Category:Sortie

Sortie, introduced in the August 2022 update[1], is exploratory battle content in which players progress through an alternative area of Outer Ra'Kaznar (U). Materials you acquire in Sortie instances can be used to acquire Reforged Empyrean Armor +2. Rewards include Ra'Kaznar Sapphires, Gallimaufry, Old Cases and Old Case +1 containing JSE Earrings. Entering sortie instances will unlock all 5 pieces of Reforged Empyrean Armor +2 armor for reforging for that job.

Sortie Overview

Eligibility

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• Have completed the Seekers of Adoulin mission The Light Within.
• Be in possession of the Scintillating Rhapsody from completing The Orb's Radiance.

Entering Sortie

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• Parties must consist of between 1 and 6 players.
  • Trusts may be called within Sortie.
  • The number of Trusts you may summon is based on the number of open party slots at the time of entry. Separating into multiple parties once inside the instance will not allow additional Trusts to be called.
• Sortie has a time limit of 1 hour. This cannot be increased.
  • All party members will be ejected from the instance when time expires, or if 3 minutes elapse with all party members knocked out.
  • Using an Obsidian Wing will allow you to leave the instance before time expires.

• Each player must to be in possession of a Shiny Ra'Kaznarian plate to enter.

• This is initially acquired by talking to Ruspix in Leafallia.
• Upon entering Sortie, the Shiny Ra'Kaznarian plate will fade into a Dull Ra'Kaznarian plate , this begins the 20 hour recharge.
• The Shiny Ra'Kaznarian plate will regenerate twenty hours after entering Sortie. You will need to approach or be near the Diaphanous Transposer at Bivouac #4 in Kamihr Drifts once the Dull Ra'Kaznarian plate is fully charged. There is no need to talk to Ruspix for this to occur.

• After completing your first foray into Sortie, you will receive a Ruspix's plate upon talking to Ruspix.
• Ruspix's plate will charge at a rate of 20% for every second beyond the time it takes to recharge a Shiny Ra'Kaznarian plate.

• This means the timer to charge a Ruspix's plate only begins after the Shiny Ra'Kaznarian plate is fully recharged by approaching or being at the Diaphanous Transposer at Bivouac #4 in Kamihr Drifts(20 hours).

• As an example, if you enter after 30 hours since your last run the plate will save up 2 hours of time (20% of 10 hours above the minimum entry time). Upon reaching 20 hours total (100 hours) saved up, you will be able to exchange it for a Shiny Ra'Kaznarian plate.

• The timer is shown in seconds and can only store a maximum of 20 hours time (72,000 seconds).

• You must use your existing Shiny Ra'Kaznarian plate before the exchange as you may not hold two.

• Note: If you exchange Ruspix's plate while the Dull Ra'Kaznarian plate is not fully charged it will reset the timer on the Dull Ra'Kaznarian plate then add the time you had remaining on the Dull Ra'Kaznarian plate minus 20% back to Ruspix's plate, this means 2 key items at same rate in a very convoluted way.

• Examine the Diaphanous Transposer in Kamihr Drifts at Bivouac #4 to queue for entry. Your party will be then teleported to Outer Ra'Kaznar (U).
  • All held Shiny Ra'Kaznarian plate will turn into Dull Ra'Kaznarian plate upon entry.
• Once inside, each player will be given an Obsidian Wing in their inventory, this is used to exit the instanced area before time expires.

Objectives

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Sortie Aggro
Enemy	Detects
Acuex
Leech
Hecteyes
Elemental
Umbril
Ghost
Skeleton
Corse
Fomor	( )

• Battle the various foes and Notorious Monsters amongst the multiple gated areas of the instance.
• Complete various hidden objectives to drop chests containing items to progress further into the other locked off sectors.
• All enemies and NMs drop Gallimaufry.
  • Monsters increase in level and reward larger quantities of Gallimaufry as you progress through the sectors.
  • Killing specific NMs can reward all players with a Ra'Kaznar Sapphire, Old Case or Old Case +1.
• Monsters take full AoE damage.
  • Geomancy has normal effects on mobs but possibly nerfed on NM's.
    • Mobs have normal resistances for their family.
      • Example: Acuex have - 75% to Blunt - 12.5% to piercing and slashing while Leech have - 25% to Blunt and slashing but take normal damage from piercing.
• All foes in Sortie are aggressive.

Progression

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Upon first entry, you will have access to Sector A only. Within Sortie, meeting certain Hidden Objectives rewards Temporary Items which allow access to additional parts of the map.

• Keys: Ra'Kaznar Key A, Ra'Kaznar Key B, Ra'Kaznar Key C, and Ra'Kaznar Key D.
  • Used to open their respective Locked Gates and progress deeper into the area.
    • These items are permanent traversal tools which are not lost when opening gates or leaving Sortie despite being listed as Temporary Items.

• Plates: Ra'Kaznar Plate A, Ra'Kaznar Plate B, Ra'Kaznar Plate C and Ra'Kaznar Plate D.
  • Used to interact with the Diaphanous Devices found near the central elevator shaft. These devices enable teleportation around the map and rematerialization of previously-defeated enemies.
    • These items are permanent traversal tools which are not lost when using Diaphanous Devices or leaving Sortie despite being listed as Temporary Items.

• Shards: Ra'Kaznar Shard A, Ra'Kaznar Shard B, Ra'Kaznar Shard C and Ra'Kaznar Shard D.
  • Used to teleport to NM arenas via the Diaphanous Gadgets found in the corners of the map.
    • These items are lost upon successfully defeating the NM within.

• Metals: Ra'Kaznar Metal A, Ra'Kaznar Metal B, Ra'Kaznar Metal C and Ra'Kaznar Metal D.
  • Used to weaken the NMs found beyond their respective Diaphanous Gadgets.
    • These items are lost upon successfully defeating the NM within.

Hidden Objectives

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• Completing certain objectives within Sortie will cause a treasure chest to appear, along with a message in all players' chat logs informing the group of the current objective progress.
  • Each chest contains some Gallimaufry, as well as the following:
    • Brown: Guaranteed to contain temporary items which aid in traversal or provide NM arena access for all players who do not already posses the reward.
    • Blue: Has a chance to contain a Ra'Kaznar Sapphire.
    • Red: Has a chance to contain a Ra'Kaznar Sapphire, an Old Case/Old Case +1, or both.
  • Players do not need to be in EXP range of chests in order to receive rewards.
  • Chests always grant the same reward to all players in the party.
  • Chests do not disappear if left unopened.
  • Like in Omen, Summoner Magical Blood pacts do not Qualify for any magic related objectives in zone A, or any Weapon Skill related objectives, since bloodpacts are Job Ability. Still need to test to see if they work in area B

Sector A Objectives
Chest	Objective	Reward
Chest #A1	Open any #A gate.	100 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Key A G
Chest #A2	Cast magic next to Diaphanous Device #A.	100 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Plate A G
Chest #A3	Defeat 1~3 Abject foes without using Weapon Skills but killing blow with Magic. No known required ?k~?k dmg at this time.	100 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Shard A G
Chest #A4	Defeat 3 more Abject foes without using Weapon Skills but killing blow with Magic. No known required ?k~?k dmg at this time.	100 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Metal A G
Casket #A1	Vanquish 5 Abject foes.	100 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Sapphire R Old Case R
Casket #A2	/heal in the room just north of Gate #A1. (Can take several tries and try different spots in the room until the obj. is complete)	100 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Sapphire R Old Case R
Coffer #A	Vanquish Abject Obdella.	500 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Sapphire U Old Case R Old Case +1 VR

Sector B Objectives
Chest	Objective	Reward
Chest #B1	Open Gates #B1 through #B6 in order.	100 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Key B G
Chest #B2	/hurray at Diaphanous Device #B.	100 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Plate B G
Chest #B3	Use Weapon Skills on 3~5 Biune foes.	100 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Shard B G
Chest #B4	Use Weapon Skills on 3~5 more Biune foes.	100 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Metal B G
Casket #B1	Needs Testing Perform 3 Elemental Weapon Skills that do 15-30k + on 3 Biune foes. Skillchains count, Hybrid/Physical do not.	100 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Sapphire R Old Case R
Casket #B2	Open any Locked Gate #B (J-8) (K-8) (M-8) on the map below.	100 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Sapphire R Old Case R
Coffer #B	Vanquish Biune Porxie after opening Casket #B1.	500 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Sapphire U Old Case R Old Case +1 VR

Sector C Objectives
Chest	Objective	Reward
Chest #C1	Open any Locked Gate #B, then open Gate #C1 without killing any enemies in Sector C.	100 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Key C G
Chest #C2	Pull a Cachaemic foe to Diaphanous Device #C and kill it there.	100 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Plate C G
Chest #C3	Magic Burst without killing on 3 Cachaemic foes.	100 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Shard C G
Chest #C4	Magic Burst without killing on 3 more Cachaemic foes.	100 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Metal C G
Casket #C1	Kill 3 monsters in under 30 seconds from pull to death.	100 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Sapphire R Old Case R
Casket #C2		100 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Sapphire R Old Case R
Coffer #C	Vanquish Cachaemic Bhoot within 2.5 minutes after opening a #C gate.	500 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Sapphire U Old Case R Old Case +1 VR

Sector D Objectives
Chest	Objective	Reward
Chest #D1	Open Gates #D1 & #D2, in either order, within two minutes of each other.	100 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Key D G
Chest #D2	Drop your Obsid. Wing at Diaphanous Device #D.	100 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Plate D G
Chest #D3	Perform a 4-step Skillchain on 3 Demisang foes.	100 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Shard D G
Chest #D4	Perform a 4-step Skillchain on 3 more Demisang foes.	100 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Metal D G
Casket #D1	Vanquish 6 Demisang foes of different jobs.	100 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Sapphire R Old Case R
Casket #D2		100 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Sapphire R Old Case R
Coffer #D	Vanquish Demisang Deleterious, then any 3 Demisang foes.	500 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Sapphire U Old Case R Old Case +1 VR

Other Objectives
Chest	Objective	Reward
Aurum Coffer	Vanquish Abject Obdella, Biune Porxie, Cachaemic Bhoot and Demisang Deleterious.	1000 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Sapphire U Old Case R Old Case +1 VR

Gallimaufry

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Gallimaufry is the primary currency of Sortie. It is earned within by vanquishing monsters, opening treasure chests, and defeating NMs. It may be spent with Ruspix to commission Reforged Empyrean Armor +2 as well as to purchase Ra'Kaznar Sapphires and Old Cases.

The maximum amount of Gallimaufry that can be held at once is 100,000.

Gallimaufry from normal monsters is earned per the following formula:

30 + (3 * (level - 119)) - (rematerialized? * 3 * (sector + 2))

Minor NMs reward 5x as much Gallimaufry as their level would suggest.

Gallimaufry Rewards
Sector	Level	Gallimaufry	Rematerialized
A	119	30	21
	120	33	24
	121	36	27
B	123	42	30
	124	45	33
	125	48	36
C	127	54	39
	128	57	42
	129	60	45
D	131	66	48
	132	69	51
	133	72	54

Treasure Chest Gallimaufry Rewards
Sector	Chest	Gallimaufry
Any	Chest	100
	Casket
	Coffer	500
	Aurum Coffer	1000

Minor NM Gallimaufry Rewards
Sector	NM	Gallimaufry
A	Abject Obdella	195
B	Biune Porxie	255
C	Cachaemic Bhoot	315
D	Demisang Deleterious	375

Major NM Gallimaufry Rewards
Sector	NM	Gallimaufry
A	Ghatjot	2000
B	Leshonn
C	Skomora
D	Degei

Notorious Monsters

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In each area of sortie there will be a minor and major NM.

• The minor NMs are tied to their specific area and drop treasure coffers if you proc them, for example Abject Obdella's proc is just kill it, the coffer can contain 500 to 1000 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Sapphire U Old Case R Old Case +1 VR
  • Reportedly can spawn in any part of their respective section, but have no additional conditions to spawn. They can roam around.. They can be seen on Widescan. Abject Obdella can be in section A or D.
• The major NMs can be reached by interacting with a Diaphanous Gadget while in possession of the corresponding Plate of that area (obtained from doing objectives). Use the Diaphanous Gadget to be teleported to their arena.
  • The major NMs have a proc systems but unclear how they work or what they do.
  • Once you aggro the boss the door leading to it will close and won't open unless the boss is killed. Make sure everyone is inside before you aggro and you're prepared to kill the NM.

Major NMs

Sector A: Ghatjot (Plovid)

• Any Water damage, including skillchains can cause any of his attacks to deal extreme, and fatal damage.

Sector B: Leshonn (Macuil)

• Gains aproximately 5% DT and 5% Damage up whenever he performs his 'absorb' animation. he appears to use this every 30-60 seconds.
• Skill chains, and more specifically magic bursts opposing his most recently applied element, have a chance to proc , which resets his Damage taken, and Damage up effects, and have a chance to disable his Oldest element.
  • For example - If he started with Wind, and brings out his thunder element, Bursting ice or Stone, has a chance to remove his wind element.
• When his hand contains Thunder, has access to Zap, which copies a random debuff from Leshonn to each player.
• When his hand contains Wind, has access to Chokehold, which steals a random buff from each player and grants it to Leshonn.
• It is unclear at this time on what effect the Metals have, they seem to block certain abilities and/or reduce the damage they inflict .
  • The Metals themselves appear to reduce the monsters ability strengths based on the number of monsters of each type killed in the zone .
  • The Ra'Kaznar Metals do not need to be used or consumed even though they are are marked as instead of being a KI item.

Sector C: Skomora (Defiant)

• Standard attacks apply Bio or Bind in AoE.
• Cruel Joke applies a 5-minute Curse effect, but not Doom.

Sector D: Degei (Perfidien)

Sortie NM Rewards
Enemy	Rewards
Ghatjot	2000 Gallimaufry G Ra'Kaznar Sapphire VC Old Case VC Old Case +1 R
Leshonn
Skomora
Degei

Rewards

See Sortie Rewards for specific item and equipment rewards.

Maps

@Chamina348's Map [2]

References

• FFXI Sortie Boss #B - Leshonn - In the description discusses how the NM didn't do certain abilities while holding shard/metal
• Aoe doing full damage
• Information regarding temp items - lists also what effect they have
• More leshonn info and drops
• Potential additional info on a hidden objective system/coffers
• Additional reference for hidden objective system/coffers
• More info on objectives/coffers
• Confirmation earring +2 is from case +1
• More detailed treasure coffers information