Explore Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker's PvP modes: Frontline (The Borderland Ruins, Seal Rock, The Fields of Glory, Onsal Hakair) and Rival Wings (Astragalos, Hidden Gorge). Learn objectives and strategies.
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker offers two primary PvP game modes: Frontline and Rival Wings, each with distinct objectives and large player counts.
- Frontline: A large-scale mode with up to 72 players across three teams of 24. It features four daily rotating campaigns: The Borderland Ruins (Secure), Seal Rock (Seize), The Fields of Glory (Shatter), and Onsal Hakair (Danshig Naadam). All Frontline campaigns require level 30 and last up to 20 minutes.
- Rival Wings: A smaller-scale mode with up to 48 players split into two teams, the Falcons and the Ravens. It includes two game modes: Astragalos and Hidden Gorge. Both require level 30 and last up to 15 minutes.
Frontline
Frontline is a large-scale PvP game mode where up to three teams of 24 people can battle it out for victory. There are four campaigns currently available, and these change daily. Each of these campaigns will change the objective of the match depending on the campaign of the day. The four campaigns are as follows:
The Borderland Ruins (Secure)
This campaign has a minimum requirement of level 30 to enter, and each match will last no longer than 20 minutes. During a Frontline Secure campaign the goal is to reach the required Tactical Rating (Score). This can be done by securing key locations such as Allagan Ruins and Outposts which will be identified as flags on the map. Occupying these locations will increase your team’s tactical rating, and the team with the highest tactical rating will win the match.
You’ll gain a fixed amount of tactical rating for the first time you claim a location, and then your team’s tactical rating will slowly increase over time providing you keep hold of it. Occupying key locations isn’t the only way to increase your team’s tactical rating as defeating opponents from the other teams, and even monsters that can appear on the map will also increase your tactical rating slightly.
Seal Rock (Seize)
This campaign has a minimum requirement of level 30 to enter, and each match will last no longer than 20 minutes. During a Frontline Seize campaign the goal is to obtain the most data. You can obtain this by occupying relics known as Ancient Tomeliths. These wondrous relics contain data that is vital for the Grand Companies, and your job is to retrieve it. These relics can have three ranks which are B, A, and S.
The higher the rank, the higher amount of data your team will obtain, although the higher ranks will have a lower chance to spawn. Like all the game modes, defeating opposing players will reward you with a small amount of data, but ideally you’ll want to defeat them while you challenge for a relic.
The Fields of Glory (Shatter)
This campaign has a minimum requirement of level 30 to enter, and each match will last no longer than 20 minutes. During a Frontline Shatter campaign the goal is to obtain the most data. To do this, you can occupy Allagan Tomeliths, similar to the Seize game mode, but where Shatter differs is from the Icebound Tomeliths.
Throughout the match the Icebound Tomeliths will appear around the map, and once you destroy one, you’ll gain valuable data. These Tomeliths come in two sizes, small, and large with the large Tomelith offering you more data. The Tomeliths will appear on the map 30 seconds prior to spawning which gives your team enough time to head over to it and contest it. Like all the game modes, defeating opposing players will reward you with a small amount of data, but ideally you’ll want to defeat them while you challenge for a Tomelith.
Onsal Hakair (Danshig Naadam)
This campaign has a minimum requirement of level 30 to enter, and each match will last no longer than 20 minutes. During a Frontline Danshig Naadam campaign the goal is to reach the required Tactical Rating (Score). This can be done by claiming sacred sites known as an Ovoo. These sites all begin inactive once the match begins, but over time they’ll begin charging up, and once charged a team can make a claim for the site.
If you’re attacked during the claim, you’ll be interrupted, so your team will want to make sure that the person making the claim is protected. Each Ovoo comes in three ranks, B rank which is indicated as a blue triangle, A rank which is indicated as a red diamond, and S rank which is indicated by a yellow pentagon. The higher the rank, the higher the tactical rating your team will receive for claiming it. What makes the ranks important is that they have a lower chance to spawn which means they’re extremely important in winning the match.
Like all the game modes, defeating opposing players will reward you with a small amount of tactical rating, but ideally you’ll want to defeat them while you challenge for an Ovoo.
Rival Wings
Rival Wings is a slightly smaller scale game mode which consists of up to 48 participants. These players are split up into two teams, the Falcons, and the Ravens. There are two game modes within Rival Wings, Astragalos, and Hidden Gorge. The two game modes are as follows:
Astragalos
This campaign has a minimum requirement of level 30 to enter, and each match will last no longer than 15 minutes. During Astragalos the goal is to destroy the other team’s core which is located in the enemy base first. If neither cores get destroyed, the team which has the highest core HP will win.
Each team will have two towers which protect the core. These towers are enveloped in a defensive field that mitigates the damage taken by team members while also being able to restore their HP. When you destroy the towers, the magitek field that surrounds the enemy base will dissipate which makes the base vulnerable to attacks. On top of that, all parties within the team will earn ceruleum, and Soaring Stacks.
Ceruleum is key to winning the match as it can be used to deploy three different types of machina which are Cruise Chaser, Oppressor, and Brute Justice. These are very powerful, and can turn the tide of battle. To purchase these, you’ll need to pay 50 ceruleum at a Hangar Terminal which is situated near the starting area of each base. As mentioned above you can obtain ceruleum by destroying the towers, but you can also claim the power generator in the center of the map which will give you a steady supply of it.
Soaring Stacks are a buff that you can obtain by defeating towers or destroying towers. This buff can stack twenty times, and you’ll gain 2% increased dama
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