Occult Crescent: North Horn

This is the second zone of the Occult Crescent released in patch 7.55; it contains many FATEs, Critical Encounter, and the Forked Tower: Magic (Normal and Extreme). This zone also serves as setting for the last half of the story.

Unlocking North Horn

To unlock the North Horn you must have completed the South Horn story (finishing the “Mysteries Abide” quest). To continue the story and unlock North Horn you must begin the quest “Occult Reunion” in Tuliyollal at the Expedition Messanger.

Once progressed enough, you will gain the ability to enter the North Horn and explore onwards.

Area Map

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Mobs

Mobs of varying species and types can be found in clusters around the South Horn. Generally, the further you go from base camp, the higher the level of mob you will encounter

You can find a non-exhaustive list of mobs along with their aggro type and resistances on the Do It Doom spreadsheet maintained by Wobl.

Do It Doom: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oWuDtRxYUsVo2HxzvUecnzXpyRo1ozxuw_s6Lr2gepU/edit?gid=2005261057#gid=2005261057

Mob Level Map

Made by @kanata_ff14_ix on Twitter.com

https://x.com/kanata_ff14_ix/status/2082858347284640081

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Weather Based Mobs

Some mobs spawn under specific weather conditions, and are often much higher level than the mobs around them. Of the 6 total weather conditions, 5 have unique mobs: Of the 6 total weathers, 5 have unique mobs:

Mob	Weather	Uptime %
N/A	Fair Skies	45%
Crescent Bomb	Clear Skies	10%
Crescent Mousse	Rain	10%
Crescent Dhurva	Clouds	15%
Crescent Mimic	Atomsphereic Phantasms	15%
Crescent Fool	Illusory Disturbances	5%

Killing these mobs rewards roughly double or triple the gold for their level,and these rewards are affected by chaining; so, a level 48 weather mob can reward up to 48 gold! Most of these mobs are stationary, though Crescent Fools do wander a large set path through the zone.

Ashkin/Undead

Undead mobs (referred to as Ashkin by the game) spawn between 10pm and 4am Eorzean time. All undead are proximity and blood (low hp) based aggro.

Occult Records

This section will spoil all survey points needed to fill out your Occult Record book.

The other records in your book can be filled out via Field Notes, which can be earned from completing FATEs, CEs, and defeating bosses in the Forked Tower: Magic (Normal/Extreme).

[SPOILERS] All Survey Points for the Occult Record

Visitable Survey Points

#31 North Horn Base Camp - X:39, Y: 38
#32 The Crown of Karnak - X:36, Y: 32
#36 Shadowdeep - X: 27, Y: 26
#37 Labyrinth of the Damned - X: 39, Y: 22
#39 Panoptical Pillar - X: 27, Y: 14
#40 Sinking Sanctuary - X: 40, Y: 3
#43 The Marrowood - X: 17, Y: 5
#45 Suspended Masonary - X: 11, Y: 38
#46 The Windward Watch - X: 4, Y: 36
#47 Shrine of Spheres - X: 3, Y: 24
#49 Moldering Streets - X: 7, Y: 14
#51 The Moldering Lake - X: 4, Y: 3
#52 Unhallowed Hamlet - X: 21, Y: 19
#54 Dark Territory - X: 22, Y: 23 (this is in the Subterrne area)
#60 Concealed Collection - X: 11, Y: 10 (final room of FT: Magic Normal/Extreme)

Visual Guide

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Critical Encounters

Critical Encounters, or CEs from here on, are the beefed up version of FATEs. These battles are against fiercer foes and can sometimes reward new Phantom Jobs, Field Notes, as well as more experience and silver. CEs are split into two kinds: ones that can be spawned by the player, and ones that spawn randomly without player input. The rewards are the same regardless of spawn method.

Every successful Critical Encounter will reward the following

400-260,420 Knowledge EXP (scales to your knowledge level)
720 Phantom Job EXP
20 uncapped tomestones
10 weekly capped tomestones
200 enlightenment silver obol pieces
10 of a Phantom Dispeller (drops are CE dependant, see Phantom Weapons page)
Rarely an occult accessory

Some Critical Encounter have special drops, those being

Field Notes (specified below) at a ~40% chance
Phantom Job Soul Shards (specified below) at a ~30% chance

Tracking Critical Encounters

You can use Infi’s Occult Tracker website to help you keep track of which FATEs and CEs have spawned. This site will also help you know which encounters drop which rewards (Field Notes, Demiatmas, etc.) along with which CEs can be spawned by players and which mobs will spawn them.

Randomly Spawning CEs

These CEs will spawn randomly over time, and have a ~120 minute (2 hours) cooldown:

CE	Boss	Noteable Drops	Accessory Drop	Weakness
A Beast Unleashed	Atlas Carbuncle		Bracelet	Ice
Accept No Imitators	Metamorph	Field Note #38	Earring	Wind
Ahead of the Competition	Phantom Hydra		Bracelet	Ice
Appalling Behavior	Pallmagia	Field Note #41/Blue Mage	Earring	Fire
Dark Artistry	Phantom Necromancer	Field Note#42/Necromancer	Necklace	Wind
Familiar Tactics	Elm Gigas		Bracelet	Lightning
Forbidden Folios	Arbatel	Field Note #33	Bracelet	Fire
Imbalanced Diet	Algol	Field Note #35	Earring	Fire
Lost on the Wind	The Abductor	Field Note #44	Necklace	Lightning
Quarried Away	Alabaster Blade	Field Note #50	Earring	Lightning
Tiny Terror	Tiny Mage	Field Note #34	Bracelet	Lightning

Player Spawned CEs

These CEs are spawned by killing specific mobs. If it doesn’t spawn, keep trying! These have a ~60 minute (1 hour) cooldown.

CE	Boss	Spawn Mob	Mob Location	Noteable Drops	Accessory Drop	Weakness
Cursed Resurgence	Claret Dragon	Crescent Big Horns	(X: 5, Y: 27)	Field Note #48	Necklace	Fire
Doubled Trouble	Conjured Calofisteri	Crescent Blackguards	(X: 20, Y: 19)	Field Note #53	Necklace	Wind
Many Mouths to Feed	Pelekys	Crescent Wamouras	(X: 3, Y: 3)		Earring	Fire
Web of Terror	Crescent Arachne	Crescent Hellhounds	(X: 24, Y: 18)		Necklace	Ice

Critical Engagement Map

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FATEs

FATE	Location	Noteable Drops	Weakness
Daylight Pottery (NE)	(X: 26, Y: 11)	Gremlins	Trash Fire; Boss Ice
In a Pot of Bothre (SE)	(X: 11, Y: 26)	Fans	Lightning
A Rotten Affair	(X: 12, Y: 5)	Patient Kuribu	Wind/Lightning
Allue of the Occult	(X: 13, Y: 16)	Sensual Sandy	Fire
Eye to Eye	(X: 31, Y: 20)	Evil-seer	Fire
Gale-force Encounter	(X: 4, Y: 31)	Stormcaller	Fire
Inconstant Gardner	(X: 18, Y: 11)	Iambe	Fire
Raging Thrall	(X: 35, Y: 25)	Machetaur	Fire
Scale Model	(X: 8, Y: 20)	Demi-Medusa	Ice
Shoreline Showdown	(X: 23, Y: 30)	Regnant Chimera	Wind
Territorial Dispute	(X: 19, Y: 38)	Ruin Hound	Fire
Thunderregnum	(X: 24, Y: 7)	Creseregiana	Fire
Waved Away	(X: 28, Y: 16)	Arch Kelpie	Lightning

Forked Tower Magic: Normal

Once unlocked you can enter the Forked Tower: Magic in the South West shore of the central lake. There’s a pavillion that will glow during Auroral Mirages and take anyone standing on the Pavillion inside after a recruitment period. Once inside you will be tasked with defeating bosses and travesing the the tower.

There are no enrages, lives, hidden traps, extra secret encounters, or anything that could cause a total wipe of the group.

You can earn Arcane Amulets by defeating bosses and finding hidden chests using Thief’s percept/unlock skills.

Rewards

Up to 14 arcane amulets
800 silver
2880 phantom job exp (swap to a leveling job before the final boss!)
Spawns 1 silver (with a 10% chance for a second) and 2 bronze chests

How to Spawn Forked Tower: Magic

The weather will change to Auroral Mirages, meaning the the tower is open for recruiting, under the following conditions:

One person in the instance is knowledge level 40 with Forked Tower: Magic unlocked.
A hidden timer of 60 minutes has passed
- This timer can be reduce by 5 minutes for every CE completed and 1 minute for every FATE completed.

Currencies

There are currently 3 different types of currency that are all earned in (mostly) unique ways and can be exchanged for mounts, glamours, gear progression, or other resources to aid you in taking on the North Horn. Silver obols are from FATEs, CEs, and Pots/Bunnys, gold obols are earned from chaining mobs or Pots/Bunnys, and Arcanne Amulets are from Forked Tower: Magic (similar to Eurekan Fragments from Baldesian).

Enlightenment Silver Obol Pieces

Enlightenment silver obol pieces are only earned by doing FATEs, CEs, Forked Tower: Magic (Normal/EX), and opening Pot/Bunny coffers in the South Horn.

Activity	Amount Earned
FATEs	70
CEs	200
FT: Magic	800
Treasure Coffers	10-1000
Pot Chests	100/300/1,000
Bunny Chests	1,000

Silver obol pieces are primarily used for both purchasing and augmenting Phantom Vision gear. You can see a full list of items available to purchase by visiting the Expedition Antiquarian in base camp. Additional notable items include:

Notable Silver Obol Purchases

Item	Cost	Use
North Horn Riding Map	3,000	Increases mount speed, makes travelling around much easier.
Ph. Ninja	1,000	Evasive, can nullify most attacks, attacks fast.
Ph. Red Mage	1,000	Elemental spells, can identify and increase elemental weakness damage.
Ph. White Mage	1,000	Healer and raiser, a strong alternative to chemist.
Ph. Black Mage	1,000	Elemental spells, can use Occult Toad to toad many dangerous enemies
Final Final Fixative	1,200	Used in upgrading Phantom Vision gear to any tier.
Various glamour pieces	1,000	New pieces of unique glamour

Enlightenment Gold Obol Pieces

Enlightenment gold obol pieces are only earned by chaining mobs or opening Pot/Bunny coffers in the South Horn.

Activity	Amount Earned
Mobs	Varied, higher level = more gold
Pot Chests	160/480/1,600
Treasure Coffers	10-1600
Bunny Chests	1,600

Gold pieces are primarily used for purchasing Final Final Fixatives for augmenting Phantom Vision Gear. You can see a full list of items available to purchase by visiting the Expedition Antiquarian in base camp. Additional notable items include:

Notable Gold Obol Purchases

Item	Cost	Use
Ph. Dragoon	1,000	Jump to reduce damage, get free shields, dash all over!
Ph. Summoner	1,000	High damage spells with long cast times, very powerful!
Final Final Fixatives	1,920	Used in upgrading Phantom Vision gear to any tier.
Coffers/Potions	50	Items used by Ph. Samurais/Chemists. Alternative to spending gil if no other uses for gold.
Various glamour pieces	1,600	New pieces of unique glamour

Arcane Amulets

Arcane Amulets are earned only from doing Forked Tower: Magic Normal OR Extreme. The amount of amulets possible chances based on which difficulty you do; extreme granting more overall per clear.

Difficulty	Max Amount
Normal	14
Extreme	25

Arcane Amulets can be used for buying the Duck-biller Porter mount, minions, occult records from Forked Tower: Blood and Final Final Fixatives for augmenting Phantom Vision gear.

Notable Arcane Amulet Purchases

Item	Cost	Use
Duck-billed Porter	500	Bingus.
Tiny Omniscient	10	Mini version of the final boss
Final Final Fixatives	30	Used in upgrading Phantom Vision gear to any tier.
Field Notes on FT: Blood	3	Individual boss notes on the 4 bosses of FT: Blood
Magitaur Card	3	Triple Triad card that was exclusive to clearing FT: Blood.
Various glamour pieces	7	New pieces of unique glamour

Occult Accessories

These can be very rarely obtained from completing Critical Encounters in the North Horn, opening bronze/silver treasure coffers, and opening gold chests from either a Persistent Pot or Happy Bunnies (Fortune Carrots).

Accessory Sources and Drop Rates

Earrings, Necklaces, and Bracelets can only be obtained from Critical Encounters and treasure coffers around the North Horn. Specific CEs drop specific (non-ring) gear slots, either ‘of Blood’ or ‘of Magic,’ at random. A map showcasing which CE drops what accessory is below.
- CEs have a ~0.13% drop rate.
- Coffers have a ~0.08% drop rate.

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Rings can only be obtained from gold Persistent Pot chests.
- ~10% drop rate
Deep Rings can only be obtained by opening a chest revealed by a Happy Bunny through the use of Fortune Carrots.
- ~20% drop rate

Gold Obol Farming

Gold farming is primarily done with the use of Phantom Thief tanks, Thief sages, and jobs such as Cannoneers, pSummoners, Necromancer, or pBlack Mages to kill groups of high level mobs before they overwhelm the group. Most groups tend to use the far-side of the Dark Territory located in the Subterrane section of the map. They go in circles gathering and killing the Jesters and Bombadeels until satisfied.

More efficient solo farming routes are still being worked out! However have a preliminary guide made by PerryTheFridge aka Spiral Lance: North Horn Solo Gold Farming Guide

You can read more about gold farming in the following Google doc: Actually Good Guides to Gold Farming. The guide contains both solo and group farming guides.

Actually Good Guides to Gold Farming: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wlCr6ZTR_lnZhbO_1GmpC6oS9K2gaz2GKNJv8dV3zeI/edit?tab=t.39eab4nqlnk0

Phantom Blue Mage Spells

North Horn added Phantom Blue Mage which, as is tradition, can learn spells from enemies it defeats. There are six spells in total and you can use this map to find them all

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North Horn Treasure Coffers

Looting chests efficiently can help you not overcap and waste chest spawns. Here are a few pre-made routes used by friends and myself.

Chest Map

Here are all chest locations on an unmarked map.

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Multiple Lines Route

This route’s useful for doing specific sections of the map at a time. Allows you to take breaks and change what sections you do depending on time.

This route takes ~18 minutes once you get comfortable with it.

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North Horn Persistent Pots

Cyan = North pot chests
Magenta = South pot chests
Yellow/Gold = Reroll chests

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North Horn Fortune Carrots

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