The Dusk Vigil
The Dusk Vigil
- Level
- 51 (Sync: 52)
- Item Level
- 100
- Difficulty
- Normal
- Party size
- Light Party
4 man • 1
1 
2 
- Unsyncing
- Allowed
- Time limit
- 90 minutes
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- Dungeons (Heavensward)
- Roulette
- Leveling
- Req. quest
For All the Nights to Come- Entrance
- Coerthas Western Highlands (X:20, Y:7)
- Modes
- Explorer
- Patch
- 3.0
“In the days following the Calamity, western Coerthas was abandoned by the knights of Ishgard, save for the Dusk Vigil, whose defenders refused to withdraw. Since then, the fortress has only fallen further into disrepair, and her garrison has long since been presumed dead. Unlike most Ishgardians, who would sooner put the tragic episode behind them, Father Wealdtheow would have you enter the forsaken fortress and reclaim a priceless treasure: an ice rondel set in the crown of a sculpture within the vigil's chapel. A simple request, perhaps, but if experience has taught you anything, such tasks are anything but...
— In-game description
The Dusk Vigil is a level 51 dungeon introduced in patch 3.0 with Heavensward.
Objectives
- Clear the outer training grounds.
- Topple the towering oliphant.
- Clear the barracks.
- Slay Ser Yuhelmeric.
- Clear the keep.
- Defeat Opinicus.
Enemies
- Nestless Falcon
- Muddy Zoblyn
- Stronghold Mylodon
- Snoll
- Frostbitten Chirurgeon
- Frostbitten Archer
- Fading Soul
- Frostbitten Officer
- Frostbitten Conscript
- Frostbitten Soldier
- Frostbitten War Hound
- Frostbitten Sentry
- Frozen Knight
- Frozen Chirurgeon
- Stronghold Tursus
- Icetrap
- Hailstorm Sprite
- Dusk Wolf
Bosses
Towering Oliphant
- Rear - Circle AoE around the boss.
- Prehistoric Trumpet - Room-wide attack.
- Rock of Ages - targets a random player and inflicts
Down for the Count on them, then follows up with Wooly Inspiration. - Wooly Inspiration - frontal cone directed at the player that Rock of Ages hit. This attack pulls players closer to the boss, then
Stuns and launches them. This is followed up by another Rock of Ages on a random player, then Rout. - Rout - line AoE directed at the player that the preceding Rock of Ages hit. This attack is actually a stack - one of the party can stand between the Oliphaunt and the targeted player to share the damage.
Ser Yuhelmeric
- Tumulus - Circle AoE around the boss.
- Brain Drain- Room-wide attack that also summons adds. This attack is cast at specific HP thresholds, and summons different adds at each threshold. Keep the boss away from the adds and kill them quickly, as they can give the boss buffs at close range.
- At 90% HP, summons 2 melee adds (red weapons).
- Red enemies cast Rictus, a circle AoE around themselves that will give the boss a stacking
Damage Up if he touches it. - Red adds can also cast Overturn (large cone AoE); Iron Tempest (large circle AoE), Dead Alive (makes the add deal crits for 10 seconds), and Widowmaker (strong but small cone AoE).
- Red enemies cast Rictus, a circle AoE around themselves that will give the boss a stacking
- At 60% HP, summons 2 caster adds (blue weapons).
- At 40% HP, summons 2 melee adds and 2 caster adds.
- At 90% HP, summons 2 melee adds (red weapons).
- Death Spiral - Large donut-shaped AoE, usually cast right after summoning adds.
- Hell Slash - strong knockback, often followed by Death Spiral.
Opinicus
The boss starts with several crumbled piles of masonry scattered around the room, similar to Garuda. Piles will be destroyed if they are hit by any of the boss's attacks, and then new piles will fall from the ceiling in small circle AoEs.
- Golden Talons - cleaving tankbuster.
Alpine Draft line attack, easy to avoid.- Freefall - Opinicus turns to face one player and jumps on them in a small AoE.
- Whirling Gaol room wide - the outer sides of the room will start pushing you in towards the center, where you will be inflicted with Fetters, then receive a
Wind Resistance Down stack and some damage. Hiding behind some of the crumbled masonry in the room will prevent you from being pushed into the center. - Winds of Winter - Room-wide AoE attack for moderate damage, and stacks Wind Resistance Down on anyone struck. Avoid by standing so there is a pile of rubble between you and the boss. This attack will destroy all piles of rubble, and new ones will fall from the ceiling.
Loot
- See also: Martial Weapons, Ishgardian Armor and Ishgardian Accessories
Towering Oliphant
- 40,000
Experience Points
| Name | Type | Item Level | Rarity | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ishgardian Banneret's Sabatons
|
Feet | 120 | Green | 1 |
 Ishgardian Bowman's Boots
|
Feet | 120 | Green | 1 |
 Ishgardian Chaplain's Bracelets
|
Bracelets | 120 | Green | 1 |
 Ishgardian Chaplain's Ring
|
Ring | 120 | Green | 1 |
 Ishgardian Chaplain's Thighboots
|
Feet | 120 | Green | 1 |
 Ishgardian Historian's Bracelets
|
Bracelets | 120 | Green | 1 |
 Ishgardian Historian's Ring
|
Ring | 120 | Green | 1 |
 Ishgardian Historian's Thighboots
|
Feet | 120 | Green | 1 |
 Ishgardian Knight's Bracelets
|
Bracelets | 120 | Green | 1 |
 Ishgardian Knight's Ring
|
Ring | 120 | Green | 1 |
 Ishgardian Knight's Sabatons
|
Feet | 120 | Green | 1 |
 Ishgardian Monastic's Boots
|
Feet | 120 | Green | 1 |
 Ishgardian Monastic's Bracelets
|
Bracelets | 120 | Green | 1 |
 Ishgardian Monastic's Ring
|
Ring | 120 | Green | 1 |
 Ishgardian Outrider's Boots
|
Feet | 120 | Green | 1 |
 Ishgardian Outrider's Bracelets
|
Bracelets | 120 | Green | 1 |
 Ishgardian Outrider's Ring
|
Ring | 120 | Green | 1 |
Ser Yuhelmeric
- 70,000 Experience Points
Opinicus
Griffin Card (Drops at a fixed rate)- 90,000 Experience Points
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Additional Treasure Coffers
Treasure Coffer 1 (X: 13.8 Y: 11.1)
Treasure Coffer 2 (X: 15.8 Y: 10.3)
Treasure Coffer 3 (X: 12.7 Y: 5.8)
Treasure Coffer 4 (X: 10.3 Y: 5.6)
Achievements
This duty is associated with the following achievements:
| Name | Points | Task | Reward | Patch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mapping the Realm: Dusk Vigil
|
10 | Discover every location in the Dusk Vigil. | - | 3.0 |
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Lore
Torn Journal Page 1
“To whoever reads this─if there is anyone left to read it─let it be known that I, Ser Pascaleret Neurtaille, bore witness to Dalamud's fall. The lesser moon's descent, the black doom which emerged from within, the flames which spread across the horizon, turning night to day─it shall haunt me for the rest of my days.
It is the dawn of the “Seventh Umbral Era,” according to some of the men. I told them to put no stock in the ravings of the prophetess, but even I do not know what to believe anymore.
— Torn Journal Page
Torn Journal Page 2
“The engineers are still surveying the damage, but anyone with eyes can tell that the Dusk Vigil is beyond repair. Some walls are hardly fit to be called as such, piles of crumbling masonry as they are.
The officers have been pleading with Ser Yuhelmeric, asking him to order a withdrawal. He knows our position is untenable, yet he refuses. “We will hold it to the last, for we are the shields on the wall─the defenders of the Holy See,” he says. He is a brave, pious man. Less so, we who serve under him.
— Torn Journal Page
Torn Journal Page 3
“The men we rescued from the collapsed wing have not fared well. Given our dwindling supplies and this seemingly endless blizzard, we may be forced to make difficult decisions soon.
This unseasonable weather grows worse with every passing day, and the toll it has taken on morale is plain. We have yet to receive reinforcements from the Holy See, and I fear none shall come.
Nevertheless, Ser Yuhelmeric remains steadfast in his decision and will suffer no talk of withdrawal. Ser Yuhelmeric's steward tells me he passes hours in the chapel, praying to the Fury for guidance... But I chanced to see him once, as he knelt before the statue. His eyes were transfixed upon the jewel in its helm, and he was whispering things I dare not write.
— Torn Journal Page
Torn Journal Page 4
“Ser Yuhelmeric has taken me into his confidence. He says I am an honest man. I wish I were a braver one.
The mutiny has been quelled. Among the starving, half-mad knights were Ser Yuhelmeric's most trusted officers. He wielded the axe himself.
Ser Yuhelmeric received me in the chapel afterwards. I told him we will not last a fortnight without food. He smiled and told me that the Fury has blessed us with a bounty of fresh meat, then returned to his prayers. I joined him.
— Torn Journal Page
Torn Journal Page 5
“O Halone, pray forgive Your humble servant. For too long have I let fear rule my heart, and in my cowardice have I been party to unspeakable acts.
I know now I shall never see my children again─nor would I want them to look upon their father's face...and what it has become.
I am outside Her grace.
— Torn Journal Page
Ser Yuhelmeric's Resolve
Counterpart to the Dawn Vigil in the east, this watchtower served as Ishgard's shield against the Dravanian Horde in the west. Garrisoned by the brave knights of House Durendaire, for long years the Dusk Vigil stood firm against the enemy, but it was brought to its knees by the Calamity, which wrought extensive damage to the structure before ushering in a bitter freeze, encasing it in ice. According to a knight’s account as writ in a recovered journal, those engineers who surveyed the watchtower’s crumbling walls pled with their commander, Ser Yuhelmeric, asking him to order a withdrawal, but the man would not hear of it. Heedless of the extreme cold, he was determined to discharge his duty to the last and refused to abandon the Vigil, holding his ground even when the garrison’s supplies dwindled with no prospect of aid from the Holy See. Many men died—first of the cold, then of starvation, then in a bloody, failed mutiny. Of what followed, little is known, but the Dusk Vigil has since come to be inhabited by all manner of fell beasts, and gods only know what else.
Ser Yuhelmeric
A knight of House Durendaire, Ser Yuhelmeric commanded the garrison at the Dusk Vigil. Unin-terred upon his death, he rose again as a revenant to haunt the watchtower he once defended. He left behind in Ishgard a loving wife, who to this day awaits his return.
Opinicus
After the Dusk Vigil fell into disuse, this imposing griffin claimed it for its domain. The creature has adapted remarkably well to the cold that descended upon Coerthas, lying in wait for prey that enters the watchtower in search of shelter.
More
A sculpture of Halone, the Fury, is consecrated at Saint Guenriol’s Chapel deep inside the Dusk Vigil, within whose helm is set a priceless sapphire known as an ice rondel. Desiring to retrieve this treasure, a memento of his son Yuhelmeric, Father Wealdtheow drew upon his personal funds to recruit an adventurer to brave the dangers within the watchtower.