FFXIV Palace of the Dead Floors 1-50 Overview & Guide

[@sevenlayerbeandip327]

Awesome guide! Struggled at first but after watching this got to floor 30. Thank you

[@deaconfrost796]

thank you mr happy! finally someone with a strategy on level 50 boss. too many idiots that just post video of boss fight and say nothing... drives me nuts. You're the man!

[@blaze595]

came here to figure out Ixtab's mechanics after my party wiped against him; find out he's one of the easiest bosses... well thats embarrassing.

[@TheSonics12]

PhoenixCookie same

[@sebastianmolinaalvarez3741]

@@TheSonics12 same :/

[@BrandonPaulLee]

me!! LMAO!!

[@ShaunOfNintendo]

I was looking around for videos on this since I just tried out Palace of the Dead for the first time today. I didn't get my Aetherpool Arm and Armor high enough to do floors 41-50 lol. Thanks for the great explanation on all of the systems and options.

[@elijahswordsdimercurio8269]

you handled the info better then most videos i watched, atleast now i understand what the deal is with the eather stuff and the chest, thnx it was helpfull...back to leveling up from the start and hope i do get the upgrades before floor 7 and so on

[@mgntstr]

Consistent sound output, that is refreshing.

[@ignitionpoint535]

Edda. Sad story. :( R.I.P my grieved friend

[@TGCidolfus0830]

Mr happy, you should also note that a matched party vs a fixed party, a fixed party keeps pomanders between floor sets so saving +treasure drop/chance items for the later floors can be done to help people with lvl 25+ gear get them faster.

[@CeleithSilverlake]

Managed to clear this Tuesday with me as Pld, and my two buddies as Mch and Drg, it was super fun running through all 50 floors with no healer.

[@Stratman1987]

I've ran the 50 floors twice with my FC and can't seem to get my Aether Arm or Armor to level up anymore. Any suggestions? I really want that 235 weapon.

[@HyouVizer]

same, all the silver chests were duds meh

[@ZephWraen]

Once they've got some levels on them, you can only level them up in the higher floors, so you really just have to keep grinding. Just use everything that causes chests to spawn more often, and keep grinding.

[@Alma-kz4zo]

Thx for the guide, Mrhappy! That was helpful.

[@CairoRose1]

Thank you This makes a lot more sense now. Wish I'd found this video sooner. Thanks Mr. Happy.

[@insaneshadow85]

Is Palace of the Dead a good way to relearn a character? I want to play my Monk but I haven't played my Monk since 1.0.

[@flik221]

i say yes

[@Freewarrior2]

I'd say yes too. Not good at archer, didn't like archer at all. Going into the POTD, gave me a better appreciation of the Archer/Bard. Found out ranged DPS has a ton of strengths.

[@yeahyeahyeah688]

It's perfect for learning and trying out new rotations

[@shishasho33]

is it a good way to xp to lvl 60 ? how many runs does it takes ?

[@Noctis198]

Did you make it to max yet lol

[@asianapollo002]

@@Noctis198 here kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZXIoIymrbWNY6c Video on leveling to 60 Using POTD

[@alanwake8298]

perhaps a dumb question, how do you cancel your transformation? like if I turn into succubus how do I cancel it before time runs out?

[@TGCidolfus0830]

if on a computer right click the buff to cancel it, there is a similar way on console, but I couldn't tell you the method

[@Strider-Ragnarok]

I find it very cool that Edda is the final boss. As sad as it is, she really have a good story.

[@krispykleen3404]

Hey question for you mister happy, what are you using to cast spells and abilities? Like what keys are assigned to each spell? I normally play on ps4 but just started playing on pc. I have a Logitech wireless keyboard and know I'm gonna have to upgrade bc there's no number pad on it. But for the time being I use two rows of abilities, to access the second row, I have to hold the control button. This is super inconvenient to do, I always have one hand on my mouse to dodge aoe's... I dunno man. Sorry this is so long but I see u got like 4 rows of spells up there, wondering how u use everything without playing twister with ur fingers and getting carpril tunnel.

[@dazzlemasseur]

1 - 6 E, R, T, F, G, H, Y F1 - F6 CTRL1 - CTRL6 SHIFT1 - SHIFT6 ALT1 - ALT6 NUMPAD1 - NUMPAD9, 0, "-", "+" Find what is most comfortable for you.

[@YagamiLightRyuuk]

Thanks for this. Edda was the only boss I would have struggled with going in blind.

[@crimsonkenobi2318]

Great video and very helpful! I just started ffxiv arr myself and have a lvl 23 Rogue so if I start the quest for PoTD can I switch to a different job and lvl it in PoTD or must all the jobs I wish to lvl need to be lvl 17+ at least?

[@lemonesqueze8300]

Wondering if you found your answer friend ! :D

[@Sathyru7]

@lemone squeze you only need one class at lvl 17+

[@RazgrizNinjaEX8]

If you have a good 2 healer 2 DPS group, you can definitely split the group into halves and cover the dungeon faster.

[@pouncebaratheon4178]

You miss out on xp that way, and people are thinking the caps for where your upgraded weapon starts increasing again are based on character level. It's fine for say, 1-20 (and for those levels you don't need a healer in either one tbh), but eventually you want to start catching back up on xp and ideally be at or close to 60 by the F40 boss imo.

[@HyouVizer]

are you are missing out on exp if everyone is killing stuff?

[@pouncebaratheon4178]

***** Proximity determines whether you get xp for a kill in PotD. If you're several rooms away you won't get any.

[@HyouVizer]

Pounce Baratheon ah i see, so the party's levels will be uneven too, damn i didn't know, never tried that

[@artisticfix3392]

Does all this still apply to now? It's saying you have to have aetherpool gear to enter and I definitely don't have that. I'm not sure how to get it(?)

[@parkerchernoff3262]

it gives you aetherpool armor when you enter the palace of the dead

[@pouncebaratheon4178]

I know many of you have already farmed your weapon. How many full 1-50 clears did it take you? Took me 7, a friend of mine just finished her 9th and is at 29/30. In that time I also got 2 potsherds from bronze chests, and once got a +3 upgrade from a chest. Also had two runs where I only got one upgrade the whole time. The rng in there is brutal.

[@KnightRaymund]

wow, that's a lot of clears. How long does a clear take? Suppose one could farm the later floors instead as well.

[@pouncebaratheon4178]

KnightRaymund Sadly you can't just farm the later floors; you have to reset at floor 1 every time you finish floor 50. Nor does failing the duty to redo 41+ indefinitely work because it resets your weapon to where it was before you entered. However intentional failing is very viable if you only get say, 2 upgrades or less on 41+ and this is a huge reason to use a fixed group imo. Usually takes me about 3 hours, maybe a little more. However, my tank has been pulling carefully (see:slowly) on later floors. If you were speedrunning it then 2 is feasible. But, we've also had no wipes since I've been running it with that dude, whereas some of my friends clearing A8S are wiping in there because they get complacent at how easy it is then get hit by the big fist of roguelike RNG, so there's kind of a limit to how fast you want to do it. Also, you want to enter F41+ with 3 fortune and 3 affluence, and kill all the enemies, including from lure traps (use Sight and it's the one that looks vaguely like a cross), every time you pop a fortune (and possibly even if you didn't) which can get you on average about 2 extra silvers.

[@TGCidolfus0830]

took me 6 runs for my 1st weapon

[@busbee247]

so when deep dungeon first came out i did 1-40 and then had to leave for about a week, when i came back i deleted my save to play with friends. then i did 3 runs 1-50 and the padjali blade was mine to keep

[@SaintAdjacent]

So can this be used to teach you a job you want to learn before committing to it like Ninja, Black mage or Monk as a LV1 Rogue ,Thaumaturge or Pugilist? Or is it only limited to the Abilities of that starter Job? Do I have to have Ninja unlocked to start gaining the Ninja skills?

[@dazzlemasseur]

He does say something about this : rogue is a class - ninja is a job. You won't get job skills if you go in as a class.

[@RC-sh7nj]

how do u remove succubus form ? i used it and died at the boss because couldnt take it off lmao

[@daltonkirkland8778]

Ive done the copperbell mines quest and the quest still is not there, im lvl 73 on my main and my mq is in stormblood

[@Keith-gm9nx]

he released it today and i already have my 235 weapon and 12 clears.....btw the weapons u get look like the weapons u have in the palace but the stats are pretty Decent

[@pouncebaratheon4178]

Well for some classes they're decent. The BLM one has no SS. I mean it's still an i235 but it *is* missing our most important secondary. :(

[@ArtivousGaijin]

Can you dye them?

[@Keith-gm9nx]

i dont know havent tried i only used glamour

[@dermatlmann]

have yet to try this, so if i have a level 42 machinist, how much would i level up once all 50 floors are completed? is it worth it or is it best to just do the normal dungeons and roulettes to level?

[@Trojianmaru]

the one bad thing, is you get teased with all these cool new abilities, then go back to normal. plus it reeeally messes up your hotbar. You you either leave it with lots of unusable skills, or stop every now n again inside potd, to rearange your skills

[@LemanRussx]

Is there any point to keep doing if your main level isnt 30 yet?

[@vanilla7349]

thank you for this video, super helpful!

[@erchicheck244]

I think it is worth mentionin, that you can gain +30/+30 on your aetherpool equipment at the lower levels - no need to be deep for them. There is no soft cap of any other restrictions on the levelups of the things. I personally had +30/+30 before I ever cleared floors 21-30, because I had a varying pool of friends who wanted to run the low floors, so there was a lot of repeating the low ones. Sure the chanses of getting a raise from a chest are higher from the end floors, but they will go up just fine on the lower floors aswell. I actually got my final +30 to armor on dungeon floor 3 ;)

[@johnniesmith5489]

How long does it take to get to floor 50 in POTD?

[@levigilpin]

Johnnie Smith with a good party you can make it in 45min to an hour....most times it'll take 1hr an half in my experience. But time varies according to experience an if your party is doing speed runs.

[@assassin93]

New player here still getting the hang of the game, Im around lvl 22 right now, is PoTD something I should be doing/worrying about as a completely new player? Or is it something I should wait until I have a max class/job?

[@imonsomeshit8655]

asassin93 don't worry about it keep doing msq wait until you need to lvl a secondary class

[@justdray6592]

so the silver chest applies to the person who opens it or everyone gets the upgrade?

[@jwillthenupe]

JustDray everyone gets the arm/armor upgrade

[@Reiryuu]

Even after defeating the final boss, if you task manager and end task on FFXIV before leaving you CAN reset your progress and re-run 41-50 again even if you were in matched. It worked for me a few days ago, so until they patch it... it's an option without screwing your party. There are also some easter egg mobs inside the Palace of the Dead.

[@joseluis.colungag]

Seems this version of PoTD is less annoying and easier than the one from Tactics Ogre.

[@Rundas342]

Great guide!

[@drownword]

do you still get aether pool upgrades from chests if you "personally" dont open them and someone in your party does?

[@xurik1895]

chris szablewski yes

[@crosssquirrel4293]

Question if you die from floors 1-50 can you still make it to floors 51-100 or you have to start all over again?

[@JamesTheTurnbull]

This was fun. I hope there's more later down the line. I'm challenging myself to see how far I can get solo Pld. From what I've experienced solo, its not really the mobs that are a problem, but the traps mess me up really hard. Got me playing like Dark Soul a bit. Everything is cautious, even the chests.

[@alubedopiasora]

He said in the start that 51-200 will be added later.

[@bryantalexander2359]

Does anyone know if free trial members can enter palace of the dead?

[@erchicheck244]

On trial you can do the first 10 floors.

[@JJBCrimsonKnight]

2 things, The boss you said that was useless... Me and my gf died to him a few times because of low dps from lack of upgrades. and 2nd I think it's worth mentioning in your guide that all the enemies have full hitboxs that take away the positional requirements.

[@jmckey]

I agree on the lvl 40 boss Ixtab. He was my first challenge and my first team wiped badly there. Didn't know about the mechanic where his scream can do 80% damage. I was tanking so I'm not sure if our DPS dudes didn't kill the ads quick enough or what. But I have read that you should top off your HP before his scream unleashes.

[@centsvohtlz1022]

thank you so much

[@a.b1293]

I maxed my Bard to lvl80 at the start of Stormblood, and never really paid attention to PoTD that much, and then this one quest requires me to finish the floor50 of PoTD, so Im doing it with my friend a Dark Knight. I used my scholar. Do you think we can reach floor 50? With just the 2 of us?

[@dazzlemasseur]

You can solo everything with pretty much every class. But it's kinda difficult.

[@TGCidolfus0830]

Interestingly I had some terrible luck the 1st 2 floor sets, I was unable to continue as it told me my gear level was too low and had to reset at floor 21 as I was unable to continue

[@michaeldonaldson901]

Wait but are you given access to job specific skills if you haven't completed the quests to obtain them on the outside??

[@daemonherreavlosare]

Yes

[@blackcat7k]

Square should be cutting you a percentage for the work that you do on helping people understand FFXIV's systems.

[@gideondavid30]

blackcat7k how would you implement a system like that? I think there should be online tests that players should take to prove they understand the mechanics of a given dungeon. There could even be class tests that challenge your ability to DPS, tank, or, heal with increasing difficultly. As far as general knowledge of the game, every one can take an exam. All these tests are optional of course, but other players should be able to examine your achievements to know if you are tested and qualified.

[@blackcat7k]

Back in the day, companies used to have questionnaires when you logged into the game. Where they asked you a few questions. I know early Everquest did that a few times. Give out a costume/weapon/emote/title if you give them feed back on where you get your information. Vetting players would be good idea, especially now that they're allowing players to skip whole swaths of FFXIV's content for money. It may actually need to be on the level of what that Amercia's Army game did for some of their classes. You couldn't even make the game's medic class unless you went through the game's bootcamp. With the way developers want to sell skipping, getting out game mechanics, and straight boosting for money... There really needs to be a solid way for players to protect a user's time and have more tools at the disposal to quickly ascertain if they want to even bother with a run by figuring out the wipe potential of the group. Players don't want things like gear score and whatever to check them. However, asking users to waste their time on the unknown isn't fair to those who actually put the time in to learn the game's mechanics.

[@crimsondemonx]

how do you remove the lust?

[@D_Jester]

Fastest I went through a set of floors was with Two ninjas and two monks party. I'd imagine that the crazy amounts of Pomander of Rage helped, though.

[@FromHJH]

we had 3 at floor 46 the next floor to final was cake

[@levigilpin]

Don't know if it was mentioned in comments but slime also can do ingest or digest can't remember what it's called exactly lol. But it one hits as well

[@JeyKrakenAmiens]

If you are on a fixed party you can save your potion for the next 10 floors ?

[@SirZeph3]

The house that death built xD badass A Day To Remember reference. Refers to their song "The House That Doubt Built".

[@deaddu]

Is it just me or does this guy sound liike seth macfarlane? in a good way

[@joshmarshall9362]

I just had a group started with 2 warriors a monk and a blm 41-50. I(warrior) start out with the monk behind me as the blm found his way to coffer with a mimic almost instant death the other warrior though tried his best fell to it as well. Mind you this is our 1st floor. We pushed to the revive Carin where after the second enemy in the room and two left the monk decides to try another route solo as the blm leaves the duty. I finish killing the third as the monk dies and then kill the fourth. Still not enough so i find I Minotaur patrolling and kill that. Finally I can revive them as the monk wanted me to suicide. The moment I revive them we get a great healer 😃. Saving the run but pressed for time we made it to Edna. Unfortunately the other warrior and I are were the only ones to not got hit by cold feet and after the second cast of it enough glyphs were lit. Very long story short...a waste of my time yet an enjoyable one nonetheless.

[@joshmarshall9362]

Edda autocorrect

[@xthatwhiteguyx]

So am I going to be overwhelmed by the inundation of new abilities, as a new player? I presume players run through this dungeon fast, not giving you time to read what a new ability does... which would inevitably lead me to just spamming the same 3-5 abilities I already knew on my main level, and ignoring the 30+ new abilities I get.

[@Ethan-rc2wg]

Does anyone know if I got the main scenario jump and at level 1, will I still be able to enter Palace of the Dead? Or should I still need to get to level 17 even if the pre req quests for Palace is already done with the scenario jump?

[@macktruckergirl6049]

Ahh, thank you so much for this video. I'm an EVE online player and it's my only game ever until this chic tried FFXIV and now I"m hoooked. Great tutorial video. Subbed. Thanks|

[@AaronBrownStudios]

they come in a lotta handy

[@nazzify6417]

I’ve never wasted so much time just to wipe on the final boss every time

[@RealCorde]

what do you earn from this quest?

[@Minkinglady]

its not a quest it's just a super fast way to level up and it's pretty fun to do with your fc while talking to them on discord.

[@algammond]

It's funny how WoW is just copying FF14 with their Shadowlands features

[@JoaoSilva-zv6qw]

Copying what?

[@hek7752]

Lol dont forget they also managed to fuck it up lol

[@Wolfen__]

@@JoaoSilva-zv6qw Thorgast in Shadowlands

[@Eternal-nr7gt]

Funny how people cry when other games do it better

[@kperson4560]

Better? Riiiiight. Wow screwed it up.

[@botanysilkiebreeders7732]

Still stuck on floor 1-10, can't group up with hour+ queues. Feels like content that new players can't engage in

[@omniburrito]

it´s impossible to beat edda with a matched party. super annoying waiting 2+ hours getting in to the dungeon just to wipe because randoms dont know what aoe´s are.

[@Ryukishi_Raigo]

I heard if you're playing using fixed party you won't lose the upgrades if you wipe/leave.

[@KubaProrok]

No true, I was in fixed party and got dced and lost all the progress.

[@Ryukishi_Raigo]

+Kuba Prorok I don't mean the levels/floors, I meant the aetherpool shards for arms and armors. I heard that from someone who has 29 in both arm and armor.

[@KubaProrok]

+Hasasmo that's what I meant too. After dc I was back to 0/0 cause it was my first run.

[@danhealy79]

I think Kuba was talking about aetherpool items.

[@Mrhappy1227]

If you wipe/leave without finishing a boss floor, regardless of fixed or matched, you will lose any aetherpool arm/armor upgrades you received on that group of floors. My fixed parties have been wiping deliberately to reset poor sets of floors

[@jamespyles5315]

how do u unlock the ability to go in there. lots of people tell me a lot of defferent ways i just want to be able to go in this and enjoy it can anyone pkease help me

[@HighShepherdLopes]

Ok so you HAVE to finish the boss of that stage to save your progress, good to know.

[@FalkaRiannon]

I got my weapon and armor to +27/+28 on floors 1-10. The chance is just really low. So you dont need to get to 40-50 to get the +30 it just will take you more time.

[@scarletthorizon8773]

Lol yea right, impossible. Gear gets synced and silver coffers dont work.

[@froggyglowps4549]

Greetings. Can anyone or Mr.Happy make a "general" suggestion of the minimum level that you should reach/be at the beggining of each FL10 〜＞20〜＞30 etc... This migth be different depending on class, but just an "ideal" lv so restart in case of been impossible if didnt reach X or Y by this or that FL. Of course, player skills/items knowledge etc makes a dif, but lets assume that ppl did their homework. If this has been posted else were, plz be kind and lead me towards that information. Thanks and as always, cool video ;)

[@amhowaye1605]

I dont get it. what happen when you renter it, can i do it over and over in one day inorder to lvl up????????????

[@FinioVega]

getting the upgrades you were looking for after 2 hours to get voted kicked by a douche premade because of "difference in playstyle" ... Can anyone tell me why this is possible and is there a way to have them punished for that?

[@revolver2750]

maybe i should start playing again. But afraid it wil get boring alone.

[@BrokeMyCrayon]

Join and FC, talk to people.

[@GehtDichNuexAn]

The worst thing is that a new ,,trend" is already forming where people purposely wipe on floor 49 if they havent gotten an upgrade... while i can see that ypu dont want to do floors 1-41 again simply for another chance of getting an upgrade this is insanely frustratrating and infuriatin, epecially in a matched party when u are farming the shards. today this happend 3 times to me where people pulled the entire floor and wiped the group because of this, and i think that this is, especially in a matched party, absolutely inacceptable, from now on i will report these players in the player support, im not accepting some cunts wasting my time because they didnt get their fucking upgrade.... i see you have adressed this in the video aswell, but i still had to complain

[@namebn]

I blame SE for still being so naive as to of not seen this coming. They could easily fix this or even prevented it from ever becoming a thing by having the last boss give a +1 to weapon and armor.

[@robertally5608]

+name bn I think they added that in the last hotfix.

[@roy__masters]

They did

[@LianXie]

So I can go in naked and it wont matter? :^D

[@Yshtola.]

32/35 in 1 50 floor run fucking got 2 healers last 10 got fuckef

[@Wandervon]

The quest made me very sad.

[@rickyeow5127]

Sup Asmon Ik ur here KEKW

[@devinlsmith1995]

13:18 he said butts lol

[@Minkinglady]

I've done floors 41-50 over and over again and we lose every time at the last boss. It's driving me nuts.

[@crewkid52]

PotD, while fun, can be hella rude at some points. The exploding chests example you give is a prime example of this

[@Zalibidas]

They make me angry and make me laugh at the same time. Its kinda funny in a "GOD FUCKING DAMMIT WHYyyYY" kinda way lol.

[@lewsee5562]

Exploding chests and traps + Pacification and Silence debuff traps + luring traps = dead

[@euacredito]

wait, im new to ff14, but , we can play a rpg inside a rpg?

[@XFry333X]

Im VIP Tho kind of. POTD has a unique system that is reminiscent of an old school RPG. So, yes?

[@shouliest]

yo dawg...

[@reyjusuf]

spamming level 1-10 seems to be a decent way of leveling 17-60 . you dont even need to upgrade equipment until 60

[@Hrithmus]

75% of your screen is covered in Hotbars or Menus. Eh....

[@Xankar1]

Welcome to FFXIV

[@ShifterVampire]

Anyone seen last 3 pomanders?

[@shawnthefox3459]

Oh yay, a healer! -tank proceeds to do a ridiculously massive pull, steps on a trap, everyone wipes-

[@Reen455]

i need to be lvl 60 ??

[@KaworuNagisa]

it's level 17 ;)

[@chevovader]

ok so do palace above lvl 50 thanks xD

[@shmick19]

Pppp potions!

[@johnboy5929]

Me 41-50 4 dps? Sure boss NOOOOOO I GOT 10 UPGRADES AND 3 HOARDS