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The Final Seal  

Realm:Windurst
Start Area: Ru'Lude Gardens
Start NPC:Windurst Mission NPC
Type:Mission
Max Party:6
Related Areas:Fei'Yin
Related Mobs:Ancient Sorcerer
Ancient Warrior
Archlich Taber'quoan
Mission:5 - 1
Min Level:1
Max Level:99
Reward:Rank 5-2
Rating
*****
(Average from 49 ratings)
Title Obtained:Archmage Assassin
This Mission is Not Skippable
Previous Mission: Magicite (Windurst)
Next Mission: Full Moon Fountain
Last Updated: Tue Feb 15 07:29:47 2011

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Mission Orders

On the Star Sibyl's command, you are to head north to the ruins of Fei'Yin, somewhere on the Beaucedine Glacier. There, you are to confirm whether the final seal is doing its job.

Walkthrough

Speak to a gate guard to begin this mission. You are needed at Heavens Tower. Head upstairs to the Star Sibyl's Chambers for a cutscene. You will receive the key item: New Fei'Yin Seal. If you cannot receive the seal, make sure your rank points are full and try zoning out of the tower then go back to the chamber again. This quest cannot be completed without the seal!

When ready, head to Fei'Yin either by going through Ranguemont Pass, or by getting a Teleport-Vazhl if everyone in your party has the crystal. It is recommended you have a map or a printed map as Beaucedine Glacier can be a very confusing maze to navigate.

When you zone into Fei'Yin, you will get a cutscene. After the cutscene, head to (K-8), where you will find two dolls and a Cermet Gate on the east wall. Head to the gate to find Qu'bia Arena. Some mobs aggro to magic and many others aggro to sound, so it's recommended every party member bring their own Sneak Oil.

You have 15 minutes to defeat Archlich Taber'quoan and his minions, the Ancient Sorcerers and Ancient Warriors. Everyone must be on this mission or higher or they will not be able to enter the battlefield. Once you defeat the Archlich, the battle will end and you will receive a cutscene and a key item: Burnt Seal.

Return to the Star Sibyl to finish this mission.

Update Notes

As of February 14th, 2011, there is no longer a level cap restriction on the mission battlefield.

Battle Notes

Buffs cast outside the battle will wear off upon entering, so do it inside. The Ancient Warriors keep spawning, so focus on the Archlich. You only need to defeat him to win. The minions are easily slept.


To read the transcripts for this quest, see The Final Seal Spoilers page.


Mission Series

This mission is part of the Windurst rank series. The complete mission series includes:

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the battle plan?
# Mar 29 2005 at 8:35 AM Rating: Decent
this is alot like BCNM40 the worms turn, in my opinion this fight can get messy easily if u don't consider the other skele's. haven't tried this but maybe the blm (or a brd shud be just as good) shud keep the other skele's asleep? if u have something like 8 skele's plus the boss all hitting u casting spells ie a pld using cure spells or nin with ustuemi is kinda hard with all the interupts. oh and another thing, tank shud go in 1st, so that they get hate at the start, and buffing ect before u enter works too since the buffs rn't removed when u enter.
6 Minute Fight
# Mar 27 2005 at 1:42 PM Rating: Good
WHM/PLD
WHM/SMN
MNK/WAR
DRK/THF
PLD/WAR
BLM/WHM

Took a long long time . . lots and lots of skeletons. . i mean . . lots. . looked like a mosh pit.

Why did we win . . in my opinion it was MNK 2 hour, and having 2 Galka WHMs (me inlcuded) i went as WHM/PLD should have went as the typical WHM/WAR but i decided no. i was told it will be short fight so i sub PLd to give Holy circle. Bad idea.

Wish i had defender. But galka HP overcame da obstacles n we won ^^ no deaths. If this goes wrong though WHM will probably die fast unless he got good DEF gear n HP.
Easy fight
# Mar 23 2005 at 9:50 AM Rating: Decent
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Completed this last night on Ifrit with the following setup:

PLD/WAR
MNK/WAR
BLM/WHM
BLM/WHM
BRD/WHM
WHM/BLM (me)

Our strategy was as follows: BRD plays March and Minuet, PLD enters first, pulls hate from the skeletons in the room and provokes the Archlich. The MNK followed and also engaged the Archlich. BRD plays Ballad for mages while the BLMs nuke the Archlich and I cure the tank. As skeletons started to stray a bit and aggro the mages, the BRD sang Horde Lullaby. It took us almost four minutes, which is kind of long compared to the record, but no one used their 2-hour ability (including the MNK). This was a very easy fight, and I had plenty of time to cast Haste on both melees and the usual enfeebles on the mob. The only person that dropped below yellow and was in any danger was the BRD after a lullaby that failed on several mobs.
Finally done!
# Mar 22 2005 at 2:15 AM Rating: Decent
Just did this on Ramuh with some LS members. Rdm/blm(me), WHM/BLM (Stabbicus), PLD/WARR (Goddesofstorms), DRG/SAM (Jennisen), NIN/WARR(Foxx), RNG/NIN (Shadowgaurd)

Started a lil Chaotic when everyone left the nin alone on mob, but as soon as the focus went all on main mob.. things went well,, Did get hairy .. RDM Convert once. Whm actually 2hourd and i was able to keep him alive with 3 cure 3's and 2 cure 4's. THen the agg all came to me .. Luckily by the time blink stoneskin and most my health were gone the mob was dead ><

.. Lots of fun ..

Props to Shadowgaurd for the fun LS trip
Will i die?
# Mar 19 2005 at 12:13 PM Rating: Default
23 posts
To tell you the truth im kind of afraid to go do this mission, alot of your story include a whm dying, is this mission even worth it? Are any missions even worth it?
RE: Will i die?
# Mar 25 2005 at 2:47 AM Rating: Good
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is it worth it? well...if you want to find out more and more of the plot? yes
if you want signet to last longer? yes
if you want to be able to spend those conquest points? yes

if none of these things matter to you, then no, one death is most assuredly not worth it if levels are all you're playing for.

just my 2 gil

Long fights
# Mar 16 2005 at 6:55 AM Rating: Decent
Did this last night 2 times:
PLD, DRK, WHM, RDM, BRD, me
and
PLD, BLM, WHM, RDM, BRD, me

I thought that the fight will be hard without a MNK but it wasn't both times.
The BRD slept the spawns and the BLM used ~ga spells to kill them while the Tank/DD's hammered the guy with the help of our WHM in the other corner of the room.
Long fights (so what?) but no one turned into yellow once.

P.S. The main guy is perfect for War/Nin tanking as it hits too slow. I ended up tanking both times, I dont know why but the main skeleton sticked on me the whole fight
(I didnt provoked at all) even after the palladin used his 2hr.
P.S.2 The story gets better and better..
New Record!!!
# Mar 15 2005 at 11:51 PM Rating: Decent
I must say that this fight was just fun....well the 2nd time i fought it, the first time we went in with out a real strategy and got owned. The 2nd time we went in, we kicked major bones. I voked to let the THF setup SATA, the WAR/NIN tanked, and the rest of us just hacked away while the RDM slept the other skele's.

PT setup=
DRG/WAR- Me
WAR/NIN
WHM
THF
RDM
MNK

Results= A new seraph record @ 3:08!!!

Thanks again to the people who did this with me.
Really easy
# Mar 12 2005 at 4:33 PM Rating: Decent
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This was cake. The Fairy best time was 3:11, we got 3:51. We took our time buffing and everything at the beginning.

We had 47blm(me), 47whm, mnk, rdm, nin/war, pld and we owned him. Didn't have to worry at all about the skels. They attacked the nin and mnk the whole time; wasn't a problem. The nin got HP into yellow a few times, but the whm was on top of it. I nuked the hell out of him and he went down quick. I got a little scared when all the skels rushed me after he died.... but I knew they didn't matter ^_^ You don't HAVE to be lvl 50 for this, just have competent people and you'll be fine.
Really wasy
# Mar 12 2005 at 4:33 PM Rating: Decent
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99 posts
**** again....

Edited, Sat Mar 12 16:34:49 2005
Really wasy
# Mar 12 2005 at 4:32 PM Rating: Decent
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99 posts
****...

Edited, Sat Mar 12 16:33:16 2005
it wont give me quest
# Mar 11 2005 at 2:08 PM Rating: Decent
im having the same problem as the 61 rng ive max out my mission bar but it tells me that I need to improve skill and equip does anyone know why?
RE: it wont give me quest
# Mar 23 2005 at 3:24 PM Rating: Decent
No you do not have to have you points maxed i got this mission as a lvl 45mnk which was my highest at the time you have to go talk to halver first and you will get a cs then go back to the gate gaurd and he should tell you that halver is looking for you. it is not nessesary to donate any crystals for this mission
RE: it wont give me quest
# Mar 14 2005 at 5:50 PM Rating: Decent
ok u have to have the rank bar to full then talk to the gate guard to get this quest. then talk to halver to get the seal
RE: it wont give me quest
# Mar 13 2005 at 7:11 AM Rating: Decent


Edited, Sat Apr 16 11:58:40 2005
hard?
# Mar 11 2005 at 12:58 PM Rating: Decent
considering a taru RDM soloed this, how hard could it possibly be with a full group? (the video of it is on killinifrit.com)
[please] [Help me out!]
# Mar 10 2005 at 9:01 PM Rating: Decent
i m a lv 61 RNG, with maxed rank 5 bar and fame is "you are famous in san d" (or something like that)

i went to palace, i got a cut sence (probably not "fit for princess" cut sence), then i talked to Halver ...... and now , strange thing comes up !!!!!!! ~~~~~~~ >.<"

he said "We shall begin immediate discussion on a policy for action. Chik, you must work on improving your skills and equipment."

OMG ... i cant get the mission ... [please] [Help me out!], [reward] [/dance] !!!! T_T



p.s. btw, do i start the mission at jeuno ? coz they dont give me as well .... talked there too >.<" (cant access into jeuno palace ...)

Edited, Thu Mar 10 21:08:02 2005
RE: [please] [Help me out!]
# Mar 23 2005 at 3:27 PM Rating: Decent
after he tells you he will discuss battle plans you go back to the gate gaurd. i waited a while before doing this cause i had quests to do but you may not have to wait at all.
PWNAGE
# Mar 08 2005 at 2:19 AM Rating: Decent
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My group destroyrd this thing.^^ It is so easy. PLD MNK BLM SAM WHM RDM Only 12 seconds away from the Garuda record ><
Did it last night
# Mar 04 2005 at 2:17 PM Rating: Decent
Did this mission last night, pt started out as blm, pld, rng, mnk, drk, and could not find a whm so took a brd. We did not actually plan on living though this with the set up, but we went in and focused on the main boss. Ended up with the record time 4min 19sec. and no deaths.
another strategy
# Mar 01 2005 at 10:52 AM Rating: Decent
I’ve beaten this thing w/ probably the weirdest pt set up ever but by no means do I want to say it’s easy.

Our set up was: Whm/blm, Nin/war, Thf/rng (me), Rng/nin, Rdm/whm, Sam/war

It was a quick pick up pt in Jeuno. We all hussled to Fei’Yen, went into the BCNM with little strategy and were promptly slaughtered.

After getting raised we spent the 5min of down time planning and came up w/ a really simple strategy.

After entering the BCNM I (thf/rng) used a silent oil, SATA, Hide and walked right up to the main NM and hit him. His two friends aggro’d me and I then procceded to kite them around the room while everyone else took on the main NM. Everytime he spawned a few more skeletons they immediately came to me and not the main pt. Between Perfect Dodge, Flee, a Perisuk Au Lait, and a few random cures from the mages we beat it in 11min. I didn’t even need to use my X-potion that I brought.

Hopefully this strategy can help anyone else out there trying to beat this thing. ^^

Good luck.
>.<
# Feb 28 2005 at 8:43 PM Rating: Decent
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So we took the absolute worst setup that could possibly win this today: rdm/blm x 2, whm/smn x 2, pld/war x 2. Of course one whm Banishga II'd and pulled hate, died. Both RDM convert, other whm bene's (our fault, no convert macros), dies. afterwards 1 rdm focued on taking out the adds while other rdm healed two plds. We did win, 9min, 38 seconds.
mission 12
# Feb 28 2005 at 6:02 PM Rating: Decent
well someone was asking about this mission 12 return of the shadow lord here is a link to this mission in all counties http://ffxi.crgaming.com/data/missions/
Difficulties
# Feb 26 2005 at 11:00 PM Rating: Decent
okay so I just did this mission as my 44 whm/21 smn with a party of 61+ it would have been easier but my monk Disconnected in the middle of the fight and came back right in time. I had to use my 2 hr benediction and use 2 hi-ethers. Very close call tho. Our lvl 70 brd had marys horn luckily and slept all of the other skeletons. However I still would not recommend this to ppl with lvls under 50. I wish they had something in here for mission 5-2 though. We're doing that one tomorrow and I can't find anything on it.
RE: Difficulties
# Mar 23 2005 at 3:30 PM Rating: Decent
this mission is caped at lvl 50 so i doubt your brd did much at all as a lvl 70
Cake- NO Mnk BTW LOL
# Feb 26 2005 at 5:27 PM Rating: Decent
My friend Akera and I did this in 9 min. and about 30 secs.
PT Setup was: PLD/WAR(Akera), THF/NIN (Me), 2x RDM/WHM's, and a BLM/WHM.

We WOULD have had a DRK/THF too but he forgot to do something and couldn't enter the fight. So we were thinking "Great, we're missing a good bit of Dmg w/o the DRK" but was too late a that point. Anyway the plan of attack was the PLD and I concentrate on the Lich while the RDMs and BLM heal/enfeeble/nuke as needed. Neither the RDMs nor the BLM used Sleep to my knowledge though I was more concerned with slaughtering the Lich. Being there was no one for me to use SATA onto I was content with SAing when ever possible. As for WS's the PLD and I decided to use our AoE's to 1) Dmg the Lich with the Impaction Skillchain of Circle Blade > Cyclone. and 2)keep the hate on the 2 of us as much as possible. Was an interesting fight to say the least. Keeping Utsusemi up was a bit of a challenge but the Rdms where on the ball with the Refreshes, Hastes, and Cures all the while the Blm was nuking like a mad man. There was at least 1 time when we all in the yellow but never at the same time. Was Lots of fun.

-Kotetsukoneko of Seraph

Edited, Sat Feb 26 17:29:07 2005
Wrong..
# Feb 24 2005 at 7:20 PM Rating: Decent
"On the other hand, you only need SNEAK to run by EVERYTHING in this tower."

Golems agro to sight, please fix the guide.
What about 5-2?
# Feb 24 2005 at 5:35 AM Rating: Decent
OK! Why have they not listed mission 5-2?
I've been wondering why they took it off if it was ever listed on this website but anyways.....Mission 5-1 was cake. no biggie hea !!!
Not so bad
# Feb 20 2005 at 1:10 AM Rating: Excellent
This is not that bad of a Mission, I remember back when I did it we had BST/NIN/WHM/PLD/MNK/(DRK?).

The point is, that the guide does not make, is that the two itital minions are stronger than the other ones.

What we did for this was easy, BST and NIN took on all the minions, Courrier Carrie on one while the BST and NIN killed the other, then they moved over. Once the initial 2 were dead, Carrie was thrown at the Lich, then the BST and NIN just took out the weaker minions as they came in the room.

Not that hard of a fight at all.
Not Bad At All
# Feb 23 2005 at 2:50 PM Rating: Decent
did this mission last night..only bad thing was that we were kind of lost findn the BC. My party was.. rdm(me), pld, whm, rdm, mnk and war. Enter BC and buff everyone, mages stoneskin, blink etc. The mnk rushed in at the main one with the pld while the rest of us fought some of the other minions. We kept mnk stat free also with haste on, mnk used 100 Fists. Battle took no longer than 3 mins, once the main one is dead the rest leave. So its true to get a mnk in ur pt.. 2 would prob be best for 100 Fists to concentrate on the main one.

http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/profile.xml?61012

Edited, Thu Feb 24 11:39:24 2005
Most F*&^ed Up Party
# Feb 17 2005 at 1:45 AM Rating: Decent
Was fishing in Knights well minding my own business and get pm if I want to do 5-1
What the Hay im just fishing
party was
BRD/WHM
WHM/BLM (45)
DRG/WHM
PLD/WAR
DRK/WAR (Me)
RNG/NIN

really need to ask party makeup b/f saying yes next time...

I don't know how we lived b/c we were all orange and red... and out of the corner of my eye I could see 6 minions chaseing the BRD around then he died... but it was funny as heck to watch.
Video
# Feb 11 2005 at 3:16 AM Rating: Excellent
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Easy as Pie ...

http://www.combatjacks.com/5-1_lowres.wmv

I'm using my old graphics card while making this movie and fighting the battle at same time, so I have severe lag ... please forgive ... though I did get the final blow with my SATA+VB. Woot.

Edited, Fri Feb 11 03:18:26 2005
RE: Video
# Feb 25 2005 at 7:14 PM Rating: Decent
What's the name of the song you used for your video?

Also in Sylph, just did this mission with a full lvl50 pt a week ago, it took us little more than 3 minutes, and we didnt get hit much.

I guess i got lucky with the pt members I went in

Edited, Fri Feb 25 19:20:27 2005
RE: Video
# Feb 12 2005 at 10:04 PM Rating: Decent
I'm just asking, but where you all level 50 at the time, or is it ok to be level 45 at the bare minimum for this quest?

Great video BTW, IM ON SYLPH TOO ROCK ON!~

RE: Video
# Feb 17 2005 at 7:40 PM Rating: Good
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I think maybe one person was 48 or 49 ... the rest were either 50 or 50+ downleveled for the fight. You could do as 45, but only if everybody else was higher and you weren't playing a very vital role in the party, I would think.

Edited, Thu Feb 17 19:43:27 2005
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