The World of Darkness Guide - FFXIV Raids

Today we are clearing the final part of the Final Fantasy 14 Crystal Tower Raid series: The World of Darkness. Check the description below to see the chapters if you are struggling with a specific part.

00:00 Introduction
00:33 The Eye
01:16 Angra Mainyu
04:07 The Nape
04:22 Five-headed Dragon
05:17 The Jaws
06:28 Cerberus
07:28 Cloud of Darkness

[mejeg]

I did this instance for the first time yesterday, I didn't die once. Some of that can be attributed to the healers, some to the story gear. But I think the overwhelming reason for no deaths is this guide. Thank you.

[emfontaine]

For anyone is curious about the level 100 Flare and 150 Death, the attack adds up the levels of anyone in the circle, including the person who is bound. Keep in mind that everyone is synced to level 50.

If 4 people are in the circle like in the video, then 50×4=200. 200 is a multiple of 100 so the Lv100 Flare goes off and takes out those 4 guys. If it was Lv150 Death, it actually would not have done anything, because 150 does not go into 200.

Now, none of this really matters for two reasons. 1. It's an aoe casted by the boss, the first response should be to get the hell out of there. 2. If everyone gets out, there is only ever a number of 50 applied to the mechanic from the person it is centered on. 50 is not a multiple of 100 nor 150 (it is a factor, not a multiple) so no one should ever get hit. Basically, do as the guide says and just...move!

[Sabulana]

Another excellent guide, helped me get through this raid today. Fun fact: I must have died about a dozen times in the fight against Angra Mainyu because every time the healer rezzed me, it was just as the boss used Mortal Gaze, hitting me with Doom so. many. fucking. times.

I had fun, but I never want to do this raid again.

[godsplayingfield]

the only times i have had issues with this raid is the eyeball of doom. and half the time it's cause the tanks are fighting eachother for agro while being on different sides of it causing the fcker to spin around and fire off it's lasers like a god damn disco ball hit with a laser pointer.

[katarin]

this was the best guide i watched, nice good humour

[TSUREVUU]

This gave me PTSD just watching it and it’s the next one I have to do

[vagabondstars]

So funny story: I’m actually already grinding up the current tier savage and prepping for 6.3 launch day raiding parties and I always do my raid dailies and know most of them well enough to avoid vuln stacks no problem but every time I got World of Darkness I *never* knew what the ABC’s on Cerberus actually meant… I somehow always get alliance B and the entire time I’ve been having a “I don’t know what belly means but at this point I’m too afraid to ask” moment for MONTHS so I figured I’d look up a video to find out wtf I was actually supposed to do because even my own FC NEVER EXPLAINED IT TO ME WHEN THEY TOOK ME THROUGH THE FIRST TIME, so thank you for the guide! Now I feel less like a fraud 🥰

[anii]

Im a tank about to do this for the first time and im absolutely terrified

[tawny_ello]

the last cloud boss also has a chain lightning sorta ability, it'll randomly pick someone and have an indicator above your head that will eventually call down lightning to slowly chase you. just keep running away and try not to go towards other people. if u can get a head start ur fine, if not I hope u have sprint

[ImmaPandaRawr]

It’s really not as bad as you think. Even if you make tons of mistakes usually it doesn’t cause any big issue. People died a few times in my group and no one cared. They just rezzed and moved on. As a summoner I had to revive my healers and we still didn’t wipe. The Labyrinth run we wiped twice as a raid and nobody was angry. Just went over mechanics. You won’t get judged harshly. It really is the type of thing you just have to jump in and do.

[johnermactavish]

Thank you so much. Short and sweet and I know 50x more then I did. New sprout and I was just constantly dying with no idea why.

[jag]

Recently found your channel to work on mechanics for the crystal tower. Awesome guides and concise points thanks!

[ZhuSM]

Found this channel from your super nice QOL tips and now just revisiting all the rest of your videos. Really love how well structured and explained they all are! Despite being now at post-Heavensward content, I still haven’t figured out a good chunk of the World of Darkness mechanics. This video was a treat! Would love to see some stuff for the Heavensward Alliance Raids as well if you’re still on the market to doing this sort of guide content, but otherwise very much looking forward to future videos!

[sjdave]

Bert with the 1000 mile stare in the beginning was a nice touch.

[shubhamnew]

just beat this thanks to this guide ! died once during the cerberus fight, AFTER the chains were fettered, still dont know what damaged me lol . Thanks for the great guide

[sergel]

A good tip for the Forbidden Gates in the 2nd trash, make sure to use ranged LB or Caster LB to get them down quicker.

[TSola-ezvr]

When he said "no not look away from your screen dumbo" I literally looked away from my screen then when I faced back, my character was dead lmaooo
I appreciate the guides too! Crisp, clear and to the point. Perfect for an aspiring Sprout!

[damonr-fkrp]

I thought it was A-Attack the belly, B-Bind with chains, and C-Control the adds?

[pixel__koala]

Maybe just add the „Feint Particle Beam“ in the Cloud of Darkness fight - a lot of people get killed in it. To be honest - it‘s always a lot of fun to watch. And - your guide is by far the most funny and informative I‘ve seen in a long time! Thank you!!! 👍🏻🤗

[kiakill]

thx for this guide man, its super usefull!