The Bozjan Southern Front

See also: Castrum Lacus Litore and Zadnor

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Level: 71 (Sync: 80)
Item Level: 0 (Sync: 430)
Difficulty: Normal

Party size: Flexible
1-72 man • 1-72
Unsyncing: Not Allowed
Time limit: 180 minutes
Req. quest: Where Eagles Nest
Entrance: Gangos (X:6.4, Y:5.7)
Patch: 5.35
The Echo: Varies

“

When the Empire first invaded Bozja, Alermuc Fortress was erected in southern Bozja, the location chosen for its natural defenses. Alas, the seemingly impregnable stronghold fell, and has since been known under the Garlean name Castrum Lacus Litore. Emboldened by the rebirth of Gunnhildr's Blades, the Bozjan Resistance has begun Operation Eagle's Nest in a bid to regain this most necessary foothold in the southern front.

— In-game description

The Bozjan Southern Front is a level 71 field operation introduced in patch 5.35 with Shadowbringers.

This is an instanced area that up to 72 players can explore simultaneously, and is the first major battlefield of two in the Save the Queen: Blades of Gunnhildr storyline. It is where players assist the Bozjan Resistance in reclaiming their homeland from the IVth Imperial Legion.

Requirements

Level Requirement: Disciple of War or Magic level 71
Item Level Sync: 430
Party Size: One to eight players
- While up to 72 players can simultaneously be in the instance, only party sizes of up to eight players are allowed. Players can freely join or leave parties inside the instance, but Party Finder is disabled.
Role Restrictions: None
Time Limit: 180 minutes
- The instance timer is specific to each player and commences upon entering the duty.
Unrestricted Parties not allowed

Unlock

Quest: Where Eagles Nest
Disciple of War or Magic level 80
Starting Location: Gangos (X:6.4 Y:5.7)
Starting NPC: Marsak
Prerequisite: Players must first complete the main scenario quest Vows of Virtue, Deeds of Cruelty, as well as the quests The Bozja Incident and Fire in the Forge.

Overview

Entering the Bozjan Southern Front

Players can enter the Bozjan southern front by speaking with Sjeros at Gangos (X:5.5 Y:5.4). If entering as a party, the leader must speak with the NPC.

Forming Parties

Unlike other instanced areas, the Bozjan southern front allows the use of party functions such as inviting party members, disbanding the party, and leaving the party without exiting the instance.

Please note that if you enter the Bozjan southern front as a member of a party, even if you leave it while within the Bozjan southern front, you will be returned to the party upon exiting the instance.

Level Sync

All forays in the Bozjan southern front are level synced, with character levels adjusted upwards or downwards to 80. Gear is not item level synced; instead, players are given fixed stats (per equipment slot) appropriate to their job at item level 430, plus any Haste bonuses. This also means materia bonuses are ignored, regardless of the item level of gear affixed with materia.

Actions requiring job quest completion will remain inaccessible if their associated quests have not been completed.
Empty equipment slots will provide no stats.

Earning Experience

Players who have yet to reach level 90 will earn experience points commensurate with their job level from levels 71-80. Fixed EXP rewards are given at level 81+.

Changing Classes and Jobs

You may freely change between Disciple of War and Magic classes and jobs level 71 or above. Note, however, that you cannot change classes or jobs during combat or when participating in a critical engagement.

Mounts

Players are free to ride mounts at any time after entering the instance.

Please note that mounts cannot fly.
Mounts cannot be ridden when participating in a critical engagement.

Enemies

Enemies encountered on the Bozjan southern front will have an icon next to their name denoting their strength. The larger the number on this icon, the more powerful the enemy. Especially dangerous enemies will bear a unique (★) icon with no number.

Mettle and Resistance Rank

Mettle

By participating in battles on the Bozjan southern front, players earn mettle. After earning sufficient mettle, players can speak with the Resistance Commander to increase their Resistance rank. Players can hold a maximum of 25,870,000 mettle.

Please note that mettle cannot be earned by fighting enemies outside of skirmishes and critical engagements.

Resistance Rank

Resistance Rank is a representation of your reputation on the Bozjan southern front. As your rank increases, the Resistance's front line will advance, allowing you to explore new areas on the southern front.

Current Resistance rank and mettle earned can be viewed at any time via the HUD.

Penalties

After reaching Resistance rank 5, players will begin to lose mettle upon being incapacitated. Players will also lose a large amount of mettle if they return to the encampment or leave the instance without being revived.

Resistance rank cannot go down from losing mettle.
Because of the large penalty for "releasing", it is recommended for incapacitated players to use /shout chat and provide their current coordinates to signal to others they need to be resurrected.

Encounters on the Bozjan Southern Front

Players must assist the soldiers of Bozja by participating in skirmishes and critical engagements. Contributions to these battles will earn players the following rewards:

Mettle
Allagan Tomestones (For jobs at level cap)
Experience Points (For jobs below level cap)

Victory in these battles is essential to pushing the front line forward and ultimately routing the imperial forces.

Skirmishes

These battles appear throughout the instance, and can be joined by any number of players. Most skirmishes are commenced randomly in the field, with some being triggered by the defeat of certain enemies.

Critical Engagements

These battles are triggered by the defeat of certain enemies or victory in skirmishes, allowing only a limited number of combatants.

Critical engagements do not require you to be present in the field to participate. Instead, players must request deployment via the Resistance Recruitment window.

Joining Critical Engagements

Once battle has commenced, critical engagements will appear in the Resistance Recruitment window. There, players can confirm whether the Resistance is enlisting more combatants to join the fray, the maximum number of participants, as well as the time remaining for the encounter.

Critical engagements take place in three phases:

1. Registration

Players will have one minute after a critical engagement has been initiated to request deployment. If there are more requests for deployment than are permitted for an engagement, however, participants will be selected at random.

When joined in a party, the party leader must request deployment on behalf of their party. In the event participants are selected at random, the party will be accepted or declined as a whole.

2. Preparing for Battle

Players selected for deployment will have two minutes to prepare for battle. When ready, they can be transported to the battlefield via the Resistance Recruitment window.

Should the maximum number of combatants not be reached before the preparation phase, the Resistance will call for reinforcements, at which point players may again request deployment.

When requesting deployment as reinforcements, all players must apply separately, even if they are in a party. Furthermore, combatants will be selected in the order in which they applied rather than by lottery.

3. Battle Commences

When the preparation phase ends, players must take up arms and do battle with imperial forces.

Priority Deployment

It is possible to gain priority deployment for critical engagements. This can be accomplished in one of two ways:

Combatant's Priority Deployment

Players who contribute to the initiation of a critical engagement may receive priority when registering for their next deployment.

Quartermaster's Priority Deployment

Players may receive priority deployment in exchange for Bozjan clusters by speaking to the Resistance quartermaster at Utya's Aegis (X:14.2 Y:29.6). It should be noted that those with combatant's priority deployment are more likely to be chosen.

When registering as a party, all party members must have the same type of priority deployment for it to be recognized.
If the number of players requesting priority deployment exceeds the maximum number of combatants, they will be selected by lottery.

Bozjan Clusters

When defeating enemies on the Bozjan southern front, there is a chance players will come across Bozjan Clusters. These crystals can be traded to the Resistance Quartermaster at Utya's Aegis (X:14.2 Y:29.6) for various goods and services.

The number of Bozjan clusters in your possession can be confirmed via the HUD.

Lockboxes

While battling on the southern front, players will also come across Southern Front Lockboxes. They can be appraised by the Resistance Locksmith at Utya's Aegis (X:15.2 Y:29.7).

Lost Actions

Main article: Lost Actions

Lost actions are a special type of duty action exclusive to the Bozjan southern front. They have various effects, including those used for attacking, healing, and reviving allies. Their effective use may turn the tide of battle in your fight against the IVth Imperial Legion.

Lost actions are unlocked after reaching Resistance rank 2 and progressing the quest line.

Forgotten Fragments and the Lost Finds Cache

During their expeditions into the front, players will obtain items known as Forgotten Fragments. These can be examined by a Resistance Appraiser at Utya's Aegis (X:15.3 Y:30.1), transforming them into lost actions.

While unidentified fragments can be placed in your inventory, those transformed into lost actions are stored in the Lost Finds Cache, which can hold up to 200 copies of any lost action.

Lost Finds Holster

To use lost actions in battle, they must first be moved from the lost finds cache to the lost finds holster.

It should be noted, however, that the lost finds holster has a limited capacity. While this limit can be increased with a higher Resistance rank, you must choose carefully which actions to take into battle.

Up to 10 combinations of your favorite lost actions can be saved as sets.

Once a set has been loaded, your selection of actions can be confirmed in the Lost Finds Holster window.

Using Lost Actions

While most lost actions must be converted into duty actions before they are used, some can be used directly from the holster as items.

Using as Duty Actions Lost actions are kept in the lost finds holster until they are assigned as duty actions.

Lost actions assigned as duty actions will not be lost upon exiting the Bozjan southern front.

When two duty actions are set, the controls are as follows:

Duty Action 1

RT + Right Thumb-click (R2 + R3)

Duty Action 2

LT + Right Thumb-click (L2 + R3)

Using as Items Lost actions categorized as items can be used directly from the lost finds holster to activate their effects. They may also be assigned to your hotbar, making them ideal for use in emergencies.

Field Records

As you progress through quests on the Bozjan southern front, a field record will be added to your collection. Furthermore, completion of certain quests, skirmishes, and critical engagements in the Bozjan southern front will earn you sheaves of notes. These notes can then be used to add entries to the field record.

If you should find sheaves of notes already added to your field record, they can be traded to the Resistance Historian at Utya's Aegis (X:15.0 Y:29.1) for various goods.

Notoriety

Notoriety is a parameter added in patch 5.5 that influences a player's chances of being selected to duel enemies.

In the event a player is not chosen to duel, participation in the prerequisite critical engagement will earn them notoriety. As notoriety increases, so too will their chances of being chosen to duel. The player with the highest notoriety when the duelist is selected will be chosen to take part in the duel. If two or more players have equal notoriety levels, a random player from those with the highest notoriety will be selected. It should be noted, however, that all notoriety is lost when selected for a duel.

Advancement - Mettle and Resistance Rank

Mettle and Resistance rank are similar in concept to experience and leveling, respectively. Mettle is earned by completing skirmishes and critical engagements, and on reaching a certain amounts of mettle, you will be able to increase your resistance rank by talking to the commander. Increasing your Resistance Rank is needed to progress within the front, and unlocks additional features.

Features unlocked by Resistance Rank

Note: Completion of the quest Let Me Holster That for You grants an additional 10 capacity to the maximum holster capacity shown below.

Rank	Mettle Required	Maximum Holster Capacity	New Features / Content Unlocked
1	-	-	Starting Rank, An Expected Engagement
2	300	30	Lost No Longer, can appraise Forgotten Fragment of Skill, Forgotten Fragment of Preparation, and Forgotten Fragment of Caution
3	1,100	35
4	2,200	40
5	3,800	44	On the Offensive, Access to Old Bozja (Second Area), can appraise Forgotten Fragment of Awakening, Forgotten Fragment of Ingenuity, and Forgotten Fragment of Care
6	9,400	47	Time to Focus
7	18,000	50	Third Time's the Charm
8	32,000	53	Pressing Forward, Access to The Alermuc Climb (Third Area), can appraise Forgotten Fragment of Violence, Forgotten Fragment of Resolve, Forgotten Fragment of Support, and Forgotten Fragment of Compassion
9	51,300	56	Signature Acquired, Picking Up the Trail
10	78,000	59	The Lady of Blades, Access to Castrum Lacus Litore, Continuation of the Save the Queen storyline leading to Delubrum Reginae and Zadnor
11	106,000	61	Can appraise Forgotten Fragment of Mastery and Forgotten Fragment of Superstition
12	157,400	63	Can appraise Forgotten Fragment of Sagacity
13	252,000	65	Can appraise Forgotten Fragment of Becoming
14	416,000	67	Can appraise Forgotten Fragment of Transcendence
15	703,200	70	Access to Delubrum Reginae (Savage), can appraise Forgotten Fragment of Caprice

Overworld Enemies

Zone 1: Southern Entrenchment

Zone 2: Old Bozja

Zone 3: The Alermuc Climb