The Dreadnought

Introduction

Overview

Final Fantasy II Event

This is an exploration event which requires no farming. Simply clear all stages to obtain all the rewards. Exploration map is shared between all stages but has a higher difficulty as one progresses further until the entire map has opened to the most difficult stage. Any chest opened will stay open in other stages.

Story

In a far away land, peace is set to come to an end.

The emperor of Palamecia has summoned monsters to aid him in this plan to conquer the world.

A group of young warriors have joined the rebel army in their fight against those in power.

Rain and his friends are now to witness their attempt to infiltrate and destroy the empire's machine of destruction, the Dreadnought.

The man put in charge of the Dreadnought, the black armor-clad confidant of the emperor, seems to have some connection to the young warriors.

How will Rain handle the flood of complex emotions that present themselves during this intense battle? Now begins the story of these young warriors.

Featured Rewards

Item	Type	Effect	How to obtain
Rare Summon Ticket	Misc. Item	Can be exchanged for a rare summon	BGN clear reward
Ruby Breastplate	Light Armor	DEF+36	INT clear reward
Orichalcum	Dagger	ATK+42 Effect: Aquan Killer	ADV clear reward
Gigantaxe	Axe	ATK+75, HP +15%	PRO clear reward
5-star Trust Moogle	Enhancer	Increase trust mastery when fused (10%)	ELT clear reward

Treasure Map & Battle Info

Treasure Chests		Min. Lvl.
1	Phoenix Down (3)	INT
2	Sleep Sword
3	Calamity Writ (5)
4	Prismatic Horn (5)
5	Star Quartz (5)
6	Divine Crystal (5)
7	Fairies' Writ (5)	PRO
8	Rainbow Bloom (5)
9	Ice Shield
10	Calamity Gem (5)

• BGN
• INT
• ADV
• PRO
• ELT

The Dreadnought - BGN

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
	3	1	30	300	50	Rare Summon Ticket
Mission
Complete the quest						Tent
No limit bursts						10
Use magic						10
Clear without an ally being KO'd						10
Boss
Captain

The Dreadnought - INT

Note: Asking for passage skips first Captain.

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
	5	21-23	822-892	6230-6720	105	Ruby Breastplate
Mission
Complete the quest						Turbo Ether
Deal fire damage to an enemy						10
Evoke an esper						10
Clear without an ally being KO'd						10
Monster				Boss
Captain Balloon (2) (3) Dire Rat (4) (6) Ghast (11) (5) Ghoul (2) (1) Mine (7) (6) Shadow (2) (3) Stunner (5) (3) Werepanther (2) (1) Wraith (2) (4) Chest 6: Magician (2) Soldier (2) Sargeant (2)				Captain

The Dreadnought - ADV

Note: Asking for passage skips first Captain.

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
	7	26-27	2933-2963	11300-11400	150	Orichalcum
Mission
Complete the quest						Remedy
Deal light damage to an enemy						10
Defeat a captain with magic						10
Clear without an ally being KO'd						10
Monster				Boss
Captain Balloon (4) (3) (2) Dire Rat (2) (3) (3) Ghast (8) (3) (4) Ghoul (2) (1) (0) Magician (0) (0) (2) Mine (11) (6) (3) Shadow (2) (3) (0) Soldier (0) (0) (2) Stunner (5) (3) (2) Werepanther (1) (2) (4) Wraith (1) (2) (2)				Captain Soldier (2)

The Dreadnought - PRO

Note: Asking for passage skips first Captain.

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
	10	31-33	4650-4890	29750-31250	250	Gigantaxe
Mission
Complete the quest						Phoenix Down
Evoke an esper						10
Defeat a captain with a limit burst						10
Clear without an ally being KO'd						10
Monster				Boss
Captain Balloon (4) (3) (2) (0) Dire Rat (2) (3) (3) (3) Dive Talon (0) (0) (0) (4) Ghast (8) (3) (4) (3) Ghoul (2) (1) (0) (0) Magician (0) (0) (1) (1) Mine (11) (6) (3) (0) Shadow (2) (3) (0) (0) Soldier (0) (0) (0) (2) Stunner (5) (3) (2) (5) Werepanther (1) (2) (3) (3) Wraith (1) (2) (2) (2) Chest 9: Hill Gigas Magician Werepanther				Captain Magician (2) Soldier (~2)

The Dreadnought - ELT

Note: Asking for passage skips first Captain.

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
	15	35-36	6967-7117	50050-51100	365	5-star Trust Moogle
Mission
Complete the quest						20
No white magic						HP +15%
Use 3 or more limit bursts						10
Clear without an ally being KO'd						10
Monster				Boss
Captain Balloon (4) (3) (2) (0) (0) Dire Rat (2) (3) (5) (6) (0) Dive Talon (0) (0) (0) (4) (4) Ghast (8) (3) (5) (4) (2) Ghoul (2) (1) (0) (0) (0) Magician (0) (0) (1) (1) (0) Mine (11) (6) (3) (0) (4) Shadow (2) (3) (0) (0) (0) Soldier (0) (0) (0) (2) (0) Stunner (5) (3) (2) (0) (0) Werepanther (1) (2) (3) (3) (0) Wraith (1) (2) (2) (2) (2)				Captain Mine (2) Sergeant (2~4)

Event Tips

• Make sure to kill the 2 mines with the boss(ELT) in one turn or else they will suicide (if under 50% health) on your team and it's a wipe out! You may also want to evoke Golem on the turn that you kill the mines to reduce damage from the Sergeants which attack as they are summoned by Captain.

• The final ELT boss summons up to 6 additional sergeants which can be blinded. Ling Dance of Death or Noctis Fire Flask is good for this (Sunbeam and Shining Splendor are two other options that many players will have access to). Ling is also good for recovering MP. It will probably be a long fight.

• Cecil is the best option (make sure Provoke is always up) when your team is rather squishy as it is easy to beef him up.

• Snow also works good as he has Draw Attacks and a good deal of HP, this however requires some amount of tankyness on the rest of your units to survive stray attacks.

• Using Mirage on your tank helps greatly in either case.

• White Knight Noel is the most ideal tanker here with Bring It On that will mitigate 50% of the damage. And he can be equipped to get a decent MAG attack (455 without TMR) and suitable for elemental chaining with Blizzaga and Aeroga.

• Many enemies in ELT resist physical damage. Consider a Charm Bangle and the Escape materia to avoid the normal battles, or bring Smoke Screens.

• Another option is to use gravity-type spells (Exdeath learns Graviga) and finishing them of with another spell.

• Trash enemies are susceptible to petrify. Equip your healer with Golem's Staff and just auto attack until they petrified.

• For the no white magic challenge, bring Luka, Tilith, or Primm (ability healing is OK). Noctis's Comeback also does not count as white magic. Items will also be useful. Be wary of Holy from Ring of the Lucii as it will count as white magic.

• Be sure to rest up and use a Tent right before the boss.

• You cannot use continues in this event, plan accordingly.

Boss Guide: Captain (ELT)

Captain
Race	Human
Level	99
HP	1,500,000
MP	1,000
ATK	320
DEF	220
MAG	280
SPR	100

Element Resistance
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Status Ailment Resistance
null	null	null	null	null	null	null	null
Other Resistance
Immune to Gravity and Death. Immune to ATK/DEF break. Susceptible to SPR/MAG break. Resistant to physical damage (30%).

Abilities

• Call Allies - Summons Sergeants. Used once both Mines are killed
• Sweep - Massive physical damage to all units and may inflict Paralysis
• Weapon Break - Physical damage and decrease ATK of a single unit
• Armor Break - Physical damage and decrease DEF of a single unit
• Magic Break - Physical damage and decrease MAG of a single unit

Strategy

Make sure to kill the 2 mines with the boss (ELT) in one turn or else they will suicide (if under 50% health) on your team and it's a wipe out. Noctis' Fire Flask is great for this, as it can put them to Sleep (preventing explosions in case you can't kill them) and they are weak to fire.

Be sure to bring along a resilient tank, as this fight can drag on quite long. Cecil, Snow and White Knight Noel are highly recommended - especially Noel, with his Bring It On that will mitigate 50% of the damage, and he can be equipped to get a decent MAG attack (455 without TMR) and is suitable for elemental chaining with Blizzaga and Aeroga. If your tank does only physical damage, it might be best to simply Guard on turns you don't need to reapply Provoke.

This boss summons up to 6 additional sergeants which can be blinded. Ling's Dance of Death, Black Cat Lid's Hex Strike or Noctis' Fire Flask are good for this (Sunbeam and Shining Splendor are two other options that many players will have access to).

Ling and Noctis are once again useful for their MP replenishing capabilities, which is a must-have on such a long fight.

For the no white magic challenge, bring Luka, Tilith, or Primm (ability healing is OK). Noctis' Comeback and Primm's Invigorate also do not count as white magic. Items can also be useful. Be warn Ring of the Lucii's Holy (FFXV) is count as white magic.

Every once in a while, the boss will use Sweep which is AoE and can inflict paralyze, so be prepared for an AoE heal and possibly mass-removing paralyze (notable status ailments-removing moves include Ling's Dance of Life, Luka's Priestess Miracle, Tilith's Goddess's Miracle and Cloud of Darkness' Return, and since neither of these are White Magic you should still get the challenge).

For doing damage to the boss, consider bringing along Noctis, not only for his damage-dealing capabilities (with the Flasks), but also for the fact that his Thunder Flask breaks the boss' SPR/MAG, Armiger is simply great, and he can Cover to extend your party's durability (since you WILL spend lots of MP on this fight). Aside from that, considering that the boss resists Physical Attacks you should bring along as many magical attackers as you can, as they will be you major form of dealing damage (and hence the high MP cost).

If you bring Carbuncle along and have a few turns to spare on your healer, consider casting Reflect on your whole team and bouncing-off a major spell directly on the boss (and PLEASE remember that you can't Reflect spells that have Ignore SPR like Meteor).

If you don't have good mages, but do have very good brawlers you should still bring them, but be warned that this fight will take a LOT longer this way.

You cannot use continues in this event, so plan accordingly and bring Ethers and Turbo Ethers.

Videos

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The Dreadnought - PRO

Username	Description	Units	Link
Elegantique	4 Missions Guide	Arc, Dangerous Ariana, Exdeath, Kefka, Krile, Friend: Noctis	YouTube

The Dreadnought - ELT

Username	Description	Units	Link
Elegantique	4 Missions Guide	Cecil, Exdeath, Luka, Rain, Snow, Friend: Noctis	YouTube
Gamestormjr	4 Missions Guide	Lasswell, Rain, Fina, Xon, Ashe, Friend: Fryevia (Damage Dealer)	[1]
FFBE KING	Magic Burn!	Cecil, Exdeath, Ling, Tilith, Noctis, Friend: Dark Fina	YouTube
VisitantePEI	NO TMR	Cecil, Exdeath, Ling, Ace, Tilith, Friend: Noctis	YouTube
guide4gamersdotcom	Strategy Guide	Exdeath, Cecil, Snow, Ling, Refia, Friend: Dark Fina	YouTube
claudius415	Clear All Missions	Marie, Ling, White Knight Noel (dualcast), Exdeath, Luka, Friend: Noctis	YouTube
Jet Stingren		Gilgamesh, Luka, Exdeath, Marie, Cecil, Friend: 700+ Exdeath	YouTube
MAV		Cloud of Darkness, Refia, Noctis, Exdeath, Cecil, Friend: Noctis	YouTube
Odin 181	No white magic, No TMR, No 5* base	Ling, Cecil, Cloud of Darkness, Exdeath, Refia, Friend: Dark Fina	YouTube
Master Gaming	F2P, No TMR, No 5* base	Exdeath, Cecil, Tilith, Exdeath, Ling, Friend: Exdeath	YouTube
claudius415	No White Magic/No TMR/No Whale	Cecil, Exdeath, Exdeath, CoD, Luka, Friend: Noctis	YouTube
Jeremy Zero	All rewards in 1 pass, Edgar mage first turn KO	Edgar, Edgar, Ling, Exdeath, Dark Fina, Friend: Dark Fina	YouTube
gamerdad7	Thief LB tactic / perma party evade	Cupid Luna, Thief, Exdeath, Edgar, Bartz, Friend: Dark Fina	YouTube

Event Period

Original Event Period:

• Start: Friday 2/17/17 00:00 PST
• End: Thursday 3/2/17 23:59 PST

Rerun Event Period:

• Start: Monday 8/7/17 00:00 PST
• End: Wednesday 8/16/17 23:59 PST