FFXIV: Ultimate guide to efficient Eureka leveling: solo, party, or with a lvl 60 friend (2024)

Eureka Tracker: https://ffxiv-eureka.com/
The Bestiary: https://bit.ly/SBEurekaBestiary
Note: The Bestiary also has boss macros and logogram farming information
Quest locations and Boss fate mechanics: https://imgur.com/a/d6ta1OU
The website bestiary: https://eureka.fernehalwes.org/

This guide is my version of "How to do Forbidden lands of Eureka in 2023", and is best suited for solo FFXIV players who want to level in Eureka efficiently and quickly. You can expect to be done in leveling in about 13-14 hours from start to finish. I recommend Chapter 2 for all the core information about Eureka leveling logic, for those who do not want to watch the whole thing. There are also short summaries at the end of each chapter.

I stream on Twitch, mostly deep dungeon content these days, but happy to answer Eureka questions too: Twitch: AbsoluteEse

Eureka (and BA) focused discord servers
General Eureka Research:
Eurekan Explorers: Discord: discord

EU Data centers
Light DC:
Eurekan Academy: Discord: discord
Lunar Forays Group: Discord: discord

Chaos DC:
Double Edge: Discord: discord
Students of Baldesion: Discord: discord
Pampa Finder (FRA): Discord: discord
Conclave d’Exploration (FRA): Discord: discord

NA Data centers
General: Discord: discord

Aether DC:
ABBA: Discord: discord

Primal DC:
PEBE: Discord: discord
The Help Lines: Discord: discord

Crystal DC:
C-A-F-E: Discord: discord

Dynamis DC
DAFU: Discord: discord
DBE: Discord: discord

JP Data Centers don't organize BA, it's a free-for-all in the instance but some community info can be found here:
Elemental:
Discord: discord &
Discord: discord

Meteor: Discord: discord

Gaia: Discord: discord

Mana: Discord: discord

Oceania/Materia takes mostly after JPDC's FFA pug style, but runs are usually pinged ahead of time due to the low population. (Uses the Elemental server)
Discord: discord

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Music is composed by Square Enix composers; Masayoshi Soken, Naoshi Mizuta and Nobuo Uematsu:
- The Wicked Winds Whisper (Forbidden Lands of Eureka Exploration Theme)
- The Onslaught (Absolute Virtue Theme)
- Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster Forbidden Lands of Eureka theme
- Final Fantasy III 3D Remake Forbidden Lands of Eureka theme
- Gates of Paradise - The Garden of Ru'Hmet (Baldesion Arsenal theme)
- Eureka Orthos theme FFXIV

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
1:47 Chapters overview
3:11 Chapter 1: Eureka basics
8:05 Chapter 2: Core logic of Eureka leveling
15:23 Core logic summary
15:55 Chapter 3: Eureka Anemos
22:40 Anemos Summary
24:00 Max-level friend carry tips: Anemos
24:44 Chapter 4: Eureka Pagos
33:33 Pagos Summary
34:24 Max-level friend carry tips: Pagos
35:28 Chapter 5: Eureka Pyros
47:45 Pyros Summary
49:43 Max-level friend carry tips: Pyros
50:37 Chapter 6: Eureka Hydatos
54:54: Special Hydatos FATEs
56:06 Elemental gear info
56:50 Hydatos Summary
57:30 Max-level friend carry tips: Hydatos
59:02 Chapter 7: Community tips (FATE culture and BA)
1:01:05 Chapter 7: Shoutouts
1:02:20 Outro