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{{ARR Infobox Duty
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| Name = Astragalos
| Map = 
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| Image = Astragalos duty.png
| Description = On the forgotten fringes of the Dravanian hinterlands, there lie the remnants of a Sharlayan testing site known as Astragalos. With their boundless ingenuity, the goblins of Idyllshire have transformed the place into an expansive training ground. Here, brave adventurers can take control of mighty machines in large-scale war games reminiscent of battles against the Garlean Empire. A furious struggle for territorial supremacy awaits!
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| ARRTomestone = 50
| TomestoneLow = 50
| TomestoneHigh= 20
| Duty Finder = PvP
| Flag = 
| Zone= Astragalos (Zone)
| Duty = 
| Type = PvP
| Minimum Level = 30
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| Sort Level = 
| Unlock Quest = Earning Your Wings
| Duty Roulette = Frontline
| Objectives =
| Weather = 
| Enemies = Players
| Region = 
|Tank = 0~24
|DPS = 0~24
|Healer = 0~24
| Requirements = 
:Time Limit: 20m
:12 parties of 4 players.
:Undersized Parties Not Allowed
:Class: Any job of the Disciples of War or Magic (excluding limited jobs)
:Level: 30
:Player level and attributes are ignored during PvP and replaced with PvP-specific values.
:Additional Loot Rules Unavailable
:Minimum IL Unavailable

| Expansion = Stormblood
| Patch = 4.15
| Background Music = ???
| Connections = <!-- {{ZoneConnection|Zone=|Location=x,y}} -->
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| Etymology = 
| Walkthrough =
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| Wolf Marks Rank 1  = 1000
| PvP EXP Rank 1 = 1000
| PvP Series EXP Rank 1 = 1250
| Experience Rank 1 = Varies

| Wolf Marks Rank 2 = 500
| PvP EXP Rank 2 = 500
| PvP Series EXP Rank 2 = 750
| Experience Rank 2 = Varies

| Wolf Marks Rank 3 = 0
| PvP EXP Rank 3 = 0
| Experience Rank 3 = 0

| Notes = <!-- Rival Wings is a large-scale PvP encounter where the goal is to destroy the other team's base the other team can accomplish the same. 

===Preperations===
When you enter the Astragalos, you will appear in your team's staging area. You will have 2 minutes to strategize and prepare. While in your staging area, you can cast buffs, mount, or change jobs/classes. There are no role requirements for teams, so you can change at will while in the staging area.

===Objectives===
The goal in Rival Wings is to destroy the core situated in the opposing team's base. However, this core is protected by two towers on either side, at least one of which must be destroyed before the core can be damaged.

Periodically, teams of AI controlled Mammets will walk down the two paths linking the cores and towers to support their team's advance. When opposing mammets meet, they will attack each other until destroyed by each other or by players. If the mammets reach a tower or the core, they will explode, dealing damage to the opposing structures. Mammets defeated by players also yield ceruleum (CE), which is needed to spawn and supply warmachina.

In the outer areas of the map and in the center on the ground level, tanks of ceruleum can also be found lying on the ground and can be collected by either team to power their warmachina.
Finally, the structure in the center of the map on the upper level can be captured and controlled by either team, and will continually supply ceruleum to the team that is in control.

===Warmachina===

Ceruleum collected from the various sub-objectives described above can be spent by each Rival Wings party in their team's base to spawn Warmachina, powerful combat mounts which can help give your team the upper hand. There are three types:

*Cruise Chaser
: A highly mobile machine that is focused on eliminating players on foot and other warmachina. its abilities are ineffective against the towers and core.

*Oppressor
: A slow, large and unwieldy machine that is focused on destroying the enemy towers and core. It is designed to siege the enemy base, and thus is ineffective against other players and warmachina; it will depend on other warmachina for protection, but does extreme damage to towers with its 10,000-Tonze Missile if it is able to get close enough.

*Brute Justice
: A heavy-duty anti-personnel/warmachina machine, the Brute Justice is slower but far more powerful than the Cruise Chaser, with a variety of abilities at its disposal. However, only one Brute Justice can be deployed by either team at any given time, and they are still of limited effect against structures. 

===Victory Conditions and Rewards===

Once one team destroys the enemy team's core or the time runs out, the match ends. In the latter case, victory will be determined based on the following factors in order:

*Remaining Core HP
*Number of towers remaining
*Remaining HP of towers

[[PvP Experience]] and [[Wolf Marks]] will be earned based both on your participation and your team's rank at the end, with the 2nd place team earning approximately 1/2 the rewards of the 1st place team.

Special mounts-  can be earned by completing achievements for victories in the Rival Wings maps.


===Rules===

Rival Wings follows most of the general PvP rules as outlined in [[:Category:Player Versus Player]], with the following additions and exceptions:

*Unlike [[Frontline]], Rival Wings is played with six four-person parties per team, rather than three eight-person teams. Each party can deploy one warmachina, which is the main reason for this seperation.
*Defeating opponents will earn Soaring stacks for your party. Each Soaring stack increases damage dealt and reduces damage taken.
*Unlike in [[The Wolves' Den]], mounts can be summoned and ridden in Rival Wings. However, any direct damage has a 100% chance of inflicting the Heavy effect (Damage over Time effects with no initial hit and non-damaging effects do not cause the Heavy effect)
:*If a [[Limit Break]] is cancelled mid-cast, 1/2 of a segment worth of the limit gauge will be immediately depleted, to discourage scare tactics (e.g. casting and cancelling the AoE limit break to provoke enemy players to scatter).
*Unlike the Wolves' Den you are able to Return when incapacitated. When you are KO'd, you will have to wait for a short time before you can use Return.
*Say, Shout, and Yell can be used within the area, however they will only be heard by members of your team. Alliance chat can also be used if there are more than 8 players on each team.
*It is NOT currently possible to enter as a pre-formed alliance, even though that feature is available as of [[:Category:Patch 2.35|Patch 2.35]]. It is only possible to queue for [[Syrcus Tower]], [[Labyrinth of the Ancients]], or [[World of Darkness]].

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