Thousand Maws of Toto-Rak Compendium

[Vuitton]

I haven't found a centralized source of information regarding this dungeon, so I would like to start one that can be referenced as needed. As well as a central place people can contribute.

Here is map that helps break down the dungeon into its sections:

http://www.ffxivmaps.com/img/dungeon...o-Rak-area.jpg

There is another map over on Neko Sentai that shows the treasure chest locations and the photo-cell locations. But, I am at work at the moment and can't venture over there to grab the link. Will edit it in. In the meantime is here a lesser version of that map I found on Zam.

http://static2.finalfantasyxiv.com/a...MD-X6wyuvU.jpg
The red dots are treasure chests. The yellow dots are photocells, which look like tiny yellow fireflies ingame. The empty circles are the magitek devices creating the shields.

Here is the Neko Sentai map (the best map):
http://forum.neko-sentai.com/attachm...6&d=1311908070

Each magitek device requires 4 photocells to disable it, which then unlocks another part of the dungeon.

8 photocells are needed in total to engage the bosses in sections 1 or 2, which are Antares and Sargas, respectively.

16 photocells are needed in total to engage Shaula, the boss of section 3.

The order of unlock the gates is important in getting to Shaula due to the one way drops that can leave you stranded in a section that hasn't been unlocked yet, forcing you to return to the enterance.

The device that leads into Section 1 needs to be unlocked first.
So, the 4 photocells in the "entry section" need to be gathered.
Then, the 1st device can be unlocked and the 4 photocells in Section 1 gathered.
Then, the 2nd device needs to be unlocked which leads into Section 2.
Then, the 4 photocells in Section 2 need to be gathered.
Then, the 3rd device needs to be unlocked which leads into Section 3.
Then, the 4 photocells in Section 3 need to be gathered in order to unlock Shaula's room.

All-in-all, you will gather 16 photocells and 6 treasure chests along the way if you make the effort to get them. You can shorten this by first unlocking Device #2 and collecting the photocells in Section 2 and then returning to the start to unlock Device #3.

Getting to Antares or Sargas is much simple. Unlock Section 1 and then Antares' room's device. Sargas is behind Device #2, so as long as you unlock Device #2 first (ignoring Device #1), it will take 8 photocells in total as well.

Boss Chests:

Middle (Red): Kill the boss (Poacher's Tunic, Poacher's Hat, Ascetic's Half-Robe, Ascetic's Tights)
Far right: Open all chests (Heart of House d'Arlendre, Waning Sun Pelta)
Near right: 25 minutes or more left on the timer after death of any boss (Tenfinger Tallstaff, Unbreakable Knuckles)
Far left: Open 2 gates (Warden's Dagger, Charred Axe)
Near left: Open 3 gates (Tidesplitter, Joukil's Guile)

The 6 chests in the dungeon can give the following:

If you were to run the zone in its entirety, the chest drops are specific to each chest and are in this order:

1: Torturer's Monocle (right by the entrance)
2: Warden's Barbut (dead end near the northern magitek device)
3: Brigand's Acton (southern-most chest, in a room near the southern magitek device)
4: Brigand's Gloves (northeastern dead end)
5: Torturer's Duckbills (in a room just west of the northern magitek device)
6: Warden's Gauntlets (in a room east of the northern magitek device)

[Pandum]

wrong final fantasy

[Septimus]

wrong final fantasy

It's alright, I caged the thread and released it into its natural habitat.

[miokomioko]

Any of the boss' gold chests can drop all weapons, Waning-Sun Pelta, and Poacher's Tunic/Hat. (blue chests are always weapons)

Ascetic's Halfrobe/Tights can only drop from Sargas' or Shaula's gold chests. Thus, I haven't figured out what the benefit is of going after Shaula over Sargas as of yet... maybe just higher drop rates on the armor.

If you were to run the zone in its entirety, the chest drops are specific to each chest and are in this order:

1: Torturer's Monocle (right by the entrance)
2: Warden's Barbut (dead end near the northern magitek device)
3: Brigand's Acton (southern-most chest, in a room near the southern magitek device)
4: Brigand's Gloves (northeastern dead end)
5: Torturer's Duckbills (in a room just west of the northern magitek device)
6: Warden's Gauntlets (in a room east of the northern magitek device)

That's about all there is to it, though I have yet to get 5 chests on Shaula yet... even when killing her with over 25 minutes left.

I can't wait until they maybe remove the party requirement for entering so I can farm the last of those 4 chests without dragging 3 other people along.

[Vuitton]

Interesting! Thanks for that info Mioko. I've only started running it recently (I tried it once at release), and now that I am it's been hard finding out info since everyone is focused on the R45 dungeon.

My Shaula run had 3 chests in all. 2 blue and 1 gold. Which also explains our drops (2 weapons and 1 poacher's tunic).

I got my Torturer's Duckbills from the 5th chest, but its probably just how you count them? I consider the 6th chest the one closer to Shaula's room.

[mightyg]

add ascetic's tights to antares. dropped my first run.

[miokomioko]

I meant to say that chests 5/6 might be swapped as I forget which dropped which of those two. edited!

Also, I have never seen more then two poacher's/ascetics pieces drop from a gold chest at a time. I've seen robe+tights and tunic+hat... and I -think- I've seen a mix of the two.

[Vuitton]

I wonder then since Antares drops both Ascsetic items if Sargas drops both Poacher items? Makes sense as Shaula looks to be dropping everything. Oh wait, Mioko you said Sargas drops Ascetic gear also?

[miokomioko]

Yeah, drops that I've seen so far are as such:

Antares: Poacher's
Sargas: Poacher's + Ascetic's
Shaula: Poacher's + Ascetic's

Basically, they seem to all have the same loot pools except for Antares not dropping Ascetic's. Which makes me wonder what the incentive for going after Shaula over Sargas really is... other than an accomplishment on the Lodestone.

P.S. Jesus shitbags, the drop rate on the various chests in the zone is abysmal. After about 6 or so runs in a row of absolutely nothing from them, one run got us a Warden's Barbut, and then the next run got us Brigand's Gloves. I think out of the dozens and dozens of runs, I've seen maybe 4 Torturer's Monocles, 4 Warden's Barbuts, 0 Brigand's Actons, 2 Brigand's Gloves, 0 Warden's Gauntlets, and 0 Torturer's Duckbills.

Ugh.

[Vuitton]

Sounds like Sargas is the best bang for your buck if he offers everything. =/ Glad I got my Shaula achievement taken care of at least.

[miokomioko]

Also, I've been trying to figure out a way to get the best use of time by means of splitting up at certain points and I've come up with this general plan of action (assuming getting all chests)... This also assumes you're like Rank-40+ because some of the mobs can get a little overwhelming for Rank-30ish, especially if you split up at all... also there can be a fair amount of training mobs just to grab a chest and gtfo. When it comes to grabbing Photocells, you can't be getting hit so you either need someone to aggro everything while another person grabs it or clear the mobs.


1:
Go straight ahead, grab Torturer's Monocle chest and Photocell-1.

2:
From there, split up:
Two people head straight south to grab Photocell-2.
Two people head down the east path to grab Photocell-3 and Warden's Barbut chest.

3:
Meet back up at the southern Magitek device, grabbing Photocell-4 on the way.
Deactivate device and head east.

4:
From there, split up:
Two people head north to grab Brigand's Acton chest and Photocell-5
Two people head south to grab Photocell-6.
Meet back up in the intersection.

5: Halfway through the eastern path, split up:
Three people continue heading northeast to grab Photocell-7/8 and wait there.
One person runs back around to the northern Magitek device and deactivates it, then heading east and dropping back down to the group.

6:
From there, split up:
Three people head east to grab Photocell-9/10/11.
One person heads north to grab Photocell-12 and Brigand's Gloves chest.

7:
Meet back up while all running back around to the northern Magitek device to deactivate it.

8:
From there, split up:
Three people head east to grab Photocells-13/14 and Warden's Gauntlets chest.
One person head west to grab the Torturer's Duckbills chest and return to the group.

9:
From there, split up:
Two people head north to grab Photocell-15 and return.
Two people continue east to grab Photocell-16 and deactivate Shaula's device.


I hope that makes some sense. Also, I think every mob in the zone is Rank-35 except for the Tainted Lice... which are probably the most dangerous because they are in groups of 6 or so and can fuck you up by all simultaneously using that move they do as a response to any weaponskill usage on them. Either spam AoE nukes, time AoE weaponskills to take them out quick, or refrain from using TP and just hit them with basic attacks.

[Vuitton]

Nice guide! I'll give that a shot once I am a little higher in rank.

[Baelari]

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...entry?e=214554

1st chest: Torturer's Monocle
2nd chest: Warden's Barbut
Level 1 chest: Brigand's Acton
Level 2 chest: Brigand's Gloves
Level 3 west chest: Torturer's Duckbills
Level 3 east: Warden's Gloves

Top Boss: Shaula (Open all 3, or open level 2 and hit return after you have more photocells to open level 3)
Middle Boss: Sargas
Lower Boss: Antares

Boss chests:
Middle (Red): Kill the boss (Poacher's Tunic, Poacher's Hat, Ascetic's Half-Robe, Ascetic's Tights)
Far right: Open all chests (Heart of House d'Arlendre, Waning Sun Pelta)
Near right: Under 25 minutes (Tenfinger Tallstaff, Unbreakable Knuckles)
Far left: Open 2 gates? (Warden's Dagger, Charred Axe)
Near left: Open 3 gates? (Tidesplitter, Joukil's Guile)

[Vuitton]

Wow, thanks! Glad to know the boss chest conditions and what each chest holds. Looks like another player also posted this on his Lodestone blog:

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...entry?e=215168

[Baelari]

Also, a bit of trivia for you: If you drag the boss mobs out of their rooms, they get a very high regen. If you get off to a false start, you'll need to drag them back into their rooms to kill them.

And the 25 minute chest is for any boss, not just a full clear, so if you're just going for that one, it's a lot easier to just do a lesser boss.

[Vuitton]

Thanks Baelari!

[miokomioko]

I guess that makes sense that I've only actually seen Unbreakable Knuckles and Tenfinger Tailstaff when I've rushed straight to Antares for the easy/quick clear. Looks like I gotta' pretty much waste some runs for guaranteed attempts on the Tailstaff. I'm only missing the acton/guantlets/tailstaff/duckbills now. >:3

Has anyone actually attempted the boss solo in any way? I imagine it could only be realistically handled with Sleep... or maybe a 50 PGL with +3 evasion-focused gear. Presence of Mind, Light Strike, Featherfoot II, and using Jarring Strike II to pretty much stun-lock the boss, heh.

[Lord_Deshter]

My LS mate discovered that popping condition for one chest is killing Flans (all or maybe some specific one)

[Baelari]

My LS mate discovered that popping condition for one chest is killing Flans (all or maybe some specific one)

I routinely leave flans up with no problems with the chests. He probably inadvertently completed another spawn condition without realizing it. I'm 99% certain the spawn conditions I wrote are correct, I just can't remember if the near left/far left placement is switched or not (Which isn't terribly important in the scheme of things).

[Hiroishime]

Far left and Far right is not opening gates, probably killing something.

I have done 25min rush run before, opened 4 gates for Shaula, grabbed all chests, but i skipped awhole lot of mobs. only got 2nd, middle, and 4th chest.