Alexander - The Cuff of the Father

This article is about the level 60 story-mode raid. For the (Savage) version, see Alexander - The Cuff of the Father (Savage). For the first tier of Alexander in general, see Alexander: Gordias.

Alexander - The Cuff of the Father

Level

60 (Sync: 60)

Item Level

170

Difficulty

Normal

Party size

Full Party
8 man • 2 2 4

Unsyncing

Allowed

Time limit

90 minutes

Duty Finder

Normal Raids (Heavensward)

Roulette

Normal Raids

Tomestones

 10 

Req. quest

Steel and Steam

Entrance

The Dravanian Hinterlands (X:23, Y:26)

Location

The Cuff of the Father

Region

Dravania

Stone, Sky, Sea

Available

Patch

3.01

“

In your last foray into the giant's mighty arm, you narrowly escaped Quickthinx Allthoughts and the Illuminati with your life. Yet in so doing, you won a cryptic name─Alexander. Whatever this may be, your path leads into the gloom of Gordias. March onwards with courage, for it is only in the darkness that you can learn how to stop the iron colossus.

— In-game description

Alexander - The Cuff of the Father is a level 60 raid introduced in patch 3.01 with Heavensward. Also called A2, it is the second floor of Alexander: Gordias.

Objectives

• Clear Serviceway #542: 0/1
• Clear Serviceway #539: 0/1
• Arrive in Hangar 12: 0/1
• Slay the machinists: 0/1

Strategy

The Cuff of the Father Guide

The second pack of enemies can be skipped. Run past them and jump down the chute at the left.

The "boss" is a series of waves of enemies. There is also a blue magitek robot which 1 or 2 raiders can choose to mount into.

The Magitek armor mount has the ability to deal damage to the enemy, put a vulnerability debuff on the enemy, and most importantly, have the ability to drag the bombs which will spawn. The bombs have a wide explosion radius and stack a fire damage taken debuff on anyone hit.

Players can fight the enemies on one side of the arena so that the bomb can be taken to the opposite corner and prevent raid damage. With current stats, this is not necessary, as the bombs only inflict minor damage if they explode.

Recommended kill order:

1) Red Magitek Suits of Armor Boomtype Magitek Gobwalker

These enemies can inflict debuffs on the raid, they are a priority to kill.

2) Tall Robot Knights Jagd Dolls

Not overly difficult, just can cause a lot of damage if not careful.

3) Big Goblins Gordian Hardhelms and Gordian Hardminds

Again, not much of a threat, but they have more health than the smaller enemies

4) Little Goblins Gordian Soldiers and Gordian Snipers

More trash mobs, deal with them to reduce the number of enemies attacking the tank.

5) Gigantic Robot Machines Magitek Gobwidow G-IX

Save these for last, they are easy enough to take down, but have an AOE. IF only one is spawned, tank it separately from the rest of the enemies until they are dealt with. Otherwise try to avoid having many of these in one area.

Loot

• 1   Precision Gordian Lens (Guaranteed)

Treasure Coffer 1

Name	Type	Item Level	Rarity	Quantity
Tarnished Gordian Lens	Other	N/A	ABasic	1
Tarnished Gordian Shaft	Other	N/A	ABasic	1
Tarnished Gordian Pedal	Other	N/A	ABasic	1
Tarnished Gordian Bolt	Other	N/A	ABasic	1

Treasure Coffer 2

Name	Type	Item Level	Rarity	Quantity
Tarnished Gordian Crank	Other	N/A	ABasic	1
Tarnished Gordian Spring	Other	N/A	ABasic	1
Tarnished Gordian Pedal	Other	N/A	ABasic	1
Tarnished Gordian Bolt	Other	N/A	ABasic	1

Achievements

This duty is associated with the following achievements:

Name	Points	Task	Reward	Patch
Mapping the Realm: Gordias II	10	Discover every location within Alexander: Gordias - the Cuff of the Father.	-	3.01

Dialogue

Quickthinx Allthoughts: Pshhhkohhh... 
Gobwalkers, stand firm! Slay trespassing uplanders!
Quickthinx Allthoughts: Uplanders cannot gain ground─rain gobbie bombs on uplanders!
Quickthinx Allthoughts: Gobbies and uplanders are evenmatched... Very well. Readymake big guns!

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