Trial (Final Fantasy XIV)

Trials are a type of duty found in Final Fantasy XIV. They differ from other duties in that they feature only a single boss encounter, where other duties typically have multiple boss encounters and regular enemies in between.
There are generally three difficulty levels to trials. Normal modes require only 4 players, and only four of them are encountered early in the game. Once players finish the initial A Realm Reborn storyline at level 50, they will start encountering Hard mode trials, which require 8 players. The Hard descriptor is removed after the level 57 trial and function as the base difficulty for all subsequent trials. All Normal trials and most "Hard" trials are required for the main scenario. The highest difficulty mode is Extreme, which serves as an introduction to high-difficulty content in that Extreme trials are harder than Normal difficulty content, but easier than Savage or Ultimate difficulty raids. No Extreme mode trials are required for the main scenario.
Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers introduced Unreal trials, which are old Extreme trials re-released at the then max character level with tight item level syncs and no ability to run them unsynced, in order to preserve their difficulty regardless of equipment. Unreal trials offer unique rewards, but are replaced every patch with a new Unreal trial.
A Trials roulette can be found in the Duty Finder, which will enter a solo player into a random Hard mode trial that they have already completed with greater rewards than queueing for specific trials, as well as extra bonuses that can only be received once per day. Normal mode trials can instead be found in the Leveling roulette, as their difficulty is on par with leveling dungeons. Extreme mode trials cannot be found on any roulette except for Mentor roulette, as they are typically too difficult for a group of randomly matched players to complete. In North American and European data centers, most players use Party Finder to form premade parties for Extreme trials.
==List of Trials==
===A Realm Reborn===
	Name	Level	Item Level	Boss 	Unlock	Tomestones	Release
	 	20 	 	Ifrit 	 	 	2.0
	 	34 	 	Titan 	 	 	2.0
	 	44 	 	Garuda 	 	 	2.0
	 	50 	42 	The Ultima Weapon 	 	 	6.1
	 	50 	49 	Ifrit 	 	 	2.0
	 	50 	52 	Garuda 	 	 	2.0
	 	50 	57 	Titan 	 	 	2.0
	 	50 	54 	Good King Moggle Mog XII	 	 	2.1
	 	50 	60 	Leviathan 	 	 	2.2
	 	50 	65 	Ramuh 	 	 	2.3
	 	50 	80 	Shiva 	 	 	2.4
	 	50 	90 	Nabriales 	 	 	2.5
	 	50 	52 	Dhorme Chimera 	 	 	2.0
	 	50 	52 	Hydra 	 	 	2.0
	 	50 	50 	Gilgamesh 	 	 	2.2
	 	50 	80 	Ultros and Typhon 	 	 	2.4
	 	50 	90 	Gilgamesh 	 	 	2.5
	 	50 	95 	Odin 	 	 	2.5
	 	50 	61 	The Ultima Weapon 	 	 	2.1
	 	50 	65 	Garuda 	 	 	2.1
	 	50 	67 	Titan 	 	 	2.1
	 	50 	70 	Ifrit 	 	 	2.1
	 	50 	80 	Good King Moggle Mog XII	 	 	2.2
	 	50 	80 	Leviathan 	 	 	2.2
	 	50 	85 	Ramuh 	 	 	2.3
	 	50 	95 	Shiva 	 	 	2.4
===Heavensward===
	Name	Level	Item Level	Boss 	Unlock	Tomestones	Release
	 	53 	 	Ravana 	 	 	3.0
	 	57 	 	Bismarck 	 	 	3.0
	 	60 	142 	Knights of the Round	 	 	3.0
	 	60 	205 	Nidhogg 	 	 	3.3
	 	60 	190 	Sephirot 	 	 	3.2
	 	60 	220 	Sophia 	 	 	3.4
	 	60 	235 	Zurvan 	 	 	3.5
	 	60 	165 	Bismarck 	 	 	3.0
	 	60 	175 	Ravana 	 	 	3.0
	 	60 	190 	Knights of the Round	 	 	3.1
	 	60 	220 	Nidhogg 	 	 	3.3
	 	60 	205 	Sephirot 	 	 	3.2
	 	60 	235 	Sophia 	 	 	3.4
	 	60 	250 	Zurvan 	 	 	3.5
===Stormblood===
	Name	Level	Item Level	Boss 	Unlock	Tomestones	Release
	 	63 	 	Susano 	 	 	4.0
	 	67 	 	Lakshmi 	 	 	4.0
	 	70 	280 	Shinryu 	 	 	4.0
	 	70 	335 	Tsukuyomi	 	 	4.3
	 	70 	365 	Yojimbo 	 	 	4.56
	 	70 	320 	Rathalos 	 	 	4.36
	 	70 	325 	Byakko 	 	 	4.2
	 	70 	355 	Suzaku 	 	 	4.4
	 	70 	365 	Seiryu 	 	 	4.5
	 	70 	300 	Susano 	 	 	4.0
	 	70 	300 	Lakshmi 	 	 	4.0
	 	70 	320 	Shinryu 	 	 	4.1
	 	70 	350 	Tsukuyomi	 	 	4.3
	 	70 	350 	Rathalos 	 	 	4.36
	 	70 	340 	Byakko 	 	 	4.2
	 	70 	370 	Suzaku 	 	 	4.4
	 	70 	380 	Seiryu 	 	 	4.5
===Shadowbringers===
	Name	Level	Item Level	Boss 	Unlock	Tomestones	Release
	 	73 	 	Titania 	 	 	5.0
	 	79 	 	Innocence 	 	 	5.0
	 	80 	410 	Hades 	 	 	5.0
	 	80 	455 	The Ruby Weapon 	 	 	5.2
	 	80 	465 	Warrior of Light 	 	 	5.3
	 	80 	485 	The Emerald Weapon	 	 	5.4
	 	80 	495 	The Diamond Weapon	 	 	5.5
	 	80 	430 	Titania 	 	 	5.0
	 	80 	430 	Innocence 	 	 	5.0
	 	80 	450 	Hades 	 	 	5.1
	 	80 	470 	The Ruby Weapon 	 	 	5.2
	 	80 	470 	Varis yae Galvus 	 	 	5.25
	 	80 	480 	Warrior of Light 	 	 	5.3
	 	80 	500 	The Emerald Weapon	 	 	5.4
	 	80 	510 	The Diamond Weapon	 	 	5.5
===Endwalker===
	Name	Level	Item Level	Boss 	Unlock	Tomestones	Release
	 	83 	 	Zodiark 	 	 	6.0
	 	89 	 	Hydaelyn 	 	 	6.0
	 	90 	540 	The Endsinger	 	 	6.0
	 	90 	585 	Barbariccia 	 	 	6.2
	 	90 	595 	Rubicante 	 	 	6.3
	 	90 	615 	Golbez 	 	 	6.4
	 	90 	625 	Zeromus 	 	 	6.5
	 	90 	625 	Asura 	 	 	6.55
	 	90 	560 	Zodiark 	 	 	6.0
	 	90 	560 	Hydaelyn 	 	 	6.0
	 	90 	580 	The Endsinger	 	 	6.1
	 	90 	600 	Barbariccia 	 	 	6.2
	 	90 	610 	Rubicante 	 	 	6.3
	 	90 	630 	Golbez 	 	 	6.4
	 	90 	640 	Zeromus 	 	 	6.5
===Dawntrail===
	Name	Level	Item Level	Boss 	Unlock	Tomestones	Release
	 	93 	 	Valigarmanda 	 	 	7.0
	 	99 	 	Zoraal Ja 	 	 	7.0
	 	100 	 	Queen Eternal	 	 	7.0
	 	100 	690 	Valigarmanda 	 	 	7.0
	 	100 	690 	Zoraal Ja 	 	 	7.0
===Removed===
Removed trials fall into two categories: Unreal trials, which are only kept for one major patch, and story trials which have been replaced with solo instanced battles.
	Name	Level	Item Level	Boss 	Release	Removed
	 	49 	 	Rhitahtyn sas Arvina	2.0 	6.1
	 	50 	90 	Vishap 	2.55 	6.2
	 	80 	430 	Shiva 	5.3 	5.4
	 	80 	430 	Titan 	5.4 	5.5
	 	80 	430 	Leviathan 	5.5 	6.0
	 	90 	560 	The Ultima Weapon 	6.1 	6.2
	 	90 	560 	Sephirot 	6.2 	6.3
	 	90 	560 	Sophia 	6.3 	6.4
	 	90 	560 	Zurvan 	6.4 	6.5
	 	90 	560 	Knights of the Round	6.5 	7.0
==Behind the scenes==
All Hard trials featuring primals prior to the Singularity Reactor featured the "(Hard)" tag in their duty name. This was an artifact from the first three Hard modes, which needed to differentiate themselves from their Normal modes. Once it became clear that Hard modes had completely replaced Normal modes, and that no new Normal trials would be released, the developers stopped appending the "(Hard)" tag to new trials.
==Notes==