Lunar New Year

Introduction

Lunar New Year is a global-exclusive event. There are two dungeons introduced in this event: Nian Beast Challenges and Great Nian Beast Attack. Nian Beast Challenges is an exploration dungeon that will refresh every day, allowing you to get a new, different rewards from the missions and chests. Great Nian Beast Attack is a challenge dungeon which will pit you against a Great Nian Beast.

Story

Every year, people in the town of Lunar hold a spring celebration to thank the god of spring with delicious food and festive dancing to be enjoyed by all.

However, the greedy nian beast and its friends are attracted to the fragrant smell of the food. They attack the town and attempt to grab all the food for themselves, ruining the celebration. It's time for Rain and his friends to defeat the monsters and save the town of Lunar before their spring is devastated.

Community Event

An additional community event is running throughout event period. See the Facebook page for more detail: Community Event: Defeat Nian Beast and get awesome rewards!

All players will get rewards depending on the total number of nian beasts and great nian beasts defeated by the community. Below are the rewards and designated milestone tiers:

Featured Rewards

Item	Effect	How to obtain
Beast Cestus (Fist)	ATK+51, SPR+10	Defeat the great nian beast (PRO) with a limit burst
Tamer's Whip (Whip)	ATK+65 Effect: Beast Killer	Defeat the great nian beast (ELT) with an esper
4-star Trust Moogle (Enhancer)	Increase trust mastery when fused (5%)	Defeat the great nian beast (ELT) with an item

The rest of rewards combined, including community event (can be viewed on desktop only):

Nian Beast Challenges!

Treasure Map

Note: The content of all treasure chest changes every day.

Treasure Chests
1	Hard Rock (5), Fury Seed (5), Wicked Drop (5), Brilliant Ray (5), Lucky Seedling (5), Bizarre Box (5), Star Quartz
2	Phoenix Down, Elixir, Star Quartz, Rare Summon Ticket (Bugged), Sacred Crystal (3), Holy Crystal (4), Mega Ether (2)
3	Divine Crystal (3), Fairies' Writ (3), Rainbow Bloom (3), Calamity Gem (3), Prismatic Horn (3), Calamity Writ (3), Hyper (3)
Collection Points
Lumber Copper Ore \| Iron Ore \| Silver Ore \| Mythril Ore --- Fire Cryst \| Fire Megacryst Ice Cryst \| Ice Megacryst Earth Cryst \| Earth Megacryst Water Cryst \| Water Megacryst Wind Cryst \| Wind Megacryst Lightning Cryst \| Lightning Megacryst Light Cryst \| Light Megacryst Dark Cryst \| Dark Megacryst

Day 1

Nian Beast Challenges! - INT (Day 1)

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
	5	15-17	978-987	11648-11708	105	-
Mission
Complete the quest						10
Defeat the nian beast with a limit burst						Star Quartz
No continues						Holy Crystal (3)
Clear without an ally being KO'd						Sacred Crystal (2)
Monster			Boss			Drop
Adamantoise (4) Coeurl (8) Poison Toad (6) Purusa (8) Wild Rat (6) Wolf (6) Metal Minituar Mini Gil Snapper			Nian Beast			Metal Minituar Mini Gil Snapper

Nian Beast Challenges! - ADV (Day 1)

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
	10	15-17	1016-1027	11648-11718	250	-
Mission
Complete the quest						20
No continues						Phoenix Down
No black magic						Mythril Saber
Evoke 3 or more espers						Hard Rock (5)
Monster			Boss			Drop
Adamantoise (4) Coeurl (8) Poison Toad (6) Purusa (8) Wild Rat (6) Wolf (6) Metal Cactuar Gil Snapper			Nian Beast			Metal Cactuar Gil Snapper

Nian Beast Challenges! - PRO (Day 1)

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
	15	15-17	1063-1077	11648-11728	365	-
Mission
Complete the quest						30
No limit bursts						Rainbow Bloom (5)
No items						Red Megacite (10)
No black magic						Metal Gigantuar (5)
Monster			Boss			Drop
Adamantoise (4) Coeurl (8) Poison Toad (6) Purusa (8) Wild Rat (6) Wolf (6) Metal Gigantuar King Gil Snapper			Nian Beast			Metal Gigantuar King Gil Snapper

Day 2

Nian Beast Challenges! - INT (Day 2)

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
	5	15-17	978-987	11648-11708	105	-
Mission
Complete the quest						10
Use Tent						Tent (5)
Use Hi-Potion						Mythril Sword
Evoke an esper						Sacred Crystal (2)
Monster			Boss			Drop
Adamantoise (4) Coeurl (8) Poison Toad (6) Purusa (8) Wild Rat (6) Wolf (6) Metal Minituar Mini Gil Snapper			Nian Beast			Metal Minituar Mini Gil Snapper

Nian Beast Challenges! - ADV (Day 2)

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
	10	15-17	1016-1027	11648-11718	250	-
Mission
Complete the quest						20
Use 5 or more limit bursts						Blue Megacite (10)
Defeat the nian beast with magic						Metal Gigantuar (5)
Clear without an ally being KO'd						Fury Seed (5)
Monster			Boss			Drop
Adamantoise (4) Coeurl (8) Poison Toad (6) Purusa (8) Wild Rat (6) Wolf (6) Metal Cactuar Gil Snapper			Nian Beast			Metal Cactuar Gil Snapper

Nian Beast Challenges! - PRO (Day 2)

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
	15	15-17	1063-1077	11648-11728	365	-
Mission
Complete the quest						30
No green magic						Rare Summon Ticket
Defeat the nian beast with an esper						Calamity Gem (5)
Party of 5 or less (Companion included)						Power Pot (2)
Monster			Boss			Drop
Adamantoise (4) Coeurl (8) Poison Toad (6) Purusa (8) Wild Rat (6) Wolf (6) Metal Gigantuar King Gil Snapper			Nian Beast			Metal Gigantuar King Gil Snapper

Day 3

Nian Beast Challenges! - INT (Day 3)

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
	5	15-17	978-987	11648-11708	105	-
Mission
Complete the quest						10
Use a limit burst						Holy Crystal (2)
Clear without an ally being KO'd						Mythril Shield
Use green magic						Elixir
Monster			Boss			Drop
Adamantoise (4) Coeurl (8) Poison Toad (6) Purusa (8) Wild Rat (6) Wolf (6) Metal Minituar Mini Gil Snapper			Nian Beast			Metal Minituar Mini Gil Snapper

Nian Beast Challenges! - ADV (Day 3)

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
	10	15-17	1016-1027	11648-11718	250	-
Mission
Complete the quest						20
Use 5 or more limit bursts						King Gil Snapper (5)
Party of 5 or less (Companion included)						HP +15%
No limit bursts						Wicked Drop (5)
Monster			Boss			Drop
Adamantoise (4) Coeurl (8) Poison Toad (6) Purusa (8) Wild Rat (6) Wolf (6) Metal Cactuar Gil Snapper			Nian Beast			Metal Cactuar Gil Snapper

Nian Beast Challenges! - PRO (Day 3)

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
	15	15-17	1063-1077	11648-11728	365	-
Mission
Complete the quest						30
No white magic						Metal Gigantuar (5)
Party of 5 or less (Companion included)						Divine Crystal (5)
Defeat the nian beast with magic						Orange Megacite (10)
Monster			Boss			Drop
Adamantoise (4) Coeurl (8) Poison Toad (6) Purusa (8) Wild Rat (6) Wolf (6) Metal Gigantuar King Gil Snapper			Nian Beast			Metal Gigantuar King Gil Snapper

Day 4

Nian Beast Challenges! - INT (Day 4)

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
	5	15-17	978-987	11648-11708	105	-
Mission
Complete the quest						10
Use white magic						Screamroot (6)
Use 1 or more Phoenix Down						Phoenix Down (2)
Use black magic						Scroll of Acumen
Monster			Boss			Drop
Adamantoise (4) Coeurl (8) Poison Toad (6) Purusa (8) Wild Rat (6) Wolf (6) Metal Minituar Mini Gil Snapper			Nian Beast			Metal Minituar Mini Gil Snapper

Nian Beast Challenges! - ADV (Day 4)

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
	10	15-17	1016-1027	11648-11718	250	-
Mission
Complete the quest						20
Deal dark damage to an enemy						Brilliant Ray (5)
Use 1 or more Elixir						Elixir (3)
Defeat the nian beast with a limit burst						Violet Megacite (10)
Monster			Boss			Drop
Adamantoise (4) Coeurl (8) Poison Toad (6) Purusa (8) Wild Rat (6) Wolf (6) Metal Cactuar Gil Snapper			Nian Beast			Metal Cactuar Gil Snapper

Nian Beast Challenges! - PRO (Day 4)

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
	15	15-17	1063-1077	11648-11728	365	-
Mission
Complete the quest						30
No white magic						Metal Gigantuar (5)
No ability						Fairies' Writ (5)
Clear without an ally being KO'd						MP +20%
Monster			Boss			Drop
Adamantoise (4) Coeurl (8) Poison Toad (6) Purusa (8) Wild Rat (6) Wolf (6) Metal Gigantuar King Gil Snapper			Nian Beast			Metal Gigantuar King Gil Snapper

Note: "No ability" does not include Esper summons (used Shiva), items (used Tent), Limit bursts and magic. Any attack that makes text appear at the top of the screen (like Dark Fina's counter, or Noctis's counter heal (chizuru's counter is fine though as it generates no text at the top of the screen (tested)) will count as an ability. Nian Beast can be inflicted with sleep (via ExDeath LB) to get 3 turns to bombard it with magic (physical attack will awake sleeping opponent). Dualcast and Dual Black Magic are also safe to use.

Day 5

Nian Beast Challenges! - INT (Day 5)

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
	5	15-17	978-987	11648-11708	105	-
Mission
Complete the quest						10
Defeat the nian beast with a limit burst						Fine Alcryst (6)
Use 1 or more Ether						Mega Ether (5)
Defeat the nian beast with ability						Mythril Helm
Monster			Boss			Drop
Adamantoise (4) Coeurl (8) Poison Toad (6) Purusa (8) Wild Rat (6) Wolf (6) Metal Minituar Mini Gil Snapper			Nian Beast			Metal Minituar Mini Gil Snapper

Nian Beast Challenges! - ADV (Day 5)

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
	10	15-17	1016-1027	11648-11718	250	-
Mission
Complete the quest						20
Party of 5 or less (Companion included)						Rare Summon Ticket
Defeat the nian beast with magic						Heaven's Ash (5)
Clear without an ally being KO'd						50
Monster			Boss			Drop
Adamantoise (4) Coeurl (8) Poison Toad (6) Purusa (8) Wild Rat (6) Wolf (6) Metal Cactuar Gil Snapper			Nian Beast			Metal Cactuar Gil Snapper

Nian Beast Challenges! - PRO (Day 5)

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
	15	15-17	1063-1077	11648-11728	365	-
Mission
Complete the quest						30
Defeat the nian beast with a limit burst						Metal Gigantuar (5)
Evoke 5 or more espers						Yellow Megacite (10)
No limit bursts						Prismatic Horn (5)
Monster			Boss			Drop
Adamantoise (4) Coeurl (8) Poison Toad (6) Purusa (8) Wild Rat (6) Wolf (6) Metal Gigantuar King Gil Snapper			Nian Beast			Metal Gigantuar King Gil Snapper

Day 6

Nian Beast Challenges! - INT (Day 6)

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
	5	15-17	978-987	11648-11708	105	-
Mission
Complete the quest						10
Defeat the nian beast with an esper						Magicite (5)
Party of 5 or less (Companion included)						Seed of Life (10)
Defeat the nian beast with magic						King Gil Snapper (5)
Monster			Boss			Drop
Adamantoise (4) Coeurl (8) Poison Toad (6) Purusa (8) Wild Rat (6) Wolf (6) Metal Minituar Mini Gil Snapper			Nian Beast			Metal Minituar Mini Gil Snapper

Nian Beast Challenges! - ADV (Day 6)

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
	10	15-17	1016-1027	11648-11718	250	-
Mission
Complete the quest						20
No limit bursts						Soul Pot
No continues						Esper's Tear (5)
Defeat the nian beast with an item						Black Megacite (10)
Monster			Boss			Drop
Adamantoise (4) Coeurl (8) Poison Toad (6) Purusa (8) Wild Rat (6) Wolf (6) Metal Cactuar Gil Snapper			Nian Beast			Metal Cactuar Gil Snapper

Nian Beast Challenges! - PRO (Day 6)

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
	15	15-17	1063-1077	11648-11728	365	-
Mission
Complete the quest						30
Party of 4 or less (Companion included)						Rare Summon Ticket
Clear without an ally being KO'd						Metal Gigantuar (5)
No green magic						Calamity Writ (5)
Monster			Boss			Drop
Adamantoise (4) Coeurl (8) Poison Toad (6) Purusa (8) Wild Rat (6) Wolf (6) Metal Gigantuar King Gil Snapper			Nian Beast			Metal Gigantuar King Gil Snapper

Day 7

Nian Beast Challenges! - INT (Day 7)

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
	5	15-17	978-987	11648-11708	105	-
Mission
Complete the quest						10
No continues						Earth's Core (5)
Clear without an ally being KO'd						20
Deal fire damage to an enemy						Red Fang (3)
Monster			Boss			Drop
Adamantoise (4) Coeurl (8) Poison Toad (6) Purusa (8) Wild Rat (6) Wolf (6) Metal Minituar Mini Gil Snapper			Nian Beast			Metal Minituar Mini Gil Snapper

Nian Beast Challenges! - ADV (Day 7)

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
	10	15-17	1016-1027	11648-11718	250	-
Mission
Complete the quest						20
No white magic						30
Party of 5 or less (Companion included)						Magic Key (2)
Evoke 3 or more espers						Magicite (10)
Monster			Boss			Drop
Adamantoise (4) Coeurl (8) Poison Toad (6) Purusa (8) Wild Rat (6) Wolf (6) Metal Cactuar Gil Snapper			Nian Beast			Metal Cactuar Gil Snapper

Nian Beast Challenges! - PRO (Day 7)

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
	15	15-17	1063-1077	11648-11728	365	-
Mission
Complete the quest						30
Evoke Siren						Smart Pot (3)
No white magic						Metal Gigantuar (5)
No items						Tough Pot (2)
Monster			Boss			Drop
Adamantoise (4) Coeurl (8) Poison Toad (6) Purusa (8) Wild Rat (6) Wolf (6) Metal Gigantuar King Gil Snapper			Nian Beast			Metal Gigantuar King Gil Snapper

Great Nian Beast Attack!

Great Nian Beast Attack! - ADV

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
	10	1	450	4000	155	-
Mission
Complete the quest						30
Use 1 or more limit bursts						Elixir (3)
Clear without an ally being KO'd						Star Quartz (5)
Party of 5 or less (Companion included)						Jeweled Ring
Boss
Great Nian Beast

Great Nian Beast Attack! - PRO

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
	15	1	485	4000	305	-
Mission
Complete the quest						50
Defeat the great nian beast with a limit burst						Beast Cestus
Party of 5 or less (Companion included)						100
Evoke an esper						Metal Gigantuar (5)
Boss
Great Nian Beast

Note: Abilities are mostly the same as described in Boss Guide: Great Nian Beast (ELT), except A Tooth for a Tooth has fixed 2500 damage instead. A Tooth for a Tooth triggered by magic can be reflected here, but not the limit burst version.

Great Nian Beast Attack! - ELT

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
	20	1	520	4000	420	-
Mission
Complete the quest						100
Defeat the great nian beast with item						4-star Trust Moogle
Defeat the great nian beast with an esper						Tamer's Whip
Defeat the great nian beast with a limit burst						Rare Summon Ticket
Boss
Great Nian Beast

Boss Guide: Great Nian Beast (ELT)

Great Nian Beast
Race	Beast
Level	99
HP	1,400,000
MP	500
ATK
DEF
MAG
SPR

Element Resistance

-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Status Ailment Resistance

null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null
Other Resistance
Immune to Gravity and Death. Partial resistance to break abilities.

Abilities:

Fire - Fire magic damage to all units
Thunderstorm - Lightning magic damage to all units
Hunt - Massive physical damage to a single unit
Roar - Inflicts Paralysis and reduces Fire/Lightning resistance to all units
Preparation - Boosts DEF/SPR to caster.
Bloodthirst - Boosts ATK/MAG to caster.
A Tooth for a Tooth - Used after Preparation if magic or limit burst is used. May perform one of the following:
- Fixed 2500 HP damage to all units
- Unmitigated Magic damage to all units
- Note: To prevent this, don't use any magic or limit burst.
- Tooth for a tooth can be reflected with Carbuncle if the LIMIT BURST version is triggered on ELT, but not the magic version.

Strategy:

Equipping fire and lightning resistance from Flame Shield, Thunder Shield, Flame Mail, Ramuh or Ifrit will help lessen the damage inflicted from Fire and Thunderstorm.
Using Barthundara and Barfira are also highly recommended. Alternatively, you can use Omni-Veil or Rainbow Veil.
The Great Nian Beast is a beast-type enemy. Using equipment with Beast Killer or Ifrit will increase damage.
The Great Nian Beast is susceptible to break attacks like Full Break and Undermine. Higher difficulties may resist it.
Make sure to bring along either a Dispelling unit or some Holy Torches to remove the buffs from Preparation and Bloodthirst. You might need to reapply your buffs, but at least this way you are sure to survive longer.
Roar can inflict Fire/Lightning resistance debuffs and paralysis. Make use of the Jeweled Ring or have Luka, Refia, or Ling in your party to cure off paralysis.
All things considered, Cloud of Darkness is a great unit for this fight. She has Return to heal off various status ailments, Omni-Veil to increase your party's elemental defenses and also has, on her own, great elemental defenses, making her quite durable.
Once it uses Preparation, don't use magic or limit burst to prevent the boss from using A Tooth for a Tooth the next turn. You can use this turn to auto-attack to accumulate esper gauge.
Make sure to have an offensive item like Bomb Fragment or Void Vessel to clear one of the missions.
You can achieve all missions by overkilling the boss with LB, items, and esper with proper timing. Working example:
- Reduce its HP to 15000 or below.
- Evoke Diabolos.
- Wait until the CG animations appear (turn on the CG from the option)
- During the CG, spam tap/click to skip and activate LB in quick succession. Chizuru and Noctis LB was used in this example.
- Wait until the first OVERKILL text pops up.
- Use item as quickly as you can. Void Vessel was used in this example.