Minstrel's Ballad: Tsukuyomi's Pain trial guide

Trial (Extreme) quick facts

Upon hearing of your final encounter with Yotsuyu -- and the primal to whom she surrendered her will -- the wandering minstrel composes a tanka tinged with sorrow. Had Yotsuyu been born in a different time, a different place, would she have lived a simple life unsullied by acts of violence and cruelty? Or were the seeds of villainy always there, their growth merely hastened by circumstance? These questions bring to mind Tsukuyomi's overwhelming malice, your memories now suffused by the tragedy of the minstrel's verse...

• Category: Trial
• Difficulty: extreme
• First Appearance: Patch 4.3, *Stormblood*
• Level: 70
• Item Level Requirement: 350
• Party Size: Full Party (8 players)
• Required Quest: Songs in the Key of Kugane
• Location: Castrum Fluminis
• Region: Othard

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: Tsukuyomi's Pain.

• 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: Tsukuyomi's Pain has local boss notes for: The Lady of the Moon: Tsukuyomi, First Phase (100%-80%), Adds Phase, Second Phase (80%-35%), Third Phase (35%-0%). 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.
• If the weapon is a gun, she will say "Beg for mercy!" and use Lead of the Underworld. The party must stack together to soak the damage.
• If the weapon is a spear, she will say "Your end is near..." and use Steel of the Underworld three times in succession on three players, one from each role (tank, healer, DPS). The party must separate into three groups by role, as getting hit by more than one cleave will deal lethal damage. It is recommended to have both tanks stack up in front of the boss, then have the healers and DPS stack up on opposite sides behind her.
• Detailed mechanics not available from the source page.
• Antitwilight: Used exclusively when Tsukuyomi is under the effect of Full Moon. Deals light raid-wide damage to all players with the "Veil of Shadow", but lethal damage to those without.
• Perilune: Used exclusively when Tsukuyomi is under the effect of New Moon. Deals light raid-wide damage to all players with the "Veil of Light", but lethal damage to those without.
• Detailed mechanics not available from the source page.

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 (Stormblood)
• 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: Happy Death Day To Who
• Achievement: Mightier than the Moon
• Music: Phase 1: Nightbloom
• Music: Phase 2 (Adds): Lunacy
• Music: Phase 3: Wayward Daughter

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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