The Fractal Continuum
This article is about the optional level 60 dungeon. For the optional level 70 dungeon from Stormblood, see The Fractal Continuum (Hard).
The Fractal Continuum
- Level
- 60 (Sync: 60)
- Item Level
- 145 (Sync: 210)
- Difficulty
- Normal
- Party size
- Light Party
4 man • 1
1 
2 
- Unsyncing
- Allowed
- Time limit
- 90 minutes
- Duty Finder
- Dungeons (Heavensward)
- Roulette
- High-level Dungeons
- Tomestones
20 - Req. quest
Do It for Gilly- Entrance
- Azys Lla (X:22.5, Y:39.0, Z:7.1)
- Modes
- Explorer
- Patch
- 3.0
“Wedge is a man with a dream─a dream that Gilly, the kindly guidance node who escorted you through the aetheric wastes of Azys Lla might be restored to life, to blip to him once more. To that end, he'll need you to fetch her a new nacelle from the Fractal Continuum, a museum of Allagan technological creations that will open its doors to welcome its first visitor in some five millenia...
— In-game description
The Fractal Continuum is a level 60 dungeon introduced in patch 3.0 with Heavensward.
Objectives
- Clear the History Gallery 0/1
- Defeat the phantom ray. 0/1
- Clear the Soldiery Gallery. 0/1
- Defeat the minotaur. 0/1
- Clear a route to the Security Deck. 0/1
- Activate the violet control unit. 0/1
- Activate the crimson control unit. 0/1
- Activate the emerald control unit. 0/1
- Defeat the Curator. 0/1
Bosses
Phantom Ray
Avoid Double Sever, a double conal AoE that fans out directly in front of and behind the boss, and then repeats on either side of the boss. As the battle progresses, this ability will be accompanied by a large number of circular ground AoE.
Rapid Sever is a tank buster; use cooldowns as necessary to mitigate the damage.
Minotaur
11-tonze swipe is forward-facing melee cleave. This ability does not have an AoE ground indicator.
111-tonze swing is 360-degree melee cleave & knockback. Deals extremely heavy damage. This ability does not have an AoE ground indicator.
Disorienting Groan deals mild AoE damage and knockback. The boss will then rush from player to players dealing moderate damage with each impact. Afterward, he will use 10-tonze slash, a forward-facing line AoE.
1111-tonze Swipe is a room-wide AoE. When the boss begins charging this ability, one player (usually healer or ranged) needs to click on one of the several Biomass Incubator tubes that encircle the arena. This will spawn an add, distracting the boss and interrupting his attack. The add needs to be killed immediately.
The Curator
Clockwork Alarum adds will periodically spawn occasionally along the edge of the arena; each will occupy a single square, infusing it with a debuff that damages any player who touches it. These adds slowly walk forward, spreading the debuff to additional squares, and should be killed immediately.
The Curator will occasionally afflict a random player with a heavy DoT debuff called Aetherochemical Explosive. The afflicted player needs to be cleansed by the healer immediately.
The Educator will light up a pattern of floor tiles. The tiles will explode after a short time, dealing heavy damage to any players who happen to be standing on them.
Mines will occasionally spawn on random floor tiles. Avoid/ignore these until they explode.
Tanks, be ready to soak heavy magic damage while gearing. This boss is best tanked in a corner, facing away from the group. Be sure to relocate in case of mines so your melee DPS don't have to dodge them, and so that you won't run into them to avoid The Educator.
In summary:
- Kill Clockwork Alarum ASAP.
- Stay off lighted squares.
- Avoid mines.
- Cleanse Aetherochemical Explosive.
Loot
- See also: Baldur Weapons, Valerian Armor and Valerian Accessories
Phantom Ray
| Name | Type | Item Level | Rarity | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Valerian Dragoon's Sollerets
|
Feet | 160 | Green | 1 |
 Valerian Fusilier's Boots
|
Feet | 160 | Green | 1 |
 Valerian Fusilier's Bracelet
|
Bracelets | 160 | Green | 1 |
 Valerian Fusilier's Ring
|
Ring | 160 | Green | 1 |
 Valerian Rogue's Highboots
|
Feet | 160 | Green | 1 |
 Valerian Shaman's Boots
|
Feet | 160 | Green | 1 |
 Valerian Shaman's Bracelet
|
Bracelets | 160 | Green | 1 |
 Valerian Shaman's Ring
|
Ring | 160 | Green | 1 |
 Valerian Smuggler's Bracelet
|
Bracelets | 160 | Green | 1 |
 Valerian Smuggler's Highboots
|
Feet | 160 | Green | 1 |
 Valerian Smuggler's Ring
|
Ring | 160 | Green | 1 |
 Valerian Terror Knight's Bracelet
|
Bracelets | 160 | Green | 1 |
 Valerian Terror Knight's Ring
|
Ring | 160 | Green | 1 |
 Valerian Terror Knight's Sollerets
|
Feet | 160 | Green | 1 |
 Valerian Wizard's Bracelet
|
Bracelets | 160 | Green | 1 |
 Valerian Wizard's Pattens
|
Feet | 160 | Green | 1 |
 Valerian Wizard's Ring
|
Ring | 160 | Green | 1 |
Minotaur
The Curator
- 10 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics
Curator Card (Drops at a fixed rate.)
Unbreakable Orchestrion Roll (Drops at a fixed rate.)
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Additional Treasure Coffers
Treasure Coffer 1 (X: 9.7 Y: 11.4)
| Name | Type | Item Level | Rarity | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valerian Terror Knight's Sollerets
|
Feet | 160 | Green | 1 |
| Valerian Dragoon's Sollerets
|
Feet | 160 | Green | 1 |
| Valerian Smuggler's Highboots
|
Feet | 160 | Green | 1 |
| Valerian Rogue's Highboots
|
Feet | 160 | Green | 1 |
| Valerian Fusilier's Boots
|
Feet | 160 | Green | 1 |
| Valerian Wizard's Pattens
|
Feet | 160 | Green | 1 |
| Valerian Shaman's Boots
|
Feet | 160 | Green | 1 |
| Valerian Terror Knight's Bracelet
|
Bracelets | 160 | Green | 1 |
| Valerian Smuggler's Bracelet
|
Bracelets | 160 | Green | 1 |
| Valerian Fusilier's Bracelet
|
Bracelets | 160 | Green | 1 |
| Valerian Wizard's Bracelet
|
Bracelets | 160 | Green | 1 |
| Valerian Shaman's Bracelet
|
Bracelets | 160 | Green | 1 |
| Valerian Terror Knight's Ring
|
Ring | 160 | Green | 1 |
| Valerian Smuggler's Ring
|
Ring | 160 | Green | 1 |
| Valerian Fusilier's Ring
|
Ring | 160 | Green | 1 |
| Valerian Wizard's Ring
|
Ring | 160 | Green | 1 |
| Valerian Shaman's Ring
|
Ring | 160 | Green | 1 |
 Clear Prism
|
Other | N/A | Basic | 1 |
 Soot Black Dye
|
Other | N/A | Basic | 1 |
 Dalamud Red Dye
|
Other | N/A | Basic | 1 |
 Sunset Orange Dye
|
Other | N/A | Basic | 1 |
 Void Blue Dye
|
Other | N/A | Basic | 1 |
Treasure Coffer 2 (X: 11.1 Y: 10.8)
Treasure Coffer 3 (X: 7.9 Y: 9.3)
Treasure Coffer 4 (X: 14.5 Y: 9.3)
Guide and Information Panels
| Exhibit I: Technology in Daily Life | This exhibit showcases the various scientific advances that allow Allagans to live lives of heretofore unheard-of ease and efficiency. |
| Exhibit II: Technology in War | See the myriad marvels of Allagan military technology that have replaced flesh-and-blood soldiers, ensuring that no Allagan citizen need ever again lay down their life in battle. |
| Exhibit III: The Phantom Ray | Feast your eyes on this massive-yet-elegant automaton, designed to monitor -- and if necessary, dispatch -- potentially violent chimerical constructs. |
| Exhibit IV: The Mirrorknight | A second-generation construct boasting the strength of a bear and the acute vision of an owl. As with many early efforts with synthesis, lack of intelligence and a proclivity for violence limited its practical use. |
| Exhibit VII: The Shabti | A fourth-generation construct, and one of the first to effectively employ cloning technology. With high intelligence and regenerative capacity, its development was hailed as a major breakthrough. |
| Exhibit VIII: The Naga | Among the first successful efforts in synthesizing a voidsent, Void research remains an emerging field, with future developments holding great promise. |
| Exhibit IX: The Iksalion | A highly intelligent construct employed by Allagan engineers to perform maintenance tasks. Notable flaws include a weakness against the elements and certain genetic instabilities. |
Achievements
This duty is associated with the following achievements:
| Name | Points | Task | Reward | Patch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mapping the Realm: Fractal Continuum
|
10 | Discover every location in the Fractal Continuum. | - | 3.0 |
Images
Gear Images
Dungeon Images
Lore
The Glory Of Allag
The Fractal Continuum is a mobile museum of ancient Allag converted from a decommissioned warship. Moored at Azys Lla and incorporating satellite isles, it houses over a thousand years' worth of technological marvels born of Allagan ingenuity. Its distinctive design was no accident, deemed ideal for the purpose of impressing the greatness of the Empire upon loyal citizens in all corners of the realm.
Visitors to the museum can learn about notable inventions in various spheres, from modern conveniences that improved lives to military contraptions that ended them. A veritable army of automachina is on display, as is a menagerie of live chimerical specimens—some of which have reportedly escaped containment to roam free and breed.
The Curator
An autonomous machine housed within the Fractal Continuum. Primarily a tool for education, the Curator is equipped with a reality augmentation system that combines projected images and clever contrivances, allowing museum visitors to experience a plethora of technological marvels. So convincing is the effect, some have sworn that it surpasses that which it imitates.
Truth Beyond The Clouds
Among every race, there are those who do not conform to societal norms—eccentrics and outcasts who hold to their own ways. The Ixal are no exception, as can be seen in the Ehcatl Nine, the gathering, of artisans and engineers who dreamed of finding Ayatlan, the legendary lost paradise of their kind. In pursuit of this dream, they labored to create an airship that could fly higher than any ever had in Eorzea, drawing upon not only their own techniques, but those of men besides—a marked departure from the majority of their brethren, who wage war with the Gridanians in the name of their goddess, Garuda. At length, the Ehcatl Nine succeeded in building a prototype vessel that could bear them higher than the clouds. But beyond there awaited a damning truth. On a solo flight, the Ixal Kezul Itzcan discovered the floating continent of Azys Lla, whereupon he ventured into the Fractal Con-tinuum to come face-to-face with a chimerical being named Iksalion. In that instant, he knew: the Ixal were created by the Allagans. Yet this revelation did naught to deter his leader, Sezul Totoloc, who declared that their dream—their burning, desire to take to the skies—is their own, and no creation of science. Thus did they resume their efforts, their eyes turned ever forward and upward, towards paradise.
The Ultima Beast
This prototype primal countermeasure was created as part of the Ultima Project. A bioweapon of flesh and blood brought to life via chimerical science, it boasts remarkable vigor and advanced arcane abilities. By merging its traits with those of Ultima Warrior, an early bipedal prototype, the Allagans went on to conceive Proto Ultima.
Dialogue
Repository Node: Warning! Unauthorized personnel detected. Initiating emergency reality augmentation protocol. Repository Node: Repository node system failure imminent. Disabling reality augmentation protocol.