Despite defeating Emperor Xande in the Srycus Tower, his pact with the voidsent is still in effect.
A Cloud of Darkness grows in the void atop the Crystal Tower, threatening to be unleashed throughout Eorzea.
Angra Mainyu
The first boss of the World of Darkness is Angra Mainyu.
There arefour panels around the arenathat will light up in a clockwise sequence.
These will be used tocleanse the Doom debuffthat you may have later in the fight.
This is different from the Scylla in the Syrcus Tower, and will die much faster.
The main thing to watch out for here is theVoid Gatesthat will spawn on either side of the arena.
Quickly destroy these toprevent additional enemiesfrom appearing.
After Queen Scylla is defeated, a chest will spawn in the center of the arena.
Opening this chest will have a clone of Xande appear.
Once again,Void Gateswill appear that need to be destroyed.
Five-Headed Dragon
The second boss of the World of Darkness is the Five-Headed Dragon.
Watch out for each of its AoEs and keep attacking to make it through this fight with ease.
Atomos
This special encounter seperates the second and third boss fights.
Here, you will need tosplit into three groups according to your Alliance letter.
Group A goes to the left, Group B to the center, and Group C to the right.
In this fight, you will need to repeatedlykill the Atomos in your arena.
Cerberus
The third boss of the World of Darkness is Cerberus.
This boss will require some coordination between each Alliance.
We will take a deeper look at this later, but first you should understand the mechanics.
Cerberus will periodically summon aGastric Orbthatshrinks down players that stand in its AoE.
Then, Cerberus willvomit, creating apurple pool on the ground.
Wolfsbane adds will periodically be summoned from this purple pool.
These mechanics occur after Cerberus has taken enough damage and becomeunchained.
Then, bystanding in the purple liquid, Cerberus will eat them, causing them totravel into his belly.
This will deal massive damage to the boss, and leave him reeling for a few moments.
Doing this willre-chain Cerberus, making him more manageable again.
Cloud Of Darkness
The final boss of the World of Darkness is the Cloud of Darkness.
This boss is stationary, appearing at the top of the arena and only periodically moving.
When the Cloud of Darkness does move, scan the arena quickly to find where she reappears.
At the same time,meteor markerswill appear that players need tostand in to absorb their damage.
If you successfully destroyed them all, you will be safe from this attack.
After this,three Hypercharged Cloudswill appear around the arena.
At this point, the Cloud of Darkness should almost be defeated.
Watch out when she disappears, but otherwise you should make it through this fight safely.
With that, the Crystal Tower will be complete.
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