Category:Ambuscade

Ambuscade is a new type of battle content wherein the enemies within change every monthly version update, first released in the April 5th 2016 Version Update[1]. Ambuscade has a variety of difficulty levels, so everyone from seasoned veterans to those just starting out should find a challenge equal to their needs. With varying rewards to match. Those wishing to tackle the strongest foes are advised to select “Very Difficult” and be prepared for a valiant struggle! Latent effects from Legion Rewards denoted with "Legion:" are active in Ambuscade.[2]

Getting Started

Complete the Stepping into an Ambuscade Records of Eminence objective and speak with Gorpa-Masorpa in Mhaura at (G-9) for an explanation about Ambuscade.

• Players must have completed the First Step Forward Records of Eminence objective in order to undertake Stepping into an Ambuscade.
  • Stepping into an Ambuscade can be set from the Tutorial section of the Records of Eminence menu under Basics:

Quests → Objective List → Tutorial → Basics → Stepping into an Ambuscade

Be in possession of either the Ambuscade Primer Volume One or Volume Two Key Items.

• All party members must be in possession of one of these two Key Items.

Eligibility Requirements

In order to participate, players must satisfy the following:

• Complete either the Ambuscade Primer Volume One or Volume Two objectives in order to obtain the Key Item for the corresponding volume of the primer for the type of battle players wish to complete.
  • Players may have only one of each of the Ambuscade Primer Key Items.
    • Objective targets vary by month after a version update, opponents are rotated out, and generally not repeated.

• The Ambuscade Primer Volume One and Two objectives can be undertaken from the Ambuscade category of the Records of Eminence menu.

Quests → Objective List → Content → Ambuscade

Dynamis and Abyssea monsters do not count for kills required

Entry and Progression

• Examine the Ambuscade Tome in Mhaura (G-9) and select the type and difficulty level you would like to attempt.
  • Only the party leader may register the group.
  • The party will be registered so long as the system detects that there are no issues with the layer area or registering party members.
    • Players will be unable to register if:
      • Any player is not in possession of an Amuscade Primer Volume One or Two Key Item.
      • The number of registrants exceeds the maximum of fifty reservations.
      • A party member already has a reservation.
        • To cancel a reservation:
          • A player may cancel their reservation via the ambuscade tome.
          • Three minutes has passed from the time the player is notified that their instance is ready.
          • The registrant boards a boat.
          • The registrant leaves Mhaura in any way.
  • Adding new party members after registration will not cancel the registration, but the party may only enter with the number of players it registered with.
• A message will display for the party leader when entry is ready.
  • As of the July 2016 update^[3], automatic entering was added.
    • The default setting is "off" and may be changed by having the party lead examine the Ambuscade Tome and selecting the Toggle auto-transport function.
    • In line with this, having the auto-transport function off has a notification sound played when it is the party's turn.
      • This may be disabled via the sound settings in the Config menu.
• Examine the ambuscade tome within three minutes to enter.
  • The time limit for an Ambuscade is 30 minutes (Earth time).
  • Between 1~6 players may participate.
    • Trusts may be called after entering Maquette Abdhaljs-Legion.
      • The number of alter egos that may be called forth will depend on the number of players initially registered.
    • Player HP and MP will be restored to full and any status ailments they are suffering from will be removed upon entry.
  • Key Items will only be lost upon victory.
    • Meaning that should a player or group lose, they may reattempt the battlefield without having to reacquire new Key Items.

Upon victory, a special currencies known as Hallmarks and Badges of Gallantry, which may be exchanged for rewards, Experience/Limit Points, and Capacity points will be given to all players.

Notorious Monsters inside Ambuscade do not drop any treasure directly.

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Battle Information

A Word On Enmity

• Enmity functions abnormally in two ways.

1. The mobs will go to a random player once someone aggros.
2. After aggro everyone is on the hate list by default, so you can easily get hate with AOE enmity actions like Warcry and Valiance or self target enmity actions like Foil and Pflug.

Battle Type & Levels

There are two types of Ambuscades you may attempt. Entry into either is determined by which Key Item you possess.

Primer Volume One Type Difficulty Content Level Hallmarks Earned Gallantry Earned Intense Ambuscade Very Difficult 139 3600 300 / 600 / 900 / 1200 / 1500 Difficult 134 2400 240 / 480 / 720 / 960 / 1200 Normal 129 1200 180 / 360 / 540 / 720 / 900 Easy 124 600 80 / 160 / 240 / 320 / 400 Very Easy 119 200 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100

Primer Volume Two Type Difficulty Content Level Hallmarks Earned Gallantry Earned Ambuscade Very Difficult 129 300 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 Difficult 124 250 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 Normal 119 200 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 Easy 114 150 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 Very Easy 109 100 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50

An Abdhaljs Seal will triple the amount of hallmarks and gallantry you receive from a successful Ambuscade.

Intense Ambuscade (Vol. One)

Volume 1, March 2025, Corse

Difficulty Foes Notes Very Difficult Bozzetto Pishogue (BLM/DRK) Summons Bozzetto Warder x4 Difficult Bozzetto Pishogue (BLM/DRK) Summons Bozzetto Warder x4 Normal Bozzetto Pishogue (BLM/DRK) Summons Bozzetto Warder x4 Easy Bozzetto Pishogue (BLM/DRK) Summons Bozzetto Warder x4 Very Easy Bozzetto Pishogue (BLM/DRK) No adds. No Doom. Casts elemental -ga III spells, Ice Spikes. Notes: Bozzetto Pishogue: Can use Blood Weapon and Souleater in conjunction. Will hit for 20k+ when both are active. As of the Feb. 2023 Update changes, Will now remove all debuffs from Bozzetto Pishogue (Boss) and Bozzetto Warder (adds). It will only use the two abilities in conjunction when adds are alive while using the SP ability. (On Normal) Summons 4x Bozzetto Warder Adds at 90% HP and a second wave at 35% HP. (On Normal) Bozzetto Warders appear to boost the damage of the Blood Weapon/Souleater combo to 20k-50k per auto. If the Warders are dead then Blood Weapon/Souleater does normal damage. Unconfirmed There may be a distance mechanic between the Bozzetto Pishogue and the Warders when it comes to the use of Blood Weapon/Souleater Uses the following TP Moves: Final Retribution: Deals physical damage + Stun. Envoutement: Deals damage + Curse. Memento Mori: Gains Magic Attack Bonus. Quelling Seal: AoE Silence. Hecatomb Macabre : AoE Charm (15 seconds) and Doom (20 Seconds). If multiple targets (players or pets) are in range, it will miss one of them. The Doom effect is not present on the Very Easy difficulty Gambol Macabre : Single target Charm (29 seconds) and Doom (30 seconds). If you are very quick you can get one cursna off in the window. As of the Feb. 2023 Update changes, Will no longer use this move if all Bozzetto Warder are defeated but will use it if main target is further than 10 yalms and will land regardless. Setups and Strategies: Very Difficult: Not Defeating the Warders Jobs: MNK, BLU, BRD, COR, PLD, WHM COR: Crooked Chaos, and Monks rolls. DDs wont need to worry about SB beyond TPing in SB II thanks to Monks. BRD: March, Minuet, Minuet, Madrigal. Wind Threnody the Corse. BLU: A good Club, and magic accuracy recast set. Set Feather Tickle and Reaving Wind. Advisable to also set Battery Charge and Retinal Glare. WHM: Silence the Corse. Auspice, Barblind, Dia, and keep Banish effect active. PLD: Cap block rate with a shield that isn't Ochain, provide Holy Circle. Strategy: 1) MNK engages the mob, and gets it down to 90%. Adds then spawn. BLU uses Feather Tickle and Reaving Wind. Do not skillchain past this point as it will heal the mob. So victory smite between the Savage Blade and Black Halos. 2) Party should all defeat one single Bozetto Warder. This seems to prevent the usage of Blood Weapon/Souleater going off and massacring the party. We had an issue with this regularly, and it completely stopped happening from then on. PLD should get AoE hate on the Warders with Banishga and then a JA or something of the sort. Despite being ambuscade, enmity is a bit odd with these after initially spawning and they will run around beating people without some intervention. 3) Party then TPs on the Warders and WSes the Pishogue. BLU should Black Halo as well, but use Feather or Reaving if it is up before WSing. 4) When the second round of adds spawns around 35%, defeat one just to be safe, and then continue until the fight ends. Wind Threnody will likely affect the success rate of Reaving Feathers. Magic accuracy food isn't required at all when it is on for a well geared BLU, but you will resist regularly without either active. This is with Maxentius and Thibron as a ML 30+ BLU. So that should put you in the ballpark for how to anchor your magic accuracy requirements. If you need to, Sakpata's Sword is a solid choice to offhand to solve any issues. The fight should take around 5.5 to 9 or so minutes (including buffing) depending on the group. Defeating the Warders Jobs: MNK, BLU, GEO, BRD, SCH, SMN MNK 4 Step SC's, Be prepared to turn to wait for BLU and SMN to pull down the TP of the Corse. Try to not It push under 38%-/+ so Bloody Weapon is not active at the time of the pops of the second set of Skeletons. Once both sets of skeletons are done it is just managing the TP with the team to victory. Blu Reaving Wind, Feather Tickle Top priority, Carcharian Verve, Help kill the skeletons when popped GEO Attack, Frailty, Help heal, and any other debuff you can land helps. BRD Minuet/Attack/ACC songs Ballads on Mages, Help Heal, and any other debuff you can land help. You can also Magic Finale the ice spikes. SCH Pro/Shell, Regen V, Refresh, Phlanax, Adloquium, Stoneskin Reapply whenever needed, Removed Blinds and stat down effects and Heal SMN Apogee: Ecliptic Howl, Ecliptic Growl, Then Hastaga II, Crystal Blessing. Once engaged Mewing Lullaby in conjunction with Blu's TP down spells, Can use Shock Squall to stun all the skeletons after the initial pop and support with Whispering Wind as the skeletons go down reset yourself up for Mewing Lullaby. When the skeletons pop they have what seems to be a very strong enmity lock on specific party members, so be away you may have to be vigilant with healing on mages until they are eliminated. It isn't hard to manage but you can have bad luck SC/MB on anyone and it lights out. As long as it wasn't during a Bloody Weapon you should be able to recover and still win. About 18~22 min In and out. Difficult: Same as VD just quicker 15~17 Min in an out Normal: Same as D just quicker Easy: Both AOE and single target charms can be avoided by running out of range as they are cast. Very Easy: Solo: Prepare for AoE nukes and either bring a trust healer that outranges the AoE silence (Yoran-Oran, Apururu), or uses AoE healing job abilities (Ingrid II, Iroha II, Arciela, Lilisette I/II, Selh'teus). Once its HP is below 80% it may start using Hecatomb Macabre which is avoidable. Once you're charmed it will despawn your Trusts, then you have powerful buffs for 3 minutes to try to defeat it. Key Item Locations: Fei'Yin Home Point #1, Wekufe to the south of the HP.

Regular Ambuscade (Vol. Two)

Volume 2, March 2025, Demon

Difficulty Foes Notes Very Difficult Hunky (WAR) Spunky(WAR) Clunky(BLM) Funky(BLM) Summons: Nauseating Gargoyle, Dampening Gargoyle, Misdirecting Gargoyle Difficult Hunky (WAR) Spunky(WAR) Clunky(BLM) Funky(BLM) Summons: Nauseating Gargoyle, Dampening Gargoyle, Misdirecting Gargoyle Normal Hunky (WAR) Clunky(BLM) Funky(BLM) Summons: Nauseating Gargoyle, Dampening Gargoyle, Misdirecting Gargoyle Easy Hunky (WAR) Clunky(BLM) Funky(BLM) Summons: Nauseating Gargoyle, Dampening Gargoyle, Misdirecting Gargoyle Very Easy Hunky (WAR) Clunky(BLM) Funky(BLM) Summons: Nauseating Gargoyle, Dampening Gargoyle, Misdirecting Gargoyle Notes: Obtaining Key Item= Castle Zvahl Keep HP 1 All enemies must be defeated. The battle is centered on team vs. team combat. With multiple foes each playing a specific role, the key to victory lies in deciding which one to defeat first. You might find things a bit easier if you bring a lot of area of effect attacks. Hunky (Kindred) - Highest HP. Physical Damage Dealer Condemnation (Cone AoE Damage + Stun) Quadrastrike (High Damage) Clunky (Ahriman) - Magic Damage Dealer. Starts with 50+ shadow images Casts Ancient Magic Binding Wave (AoE Bind) Hypnosis (Sleep) Eyes On Me (AoE Damage) Magic Barrier (Temporary Magic Immunity) Funky (Imp) - Enfeebling Starts with 50+ shadow images Dark Recital (AoE damage, fully Dispel, Paralyze) Abrasive Tantara (AoE Amnesia) Deafening Tantara (AoE Silence) Bugle Call (Spawn a Gargoyle) Gargoyles: Effectively a Fetter. Has enfeebling aura. Remains in stationary form and does not attack. All damage received is reduced to 1 damage. Total of 20 HP Difficult Nauseating Gargoyle - Disease aura Dampening Gargoyle - Magic Accuracy Down aura Misdirecting Gargoyle - Accuracy Down aura Spunky On D and VD only. (Taurus) - Tank. High rate of Counter (~25%) Frightful Roar (AoE Defense Down) Triclip ( Damage) Unblest Armor (Shell) Setups and Strategies:

Previous Battles

Old battlefield information is stored on the Ambuscade Archive page.

Rewards

See Ambuscade Rewards for specific item and equipment rewards.

Hallmarks

Hallmarks are the primary currency of Ambuscade. They can be used to purchase items from Gorpa-Masorpa.
There are two types of rewards available. Those received in exchange for Hallmarks and those received for total amount of hallmarks accumulated.

• Hallmarks are not expended upon receiving items from the list of rewards for total amount of hallmarks accumulated.
• The types of items available vary with the content of that month’s Ambuscade.
• Your total number of hallmarks will reset back to 0 after each month's version update.

Hallmarks and Badges of Gallantry are reset upon the next month's version update being implemented (usually set to happen from around the 3rd to the 10th of a month).^[4]

Gallantry

Badges of Gallantry are the secondary currency of Ambuscade. They can be used to purchase items from Gorpa-Masorpa, and are only given to those who participate in Ambuscade with other players.

• Like Hallmarks, your Badges of Gallantry will reset back to 0 after each month's version update.

Hallmarks and Badges of Gallantry are reset upon the next month's version update being implemented (usually set to happen from around the 3rd to the 10th of a month).^[5]

Monthly Adventurer Campaigns

There is one type of campaign that may run any given month.

Ambuscade Point Bonus Campaign

• When this Monthly Adventurer Campaign is active, hallmarks and badges of gallantry will yield double the normal amount once per day when participating in each Ambuscade difficulty level.
  • This bonus will reset at Japanese Midnight Earth time and stacks with the effects of Abdhaljs Seals to yield a total of four times the normal amount.
    • Unclear on whether a mistranslation. Currently observed value with Campaign active and Seal used is 5 times the normal amount.
      • As of July 2024, using a Seal during the Campaign stacks multiplicatively, resulting in 6 times the usual Gallantry.

Ambuscade Gallantry Campaign

• When this Monthly Adventurer Campaign is active, the number of Badges of Gallantry earned from Normal and Intense Ambuscades will be doubled once per Earth day.
  • This bonus will reset at Japanese Midnight Earth time and stacks with the effects of Abdhaljs Seals.

JSE Cape Augmentation

Job-specific Back equipment obtained with a Ambuscade Voucher: Back can be augmented by trading them along with certain items to Gorpa-Masorpa.

• See the JSE capes page for augment information for the Job Specific Capes.

To augment a cape:

• Trade the item to Gorpa-Masorpa along with either an Abdhaljs Thread, Abdhaljs Dust, Abdhaljs Sap, Abdhaljs Dye or an Abdhaljs Resin.
• Select the desired attribute, and confirm your choice. After the initial trade, you can max out that path on your next trade if you also trade enough materials.
  • Augments may be changed by repeating the above steps.
  • Changing the augment path will not return any items used up to that point.
    • However, when using an Abdhaljs Needle to change the augment, the current potency is maintained.
• Further trading an augmented item with items corresponding to the attribute initially selected will increase the strength of the augmentation.
  • For maximum strength augments the following are all required per cape:

Abdhaljs Thread x20, Abdhaljs Dust x20, Abdhaljs Sap x10, Abdhaljs Dye x10, Abdhaljs Resin x5

Armor Upgrade

To upgrade Salvage Armor Variant Ambuscade Armor trade either the NQ or +1 variant and the requisite Abdhaljs Metals to Gorpa-Masorpa:

Base Armor	Trade	Armor Piece +1	Trade	Armor Piece +2	Jobs
Sulevia's		Sulevia's +1		Sulevia's +2	WAR / PLD / DRK / DRG
Hizamaru		Hizamaru +1		Hizamaru +2	MNK / NIN / SAM / PUP
Inyanga		Inyanga +1		Inyanga +2	WHM / BRD / SMN
Meghanada		Meghanada +1		Meghanada +2	THF / RNG / BST / COR / DNC / RUN
Jhakri		Jhakri +1		Jhakri +2	BLM / RDM / BLU / SCH / GEO

To upgrade Limbus and Nyzul Armor Variant Ambuscade Armor trade either the NQ or +1 variant and the requisite Abdhaljs Fibers to Gorpa-Masorpa:

Base Armor	Trade	Armor Piece +1	Trade	Armor Piece +2	Jobs
Flamma		Flamma +1		Flamma +2	WAR / PLD / DRK / SAM / DRG
Tali'ah		Tali'ah +1		Tali'ah +2	BST / PUP / SMN
Mummu		Mummu +1		Mummu +2	MNK / THF / RNG / NIN / COR / DNC
Ayanmo		Ayanmo +1		Ayanmo +2	WHM / RDM / BRD / BLU / RUN
Mallquis		Mallquis +1		Mallquis +2	BLM / SCH / GEO

Ambuscade Weapons

Speaking with Gorpa-Masorpa and listening to the message from Abdhaljs will allow you to exchange an Ambuscade Voucher: Weapon for a weapon of your choice or the grip.
Each stage is then upgraded as follows:
Abdhaljs Nugget x5 (1,500 Total Hallmarks / 4,500 Total Gallantry)
Abdhaljs Gem x5 (2,500 Total Hallmarks / 7,500 Total Gallantry)
Abdhaljs Anima x5 (4,000 Total Hallmarks / 12,000 Total Gallantry)
Abdhaljs Matter x5 (6,000 Total Hallmarks / 18,000 Total Gallantry) and one of any non-Ambuscade Pulse Weapon^‡

• Any means literally any. The Pulse Weapon type does not have to match up with your desired Ambuscade Weapons. For example, one could use Ephemeron to create Gokotai.
• For a single base Tokko to Final Form weapon, total required points: 14,000 Hallmarks or 42,000 Gallantry
  • This does not include the cost of an Ambuscade Voucher: Weapon. As you may only get one per month for free from the Total Hallmarks Rewards List, additional vouchers may be purchased for an additional 1,000 Hallmarks or 6,000 Gallantry.

Weapon Type	NQ Tokko	Trade	Ajja Version	Trade	Eletta Version	Trade	Kaja Version	Trade	Final Form
Hand to Hand	Tokko Knuckles		Ajja Knuckles		Eletta Knuckles		Kaja Knuckles	➕ 1 Pulse Weapon‡	Karambit
Dagger	Tokko Knife		Ajja Knife		Eletta Knife		Kaja Knife		Tauret
Sword	Tokko Sword		Ajja Sword		Eletta Sword		Kaja Sword		Naegling
Great Sword	Tokko Claymore		Ajja Claymore		Eletta Claymore		Kaja Claymore		Nandaka
Axe	Tokko Axe		Ajja Axe		Eletta Axe		Kaja Axe		Dolichenus
Great Axe	Tokko Chopper		Ajja Chopper		Eletta Chopper		Kaja Chopper		Lycurgos
Scythe	Tokko Scythe		Ajja Scythe		Eletta Scythe		Kaja Scythe		Drepanum
Polearm	Tokko Lance		Ajja Lance		Eletta Lance		Kaja Lance		Shining One
Katana	Tokko Katana		Ajja Katana		Eletta Katana		Kaja Katana		Gokotai
Great Katana	Tokko Tachi		Ajja Tachi		Eletta Tachi		Kaja Tachi		Hachimonji
Club	Tokko Rod		Ajja Rod		Eletta Rod		Kaja Rod		Maxentius
Staff	Tokko Staff		Ajja Staff		Eletta Staff		Kaja Staff		Xoanon
Bow	Tokko Bow		Ajja Bow		Eletta Bow		Kaja Bow		Ullr
Grip	Tokko Grip		Ajja Grip		Eletta Grip		Kaja Grip		Khonsu

‡ Eligible Pulse Weapons	Source	Potpourri Category
Sagasinger	Arch Dynamis Lord	None
Ephemeron	Aello	Voidwatcher Goodness 2
Coruscanti	Qilin	Voidwatcher Goodness 2
Murasamemaru	Uptala	Voidwatcher Goodness 2
Borealis	Ig-Alima	Voidwatcher Goodness 2
Asteria	Botulus Rex	Voidwatcher Goodness 2
Delphinius	Bismarck	Voidwatcher Goodness 2
Aytanri	Morta	Voidwatcher Goodness 2
Girru	Paramount Gallu	Legion Clomper Goodness 2
Ikarigiri	Paramount Botulus	Legion Clomper Goodness 2
Tenkomaru	Svaha	Burrower Goodness 2
Himthige	Grannus	Burrower Goodness 2
Adflictio	Samursk	Burrower Goodness 2
Gusterion	Dreyruk	Burrower Goodness 2
Dukkha	Silagilith	Burrower Goodness 2
Chastisers	Urmahlullu	None
Router	Fleetstalker	None
Annealed Lance	Shockmaw	None