Introduction to Palace of the Dead in FFXIV

This page aims to prepare you for the Deep Dungeon Palace of the Dead and provide you with generalized information alongside access to specific guides for completing the content in both group and solo instances.

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Introduction to Palace of the Dead

Palace of the Dead is the first Deep Dungeon players will encounter, with 200 floors and a level cap of 60. All players will begin at level 1 when starting on Floor 1, and level 60 when starting on Floor 51. You must complete the quest The House That Death Built in order to enter the duty.

Rewards for Clearing Palace of the Dead

Clearing a floorset inside Palace of the Dead rewards players with gil and experience at all levels. Players at or above level 50 are also awarded Allagan Tomestones of Poetics. Players at the current level cap are also awarded with both the capped and uncapped Tomestones currently available.

Upon reaching floor 200, a pedestal can be found. Interacting with this will give all players either a Firecrest IconFirecrest or a Glass Pumpkin IconGlass Pumpkin . These can be exchanged for accessories or housing items at E-Una-Kotor in Quarrymill. Which one you receive is random each time you clear.

Various Titles are available from clearing Palace of the Dead.

Consumables

Sustaining Potions and How to Farm Them Quickly

Sustaining Potion Icon

Sustaining Potion s are an item that can only be used inside Palace of the Dead. They give the user a health regeneration effect for 30 seconds, and has a 15 second cooldown, allowing them to be permanently in effect if necessary. These potions are extremely helpful in party runs, but are required for survival in solo runs, especially on jobs with few or no other ways of healing.

Gelmorran Potsherd Icon

20 Sustaining Potions can be bought with 1 Gelmorran Potsherd from E-Una-Kotor at Quarrymill. Potsherds can rarely be found inside Bronze Coffers in Palace of the Dead. You also get a guaranteed Potsherd after the floor 50 boss and another after the floor 100 boss.

In order to farm Potsherds efficiently, you should first enter the dungeon solo on floor 51. From here, descend to floor 100. The drop rate of Potsherds is significantly higher on floors 101 and onwards than it is on earlier ones, so once you make it past the boss on floor 100 you'll be able to collect a significant number of them quickly.

If you wish to attempt a solo clear of Palace of the Dead in order to obtain the Pal-less Palace III IconPal-less Palace III achievement and The Necromancer title, you should ideally have at least 500 Sustaining Potion IconSustaining Potion s before beginning. While you may find yourself needing more potions than this across the entire run, with some jobs requiring over 700, you will be picking up more Potsherds along the way that can be exchanged for Potions between floorsets.

How to Quickly Farm Aetherpool

Players will be restricted to the use of an Aetherpool Arm and Aetherpool Armour while inside Palace of the Dead. In addition to gaining levels, players must enhance these items as they progress through the dungeon by opening Silver Coffers, up to the cap of +99 for each item.

In order to farm Aetherpool efficiently, you should enter the dungeon on floor 51 with either a matched party, or a fixed party of four players, and open as many Silver Coffers as possible. Upon clearing the floorset, delete the save file and re-enter, repeating as needed.

Aetherpool Grip Icon

You can exchange 10 Aetherpool from both your Weapon and Armour for an Aetherpool Grip at E-Una-Kotor. You can then exchange three Grips (total 30/30 Aetherpool) for an i235 Padjali Weapon, allowing you to glamour the appearance of low level Atherpool Arms to regular weapons outside of Palace of the Dead. By later trading in your Padjali weapon, plus an additional six Grips (total 90/90 Atherpool), you can obtain an i255 Kinna weapon, allowing you to glamour the appearance of high level Atherpool Arms to regular weapons outside of Palace of the Dead.

Rare mobs in Palace of the Dead

Throughout the Deep Dungeon, there is a small chance that unique enemies will spawn. These mobs take on the appearance of zombified NPCs that have died in the MSQ or side stories. While they are mechanically unthreatening, due to only using auto attacks, they are immune to the transformation effect of a Pomander of Witching and should be treated with care. All of them take significantly increased damage from attacks used by players under the effects of a Pomander of Resolution.

Soloing Palace of the Dead

While clearing Palace of the Dead with a full party of four players is usually faster, safer and easier than entering alone, clearing the dungeon by yourself from beginning to end is not only possible. Players are rewarded with a rare and prestigious title, The Necromancer, upon clearing floor 200 with no deaths on a run that started from floor 1.

Clearing Palace of the Dead solo relies entirely on a player's individual skill, and can therefore be a welcome change of pace for those who are used to the standard eight player content of Savage and Ultimate raids. However, it is easy for some players to become frustrated or burnt out when attempting to clear. Being able to take a break for as long as needed before returning to the same save file and picking up where you left of is important to keep in mind if you find yourself struggling.

Choosing a Job to Attempt a Solo Clear With

As of 7.05 every job has cleared Palace of the Dead solo. However, some jobs are much easier or harder to achieve this feat with. The floor 180 boss, Dendaisonne, has an enrage sequence that often spells the end of many runs and playing a job with a stronger burst window or better healing can make this challenge much easier. Even outside of this example, Tanks and Healers will find it harder to stay on pace when progressing through later floorsets, as their damage output is lower than that of DPS jobs which will result in more time taken per floor.

The jobs listed below are the main standouts at both ends of the difficulty scale for soloing Palace of the Dead.

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