The Keeper of the Lake

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The Keeper of the Lake is a level 50 dungeon released in patch 2.5. It requires a party of 4 with an average item level of 90 and higher.

Unlock

• Quest: The Rising Chorus
• Quest-giver Location: Tataru - The Rising Stones (x6,y5)
• Prerequisites: Main Scenario Quest Best Laid Schemes

Bosses

Einhander

The flying enemies will drop big and small canisters to the boss-area. Any partymember can hit the small canisters away from the boss and the rest of the party. The big canisters will stay still. The boss does AoE-breaths that ignite the canisters it hits and those canisters will explode after burning for a while. Small canisters do damage to nearby targets, but big canisters deal moderate damage to the whole party. Usually party can deal with 1 big canister exploding, but two can be fatal so you may want to have Einhander use his abilities to trigger the affect of each medium cannister as it spawns and allow your healer to heal through the damage (DPS might be able to destroy the big canisters before they explode, not sure). Medium cannister explosions will chain into each other, so if your room has more than one medium cannister up as one is trigger, expect a wipe.

Occassionally, Einhander will suck all of the cannisters in the room towards him, the tank should either reposition Einhander away from the cannisters or the DPS should quickly knock them away again.

The boss switches between two (?) forms and will disappear briefly while switching between each form. There is an obvious tell each time as Einhander will hold a different weapon in his talons. When holding the rod, Einhander gains a new cone attack which will knock anyone affected across the room. When holding a mini-gun, Einhander gains a new line AoE. DPS and Healers should be aware if they are in the same line of sight as a medium cannister, as this ability will trigger them to explode.

Magitek Gunship

The boss will summon adds two times. First time he summons 4 cohorts and second time he summons a big robot. All of the adds should be killed. The Gunship has a Flamethrower attack that comes out in a cone infront of him and remains active for a few seconds, so tanks should be mindful not to move back into it too early. Sometimes the boss will target a random party member and fly to the edge of the arena. After a while, he will charge towards the party member, dropping fiery circular AoE's on the ground. Party member who is targeted should stay near the edge of the arena, so that the AoE doesn't cover the middle of the fight. As the fight continues, the boss will charge two party members in a row.

Midgardsormr

The boss itself is the big dragon head that does not need to be tanked. He does a couple of different AoE attacks. He will revive one of the two dragons at the time. Party should focus on killing these dragons. These dragons also have their own AoE attacks as well as breath attacks that will cleave so DPS should be mindful not to stand in front of the dragons. After the first dragon is revived, Midgardsormr will begin using a new AoE attack that alternates between approximately half of the room closest to Midgarsormr and later the further half. Tanks should try to position the dragons on either the east or west point of the room to make dodging these attacks easier. At some point an add will spawn who carries a shield-generator, this add will look similar to the dragons which drop the cannisters in the Einhander fight. DPS should focus these instantly, since the dragon-head will charge up a insta-kill AoE if the shield-generator is not used. The Shield generator needs to be interacted with in order for the shield to become available and all members of the party must be inside the bubble to avoid being instantly killed. Repeat with the second dragon and second shield-generator. In this second phase however, Midgarsormr gains a new AoE ability which begins as a small circle which will expand outward two times, taking up a large portion of the room. Each time a dragon is killed, Midgarsormr will lose around 45% of his health. After both dragons are killed, quickly DPS any of his remaining health.

Loot

Einhander Loot

Item	Icon	Level	Item Level	Requirement	Slot	Defence	Magic Defence	Materia Slots	Stats and Attributes
Bogatyr's Gloves of Healing		50	100	CNJ, WHM, SCH	Hands	46	80	0	Vitality +22, Mind +21, Piety +12, Accuracy +5, Determination +16
Bogatyr's Gloves of Ranging		50	100	ARC, BRD	Hands	63	63	0	Dexterity +21, Vitality +24, Determination +16, Skill Speed +16
Bogatyr's Thighboots of Casting		50	100	THM, ACN, BLM, SMN	Feet	46	80	0	Vitality +22, Intelligence +21, Accuracy +16, Spell Speed +23
Picaroon's Armguards of Scouting		50	100	ROG, NIN	Hands	63	63	0	Dexterity +21, Vitality +24, Accuracy +16, Skill Speed +23
Picaroon's Armguards of Striking		50	100	PGL, MNK	Hands	63	63	0	Strength +21, Vitality +24, Critical Hit Rate +23, Determination +11
Picaroon's Leggings of Maiming		50	100	LNC, DRG	Feet	80	63	0	Strength +21, Vitality +24, Critical Hit Rate +23, Determination +11
Picaroon's Leggings of Scouting		50	100	ROG, NIN	Feet	63	63	0	Dexterity +21, Vitality +24, Accuracy +23, Skill Speed +16
Picaroon's Leggings of Striking		50	100	PGL, MNK	Feet	63	63	0	Strength +21, Vitality +24, Accuracy +23, Skill Speed +16
Varlet's Gauntlets		50	100	GLA, MRD, PLD, WAR	Hands	114	114	0	Strength +21, Vitality +24, Accuracy +16, Determination +16
Varlet's Sabatons		50	100	GLA, MRD, PLD, WAR	Feet	114	114	0	Strength +21, Vitality +24, Parry +23, Determination +11

Magitek Gunship Loot

Item	Icon	Level	Item Level	Requirement	Slot	Defence	Magic Defence	Materia Slots	Stats and Attributes
Bogatyr's Armillae of Casting		50	100	All Classes	Bracelets	1	1	0	Intelligence +16, Accuracy +12, Spell Speed +17
Bogatyr's Armillae of Healing		50	100	All Classes	Bracelets	1	1	0	Mind +16, Piety +9, Accuracy +3, Critical Hit Rate +17
Bogatyr's Cap of Ranging		50	100	ARC, BRD	Head	63	63	0	Dexterity +21, Vitality +24, Accuracy +16, Critical Hit Rate +23
Bogatyr's Circlet of Healing		50	100	CNJ, WHM, SCH	Head	46	80	0	Vitality +22, Mind +21, Piety +18, Accuracy +5, Determination +11
Bogatyr's Earrings of Casting		50	100	All Classes	Earrings	1	1	0	Intelligence +16, Accuracy +12, Critical Hit Rate +17
Bogatyr's Earrings of Ranging		50	100	All Classes	Earrings	1	1	0	Dexterity +16, Accuracy +17, Determination +9
Bogatyr's Necklace of Casting		50	100	All Classes	Necklace	1	1	0	Intelligence +16, Accuracy +12, Critical Hit Rate +17
Bogatyr's Necklace of Healing		50	100	All Classes	Necklace	1	1	0	Mind +16, Accuracy +3, Critical Hit Rate +12, Spell Speed +17
Bogatyr's Necklace of Ranging		50	100	All Classes	Necklace	1	1	0	Dexterity +16, Determination +12, Skill Speed +12
Bogatyr's Ring of Healing		50	100	All Classes	Ring	1	1	0	Mind +16, Accuracy +3, Critical Hit Rate +12, Determination +12
Bogatyr's Ring of Ranging		50	100	All Classes	Ring	1	1	0	Dexterity +16, Critical Hit Rate +12, Determination +12
Bogatyr's Rope Belt of Casting		50	100	THM, ACN, BLM, SMN	Waist	40	69	0	Vitality +16, Intelligence +16, Accuracy +12, Determination +12
Bogatyr's Rope Belt of Healing		50	100	CNJ, WHM, SCH	Waist	40	69	0	Vitality +16, Mind +16, Accuracy +3, Determination +9, Spell Speed +17
Picaroon's Belt of Maiming		50	100	LNC, DRG	Waist	69	55	0	Strength +16, Vitality +18, Critical Hit Rate +12, Skill Speed +17
Picaroon's Belt of Scouting		50	100	ROG, NIN	Waist	55	55	0	Dexterity +16, Vitality +18, Accuracy +17, Skill Speed +12
Picaroon's Earrings of Slaying		50	100	All Classes	Earrings	1	1	0	Strength +16, Accuracy +12, Skill Speed +17
Picaroon's Eyepatch of Striking		50	100	PGL, MNK	Head	63	63	0	Strength +21, Vitality +24, Accuracy +16, Skill Speed +23
Picaroon's Headgear of Maiming		50	100	LNC, DRG	Head	80	63	0	Strength +21, Vitality +24, Accuracy +16, Determination +16
Picaroon's Necklace of Slaying		50	100	All Classes	Necklace	1	1	0	Strength +16, Accuracy +17, Skill Speed +12
Varlet's Armillae		50	100	All Classes	Bracelets	1	1	0	Vitality +18, Parry +12, Determination +12
Varlet's Ring		50	100	All Classes	Ring	1	1	0	Vitality +18, Accuracy +12, Critical Hit Rate +17
Varlet's Sallet		50	100	GLA, MRD, PLD, WAR	Head	114	114	0	Strength +21, Vitality +24, Parry +16, Critical Hit Rate +23

Midgardsormr Loot

Item	Icon	Level	Item Level	Requirement	Slot	Defence	Magic Defence	Materia Slots	Stats and Attributes
Bogatyr's Longcoat of Casting		50	100	THM, ACN, BLM, SMN	Body	65	112	0	Vitality +35, Intelligence +34, Accuracy +38, Determination +19
Bogatyr's Longcoat of Ranging		50	100	ARC, BRD	Body	88	88	0	Dexterity +34, Vitality +39, Accuracy +26, Skill Speed +38
Bogatyr's Slops of Healing		50	100	CNJ, WHM, SCH	Legs	65	112	0	Vitality +35, Mind +34, Accuracy +8, Critical Hit Rate +26, Determination +27
Bogatyr's Slops of Ranging		50	100	ARC, BRD	Legs	88	88	0	Dexterity +34, Vitality +39, Accuracy +26, Skill Speed +38
Picaroon's Jacket of Maiming		50	100	LNC, DRG	Body	112	88	0	Strength +34, Vitality +39, Critical Hit Rate +38, Skill Speed +26
Picaroon's Trousers of Scouting		50	100	ROG, NIN	Legs	88	88	0	Dexterity +34, Vitality +39, Critical Hit Rate +38, Determination +19
Picaroon's Trousers of Striking		50	100	PGL, MNK	Legs	88	88	0	Strength +34, Vitality +39, Critical Hit Rate +26, Determination +27
Varlet's Breeches		50	100	GLA, MRD, PLD, WAR	Legs	160	160	0	Strength +34, Vitality +39, Critical Hit Rate +38, Determination +19
Varlet's Hauberk		50	100	GLA, MRD, PLD, WAR	Body	160	160	0	Strength +34, Vitality +39, Parry +26, Determination +27

Crafting Material Loot

These Items are dropped from all bosses.

• Scheelite
• Emery
• Petrified Log
• Cashmere Fleece
• Saurian Skin
• Raziqsand
• Tawny Latex

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Lore

Fifteen years ago, in the skies above Silvertear Falls, the invading forces of the XIVth Legion were set upon by a host of dragons. Leading the charge was Midgardsormr, legendary king of kings, who engaged the Garlean flagship, the Agrius, in battle. In the end, both Midgardsormr and his foe fell to the earth, and their tangled remnants stand as a memorial to that day─a ruined airship, and the charred corpse of the wyrm lord who brought it low, forever devoid of life...