All Golden Saucer Activities Ranked

Final Fantasy 14‘s Golden Saucer has been a fan favourite hub within the MMO for years. Not solely is it full of actions to sink hours into, the rewards for doing so are literally well worth the grind, providing gamers a number of iconic mounts and glamour choices for his or her troubles. It is also the place gamers are re-introduced to a few of Final Fantasy’s most iconic mini games, with some modern-day polish to assist hook individuals in.

With the newest Stay Letter confirming we’ll be getting new Golden Saucer content material within the subsequent enlargement, Evercold, what higher time to look again on all of the actions within the recreation proper now.

This is our definitive rating of Last Fantasy 14’s Golden Saucer minigames and in the event that they’re really price your time to play in-between raiding.

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Flooring Minigames

Filler Content material

I am merging all of the Flooring Minigames on this part as they’re all on the similar stage to me. Positive, a few of them play otherwise, however the rewards are so minor they really feel like they’re solely within the recreation to maintain you occupied inbetween the occasions really price enjoying.

These embrace: Monster Toss, Crystal Tower Striker, The Finer Miner, Out on a Limb, Cuff-a-Curr, and The Moogle’s Paw, that are all simply fantastic and enjoyable spins on basic arcade video games, however they’re pretty one-dimensional and supply a mere pittance in comparison with different actions. I would go so far as to say that they are nonetheless not price doing even in case you are grinding out Manderville Gold Saucer Factors (MGP).

They are a enjoyable “one-and-done” to assist populate the Gold Saucer with actions, however do not go anticipating these that can assist you declare the Sabotender Emperador mount any time quickly.

11

Lord of Verminion

Fort Condor Returns

Lord of Verminion is a minigame that is certain to divide followers, because it’s considerably based mostly on Final Fantasy 7’s most controversial minigame. That is proper, Fort Condor is a Golden Saucer exercise in Last Fantasy 14, besides as a substitute of items to defend the Phoenix’s house, now you can drop your minions onto the battlefield.

There are a couple of large variations to make it stand out (and extra pleasant) than Fort Condor, however its steep studying curve makes it a troublesome exercise to get into. Think about lengthy queue instances to face different gamers, and it isn’t onerous to see why this exercise typically finally ends up forgotten and uncared for in comparison with others within the recreation.

It may be a reasonably profitable MGP earner, however sadly, with the lengthy matches and even longer queue instances, it may not be well worth the time sink.

10

Cliffhanger

A Bomb of an Exercise

If I had it my approach, Cliffhanger could be useless final. However, I need to admit, it does have its deserves.

This leaping puzzle is just like Leap of Religion, besides as a substitute of amassing cash, you now must dodge bombs whereas climbing an ungainly construction. The place Leap of Religion punishes you for being dangerous, Cliffhanger can really feel like a humiliation ritual when you’re unfortunate.

In saying that, it is nonetheless a leaping puzzle, and Last Fantasy 14 is able to making some correct enjoyable ones every so often. Nonetheless, after enjoying this recreation mode for all these years, I nonetheless weigh my choices on whether or not I would reasonably simply queue a raid once I see this one getting queued within the rotation.

9

Vogue Report

Costume To Impress

For those who’re a Glamour-head, you are certain to benefit from the Vogue Report and its weekly problem to throw collectively a themed outfit. However when you’re an informal participant simply searching for a fast and simple MGP payout, then it’s going to merely be a fast guidelines exercise to do the naked minimal.

For this minigame, you will be given a themed project by the Masked Rose, who will even go on to guage your outfit out of 100. For most individuals, it is not onerous to succeed in not less than the 80 threshold to get a whopping 10,000 MGP for doing subsequent to nothing. However if you wish to climb to get a better quantity and payout, it is easy to lose your self within the sauce.

Total, it is a enjoyable and innocent exercise with a strong payout, however in the way in which of an precise exercise, there is not a lot to it.

8

Chocobo Racing

A Enjoyable Go Time

Chocobo Racing is a surprisingly in-depth minigame inside the Golden Saucer, letting gamers breed and race their very personal Chocobos. What’s extra spectacular, is that this recreation mode intently mirrors Last Fantasy 7’s personal Chocobo racing, making it immediately acquainted to followers of the sequence.

It is your typical Mario Kart or Bomberman Fantasy Race (when you’re a gamer of tradition) type of recreation mode. You race your Chocobo, managing its stamina, whereas additionally amassing gadgets to throw at different gamers or briefly improve your personal Choboco.

The sport mode hasn’t been up to date for fairly a while now, coming as much as nearly eight years since its final large of content material in Patch 4.3 in 2018. Regardless of the sport mode initially being a strong and constant MGP farm, it is powerful to justify the time sink to get going within the recreation. Like within the unique FF7, there’s a huge grind for this recreation mode when you really need to develop into the most effective racer there’s and to attain all of the MGP you will get your arms on.

For that motive alone, it is simpler to see why the sport mode has been all however phased out, and is generally occupied by essentially the most die onerous MGP farmers and Chocobo Racers.

7

Any Approach The Wind Blows

Extra Like Ty-Gone Am I Proper?

Any Approach The Wind Blows is a largely luck-based job that’ll require you to face in a sure spot earlier than a timer runs out. As soon as it does, Typhon will seem and blow away anybody standing in a sure space. The longer you final, the extra MGP you obtain.

This one is actually fairly enjoyable and goes by actually quick (particularly when you have dangerous luck within the first spherical), however it’s a recreation that is nearly totally out of your arms. Fortunately, the MGP payout is fairly good, making collaborating each time it is on at all times price it, since you by no means know when you’ll lastly get fortunate.

6

Slice is Proper

Lore-Correct Yojimbo

Slice Is Proper is just like Any Approach The Wind Bows, in that your goal is to remain within the enviornment for so long as attainable earlier than you are knocked off. Nevertheless, this time there’s precise ability and decision-making wanted to hold you to the tip.

All through the sport, you will must predict the place objects will fall after Yojimbo cuts by means of them. This may get fairly chaotic whereas seeing everybody else scatter across the enviornment, which makes it simple to second guess your personal choices. One other sequence will allow you to acquire further cash, though Yojimbo’s canine, Daigoro, will randomly soar inbetween these areas, that means you may rapidly and unexpectedly get punished right here.

Compared to Any Approach The Wind Blows, Slice is Proper is a much more interactive expertise. It is also neat to see Yojimbo being utlized elsewhere within the recreation.

5

Leap of Religion

All Leap No Religion Right here

Leap of Religion is my private favourite GATE exercise, and I used to be excited to gather my little cactuar statues alongside the extreme platforming sections.

This mini-game will see gamers teleport to chaotic buildings that’d make Edith Finch roll her eyes, and try to succeed in the end earlier than the minigame’s timer runs out. Alongside the way in which, you may acquire Bronze, Silver, and Gold cactuar statues that’ll offer you a bonus MGP payout relying on what number of you acquire.

Fortunately, there is a honest quantity of selection throughout the totally different maps, so you will not find yourself cheesing your approach by means of all of them. A few of these maps are genuinely powerful, particularly if the server is crowded and the smaller platforms become involved in a whole lot of darkish cloaks piling on high of one another.

4

Air Pressure One

Do A Barrel Roll

Air Pressure One is maybe essentially the most giddy of all of the GATES within the Golden Saucer, and it is primarily as a result of this recreation mode relies on basic rail shooters like Star Fox. You sit in your ship, taking pictures bombs and targets for factors. For those who hit all of them whereas avoiding the purple bombs, you will get to stroll away with a reasonably hefty MGP prize.

These do get a bit predictable, nevertheless, and you can predict the order the bombs come out, which of them to keep away from, and the place the shock purple bombs will spawn. Nonetheless, it is nonetheless enjoyable to leap on the rails and fake you are working towards your hitscan rating for Valorant.or Counter-Strike.

3

Doman Mahjong

That is Positively Mahjong Alright

Like so many nice video video games earlier than it, Last Fantasy 14 has its personal trustworthy recreation of Riichi Mahjong within the Golden Saucer. The sport would not add something new right here, so when you’re already a giant fan of Mahjong, you will doubtless really feel very in your component right here.

This exercise resets each Tuesday, and gamers who compete are assured a 5,000 MGP payout for taking part in two video games. That is the one method to get MGP from this recreation mode although, as profitable would not assure you any further MGP only for enjoying.

So, when you have been planning on scoring a excessive prize, you will sadly be out of luck, as the primary motive to play is solely for the love of the sport. Fortunately, it is nonetheless a reasonably nice recreation, and one price enjoying with pals.