Copperbell Mines

Copperbell Mines is a in Final Fantasy XIV. A recently reclaimed mineshaft, the miners dug too deep and released a clan of hecatoncheirs that had long been trapped beneath the surface. It is the last of a trio of consecutive low-level dungeons, along with and , all sharing the same loot and serving to acclimatize new players to partying with others. The dungeon was overhauled in patch 6.1, with all the boss encounters completely redesigned in response to the dungeon's unpopularity.
== History ==
During the 13th century of the Sixth Astral Era, a little over 300 years before the events of Final Fantasy XIV, the Thorne Dynasty of Ul'dah had enslaved a tribe of gigants known as hecatoncheirs to assist in their mining operations by way of enchanted helmets. Though it is not known how, in 1272 the enchantments broke, and the hecatoncheirs revolted against their masters in the Great Giant Revolt. Fearing their might, the then ruler of Ul'dah, Baldric Thorne, ordered the mines collapsed on the gigants' heads, hoping they would either be crushed or suffocated to death. When no further hecatoncheirs emerged, the ploy was thought a success. The Copperbell Mines, believed to be purged of ore anyways, were abandoned, leaving the gigants to their fate.
Three centuries later, Amajina & Sons sought to reclaim the mines in hopes of finding some heretofore undiscovered mineral veins. Unfortunately, they dug too deep, and freed the hecatoncheirs who had by some miracle survived the centuries trapped in the depths of the mine, during which they had plenty of time for their hatred of their former masters to stew. Simultaneously exalting their newfound freedom and enraged at the sight of what they saw as their former masters, the hecatoncheirs vowed to never be enslaved or trapped again and began furiously attacking any other spoken they came across. With the hecatoncheirs once again posing a threat to Ul'dah, the city-state called upon adventurers to find a more permanent solution to the problem.
== Objectives ==
Objectives are paraphrased and expanded on from their in-game listing for clarity.
*Collect six-onze pinches of firesand to clear rubble
*Clear shaft B4 of rubble
*Defeat Kottos
*Clear shaft E1 of rubble
*Defeat Ichorous Ire and arrive in shaft E1
*Arrive in shaft E2
*Defeat Gyges the Great
== Progression ==
===Ground Level===
====Shaft A1====
===First Drop===
====, , and ====
====The Screaming Dark====
===B2===
====Shaft E1====
====The Crying Dark====
====Shaft E2====
====The Cold Throne====
== Enemies ==
Enemy 	Pic	HP 	Abilities 	Areas
Blasting Cap 	 	1,051 	Attack, Self-destruct 	Shaft E1
Copperbell Coblyn 	 	1,051 	Attack 	Shaft A1Shaft B1Shaft B4
Errant Soul 	 	1,051 	Attack 	Shaft E1Shaft E2
Gyges the Great 	 	10,582	Attack, Colossal Slam, Gigantic Blast, Gigantic Smash, Gigantic Swing, Grand Slam	Shaft E2
Hecatoncheir Stonebreaker	 	2,103 	Attack, Grand Slam, Smite of Rage 	Shaft E2
Hecatoncheir Stonehauler 	 	2,103 	Attack, Grand Slam 	Shaft B1
Ichorous Drip 	 	369 	UntargetableBurst 	Shaft E1
Ichorous Ire 	 	11,383	Attack, Divide, Fluid Spread, Syrup 	Shaft E1
Kottos 	 	9,970 	Attack, Catapult, Colossal Slam, Grand Slam, Lumbering Leap 	Shaft B4
Lightning Sprite 	 	1,051 	Thunder 	Shaft B1
Living Fossil 	 	1,051 	Attack, Gas Shell, Painful Whip 	Shaft E2
Pit Hippocerf 	 	1,051 	Attack, Beak Snap 	Shaft E2
Spriggan Copper Carrier 	 	1,051 	Attack, Jittering Jig, Romp 	Shaft B1
Spriggan Copper Copper 	 	1,051 	Attack, Frenetic Flurry, Haste 	Shaft A1Shaft B1Shaft B4Shaft E1
== Items ==
== Quests ==
== Script ==
== Musical themes ==
"Below" plays during the intro to Copperbell Mines. Like many low-level dungeons, "The Promise of Plunder" plays during battles, "A Fine Death" plays during mini-bosses, and the final boss's battle theme is "Nemesis".
== Behind the scenes ==
Gyges and Kottos were names of two of the Hecatoncheirs, monstrous offspring of Ouranos and Gaea in Greek Mythology. The third Hecatoncheir, Crier Briareos, appears as the target of the FATE "There Might Be Giants" in Western Thanalan, implied to have separately escaped from the mines.
== Other appearances ==
=== Final Fantasy Record Keeper ===
Category:Western Thanalan locations in Final Fantasy XIV
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