Getting Every Achievement in Final Fantasy XIV

After over two years of achievement hunting in Final Fantasy XIV, this angry Lalafell is determined to get every last trophy. And now you can follow the journey as we take on every single task from A Realm Reborn to Endwalker and beyond!
Links:
Twitch: / ciderspider
Twitter: / ciderspiderr

[@matthewhostetter8974]

Mad Because Achievements

[@hartantoanggoro]

"I'm going to take your shin privileges"

[@zerotsubasa5499]

ANGRY BECAUSE SUFFERING

[@coreyd4482]

Mad Because (Achievement Points) Small

[@Maria_Erias]

"White mage: the other Selene." 100% accurate.

[@DexteroExplosion]

I like how he goes from (paraphrased) "I'm such a l33t gamer, I only did normal once, normal raiders have smooth baby brains" to panic healing on a normal raid.

[@felixvelariusbos]

literally just the savage raider experience spend 2 hours progging the last fight of the tier and then right after queue up for a dungeon and spend the entire time plastered to the floor.

[@death299]

Tbf that is an actual thing. The difference between a savage or actual hard content and not is that A. You can trust your team to use their own defensives and healing options B. You can trust your healer to do their portion of the job Within more organized content you have a very specific role, not just "heal" "damage" "tank"

[@paladinbrewer]

Actually back in ARR days, I leveled a lot of alt classes with Leves. They were the fastest way to level, faster than fate grinding, and you can actually do them in parties.

[@MrKnaives]

it was best used for leveling Crafting and gathering. leveling combat jobs was FATE spamming. those were the days.

[@kristopher4557]

For endwalker this was a stupidly easy way to level crafters from 80-90 took hardly any time at all. IT WAS so fast I was accused of cheating by a friend XD

[@vincentprice713]

God those were the days.

[@frankbrodie5168]

@@kristopher4557 Yeah 70-90 you can do any craft in an hour or less once you are into EW. Including the actual crafting part of the hand ins. Get to 80 with Crystarium leves. Then through to 90 at Sharlayan.

[@azadalamiq]

@@MrKnaives back in early ARR leves was pretty good for early levels. you got a ton of gold and gil per leve, and great for leveling up jobs post msq when you needed too for job unlocks. Msq and early fates didn't give you as much.. and there are only soo many side quests.

[@CiderSpider]

Any other achievement hunters out there? Which achievements have you been working on lately? >:D

[@gothmog1065]

If by achievement hunting, you mean looking at the achievements and weeping, then yes!

[@JoseangelJD]

Collecting cards, I saw that you are not looking at loot after kills, check loot for cards and minions

[@primalmeridian]

the hunt mounts (got Victor, still need a lot for the triceratops) and 100 Seal Rock wins are at the top of my list (i actually finished grinding the latter on an alt a while ago but i NEED that coat on my main as well)

[@GOTOSLEEP-ee1pv]

I've been doing the leve quest achievements, Ishgard restoration + hunts. Looking forward to getting 3k frontline wins as well 👍

[@TheBpendleton44]

About to surpass 19k points. Been working on leves, grand company, and the hunt achievements atm

[@Wastingsometimehere]

If any streamer has a chance of being a completionist, it's Cider. Mainly because he's the only one who will try this pain. Now for him to complete the quest "Child Labor" he's clearly been stuck on for years.

[@CiderSpider]

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT

[@Icetin121]

I love this type of chill content. It's always interesting to see different people's routine in this game and videos like this are perfect to watch while you do your own dailies/weeklies.

[@maromania7]

It would normally take 6 years, but it takes a while to build a ladder for the ones on the top shelf

[@CiderSpider]

>:O

[@Nenacu]

Holy crap. Cider, I thought your absurdly awesome voice was just a thing you were doing for the videos. Hearing you go mostly unscrypted for a bit hammered in the fact that you just have that kind of voice and I'm here for it.

[@MikaMikaMika89]

Good vibrations.

[@hellofreeze3772]

​@@MikaMikaMika89*bonk*

[@axe6279]

Maybe he should have voiced Kiryu.😁

[@CrystAAHHL]

This style of video is honestly really fitting and nice to see!! I hope that you do make it a series on KZbin, it would be really great to follow the journey over here and also just a really unique experience overall

[@avaricsymphorian]

I like this new series! It's one thing to watch streamers replay story content you enjoy, but there's something nice about watching someone go through the same somewhat tedious but still enjoyable weeklies/dailies as myself!

[@KaiSilverhawk]

You could also do ARR relic weapons while doing leves, one of the steps asks you to do leves with the relic equiped (and another makes you farm FATEs around Eorzea if you haven't finished the FATE achievements yet). 2 birds with 1 stone and all that

[@rightwing707]

True, but ARR relics are unique in that you only need to finish one for the achievement and title. Plus the step in question makes you do a bunch of other mundane, time-wasting crud like killing overworld trash.

[@ghosteeniesmith6219]

tip: if you sell the wondrous tails line zero item of 10k gil, one can double it by turning it into the doman enclave restoration effort. It's also another achievement. two at once.

[@rune_prism]

i think the combination of your dry humour + your overdramatic narration + your commitment to the Bit really shines in these longer form videos! it's fun seeing more of 'you', rather than just a video meant to specifically entertain. plus, this was pretty informative. most players know achievements exist, but not exactly what goes into them or how much time. so i liked it quite a bit! :)

[@Dzyntara]

Your deep voice with your Lalafell feels like an antithesis of my high voice with my colossal Roegadyn... As someone also grinding out a bunch of achievements (mostly for titles and mounts, not completion), I sincerely appreciate your dedication.

[@DaneeBound]

Assuming Cider Spider lives on the NA West Coast, 1 a.m. is 8 p.m. to a Japanese player. And yes, people from other regions do play on NA data-centres (I’m a living example of one, the ping is manageable enough for this to rarely be a issue)

[@SoraShadowdancer]

Judging from the way he pronounces things, he's from America. He doesn't sound southern or east coast to me. So perhaps western US. Unless he's a transplant from somewhere.

[@DarSerena67]

Would absolutely love to see more of these, just found your channel recently and I love your editing/style of humor! Good luck on your achievement hunt! There's a bunch I'd love to get myself but I struggle to find people for a lot of the group stuff, can't wait to see where you go next!

[@deomalachite]

Best of luck to you on your quest to complete every achievement. Bozja and relic weapons can be rough, and levequest farming rougher, but there's an even bigger grind before you... THE MAHJONG. Again, good fortune to you.

[@BlueMoonX79]

I look forward to this series! Not only am I learning about some of these more nuanced achievements that are out there, but I get to see more of your (mis)adventures? Works for me!

[@Sab_Aria]

Good luck on your grind,Cider!❤️ And personally,I LOVE these kinds of videos. If you ever wanna do more of this stuff,I’ll support you in every way😄

[@arcanadawn]

Love the video, as per usual. This is such a fun idea! I hope you don't push yourself too hard trying for this, and just take it at a comfy pace for you, but I'd love to see your journey!!

[@howdoilogin]

Also remember that those obnoxious Heavensward leves have variations that require TEN allowances per leve. Meaning to complete every levequest you have to do all those leves too. And there's 15 normal levequests per crafting job, gathering job, and 15 battle leves. So there's a total of 180 normal Heavensward leves....and 180 Large-Scale ones that will cost 1,800 total allowances. Also Fire 1 is necessary for Black mage to get Firestarter which they keep in their back pocket to swap from ice back to fire instantly. Fire 4 is the bread-and-butter damage but it doesn't keep up the Astral Fire timer, so they occcasionally need to Fire 1 to keep it going. Plus, you can't get to Astral Fire 3 without casting Fire 1 three times or casting Fire 2 once, which takes a use of Firestarter to avoid the massive casting time.

[@dorothea679]

Absolutely love this video. I just recently started grinding out all of the achievements as well and when I ran into Levequests, my heart SANK lol. Glad I'm not alone, and godspeed

[@Battlefoxx98]

Best of luck with the achievement hunting! Keep your spirits up for those - could be quite the arduous task ahead. Personally enjoying that kind of content. It's fun to see you comment / talk during more casual content like the roulettes or raids. Also, during the Fire I gaming: The Fire I BLM at the very least had more aggro than the other BLM. Not sure if I should be scared or concerned about that.

[@Oozemaster707]

As A BLM main, that B.U. BLM should be fired (pun-intended). Once you reach level 60, you should only ever cast Fire about once every 3 GCDs to refresh your Astral Fire. And when you do cast Fire, you pair it with Firestarter so you can insta-cast Fire III 3 GCDs later to refresh your Astral Fire again and keep the MP for more Fire IV. Fire IV is your highest damaging spell (aside from cooldowns or Flare/Despair), and you should cast it as often as possible when facing a single target.

[@MastatmastaT]

I saw one of them casting a blizzard one at one point...a spell that should never ever be cast...scary.

[@outtagoodnamesdangit]

Actually, this was really fun! I hope we do get to see more of this series!

[@ShadowSurfer14]

As someone who has been casually grinding this games achievements/playing for fun for 5+ years, this is really fun to watch and see the dedication to the grind. Making me want to get to that top 10 list on my own server now 💪 Looking forward to seeing more in this series!

[@nenybuns]

This was very enjoyable to watch, Cider :) Thank you for sharing with us (and so sorry you lost this big chunk of footage! Always a discouraging nightmare but you made it even better by your dramatic narration!!). Since I finished all the stories and lost my best friend I played FFXIV with, I felt very disconnected with the game but WANT to enjoy it again. These little (or big!) challenges like achievements and little micro activities seem like such a nice idea to keep active in the game. I hope, even despite LEVEs being kinda annoying, you still enjoy doing what you are doing!!

[@azraelfaye]

I greatly enjoyed this video and I think I will like this series a lot. As a collector of... well, everything I can in XIV, seeing you work through the grind gives me hope for the ability to manage getting a good number of them myself. Great job on the video, good luck on the grind, and can't wait for the next update!

[@Lurki-]

Hey there Cider Spider. I was pleasantly surprised to find out you play on the same server as I do. I am currently in the top 100 on Diabolos. My rank gets thrown around a lot by all of the other achievement hunters going nuts. You never can settle with your rank since most people in the top 100 are hard grinders. You could get to rank 99 on the charts, but wake up being rank 103 the next day. Right now I am currently working on Anima relics, and it makes me wish I started on them a lot sooner since I didn't know what to do with my poetics for a long while. Now I am in Eureka ironically working on 1 relic to get poetics for 13 Anima relics. I recently finished up all of Immortal Flames grand company achievements. I only have Gridania left for turn ins and GC levequests, but I had to take a break from the grand company stuff. But back to you; I hope you enjoy the achievement journey. The nice thing about this game is that you can choose whatever you want to work on at your own pace. I would love to see more content about your journey, and I agree with you that levequests sucks. Can't wait to see you on the top 100 chart!

[@CiderSpider]

Good luck to you, fellow grinder!

[@kuponutter]

Man, and I thought going for every trophy was going to be a pain in the butt. You're a braver man than I!

[@bellabelle3227]

I do hope you keep this up! It was such a blast to watch!

[@paulhaag3926]

Love the video, good to see someone taking the Journey. I started 3 years ago on the achievement grind. Currently at 21,765 in game. Your video is very familiar ground that I have already mostly tread. It will be fun watching you climb the ranks. I've been trying to get to top 100 on Crystal and have been failing for over a year. There are many of us on the climb so it's hard to make progress or even keep pace. Good Luck!

[@TheNN]

Honestly I can only imagine how much of a hell he's gonna have trying to get the High Roller title from the *How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Saucer* achievement.

[@TaurusVersant]

speaking as someone at 440 chocobo wins and 750 roulette wins, the way to do is to break it down into a weekly. I do 10 of each each week (which corresponds to two of the weekly challenges) and slowly but surely move the needle forward.

[@TheNN]

@@TaurusVersantOh that's all well and good, but I ain't talking 'bout any of those. I'm talking about winning 1,000,000 MGP from the Jumbo Cactpot.

[@eorzeanadventurer7171]

@@TheNN That's honestly a lot easier than you'd think since it's cumulative, not all at once. It does take time, but much less than all the leves. I think the squadron buff helps too. Honestly, I finished that part of it years ago and am still working on chocobo racing wins (it's the last part for me)

[@TheNN]

@@eorzeanadventurer7171Which hey fair, but Cider Spider's only been playing a couple years, and short of a lucky jackpot, it'll be years down the road for him otherwise.

[@eorzeanadventurer7171]

@@TheNN I've been playing since 2017, so about 4 years longer than he has. I expect he does have another couple years before he gets it, but it's not a stressful one since all you have to do is cash in and buy new tickets once a week. It is important to keep up at them every week though

[@bfu-jeansshadow]

Wow...I salute you for having the cajones to go after every single achievement. o7 Sorry you lost some of your footage though - that always sucks :( More updates of this soon? :)

[@CiderSpider]

>:D

[@tnmancer8029]

I really like this style of video and content, I hope to see more in the future. Keep up the good work, my guy.

[@McHappyface]

Loving the casual off the cuff Cider Spider experience, always glad when I can catch you on Twitch (when I have free time lol) cause of that, usually you going off on a tangent about metal but its great fun all the same. Keep this stuff coming :D

[@BigbossShoshka]

Fire 1 is really only useful below 90 to extend your fire phase after casting 3 fire 4s in combination with sharpcast to get the fire3 proc to make for safer fire phases. Especially good in high mobility fights so you have a few globals to move around.

[@Tenlade]

The original video for the aquapolis achivement got me to check lalaachivements and decide to go for collecting all (non cash shop) minions. Now sitting at #1 on my home server, #31 Global (until next patch releases more of them to collect)

[@CiderSpider]

CHAD GAMER

[@whodistoodis]

I've only found your channel right now through this video, but I must say, this is an endeavor that I'm looking forward to continuing. That's a monumental undertaking and you have my respect. Though I noticed in your class window that your poor Blue Mage is still level one. Now that's something I'm excited to see, I think BLU is incredibly fun, definitely one of the most slept-on parts of the game, and would love to see you suffer through getting their savage achievements.

[@jc-ns3un]

This video was a blast to watch! Would love to see more of this type of content

[@gypsysol9902]

I've been working on "The Alpha Wolf" tittle for PvP. Triumph in 5,000 matches. Im pretty close to getting it too but im taking a break from the game for now.

[@kimh4434]

Yes, do more of these!

[@Alizardwithdaftideas]

This was pretty enjoyable, I would love to see your continued progress.

[@shadowofchaos725]

I just listened to this entire video while doing dishes and was pretty entertained. So I do like chill content like this on your journey through your personal achievements hell.

[@Connie_cpu]

Don't forget Delubrum Reginae also awards Raw Emotions :) looks like you probably need quite a few more of those Timeworn Artifacts, might even overcap on Raw Emotions before you're done.

[@shadowmaster335]

i thought the timeworn artefacts where a one time grind? (some steps in shadowbringer relic grind is a one time grind)

[@Connie_cpu]

@@shadowmaster335 There are some one-time grinds in there, but Timeworn Artifacts are 15 per weapon. If you wanna complete them all, you've gotta do a lot of DR 😭 I still have to run DR 40 more times according to my spreadsheet (120 Timeworn Artifacts to go). Then it's just 10 more CLL runs and 12 more Dalriada runs and I'm done with Bozja :)

[@Hclegend]

I love how Cider Spider and I share the same worldview on commiting arson to orphan catgirls because of Wonderous Tails.

[@azadalamiq]

she met my axe a few times. xD

[@HaHaBoom9]

This content is really comfy to consume. Would love to continue watching this infinite journey

[@thefloorisevil]

I do not normally watch content creators for this game despite playing absurd amounts of this game myself, but I love this! It makes me wish i documented my mount collecting journey somewhere more public like this! Excited to see future installments.

[@Barkspawned]

I dig it baby man. The leve quest achievements more or less killed my interest in achievement hunting in XIV so seeing some one masochistic enough to swim up that stream is impressive.

[@lukasbjornendermann9944]

Im just waiting for the rest if shadowbringers and endwalker for your vids on them

[@limecola4343]

Loving it-- cant wait to see more of your achievement grind unfold :D

[@Lizard14]

Ohh I love this new series! I hope it does become a series :D I love achievement hunting, it's going to be fun seeing more of that in video!

[@Disastra]

This is good content tbh, and i say that as a person who has never forgiven u for killing me in pvp, apparently on stream.

[@CiderSpider]

I'll do it again >:o

[@KairuFreestar91]

"Normal mode gamers dont know how good they got it. i think we need to start making it harder on them" as a normal mode solo player, please dont. i come to xiv to relax and have fun T_T

[@CiderSpider]

YOU MUST SUFFER LEVINSTRIKE LIKE I DID

[@KairuFreestar91]

@@CiderSpider if you want to know suffering go solo star wars galaxies as a light side jedi lol

[@Blazingbeard]

Love the chill content. Would like some more explanation om which achievements you have, what you needed to do and grind for them. And which you still have to do and what you have to do for them.

[@AnchorJG]

You have a really nice voice to listen to and a positive attitude about the other players, so I'm absolutely for more of this content

[@noirlogic_]

A minor note about Fire I: Fire 1 helps extend BLM Fire Phase throw sharpcast intp the mix and it also gives you a Firestarter Proc so your next Fire Phase is instant and hits harder. Essentially the BLM Fire Rotation is F3 F4 x3 F1 F2 x2 Despair or some variation of depending on your spellspeed.

[@InFluxCapacitor]

Except that in EW all instances of F1 should ideally be Paradox excepting weird recovery non-standard lines. These BLMs were garbaggio.

[@nudeth2563]

the scholar was 2nd on the emnity list. So whatever those 2 black mages were doing was completely wrong

[@user-rv8xb1ot6p]

What? It's f3 -> f4x3 -> paradox-> f4x3 -> despair at bare minimum standard

[@FantogemeStudios]

I can dig this. Its better when it's edited down and varied than just grinding away at one thing the whole time. Best of luck to ya man.

[@CiderSpider]

>:D

[@RafaelMartins-fg9rb]

DUDE, im new in the game and was looking some FFXIV videos to watch since im diving in this world and loving it. And i found your channel and im CRACKING with your content. Hillarious and super duper well produced! You are THE ffxiv content creator. Thank you

[@mitchs4545]

Enjoyed the vid, was entertaining watching you go through these Acheivements

[@Ryaaka]

Watched a few of your videos but im a killer for achievement hunter videos. Do make more and keep it up, its great following along while I do the same mundane tasks!

[@Kazagari]

This is fantastic! x.x Thank you for painfully reminding me I need to get back into level grinding. (previously/currently working on the grand companies as well)

[@MakoEyesOfSapphire]

I love this series. Definitely the kind of "background noise I can laugh at if I pay attention but don't need to keep my eyes glued kind of thing" that I need.

[@gilessaint-loup2426]

As a long time fan both here and on Twitch, i appreciate these kind of videos.

[@ThatSleepyDomanCatte]

Enjoyed watching this. You got this, Cider Spider! ❤

[@mentalkitty789]

I liked this video! It wasn't focused comedy but it is chill to listen to while relaxing and doing my own thing. It is also nice to see more content from you! So I say keep it up!!

[@Kenshin6321]

I've been playing Final Fantasy 14 for two years now. I can honestly say there isn't a single content creator for this game that I enjoy watching except you. 99% of all the content I consume for this game are just tutorials on how to do dungeons and stuff. However, your content is thoroughly enjoyable. I think you're somewhat crazy for doing something like this, but that's also one of the charms to it. I love your videos and can't wait to see more.

[@anarchicbean5888]

The way I was cackling when you got no lines and cut to setting Khloe on fire. Subscribed.

[@trucehales1897]

Gotta respect this level of dedication to the grind! Also love the Selene x WHM comparison 😂 (SMN main here) I look forward to the next video in this series!!!

[@AnimeDutchess]

Very chill and enjoyable, and I learned new things about achievements! I say if you're feeling it then go ahead and post more, it's fun to see Small Baby get Big Achievement Numbers

[@schattenkin2606]

True that this kind video is different from your usual content. However I really enjoyed the video. I would enjoy seeing both kinds of content . It will help keep things fresh.

[@LazeeUnicorn]

Just discovered your channel and I love it! As a new FF14 player, it's fun to see a veteran still grinding all the content

[@jassmith1599]

CIDER PLEASE, MORE OF THIS. THIS IS WHAT WE WANT, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED.

[@Luisinthehouse]

Good luck in your achievement hunt! And I'd would totally watch casual content. It's chill, just like your voice. 👍

[@ciboria1]

I love this, I'd love weekely/ or whatever suits your schedule

[@foyboy64]

It was actually this channel that got me into grinding some achievements that I didn't even know existed. I raided the deepest room in the aquapolis 20 times™ last year and now I'm facing the agony that is raiding the deepest sluce of the hidden canals of uznair 20 times™. I've been at it for about 5 months now and I still only have 62 out of the estimated 250 thief maps I'll need. If progress were any slower it would be almost as slow as the average pf player.

[@yes06kinTrue4]

Definitely vibing to this kind of content. Keep it up!

[@jeremyphillips6564]

I was not aware of Lalachievements. I both thank you and curse you for introducing me to it.

[@sevenheavens4117]

I started this endeavor a few years ago and I am now top ten on my server ! Keep up the good work and good luck. I think it's worth it.

[@AKATheBartender]

Engagement for the algorithm go! Id love to see more of this style of content from you, this was a lot of fun :)

[@silencedmuse]

Please keep doing these, they're great!

[@daniel1549]

Id love this as a series, and something to watch along with grinding achievements

[@harmony2987]

I really like this type of content! Keep it up! :D

[@GamingFoodie]

Would like to see more this was great! The hand drawn achievement XD

[@Furlockthe666th]

Honestly, I thought this was a lot of fun! Really entertaining and enjoyable. Definitely a fan!

[@sc902_]

a great video to watch while doing praetorium, keep it up my guy

[@TS-uc4hi]

People that feel like there isn't more content to do, need only look for it. Good luck Cider!

[@hypertdog]

I think this will be a good format of video to post between your usual highly edited videos. I am down for the journey

[@anitireborn1207]

loved the video and even reminded me of some side things i could do to level alts. so thank you for that. would love to give you a spot on my second monitor while i do similar task lol

[@Domanater73]

I loved this watching you go through the weeklies with some humor

[@bluezhift]

I like this! If you make more of these I will watch them. Fun chill vibe to them that I like!

[@a-a-ron9027]

I started the achievement grind myself as well. I haven't played all that much lately, but i make sure to log in with spare time in order to keep on custom delivery and levequest allowances.

[@krowlieps5uploads83]

It's nice to see you doong your regular weekly grind especially since I don’t watch streams in general

[@Gunnar_Blackburn]

Heck yea this is an awesome idea. Look forward to the rest of the series!

[@SpartanTAP]

I 100 percent just zoomed in on the cast bars of the double black mages for that whole dungeon 😂 it was like I seeing a unicorn

[@keysmashwarrior5057]

As someone on the World Class Troller grind/Big Fish grind you're really putting my daily suffering into perspective with this video, ty

[@CiderSpider]

:D

[@MrKaler999]

Yay, I saw myself in the video😂. love the vids man! Keep it up

[@LadyMBeautyandMakeUp]

This has been brilliant! More pls

[@ultimatelyit]

I’m new to the channel, enjoyed the video, subbed, looking forward to the next one! ✌️

[@sirbartonslady]

NGL i'm thoroughly enjoying this sorta open-mic, off-script format.