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Dynamis is a series of zones set in an alternate universe version of Vana'diel; created of Nightmares, set in perpetual Darkness. It is the source of Relic Armor, Relic Weapons, and all of the various items required to upgrade those to their final stages. Dynamis is composed of three types of areas: the original 6 Rise of the Zilart zones, 4 "Dreamworld" zones introduced with the Chains of Promathia expansion, and "Divergent" zones introduced after Rhapsodies of Vana'diel was finalized.

Entry Requirements

Original Areas

• Be level 65+
• Have Rank 6 or higher in one of the nation's missions
  • Zone into Xarcabard for a cutscene.
  • Examine any Trail Markings in any of the three starter cities or Jeuno to receive another cutscene and the Key Item Vial of Shrouded Sand.
    • Bastok Mines (K-8), Southern San d'Oria (L-6), Windurst Walls (C-12), or Ru'Lude Gardens (I-9)
  • The Goblin NPCs near the entrances in Beadeaux (E-7), Castle Oztroja (F-8), and Davoi (J-7) will now do business with you.
    • Trade 50,000 gil to one of the above Goblin NPCs in the Beastmen strongholds to purchase the permanent Key Item Prismatic hourglass.
    • Timeless Hourglasses and Perpetual Hourglasses are no longer relevant, purchasable, or usable.
    • Should you still possess one, you may trade it to one of the Goblin NPCs in the Beastmen strongholds for a refund.
• With both Vial and Hourglass Key Items, you may enter any of the original city zones (Bastok, Jeuno, San d'Oria, and Windurst) once per day (Resetting at Midnight in Japan).
  • Unlimited entry is granted if the player possesses the "Rhapsody in Azure" reward from Rhapsodies of Vana'diel mission progression.
  • Further Dynamis zones are unlocked by defeating the Zone Boss for each of these beginning zones.
• To enter a zone, interact with the corresponding Trail Markings.
  • Parties must be between 1 and 18 players.
    • Every party member must have the Prismatic hourglass key item.
  • Trusts may be called

"Dreamworld" Areas

• Completed Promathia Mission 3-5
• Be in possession of the Vial and Hourglass Key Items as above.
• With both Vial and Hourglass Key Items, you may enter any of the first three zones (Buburimu, Qufim, and Valkurm) once per day (Resetting at Midnight in Japan).
  • Unlimited entry is granted if the player possesses the "Rhapsody in Azure" reward from Rhapsodies of Vana'diel mission progression.
  • Further Dynamis zones are unlocked by defeating the Zone Boss for each of these beginning zones.
• To enter a zone, interact with the corresponding Hieroglyphics.
  • Parties must be between 1 and 18 players.
    • Every party member must have the Prismatic hourglass key item.
  • Trusts may be called

Time Limit

• The initial time limit is 60 minutes (Earth time).
• Time may be extended by killing 5 specific statues (they check as "Impossible to Gauge") that will give the player the following key items:
  • Crimson granules of time
  • Azure granules of time
  • Amber granules of time
  • Alabaster granules of time
  • Obsidian granules of time
    • These key items will vanish when you leave the zone.

You cannot get a time extension from the same statue twice in the same run.

Monthly Adventurer Campaigns

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

Dynamis Granules of Time Campaign

• When this Monthly Adventurer Campaign is active, time extensions are all available upon entry to Dynamis.
  • All time extensions in a zone are automatically given to a player every time they zone into any Dynamis area.
    • Note: Divergence areas are not part of this campaign, only the level 75 era zones are.

Currencies

• Ordelle Bronzepieces
  • Dropped by Orcish Vanguard, Goblin Vanguard, Hydra Vanguard, Kindred Vanguard, and appropriate Nightmare Monsters.
• Montiont Silverpieces
  • All Notorious Monsters in Dynamis (freespawning, lottery, or forced pop) have approximately a 5% chance of dropping one that does not appear to be affected by the proc system.
• 1 Byne Bills
  • Dropped by Quadav Vanguard, Goblin Vanguard, Hydra Vanguard, Kindred Vanguard, and appropriate Nightmare Monsters.
• 100 Byne Bills
  • All Notorious Monsters in Dynamis (freespawning, lottery, or forced pop) have approximately a 5% chance of dropping one that does not appear to be affected by the proc system.
• Tukuku Whiteshells
  • Dropped by Yagudo Vanguard, Goblin Vanguard, Hydra Vanguard, Kindred Vanguard, and appropriate Nightmare Monsters.
• Lungo-Nango Jadeshells
  • All Notorious Monsters in Dynamis (freespawning, lottery, or forced pop) have approximately a 5% chance of dropping one that does not appear to be affected by the proc system.

Basics

Original Zones

There are two types of mobs that vary in rough level and drops spread throughout the zones. The first is lower level (~75-80), while the other is a higher level population (~90-97). All drop currency and Relic Armor pieces, however the lower level mobs drop the pop items for Attestation and Fragment NMs (like Deluder's Fortune and Ornate Goad); with the higher level mobs dropping the pop items for the Fiendish Tome Notorious Monsters as well as Attestation NMs (like Odious Quipu). Most free-roaming and lottery pop NMs may drop Odious items that pop the Zone Boss.
Collecting all the Fiendish Tome Chapters for a given area allows for the player to pop a HQ version of the Zone Boss which can drop many high-end items.
Typically, three of the Time Extension statue NMs will be found among the lower level populations, while the final two will be surrounded by the higher level mobs.

Zones

Dynamis Proc System

Since the May 2011 update^[1], Dynamis monsters have enjoyed the integration of a proc system similar to the one in Abyssea. Players that manage to Proc monsters enjoy higher currency and item drop rates, both from normal and Notorious Monsters.
Unlike Abyssea or Voidwatch, where it is possible to proc the same monster multiple times, Dynamis monsters can only be procced once.

In situations with a variable number of Time Extensions in the same party, a proc of any color removes the ability of other colors to Proc. So someone with three Time Extensions can Blue Proc and no one will be able to Red Proc. The higher the level of the proc increases drop rate of currency, as shown below, but seem to have no effect at all on the Relic Armor nor 100-piece drop rate. Procing a monster forces one coin to drop 100% of the time, with a potential maximum of 4.
With Treasure Hunter on every procced monster, you can expect approximately 1.7 coins per kill on average. Without Treasure Hunter, you can expect about 1.25 coins per kill on average. Without a proc, the coin drop rate is very low (~10%) and the maximum observed is 2 coins.

There is no evidence that any spell, job ability, or weapon skill is more likely to proc than any other spell, job ability, or weapon skill. There's simply a certain chance of any offensive action procing that increases with the number of Time Extensions you have received. As long as you're using the correct type of action, you have the same chance to proc, unless the action is resisted, misses, or has "no effect" (except for Dispel and Magic Finale which can proc on "no effect" messages, but not "resists").

Time Extension-Proc relationship # Type Probability Effect on Monster Currency Drop Rate 0~2 None N/A N/A N/A 3 Low Very brief terror. Adds a single drop slot 4 Medium Terror/Stops 2-Hour/Able to Re-use 2-Hour if stopped Adds another single drop slot 5 High Terror/Stops 2-Hour/Unable to Re-use 2-Hour Also adds a 100% single drop slot 3~5 ~1%* Terror Adds a 100% hundred-piece drop slot ("Dreamworld" Only) *This is 1% of your procs, not a 1% base rate.

Beastman Job-Proc Relationship Monster Job Proc Class Proc Rate RNG, NIN, BST, MNK, THF Job Abilities and Ready commands* ~20% BLM, WHM, RDM, SMN, BRD Spells and Blood Pacts* ~8% PLD, DRK, SAM, WAR, DRG Weapon Skills and Automaton Attachments* ~25% *This only applies abilities that target the enemy, like Blaster, Flaming Crush, and Strobe. (Beastman Job-Proc Rates assumes 5 Time Extensions acquired)

Special Proc System Notes for "Dreamworld" zones

Just as in the original Dynamis zones, "Dreamworld" Dynamis zones have beastmen (Hydra Vanguard, Kindred Vanguard, Goblin Vanguard, Orcish Vanguard, Yagudo Vanguard, and Quadav Vanguard) that follow the same proccing rules as their original Dynamis zone counterparts above. Proc color also varies with number of Time Extensions in the same manner as original Dynamis zones; however, Nightmare monsters and Notorious Monsters obey slightly different proc rules.

Nightmare monsters (barring Nightmare Taurus) proc to a certain type of action at a certain time based on the type of currency they drop.
Any action of the appropriate type (repeated or not) has an equal chance to proc as long as it is the appropriate hour. Unlike the above system, where the proc is based on job, the appropriate proc changes based on the time of day and type of currency that a monster drops.
The proc type can change while fighting it.
The relation for each monster type is shown in the table to the left. It should be noted that "WS" also includes Automaton JAs as above and "MA" below also includes Blood Pacts. Also, Area of Effect Weapon Skills and Spells have a dramatically reduced proc rate on monsters other than their immediate target in the "Dreamworld" Dynamis zones.

For Notorious Monsters and Nightmare Tauri, there appears to be a chance that any action (MA, JA, or WS) will cause a proc and they can drop any type of currency.

White Procs

If the procing character has locked their subjob upon entry to a "Dreamworld" Dynamis zone, there is a ~1% chance that any proc you get will be white instead of the relevant color based on your number of Time Extensions. As seen in the above table, White Procs appear to force a 100-piece of currency to drop 100% of the time.
Other players in the party may have sub job enabled and be on the hate list and a white proc will still occur, but the person who made the proc must have their sub job restricted.
White Procs have only been witnessed on Nightmare monsters, but it is likely possible that they can occur on any Beastmen and Notorious Monsters in "Dreamworld" Dynamis zones as well.

Nightmare Monster-Time-Proc Relationship
Zone Type 0:00~8:00 8:00~16:00 16:00~0:00 Currency Buburimu Crab Dhalmel Scorpion WS Ma JA Shells Crawler Raven Uragnite JA WS Ma Bynes Bunny Eft Mandragora Ma JA WS Bronze Valkurm Goobbue Manticore Treant WS Ma JA Shells Fly Flytrap Funguar JA WS Ma Bynes Hippogryph Sabotender Sheep Ma JA WS Bronze	Zone Type 0:00~8:00 8:00~16:00 16:00~0:00 Currency Qufim Diremite Raptor Tiger WS Ma JA Shells Gaylas Kraken Roc JA WS Ma Bynes Snoll Stirge Weapon Ma JA WS Bronze Tavnazia Leech Worm WS Ma JA Shells Bugard Hornet JA WS Ma Bynes Cluster Makara Ma JA WS Bronze

References

• Neo-Dynamis Changes (BG)
• Magic Proc Rate (Motenten, BG)