Forked Tower: Magic (Extreme) Overview

The Forked Tower: Magic (Extreme) is the second raid available within The Occult Crescent, introduced in Dawntrail. The raid features multiple bosses and small-scale encounters, requiring a large group of players with good coordination to complete. The raid is designed for up to 48 players, but parties may enter with as little as 24 players should they still meet the entry requirements.

Entry to The Forked Tower: Magic (Extreme) is located within The Occult Crescent: North Horn and will require completing several prerequisites before players can enter the raid.

Read on for more information about Occult Crescent or click below to jump to the Raid Guide.

Raid Guide

Occult Crescent Overview

Occult Crescent allows players to progress their character's power in several different ways, each serving to help the player in all Occult Crescent zones.

These upgrades are not strictly required to clear the raid, but are generally recommended for players that plan to spend a lot of time in this series of Field Operations.

Phantom Jobs

The Phantom Job system allows players to temporarily take on the unique abilities and traits of various jobs. and there are currently 16 Phantom Jobs available in Occult Crescent. Some are purchased with currency unique to Occult Crescent, while others are randomly dropped from certain Critical Encounters (CEs).

Detailed Phantom Job Info

Default (Starting jobs)	Enlightenment Silver Pieces (1000 per job)	Enlightenment Gold Pieces (1600 per job)	CE Drop (Listed below)
Freelancer	Time Mage	Thief	Berserker (The Unbridled)
Knight	Chemist	Samurai	Ranger (The Black Regiment)
Monk	Cannoneer	Geomancer	Oracle (On The Hunt)
Bard	Mystic Knight	Gladiator
	Dancer

Phantom Jobs can level up by earning Phantom EXP, earned through FATEs, CEs and Chain Bonuses.

Reaching the maximum level on a Phantom Job will add a stack of Phantom Mastery, a permanent buff increasing damage dealt and healing potency by 2% for each stack, as well as adding 1 level to Phantom Freelancer.

Arcanaut Sets

Arcanaut Sets are obtainable gear that offer substantial increases in universal offence while in Occult Crescent zones.

Each gear piece costs 4000 Enlightenment Silver Pieces and provide the following bonuses:

• +40 Main Stat (Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, Mind)
• +1 Special Attribute

Special Attribute scales up damage from all Phantom Job abilities that have "Scale with item level" in their tooltip description.

Arcanaut gear pieces can be upgraded with various materials obtained within South Horn:

• Aetherspun Silvers can be purchased for 1200 Enlightenment Silver Pieces each.
  • 3 are required to augment a single gear piece to "+1".
• Aetherial Fixatives can be purchased for 1600 Enlightenment Gold Pieces each.
  • 3 are required to augment a single gear piece to "+1".
• Aetherspun Gold can be found in Treasure Coffers scattered around South Horn.
  • 3 are required to augment a single gear piece to "+2".
• X-Fixatives can be purchased for 10 Sanguinite each.
  • 6 are required to augment a single gear piece to "+2".

Each augment will add another +40 Main Stat and +1 Special Attribute to the selected gear piece.

Occult Accessories

Occult accessories are another set of obtainable gear that offer substantial increases in universal offence while in Occult Crescent-related Field Operations.

Split into "Blood" (DoW) and "Magic" (DoM), accessories can be obtained by various means within South Horn and offer the following bonuses:

• +40 Main Stat (Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, Mind)
• +1 Special Attribute

Special Attribute scales up damage from all Phantom Job abilities that have "Scale with item level" in their tooltip description.

There is also a special accessory, an "Occult Ring of Deep Blood"/"Magic", that offers +80 Main Stat and +2 Special Attribute as a set bonus if all other accessories are equipped.

• Earrings, Necklaces and Bracelets are obtained from CEs at a ~0.1% chance and from treasure coffers at a ~0.06% chance.
• Rings are obtained from Gold Persistent Pot coffers, at a ~10% drop rate.
• Deep Rings are obtained from Happy Bunny coffers, discoverable through the use of Fortune Carrots, at a ~20% drop rate.

Raid: The Forked Tower: Magic (Extreme)

WARNING

This guide will entail setups and strategies for an ANYPROG run, meaning that any player at any prog-point in the raid can join.

Depending on what type of run it is and who is running it, the assigned roles and Phantom Jobs in the raid can change considerably. Please confirm the roles and Phantom Jobs with the raid leader's linked resources and be sure to ask questions if any player is unsure.

For those looking to host their own runs on Materia, this Google Sheet can assist in allocating roles and Phantom Jobs, with additional resources such as macros and raidplans. Players will need to create a copy of the sheet via 'File -> Make a copy' to make edits.

Raidplans

Raidplans are an interactive guide that allow you to click through each phase individually and review the mechanics in an easy to understand manner.

Video Guides, Macros & Waymarks

Entry Requirements

Finding a Group

Two major communities support Field Operations in OCE, the Content Achievers Discord covers a wide variety of content beyond Field Operations, while the Murder of Geese (MOG) Discord focuses specifically on coordinating groups for raids in Field Operations.

Content Achievers DiscordMurder of Geese (MOG) Discord