In Final Fantasy XIV Patch 6.3, a new dungeon, Lapis Manalis, was added. This dungeon sees you take on the mysterious and abandoned village of the Reapers, deep in the Garlean mountains. Here’s our guide to clearing the dungeon.
Final Fantasy XIV Lapis Manalis dungeon guide
Lapis Manalis starts off with an on-the rails section with four mobs attacking the party. Tank and kill these, and then wait for a Griffin to appear. This Griffin has a number of attacks that can be interrupted with stuns, so keep your party out of AoEs. Then, it’s on to the mountain. At the mountain, there are two more mob packs that can be tanked wall-to-wall before you meet the first boss, Albion.
Albion boss guide
A fearsome Albion blocks your path to the entrance to Lapis Manalis. It’ll hit you with the following attacks:
Following this boss, there will be two packs of mobs and a wall, followed by two more packs and a boss room. These are very easy pulls and can be tanked together. ensure you’re using your cooldowns though, as these are some quite heavy hitters. Some players may want to save cooldowns for this next boss, as there’s a hidden grading mechanic.
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Galatea Magna Boss guide
A doll-like automaton, Galatea Magna was a test unit designed to appraise new Reaper candidates. Now the abandoned machine will put your WoL to the test!
Depending on how quickly the party kills the boss, it will give a different line of dialogue upon its defeat. It will also rank the party’s performance from 1 to 12. This doesn’t affect anything in drops, but is more a pride thing. The top rank of 1 requires a kill time of less than 90 seconds. You’ll probably need BiS gear and some good prep to do this one. If you’re running Duty Support or a Trust, and Zero is in the party as a Duty Support NPC, it will also give a different line of dialogue upon its defeat. Here are the bosses’ attacks:
Following your ranking, there’s another two pack, wall, two pack, boss situation before you reach your final opponent, Cagnazzo.
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Cagnazzo Boss Guide
Cagnazzois a bug-turtle demon who wants to fight you for unknown reasons. As soon as you set foot in his arena, the area will be surrounded by a damaging aura that will apply 15 seconds of drowsy to anyone who steps out of the arena. Then Cagnazzo will use the following attacks.
Once you’ve cleared Cagnazzo, the dungeon is cleared, and you can enjoy the loot.
All FFXIV Lapis Manalis Dungeon rewards
Lapis Manalis chests will reward Manalis Armor and Manalis Accessories, which are iLevel 605 gear, making them just shy of current BiS at the time of the dungeon’s release. In addition to the usual Materia rewards, the Wind-up Cagnazzo is a reward from the final chest.
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