FFXIV Shadowbringers Aurum Vale Guide for All Roles

[@dreamiikiki]

As always, thanks for your guides! They've really helped me as I leveled. However, a good thing to note is that the Coincounter does have AOE markers now (not sure when it got added), which made that boss a lot less stressful.

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Good to know, I'll pin your comment!

[@niolnterplay8071]

ive been playing ffxiv for only a few months now, but i have to say: i struggle with a panic disorder that has proven really difficult in the game, but discovering your channel/guide videos has eased SO much of my anxiety going into these fights, and your sense of humour is just wonderful. i play whm, which is really the only class i have as of now, and knowing what enemies to expect and how to anticipate other player's movements has improved my panic time by so much. i cant stress this enough, but thank you so much for all the hard work!

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Hey that's really neat to hear, thank you! I'm super happy that my guides have been able to help you out! That's the greatest result they can obtain. WHM is also fantastic to play. I really enjoyed that one. I hope you're having a wonderful time on the game still! P.S. sorry for the late reply. I see the email notifications but my KZbin page is almost always set to my son's accout so he can watch his Octonauts :D

[@nirau]

Good for you mate, i'm also new sprout (BRD) and his guides are super helpful.

[@emilychu9202]

I play whm and have the same problem with anxiety with dungeons because I don’t want to let anyone down! Glad for these videos and a kind community!

[@pandoravex4791]

Hahaha. This is me now.

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

That Coincounter death was some real bawlsheeeet! So the tank was a new leaf and I got a hint from them that they might not be so familiar with the dungeon. As I know Coincounter can be dangerous I asked beforehand if they knew the tactics. They told me yes and asked why, so I mentioned how I was just double checking as I'm always happy to give quick explanations if people sometimes don't know. Anyway the fight starts and Coincounter begins his 100 ton swing. I see that the tank isn't moving away and neither is the melee dps. I know this attack hits like a truck but wasn't sure at the time if it was a guaranteed one-shot. I feel I'm far enough away and figure that the new leaf dps has the highest chance of buying the farm - so I quickly go to start precasting a heal on him... only to realise I wasn't far enough back and got sent to Stardew Valley. Both the tank and melee dps take the hit there too but they both must dodge it because it does no damage to either. So basically there's me with the Dungeon Master title, asking if these new leaves know what to do and even though all 3 of us fuck up, I'm the one that gets the meet & greet with the ground thus seem to be the only one who fluffed it. God damnit. The shame of it all... Moral of the story: Coincounter is a cheating bastard. - Also, you're _supposed_ to stack on the boss for Eye of the Beholder but the attack is pretty fast and it's not that damaging to get hit by it so I excluded that part from the guide.

[@Toga_SV]

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[@cloudbloom]

Thank you so much for this, I get nervous with dungeons I've never done cuz I don't want to let the party down (playing tank) and these details are really helpful

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

No worries! I noticed that the guides I used to complete these dungeons originally didn't tend to give me as much detail as I would have liked to first time them as a tank. As a result (and a fellow tank) I always tried to make sure that first time tanks would get all the information they need (usually where to go or risky pulls). Glad to know it's been working :)

[@acefire0005]

Thank you! I found this to be super helpful. I've recently picked up FFXIV but tend to be anxious with random people (personal issues, also past experiences). Having at least some kind of idea what to do beforehand really settled a chunk of my anxiety. It also helped that the people I matched up with were also chill. Thanks again for putting this video up, even if I'm coming "late" to it. I appreciate it.

[@Jesse-lv2yo]

"...including public humiliation" made me chuckle. Love the vids! I'm usually on the wiki page first so I make a point to open youtube and like each of these.

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

I admire the dedication 💪

[@Mogrim27]

I know the vid is kinda old but I just wanted to say thank you for the vids they are life savers!

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

No problem Mogrim! Glad to help :D

[@thewittyusername]

Same. Just started playing FF14 and these videos definitely helped me tank through the msq without looking like an idiot 😅

[@saffrown]

Thank you for your guides!! I love being a scholar but I’m still getting a hang of everything as I’m new to MMOs. Watching these videos beforehand alleviate so much of my healer anxiety :,)

[@xGhostassassin]

Thank you so much for this guide was very helpful for my fist run! That and all your other guides but I heard there’s a difficulty spike for this one so I searched your guide and everything went well. I let the party know it was my first run here and I apologised incase I screwed up/died in advance but 1 run was all it took, no deaths, no wipes or anything and took around 10/15 minutes. Everyone in the party was very helpful as well, offering advice and answering any questions. 10/10 would recommend your guides to any new player. On the plus side I got 2 commendations :D which, apparently, is rare for a dragoon haha but thank you very much!

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Hey good job, well done!

[@SimonBirch]

Oh man, I watched this guide just to get your thoughts on the dungeon. Some of my worst memories in FFXIV are healing this and The Vault. I really don't think I'm an elitist, and I've never been accused of being one, but MAN I've had so many DPS claim to know the mechanics in this dungeon and then proceed to just.. well, ignore them. It's a real pain as a healer when you have DPS/Tanks running around with 5+ stacks of the debuffs or sitting in the 100 ton swings. I'm a Tank main but I leveled a healer to 80 to get better at tanking and this dungeon was just painful. Also, my own personal QQ aside, great guide as usual! (and I got an actual lol out of the "public humiliation" debuff and the Cow and Chicken baboon was a blast from the past for me)

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

:D I'm not sure what guide I watched for this dungeon originally but I seem to remember thinking that on the final boss it's best to wait for 4 or so stacks on the debuff before dropping it. I did that on my first run back here for the video and realised that my information was perhaps a little wrong when 4 stacks took me down to like 20% health lol. It does seem a dungeon to catch a lot of people out. That first room can easily wipe from pulling too much stuff by mistake, the first boss can put a real strain on your healer if the group doesn't pay attention to the mechanic, coincounter can twat people for days with those ninja attacks and the final boss can also be a bit tricky if people don't drop stacks. A lot of ways to mess up and put an unfair amount of pressure on the healer. Also that Bad Breath debuff is legit. Anyone gets hit with that and their entire party health frame becomes a giant 'I dun fucked up' sign lol I.R. Baboon is a ledge :D

[@netnoob77]

Love your dungeon guides. Thanks for making my dungeon runs better.

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

You're welcome! Happy to help :)

[@Joshiitake]

Day 4 of playing FFXIV and just ran this dungeon for the first time ever as healer after watching your guide. Only one wipe and it was in the first room! This was incredibly helpful. Thanks!

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

It's a fact that wipes in the first room don't count. And that's totally not because you see me wiping there in the video. Right?

[@wordsdistorted]

Thanks man love the guides so far. Haven't played since Stormblood came out so a refresher is nice to have for the dungeons I remember being more problematic! Cheers!

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Hi Andrew, thanks for the feedback and no worries. Glad to hear the guide was useful :)

[@rmonogue]

I like your guides because they are concise and to the point, covering the mechanics of the fights. They are also current, showing where modern gear shortens phases. Thanks for making them! Maybe you could do Snowcloak? Thanks again.

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Hi Robin thanks for the kind words, I'm happy to have been able to help! Unfortunately I don't intend to make more guides for this game as I have struggled too many times to keep playing. Snowcloak is not too bad though, a little tricky on one boss as the tank but as long as your group isn't too oblivious it should be doable. I used Mizzteq's guide for it myself at the time and it was fine. Anyway good luck and you're welcome!

[@2010platinumstar]

Just finished this on my first run thanks to this video. Wish my two teammates who refused to eat fruit even after being told watched this.

[@Chihyou]

Thank you so much for the guide! This is really going to help when I unlock aurum!

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Good luck! Just remember not to die 👍

[@rickjamesia]

Thanks for this guide. The first two minutes have solidly convinced me to just completely skip this dungeon and go do FATEs and levequests.

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Ah it's not soo bad. As a tank you just have to assume people will pull stuff in that first room. As a healer you just have to pray people eat those plants to drop the debuff. But you know, they catch on quick after a death or two.

[@junes6160]

Your ffxiv guides are really great but the main reason i watch them is because you crack me up man,you're funny. Can you do a guide for The Lost City of Amdapor and The Wanderer's Palace? Started the 2.X content and unlocked a few lvl 50 dungeons but you don't have them,i could watch other channels but your guides are the best imo. Thanks!

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Hiya. Hardmode dungeons would be the plan once I'm finished with the main progression of dungeons/trials which wont be too far off. One of the main reasons for doing my own versions of everything was so that I would finally remember the tactics of all the hardmode dungeons (not that I've actually been able to make any still!). Good you find them amusing though. (here comes the shameless plug :D) If you're bored feel free to check out some regular game videos I've done, they're all filled with a similar level of derision so might be you'll find something amusing there too :D Anyway, thanks for the support! (Also MTQ's guides are probably still great for those dungeons, just discard about 80% of the difficult/scary vibe you get as they're so out of date compared to the videos).

[@MochiMac17]

You probably hear this but thanks for the guide :) I hate dying and letting my party down whenever I die to something that I don't even know about.

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

You're welcome Mike! And I feel the same way, always a lot easier to know about stuff beforehand if you're going with strangers.

[@sarutakk]

Thanks for this great guide! I'm new to the game and play white mage so i like to check anything important before a new dungeon cause i really don't want to waste anyones time. This was super informative and it was easy to remember everything. Still wiped right at the start as the tank just charged in and even with presence of mind i couldn't heal fast enough. That was our only wipe/death though and it's thanks to this guide. I did notice though that the coincounter boss has displays for his aoe attacks now on the floor, must have been added recently.

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Hiya! Yeah there was a similar comment recently about Coincounter. I think I pinned it. And don't sweat the wipe, sometimes it happens. Just blame the healer in full caps lock and continue ;)

[@cateyes48]

I looked up this video because I randomly got dropped in this level as a scholar yesterday. I also haven't played the game in a while and needed a refresher. It really helped! Especially the comment about the first room being annoying. The first room kept wiping us because one of the dps was running around and attracting add-ons, then bring it to an overwhelmed tank. The tank was taking more damage than I could heal while I was also trying to heal the dps. At one point a dps aggro-ed a few mobs, panicked, and ran straight towards me wanting to be healed. I automatically did when I saw that his life quickly start to dwindle... The mob transferred over to me. They didn't fully regroup after the first wipe and ran back one by one to their deaths. We didn't get past the first room. I was blamed and told I was a crap healer after our(sort of) second wipe before they all bailed. Each one told me off and I didn't have time to type anything in my defense. I usually do pretty well so I kept thinking about what they said after I logged off. Was it really my fault? Played through it again today after watching your video though. I needed to prove something to myself. No deaths with a new party that I solo queued into as healer! First room was no issue at all this time around. They knew to take it slow. :)

[@FaeriichanII]

Dang, I'm so sorry that happened to you. D: I've just started playing, and as dps, I try to be careful not to hit mobs that the tank hasn't gotten under control yet. I'm about to run this dungeon for the first time so I can get promoted in the Immortal Flames lol. Fingers crossed that I don't get a tank who tries to be a hero in the first pull.

[@cateyes48]

@@FaeriichanII good luck! I'll be cheering for you!

[@FaeriichanII]

@@cateyes48 Lol, I got a tank who tried to be a hero in the first pull. We wiped once, but after that, it was all good. :D Hope you have a lovely rest of the night and that your encounters with toxicity are kept to the bare minimum. 💕

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Yeah that sounds a bit painful but sometimes that's how it goes. Even the best healers can't save a turd. There's always gonna be folk looking to pass blame but as long as you understand the situation then you know the real issues so gotta just ignore the randos from time to time - or at least get in quick with the /p BRUH :D

[@warrenloses]

Thanks I needed this for healing, that first room is the bane of my Astro existence

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

This is definitely a test of whos paying attention.

[@skeel77730]

I actually enjoyed this dungeon as a healer.

[@kbaudewyns7]

Tanxiety is real. But these videos help take some of the pressure off! Also for anyone else feeling anxious doing dungeons, just do a shout in a town and ask if there are people who want to party up with you since you're new and feeling nervous. Helps a lot! And only the helpful ones actually respond. Afterwards, they stick around to give you tips! Its a social game so use it! :)

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Hey that's a good tip, well done.

[@CobaltBomber]

This would of been a real mess without your guide. Thanks again.

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

No worries. A lot of people seem to hate this place and I guess I can't blame them. I think this is an optional dungeon in the story however.

[@SoRa228]

Nice! Was waiting for this!

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

:D

[@Fudolux]

Great guide as always.

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Thanks Fudolux :D

[@casuallobster1357]

Thanks for the guide!

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

You're welcome! :)

[@miraialex2010]

Thank you kindly!

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Y'allingliest Welcome.

[@MoonLander85]

I couldn't find your guides on crystal tower. I used somebody's else but maybe if you will have a time you can think about it. BtW this was super useful thanks as always!

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Hi Lander! Crystal tower is on my radar but it's difficult. The raids themselves are super easy but I always prefer showing instead of telling and with the randomness of which alliance group you get put in, it can make it very difficult to end up having the chance to get the right footage. Plus with 3 tanks, actually main tanking each boss is rare because everyone is so eager to do it. To some extent they require an awful lot of prep work for content that is ultimately extremely easy to clear, even blind for the most part. I did clear them all in my twitch stream and mentioned tactics (there are links in the comments of that video to jump to each raid) - but that's watching in real time and not edited properly.

[@MoonLander85]

@@TomScottDoesStuff thank you very much. You are right about crystal tower being actually pretty easy but a lot of work to film. It was just a thought. Thanks for your videos as usual.

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

No problem. I would like to have guides for them one day, it's just about mustering the energy to grind :D

[@zombiemitsu]

Ty so much

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

yw :)

[@donaghan]

im about to hit this up for the first time & im a tank, this is also my first ever MMO so im a bit nervous about it as i dont want to let the other players down by being a bad TANK, so thanks for the vid i think ill watch it about 50 times before i actually do the dungeon though lol

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

I'll say good luck, but I sorta hope you've done it in the 2 months since your comment, otherwise good luck!

[@aleistere]

I am so scared. I'm about to attempt this dungeon for the first time as a healer and I heard all about its bad reputation. huhu XD

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

All you need to do is heal people so that they do not die. Easy!

[@aleistere]

@@TomScottDoesStuff The guide really helped and right now I'm like: "Aurum Vale? meh...." XD Farmed the hell out of the dungeon when I was trying to bridge the gap between 47 and 49.

[@zacharybryant3865]

I do have a question for the community: how forgiving is the player base for a slow pulling tank (aka: not doing the "wall-to-wall" pull)? I'm completely willing to do that but I don't know how effective I would be at it lol.

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Tank how you want (within reason) and fuck the rest. You will get faster as you get more experience, but having experience also means you know when to go slow. I have seen many 'good' tanks who pull non-stop with 0 raid awareness and lock healers out of fights. Do what you are comfortable with and try not to let any bad eggs affect your confidence.

[@rustyjones7908]

Yeah, I absolutely humiliated myself on this fight. That's a challenge for me, picking myself up after a really bad experience.

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

It happens to the best of us. I mean that's what I hear anyway. What do you mean I died twice in this video? Oi!

[@parahita391]

I'm a new player play as WHM and I deliberately avoid this dungeons bcs I hear it gave a lot of trouble to healer. I also play in JP server and registered in both english and japanese language so I often couldn't communicate with the party so it gave me anxiety lol. But I guess I can't avoid it forever huh... This video actually ease me a little bit. Wish me luck!

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Good luck! This one can be tricky for a healer but that's only because you have to rely on people helping themselves. In most cases people have to avoid damage, in this case people have to do something before they start taking too much damage... which they forget to do now and then :)

[@YouSeeSorrows]

Nice guide. Just played this dungeon blind. I got knocked twice (once on the first mini boss and once on the final boss) but fortunately both were nearly dead when I went down. In fact, the final boss died at the exact same time as me lol. Had to find a guide so I'd know why. Still.... FIRST TRY

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Tell me you're lucky and unlucky without telling me.

[@c.s.7993]

You just helped prevent a ton of future grieving. Lol.

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

He took it pretty chill all things considered.

[@lotharschramm5000]

I started tanking recently and for some reason the roulette kept sending me in this dungeon... not the most fun times when you're an unconfident beginner tank but let's just say it's made me improve quick, lol. Now I don't mind it. Pharos Sirius is pain though.

[@aussierule]

Is that Alice Synthesis 30 glam for your Paladin?

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

I had to google what you were talking about but it seems that's just a coincidence :)

[@Arekiris]

Me: First time The rest of the party: LEEEEEEEEROOOOOOOOOY JEEEEEEEEEEEEENKIIIIIIIIIIIINS

[@DeathTheManiac]

I swear people just love being annoying in this dungeon. I'm a healer and I always run to my fruit spot ahead of time to show that this is where I will stand. Almost every single time someone from the party would just run to my fruit and eat it before going to another spot and standing there. They quickly realize that I'm literally holding their life in my hands as they tank the floor for the rest of the fight. Or the second most annoying thing, the dps that just runs and jumps around without doing anything.

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Yeah it is pretty weird. There have been many times where the same has happened to me. I just put it down to low or missing raid awareness. It's unfortunate that stuff like that only irritates the people who are actually aware of it but oh well.

[@00ABBITT00]

This dungeon wrecks me as a WHM.

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Just blame the healer fam! It's what we all do.

[@xunaethernalij1445]

Im playing the trial version and i decided to watch this just in case i buy the non existent bundle pack. But if the release a new game where fluoride like materials could kill the morbol, im gonna be pissed

[@RijaMo]

Just got my ass whooped here. My team probably got pissed with me

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Just roll with it and unleash 'harder daddy'.

[@sprostongreen]

How about a guide to completing this with your squadron... FML

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

After noticing they added a bunch more dungeons to the squadrons I thought about doing an entire guide just with them to see if anyone noticed but the good thing about rolling with real people is that I can often get better footage of things going badly (in a more natural way). I guess this place is awful with a squadron? :D

[@sprostongreen]

@@TomScottDoesStuff I think this and Dzemael Darkhold just require too much micromanagement of the squad, and I'm too lazy and slow for that haha

[@THETHC123]

Took 3 straight L’s running this dungeon as a healer 🤦🏽‍♂️.

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Wouldn't a straight L be l? And yeah it's deffo one that sucks to heal as fuckups end up on your plate.

[@AwkwardBird]

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[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Yes

[@gabsgrein]

resume: BORING AF btw thx for the guide :)

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

You're welcome :)

[@dragoredrox7493]

I freaking hate this dungeon