Overview
Situated upon Vylbrand, Castrum Occidens is more akin to a research facility than a fortress. Even before its pillar was driven into the ground, Legatus Gaius van Baelsar had ordered his people to probe the fragment of Dalamud which fell at that precise location. The impact resulted in the creation of vast caverns pervaded by corrupted crystals. Though unknown dangers lie in wait within, you must brave them all if you are to learn the truth of the Calamity.
Strategy Notes
- If brought too close to ADS, they tether and are absorbed after 25 seconds— healing ADS and granting a stack of Damage Up.
- As High Voltage is cast more frequently than it takes for Interject to recast, two players will have to coordinate interrupting.
- The off-tank will have to handle keeping the Nodes away from ADS.
- As this boss does not have much health, DPS can ignore the Nodes and simply focus on ADS the entire time.
- A giant snake that constantly grows stronger over time. Unless handled carefully, Caduceus will quickly overwhelm the party with hard-hitting attacks.
- Players will need to spread out, both to avoid Regorge and so that players can spawn Dark Matter Slimes from whatever platforms begin to glow.
Boss Encounters
ADS
- Cast every 15 to 20 seconds.
- Attack Nodes cast Repelling Cannons and Gravity Field, placing a puddle under a random player that inflicts Heavy.
- Defense Nodes cast Repelling Cannons and Chain Lightning, dealing damage to players standing close together.
- Patrol Nodes cast Repelling Cannons and Dirty Cannons, a high damage simple circle AoE with an extremely short cast time.
Caduceus
- 5 seconds after Steel Scales cast, a random set of platforms will begin to glow.
- If the player it is targeting is too far away, it will explode— killing all players in a 10y radius.
- When brought close to Caduceus, it will be devoured— healing Caduceus based on the Slime's remaining health but removing one stack of Damage Up.
- After one copy dies, the other will immediately begin to Enrage.
Duty Information
- Duty Finder: Raids (A Realm Reborn)
- Time Limit: 90 minutes
- Tomestones: 10 poetics
Achievements
Music
- Main: Primal Timbre
- Battle: Spiral
- Bosses: Calamity Unbound