The Baldesion Arsenal was the first large-scale raid introduced in Final Fantasy XIV during the Stormblood expansion pack. To gain access to BA, as it’s normally referred to, one must venture into Eureka and progress through a separate story-line that had its own leveling system. Groups cannot use the Duty Finder to enter BA. What makes BA so terrifying is that not only do adventurers have to worry about monsters with high damage, but fallen comrades cannot be brought back to life except through special methods.
General Guidelines
- You must be Elemental Level 60 and have completed the required quests inside Hydatos to unlock BA.
- While waiting inside Hydatos, do not shout the locations of the Fairies, alert your group/party
- Do not be greedy with DPS; every monster inside BA hits like a tank.
- Healers are the only ones who can bring you back to life by sacrificing their life for yours; these actions are expensive to make so it is up to the healer to bring/use a Sacrifice plate.
- When a monster is pulled, wait a few seconds for tanks to establish threat; some pulls are done via Provoke and any damage done by someone other than the tank will meet a swift death.
- Leader Discretion – pathways leading to a boss may be used for light conversation and questions; however, during boss fights, all members are asked to mute communications.
- The Support Group will remain in Hydatos and wait for the main groups (inside BA) to resolve the six-elemental rooms leading to the Absolute Virtue boss; this will spawn a fate that must be killed to progress inside BA. Once killed, Support Group will portal into BA and join the rest of the group.
- There are traps in rooms and hallways that can only be unveiled by preceptors; do not get in front of them, or follow them into rooms – wait until they call for all clear to move ahead.
