Vanguard

This article is about the dungeon. For the enemy genus, see Vanguard (genus).

Vanguard

Level

97 (Sync: 98)

Item Level

645

Difficulty

Normal

Party size

Light Party
4 man • 1 1 2

Unsyncing

Not Allowed

Time limit

90 minutes

Duty Finder

Dungeons (Dawntrail)

Roulette

Leveling

Req. quest

All Aboard

Entrance

Vanguard (zone) (X:6.1, Y:5.9)

Modes

Duty Support, Trust, Explorer

Trust EXP

?

Patch

7.0

“

Zoraal Ja retreats to the dome in Yyasulani, but not before laying siege to his home and slaying his own father. This foul deed cannot go unpunished, and so Wuk Lamat lays plans to pierce the dome and pursue him. To that end, the engineers of Xak Tural Railing refit their ceruleum-powered train christened the Dawnblazer, and after avoiding fire from Zoraal Ja's forces, successfully send it careening into the fortress bridging the dome with the outside world. With the path forward now open, the battle for Tuliyollal begins as you and your companions take your first bold steps into enemy territory.

— In-game description

Vanguard is a level 97 dungeon introduced in patch 7.0 with Dawntrail.

Duty Support

• Party member selection is available.

	Wuk Lamat	G'raha Tia	Krile	Alisaie
Class	Intrepid	All-Rounder	Pictomancer	Red Mage
Role	Tank or DPS	Healer	DPS	DPS

Objectives

• Arrive in Hangar 8.
• Defeat the Vanguard commander R8.
• Arrive in the safety inspection chamber.
• Defeat Protector.
• Arrive in the Vanguard control room.
• Defeat Zander the Snakeskinner.

Enemies

• Vanguard Leptocyon
• Vanguard Sentry S7
• Vanguard Sentry G7
• Vanguard Sentry R7
• Vanguard Turret
• Vanguard Aerostat
• Vanguard Prabhasa

Bosses

Note that failing any mechanics in these fights will result in the player who failed them receiving a 1 minute stacking Vulnerability Up debuff.

Vanguard Commander R8

• Electrowave: Party-wide magical damage and spawns a dangerous AoE at the edge of the arena.
• Enhanced Mobility: Beware the wingblade! The boss will telegraph an AoE (Rapid Rotary) where it will move to the wall and drive in a circle around the arena, while brandishing a long blade of energy to one side, causing it to sweep across a quadrant of the arena, then either the middle of the arena or the corners of the room.
  • Depending on which direction the boss rotates and the location of the blade, this essentially can be treated as a large circle AoE leaving the corners safe, or a large donut AoE leaving the middle safe.
• Dispatch: Summons four untargetable Vanguard Sentry R8 adds on one wall, leaving gaps in between them. They will use a late telegraphed line AoE (Rush).
• Dispatch: Now summons four untargetable Vanguard Sentry R8 adds on the arena. They will begin flying in the air, telegraphing expanding circle AoEs and leaving some safe areas.
• Dispatch / Electrosurge: Summons two sets of four adds on adjacent walls (causing a criss-cross of line AoEs), while each player receives a spread marker.
• Dispatch: Now summons eight adds. Four adds will begin telegraphing expanding circle AoEs, followed by the other four.

Protector

• Electrowave: Party-wide magical damage and spawns a dangerous AoE at the edge of the arena.
• Search and Destroy: Spawns untargetable Explosive Turret and Laser Turret adds, which will use numerous baited circle AoEs (Shock) and line AoEs (Homing Cannon) requiring the party to dodge.
• Fulminous Fence: Spawns six electric barriers in the middle of the arena that persist for the next mechanic. Any player who contacts these will take damage (Electrostatic Contact) and be inflicted with a potent paralysis for 10s that can be removed with   Esuna.
• Battery Circuit: Two rotationg persistent conal AoEs and intermittent point-blank and circle AoEs that the party will need to dodge while avoiding the barriers.
• Rapid Thunder: Telegraphed magical tankbuster.
• Motion Sensor A motion-sensitive bomb has been affixed to you. Gives each player an Acceleration Bomb debuff for 12s, requiring them to stop when it expires or to prevent taking damage.
  • The boss also summons several Laser Turret adds, which will telegraph sequential line AoEs. Players will need to dodge these while considering when they need to stand still when their Acceleration Bomb debuff expires.
• Search and Destroy: Similar to before, but also spawns multiple electric barriers in a different configuration. Players will need to dodge the AoEs while avoiding the barriers.
• Tracking Bolt: Large spread marker AoE on each player.

Ophidian Outrider: Zander the Snakeskinner

Phase 1

• Electrothermia: Party-wide magical damage and spawns a dangerous AoE at the edge of the arena.
• Soulbane Saber: Telegraphed line AoE that will cause the half of the room it hits to begin glowing, telegraphing a delayed half-room AoE.
• Saber Rush: Telegraphed physical tankbuster.
• Soulbane Saber is then used four times in a row while each player receives two sets of spread AoE markers (Soulbane Shock).

After reducing the boss's HP to 0, it will transform into a serpent-like creature.

Phase 2

• Syntheslean: Telegraphed frontal conal AoE.
• Syntheslither: The boss moves to the wall and spawns an orange squiggle through the arena, while four sword markers appear. The boss will travel down the squiggle and use an alternating left or right conal AoE when it reaches a marker. The direction of the cleave is determined based on the orientation of the squiggle at the marker, e.g. if the squiggle is going right, the boss will cleave right.
  • Players can dodge all four cleaves by remaining at the wall to the left or right of the boss, opposite the direction of the squiggle.
• Syntheslither is used immediately again.
• Shade Shot: Telegraphed magical tankbuster.
• Slitherbane Foreguard / Slitherbane Rearguard: Similar to Soulbane Saber from phase 1, but the boss also combos the initial line AoE with either a 180 degree front or rear cleave based on the name of the cast. Foreguard = front, Rearguard = back.
• The boss uses four of these attacks in sequence, rotating 90 degrees each time.
• Screech: Party-wide magical damage.

Loot

See also: Vanguard Weapons, Vanguard Armor and Vanguard Accessories

Treasure Coffers

Treasure Coffer 1 (X:? Y:?)

Name	Type	Item Level	Rarity	Quantity

Treasure Coffer 2 (X:? Y:?)

Name	Type	Item Level	Rarity	Quantity

Treasure Coffer 3 (X:? Y:?)

Name	Type	Item Level	Rarity	Quantity

Treasure Coffer 4 (X:1? Y:?)

Name	Type	Item Level	Rarity	Quantity

Achievements

This duty is associated with the following achievements:

Name	Points	Task	Reward	Patch
Mapping the Realm: Vanguard	10	Discover every location within Vanguard.	-	7.0

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