Minstrel's Ballad: Nidhogg's Rage trial guide

Trial (Extreme) quick facts

Scarcely had Nidhogg fallen on the Steps of Faith, when taverns across Eorzea began to rumble with the rumors of your victory. In one such establishment did you regale a certain story-staved bard with the true details of your accomplishment - a humble account that he soon expanded into a flowery ballad of heroic proportions. Even as the lilting notes fade away, your mind is carried off by recollections of a monstrous foe, writ considerably more terrifying by the wandering minstrel's exaggerated poetry...

• Category: Trial
• Difficulty: Extreme
• First Appearance: Patch 3.3, *Heavensward*
• Level: 60
• Item Level Requirement: 220
• Party Size: Full Party (8 players)
• Required Quest: Nidhogg's Rage
• Location: Steps of Faith
• 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 Minstrel's Ballad: Nidhogg's Rage.

• 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: Nidhogg's Rage has local boss notes for: Nidhogg, Nidhogg's Dragon Form Abilities, Nidhogg's Human Form Abilities. These notes are pulled from the local wiki and should be treated as source-backed prep unless separately marked as human-reviewed strategy.

• Detailed mechanics not available from the source page.
• Scarlet Whisper: A magic-based frontal-cleave tank-buster with no cast time. Only the main tank should stand in front of the boss.
• Deafening Bellow: An arena-wide attack that deals moderate damage to the entire group.
• Horrid Roar (Sky): Targets random players with orange overhead markers. After 6 seconds, will hit victims with lightning for moderate AoE damage.
• Horrid Roar (Floor): Creates cuts in the ground under 4-8 players that open into AoEs reminiscent of eyes. After 3 seconds, the puddles will explode, dealing high damage to those inside.
• Inflicts Hysteria for 6 seconds. Multiple puddles can be stacked on top of each other for ease of avoidance.
• Cauterize: Nidhogg appears at a random edge of the arena before diving across in straight line, dealing massive damage to any players caught in its wake. This attack covers half the arena.
• Hot Tail: A straight AoE attack from Nidhogg's head and tail, passing through his center. Inflicts moderate damage and a Supperation DoT to anyone it hits. Stand to Nidhogg's sides to avoid.
• Hot Wing: The inverse of Hot Tail - an AoE attack extending from Nidhogg's sides. Stand at Nidhogg's head, tail, or underside to avoid.
• Touchdown: Minor damage dealt to those near Nidhogg's landing spot when returning to the arena.
• Bitter Hate: A stacking debuff to the primary enmity target that will inflict lethal damage on reaching 8 stacks. A tank swap should occur at 5 or 6 stacks.
• Akh Morn: A multi-strike stack marker. Nidhogg will repeatedly blast players for heavy damage divided equally across those in range.
• Akh Morn adds one additional blast every time it's casted. Starts at four.
• Flame Blast: Groups of flame orbs will appear around the room in sequences of two or three. After 15 seconds they will explode in a + shape, dealing massive damage to players in range.

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 (Heavensward)
• Roulette: Mentor
• Time Limit: 60 minutes
• Tomestones: 20 poetics

Completion notes

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

• Achievement: Let Me Be Your Hogg
• Achievement: Mightier than the Horde
• Music: Phase 1: Dragonsong
• Music: Phase 2: Freefall
• Music: Phase 3: Revenge of the Horde

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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