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Brayflox's Longstop is a level 32 dungeon in Final Fantasy 14. In this dungeon, you must help Brayflox Alltalks and her fellow Goblins route the terrible dragon that has taken up residence in their home of Raincatcher Gully. Your reward for helping Brayflox is the precious Goblin Cheese that you need for Master Gegeruju's banquet.
If you want the cheese, you'll need to slay the dragon in Brayflox's Longstop. Let's take a look at each boss you'll encounter in this dungeon, their attacks and mechanics, and how to beat them.
How To Unlock Brayflox's Longstop
Brayflox's longstop is a main story dungeon that is unlocked through the following quest.
- Accept the Main Scenario Quest 'The Things We Do for Cheese'
- NPC Location: Wheiskaet - Eastern La Noscea (X:32.6, Y:30.5)
Dungeon Walkthrough
When you first enter the dungeon, you will need to find the Goblin Pathfinder in Brayflox's Watchbox, who will give you the Runstop Headgate key. Use this key on the door of the same name to proceed to the first boss.
Later in the dungeon, after the second boss, you will enter a large room filled with groups of enemies. Most of these can be avoided, so plan accordingly if you want to fight as few as possible. There are Treasure Coffers up for grabs in parts of the room for those willing to fight the extra enemies.
Great Yellow Pelican
The first boss of Brayflox's Longstop is the Great Yellow Pelican. This boss is accompanied by three Violet Backs, and will summon more throughout the fight.
- Violet Backs: These enemies will use Poison Breath, dealing damage and inflicting Poison in an area to their front. This Poison debuff can stack, and should be cleansed using Esuna. More Violet Backs will spawn throughout the fight, so be prepared to pick them up and kill them when they appear.
- Numbing Breath: The Great Yellow Pelican will deal damage and inflict Paralysis in a cone AoE to its front. Move out of the AoE indicator to avoid taking damage.
The Tank should be sure to remain the target of all enemies during the fight. Other players should focus on killing the Violet Backs before fighting the Great Yellow Pelican, as their Poison Breath can get overwhelming for the Healer.
Inferno Drake
The second boss of Brayflox's Longstop is the Inferno Drake. This boss doesn't have any unique attacks or mechanics, but Brayflox Alltalks will appear in the arena near the beginning of the fight, being chased by a Tempest Biast. The Tempest Biast will attack Brayflox for a short duration before giving up and targeting the Tank. Additionally, the boss will periodically target and attack Brayflox before returning to face the Tank.
Your objective throughout this fight is to remain focused on the Inferno Drake while keeping Brayflox alive. Target the Tempest Biast when it spawns, and restore Brayflox's health as necessary.
Hellbender
The third boss of Brayflox's Longstop is the Hellbender. This boss will use the following attacks and mechanics.
- Bog Bubble: Hellbender will target a random player with a small AoE circle attack. This attack can't be avoided, so just heal through the damage.
- Peculiar Light: This attack is a circle AoE around Hellbender that inflicts Magic Vulnerability Up on any players inside the AoE, increasing their damage taken from magic attacks. Move outside the AoE indicator to avoid this debuff.
- Stagnant Spray: Deals damage in a cone to the front of Hellbender. The Tank should face the boss away from the rest of the party to avoid hitting them with Stagnant Spray.
- Effluvium: Hellbender will trap players inside a bubble, inflicting the following debuffs on them. Destroy the bubble to remove the debuffs.
- Bind: Makes you unable to move.
- Physical Damage Down: Reduces the damage of your physical attacks.
- Mana Modulation: Reduces the damage of your magical attacks and the effectiveness of healing.
- Dropsy: Deals damage over time.
- Destroy your own bubble first, then help other players out of theirs.
When the Hellbender is low on health, the final boss, Aiatar, will swoop in and kill it for you. Now, you must fight Aiatar until its health is around 80 percent, at which point it will fly away into the back of the dungeon.
Aiatar
The final boss of Brayflox's Longstop is Aiatar. This boss will inflict Poison with all of its attacks, so the Healer should be prepared to cast Esuna as necessary. Aiatar's attacks and mechanics are detailed below.
- Dragon Breath: Aiatar will attack in a straight line AoE to its front, dealing damage and inflicting Poison. Move out of the AoE indicator to avoid taking damage.
- Salivous Snap: Aiatar will deal high damage to the Tank and inflict Poison. The Tank should use defensive cooldowns like Rampart to mitigate this damage, while moving away from other players to avoid hitting them too.
- Toxic Vomit: Aiatar will create small AoE circles around the arena that summon Poison Sacs. After a short delay, the Sacs will cast Burst, exploding in a large AoE, dealing damage and inflicting Poison.
- To avoid this attack, watch where the Sacs are created and move far away from them.
- Later in the fight, Aiatar will use Toxic Vomit twice in a row, covering most of the arena in Toxic Sacs. Be careful and avoid accordingly.
Aiatar will repeat these attacks until it is defeated, at which point Brayflox's Longstop will be complete.
