Wandering Minstrel

Wandering Minstrel

Title

Keeper of Knowledge

Gender

Male ♂

Race

Hyur (Midlander)

Job

Bard
Samurai
Reaper
Viper

Zone

Mor Dhona (21.7, 8.7)

Services

Quest NPC

Part of

Moonfire Faire (2013)
Moonfire Faire (2014)
The Rising (2018)
The Rising (2019)
The Rising (2020)
The Rising (2021)
The Rising (2022)
The Rising (2023)
Final Fantasy XVI Collaboration: The Path Infernal

Patch

2.1

Wandering Minstrel is a Hyur found in Mor Dhona. He provides unlocks for most high-end duties (most extreme trials, some savage raids, and all ultimate raids) by asking the player character to recount their original combat encounters. Lore-wise, high-end duties are the Minstrel's interpretation of the original encounters with several creative liberties that explain the more difficult mechanics compared to the normal-difficulty (story mode) encounters.

Stormblood appearance

Endwalker appearance

Dawntrail appearance

Quests Started

Quest	Type	Level	Quest Giver
A Song of Steam and Steel		60	Wandering Minstrel
A Refrain for the Undaunted		60	Wandering Minstrel
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Retells Your Story		60	Wandering Minstrel
Songs in the Key of Kugane		70	Wandering Minstrel
Recall of Duty		70	Wandering Minstrel
I Wandered Sharlayan as a Minstrel		90	Wandering Minstrel
How the West Was Sung		100	Wandering Minstrel
A Legend for a Legend		1	Wandering Minstrel
Newfound Journey		15	Wandering Minstrel

Quests Involved In

Quest	Type	Level	Quest Giver
An Uninvited Ascian		50	Edelstein
The Ultimate Ballad		50	Alys
Sing Me Another Song		50	Alys
Thordan's Reign		60	Alys
Nidhogg's Rage		60	Alys
Fiery Wings, Fiery Hearts		1	Walking Atlas
A Lone Wolf No More		1	News Hawker
The Dragon Made		1	Warmachina Fanatic
What Blooms in the Night		15	Bran
A World Away		15	Nonora
A Reoccurring Bug		15	Nonora
In Adventurers We Trust		15	Dural Tharal
Message in a Bottle		30	P'obyano
Glass from the Past		15	J'bhen Tia
Rising Calm		15	Kipih Jakkya
Siblings Rising		15	Kipih Jakkya
What Drives Us		15	Kipih Jakkya
A Land on Fire		50	Neophyte Adventurer
Pain to Recall		50	Clive Rosfield
The Path Infernal		50	Clive Rosfield
The Show Must Go On		15	Crystal Caravan Leader
Wings of Hope		1	Singingway

Locations

Zone	Coordinates	Level range
Mor Dhona	(X:21.7, Y:8.7)	50–60
Kugane	(X:11.6, Y:12.6)	70–80
Old Sharlayan	(X:12.7, Y:14.3)	90
Tuliyollal	(X:11.2, Y:14.7)	100

Seasonal Events

• The Rising

Lore

“

"Ever since I first set foot in these lands, I have been haunted by a song."

This mysterious minstrel of undisclosed age and identity first garnered attention after issuing a poem that seemed to predict the arrival of the Seventh Umbral Calamity. So contentious was this piece that he was put in fetters on suspicion of fomenting public hysteria for a time. Despite this initial setback, he remained a prolific poet, and even penned the script for Feudal Fantasy, a stage drama performed in Kugane. While he spends a goodly portion of the year wandering, during the Rising he can invariably be found among the bustling crowds of Ul'dah.

— Encyclopaedia Eorzea Volume III, p. 61

Additional Information

See also: Minstreling Wanderer

The Wandering Minstrel is designed to reference how Producer/Director Naoki Yoshida looks in real life.

He also appeared for a time during the end of the Legacy version of Final Fantasy XIV, distributing the   Goobbue mount to players that had reached level 30. The lore justification for the end of this distribution was a report of his arrest.

In The Path Infernal it is revealed he has the magical ability to actually put people into illusory environments, suggesting that the "Let us tell a tale" aspect of the duties he unlocks may be backed by a bit more of an immersive form of storytelling.