The Masked Carnivale

Introduction

A series of events exclusively for Blue Mages, the Masked Carnivale offers a range of opponents on which to test your skills, earning rewards in the process.

Test the limits of your blue magic in this exciting new solo challenge.

Unlock

• Complete quest: The Real Folk Blues
• Requirement: Level 50 Blue Mage
• Starting NPC: Maudlin Latool Ja in Ul'dah - Steps of Thal (X:12.5, Y:13.0)
• Prerequisite quest: Blue Gold

How to Participate

Speak with the Celestium Attendant in Ul'dah - Steps of Thal (X:11.5 Y:13.2).

Stages

The Masked Carnivale is comprised of 31 stages in total. You can view a list of all available stages by speaking with the Celestium attendant. Be advised that once you begin a stage, you cannot register or remove active actions.

Stages	Level	#	Standard Time	Ideal Time	Act 1	Act 2	Act 3	Gil	Seals	Tomestones
All's Well That Starts Well	50	1	0:30	0:20	Arena Slime Arena Dullahan			3000	50	40 poetics
Much Ado About Pudding	50	2	3:30	2:30	Arena Pudding Arena Marshmallow Arena Bavarois	Arena Gelato Arena Flan Arena Licorice		3000	50	40 poetics
Waiting for Golem	50	3	3:45	2:45	Zipacna			3000	50	40 poetics
Gentlemen Prefer Swords	50	4	3:30	2:35	Arena Bat Arena Wolf	Kreios		3000	50	40 poetics
The Threepenny Turtles	50	5	1:20	0:45	Brotherly Gil Turtle			3000	50	40 poetics
Eye Society	50	6	3:20	2:25	Arena Catoblepas Arena Mandragora	Arena Catoblepas Arena Mandragora Arena Eye		3000	50	40 poetics
A Chorus Slime	50	7	3:30	2:40	Ice Sprite Lava Slime	Ice Sprite Lava Slime	Lava Slime Gladiatorial Node	5000	100	80 poetics
Bomb-edy of Errors	50	8	3:45	2:45	Arena Snoll Arena Bomb	Arena Snoll Arena Progenitrix Arena Cherry Bomb		5000	100	80 poetics
To Kill a Mockingslime	50	9	4:45	3:30	Guimauve			5000	100	80 poetics
A Little Knight Music	50	10	4:30	3:10	Crom Dubh			5000	100	80 poetics
Some Like It Excruciatingly Hot	50	11	3:30	2:30	Arena Gas Bomb	Arena Gas Bomb		5000	100	80 poetics
The Plant-om of the Opera	50	12	4:30	3:10	Arena Roselet	Hydnora		5000	100	80 poetics
Beauty and a Beast	50	13	4:30	3:30	Arena Haagenti Arena Vodoriga	Carmilla		5000	100	80 poetics
Blobs in the Woods	50	14	3:00	2:30	Arena Jam	Arena Jam		5000	100	80 poetics
The Me Nobody Nodes	50	15	4:45	3:45	Bestial Node			5000	100	80 poetics
Sunset Bull-evard	50	16	4:30	3:30	Arena Cyclops	Tikbalang		5000	100	80 poetics
The Sword of Music	50	17	5:30	4:15	Right Claw Left Claw	Kreios		5000	100	80 poetics
Midsummer Night's Explosion	50	18	6:00	4:20	Arena Manticore Firesand Keg	Arena Manticore Firesand Keg		5000	100	80 poetics
On a Clear Day You Can Smell Forever	50	19	5:00	4:00	Reflective Rebekkah	Reflective Rebekkah		5000	100	80 poetics
Miss Typhon	50	20	6:00	5:10	Typhon	Ultros	Ultros Typhon	5000	100	80 poetics
Chimera on a Hot Tin Roof	50	21	4:15	3:15	Arena Imp	Apademak		5000	100	80 poetics
Here Comes the Boom	50	22	5:00	4:00	Arena Grenade	The Forefather		5000	100	80 poetics
Behemoths and Broomsticks	50	23	5:00	3:45	Kronprinz Behemoth			5000	100	80 poetics
Amazing Technicolor Pit Fiends	50	24	6:45	5:40	Arena Viking Arena Magus	Arena Scribe	Epilogi	5000	100	80 poetics
Dirty Rotten Azulmagia	50	25	8:45	7:15	Azulmagia (enemy)	Azulmagia (enemy)	Azulmagia (enemy)	10000	200	160 poetics
Papa Mia	60	26	5:00	4:00	Arena Mirrorknight	Papa Humbaba		5000	100	80 poetics
Lock up Your Snorters	60	27	4:00	2:20	Typhon			5000	100	80 poetics
Dangerous When Dead	60	28	6:00	5:00	Durinn			5000	100	80 poetics
Red, Fraught, and Blue	60	29	8:00	7:00	Shikigami of the Pyre	Shikigami of the Undertow		5000	100	80 poetics
The Catch of the Siegfried	60	30	7:30	6:30	Siegfried	Siegfried	Siegfried	10000	200	160 poetics
Anything Gogo's	70	31	7:40	6:50	Gogo, Master of Mimicry (boss)	Gogo, Master of Mimicry (boss)		10000	200	160 poetics
A Golden Opportunity (duty)	80	32	7:40	6:50	Goldor	Goldor		10000	200	160 poetics

Bonus List

Title	Description
Too Fast, Too Furious	Completed performance faster than the ideal time.
Slow and Steady	Completed performance faster than the standard time.
10 Ways to Die	Used ten or fewer unique spell types.
4 Ways to Die	Used four or fewer unique spell types.
Can't Touch This	Took zero damage.
Ain't Got Time to Bleed	Restored zero HP.
Modus Interruptus	Interrupted a target's spell casting.
A Walk in the Park	Refrained from using Sprint.
Mastery of Fire	Cast only fire- or unaspected spells.
Mastery of Water	Cast only water- or unaspected spells.
Mastery of Earth	Cast only earth- or unaspected spells.
Mastery of Wind	Cast only wind- or unaspected spells.
Mastery of Ice	Cast only ice- or unaspected spells.
Mastery of Lightning	Cast only lightning- or unaspected spells.
Elemental Mastery	Cast spells aspected to all six elements.
Total Mastery	Used actions aspected to all six elements and three damage types (blunt, piercing, slashing).
Enfeeble me Tender	Applied six or more unique enfeeblements.
Enfeeble me Tenderer	Applied ten or more unique enfeeblements.
Let's Get Physical	Used only physical-type actions.
Advanced Spellcasting	Cast only rank 4 or 5 spells.
Beginner Spellcasting	Cast only rank 1 or 2 spells.
Four-faced	Used four or more unique actions that are fired from the face.
Giant Slayer (Hidden)	Not interrupting King's Will throughout A Little Knight Music.
Trouble with Tentacles (Hidden)	Not killing any Tentacles in Act 3 of Miss Typhon.
Perfect Blue (Hidden)	Get the following challenges during Dirty Rotten Azulmagia: 300k points, Can't Touch This, and Total Mastery, (If spells that change your HP are used - such as Devour - this will prevent the achievement).
The Celestium's Finest (Hidden)	Get the following challenges during The Catch of the Siegfried: "Total Mastery", "Can't Touch This", "Too Fast, Too Furious", defeat all three shades before defeating the original Sigfried (Standing on the electrified ground and briefly getting the electrified debuff will fail the achievement).

Enemy Weaknesses

Many enemies that appear in the Masked Carnivale are weak to a particular element, which can be confirmed when viewing the list of stages. Use this to your advantage and set your actions accordingly.

The elemental weakness of enemies is also indicated by an icon above their display names.

Results

After completing a performance, your clear time, bonuses, and score are displayed.

Bonuses are awarded for fulfilling certain conditions and affect the score.

Weekly Targets

Weekly targets are available for certain performances, indicated with an icon.

There are three levels of difficulty for weekly targets: novice, moderate, and advanced.

To view the conditions, select a performance with a weekly target, marked with an icon. This information can also be viewed in the Timers menu.

• Weekly targets are reset every Tuesday at 12:00 a.m. (PST).