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A very newbie friendly Nyzul Isle Investigation guide. This guide will focus on explaining systems and on how to approach the content as easily as possible. I highly recommend reading the dedicated and related wiki pages as well as other, more in-depth guides alongside it.

Do NOT get confused with Nyzul Isle Uncharted Area Survey!

Wait... there's two of them?! What are the differences?

Nyzul Isle Investigation	Nyzul Isle Uncharted Area Survey
Recommended Lv.75+	Recommended Lv.99
Easier	Harder
Floor progress is saved	Floor progress is NOT saved
Tied to Vigil Weapons/Mythic Weapons	Tied to Armor Sets

About / Pre-requisites / Rewards

What Is This Content? A roguelite, dungeon crawler-like inspired instance where the player (solo or with a party) progresses through randomly generated floors, each with a random objective to complete in order to progress further. For the players coming from FFXIV: this is what inspired Deep Dungeons. Both share many similarities. You start on floor 1 and try to reach 100. Progress is saved every 5 floors, and it is possible to pick up from a previously reached floor by spending unique Tokens. Every 20 floors there's a boss fight, and floor 100 is the final boss. Why Do I Need This Content? To obtain a Vigil Weapon, required to start the Unlocking a Myth quest. Consequentially, for Mythic Weapon Skills and the Forging a New Myth quest. To obtain Runic key, required to start the Mythic Questline. Pre-requisites Mandatory: Be Lv.75+ Be Assault Rank Private Second Class (minimum) Complete Immortal Sentries (Aht Urhgan Mission 2) Recommended: Be Lv.99 Have Rhapsody in Azure (Rhapsodies Mission 1-16) This will restock the Imperial Army I.D. tags every 10m instead of 24h.

Vigil Weapon Weapon Skill Weapon Type Job Mythic Weapon Sturdy Axe King's Justice Great Axe Warrior Conqueror Burning Fists Ascetic's Fury Hand-to-Hand Monk Glanzfaust Werebuster Mystic Boon Club White Mage Yagrush Mage's Staff Vidohunir Staff Black Mage Laevateinn Vorpal Sword Death Blossom Sword Red Mage Murgleis Swordbreaker Mandalic Stab Dagger Thief Vajra Brave Blade Atonement Sword Paladin Burtgang Death Sickle Insurgency Scythe Dark Knight Liberator Double Axe Primal Rend Axe Beastmaster Aymur Dancing Dagger Mordant Rime Dagger Bard Carnwenhan Killer Bow Trueflight Crossbow Ranger Gastraphetes Windslicer Tachi: Rana Great Katana Samurai Kogarasumaru Sasuke Katana Blade: Kamu Katana Ninja Nagi Radiant Lance Drakesbane Polearm Dragoon Ryunohige Scepter Staff Garland of Bliss Staff Summoner Nirvana Wightslayer Expiacion Sword Blue Mage Tizona Quicksilver Leaden Salute Gun Corsair Death Penalty Inferno Claws Stringing Pummel Hand-to-Hand Puppetmaster Kenkonken Main Gauche Pyrrhic Kleos Dagger Dancer Terpsichore Elder Staff Omniscience Staff Scholar Tupsimati

◆ Doing the Content

How it Works

General Info

When you first enter the lobby, you will receive a Runic disc by interacting with the Rune of Transfer. This Permanent Key Item automatically saves your personal Floor progress. Your progress is saved every 5 Floors.
When you attempt this for the first time, you start from Floor 1. Once inside, the you'll have 30 minutes to progress.
Upon entering each floor, you will receive a random Floor Objective message, and the Rune of Transfer - which allows you to progress to the next floor - will only activate after completing this random objective.

Each floor has a random layout and no in-game maps are available. Navigating them can sometimes be a bit confusing, so make sure to bring your Tenshodo Certified Navigator's Diploma.
...jokes aside, maps of the floors exist, but not in-game. I recommend using the in-game compass, and either draw your own floor maps as you go (I prefer this method, as I find it to be quicker), or use the the premade ones listed below and add your own notes to them.

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Nyzul Tokens

Often referred to as just Tokens, this currency is obtained by successfully completing Floors, by exiting using the Rune of Transfer before time is up.

These tokens are used for:

➔ ...Entering Nyzul Isle Investigation from a previously reached Floor.

Floors Token Cost
Floor 1	Floor 6	Floor 11	Floor 16	Floor 21	Floor 26	Floor 31	Floor 36	Floor 41	Floor 46	Floor 51	Floor 56	Floor 61	Floor 66	Floor 71	Floor 76	Floor 81	Floor 86	Floor 91	Floor 96
Free!	500	550	600	650	700	750	800	850	900	1,000	1,100	1,200	1,300	1,400	1,500	1,600	1,700	1,800	1,900

➔ ...Purchasing items from the Vending Box inside the lobby room.

Vending Box

➔ ...Purchasing the Wyrmseeker of Areuhat (150,000 Tokens) quest item.

• Required for the Duties, Tasks, and Deeds Mythic Quest!

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Obtaining a Vigil Weapon

You can obtain Vigil Weapons two ways:

• They have a chance of dropping from the NMs you randomly encounter on Floors.
  • The weapon they drop is random. (And I have a gut feeling the game favors some Jobs more than others... or I was just unlucky!)
• They are a (G)uaranteed drop from the Floor 100 Boss.
  • Two weapons will drop from the Boss. One will be a weapon matching your Job (or the Job of the player who queued the party into the instance - always referred to as "Party Leader" in this guide) and the other one will be random.
  • This is different for Geomancers and Runefencers, as they do not have a weapon. If the Party Leader is on one of these two Jobs, both of the weapons from the Floor 100 Boss will be random.

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Solo & Party Climb

Floor Maps

Maps of the floors exist, but not in-game. I recommend using the in-game compass, and either draw your own floor maps as you go (I prefer this method, as I find it to be quicker), or use the the premade ones listed below and add your own notes to them.

Each floor will have a different map. There are only 6 maps, but the layout will be random every time, because the doors connecting each room can be found open or closed off.
The blue lines separating the rooms indicate doors that might be open or closed:

• Credit for these maps goes to remapster, I simply resized them for convenience.

Floor Types / Objectives

Free Floor The Rune of Transfer is already activated and you are able to progress to the next floor right away.

Eliminate All Enemies Defeat all the enemies on the floor to unlock the Rune of Transfer.

• Archaic Gears type enemies can be ignored.

Archaic Gears

Eliminate Specified Enemy Defeat a specific (regular, not ) enemy to unlock the Rune of Transfer. Finding the correct enemy requires using the Check command (/check or manually through the menu). The enemy

• • Archaic Gears, Archaic Ramparts, and NMs are excluded and can be ignored.

Eliminate Specified Enemies Placeholder

Eliminate Enemy Leader Defeat the Enemy Leader (a NM enemy) to unlock the Rune of Transfer. The type of NM is unique to Nyzul Isle and is easy to recognize by its appearence.

• On Boss Floors, you will encounter an HNM as the Enemy Leader instead:
  • Floors 20 and 40 will spawn Adamantoise or Behemoth or Fafnir. Floors 60, 80, and 100 will spawn Cerberus or Hydra or Khimaira.

Enemy Leaders (NMs)
Type
Imp	Soulflayer	Poroggo	Flan	Qiqirn	Chariot
Name(s)
Mokka Mokke Mokku	Vile Ineef Vile Yabeewa Vile Wahdaha	Eriri Samariri Oriri Samariri Uriri Samariri	Anise Custard Caraway Custard Cinnamon Custard Cumin Custard Ginger Custard Mint Custard Nutmeg Custard Vanilla Custard	Gem Heister Roorooroon Quick Draw Sasaroon Stealth Bomber Gagaroon	Battledressed Chariot Long-Gunned Chariot Long-Horned Chariot Shielded Chariot

Activate All Lamps You will find one (1) or multiple (3 to 5) Runic Lamps on the current floor. They need to be interacted with and activated.

Important Notes:

• There are 3 possible ways to activate the lamps, listed below, and you can only know exactly which one it is when activating the first Lamp, because the initial Floor Objective message will be the same for all 3.
• You need to click on the Lamps twice. The first time you'll get the objective message, the second time you'll actually be able to activate them.

The 3 Different Ways:

• Only 1 Runic Lamp spawns on the floor, and every player in the party has to activate it.
  • It takes a few seconds for the Lamps to actually light up, so wait a few seconds to make sure this is your objective.
• 3 to 5 Runic Lamps spawn on the floor, and they need to be activated "at the same time."
  • It is not actually "at the same time," because each Lamp will remain lit up for a little while after being activated. This is completely soloable, just go activate all of them.
• 3 to 5 Runic Lamps spawn on the floor, and they need to be activated in a specific order.
  • This is also completely soloable, but it is the most annoying, headache inducing one. Please read carefully:
  • Sometimes, simply activating the Lamps in the order you find them unlocks the floor right away (in my experience, this worked 95% of the time, but it could be just luck.)
  • To save time and sanity, always note down where the lamps are and the order in which you are activating them.
  • You will be able to know exactly how many Lamps are on the current floor after you interact with the 3rd one you find:
    • The Lamps will only light up IF you have activated all of them, which means... if you found the 3rd Lamp, wait a few seconds and check if it lights up.
    • If it does light up, it means there's only 3 total Lamps. If it doesn't light up, there's more than 3. Find the next one and check again. Keep going until you find all of them.
  • The Lamp(s) will ONLY STAY LIT under 2 conditions:
    • Condition #1: You correctly guessed the order, and the Rune of Transfer activation message will confirm this. You can now progress to the next floor.
    • Condition #2: You correctly guessed the activation order of that Lamp, and maybe some of the others as well.

How to Enter

Entering Solo or as Party Leader

The Runic Seal (entrance) to the left, Shahayl to the right.

Everytime you wish to enter the Nyzul Isle Investigation instance, you'll have to repeat these steps:

• Talk with Rytaal (Aht Urhgan Whitegate, Commissions Agency, K-10) to obtain an Imperial Army I.D. tag.
  • If you already have a different active Assault mission, you'll have to abandon it by selecting ➔ Cancel appliaction. then take another I.D tag.
• In the same room, talk with Sorrowful Sage (L-9) to grab Nyzul Isle Assault orders.
  • View mission list. ➔ Nyzul Isle Investigation. ➔ Yes.
• Go outside and enter the Chamber of Passage right across, at (K-8). Once inside, go up the staircase and interact with the Runic Portal (L-7) to be automatically teleported to the Alzadaal Undersea Ruins (Map 5).
• Walk west, you'll find the Runic Seal door and an NPC on the right named Shahayl.
• Grab an Assault armband from Shahayl, it is required to enter.
  • Yes. ➔ Yes. (50 credits)
• You will now be able to queue into the lobby by interacting with the Runic Seal.
  • Nyzul Isle Investigation. ➔ Yes.
• Inside the lobby you will be able to enter the instance by interacting with the Rune of Transfer.

Once you exit the instance, you'll be teleported back to the Alzadaal Undersea Ruins (Map 5) and you'll be able to use one of the Runic Portals at (J-8/9) to teleport back to the Chamber of Passage.

...basically get Imperial Army I.D. tag ➔ get Nyzul Isle Assault orders ➔ get Assault armband ➔ get in ➔ get out ➔ repeat!

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Entering As a Party Member

Everytime you wish to enter the Nyzul Isle Investigation instance to get taxi'd from Floor 96, you'll have to repeat all the steps above except for the Assault armband.

• Only the Party Leader (the person interacting with the Runic Seal and queueing the party into the instance) has to grab it.

...basically if you're not the Party Leader, get Imperial Army I.D. tag ➔ get Nyzul Isle Assault orders ➔ get in ➔ get out ➔ repeat!

◆ Questions

Is this soloable?

• Short Answer - Yes!
• Long Answer - Also Yes! A low geared Lv.99 player can easily kill everything. Your only enemy is TIME. That's why I recommend having a way to speed up your movement and avoid unnecessary fights. AND unnecessary walking around. Keep maps on the side, and note down where you find those stupid lamps.

How long would it take?

• If done solo, it's very luck dependent. If you end up having to get to 100 because your weapon just WON'T drop, it will take a while, but less than 10 hours. I (Lv.99 COR/DNC) was unlucky and had to go for the guaranteed Floor 100 drop.
  • Including the Floor 100 drops, these are the weapons I got on my first, full run: PLD x2 BLM x2, MNK x3, BST x5, RNG x2, BRD x3, DRG x2, BLU x2, SCH x1, PUP x1, SMN x1, THF x1, DNC x1, COR x1.