Rival Wings

Rival Wings is a large-scale PvP battle involving up to 48 combatants. Participants are divided into two teams, the Falcons and the Ravens, comprised of six light parties each.

Patch 4.15 will see the introduction of Astragalos campaigns, large-scale war games incorporating powerful goblin-made machina.

Unlock

Complete the quest Earning Your Wings

• Level requirement: Disciple of War or Magic level 30
• Starting NPC: Softknox in Wolves' Den Pier (X:5.7 Y:5.4)
• Prerequisite quests: Players must first complete either the quests A Pup No Longer (Maelstrom), A Pup No Longer (Twin Adders), or A Pup No Longer (Immortal Flames)

Overview

The rules for Astragalos campaigns are as follows:

• Level Requirement: Job level 30
• Time Limit: 20 minutes

Participating in Campaigns

Players can queue to enter Astragalos campaigns alone, or in a party of up to four players. There are no role restrictions when queueing as a party.

Role Requirements

When participating in Astragalos campaigns, there are no role requirements or restrictions for parties. Moreover, players can freely change jobs at their team's landing.

• The recast time of skills will not be reset when changing jobs.

Preparing for Battle

Rival Wings participants will be placed on one of two teams: the Falcons or the Ravens. Players will then begin the match at their teams' respective landing points. Matches will begin after a 90-second countdown.

Chat

The Say, Party, Alliance, Yell, Shout, Free Company, Linkshell, and Novice Network chat channels can be used during Rival Wings.

• Say, Yell, and Shout can only be used with players on the same team.

Retaliation

Incapacitated players will be returned to their landing point, where they will be allowed to rejoin combat after a short delay. Furthermore, players will be invulnerable so long as they remain at their landing point. This effect will be lost upon returning to the battlefield.

Mounts

Players are free to use mounts during Astragalos campaigns. However, players taking damage while mounted will be inflicted with the Limp status effect.

• Flying mounts cannot be used to fly during Astragalos campaigns. Furthermore, two-person mounts cannot be ridden.

Return

Using Return will teleport players back to their landing point. Moreover, this action has no recast time during Astragalos campaigns. Please note, however, casting will be interrupted by attacks.

Abandoning Matches

Players who abandon an Astragalos campaign (not including players who join a match in progress or are vote kicked) will receive a penalty. Players so penalized will be unable to register for PvP duties for 30 minutes. Players inactive for over a period of two minutes will automatically be removed from play.

Lore

On the forgotten fringes of the Dravanian Hinterlands, there lie the remnants of a Sharlayan testing site known as Astragalos. With their boundless ingenuity, the goblins of Idyllshire have transformed the place into an expansive training ground. Here, brave adventurers can take control of mighty machines in large-scale war games reminiscent of battles against the Garlean Empire. A furious struggle for territorial supremacy awaits!