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How’s Eureka these days?
Eureka isn’t available until after the story quest entitled’Stormblood’has been finished.
She’ll send you back toKugane.
After these intriguing scenes have ended, traipse the short ways to Kugane’s Pier #1.
Before you know it, you’ll be off to Othard’s mysteriously arisen island.
The Basics
Eureka’s quite the place.
But it’s alsoinstanced, with a firm cap of144 playersat any given time.
Due to this, many players refer to Eureka as an “instanced duty.”
There are four zones in total,each with their own full-scale map.
An overarching questline ties together all of Eureka’s main content.
Leveling in Eurekais completely different from other locations.
The major difference, of course, is that it applies here and only here.
(It also includes an important mechanic called elemental armor.)
As of Patch 5.1,mounts are unlocked immediately upon arriving in a new Eureka zone.
Eureka also boasts its own section in the weeklyChallenge Log.
With Eureka, Square has found a hip way to shuffle all that.
Every enemy you’ll encounter has its ownestablished elemental affinity.
Helpfully, they’re all marked with a designated symbol that illustrates their element of choice.
Let’s take a look at how all it shakes up.
Fire, Ice, and Wind form one trinity; Water, Lightning, and Earth forms the other.
But how can we attune ourselves accordingly?
This is done through theMagia Board, which you’ll receive very early into your expedition.
The Magia Board is divided into six categories, each one representing a separate element.
The one downside to this approach is that spinning the Magia Boardconsumes a unit of Magia Aether.
(Don’t worry, this recharges over time.)
Think of these asHunt Markswithout the hunting.
Okay, maybe just think of them as tough.
Spawning Notorious Monsters requires the wholesale slaughter of specific types of enemies.
Dozens will need to be slain before the boss appears, at which point all hell breaks loose.
Hence, we implore you to look intohunt trainswhen tackling this kind of content.
Together, you share in the spoils without breaking a sweat.
Eureka’s Notorious Monsters still inspire this tradition even years after the location’s debut.
As forHappy Bunnies, these are in essence the polar opposite of Notorious Monsters.
Presumably, this makes them even happier.
More to the point, they’ll point you in the direction ofhidden treasure.
And yet, it’s not always such a downer.
(That’s actually really sad, but this is an MMO.
We want things.)
The main rewards for completing all of Eureka’s content include Eurekan Weapons and Armor, including Elemental Armor.
Much like Zodiac, Resistance, and other forms of special questline equipment, Eurekan fare has several tiers.
Upgrading these tiers involves furthering the story… and a fair bit of busywork along the way.
Youdo, however, need to complete theLevel 70 Class Questsfor any weapons and armor you wish to upgrade.
Eureka Fragments are the exception to this rule.
Eureka Fragments are acquired through completion of theBaldesion Arsenal, Eureka’s dungeon.
The Baldesion Arsenal
Unlike most dungeons, the Baldesion Arsenal is “open.”
The portals themselves will spawn after a Boss FATE called’I Don’t Want to Believe’has been beaten.
The FATE tends to pop up during theUmbral Turbulenceweather effect and pits parties against a monster known as Ovni.
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