Futures Rewritten (Ultimate)
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This article is about the ultimate raid. For the patch, see patch 5.4. For the quest, see Futures Rewritten.
Futures Rewritten (Ultimate)
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- Level
- 100 (Sync: 100)
- Item Level
- 735* (Sync: 735)
- Difficulty
- Ultimate
- Party size
- Full Party
8 man • 2
2 
4 
- Unsyncing
- Not Allowed
- Time limit
- 120 minutes
- Duty Finder
- Raid Finder (Ultimate Raids)
- Tomestones
30 - Req. quest
How the West Was Sung- Location
- A Future Rewritten
- Region
- Norvrandt
- Patch
- 7.11
“Drawing upon his ever-fertile imagination, the wandering minstrel weaves his own interpretation of events surrounding the Flood of Light, the calamity that engulfed nigh the entirety of the First. From the cause of the Flood to the outcome of the struggles that followed, the man's evocative verse conjures up vivid images in your mind's eye─images of an alternate future that may have unfolded for Ryne, the young Oracle of Light...
— In-game description
Futures Rewritten (Ultimate) is a level 100 ultimate raid introduced in patch 7.11 with Dawntrail. The raid, which is abbreviated FRU, is based on the Eden raid series from Shadowbringers and is the sixth ultimate raid to be added.
Unlock and Requirements
- After completing
AAC Light-heavyweight M4 (Savage), speak with the Wandering Minstrel in Tuliyollal (X:11.1 Y:14.6) as a level 100 Disciple of War or Magic. - Futures Rewritten (Ultimate) can only be accessed via the Raid Finder after forming a pre-made party of eight players who have all completed AAC Light-heavyweight M4 (Savage).
- Limited jobs not allowed
- Unrestricted Parties not allowed
- Having more than one of any job in the party will eliminate passive limit break generation
- If a player logs out or disconnects when combat is initiated, they will be KO'd upon returning to the game.
- Players are expected to have item level 730-735 "best-in-slot" gear to participate. Best-in-slot sets for each job are provided by The Balance and Icy Veins. These primarily consist of Dark Horse Champion's Weapons, Dark Horse Champion's Armor / Augmented Quetzalli Armor, and Dark Horse Champion's Accessories / Augmented Quetzalli Accessories, all fully melded with certain materia depending on the set.
Guide
All throughout this battle, the arena will be surrounded by a border that will kill any player who touches it.
Failing mechanics or being hit by avoidable AoEs will inflict a crippling -90% 
Damage Down debuff that lasts for 3 minutes. In addition, taking certain stack mechanics with fewer than the intended number of players will inflict stacks of 
Mark of Mortality to all players in the stack based on how many players were missing, which functions and lasts identically to the Damage Down debuff. If any player receives 2 or more stacks, they will die.
If the player does not need to be immediately alive for a mechanic, they should incapacitate themself by walking into the wall and then be resurrected to remove these debuffs, as the 
Weakness debuff is only around a 25% damage loss that lasts for half the time.
The party should assign clock spots, with supports on cardinals and DPS on intercardinals, along with light parties consisting of 1 tank, 1 healers and 2 DPS. Note that the off-tank should be on the east clock spot while the group 2 healer is south. Waymarks can be placed in a standard clock configuration with the 1 waymark northwest. For Phase 1, pairs of players are determined based on waymark color (e.g., the main tank at A will be paired with the ranged DPS at 1). In addition, the party should assign "conga line" positions, e.g. HRMTTMRH.
Phase 1: Fatebreaker
- Cyclonic Break: The boss will imbue itself with either fire or lightning. All players should go to their clock spots.
- Each player will be hit with a conal AoE that deals physical damage.
- If the boss imbued fire, then all DPS or all supports will be hit with a split damage AoE (Sinsmoke) that deals magical damage and
Magic Vulnerability Up. Each player should rotate to stack with their assigned partner. - If the boss imbued thunder, all players will be with an AoE (Sinsmite) that deals magical damage and Magic Vulnerability Up, requiring the party to fully spread.
- During the stack/spread AoEs, the boss will use another set of untelegraphed conal AoEs that will hit the same locations as the first set of conal AoEs, requiring the party to dodge them while resolving the stacks/spreads.
- A third set of conal AoEs will aim for each player's new positions, requiring them to dodge back into where the first AoEs hit.
- Finally, a fourth set of conal AoEs will aim for the original positions, requiring the party to dodge back again.
- Powder Mark Trail: A telegraphed tankbuster on the main tank that deals heavy physical damage and inflicts
Physical Vulnerability Up and a 16-second 
Powder Mark Trail debuff. When this debuff expires, the tank will emit a large, untelegraphed tankbuster AoE that deals heavy magical damage (Burn Mark). In addition, the closest player to the tank will also be hit with a similar AoE, requiring the two tanks to be the closest to each other. For the first usage of this tankbuster, it is common for the main invulnerability cooldown, so a tank swap is not yet needed. However, both them and the off tank must mitigate the follow-up proximity AoEs. - Utopian Sky: The boss will imbue itself with either fire or thunder, then become untargetable and begin a series of mechanics:
- The arena background will be covered in fog, similar to the Prismatic Deception mechanic in Eden's Promise: Anamorphosis (Savage).
- Each player should go to the wall at their clock spot, except the off-tank and group 2 ranged DPS must switch. The off-tank should inch towards the main tank (approximately one border crystal notch in) to ensure that the follow-up proximity tankbuster is baited on them.
- An untargatable clone of the boss will spawn on each cardinal and intercardinal, which only players very close to them can see. Each clone will either raise its weapon up or keep it down. Raised weapon clones will use an untelegraphed line AoE (Blasting Zone) directly through the arena. There will be three of these, leaving two opposite sectors safe.
- Looking at their clone, if it raises its weapon, the player should move towards the center of the arena. If they see the player opposite from them move in, then they will also move in.
- If done correctly, two players will remain at the wall, denoting where the safe areas are. It is common for those players to also jump a few times to signal to others they are in a safe area.
- Each light party must then move to their assigned location, typically sorted by waymark color (e.g. group 1 to red or purple waymarks, group 2 to yellow or blue waymarks).
- If the boss originally imbued with fire during the Utopian Sky cast, then each light party must stack, as both healers will be hit with a split-damage magical AoE (Sinbound Fire III).
- If the boss originally imbued with thunder during the Utopian Sky cast, then each player must spread in a T-shaped formation within the safe area, as all players will be hit with a magical AoE (Sinbound Thunder III). The outer players can go two border crystals from the middle of the safe area.
- The arena background will be covered in fog, similar to the Prismatic Deception mechanic in
Phase 2: Usurper of Frost
Intermission
Phase 3: Oracle of Darkness
Phase 4: Usurper of Frost and Oracle of Darkness
Phase 5: Pandora
Reward
Upon completing Futures Rewritten (Ultimate), players can earn a separate reward once per week. Players who have yet to receive that week's reward can still claim it even if other members of the party have completed the duty prior to the weekly reset. This restriction will be removed in Patch 7.2.
The reward can be exchanged with Uah'shepya in Solution Nine (X:8.7 Y:13.5) for Ultimate Edenmorn Weapons.
Completion of this duty will unlock a new Adventurer Plate design in a later patch.
Achievements
This duty is associated with the following achievements:
| Name | Points | Task | Reward | Patch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Alternative Destiny
|
10 | Bear witness to a different future for the Oracles of Light and Darkness. |  Genesis of Legends
|
7.11 |
World First
- The world first clear, as recognized by unofficial leaderboard site MogTalk, was achieved by the North American team Kindred on stream on 28 November 2024 at 23:41 PST (07:41 UTC). [1]
- The Japanese team Lucrezia achieved world second on 29 November 2024 at 16:50 JST (07:50 UTC). [2]
- This ultimate had the fastest world first time in the history of the game at 2 days, 21 hours, and 41 minutes.
- The first reported clear was from the Japanese team GRIND on November 28, 2024 at 19:28 PST (03:28 UTC), after 2 days and 17 hours of progression time. This team did not stream their progression to the public. However, after allegations that one member was using a third party tool to display a red dot representing the hitbox of their character, their clear was disqualified by MogTalk. [3]
Dialogue
Cutscene
- Ryne: There's a voice in my head... I-I can't control Eden.
- Ryne: *screams in agony*
- Usurper of Frost: At last, by the Oracle of Light's power, I have broken free!
- Usurper of Frost: Here and now, I shall fulfill our promise!
- Usurper of Frost: Unto the mightiest being, in this child's heart, I give form!
Phase 1
- Fatebreaker: I'm the only one fit to protect her... (Upon pull)
- Fatebreaker: You're no match for me! (Cyclonic Break)
- Fatebreaker: A feeble shield protects nothing! (Powder Mark Trail)
- Fatebreaker: Come! Show me your strength! (Utopian Sky)
- Fatebreaker: Light claim you! (Turn of the Heavens)
- Fatebreaker: Have at you! (final Burnt Strike)
- Fatebreaker: Only I can protect her! (Burnished Glory enrage)
Phase 2
- Usurper of Frost: Fools... You would stoke the fires of conflict? (upon spawn)
- Usurper of Frost: Your blood shall freeze! (Diamond Dust)
- Oracle's Reflection: Cleave! (Axe Kick) or Reap! (Scythe Kick)
- Usurper of Frost: The Light shall usher in peace! (Redress)
- Oracle's Reflection: Sink into silence! (Twin Silence) or In stillness freeze! (Twin Stillness)
- Usurper of Frost: Darkness begone! (Banish III)
- Usurper of Frost: Light consume you! (Light Rampant)
- Usurper of Frost: Still you resist. Then we shall unleash the Light within! (Absolute Zero enrage)
- Ryne: No! I won't let you!
- Ryne: Aaaaaahhh! (boss untargetable)
Intermission
- Gaia: Ryne!
- Gaia: She won't last much longer!
- Gaia: Yaaaaaargh!
- Gaia: Hold on, Ryne! (crystals targetable)
- Gaia: My power surges! (Light Crystals defeated)
- Gaia: Ryne, are you alright!? (Ice Veil defeated)
- Usurper of Frost: I am thanks to you, Gaia.
- Gaia: You're Mitron! Ugh... Aaaaaahhh!
Phase 3
- Oracle of Darkness: I am Loghrif, servant of Zodiark. (upon spawn, Hell's Judgment)
- Oracle of Darkness: I shall restore the power of Darkness to this star.
- Oracle of Darkness: Past...present...future. (Ultimate Relativity)
- System: The laws of time are in chaos!
- Oracle of Darkness: Infinite possibilities condensed into a single moment! (Ultimate Relativity)
- Oracle of Darkness: Succumb to the darkness! (Shockwave Pulsar)
- Oracle of Darkness: O ruination! (Spell-in-Waiting Refrain)
- Oracle of Darkness: O Chaotic Dark, descend and quench Light! (Apocalypse)
- Oracle of Darkness: Shadows fall! (final Shockwave Pulsar)
Phase 4
- Usurper of Frost: Her awakening is incomplete... Their memories weaken the link. (upon spawn)
- Usurper of Frost: Such impediments to our resonance must be expunged. (Materialization)
- Usurper of Frost: Come to me, Hraesvelgr! (Redress/Akh Rhai)
- Usurper of Frost: I shall weave a new Dragonsong! (Darklit Dragonsong)
- Vision of Gaia: I told you it would make a great necklace. (The Path of Light)
- Vision of Ryne: Ohhh...It's beautiful! I think it'll really suit you! (The Path of Light)
- Vision of Gaia: Me? But I thought you should have it... (Hallowed Wings)
- Usurper of Frost & Oracle of Darkness: Light and Darkness, gather to me! (Akh Morn)
- Oracle of Darkness: Pain shall be fleeting, joy everlasting... (Crystallize Time)
- Oracle of Darkness: As I wish it, so shall the river of time flow! (Crystallize Time)
- System: The laws of time are in chaos!
Cutscene
- Usurper of Frost: You endure? Another approach, then...
- Usurper of Frost: I am yours, and you are mine!
- Gaia: I won't let you do as you please!
- Ryne: What is this!?
- Gaia: Ryne... Are you there?
- Ryne: Gaia?
- Pandora: Raaaaaargggh!
- Pandora: No one will erase our promise. No one!
If the dark crystals or fragments of fate were destroyed
- Usurper of Frost: The time is come. Together, we shall rejoin the Darkness!
- Guardian of Eden: We shall bring eternal harmony. (upon spawn)
- Guardian of Eden: Tranquility and vitality in perfect balance... (Paradise Lost enrage)
Phase 5
- Pandora: I'll never stop. As many times as it takes! (upon spawn)
- Pandora: So close to realizing our perfect utopia... (Paradise Regained)
- Ryne: We're not going to disappear!
- Gaia: Aye, we're too stubborn for that!
- Gaia: We'll get through this, Ryne!
- Ryne: Yes, together!
- Pandora: This cacophony... My head... (Pandora's Box)
- System: Transcend your limits to survive!
- Pandora: Begone from my memories! Every last trace of you! (Pandora's Box)
- Ryne: Our friend won't fail us!
- Gaia: You'd better not, or I'll never let you hear the end of it!
- Pandora: When next I return, I will succeed! (second Akh Morn)
- Gaia: We won't give up on the future! (third Akh Morn)
- Ryne: Please, let our prayers be heard!
- Pandora: If this place cannot be our utopia...
- Pandora: Then naught in existence holds meaning! (Paradise Lost enrage)
- Gaia: That's a little melodramatic, don't you think!?
- Ryne: You can weather this! I know you can!
- Ryne & Gaia: Yaaaaaargh! (enrage cast finishes)
- Pandora: Our promise fades... (if wiping to enrage)
Images
2024 Chinese Fan Festival Fatebreaker preview - Fall of Faith mechanic
Fatebreaker
Oracle of Darkness - Apocalypse mechanic
External Links
Trivia
- The raid was first revealed at the 2024 Japanese Fan Festival, making it the first ultimate raid to be revealed in a Fan Festival prior to an expansion release, instead of a Live Letter prior to a major patch.
- This is also the first ultimate raid to be referenced in the key art of a major patch.
- The theme of this raid breaks the existing pattern of prior ultimate raids (8-man raid > main story > 8 man raid > main story, etc.) because the prior ultimate raid,
The Omega Protocol (Ultimate) was also based on a raid series. An ultimate raid based on the Stormblood main story was apparently skipped. - This ultimate is named after Shadowbringers Patch 5.4 "Futures Rewritten", which introduced the final tier of the Eden raid series the ultimate is based off.
- This is the first ultimate where all dialogue is fully voice acted. There are also several new voice lines compared to the original fights, including lines that have been re-recorded.