AURUM HELL

[Ferth]

Aurum Vale is indeed a frustrating place and in a lot of ways it can be more difficult than later dungeons.

A few important things to remember; while it is a place that really taxes your understanding of the game, it is also a gear check, if everyone isn't in mostly 45+ gear it will not be fun.

Also, the Morbol Fruit in the last phase germinate into much more difficult Seedlings than previously seen in the dungeon, also the Seedlings in this fight add stacks of burrs, so best to deal with them before they germinate, to that end a blm or a bard make this fight tremendously easier than not having one or the other.

Fruit management is as much a part of this fight as dealing damage, avoiding breath and killing adds. When you start getting stacks of burrs over 3 you will take significant damage when he uses it's corresponding ability, but it is very possible to run out of fruit and be stuck waiting for a new set to pop.

All of that being said, you don't need this dungeon to unlock amdapor keep, but you do need it to reach the GC rank cap. You can unlock Amdapor either from your GC or from Nedrick Ironheart in Vesper Bay after you have finished the main scenario.