Beating the Crystal Tower in Final Fantasy XIV 2.1

So after unlocking the Crystal Tower by doing the fate grinding etc, you can now enter the first instance.

This instance isnt actually the Crystal Tower but it is the Labrinth in which you need to complete in order to gain access to the foot of the Crystal Tower.

This is the first 24 man raid dungeon that SE have introduced into Final Fantasy 14 A Realm Reborn. You can pug it or make a group for it. Personally I think it is easier to just pug it as the dungeon is pretty straight forward as long as everyone listens!

Below are videos on all 4 of the main boses in the Crystal Tower. They are created by: Ken Serra

BOSS 1: BONE DRAGON



In this boss battle you need to split into 3 teams. 1 Team needs to DPS down the Bone Dragon 3 times whilst the other 2 teams beat the skeletons that spawn. If the skeletons manage to reach the bone dragon then they release a massive AoE spell which wipes the groups. Once you get a good rythem this should be simple.


BOSS 2: THANATOS



In this boss battle you encounter Thanatos. You need to protect the 3 pots from getting destroyed otherwise its a wipe. There will be mobs that spawn and you will need to concentrate on killing all of these, especially the ones which will destroy the pots. Then you can DPS the boss and repeat till hes dead.


BOSS 3:  KING BEHEMOTH



In this boss battle you will fight the king behemoth! He has lots of things going on in this fight. Firstly he needs to be tanked facing away from the centre so that DDs can attack him without getting hit. Secondly there are 4 towers, these all need to be standing for the duration of the fight otherwise its a wipe. There will be bombs which spawn and they need to be killed before they reach the towers. Thirdly there will occasionally be other adds which cause a lot of damage so need to be killed asap. Finally the main attack of the King Behemoth is his smash attack. There will be rocks which you need to hide behind when the behemoth stands up on his hind legs. If you dont then he sentances you to death! Once you beat him then there is only 1 boss left.


BOSS 4: ACHERON



This is a fairly straight forward fight. All you need to know is kill the claws which spawn and step on the circles with your group. The circles activate a force field that will negate his Flare attack that would otherwise wipe the alliance. There will be 3 circles so they will need 1 group on each.
After you have finished destroying Acheron you can sit back and watch a cutscene explaining the next steps.

Happy hunting!