Eden's Gate: Descent (Normal) is the second fight of the first raid tier of the Eden raids in patch 5.01 of Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers (FF14). Read on to learn the raid mechanics, attack patterns, and rewards of this boss fight!

Eden's Gate: Descent (Normal) Raid Guide

Doomvoid Guillotine

A huge line AoE will spawn in the middle of the arena where the boss is positioned during Doomvoid Guillotine. Simply dodge to avoid getting damaged and debuffs.

Nyx Adds

Adds will spawn after the line AoE goes out. These adds will move slowly towards the direction they're facing, so reposition to avoid getting damaged.

Doomvoid Slicer

Doomvoid Slicer is a Donut AoE attack. Stand on the safe spot to survive the mechanic.

Nyx Adds II

Afterwards, another set of adds will spawn on the arena and moves in a plus-shaped pattern.

Move out of the way to dodge and avoid getting debuffs.

Shadowflame

Get ready to use your tank cooldowns and soak damage during Shadowflame's double tankbuster.

Dark Fire III

Once the boss casts Dark Fire III, chosen players will have huge AoE circles placed on them.

Spread out to avoid hitting each other.

Unholy Darkness

Immediately after, Unholy Darkness will be casted and places a stack marker on a player.

Stack together to split the damage and heal the party to get ready for the next mechanic.

Spell In Waiting

Spell In Waiting causes attacks to be delayed and places a countdown marker on affected players.

Delayed Dark Fire III

Delayed Dark Fire III places an AoE on selected players. The AoEs won't go off immediately, but players can start to reposition and spread out once the countdown starts.

Delayed Unholy Darkness

Just like the prior Unholy Darkness, a stack marker will be placed on a character except it won't go off immediately.

Stack with the party until the damage goes out!

Delayed Fire and Darkness

Dark Fire and Unholy Darkness will be casted at the same time and will go out at the same time as well.

If marked with an AoE circle, make sure to stay spread out. For the player with the stack marker, stack with the remaining players that did not get a marker until damage goes out to survive both mechanics.

Entropy

Entropy deals raid-wide damage, so get ready to shield and heal the party once it goes out.

Hand of Erebos

Hand of Erebos will spawn knockback markers on the entire arena. Either use Arm's Length or Surecast to avoid getting knocked off the arena, or simply reposition to the edge of the arena, opposite the direction of the knockback.

Doomvoid Guillotine II

Another Doomvoid Guillotine will be casted, so avoid the massive line AoE by repositioning.

Nyx with Knockback

Adds will spawn again with a knockback mechanic this time. Reposition to the edge of the arena opposite the markers while avoiding the adds to avoid getting hit once the knockback happens.

Punishing Ray and Delayed Darkness

Five circles will spawn during Punishing Ray, and players need to stand on it and soak the Bleeding damage.

A stack marker will also be placed on a player during Delayed Unholy Darkness, so wait for the circles to go out first before going in to stack with the others!

Punishing Ray with Knockback

Punishing Ray will be casted again along with a knockback mechanic. Reposition to safely survive the knockback first before moving into the circles.

Shadow Eye

Shadoweye places a Gaze marker on a player. If you're the marked player, stand and face away from the party. If not, make sure to look away from the marked player to avoid getting petrified.

Delayed Shadoweye

Delayed Shadoweye places a Gaze marker on a player but the damage won't go out until the countdown is done. Make sure to turn away from the marked player to avoid being petrified.

Mechanics Will Now Repeat

Afterwards, all mechanics will now repeat until the boss is taken down.

Eden's Gate: Descent (Normal) Rewards

Treasure Coffer 1 Rewards

Name	Type	Quantity
Helm of Early Antiquity	Token	1
Armor of Early Antiquity	Token	1
Greaves of Early Antiquity	Token	1
Bangle of Early Antiquity	Token	1

Treasure Coffer 2 Rewards

Name	Type	Quantity
Gauntlets of Early Antiquity	Token	1
Chausses of Early Antiquity	Token	1
Greaves of Early Antiquity	Token	1
Bangle of Early Antiquity	Token	1

Treasure Coffer 3 Rewards

Treasure Coffer 3 still contains the Force Your Way Orchestrion Roll.

To get this reward, you must have the highest roll on the item and wait until everyone finishes rolling to know if you got it or not.

How to Unlock Eden's Gate: Descent

Complete One Fell Swoop Quest

Eden's Gate: Descent will be unlocked after completing the quest One Fell Swoop from the questline received from Ryne at The Core. (X:23.4, Y:23.3)

Eden's Gate: Descent (Normal) Information

Eden's Gate: Descent
Level	80
Item Level	425
Party Size	1～8
Time Limit	90 min
Requisite Quest	One Fell Swoop

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