Guildhests

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Guildhests are instanced group duties, usually involving a mini-dungeon or boss fight, that players can complete for experience and gil.

Guildhests were initially designed to teach players basic party mechanics that would purportedly be needed later on during Dungeons and Trials. However, due to battle design changes in the intervening years, the mechanics that Guildhests teach have long since become obsolete. For example, the first Guildhest,  Basic Training: Enemy Parties, teaches players to pull enemies one at a time when modern dungeon design involves multiple trash mob groups that almost always link and are impossible to separate.

There have been no further improvements or additions to Guildhests since their introduction in Patch 2.0. Players looking to improve their understanding of modern party mechanics are instead advised to visit the Hall of the Novice, which offers role-specific tutorials starting at Level 15 and tactical tutorials at Level 48 after completing Hearts on Fire. Completing these tutorials rewards players with two EXP-boosting rings, making them a more relevant and rewarding option for new players.

While initial Guildhests are quite easy, later guildhests become slightly more difficult. After completing at least one Guildleve, you can then talk to a Battlewarden after completing Simply the Hest (starting region specific) to unlock Guildhests.

Gil, experience, and Grand Company Seals are rewards for completing Guildhests. There is also a initial first-time bonus awarded per job, per character (not available for Shadowbringers and later jobs).

Guildhests cannot be completed using an unrestricted party ("unsyncing").

Unlocking Guildhests

There is an extra step to unlocking Guildhests. Note the following step requires that you do it in the region in which your character originally started FFXIV. Look under Character→Profile→City-State if you need a reminder what city your character is from. You can unlock the Guildleves in regions that are not where your character is originally from, but doing so will not trigger Simply the Hest.

• Choose the region in which your character originally started FFXIV:
  • Leves of Bentbranch → Simply the Hest (Gridania) (for characters from Gridania)
  • Leves of Horizon → Simply the Hest (Ul'dah) (for characters from Ul'dah)
  • Leves of Swiftperch → Simply the Hest (Limsa Lominsa) (for characters from Limsa Lominsa)
• After unlocking the leves, speak to the same Levemete again. You will receive a message that you're strong enough to start doing Guildhests.
• Then speak with a Battlewarden.

To enter specific Guildhests, you must be at the required level otherwise the duty will not be available.  Duty Roulette: Guildhests unlocks immediately upon completion of the first guildhest. The roulette can select from any of your unlocked guildhests, even if you have not yet completed your most recently unlocked guildhest.

Battlewarden Locations

Name	City	Location
Lost Rabbit	Thanalan: Western Thanalan, Horizon	(X:23.2, Y:16.6)
Ribald	The Black Shroud: Central Shroud, Bentbranch Meadows	(X:22.5, Y:21.7)
Tiroro	La Noscea: Western La Noscea, Swiftperch	(X:34.5, Y:31.2)
Sidonia	Coerthas: Coerthas Central Highlands, Dragonhead	(X:25.4, Y:29.5)
Archimbalt	Mor Dhona: Mor Dhona, North Silvertear	(X:32.4, Y:10.2)

Guildhest Duty List

Name	Level	Party	EXP	Gil
Basic Training: Enemy Parties	10	Light	660	60
Under the Armor	10	Light	680	50
Basic Training: Enemy Strongholds	15	Light	1,450	80
Hero on the Halfshell	15	Light	1,510	80
Pulling Poison Posies	20	Light	1,750	110
Stinging Back	20	Light	2,030	120
All's Well that Ends in the Well	25	Light	2,060	140
Flicking Sticks and Taking Names	25	Light	2,140	140
More than a Feeler	30	Light	3,560	180
Annoy the Void	30	Light	3,710	180
Shadow and Claw	35	Light	4,330	210
Long Live the Queen	35	Light	5,410	210
Ward Up	40	Light	5,410	240
Solemn Trinity	40	Full	5,640	240

Achievements

Guildhests are associated with several achievements:

Name	Points	Task	Reward	Patch
Serving a Greater Cause I	5	Complete 5 guildhests.	-	2.0
Serving a Greater Cause II	5	Complete 10 guildhests.	-	2.0
Serving a Greater Cause III	5	Complete 20 guildhests.	-	2.0
Serving a Greater Cause IV	5	Complete 30 guildhests.	-	2.0
Serving a Greater Cause V	5	Complete 50 guildhests.	-	2.0
Serving a Greater Cause VI	10	Complete 100 guildhests.	The Last Resort	2.0
Enraptured Servitude	20	Complete 200 guildhests.	-	2.0
Father Knows Hest I	5	Complete 3 unique guildhests.	-	2.1
Father Knows Hest II	5	Complete 7 unique guildhests.	-	2.1
Father Knows Hest III	10	Complete 14 unique guildhests.	-	2.1

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Guildhests

Level 10	Basic Training: Enemy Parties • Under the Armor
Level 15	Basic Training: Enemy Strongholds • Hero on the Halfshell
Level 20	Pulling Poison Posies • Stinging Back
Level 25	All's Well that Ends in the Well • Flicking Sticks and Taking Names
Level 30	More than a Feeler • Annoy the Void
Level 35	Shadow and Claw • Long Live the Queen
Level 40	Ward Up • Solemn Trinity

Duties