The Aery dungeon guide
The Aery source-backed dungeon guide: unlock facts, first-clear prep, local mechanic notes, and related wiki source links.
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- Dungeon quick facts
- Before queueing
- Duty Support
- Boss and mechanic notes
- Duty finder and rewards context
- Completion notes
- Verification boundary
Dungeon quick facts
Sensing the death of his consort, a wary Nidhogg has surrounded his lair with a wall of tempestuous winds. After calling upon the assistance of Cid and his ingenious engineers, however, you and Estinien are now ready to breach this howling barrier on the wings of their latest airship prototype-the manacutter. Join the Azure Dragoon on this, the greatest of wyrm hunts, and mount a direct assault upon the Aery. Only with the death of Nidhogg can you ensure the preservation of Ishgard...and bring an end to the Dragonsong War.
- Category: Dungeon
- First Appearance: Patch 3.0, *Heavensward*
- Level: 55
- Item Level Requirement: 110
- Party Size: 4man
- Required Quest: Into the Aery
- Entrance: Foundation
- Entrance Coordinates: 7,10
- Region: Dravania
Before queueing
Use the quick facts to check level, item level, party size, required quest, entrance, roulette, and time limit before queueing for The Aery.
- 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.
Duty Support
Local wiki data lists Duty Support or NPC options for this duty. Use this mode when you want story pacing, screenshots, or a low-pressure first read of arena mechanics.
- Temple Knight: Knight (Tank)
- Temple Chirurgeon: Chirurgeon (Healer)
- Estinien: Dragoon (DPS)
- Temple Banneret: Banneret (DPS)
Boss and mechanic notes
The Aery has local boss notes for: Rangda, Gyascutus, Nidhogg. These notes are pulled from the local wiki and should be treated as source-backed prep unless separately marked as human-reviewed strategy.
- Electric Cachexis: A long-cast attack that will attack everyone outside of Rangda's melee range. (Similar to Dragon's Voice from Cutter's Cry).
- When Rangda places the Prey debuff on you, run to one of the tall pillars encircling the room to transfer it.
- Kill the Leyak adds as they spawn.
- Proximity Pyre: A close-range circle attack centered on the boss.
- Ashen Ouroboros: A donut attack around the edge of the room.
- Inflammable Fumes: Whenever this is cast, an unsafe ring will appear around the area. Be sure not to step in this area. there will be circles of fume spinning around the boss, which can be safely stepped in at first. The boss will then cast either Ashen Ouroboros or Proximity Pyre, causing the fume circles will explode at the same time as the donut or circle attack, so find a safe place where you are not in the circles of fume and not in the other attack marker.
- Crippling Blow: Tankbuster
- Deafening Bellow: Unavoidable raidwide damage
- Body Slam: Knocks all players back from the center of the area. Make sure to stand near the center to avoid being knocked back into the unsafe ring around the area, or use a knockback prevention move such as Arm's Length, Surecast, etc.
- Deafening Bellow: Unavoidable raidwide damage
- Hot Tail: A line attack across the length of the area in the direction that Nidhogg is facing.
- Hot Wing: Two line attacks on each side of the area under Nidhogg's wings.
- This and Hot Tail are sometimes accompanied by Nidhogg spawning eyeball-shaped circle markers under random players. Move out of these circles to avoid taking damage from them.
- Cauterize: Nidhogg will leave the arena and cast a fiery line attack across the length of the platform. Move out of the attack to avoid damage.
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: duty support, 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: The Aery
- Music: Main: Roar of the Wyrm
- Music: Mid-Bosses: To the Fore|roll=n
- Music: Final Boss: Primogenitor
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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