Hydaelyn's Call has local boss notes for: Divine Light: Hydaelyn. These notes are pulled from the local wiki and should be treated as source-backed prep unless separately marked as human-reviewed strategy.

• Water - A small AoE targeted on the two healers; stack into light parties to soak up damage.
• Rock - A small AoE targeted on a random player; the full party should stack to spread damage.
• Ice - A small AoE targeted on every player; players should spread out to avoid this attack, ideally into clock positions.
• Dancer Chakrams (Red icon): A large donut AoE, stand close to her to avoid this attack.
• White Mage Staff (Green icon): A large circle AoE under her, move away to avoid this attack.
• Paladin Sword & Shield (Blue icon): A plus shaped AoE that always goes in directions of cardinals, position yourself in an intercardinal position to avoid this attack.
• Hydaelyn summons 6 crystals - three on the north side of the arena, and three on the south.
• One set of three crystals will start glowing once the phase starts - the DPS and healers should prioritise attacking these crystals.
• Two Echo of Hydaelyn spawn - one on the east, one on the west. Each tank should pick up one and pull it to the other side of the arena from the glowing crystals.
• Each Echo will tether to the three closest crystals to it, and tethering to a living crystal causes the boss' Conviction meter to rise more quickly - the meter rises especially quickly when an Echo is tethered to a glowing crystal.
• Once all of the glowing crystals are dead, the tanks should move the Echoes to the other side of the arena while the last of the crystals are taken down; after all six crystals are destroyed, the Echoes can be killed, which causes Hydaelyn to cast Conviction.
• The Echoes have extremely powerful auto-attacks, so healers should make sure to keep the tanks topped off.
• If the Conviction meter ever reaches 100, Hydaelyn will cast it and automatically wipe the raid; otherwise, this is cast at the end of the phase and deals heavy raid-wide damage.
• At max strength (99 Conviction) this deals about 25,000 damage; be sure to heal and mitigate as necessary.

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: High-end Trials (Endwalker)
• Roulette: Mentor
• Time Limit: 60 minutes
• Tomestones: 15 Poetics

Completion notes

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

• Achievement: I Heard, I Felt, I Thought
• Music: Main: Your Answer

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.

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