Wanderer's Palace and YOU!

For some reason the people in this game seem to have trouble with what is the easiest of the level 50 dungeons and I don't know why. So here I will describe the strategy for all the bosses in hopes that the incompetence of this game's dps can be resolved.

First off, if you fate grind all the way to 50, and don't buy any 48/49 jewellery, DO NOT QUEUE. You will get trolled and you will fall
the instance, guaranteed.

First boss: Tank and spank. Stay out of red ground, when he cones, don't even be near him, the cone sucks in and he follows with a radius of poison. Easy, right?

Second boss: Every dps playing this game fails here, and I don't know why. Dps boss, when he spawns adds kill them in priority of BLUE, PURPLE, WHITE, then the rest. Aoe them after blue drops.
Bards, save your tp for aoe spam.
AoE LB is really helpful here, first time you see a yellow flan spawn, hit them all with LB, don't miss. Fight over. Easy right?

Final boss: Focus boss. 1 dps on ads. Kill 3, wait for boss' rancor to fade, it's a giant emote on your screen, you can't miss it. Then kill 3, then wait, then 3, then wait, then 3, then wait, then 3, then wait, then 3, then LB boss. Then win. Easy right?

Again, if you have problems with this instance you are bad. It's a dps instance, of you can't dps, go be a healer.

You really should have mentioned that the 3rd boss is a DPS race against the clock. If you don't have an ifrit weapon or your level 50 HQ crafted weapon it's going to be a rough encounter. Have a range deal with the adds makes the fight easier, but it's just a hard dps check.

The 2nd boss is by far the most difficult imo. The debuffs, the AOE, that stupid fire spell he does. All of it is basic on the mechanics side, but it's still rough for undergeared people. Get some basic level 48-49 gear and then run it. Makes the dungeon easier for everyone.

No not for first time people. Queued in duty and the tank wanted to do a speed run but didn't inform the other 3 new people. Didn't offer any advice except at the boss with words like this: just spank. So what may seem simple to some after 2-5 runs of dungeon, may not be simple to 1st time people who don't read up on every dungeon in a game but rather just experience it and learn from their mistakes.

You can just kite the 3rd boss and dps will never be an issue no matter how bad your gear is. He hits like a wet noodle, and by not killing adds his big move does 0 damage.

the 2nd boss is DPS check and i find it the most difficult part of wanderer palace

so BLM is a requirement if DPS dont have ifrit weapons

For some odd reason, Wanderer's Palace is one of the very few dungeons I haven't tried yet. Not sure why really.. The other one I haven't done is Cutter's Cry, mainly because I did that a billion times in 1.0 and had enough of ants for the coming years ;)


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Originally Posted by Reiterpallasch

He hits like a wet noodle

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WIN! ;)

Honestly WP is my favorite dungeon in the game. Somewhat decent tomestones, boss fights (except the first one, way too easy) are fun, and getting stalked by the tonberry stalker gives me some laughs XD. It sucks though cause no one in my FC wants to do it cause they say "tonberry king is too hard" and df takes too long DX

thats strange i did this multiple times without fail in my AF with a level 45 weapon and with level 30-40 rings

Just wonder why everyone says its something special, me and my friends (full premade groupe) can do it as fresh 50ths on first try without any preparations (mostly 45-47 purple weapons and stuff, hell our tank havent even necklace and rings) , just folow basics " dont stay at fire " , "stay at green stuff" , "if you had mark run from others" etc...

We made this with pld and war (yes 2 tanks) and the final boss was a really piece of cake (we didn't kill any spawning tonberries lol). :D

Very nice dungeon though.

I had no real issues with wandering palace. None of my group had Ifrit weapons. We mostly were wearing Aurum Vale gear.

We did wipe twice on last boss, then won once we split the dds so that one focused on adds other focused on boss.

Just did this one a couple times tonight. It is a pretty straight forward place.

The three bosses just have some basic competency checks in them.

First one is if healer knows how to status remove, 2nd one is able to do a kill order on the fly and if people know how to kite, last one is just add/mechanic management.

Actually I dont think final boss is a dps race. The tonberries seem to spawn at intervals of the boss' health, so heavy dps can make the fight more chaotic. I did the fight with 3 players once, I was the only dps, and it was super easy because the tonberries weren't spawning back to back.

All this "DPS check" and "Ifrit Required" talk is truly nonsense. "Have fun" and "Pay attention" are the only requirements for this one. I say we enjoy this dungeon while we can.

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Originally Posted by Johannes_Mondego

Actually I dont think final boss is a dps race. The tonberries seem to spawn at intervals of the boss' health, so heavy dps can make the fight more chaotic. I did the fight with 3 players once, I was the only dps, and it was super easy because the tonberries weren't spawning back to back.

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Actually, once the big ones spawn around the edges...it is a DPS race. They start moving in on a timer and you die when they reach the center(like how they work in other FF games).

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Originally Posted by Riko_113

Actually, once the big ones spawn around the edges...it is a DPS race. They start moving in on a timer and you die when they reach the center(like how they work in other FF games).

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Limit Break

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Originally Posted by Rona

You really should have mentioned that the 3rd boss is a DPS race against the clock. If you don't have an ifrit weapon or your level 50 HQ crafted weapon it's going to be a rough encounter.

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Originally Posted by Crimson-Falcon

so BLM is a requirement if DPS dont have ifrit weapons

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For all the future people doing this instance. Don't listen to these two. You DON'T need ifrit weapons for this at all. You can beat this instance with the use of NQ 48-50 weapons.(I forgot what the level on the final weapons are, that can be bought for cheap on the market)

But don't go in there wearing anything below lvl 48... Unless you're lucky that others are overgeared.

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Originally Posted by Reiterpallasch

You can just kite the 3rd boss and dps will never be an issue no matter how bad your gear is. He hits like a wet noodle, and by not killing adds his big move does 0 damage.

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THIS is the far superior strat. Tank kites the King and all mini tonberries in a small circle. Everyone else just single targets the boss. No Rancor. No Everyone's Grudge. No Problem.

The Dungeon drops DL weapons which are LESS powerful than the Ifrit weapons. Saying someone needs a more powerful item than what drops in the dungeon is asinine.

I adore this dungeon so much, because tonberries :D

The bosses when you go in for the first time will catch you out, because it's so easy to go wrong with them. Once you've learnt them, it's quite easy, but still a lot of fun.

I also want to start a petition to change the name of the dungeon to Tonberry Island ^_^ it's what I always call it

I love Wanderer's Palace.

The first time I went in and saw the Tonberry Stalker chasing us I was all "Oh no, it's Temple of Uggalepih all over again!!!!". Obviously, being mostly fresh 50s he got us and killed us without mercy. Had a blast xD

Now to the point of boss difficulty:
- First one is easy. Really really easy. Like OP said, get out of reds, don't stay close during cones.
- The second one is the hardest in my opinion. It's true that the killing order is easy enough to remember but I've seen that stupid flan two-shot healers quite a few times when not careful enough. A first timer group will have some trouble with this one
- The tonberry king.. I have a question regarding this one. During one run we had lots of adds pile up (one of our DPS was a bit undergeared) so, since we were about to wipe we said "fuck it" and BLM used AoE Limit Break, knowing that the next Everyone's Grudge would oneshot me. Killed 5 adds with it but Rancor didn't go up. Has anyone else run into this? Thought it was really odd..

I love Wanderers Palace, after rushing through AK for a week, WP is a great change... Well, I rather do WP than AK to be honest...

I've seen someone complaining about 2nd boss Fires - one simple trick, it has a range and if it happens that you're the tank just move on his back (works the same as with AKs 1st boss and cancelling his Voidal Thunder III).

If you're sure that Tonberrys King next Grudge will kill you, pop Hallowed Grounds, and no, it isnt a gear check.

I've only done it once, and failed at the second boss until time out.

Being SMN didn't help in killing the adds fast (even if the order was easy), and the server liking to lagg you out didn't help. Usual cause of death was almost always the boss catching up and one-shotting you though.

One of those days I'll go visit it again. But the second boss was not really fun at all.

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Originally Posted by Crimson-Falcon

the 2nd boss is DPS check and i find it the most difficult part of wanderer palace

so BLM is a requirement if DPS dont have ifrit weapons

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No lol, no it's not. I take newbies through there all the time.

Blue > Purple / White > Yellow / Green

Decent dps, follow that order, and kite properly and you'll always win

I Fuggin LOVE people like this... "oh if you are going to do this dungeon you should have Ifrit HM weapon to DPS...


REALLY? I mean.. REALLY? If you have Ifrit's HM weapon.. WHY would you even BE in WP in the first place? It sucks for tomes, it sucks for gear if you have Ifrit HM gear.

Idiot.

The stupidity is already starting "LFG to run level 20 content.. please be level 50 geared and able to faceroll the keyboard at all times!"

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Originally Posted by Karmon

Final boss: Focus boss. 1 dps on ads. Kill 3, wait for boss' rancor to fade, it's a giant emote on your screen, you can't miss it. Then kill 3, then wait, then 3, then wait, then 3, then wait, then 3, then wait, then 3, then LB boss

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Idk, but that seems like a massive waste of time to wait in culling adds. Maybe its necessary for plds to survive, but as a war I just tell dps to kill kill kill without hesitation and heal through the rancor crap with IB and a competent healer, otherwise its always* always a wipe because they let a couple little guys get on me :T

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Originally Posted by seekerofpower

The Dungeon drops DL weapons which are LESS powerful than the Ifrit weapons. Saying someone needs a more powerful item than what drops in the dungeon is asinine.

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Great answer. WP gives you ilvl 55 equipment, you can totally do it with AF and lesser equipment. The same logic applies for AK. Why would I need ilvl 70 equipment of the dungeon gives me ilvl 60 items?!

WP is easy when you know the tactics. No equipment check in there.

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Originally Posted by Crimson-Falcon

the 2nd boss is DPS check and i find it the most difficult part of wanderer palace

so BLM is a requirement if DPS dont have ifrit weapons

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So you're saying that players need item level 60 weapons to defeat a dungeon that drops item level 55 gear/weapon? /chuckle

You don't "need" a good weapon or good gear for this zone. You just gotta know how to play your class and do your rotation/priorities correctly. Understanding the how the encounters work helps tremendously. Gear/weapon checks don't come into play until Titan and Coil of Bahamut.

You could have your relic weapon and still not beat the DPS check if your DPS just flat out sucks.

PS. It's been over a month since I've been in there (because there's really no reason to go back) but on 2nd boss, we really didn't focus the adds in any particular order. We just burned them down one by one and boss was just about dead right when the first blue add spawned.

Pay attention and you'll be fine. Most people complaining about gear are those who want speed runs and want it to be easy. People didn't think my first time we had enough dps for the wall. We got it the second time. I think the healer died or something the first time. Someone explained it and I picked it up quick. Geez I think I had lvl 19 ring and 29 neck. A few points won't matter nearly as much as someone who is aware of what's happening.

Be nice to people it's up to us to make a community.

This dungeon's bosses are easy IMO. It's the TON MOTHA &@#ING STAB YOU IN THE BACK/FACE BERRIES you need to worry about.