Hell on Rails (Extreme)

Level: 100 (Sync: 100)
Item Level: 760
Difficulty: Extreme
Party size: Full Party
8 man • 2 2 4
Unsyncing: Not Allowed
Time limit: 60 minutes
Phoenix Down: Not Available
Duty Finder: Raid Finder (Trials)
Tomestones: 25 15
Req. quest: Talk to the Wandering Minstrel in Tuliyollal after completing Where We Call Home
Location: Hell on Rails
Region: The Mist Continent
S/S/S: Available
Patch: 7.4
The Echo: On wipe: +5% (max +25%)
Links: EDB GT TC

The storm surged and kingdoms fell, their lands devoured by unrelenting levin. For centuries thereafter, the Doomtrain sped on─but not unchanged, for time tests even the strongest steel. How fearsome it must have been in those halcyon days! The pride of its creators, the hope of its nation! Its headlamp nearly blinds you as the metal thunder draws nearer, and the minstrel's verse lays the track anew...

— In-game description

Hell on Rails (Extreme) is a level 100 trial introduced in patch 7.4 with Dawntrail.

Mechanics & Timeline

Siege Engine: Doomtrain

Mechanics

Name	Description
Dead Man’s Overdraught	Spawns four or eight floating orbs, indicating either Plasma (four) or Hyperexplosive Plasma (eight) will hit after a delay. Plasma: Four targeted AoEs. Players must take these with another Player. Hyperexplosive Plasma: Eight targeted AoEs. Players must take these individually.
Dead Man’s Express	Spawns multiple Levin Signals, then attacks with a platform-wide knockback before each Levin Signal shoots a Plasma Beam in a line down the platform. The knockback can be negated with Arm's Length or Surecast
Dead Man’s Windpipe	Attacks with a draw-in then hits the first two rows of the platform with Dead Man’s Blastpipe. The draw-in can be negated with Arm's Length or Surecast
Unlimited Express	Raidwide that destroys the platform and knocks all Players up in the air to land on the next platform.
Turret Crossing	Summons turrets that will shoot straight line AoEs from either the left or the right side of the platform multiple times
Lightning Burst	Double tank buster
Runaway Train	Raidwide Phase Shift
Aetherial Ray	Large cleave tank busters based on the position of the Ghost Train add Note: This attack you cannot see the cast
Aetherosote	Targets all non-tank Players with a point-blank AoE and applies a 2s Magic Vulnerability Up Note: This attack you cannot see the cast. The sound-based tell is three "chug" sounds.
Aetherochar	Targets healers with a point-blank AoE and applies a 2s Magic Vulnerability Up. This attack must be soaked by multiple Players. Note: This attack you cannot see the cast. The sound-based tell is two "chug" sounds.
Shockwave	Raidwide Note: This attack you cannot see the cast. The visual based tell is when the boss spawns arms.
Derailment Siege	Multi-hit Party stack Note: This attack can be invulned by a tank.
Derail	Boss destroys the platform. In the first three casts of Derail, there is a teleportation spot at the back of the platform that Players must take to get to the next platform safely. The final cast of Derail has no teleportation spot, and serves as the boss enrage.
Third Rail	Puddles are placed under every player's position. Puddles are delayed and go off ~2.7s later. Note: This attack you cannot see the cast. The sound-based tell is a "snap" SFX. The visual based tell is when Doomtrain snaps its fingers.
Headlight	Hits upper level Note: This attack you cannot see the cast. The visual-based tell is an orange light glowing at Doomtrain's forehead.
Thunderous Breath	Hits lower level Note: This attack you cannot see the cast. The visual-based tell is an blue light glowing at Doomtrain's mouth.
Arcane Revelation	Massive AoE “Hail of Thunder” hits multiple times along a diamond pattern, while at the same time Hyperconductive Plasma hits one healer and one tank.
Psychokinesis	Point-blank AoE on multiple targets.

Timeline

The fight is broken into six phases, or "cars".
* Attacks in italics do not show the cast, but indicate the attack through visual and/or sound cues.

CAR 1
Dead Man’s Overdraught (stocked) Dead Man’s Express Dead Man’s Overdraught (hit)* Dead Man’s Overdraught (stocked) Dead Man’s Windpipe Dead Man’s Overdraught (hit)* Unlimited Express

CAR 2
Dead Man’s Overdraught (stocked) Turret Crossing (spawns) Turrets Hit Dead Man’s Express/Windpipe Dead Man’s Overdraught (hit)* Dead Man’s Overdraught (stocked) Turrets Hit* Lightning Burst Turrets Hit* Dead Man’s Express/Windpipe Dead Man’s Overdraught (hit)* Unlimited Express

CAR 3
Lightning Burst Runaway Train Aetherial Ray with Aetherosote/Aetherochar (3-4 hits)* Runaway Train Shockwave* Lightning Burst Derailment Siege (3 hits) Derail

CAR 4
Third Rail* Headlight/Thunderous Breath* Headlight/Thunderous Breath* Arcane Revelation (3 hits) Headlight/Thunderous Breath* Headlight/Thunderous Breath* Third Rail* Lightning Burst Derailment Siege (4 hits) Derail

CAR 5
Psychokinesis (2 targets) Third Rail* Psychokinesis (3 targets) Lightning Burst Psychokinesis (5 targets) Third Rail* Derailment Siege (5 hits) Derail

CAR 6

Dead Man’s Overdraught (stocked)
Turret Crossing
Turrets Hit*
Headlight/Thunderous Breath*
Headlight/Thunderous Breath*
Turrets Hit*
Psychokinesis (4 targets)
Third Rail
Dead Man’s Express/Windpipe
Dead Man’s Overdraught (hit)*
Lightning Burst
Dead Man’s Overdraught (stocked)
Arcane Revelation (2 hits)
Third Rail*
Dead Man’s Express/Windpipe
Dead Man’s Overdraught (hit)
Headlight/Thunderous Breath*
Headlight/Thunderous Breath*
Lightning Burst
Third Rail*
Derailment Siege (6 hits)
Derail (enrage)

Guides

North America & European data centers typically follow Hector's strats for this fight.
- Static Intermission is typically used both in NA and Europe party finder as well.
The Materia center typically follows Materia strats for this fight.
The JP data centers follow Game8's strats for this fight.
WTFDIG supports Hector and Game8 strats for this fight, and provides strategy boards for both.

Animated guide by Hector Hectorson

Static Intermission guide by Hector Hectorson

Materia Strats guide by Kobe

Loot

Each player will receive 2 Runaway Totem per kill. Collect 10 totems to exchange for a weapon at Uah'shepya in Solution Nine (X:8.7 Y:13.5).
Allagan Tomestones of Mathematics
Allagan Tomestones of Mnemonics
Doomtrain Card (Drops at a fixed rate.)

Treasure Coffer

Name	Type	Item Level	Rarity	Quantity
Paladin's Runaway Arms (IL 775)	Other	N/A	CBlue	1
Runaway War Axe	Marauder's Arm	775	CBlue	1
Runaway Guillotine	Dark Knight's Arm	775	CBlue	1
Runaway Gunblade	Gunbreaker's Arm	775	CBlue	1
Runaway Spear	Lancer's Arm	775	CBlue	1
Runaway War Scythe	Reaper's Arm	775	CBlue	1
Runaway Knuckles	Pugilist's Arm	775	CBlue	1
Runaway Blade	Samurai's Arm	775	CBlue	1
Runaway Cleavers	Rogue's Arm	775	CBlue	1
Runaway Twinfangs	Viper's Arm	775	CBlue	1
Runaway Bow	Archer's Arm	775	CBlue	1
Runaway Handgonne	Machinist's Arm	775	CBlue	1
Runaway Chakrams	Dancer's Arm	775	CBlue	1
Runaway Rod	Two-handed Thaumaturge's Arm	775	CBlue	1
Book of the Doomed	Arcanist's Grimoire	775	CBlue	1
Runaway Foil	Red Mage's Arm	775	CBlue	1
Runaway Flat Brush	Pictomancer's Arm	775	CBlue	1
Runaway Staff	Two-handed Conjurer's Arm	775	CBlue	1
Word of the Rail	Scholar's Arm	775	CBlue	1
Runaway Star Globe	Astrologian's Arm	775	CBlue	1
Runaway Wings	Sage's Arm	775	CBlue	1
Runaway Metal	Material	775	ABasic	1
Runaway Weapon Coffer (IL 775)	Other	N/A	ABasic	1
Wings of Mist	Other	N/A	ABasic	1
FINAL FANTASY IX: Battle 2 (Dawntrail) Orchestrion Roll	Other	N/A	ABasic	1