Rock the Castrum

Mainquest1 Icon.png Lv. 50   Rock the Castrum
Quest

Journal detail hr1 07.png Acquisition
This quest unlocks an instanced duty.
Edelstein: Northern Thanalan - Bluefog - Ceruleum Processing Plant (x:20.9, y:22.2)

Map33 Icon.pngClosest Aetheryte: Ceruleum Processing Plant

Journal detail hr1 08.png Requirements
071201.png49Hearts on FireMainquest1 Icon.png Hearts on Fire (Level 49)

Spacer2.png All classes and jobs (excluding limited jobs) (Level 50)

Journal detail hr1 03.png Rewards

2,340
Experience Points



5,368
Gil
Options
Darklight Earrings of Aiming
Darklight Earrings of Healing
Darklight Earrings of Casting
Allagan Bronze Piece
Allagan Bronze Piece
Miscellaneous Reward

Dungeon Icon.png Castrum Meridianum (Level 50)

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Journal detail hr1 04.png Description
Edelstein would send you forth to commence the penultimate phase of Operation Archon.
Journal detail hr1 01.png Objectives
  • Speak with Raubahn.
  • Use the Duty Finder to enter Castrum Meridianum.
  • Report to Raubahn.
Journal detail hr1 02.png Unlocks Quests
071201.png50The Ultimate WeaponMainquest1 Icon.png The Ultimate Weapon (Level 50)

Journal detail hr1 07.png NPCs Involved
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Edelstein, Raubahn, Minfilia, Alphinaud
 

  • Edelstein would send you forth to commence the penultimate phase of Operation Archon.
  • Lieutenant Edelstein once more expresses his gratitude for all you have done to lift the spirits of the troops─as well as his own. With morale high once more, the time is nigh to begin the third phase of Operation Archon. March forth to Castrum Meridianum and report for duty to General Raubahn.
  • So begins the penultimate phase of Operation Archon. While the main Alliance host wreaks havoc without, you must steal inside Castrum Meridianum and disable its magitek field generator.
※Castrum Meridianum can be accessed via the Duty Finder.
  • You have successfully disabled the magitek field generator protecting the Praetorium, and defeated Livia sas Junius into the bargain. Though you are eager to press on with the fourth and final phase of Operation Archon, you will require the use of an airship if you are to reach the Ultima Weapon's resting place. For now, make your way back outside and report to Raubahn.
  • After gruffly reaffirming his trust in your abilities, Raubahn declares the third phase of Operation Archon a success. All that remains is the small matter of finding and destroying the Ultima Weapon.

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You have rekindled the flames of courage that burn within our brave men and women's hearts, and for this, I thank you.

And now, the time for battle is nigh. We must march forth with no worries or regrets.


General Raubahn awaits you at Castrum Meridianum. The battle will not be an easy one, but I trust that you are up to the task. Godsspeed,
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Quest Accepted


General Raubahn awaits you at Castrum Meridianum. Godsspeed,
Grand Company Rank
Surname!


Our hero returns. I trust that your visit has done much to lift the spirits of our garrison on the eve of our greatest battle yet.
Time is of the essence. Let us commence the briefing at once.


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Brothers and sisters of the Alliance! I would share with you glad tidings!
Doubtless spurred on by news of the siege of Castrum Oriens, the Maelstrom has struck a double blow! Castrum Occidens and Castrum Marinum are now under blockade!
Phase two of Operation Archon is a success!
Reports tell us that the Garleans offered fierce resistance─but that the Admiral yielded them not one ilm.

With Occidens, Marinum, and Oriens thus suppressed, the third phase may begin in earnest!


Even as we speak, the Order of the Twin Adder moves to block the railway leading hither from Castrum Centri. And that can mean but one thing...


The hour is come to strike at the heart of the Garlean invasion force!


...Castrum Meridianum, the den of the Black Wolf!
My fellow Eorzeans. I am Minfilia, Mistress of the Scions of the Seventh Dawn.

There exist myriad barriers that divide us─those of race and nation, language and creed, to name but a few.


Such barriers serve to isolate us from our neighbors...yet they also serve to define who we are. Shorn of them, there would be little to distinguish one from another, and the rich variety of our lives would give way to sterile orthodoxy.


These barriers can never truly be broken down, of course─not so long as there is liberty in the world─but they can be transcended!


Verily, we do so now in coming together for this grand endeavor, to fight side by side in defense of our shared home!
Before me stands the adventurer Forename Surname. You all know him as the man who will lead the unit tasked with destroying the Ultima Weapon.
We Scions know a different Forename, however. We know him as a dear friend who has endured untold hardship on our behalf─a true hero who has ever blazed a path for us to follow. And why do I tell you this? I tell you, friends, because it is time for us to blaze a path for him!
Our objective is to wreak such havoc outside the walls of Meridianum as to afford Forename and him comrades the time they need to disable the magitek field generator within.
With the path thus cleared, we may finally turn our minds to the true goal of this operation─the destruction of the Ultima Weapon! All troops, prepare for battle!
I fear I can't accompany you this time. The unenviable task of facilitating communications between our forces has been entrusted to the Ironworks, you see. Know, though, that I will be praying for your safe return.
See that you come back to us, my friend. May the Crystal bless you and keep you.
We will suffer the Black Wolf to prowl our lands no more! Let us teach the hunter what it is to be hunted!
Forward, comrades! For Eorzea!
All is shouting. All
FOR EORZEA!
Go now, Forename, and bring us one step closer to the dawn!
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The Duty Finder has been updated with a new regular duty.

Castrum Meridianum Now Accessible
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Use the Duty Finder to enter Castrum Meridianum.


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Diverting all power to cannons!
My lord was quite taken with you and the power you possess─the "Echo." Naturally, I could not help but wonder whom this princess among women might be...

Only to discover that you are but another adventurer. No better than the multitude.


Yet in spite of this, the masses hold you their champion, and shower honors upon your head. It defies all reason.


How is it that you could be such a thorn in our side? Wherever you appear, you leave havoc in your wake. You even slew Rhitahtyn, one of our very finest.


Well...I will not speculate. Truth be told, I couldn't care less how you have done these things. What matters to me is the fact that you have done them.
If you are allowed to continue, you will eventually deprive me of all that I have toiled for─all that is mine by right!

My minions, my comrades...even my lord Gaius!


Well, you cannot have him!


His dreams and ambitions, his body and soul─they are mine, do you hear me!? All mine!


I lost everything once before! I will not suffer it to happen again!


I will kill you, adventurer! Only your death can bring me peace!
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No... <sob> It's happening...all over again...
Please... I cannot bear it... <sob> Don't take him...away from me...
My lord Gaius!!!
Another poor fool who craved Gaius's affection over all else... May her soul know rest.
'Tis a miracle no harm has come to you, my friend. One for which I will happily give thanks.

...And the wonders do not end there. Truthfully now─did you really mean to send that assault craft crashing into the generator tower? If you did─you're a bloody liar. If you didn't'─well...you're too modest!
Whichever you are, you've managed to open the way to the Praetorium. The only problem is, we can't reach it on foot.

And thanks to your fine diversionary work, we've succeeded in bringing down the generator tower─and with it, the magitek field!
The way to the Praetorium now lies open. The only problem is, we can't reach it on foot.

Nay, we'll need to take the Enterprise. I left her at the Ceruleum Processing Plant, so let's regroup there.

This is it, Forename! The final confrontation awaits!
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I knew you wouldn't let us down, soldier!

With the Praetorium stripped of its defenses, the way to the Ultima Weapon lies open.


The time is come for the final phase of Operation Archon!
Quest Complete

  • Quest name is likely a reference to The Clash's 1982 song, Rock the Casbah.
  • Talk to Raubahn and accept the quest.
  • Complete Castrum Meridianum via the duty finder.
  • Talk to Raubahn to complete the quest.
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