Primal Battles Previewed for Patch 2.1

[Andromeda]

The latest in the previews for Patch 2.1 from Square Enix come as the four new primal battles. Three of the primal battles are simple harder versions of the Hard Mode Ifrit, Titan and Garuda. The new Extreme Mode versions are unlocked after defeating Titan Hard Mode, but the order is different. In the story or Normal Mode versions, Ifrit is the easiest followed by Titan and then Garuda. In the Hard Mode versions Ifrit is the easiest as well, but Garuda follows with Titan as the last. Now the Extreme Mode changes the order again with Garuda as the easiest followed by Titan and then Ifrit finishing as the hardest battle. Each will have an item level requirement, something new added to the Duty Finder to address problems with players too undergeared to compete.

The Extreme Mode battles will also drop an item level 90 weapon for players that complete all three primals in the week. Players will only get a drop once a week and the battles much be win in the week before the reset on Monday.

The newest Primal battle is not a Primal, but a returning battle from 1.0 with Good King Moggle Mog, which is designed as a battle in difficulty of being between Garuda Hard Mode and Titan Hard Mode. They realized that the gap in challenge between Garuda and Titan was too great and decide to have the Mog fight bridge that gap. The Mog battle will drop moogle specific gear.

Full details are below.

Extreme Primal Battles

Feeding on crystals, drinking the life force of Hydaelyn herself, the primals continue to plague the people of Eorzea.
Time and again adventurers have vanquished the primals. And yet with each defeat, the beast tribes would only grow more fervent in their prayers, that their deities may grow stronger.
The primals will soon answer the pleas of their children, bringing with them a force unlike any other.


≪ The Howling Eye (Extreme) ≫

Level Requirement	Disciples of War or Magic level 50
Item Level Requirement	Average item level 65 or above
Party Size	Eight players
Time Limit	60 minutes
Quest Name	Galeforce Warning
Quest Prerequisites	Players must first complete the quest "Primal Nature."*

* In order to undertake the quest "Primal Nature," players must first clear the quest "In a Titan Spot" and clear The Navel (Hard).


≪ The Navel (Extreme) ≫

Level Requirement	Disciples of War or Magic level 50
Item Level Requirement	Average item level 67 or above
Party Size	Eight players
Time Limit	60 minutes
Quest Name	Quake Me Up Before You O'Ghomoro
Quest Prerequisites	Players must first complete the quest "Galeforce Warning."

≪ The Bowl of Embers (Extreme) ≫

Level Requirement	Disciples of War or Magic level 50
Item Level Requirement	Average item level 70 or higher
Party Size	Eight players
Time Limit	60 minutes
Quest Name	Ifrit Ain't Broke
Quest Prerequisites	Players must first complete the quest "Quake Me Up Before You O'Ghomoro."

Good King Moggle Mog XII



Legend holds that, in a time long forgotten, mooglekind abided in the heavens as loyal servants of the gods.

However, a war of deific proportions would erupt, triggered by a feud over a single goblet of wine. Growing weary of the conflict, the reigning moogle monarch, Good King Moggle Mog XII, resolved to lead his people to the realm of mortals in secret, that they might again know a life of peace.

Alas, the distance to the land below proved too great for little moogle wings. After much deliberation, it was decided that the journey must be made by rope, the longest that has ever been woven. So it was that the king grasped onto one end of this lifeline as his subjects, one after the next, half clambered, half slid their way to the Promised Land. In this manner all the moogles were able to arrive at their destination, whole of body and joyous of spirit. That is, all of them save for Good King Moggle Mog XII, who had not the means to lower himself.

Mourning their lost king and touched by his sacrifice, the moogles have since abstained from naming a successor to the crown. Even now, they hold fast to the belief that their beloved monarch will one day return before them in all his might and majesty.

Level Requirement	Disciples of War or Magic level 50
Item Level Requirement	Average item level 54 or above
Party Size	Eight players
Time Limit	60 minutes
Quest Name	You Have Selected Regicide
Quest Prerequisites	Players must first complete the quest "Hail to the King, Kupo."

Rewards

Dethrone Good King Moggle Mog and his Mogglesguard to reap handsome rewards, kupo!

Source: FINAL FANTASY XIV, The Lodestone | Primal Battles Preview (12/10/2013)