Duties

Brayflox's Longstop, a dungeon

The Navel (Extreme), a trial

Duties are instanced zones in which players complete certain tasks. Players can form or join parties with other players to complete most duties, while some require players to participate by themselves. Most duties are combat-related.

All duties have a timer in which they must be completed. If the timer expires before the duty is complete, the party will be removed from the duty. Some duties do not have defined completion criteria (e.g., Adventuring Forays).

Players who are idle for more than 10 minutes in a duty will be automatically removed from the instance.

Combat

Dungeons

Main article: Dungeons

Guildhests

Main article: Guildhest

Trials

Main article: Trials

Raids

Main article: Raids

PvP

Main article: PvP

Quest Battles

Main article: Quests

Some quests will require the player to complete instanced battles, which must be undertaken solo. The player will usually be accompanied by one or more NPCs who may participate in combat, depending on the quest battle. Starting from quest battles added since patch 4.4, some quest battles will have the player control another character in battle, who will have a simplified set of actions to use.

Treasure Hunt Zones

Main article: Treasure Hunt

Deep Dungeons

Main article: Deep Dungeons

Adventuring Forays

Main article: Adventuring Forays

Variant and Criterion Dungeons

Main article: Variant and Criterion Dungeons

Non-combat

Gathering Forays

Main article: Gathering Forays

Gold Saucer Minigames

Main article: Gold Saucer

Tools

Duty Finder

Main article: Duty Finder

Duty Finder is tool players use to register and enter for most duties. This tool will also automatically match the player to a party if they are registering by themselves or with a party that is smaller than required for the duty.

Duty Roulette

Main article: Duty Roulette

The Duty Roulette allows players to enter instanced leveling dungeons, level-cap dungeons, main scenario dungeons, trials, raids, or guildhests at random. There are eleven roulette categories, each of which grants its bonus once per day.

In return for selecting a duty at random, players will receive enhanced rewards, including Experience, Company Seals, Gil, and Allagan Tomestones.

• Duty Roulette was introduced in patch 2.1.

Raid Finder

Main article: Raid Finder

Raid Finder is an extension of Duty Finder that allows players to register for the newest high-end content. Matchmaking is also possible using this tool and has additional customization compared to Duty Finder.

Party Finder

Main article: Party Finder

Party Finder allows players to form premade parties for duties and other activities and has the most amount of customization available for recruiting players with a common objective.

Duty Recorder

Main article: Duty Recorder

Duty Support and Trust System

Main article: Duty Support

Main article: Trust System

These systems allow players to complete dungeons tied to the Main Scenario Quest with a party of NPCs instead of with other players.

Party tools within duties

Vote Dismiss

Party members can choose to vote dismiss another player in the party if they are not participating or are perceived to be misbehaving. This option is available after 5 minutes has passed since the start of the duty. A player who initiates a vote dismiss must choose one of four reasons for it: AFK ("away from keyboard"), offline, harassment, or cheating. If a majority of party members vote to dismiss (e.g., 2 people in a light party, 4 people in a full party) the member in question will be removed. Note that abuse of the vote dismiss function can lead to an account penalty.

Vote Abandon

If progress in a duty is going poorly, a party member may choose to initiate a vote to abandon the duty and disband the party. This option is available after 15 minutes has passed since the start of the duty. If a majority of party members vote to abandon, the party will be disbanded and everyone will leave the duty. Vote Abandon is typically used for matched parties. Players in a fully premade party can leave the duty and the party at any time without incurring a Duty Finder penalty

Player Commendations

Main article: Player Commendation

When the duty is complete, players will have an option to give one "player commendation" to one other player who left a favorable impression.