Welcome to downtime in Final Fantasy XIV. That period FFXIV Gil after a major patch, where you’ve completed the primary patch content and brought your Warrior of Light to the current zenith. With the current main scenario milestone complete, what else is there left for you to do?
For some folks, this is the time to start looking into the smaller nooks and crannies of FFXIV. Perhaps it is time to dive back into Island Sanctuary or fight it out in Crystalline Conflict. Maybe you want to go to the bleeding edge with some Unreal Trials. Or perhaps, you’re a mount hunter and it’s time to pick up some stragglers.
This list includes the ten rarest mounts in the game. Starting with the full list of mounts available at FFXIV Collect, we cut all of the mounts you can no longer obtain, like various mounts players could gain from The Feast seasons. We also left off the Online Store mounts, as you can simply pay real money to pick those up. What’s left is a mix of recent additions to FFXIV and a host of achievement-related rides.
Pinky.
This pink pachyderm is the rarest mount currently available that’s not related to the Feast. Why? First, because it’s relatively new. Second, because it’s one of the mounts related to Treasure Dungeons, which are nowhere near the most-accessed content in FFXIV. You can summon Pinky once you obtain the Pinky Identification Key from Nesvaaz in Radz-at-Han (X:10.5, Y:10.1).
Nesvaaz won’t give the mount for free though. You’ll need to give him three Exciting Tonics, which are rewards from one of the latest Treasure Dungeons, The Excitatron 6000. You can only access it through the Timeworn Kumbhiraskin Map item. The dungeon itself requires you to have a Disciple of War or Magic at Level 90, and doesn’t always activate when using the Timeworn Kumbhiraskin Map.
Once you Decipher the Timeworn Kumbhiraskin Map item, you’ll receive a Treasure Map key item. The Treasure Map will point to the general area where the treasure is located. If you use the Dig action in the right area, a treasure chest will spawn. Occasionally, the treasure chest will also spawn a portal. This is what you need in order to access The Excitatron 6000 dungeon. Complete the entire dungeon to grab one Exciting Tonic.
Victor.
This monstrous pug hails from the snowy plains of Garlemald. It’s not the most beautiful mount, but it does stand as a mark of achievement. A specific achievement to be exact. You can summon Victor by using the Victor Whistle, which you gain from completing the achievement “Endgame Hunter”.
The achievement is actually the combination of two other achievements, “Take Your A Game Further III” and “Take Your S Game Further III”. They require you to kill 2,000 A-Rank monsters and 1,000 S-Rank monsters in Endwalker regions, through the Guildship Hunts system. The issue is S- and A-Rank monsters are kill on sight, rather than resulting from the Hunt Board directly. A-Rank hunts have respawn timers, while S-Rank hunts require someone to complete certain conditions ahead of time. Be ready to spend a lot of time making this happen.
Pteranodon.
Two dinosaur mounts back-to-back! What are the odds? If you Final Fantasy XIV Gil want to soar through the skies on a Pteranodon, then you need to get the Pteranodon Horn. This item is a reward for completing the achievement “Castle in the Sky,” which is related to the Diadem. You need to earn 500,000 Skyward Score on every Disciple of the Hand and Land.
Once you’ve unlocked the Ishgard Restoration, you can enter the Diadem and start gaining Skyward Score. You’ll gain the Score on gatherers by gathering items in the Diadem, while crafters need to craft items based on items from the Diadem. You can check your current Skyward Score by talking to Ludovraint in The Firmament (X: 10.6, Y: 14.7). This is another long haul.
