Strange Happenings in Vana'diel

A special event to commemorate the "Echoes of Vana'diel" crossover content between FFXI and FFXIV.

Event Dates

Edition	Campaign Period
2026	Saturday, March 7, 2026, at 4:00 a.m. (PST) to Sunday, April 5, at 7:59 a.m. (PDT)
2026 Part II	Sunday, May 17, 2026, at 1:00 a.m. (PDT) to Wednesday, July 8, 2026, at 7:59 a.m. (PDT)

Participating

Head to an area where a giant monster has appeared and work together with your fellow adventurers to take it down!

The Boyahda Tree

• Fastest route is Home Point #1 or Unity Warp 125 / 135.
• Fafnir tends to spawn in the water at the southeast end of the map, near the large waterfall.

Ru'Aun Gardens

• Fastest route is Home Point #5 or Survival Guide.
• Note that access to this area requires reaching rank 6 in your home nation, and completing Zilart Mission 13.
• Kirin tends to spawn in the large hallway.

Alzadaal Undersea Ruins

• Fastest route is Runic Portal or Unity Warp 128.
  • However, the Unity Warp requires either the Captain Wildcat badge (complete all Aht Urhgan Missions and all 50 Assaults), or a Remnants Permit (500 Assault Points and once-per-game-day if you have Rhapsody in Azure; 1500 AP and once-per-Earth-day otherwise).
• For new players:
  • At minimum, players must complete The Road to Aht Urhgan for access to Aht Urhgan, and Aht Urhgan Mission 2 to join Salaheem's Sentinels.
  • Obtain 100 Imperial Standing points (IS). This can be done by getting the Sanction buff from an NPC, and then killing stuff in the Aht Urhgan region. Alternatively, a Copper A.M.A.N. Voucher can be exchanged for 1,000 IS.
  • Go to Ugrihd at Aht Urhgan Whitegate (G-9), and exchange 100 IS for an Imperial Silver Piece. You will need one of these for every time you enter the ruins.
  • Exit the city into Bhaflau Thickets map 1 (the home point is on map 2, which is much too far away). Go to (F-6) and trade 1 silver piece to Kamih Mapokhalam to get into the ruins. Follow the path, then take the teleporter on the left. Afterward, take the left teleporter again. You will now be in the large central map of the ruins (map 5).
• From the central map (map 5), the 4 teleporters across G-8/H-8/G-9/H-9 will take you to the corresponding sections of the map referenced above.
  • Alexander usually spawns right in the middle of the large room, between the four pillars. He is visible from the teleporter platform. That said, the post-defeat chest can be hard to see at this distance, so walk forward a bit when checking to be sure.
  • Players will usually shout the correct teleporter on the central map ("NW" for the northwest teleporter, etc).

About the monsters

NM	Zone	Reward
Kirin	Ru'Aun Gardens	Kirin's mane Lungo's Thesis
Fafnir	The Boyahda Tree	Fafnir's Scale Lungo's Thesis
Alexander	Alzadaal Undersea Ruins	Iron Giant Shard Lungo's Thesis

• These monsters cannot be claimed by a single player or party and may be freely attacked by any adventurer that happens to be present at the time.
  • Also, the monsters will respawn in approximately 45 minutes after they have been defeated.
• Trusts may be used, but you will gain hate upon attacking.
• Once you defeat one of these giant monsters, it will drop a treasure chest containing selected items. Anyone can open the treasure chest, and it will remain for 10 minutes until it is unlocked.
  • Even if someone else opens the chest first, it will continue to remain until you open it yourself.
  • Even people who didn't participate in the battle, or who weren't in the zone when the boss died, can come and get rewards from this chest. Feel free to come and claim the items on low-level characters, alts, tell your friends so they can get free stuff too, etc.
• If your inventory is full after checking the chest, you will be unable to obtain the Lungo Thesis.

Rewards

Reforge your high-quality racial armor!

The materials that you obtain from these giant monsters can be used to significantly boost the abilities of high-level equipment for each race.

Visit the Synergy Furnaces located across the land in order to reforge your gear into powerful new equipment.

Obtaining the base armor

The base armor can be obtained in two ways:

• Purchase from the Curio Moogle for 100k each. Requires Rhapsody in Umber from Rhapsodies of Vanadiel Mission 1-11.
• Complete the repeatable quest The Goblin Tailor, where you need to use keys to open chests in specific dungeons, during an in-game week when your race + gender combination is spotlighted.
  • You will need a chest key for each piece. These can be bought from a Curio Moogle for 2.5k gil each, if you have Rhapsody in White from Rhapsodies of Vanadiel Mission 1-6.
  • The window is about 7 real-life hours long, with the cycle repeating every 2-3 real-life days.
  • You can complete the quest as many times as you like during the window.
  • See the quest page for more details, and trackers for the current spotlight.

Materials needed

The base armors can be upgraded into lv99 i119 versions by combining the base armor and the event materials in Synergy.

The exact material(s) needed varies depending on which slot the armor piece is for:

Armor piece affected	Materials needed
Body	Kirin's mane Fafnir's Scale Iron Giant Shard
Hands	Kirin's mane
Legs	Iron Giant Shard
Feet	Fafnir's Scale

Other rewards

The event materials can also be used to obtain other special items.

Synergy crafts

Current:

Crafted item	Materials	Period
Ja Ja Sword	Kirin's mane Fafnir's Scale Iron Giant Shard Macuahuitl -1 10 Wind Balance	Sunday, May 17, 2026, at 1:00 a.m. (PDT) to Wednesday, July 8, 2026, at 7:59 a.m. (PDT).
Ja Ja Mace	Kirin's mane Fafnir's Scale Iron Giant Shard Jadagna -1 10 Fire Balance	Sunday, May 17, 2026, at 1:00 a.m. (PDT) to Wednesday, July 8, 2026, at 7:59 a.m. (PDT).

Notes:

• Macuahuitl -1 is dropped by Mamool Ja Mimers and Mamool Ja Lurkers in Mamook and Bhaflau Thickets.
• Jadagna -1 is dropped by Hilltroll Paladins in Mount Zhayolm, and Troll Targeteers in Halvung.

Curator Moogle trades

Current:

Reward	Trade requirements	Period
Alexander Statue	Kirin's mane Fafnir's Scale Iron Giant Shard Bronzite x3	Sunday, May 17, 2026, at 1:00 a.m. (PDT) to Wednesday, July 8, 2026, at 7:59 a.m. (PDT).
Fafnir Statue	Fafnir's Scale Summer Uchiwa L. Jadeshell	Thursday, June 11, 2026, at 1:00 a.m. (PDT) to Wednesday, July 8, 2026, at 7:59 a.m. (PDT)
Ark Shield	Kam'lanaut's Shield Kirin's mane Cream Puff x4	Thursday, June 11, 2026, at 1:00 a.m. (PDT) to Wednesday, July 8, 2026, at 7:59 a.m. (PDT)

Previous:

Reward	Trade requirements	Period
Fafnir Statue	Fafnir's Scale Egg Buffet L. Jadeshell	Saturday, March 21, 2026, at 1:00 a.m. (PDT) to Sunday, April 5, 2026, at 7:59 a.m. (PDT)

References

• http://www.playonline.com/pcd/topics/ff11us/detail/40150/detail.html
• http://www.playonline.com/pcd/topics/ff11us/detail/40250/detail.html