Mt. Gulg | FFXIV: Shadowbringers MSQ [22]



After getting more acquainted with the other locals of the area, we manage to–rather quickly–earn their trust enough to acquire their aid in the manner of providing tools for our cause. However, for them to make said tools, they require a valuable material that is only available in their rival clan. Before we make our way to acquire this material, however, the chieftain of the peoples, “Xamott”, offers one of his own to go with us to help procure the ore we need. A young lad by the name of “Korutt” steps up to the plate, and offers any bit of help he can. Though, he and his chieftain are rather quick to state that he is quite useless in a fight. We and the Crystal Exarch reassure both of them that we will protect him should any fights break out along the way.

Many fights were had along the road, as waves upon waves of sin eaters constantly bombarded us as we trekked along the path. Almost as frequently as the sin eaters came, Korutt ushers praise upon us for being a great team, and inquires how long we’ve known each other. The Crystal Exarch responds with warm acceptance, but there also seems to be an air of… melancholy… to his responses.

We finally reach the entrance to our destination, but not before one final wave of sin eaters appears to impede our progress. Resolved to end this short adventure with grace, the Crystal Exarch resolves himself with a smirk, and prepares to battle once more with us side-by-side. Though we dispatch the initial waves with relative ease, a fierce brute of a sin eater appears from seemingly nowhere and catches us unawares with a lethally brutal attack that brings us to the edge of death. Before it could deliver one more lethal blow, however, the Exarch pushes himself even further to usher a protective spell around us in a desperate attempt to save our life. After recovering from the attack, we regain our footing and dispatch the brute like all the rest.

We make our way towards our destination: “Duergar’s Tewel”. Here, we find the Goggs inhabiting the area. Assuming we would be branded as hostiles due to a member of the Tholls–the clan in which we acquainted ourselves with earlier–being in our company, we devise a plan of subtlety to acquire what we need. The Crystal Exarch would cast an invisibility spell on Korutt in which he would be able to mine the necessary ore whilst avoiding detection. Likewise, he would also cast an invisibility spell on us so that we may use dream powder on any of the more active Goggs roaming about as a means to give Korutt some breathing room. We both complete our tasks successfully, but just before we make our way back, the chieftain of the Goggs, “Glagg”, approaches from behind us and catches us in the act red-handed. Korutt and Glagg quickly get in a confrontation whilst hurling insults at one another. As with the other Goggs, we use dream powder on Glagg as well before quickly making off with our quarry.

Upon arriving at Tomra, it would seem that the Tholls are extremely adept with the art of toolscrafting, as they had immediately accrued a suitable supply of pickaxes for us upon our return. Without delay, we acquire their handiwork to deliver them to the people of Norvrandt so that they may participate in expediting the process of constructing the gargantuan talos. We find many familiar faces as we deliver the tools: Kai-Shirr and the natives of Kholusia, Magnus and the miners of Amh Araeng, Rhon Rhon and the city of the Mord, and a caretaker from the Inn at Journey’s Head. The peoples from all over the world have come for this moment, and we were not about to deny them their moment in participating in history.

After this, we proceed to meet Chai-Nuzz in any other task he may require of us. He mentions the need for a Talos heart, which initially seems to sound like quite an arduous task to create, but Y’shtola and the Night’s Blessed deign to offer something most sacred for the project: the Heartstones. These stones were symbolic representations of their peoples’ souls, and each one of them once belonged to a beloved member of their society before their passing. Before installing them into the Talos, however, Y’shtola requests that we imbue one particular heartstone for good luck. The stone she has us imbue a portion of our power into was a familiar one. It had belonged to Toddia, and was the very same heartstone we set out to acquire after it was lost during a Sin Eater attack. Though she may have lived a humble life, Toddia’s spirit will live on as a catalyst to usher the saving of the world.

Timestamps:
Introduction – 0:00
Playthrough – 0:40
Mt. Gulg – 15:05
First Boss – 22:10
Mobs – 25:30
Second Boss – 31:25
Mobs – 35:28
Final Boss – 41:25
Post-Duty – 48:54
Outro – 53:11

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33 thoughts on “Mt. Gulg | FFXIV: Shadowbringers MSQ [22]”

  1. So, I'm not sure if you caught it, but the way that the clones phase for final fight works is: all of the boses cast the bsaic verison, but the true version (the one with the radiance around it) casts the upgraded version:
    – Divine Diminuendo casts an aoe around each clone, and the boss casts an outer 'dioughnut' as well. You have to find the glowing boss (the last one that drops down) and stand jsut out of range of it to dodge everything.
    – Conviction Marcato casts a line in front of each boss (like Scathach's attack in Dun Scaith?), and the main boss will also cast beam from each of the glowing marks on her NE, SE, Sw, and NW parts. The boss will always be the middle one of the clones, so check which direction she's facing, and then run behind (or to the sides of) her.

    Hope it helps! There's some very sweet glam from this dungeon (the Fending chest piece is very cool with a cloak), and if you want to level up Trusts you'll run this a couple of times – not to mention for lv79 classes.

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  2. the exarch getting shot got me right at the start lmao
    picking a tank wasnt such a bad idea XD you would of maybe died in a couple bosses without the tank privileges.
    even tho tanks do have to care about more mechanics that are directed at them you did okay -w-)b
    cheers on reaching this far on story! looking forward to see your reactions for what comes next and beyond!
    keep it up!

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  3. Nooooo! I wanted to see your reaction to the throne of the immaculate encounter! Forreal though, I love hearing your takes on the game. You have much more interesting things to say than "Oh my god. Holy Shit. Big Dick Energy!" over and over again
    5

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  4. Lucron that was not the Singer Lady, its impossible. The time in between you last saw the npc and the Sin Eater on Vaultry's room happened way to fast, there is no way Vaultry would make her such a powerfull sin eater and it's personal bodyguard just beacuse, it makes not sence for him. The common theory is that it was Vaultry's mother, it fits better on the trope of "forgiven by obscene"

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  5. idk if you know anything about fire emblem, but there's this really good pre-battle exchange in awakening that goes "pain is a concern of men. and respite? beg that from your gods. your concerns are not mine. i have risen to a higher plane of existence."
    "then today you come crashing down to the hell you've made of this one." which feels v appropriate for this part of the story!

    also as someone who just finished leveling up the trust avatars this past week, yeah the AI can be…funky. im pretty sure urianger died every time i brought him into malikah's well no matter what i did as tank. and as for the last boss- when she splits into copies, only one of them will have that glowing halo, and thats the one you need to watch out for. when in doubt, follow the trust npcs for mechanics. but anyways- hell yeah!!! we're at the moment of truth and im SO excited for the next episode!!

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  6. 21:53 she is referring to when Thancred rescued her from Eulmore shown in the Shadowbringers trailer
    Bringing both Thancred and Ryne to the first boss shows them acknowledge fighting the boss before

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  7. Small little note about what Ryne said before the first boss. If you recall the boss showed up at Thancred's section of the ShB cinematic trailer when he and a cloaked "Minfilia" were trying to escape the Eulmore prison. The Winged Lion stopped them and battled with Thancred, but "Minfilia" hid and stayed out of the way since she didn't know how to fight just yet.

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