Final Fantasy 14: Complete Guide To Wondrous Tails

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Final Fantasy 14 offers many things to see and do, with loads of weekly events that can reward you with tons of EXP and keep you busy in the process. The Wondrous Tails weekly event is amongst the best, which is an excellent way to revisit old content and power level Jobs.

While not new by any means, Wondrous Tails is still an underrated weekly event that many people are still overlooking. Still, even if some of the quests you're required to do can be a tad bit tedious, the payoff more than makes up for things and will help you cut down some of the more demanding levels in no time.

Updated July 11, 2024, by Seth Parmer: Dawntrail is finally here, bringing new Trials and Dungeons into what's eligible for completing your Wondrous Tails Journal, which also leads to new rewards from Khloe. So, we have updated this guide to include all the new goodies you can expect from 7.0!

Unlocking Wondrous Tails

Before you can partake in the wonderful Wondrous Tails event, you must first meet a few requirements. Fortunately, unlike some activities in Final Fantasy 14, you can access Wondrous Tails without much effort.

Quest Name	Requirement	Quest Giver	Location	Rewards	Unlocks
Keeping Up with the Aliapohs	Disciple of War or Magic, Level 60	Unctuous Adventurer	Idyllshire (X:7.0, Y:5.9)	0 EXP 103 Gil	Wondrous Tails Fantastic Mr. Faux (Level 80)

Wondrous Tails Journal

After completing the quest listed above, you can start filling out your Wondrous Tails Journal. To receive your Journal,speak to Khloe Aliapoh in Idyllshire (X: 5.7, Y:6.1).

Please keep in mind that a new Wondrous Tails Journal will be made available for you every Tuesday at 1:00 AM (PST) or 4:00 AM (EST).
- You can hold onto a Wondrous Tails Journal for two weeks but can grab a new one every week if need be.
You can also view the contents of your Journal via the "Key Items" menu. Additionally, no two Journals will be the same.

After retrieving your Wondrous Tails Journal from Khloe, you will notice several tasks for you to complete on the left, along with a 4×4 grid on the right. Successfully finishing tasks will place a seal randomly on the grid. Your goal will be to complete at least nine of the objectives presented to you in your Journal.

Furthermore, while your main objective is to complete at least nine tasks, you will get additional bonuses for having three complete rows (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) of seals in your Journal.

The catch, however, is the odds are significantly against you. Placing nine seals in a 4×4 grid leaves you with 11,440 outcomes, but only 24 of those will actually complete three rows. In betting terms, you're looking at a 1 in 500 chance of you hitting it big.

Handing In Your Journal

Even if your odds for hitting the jackpot boil down to "never going to happen," you should still complete the nine tasks and hand your Wondrous Tails Journal in every week. The reason? Well, you are guaranteed an absurd payout in EXP (estimated to be roughly half the EXP cost of your current rank).

As an example, let's say you need 7,205,000 EXP to go from 85 to 86. Turning in a Wondrous Tails Journal with nine seals will guarantee you 3,602,500 EXP, which is pretty much unmatched with other events found in Final Fantasy 14.

In short, do nine tasks and hand your Journal in every week. In the grand scheme of things, it will take hardly any effort nor much time to carve out some of your usual time spent in Eorzea to tackle the Wondrous Tails event. If you are looking for a guaranteed way to power level additional Jobs or need to cut the later levels down significantly, this is the best method.

Second Chance

Completing Duties with "one or more party members who are new to the duty" will grant you one "Second Chance"point, which you can spend to either get an easy seal for your Journal or for a chance to get the dream row placement.

Once you unlock Wondrous Tails, you will start to accumulate Second Chance points whether you have a currently activated Journal or not. Furthermore, you will only get one Second Chance point per Duty, even if more than one player is new to that specific Duty.

Action	Cost	Description
Retry	x1 Second Chance Point	Restores an already completed task to "incomplete," allowing you to redo it for another seal. Retry will also change an incomplete task to "completed" as a result.
Shuffle	x2 Second Chance Point	Randomly reorganize the positioning of your current seals. Shuffle only works when you have between 3 and 7 seals.

We recommend using "Shuffle" whenever you have seven seals. This way, the last two seals you earn have a better chance of completing a row,

Available Duties

There are many Duties for you to tackle to complete your Wondrous Tails Journal and earn substantial amounts of EXP and even excellent rewards. But before diving into everything you can potentially snag, let's cover all the Duties you can expect to run into when trying to fill out your Journal!

Complete Three Of The Following Dungeons
Any Dungeon Level 1-49	Any Level 50 Dungeon	Any Dungeon Level 51-59
Any Level 60 Dungeon	Any Dungeon Level 61-69	Any Level 70 Dungeon
Any Dungeon Level 71-79	Any Level 80 Dungeon	Any Dungeon Level 81-89
Any Level 90 Dungeon	Any Dungeon Level 91-99
Complete One Of The Following Dungeons
Any Level 100 Dungeon
Complete One Of The Following Trials

The Minstrel's Ballad: Ultima's Bane	Urth's Fount	The Howling Eye (Extreme)
The Navel (Extreme)	The Bowl of Embers (Extreme)	Thornmarch (Extreme)
The Whorleater (Extreme)	The Striking Tree (Extreme)	The Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Extreme)
Complete Two Of The Following Alliance Raids
The Labyrinth of the Ancients	Syrcus Tower	The World of Darkness
The Void Ark	The Weeping City of Mhach	Dun Scaith
The Royal City of Rabanastre	The Ridorana Lighthouse	The Orbonne Monastery

The Copied Factory	The Puppet's Bunker	The Tower at Paradigm's Breach
Aglaia	Euphrosyne	Thaleia
Complete Two Of The Following Raids
Fist of the Father/Son	Cuff of the Father/Son	Arm of the Father/Son
Burden of the Father/Son	Eyes/Breath/Heart/Soul of the Creator	Deltascape Series
Sigmascape Series	Alphascape Series	Eden's Gate Series
Eden's Verse Series	Eden's Promise Series	Asphodelos Series

Abyssos Series	Anabaseios Series
Complete Five Of The Following Duties
The Binding Coil of Bahamut Series	The Second Coil of Bahamut Series	The Final Coil of Bahamut Series
The Limitless Blue (Extreme)	Thok ast Thok (Extreme)	The Minstrel's Ballad: Thordan's Reign
The Minstrel's Ballad: Nidhogg's Rage	The Minstrel's Ballad: Tsukuyomi's Pain	The Minstrel's Ballad: Hades Elegy
The Minstrel's Ballad: Zodiark's Fall	The Minstrel's Ballad: Hydaelyn's Call	The Minstrel's Ballad: Endsinger's Aria
Containment Bay S1T7/P1T6/Z1T9 (Extreme)	The Pool of Tribute (Extreme)	Emanation (Extreme)

The Jade Stoa (Extreme)	Hells' Kier (Extreme)	The Great Hunt (Extreme)
The Wreath of Snakes (Extreme)	The Dancing Plague (Extreme)	The Crown of the Immaculate (Extreme)
Cinder Drift (Extreme)	Memoria Misera (Extreme)	The Seat of Sacrifice (Extreme)
Castrum Marinum (Extreme)	The Cloud Deck (Extreme)	Treasure Hunt Dungeons The Shifting Gymnasion Agonon The Excitatron 6000
Storm's Crown (Extreme)	Mount Ordeals (Extreme)	The Voidcast Dais (Extreme)
The Abyssal Fracture (Extreme)	Palace of the Dead/Heaven-on-High	Frontline
Crystalline Conflict	Rival Wings

Rewards

In addition to the guaranteed EXP payout, you can see some other rewards you can get if you're lucky enough to complete multiple rows in your Journal below.

Khloe's Certificates of Commendation can be exchanged for exclusive mounts, minions, equipment, and a wide variety of other items by speaking with Khloe Aliapoh in Idyllshire(X:5.7, Y:6.1).