The Ridorana Lighthouse

The Ridorana Lighthouse

Level

70

Item Level

335

Difficulty

Normal

Party size

Alliance
24 man • 3 6 15

Unsyncing

Allowed

Time limit

120 minutes

Roulette

Alliance Raids

Req. quest

Annihilation

Patch

4.3

“

South of Rabanastre, in a remote corner of the Valnard Sea gapes a fathomless maw that, for centuries, has slowly devoured the world around it: Ridorana. Whether you believe the cataract natureal wonder or demon-torn gate to the very underworld, journeys to her edge should be made with that utmost caution, seeing as none who have stumbled into the darkness have ever returned to tell their tale. An ancient spire once used by the Dalmascans as a lighthouse rises defiantly above the churning waters to warn forethoughtful and foolhardy alike. It is into this spire that the transformed Ba'Gamnan has fled. It is into this hell that you must follow.

— In-game description

The Ridorana Lighthouse is a level 70 raid introduced in patch 4.3 with Stormblood.

Bosses

Video Guide

Famfrit the Darkening Cloud

Abilities

• Tide Pod: Tankbuster.

• Water IV: Significant area wide AOE damage.

• Briny Cannonade: Mark player with an AOE circle. Damage to all player inside the AOE.

• Tsunami: AOE knockback, followed by Famfrit charging its amphora with water (visual effect) and releasing a large cone shaped AOE. This deals massive damage and repeated knockback toward the edge of the arena, which is also a damage zone. It's possible to escape with Surecast or the like, but very difficult even then, so try to avoid it entirely. Famfrit will do this more than one time. The visual of the amphora will indicate the direction of the AOE.

• Dark Ewer: Famfrit spawns a number of amphora, that will downpour and move around. Getting hit by any of it will result in medium damage.

• Dark Rain: A number of AOE circles will be placed around the area.

• Darkening Rainfall: Famfrit spawns three (or more, later into the fight) Dark Rain ADD's. Expect Water IV shortly after the spawn. Having failed to kill all ADD's may result in several dead player or even a wipe.

• Dark Cannonade: Player are marked with red triangle. After a short time player will be tossed into the air and take moderate damage. Grouping together negates the toss and reduces the damage -- you only need to group with one other marked player! More doesn't hurt, but don't put in extra effort just to make a larger stack.

ADD

• Dark Rain: Blob like ADD. Must be killed in about 30 seconds. If not killed in time, it will cast Explosion and deal significant area wide damage and inflict one (1) stack of Magic Vulnerability Up.

Belias, the Gigas

Belias may split in two. Both will charge in a linear fashion. Note the arrow marker. Both Belias will charge to such a marker and from it into the direction of the arrow. The Belias will stop for about 3 seconds at such a marker. Getting hit by the charge will deal damage and inflict one (1) stack of Vulnerability Up and Slow. It might be prudent to stand in the centre tile and move from there if necessary. In general, expect to be inflicted by Vulnerability Up if you fail to avoid an avoidable damaging ability.

Abilities

• Fire: Prepare for Fire IV.

• Fire IV: Area wide AOE, significant damage.

• Time Eruption: Places nine (9) rectangle shaped AOE's. The AOE's look like clock faces, with fast or slow spinning hands. Fast spinning will explode first, slower second.

• The Hand of Time: Standing marker, tethered to players. After a short grace period, tethered player suffers Burn and Slow (more stacks the closer they are) and any player who contacts the tether suffers Stop.

• Rise, loyal minions. Heed my call!: Summons three (3) Gigas. Charges Mana meter as long as the ADD's are alive. If they're near each other, they tether and gain Vulnerability Down, so tanks need to spread them apart.

• Hellfire: Ultimate. Damage according to the charged Mana meter.

• Time Bomb: Places four (4) meteor marker. Clockwork hand will indicate the direction of the AOE, which can be rotated 90 degrees by having a player step into the circle. The hand will not rotate if a player is already standing in the circle, and the impact itself does not deal damage. Getting hit will inflict Vulnerability Up.

ADD

• Gigas: Mob has proximity shield that lowers damage suffered. It is necessary to pull them away from Belias and each other.

Construct 7

Crude Scrawling at X:10.5, Y:13.8: A wise artithmetican once said the primes were the most lonesome of numbers. To that I say bollocks! 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 31 ... and so on to eternity. There are enough digits here to start a fellowship!

Construct 7 has two modes:

1. Annihilation Mode - it will use its normal damage abilities. It starts in this mode.
2. Computation Mode - it will excute a mathematical examination but will do nothing otherwise. See further down.

Abilities

• Destroy: Tankbuster.

• Accelerate: Places large AOE circles under some players. Marks one player with a stack marker.

• Pulverize: Circular AOE around Construct 7, then four additional circle AOEs beneath random players. Followed by Compress.

• Compress: Linear AOE from Construct 7 in a random direction. Later in the fight, this will be X-shaped linear AOE's.

• The construct cogs begin to whirr.: Places six (6) AOE circles (cog wheels like, later blue). Construct 7 will charge the area in a linear fashion. Places AOE circles under players and finally places a meteor area wide AOE in the centre of the arena.

• Lithobrake: Meteor AOE in The construct cogs begin to whirr. phase. Damage according to proximy to centre of the AOE.

• Dispose: Medium sized cone shaped AOE (approximatly 45° wide) shortly after Lithobrake. Construct 7 will jump to the centre of the area and start using this ability, rotating clockwise or counterclockwise as it charges (which indicates the rotation Construct 7 will be doing during the execution). Be very wary of this ability. It is lethal. Further, Damage Down will be inflicted on a hit. It is suggested that players rush to Construct 7 after Lithobrake and stay at its back at all time during Dispose. While Construct 7 is glowing red, he rotates faster and fires off more attacks.

• Computation Mode: This is a minigame phase. Player health is set to a single digit value. This is the base value for the mathematical operation. Stepping into one of the circles (1, 2, 3, 4) will add the respective value to the health of the player. The player is ask to step into a circle so that the player health, plus, possibly, the value of that circle, can be divided by a given number. Sometimes stepping into such a circle is not required, if the player health already fulfills the equation. Failure will apply one (1) stack of Computation Error. Success will apply one (1) stack of Computation Boost. Construct 7 will follow up with Incinerate after this phase, making it very important for healers to top off the raid as soon as the Subtract debuff ends.
  • Subtract: Preparation for Computation Mode. Set player health to a single digit value. The player's health remains a single digit after the debuff wears off.
  • Divide by Four: Step into one of the circles, so that the value of your current health plus the value of the circle (1 - 4) can be divided by four.
  • Divide by Five: Step into one of the circles, so that the value of your current health plus the value of the circle (1 - 4) can be divided by five.
  • Divide by Three: Step into one of the circles, so that the value of your current health plus the value of the circle (1 - 4) can be divided by three.
  • Indivisible: Step into one of the circles, so that the value of your current health plus the value of the circle (1 - 4) is a prime number. 1 is not a prime number!

• Tartarean Protocol Loaded: ADD phase. Kill the Construct 7.1 in time and step into the bluish orb in between the three arenas. Failure will result in the death of the player in this arena.

• Incinerate: Arena wide AOE.

• Ventilate: Minor damage and knockback around Construct 7. Seems to have no real significance other than indicating that Construct 7's rotation is repeating.

ADD

• Construct 7.1: Depending on your alliance, each Construct 7.1 does a different mechanic.
  • Alliance A: Marks players with + and - polarity, and tethers each player. If tethered to a player with the same polarity, get close. If tethered to a player with opposite polarity, get as far away from each other as possible.
  • Alliance B: Missiles will spawn on the sides of the arena. Avoid them to prevent any unnecessary explosive damage.
  • Alliance C: Uses Acceleration Bomb. Same as Ozma, dice like debuff icon. Do not move or act in any way once the countdown (4s) is finished.

Yiazmat

Abilities

• The True Dragon: A permanent buff on Yiazmat that drastically increases his maximum HP. Yiazmat begins the fight with this status buff, and it is only removed once the raid destroys the Heart of the Dragon.

• Rake: Tankbuster. In addition to the cast bar, Yiazmat telegraphs this ability by shouting "I'll tear you limb from limb!"

• Stone Breath: Yiazmat turns away from the tank and stands on his hind legs. A cone shaped AOE in the direction Yiazmat is facing will follow shortly after this animation. Being hit inflicts Vulnerability Up and Petrification. Yiazmat telegraphs this ability by shouting "Escape this!"

• Dust Storm: Arena wide AOE, medium damage. Yiazmat telegraphs this ability by shouting "Agony and sorrow!"

• White Breath: Yiazmat breathes icy breath around the entire platform, dealing heavy damage and inflicting Slow. The only safe zone is within Yiazmat's hitbox. Yiazmat telegraphs this ability by shouting "Your suffering is not yet over."

• Magnetic Lysis: Marks player with +/-, divides arena in +/- zone. Players should stay in the opposite zone of the player mark. Yiazmat telegraphs this ability by shouting "You will not know mercy!"
  • Magnetic Lysis +: Signified by two reddish + signs around the player. Stay on the bluish ground.
  • Magnetic Lysis -: Signified by two bluish - signs around the player. Stay on the reddish ground.
  • Dust Storm will follow and deal more damage if the player is raised up from the ground, i.e. not in the correct half of the arena.
  • Being on the same-color side of the field inflicts a levitation debuff. The only way to remove this debuff is to step onto the opposite-color side -- if Magnetic Lysis ends, the debuff will remain! (See Cyclone for why this is bad.)

• Rake (Version 2): An arrow marker is placed on the ground. Yiazmat will charge to the arrow marker, slowly and then continue to charge around the arena. Getting hit by Yiazmat will deal significant damage and inflict Damage Down. Yiazmat telegraphs this ability by shouting "Like a knife through butter!"

• Summon: Summons three Wind Azer, which will tether to 3 random players and shoot column AoEs in their direction. Yiazmat telegraphs the summoning by shouting "Your pain is my pleasure!"

• Cyclone: AOE whirling all player around, significant damage. Group should be above 50% health. If a player has the floating debuff from Magnetic Lysis when this attack executes, they will be thrown out of the arena, resulting in instant death. Yiazmat telegraphs this ability by moving the center of the arena and shouting "Feel the wrath of my brothers!"
  • First time will be the prelude to the ultimate phase. Spawns three (3) Archaeodemon shortly after the player are on the ground again. The spawnpoints are in a triangle around Yiazmat . The first is right at the entrance, number two and three are in the north north west and north north east quadrant. As long as the Archaeodemon are alive, the Mana meter will be charged. If the three Archaeodemon are dead, the Heart of the Dragon becomes available, which must be destroyed before the Mana meter fills. Yiazmat begins this phase by moving to the center of the arena and shouting "You will pay for what you have done...with blood!"
  • Second time will be followed by Death Strike.

• Solar Storm: Ultimate. At fully charged Mana meter, this will deal 300,000 points of damage. Can be reduced by shields, though. Anything above a 75% charged Mana meter will be some serious damage. Yiazmat shouts "Scream louder! I want to remember this!" as the ability is cast.

• Death Strike: Stack marker on a player. Yiazmat telegraphs this ability by shouting "Armageddon will deliver the king's justice!"

• Growing Threat: Damage Up buff on Yiazmat, also making him glow orange. Yiazmat telegraphs this ability by shouting "My wounds...give me strength!"

ADD

• Wind Azer: Tether with one player. Uses Ancient Aero - line shaped AOE into the direction of the tethered player.

• Archaeodemon: Summoned in ultimate phase. Must be killed in time to destroy the dragons heart and end this phase. If two of them are close to each other, both will be buffed with Invulnerability.
  • Abilities
    • Karma: Large, cone shaped AOE.
    • Unholy Darkness: Circular AOE, placed under player.

• Heart of the Dragon: Must be killed to end the ultimate phase. It might be prudent to use any LB available. Destroying this also removes Yiazmat's The True Dragon buff, greatly reducing his max HP.