Introduced with Rhapsodies of Vana'diel, Escha is comprised of zones filled with a wide range of monsters, from the relatively the weak to high-level and even notorious monsters. The first zone was implemented along with the first act of Rhapsodies of Vana'diel in the May 14th, 2015 update[1], Escha - Zi'Tah; with the second zone, Escha - Ru'Aun, being added along with the second act of Rhapsodies of Vana'diel in the August 5th, 2015 update[2]. Defeating regular and notorious monsters yield the ability to obtain various unique buffs specific to Escha zones; furthermore, defeating notorious monsters will yield powerful equipment which, much like Delve, may be further enhanced. Getting Started Eligibility Requirements Escha - Zi'Tah Access is obtained by progressing through Rhapsodies of Vana'diel Mission 1-10. The entry point is the Undulating Confluence, near Home Point #1, (G-8) on Qufim Island. Escha - Ru'Aun Access is obtained by progressing through Rhapsodies of Vana'diel Mission 2-29. The entry point is the Undulating Confluence, near Home Point #1, (G-5) in Misareaux Coast.

NPCs

Escha - Zi'Tah

Affi
Requires a donation of 10 silt before allowing the player to purchase any of the key items he sells:

• Map of Escha - Zi'Tah for 50 silt.
• Reaper for 50 silt.
  • A consumable key item for harvesting in Escha zones.
• Tribulens for a starting price of 1000 silt.
  • Required for all party members to spawn popped Notorious Monsters in Escha.
  • The amount of silt required to trade for tribulenses will increase with each exchange in eight stages.
  • This increase is tracked for each player individually, and the silt price will slowly revert to its original value in steps after thirty minutes (Earth time) have elapsed.
• In order to obtain a key item used for popping a specific Notorious Monster, the player needs to trade him a set items and select the desired key item.
  • See progression below for a list of Notorious Monsters' KIs and the items needed to obtain said KI.
• Various types of Vorseals.
  • Depends on the player's individual progression in Rhapsodies of Vana'diel and what Escha monsters they have defeated.
• Dispenses Elvorseals for Domain Invasion
  • Will teleport players possessing an elvorseal Key Item directly to the Notorious Monster.

Escha - Ru'Aun

Dremi
Requires a donation of 10 silt before allowing the player to purchase any of the key items he sells:

• Map of Escha - Ru'Aun for 50 silt.
• Reaper for 50 silt.
  • A consumable key item for harvesting in Escha zones.
• Tribulens for a starting price of 1000 silt.
  • Required for all party members to spawn popped Notorious Monsters in Escha.
  • The amount of silt required to trade for tribulenses will increase with each exchange in eight stages.
  • This increase is tracked for each player individually, and the silt price will slowly revert to its original value in steps after thirty minutes (Earth time) have elapsed.
• In order to obtain a key item used for popping a specific Notorious Monster, the player needs to trade him a set items and select the desired key item.
  • See progression below for a list of Notorious Monsters' KIs and the items needed to obtain said KI.
• Various types of Vorseals.
  • Depends on the player's individual progression in Rhapsodies of Vana'diel and what Escha monsters they have defeated.
• Dispenses Elvorseals for Domain Invasion
  • Will teleport players possessing an elvorseal Key Item directly to the Notorious Monster.

Battle Content

Within each Eschan zone, there are numerous Notorious Monsters that players may engage in combat with in numerous event styles ranging from singular, random spawning monsters to giant server-wide cooperative fights against extremely powerful enemies.

Domain Invasion

Introduced along with the second chapter of Rhapsodies of Vana'diel, this battle content pits any number of players against a single Notorious Monster in "dynamic raid battles."
The Notorious Monster making the ingression will only appear for a limited time; however, Unity leaders will notify their members via unity chat whenever a monster is about to appear, about the current condition the invading monster is in, as well as when the battlefield is cleared.
Domain Invasion Notorious Monsters are not unique to any Eschan zone, and may appear in any zone.

Participation

• To participate, a player must be in possession of an "elvorseal" received from either Affi in Escha - Zi'Tah (F-10) or Dremi in Escha - Ru'Aun (H-11)
• Only level 99 players may receive this Key Item.
  
• Should the assembled players defeat the NM, each person participating will receive spoils; with the zone where the monster was defeated earning special temporary enhancements.(See chart below)

Notorious Monsters

Notorious Monster	Family	Assistant Type	Vorseal Unlocked
Azi Dahaka	Wyrm	Dahaks	Regen
Naga Raja	Wyrm	Lamiae	Refresh

Rewards

When the notorious monster is defeated, all characters in the battle area will earn spoils and unlock vorseals for purchase. Additionally, the area where the monster was defeated will enjoy special blessing effects.

• Players must have at least 2~5 spaces free in their inventory in order to claim spoils.
• Please note, that unlike other NM-tied vorseal effects, Azi Dahaka and Naga Raja unlock their respective vorseal effect multiple times upon subsequent defeats.
  • While the upper limits of the pattern isn't currently fully clear, the number of defeats needed to reward a regen/refresh vorseal unlock are: 1st, 5th, 10th, 25th, 50th, 100th, 250th, 500th

Blessing Name	Effect
Charity	Reapers and tribulenses have a chance of not being consumed.
Compassion	Increases the effects of Refresh and Regen Vorseals.
Courage	Increases the "Rare enemy+" effects of vorseals.
Dignity	Increases escha silt yields.
Fortitude	Increases the status effects of vorseals.
Hope	Increases the chance of a treasure casket appearing.
Justice	Increases Treasure Hunter ability by 1.
Loyalty	Increases escha beads yields.
Piety	Increases the effect duration of Vorseals.
Temperance	Reduces the cost to use Eschan portals.
Wisdom	Increases the food effect duration.

Lottery Notorious Monsters

Various Notorious Monsters can spawn randomly after killing certain enemies. The chance of this occurrence can be increased via the Rare Monster Vorseal.
Drops for the Unity Notorious Monsters appear to contain the unique unity reward items at very low drop rates, but more commonly they simply provide Eschalixirs. They tend to spawn according to their families, as below.
The Warder Notorious Monsters in Escha - Ru'Aun yield special Nazar Key Items (all 10 are required to obtain the Key Item to pop Warder of Courage) and a line of skill torques which can be synthesized together.

Escha - Zi'Tah

Unity Content Level	Notorious Monster	Eschan Family Monsters
75	Prickly Pitriv	Eschan Crawlers
99	Serpopard Ninlil	Eschan Dhamels
119	Abyssdiver	Eschan Vultures
119	Immanibugard	Eschan Bugards
119	Jester Malatrix	Eschan Weapons
122	Emperor Arthro	Fishing
122	Keeper of Heiligtum	Eschan Goobues
122	Voso	Eschan Couerls
125	Beist	Eschan Shadow Dragons
125	Muut	Eschan Corses
--	Eschan Jewelweed	Most "Eschan" Mobs

Escha - Ru'Aun

Content Level	Notorious Monster	Eschan Family Monsters
--	Eschan Porxie	Eschan Il'aerns
???	Warder of Dignity	Eschan Limules
???	Warder of Love	Eschan Yovre
???	Warder of Mercy	Eschan Murexs
???	Warder of Hope	Eschan Phuabo
???	Warder of Prudence	Eschan Hpemde
???	Warder of Loyalty	Eschan Clionid
???	Warder of Temperance	Eschan Zwei
???	Warder of Faith	Eschan Euvhi
???	Warder of Fortitude	Eschan Ghrah
???	Warder of Justice	Eschan Xzomit

Geas Fete

Geas Fete focuses on battling the notorious monsters that dwell in Escha zones.
Calling forth these notorious monsters requires tribulenses, special key items obtainable in exchange for escha silt, as well as a "grisly trinket" key item specific to each notorious monster; which are both consumed upon the monster's appearance.
Defeating these notorious monsters will grant the victors experience and capacity points, escha silt and Escha Beads, Eschalixirs, as well as powerful equipment specific to each monster.
All the notorious monsters are arranged in progressive tiers (I~III) wherein all of the previous tier must be defeated before the key items for the next tier can be obtained.
Futhermore, there are two tiers of HELM Notorious monsters that require specific HELM items from their respective Escha zone.

How to participate

• Form a party of three to eighteen members.
  • Trusts can be used in Geas Fete, but they do not count towards the required number of party members; and must be summoned before the NM is spawned.
• Every party member must possess a tribulens key item and the party leader must have a "grisly trinket" key item corresponding to the appropriate notorious monster.
• The notorious monster are spawned by the party leader inspecting a ??? target located in one of the corners of the Escha zone, while in possession of both a tribulens and the appropriate "grisly trinket" key item at the entrance.
• Escha - Zi'Tah trinkets may be obtained by trading items with Affi and the same for Escha - Ru'Aun with Dremi

Escha - Zi'Tah

Notorious Monster	Family	"Grisly Trinket" Key Item	Affi's Required Items	Vorseal Unlocked
Tier I NMs
Aglaophotis	Rafflesia	Aglaophotis bud	Darksteel Ingot x2 or Mahogany Lumber x3 or Silk ClothN x2 or Buffalo Leather x2 or Gold Ingot x2 or Carapace Gorget or Flame BladeG•S or Holy SwordG•S or Fish MithkabobN•G•C x6	Attack/Ranged Attack
Angrboda	Golem	Angrboda's necklace		Accuracy/Evasion
Cunnast	Wyvern	Cunnast's talon		Defense
Ferrodon	Wivre	Ferrodon's scale		Magic Accuracy/Magic Evasion
Gestalt	Hecteyes	Gestalt's retina		Magic Attack
Gulltop	Beetle	Gulltop's shell		Magic Defense
Lustful Lydia	Morbol	Lydia's vine		Defense
Revetaur	Taurus	Revetaur's horn		Attack/Ranged Attack
Tangata Manu	Harpeia	Tangata's wing		Magic Accuracy/Magic Evasion
Vidala	Tiger	Vidala's claw		Magic Defense
Wepwawet	Cerberus	Wepwawet's tooth		Accuracy/Evasion
Vyala	Coeurl	Vyala's prey		Magic Attack
Tier II NMs
Brittlis	Giant Gnat	Brittilis's ring	Ethereal Incense x5	DEX/AGI
Ionos	Diremite	Ionos's webbing	Ayapec's Shell x5	DEX/AGI
Kamohoalii	Orobon	Kamohoalii's fin	Ayapec's Shell x5	STR/VIT
Nosoi	Tulfaire	Nosoi's feather	Ayapec's Shell x5	INT/MND/CHR
Sensual Sandy	Morbol	Sandy's lasher	Ethereal Incense x5	STR/VIT
Umdhlbi	Belladonna	Umdhlebi's flower	Ethereal Incense x5	INT/MND/CHR
Tier III NMs
Fleetstalker	Yztarg	Fleetstalker's claw	Riftborn Boulder x50	Occasionally Ignore Damage
Shockmaw	Pteraketos	Shockmaw's blubber	Beitetsu x50	Killer Effects
Urmahlulu	Behemoth	Urmahlullu's armor	Pluton x50	Damage Taken
Tier I HELM NMs
Blazewing	Mantid	Blazewing's pincer	Duskcrawler + Gravewood Log	DEX/AGI
Bucca, Puca & Alphuachra	Pixies	Coven's dust	Ashweed + Gravewood Log	STR/VIT
Pazuzu	Gallu	Pazuzu's blade hilt	Ashweed + Duskcrawler	INT/MND/CHR
Tier II HELM NM
Wrathare	Rabbit	Wrathare's carrot	Ashweed + Duskcrawler + Gravewood Log	Luck+

Escha - Ru'Aun

Notorious Monster	Family	"Grisly Trinket" Key Item	Dremi's Required Items	Vorseal Unlocked
Tier I NMs
Bia	Caturae	Bia's glove	Steel IngotG x2 or Ebony Lumber x2 or Karakul Cloth x2 or Catoblepas Leather x2 or Platinum Ingot x2 or Cermet ChunkG x2 or Turtle BanglesG or Pamama Tart or Bhefhel MarlinG	Accuracy/Evasion
Emputa	Imp	Emputa's wing		Defense
Khon	Caturae	Khon's scepter		Magic Accuracy/Magic Evasion
Khun	Caturae	Khun's crown		Magic Attack
Ma	Caturae	Ma's lance		Attack/Ranged Attack
Met	Caturae	Met's ring		Magic Defense
Asida	Flan	Asida's gel		Magic Accuracy/Magic Evasion
Peirithoos	Monoceros	Peirithoos's hoof		Attack/Ranged Attack
Ruea	Caturae	Ruea's stone		Defense
Sava Savanovic	Vampyr	Sava Savanovic's cape		Magic Attack
Tenodera	Mantid	Tenodera's scythe		Magic Defense
Wasserspeier	Gargouille	Wasserspeier's horn		Accuracy/Evasion
Tier II NMs
Amymone	Hydra	Amymone's tooth	Mhuufya's Beak x5	DEX/AGI
Hanbi	Gallu	Hanbi's nail	Azrael's Eye x5	STR/VIT
Kammavaca	Grimoire	Kammavaca's binding	Vedrfolnir's Wing x5	INT/MND/CHR
Naphula	Dvergr	Naphula's bracelet	Tuft of Camahueto's Fur x5	STR/VIT
Palila	Waktza	Palila's talon	Vidmapire's Claw x5	DEX/AGI
Yilan	Zilant	Yilan's scale	Centurio's Armor x5	INT/MND/CHR
Tier III NMs
Duke Vepar	Gnat	Duke Vepar's signet	Yggdreant RootM	Killer Effects
Pakecet	Pteraketos	Pakecet's blubber	Waktza CrestM	Occasionally Ignore Damage
Vir'ava	Belladonna	Vir'ava's stalk	Cehuetzi PeltM	Damage Taken
Ark Angel NMs
Ark Angel EV	Elvaan	Ark Angel EV's sash
Ark Angel GK	Galka	Ark Angel GK's bangle
Ark Angel HM	Hume	Ark Angel HM's coat
Ark Angel MR	Mithra	Ark Angel MR's buckle
Ark Angel TT	Tarutaru	Ark Angel TT's necklace
Heavenly Beast NMs
Byakko	Tiger	Byakko's Pride	Byakko Scrap x3	DEX/AGI
Genbu	Adamantoise	Genbu's Honor	Genbu Scrap x3	STR/VIT
Kirin	Manticore	Kirin's Fervor	Byakko Scrap x5 + Genbu Scrap x5 + Seiryu Scrap x5 + Suzaku Scrap x5	Rare Enemy+
Seiryu	Wyvern	Seiryu's Nobility	Seiryu Scrap x3	INT/MND/CHR
Suzaku	Greater Bird	Suzaku's Benefaction	Suzaku Scrap x3	Luck+
Nazar NM
Warder of Courage	Aern	Primal nazar	Primary + Secondary + Tertiary + Quaternary + Quinary + Senary + Septenary + Octonary + Nonary + Denary nazar

^{As denoted above, certain items may be purchased from various vendor NPCs, Guild NPCs, or Curio Moogles for gil, or with sparks of eminence from an A.M.A.N. NPC, or with Mweya Plasm from the appropriate NPC.}

Rewards

See also: Escha Rewards

The primary sets of Eschan armor and weapons can be diversified and upgraded in stages through a set augmentation system by utilizing Eschalixirs, obtained from various monsters throughout Escha zones.

Currencies

• Escha Silt is acquired by earning Experience (or Limit) Points in Escha zones.
  • The rate that silt is gained is roughly 1% of the experience points earned.
  • Silt is used to purchase key items from NPCs, traverse the various Eschan Portals, and obtain vorseals.
  • The current maximum amount of silt you can hold at one time is 1,000,000 (one million), by using the Eschan urn and Eschan cellar to increase the cap from 100,000.
• Escha Beads are acquired by defeating Notorious Monsters in Escha zones.
  • Currently the beads are only used to obtain Eschalixirs used for augmenting equipment gained in Escha zones.
  • The current limit a player may hold is 5000 beads (25000 with the purchase of the Eschan urn).

Vorseals

Vorseals are permanent albeit limited use unique buffs. The effects granted differ by vorseal, but they can be combined to offer multiple boons at once.
The current maximum and effects of each vorseal per tier purchased are as follows:

		Tier Level and Base Value
Vorseal		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
HP/MP+		20	40	60	80	100	120	140	160
Acc/R.Acc/Eva+		2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16
Def+		1%	2%	3%	4%	5%	6%	7%	8%
Atk/R.Atk+		1%	2%	3%	4%	5%	6%	7%	8%
M.Acc/M.Eva+		2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16
M.Def+		2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16
M.Atk+		2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16
DEX/AGI+		3	6	9	12	15	18	21	-
STR/VIT+		3	6	9	12	15	18	21	-
INT/MND/CHR+		3	6	9	12	15	18	21	-
Occ. Nullifies Damage		1%	2%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Killer Effects+		1%	2%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Damage Taken-		1%	2%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spoils+		5%	10%	15%	20%	25%	30%	35%	40%
Rare Enemy+		1/94	1/88	1/82	1/76	1/70	-	-	-
Luck+	Eschan Portal Cost-	5%	10%	15%	20%	25%	-	-	-
	Escha Beads+	1	2	3	4	5	-	-	-
Regen+		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Refresh+		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8

Obtaining Vorseals

Speak to Affi or Dremi to exchange escha silt for a vorseal. Upon entering an Escha area the vorseal(s)'s effect(s) will automatically be applied, and will last for one hour (Earth time).

• The escha silt will only be consumed upon purchasing the vorseal, not when the effect is activated upon re/entering Escha zones.
• After one hour has passed or the effect has been manually deactivated, changing areas will reset the timer and reapply the effect.

New vorseals may be unlocked by a multitude of objectives, such as: progressing through various missions and quests, or defeating a number of Eschan monsters, or defeating notorious monsters that dwell in Escha zones.

Eschan Vorseals

These vorseals are unlocked by certain objectives through either Eschan zone.
Defeating the Notorious Monsters in Eschan zones unlocks a specific vorseal to that monster, as detailed above.

Requirement	Unlock
Vanquishing 100 monsters in any Eschan zone.	HP/MP
Vanquishing 500 monsters in any Eschan zone.	HP/MP
Vanquishing 10 Notorious Monsters in any Eschan zone.	Spoils+
Vanquishing 20 Notorious Monsters in any Eschan zone.	Spoils+

Additional Vorseals

Certain vorseals are able to be unlocked through a variety of methods outside of the Escha region. Listed below are all the currently known vorseals available this way.

Requirement	Unlock
Completion of the Limit Break quest: Beyond Infinity	Magic Defense
Completion of Bastok Missions	Defense
Completion of San d'Oria Missions	Accuracy/Evasion
Completion of Windurst Missions	Attack/Ranged Attack
Completion of Rise of the Zilart Missions
Completion of Chains of Promathia Missions
Completion of Treasures of Aht Urhgan Missions
Completion of Wings of the Goddess Missions	Rare Enemy+
Completion of the Shadowreign Bastok quest: Bonds of Mythril	Defense
Completion of the Shadowreign San d'Oria quest: Face of the Future	Accuracy/Evasion
Completion of the Shadowreign Windurst quest: At Journey's End	Attack/Ranged Attack
Completion of A Crystalline Prophecy Missions	Magic Accuracy/Magic Evasion
Completion of A Moogle Kupo d'Etat Missions	Magic Defense
Completion of A Shantotto Ascension Missions	Magic Attack
Completion of Seekers of Adoulin Missions	Rare Enemy+
Completion of the Rhapsodies of Vana'diel Mission: Ring My Bell	Luck+
Completion of the Rhapsodies of Vana'diel Mission: Uncertain Futures	Luck+
Completion of an Expeditionary Force operation	Magic Accuracy/Magic Evasion
Completion of the Records of Eminence quest: Grudge	Magic Attack
Completion of the Mog Garden quest: Hypnotic Hospitality	Defense
Completion of all Abyssea - Altepa quests	DEX/AGI
Completion of all Abyssea - Grauberg quests	INT/MND/CHR
Completion of all Abyssea - Uleguerand quests	STR/VIT
Completion of any A Discerning Eye quests, in any combination, five or more times (Bastok/San d'Oria/Windurst/Kazham)	Accuracy/Evasion
Completion of any one of: A Generous General?, A Moral Manifest?, An Affable Adamantking?, or An Understanding Overlord?	Defense
Attain Notorious Monster status in Monstrosity.	Magic Accuracy/Magic Evasion
Attain the title "Toxin Tussler" from I'm on a Boat	Luck+

Equipment

Each notorious monster in Escha zones have two or more equipment drops.

• Tier I NMs Available Drops: upgradable armor pieces and accessories
• Tier II NMs Available Drops: upgradable weapons and accessories
• Tier III NMs Available Drops: various non-upgradeable weapons and armor

Tier I and II armor and weapons are upgraded through mezzotinting and applying Eschalixirs. Tier III armor and weapons cannot be upgraded but offer unique visual effects, formerly relegated to Pulse Panoplia only.

See Escha Rewards for complete information on obtaining equipment.

Eschalixirs

There are three varieties of Eschalixirs, which have increasingly potent effects on upgrading armor via Mezzotinting towards a higher rank in the armor augmentation process: Eschalixir, Eschalixir +1, and Eschalixir +2.

Upgradable armor and weapons can be "mezzotinted" with Eschalixirs by Nolan in Norg at (I-7). A preliminary mezzotinting process is performed after one of four different enhancement paths is selected. Mezzotinting does not require any eschalixira, but it does cost silt to perform.

Eschalixirs can be obtained as direct drops from both regular monsters, lottery notorious NMs, and forced spawned NMs.

Eschalixirs can also be purchased for Escha Beads from Nolan in Norg at (I-7):

• Eschalixir: 10 Escha Beads
• Eschalixir +1: 50 Escha Beads
• Eschalixir +2: 2,000 Escha Beads