Xarcabard, Land of Truths

category:MissionsCategory:Bastok Missions
de:Bastok-Mission 5-2
Recommended: Level 70+ and ability to do physical and magical damage, or level 55+ party.
Summary: Guard -> Karst -> Throne Room -> Karst
== Walkthrough ==
*This mission requires a certain level of Rank Bar. Complete some repeatable missions or trade 2 crystals (after completing Darkness Rising) to a Conquest Overseer.
*See a gate guard to accept the mission. Select Xarcabard, Land of Truths.
*After talking to the gate guard travel to the Metalworks and speak to President Karst () for a cutscene.
*Travel to the Throne Room within Castle Zvahl Keep.
**If you already have the Home Point outside the Throne Room in Castle Zvahl Keep, take it. If not don't forget to grab it when you get there.
**Tigers, Demons, and assorted Beastmen along the path will sight-aggro, and Ahriman will aggro by sight and sound. The highest level mob will be 53, so players below level 70 or so will need sneak/invis to avoid aggro.
**From Beaucedine Glacier, travel to () to enter Xarcabard.
***In Xarcabard, the Vahzl Gate Crystal can be obtained by checking the Telepoint at ().
***Players with a Traverser Stone can activate the Cavernous Maw at ().
**Enter Castle Zvahl Baileys at (/).
**Hug the outside of the map on the lower level until you get to the NW corner of (). 
**Go east under the bridge at the NW corner of (), the turn left.
**Follow the pathway down until you get to the SE corner of ().
**Go up the steps and go east.
**Go west up a set of stairs into map 2.
**Enter Map 2 at ().
**Head to the Goblin circle at // in Castle Zvahl Baileys Map 2 and jump all the way to the bottom. Then go down the hallway, up the steps, under the bridge, take a right, take a quick left, up the steps and take the door on the left to enter Zvahl Keep.
**Enter Castle Zvahl Keep at ().
***In Castle Zvahl Keep, you can activate the Geomagnetic Fount at ().
**Enter Map 2 at exit A () or B ().
**Enter Map 3 at exit C ().
**Stand on the dais in the middle of the room until a glowing symbol appears. It will teleport you to the upper level.
**Exit the room and stand on the dais you encounter until it teleports you again. Repeat this process two more times. The final dais will teleport you to Map 4.
**Enter the Throne Room at (). Don't forget the Home Point!
*Examine the door at the end of the path to enter the Battlefield "The Shadow Lord Battle."
**Only players who are in the mission corresponding to this battle (Mission 5-2 for any of the starting nations) or have beat it under current nationality can enter the battlefield.
***Characters completing this mission for the second time are immediately given the defeat cut-scene and key item.
**Trusts can be summoned once inside the battlefield.
**This Battlefield has a level cap of 99. Buffs will wear upon entry.
**The time limit is 30 minutes.
**Your opponent is the Shadow Lord. The fight has two phases.
**In the first phase he will begin in a stance that grants him magic immunity. Every 5 minutes or after taking 1000 damage, he will change between magic stance and melee stance, which gives him physical immunity.
***In magic stance he will primarily use tier 2 elemental spells and debuffs. He tends to use the weaponskill Dark Nova when he is about to switch to melee stance.
***In melee stance he uses the weaponskills Giga Slash, Kick Back, and Umbra Smash.
****Monks can use Formless Strikes to bypass his physical immunity.
**A cutscene will play after you defeat his first phase. He will immediately attack you in phase two.
***In this phase he will spam Implosion. If you are attempting this fight with a lower-level party, it is typically best to zerg him.
**The Shadow Lord gives experience points equal to a Level 60 mob.
*After the fight you receive a cutscene then you will be transported to the entrance of Castle Zvahl Baileys. You will receive the Shadow Fragment.
*Talk to President Karst to finish the mission.
== Upon Completion == 
*You may now begin the Rise of the Zilart Missions. 
*If your level is at least 65, you may also return to Xarcabard for the initial cutscene to begin Dynamis.
*Depending on your progress in the Rhapsodies of Vana'diel Missions, you may get a cutscene when you zone to Bastok to see President Karst reminding you that you can now progress to the mission What Lies Beyond.