Occult Crescent overview
Occult Crescent: The North Horn is the second area of Occult Crescent released in patch 7.55, and can be unlocked by progressing the storyline for Occult Crescent and accepting the quest Occult Reunion. The North Horn is a vast area filled with ruins and secrets, occupied by dangerous monsters. Players must explore this uncharted island together in instances of up to 72 players, share information about Occult Records, and party up to grow stronger as a group and take on powerful foes. What Has Been Added or Changed From The South Horn? While the South Horn capped Knowledge Level at 25, players will now be able to reach Knowledge Level 40. The silver and gold coins obtained in The South Horn are replaced by new currencies used in The North Horn. Additionally, story progression in The North Horn does not require specific Occult Records to be obtained, instead tasking players with traveling to marked locations.
How Do I Progress The Story In The North Horn? Upon arriving for the first time, the player will find themselves in the Base Camp at the southeastern corner of the map. After talking to Ketenramm and Archive, the player will be tasked with locating a confluence. This is marked on the map, so players will have no trouble locating it. Four more confluences must be located in the next quest, which are also marked on the map. Additionally, the third quest requires the completion of the Critical Encounter Lost on the Wind while the quest is active. This CE will spawn naturally, and does not require any preparation by players. Finally, once players begin the quest In the Shadow of the Tower, they must complete the Critical Encounters 'Doubled Trouble', 'Quarried Away', and 'Appalling Behavior', and then reach Knowledge Level 40 in order to progress to the final section of the story.
How Can I Level Up In The North Horn? The best way to increase your Knowledge level is to either join or create a gold farm party and chain mobs kills together in order to get EXP bonuses alongside gold currency, or you can take part in FATEs and Critical Encounters in order to get EXP and silver currency. These methods are also the best way to raise the level of a Phantom Job.
What Else is There to do in The North Horn? Outside of Records, FATEs and CEs, players can also encounter Magic Pots, random treasure coffers placed throughout the area, and Fortune Carrots. Finally the Forked Tower: Magic large-scale raid will become available once players progress the story. Unlike the Forked Tower: Blood large-scale raid, this one has both Normal and Extremely difficulties, with the former being tailored for the story and the latter being intended as a challenge for players.
Patch 7.55 Phantom Jobs Added The last group of eight Phantom Jobs added in 7.55 come with the introduction of elemental weaknesses for certain enemies, allowing many of these jobs to gain an advantage by exploiting these weaknesses with elementally aspected actions. Phantom Ninja, Phantom Black Mage, Phantom White Mage, Phantom Red Mage, Phantom Dragoon, Phantom Summoner, Phantom Necromancer, Phantom Blue Mage. Black Mage, White Mage, Red Mage and Ninja can all be bought for 1000 silver coins in the north horn. Dragoon and Summoner both require 1600 Gold coins, while Necromancer is a rare drop from the CE Dark Artistry and Blue mage is a rare drop from the CE Appalling Behavior