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(Patch 6.3 Update. Looked at a video to see names of debuffs. This video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLqGrkF8Qm0)
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*'''Grip of Night''': A frontal cone AoE cast by Igeyorhm.
*'''Grip of Night''': A frontal cone AoE cast by Igeyorhm.
*'''Circle of Ice''': Igeyorhm summons four '''Frozen Stars''' that detonate Donut AoE circles. Stand on the '''Frozen Stars''' to avoid damage.
*'''Circle of Ice''': Igeyorhm summons four '''Frozen Stars''' that detonate Donut AoE circles. Stand on the '''Frozen Stars''' to avoid damage.
* '''End of Days''': This is the first time players will see a line stack marker, which requires players to line up between Lahabrea and the targetted player.
**'''Esoteric Fusion''': Igeyorhm will tether two of her '''Frozen Stars''' together, creating a bigger donut AoE that covers the safe spots in the other '''Frozen Stars'''. Players should therefore stand under where the tethered '''Frozen Stars''' will detonate to avoid damage.
**'''Esoteric Fusion''': Igeyorhm will tether two of her '''Frozen Stars''' together, creating a bigger donut AoE that covers the safe spots in the other '''Frozen Stars'''. Players should therefore stand under where the tethered '''Frozen Stars''' will detonate to avoid damage.
* One Ascian will also occasionally heal the other for around 5% of their HP.
*'''End of Days''': This is the first time players will see a line stack marker, which requires players to line up between Lahabrea and the targetted player.
*'''Dark Fire II''': Lahabrea puts circle purple AoE markers on all players, who should spread to avoid overlapping.
*The Ascians will keep their health equalized throughout the fight by sacrificing some of their own HP to heal the other,
===[[File:Aggressive difficulty r6.png|link=]] [[Ascian Prime]]===
===[[File:Aggressive difficulty r6.png|link=]] [[Ascian Prime]]===
The dungeon does not end when [[Lahabrea]] and [[Igeyorhm]] are defeated. Instead, a skippable cutscene will show the two merging into the real final boss, an Ascian Prime.
The dungeon does not end when [[Lahabrea]] and [[Igeyorhm]] are defeated. Instead, a skippable cutscene will show the two merging into the real final boss, an Ascian Prime.
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**''{{status effect|Ancient Frost}}'' '''[[Ancient Frost]]''': Upon expiring, the afflicted player will find themselves the victim of a stack marker.
**''{{status effect|Ancient Frost}}'' '''[[Ancient Frost]]''': Upon expiring, the afflicted player will find themselves the victim of a stack marker.
**''{{status effect|Burning Chains}}'' '''[[Burning Chains]]''': Upon expiring, players are chained by pairs and must run away from each other to break them.
**''{{status effect|Burning Chains}}'' '''[[Burning Chains]]''': Upon expiring, players are chained by pairs and must run away from each other to break them.
*'''Arcane Revelation''': A reprisal of [[Lahabrea]]'s ultimate from [[The Ultimate Weapon]]. Ascian Prime becomes untargettable and summons a large '''Arcane Sphere'''. From it, he draws energy to fill a '''Ascian Prime's Power''' gauge.
*'''Arcane Revelation''': A reprisal of [[Lahabrea]]'s ultimate from [[The Ultimate Weapon]]. Ascian Prime becomes untargettable, summons a large '''Arcane Sphere''', and begins siphoning power from it to fill an '''Ascian Prime's Power''' gauge. The sphere must be destroyed before this finishes.
**Untargettable Shades of '''Lahabrea''' and '''Igeyorhm''' appear and unleash mechanics on the party.
**Untargettable Shades of '''Lahabrea''' and '''Igeyorhm''' appear and unleash mechanics on the party.
***'''Dark Blizzard II''' and '''Dark Fire II''': '''Igeyorhm's shade''' creates several frozen line AoEs while '''Lahabrea's shade''' places purple AoE circles on players.
***'''Dark Blizzard II''' and '''Dark Fire II''': '''Igeyorhm's shade''' creates several frozen line AoEs while '''Lahabrea's shade''' places purple AoE circles on players.
***'''Shadow Flare''': Both Shades cast this at the same time, dealing extra raidwide damage.
***'''Shadow Flare''': Both Shades cast this at the same time, dealing extra raidwide damage.
***'''Chilling Cross''' and '''Dark Fire II''': '''Igeyorhm's shade''' creates cross line AoEs from the middle of the arena while '''Lahabrea's shade''' places purple AoE circles on players.
**'''Annihilation''': Heavy raid-wide damage based on how far the '''Ascian Prime's Power''' gauge filled. If Ascian Prime was allowed to reach 100%, his attack will wipe the party
**'''Annihilation''': Heavy raid-wide damage based on how far the '''Ascian Prime's Power''' gauge filled. If Ascian Prime was allowed to reach 100%, his attack will wipe the party
From there, the mechanics reapeat themselves until the boss is defeated.
From there, the mechanics reapeat themselves until the boss is defeated.
==Loot==
==Loot==
===[[File:Silver Coffer (small).png|link=]] [[Regula van Hydrus]]===
===[[File:Silver Coffer (small).png|link=]] [[Regula van Hydrus]]===

Revision as of 14:14, 12 January 2023

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The Aetherochemical Research Facility

The Aetherochemical Research Facility.png
Level
60 (Sync: 60)
Item Level
142 (Sync: 180)
Difficulty
Normal
Party size
Light Party
4 man 1 Tank role.png 1 Healer role.png 2 DPS role.png
Unsyncing
Allowed
Time limit
90 minutes
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Tomestones
Allagan Tomestone of Poetics 150 
Req. quest
Main Scenario quest Heavensward
Entrance
Azys Lla (X:21.4, Y:22.5, Z:8.7)
Modes
Duty Support, Explorer
Patch
3.0

Your pursuit of the archbishop has brought you to the Aetherochemical Research Facility, at the heart of the floating isle of Azys Lla. However, he and his knights are not the only threat for which you must be prepared; shortly before your arrival, the VIth Imperial Legion entered the facility in search of the secret to mastering primals, and their presence will serve to complicate matters. With multiple factions and their ambitions set on a collision course, your mission promises to be fraught with danger and uncertainty both.

— In-game description

The Aetherochemical Research Facility is a level 60 dungeon introduced in patch 3.0 with Heavensward. With the addition of Duty Support in Patch 6.3, changes to progression and bosses were implemented. Furthermore, it is the only MSQ dungeon to have 4 bosses.


Unlock

Level 60 players need to start the level 60 Main Scenario Quest Main Scenario QuestHeavensward. Players can start the quest by talking to Guidance Node in Azys Lla (x15, y21). To unlock the quest, players need to complete the level 59 Main Scenario Quest Main Scenario QuestFetters of Lament.

Objectives

  1. Clear Analysis and Proving
  2. Clear Bioweapons Research
  3. Defeat Harmachis
  4. Defeat all opposition
  5. Defeat Ascian Prime

Bosses

The Aetherochemical Research Facility Guide

Aggressive difficulty r5.png Regula van Hydrus

  • Stuns the tank and follows up with a high damage attack. Heal as necessary.
  • Summons turrets every phase swap, with one additional turret per swap. Turrets self-destruct if not killed in time, causing room-wide damage.
    • Magitek Turret Is target a random party member with a visible line and will continuously attack them.
    • Magitek Turret IIs target random party members with circle AoEs.
  • After switching to Phase 2, he will move to the walls and repeatedly cast Magitek Slug, an easily dodged line AoE
  • At the end of Phase 2 will cast Magitek Spread, a large AoE that hits everywhere except a wide cone behind him.

Aggressive difficulty r5.png Harmachis

Party members should remain on different sides of the boss when possible, only stacking up to mitigate Ballistic Missile.

  • Weighing of the Heart: Changes Forms, form will be announced but may be only a split second before the change. There is no cast or announcement prior to changing back to Sphinx.
  • Sphinx form
    • Riddle of the Sphinx is an easily dodged circle AoE.
    • Will periodically attack the tank with a unmarked cone of Poison.
  • Anti-Cobra form
    • High damage tank buster (6000-8000+ damage)
  • Anti-Naga form
    • Petrifaction is a gaze attack that will cause 10 seconds of Petrification unless you are looking away from the boss.
    • Circle of Flames is an instant AoE that will target multiple party members, stay spread out to avoid stacking damage.
  • Anti-Machina form
    • Ballistic Missile will target a party member with a high-damage missile, indicated by a small circle on the ground. Have one other party member stack on you to prevent the damage. More than two people sharing the impact will not prevent the damage.
    • Gaseous Bomb is an instant cone AoE that will target a random party member.

Aggressive difficulty r6.png Lahabrea & Igeyorhm

As of Patch 6.3, the battle will only end when both Ascians' health are reduced to 0.1% instead of 50%, and both will always be targettable.

  • Shadow Flare: Unavoidable Raidwade damage cast by Lahabrea
  • Fire Sphere: Lahabrea summons five untargettable Burning Stars that will explode in AoE circles after a few seconds.
    • Esoteric Fusion: Another version of this spell will result in two pairs of Burning Stars that are tethered and advance towards each other, which will explode upon contact.
  • Grip of Night: A frontal cone AoE cast by Igeyorhm.
  • Circle of Ice: Igeyorhm summons four Frozen Stars that detonate Donut AoE circles. Stand on the Frozen Stars to avoid damage.
    • Esoteric Fusion: Igeyorhm will tether two of her Frozen Stars together, creating a bigger donut AoE that covers the safe spots in the other Frozen Stars. Players should therefore stand under where the tethered Frozen Stars will detonate to avoid damage.
  • End of Days: This is the first time players will see a line stack marker, which requires players to line up between Lahabrea and the targetted player.
  • Dark Fire II: Lahabrea puts circle purple AoE markers on all players, who should spread to avoid overlapping.
  • The Ascians will keep their health equalized throughout the fight by sacrificing some of their own HP to heal the other,

Aggressive difficulty r6.png Ascian Prime

The dungeon does not end when Lahabrea and Igeyorhm are defeated. Instead, a skippable cutscene will show the two merging into the real final boss, an Ascian Prime.

  • Shadow Flare: Unavoidable Raidwide Damage.
  • Height of Chaos: Tankbuster
  • Dualstar: Features combinations of the Burning Stars and Frozen Stars from the previous battle. Players must eye the tethers to determine which Stars will collide first and adjust accordingly.
  • Universal Manipulation: Causes room-wide damage and five debuffs. As of Patch 6.3, there no portals to hide in and avoid this, and the debuffs will detonate the following mechanics:
    • Bleed icon1.png Bleeding: Players take damage overtime until the debuff expires.
    • Ancient Circle Ancient Circle: Upon expiring, this creates a massive donut AoE around each player. They should stack in the center to ensure the donut AoEs do not spread there.
    • Dark Whispers Dark Whispers: Upon expiring, this creates a purple AoE circle on each player, who should spread out to avoid overlapping.
    • Ancient Frost Ancient Frost: Upon expiring, the afflicted player will find themselves the victim of a stack marker.
    • Burning Chains Burning Chains: Upon expiring, players are chained by pairs and must run away from each other to break them.
  • Arcane Revelation: A reprisal of Lahabrea's ultimate from The Ultimate Weapon. Ascian Prime becomes untargettable, summons a large Arcane Sphere, and begins siphoning power from it to fill an Ascian Prime's Power gauge. The sphere must be destroyed before this finishes.
    • Untargettable Shades of Lahabrea and Igeyorhm appear and unleash mechanics on the party.
      • Dark Blizzard II and Dark Fire II: Igeyorhm's shade creates several frozen line AoEs while Lahabrea's shade places purple AoE circles on players.
      • Shadow Flare: Both Shades cast this at the same time, dealing extra raidwide damage.
      • Chilling Cross and Dark Fire II: Igeyorhm's shade creates cross line AoEs from the middle of the arena while Lahabrea's shade places purple AoE circles on players.
    • Annihilation: Heavy raid-wide damage based on how far the Ascian Prime's Power gauge filled. If Ascian Prime was allowed to reach 100%, his attack will wipe the party

From there, the mechanics reapeat themselves until the boss is defeated.

Loot

Silver Coffer (small).png Regula van Hydrus

Silver Coffer (small).png Harmachis

Silver Coffer (small).png Lahabrea & Igeyorhm

Gold Coffer (small).png Ascian Prime

Name Type Item Level Rarity Quantity
Faded copy of imagination icon1.png  Faded Copy of Imagination   This item is guaranteed to drop. Orchestrion Roll N/A ABasic 1

Achievements

This duty is associated with the following achievements:

Name Points Task Reward Patch
Mapping the realm aetherochemical research facility icon1.png  Mapping the Realm: Aetherochemical Research Facility 10 Discover every location in the Aetherochemical Research Facility. - 3.0

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