Category:Ambuscade

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Ambuscade is a new type of battle content wherein the enemies within change every monthly version update, first released in the April 5th 2016 Version Update^[1].

Ambuscade has a variety of difficulty levels, so everyone from seasoned veterans to those just starting out should find a challenge equal to their needs. With varying rewards to match.
Those wishing to tackle the strongest foes are advised to select “Very Difficult” and be prepared for a valiant struggle!

Latent effects from Legion Rewards denoted with "Legion:" are active in Ambuscade.^[2]

Getting Started

Complete the Stepping into an Ambuscade Records of Eminence objective and speak with Gorpa-Masorpa in Mhaura at (G-9) for an explanation about Ambuscade.

Players must have completed the First Step Forward Records of Eminence objective in order to undertake Stepping into an Ambuscade.
- Stepping into an Ambuscade can be set from the Tutorial section of the Records of Eminence menu under Basics:

Quests → Objective List → Tutorial → Basics → Stepping into an Ambuscade

Be in possession of either the Ambuscade Primer Volume One or Volume Two Key Items.

All party members must be in possession of one of these two Key Items.

Eligibility Requirements

In order to participate, players must satisfy the following:

Complete either the Ambuscade Primer Volume One or Volume Two objectives in order to obtain the Key Item for the corresponding volume of the primer for the type of battle players wish to complete.
- Players may have only one of each of the Ambuscade Primer Key Items.
  - Objective targets vary by month after a version update, opponents are rotated out, and generally not repeated.

The Ambuscade Primer Volume One and Two objectives can be undertaken from the Ambuscade category of the Records of Eminence menu.

Quests → Objective List → Content → Ambuscade

Dynamis and Abyssea monsters do not count for kills required

Entry and Progression

Examine the Ambuscade Tome in Mhaura (G-9) and select the type and difficulty level you would like to attempt.
- Only the party leader may register the group.
- The party will be registered so long as the system detects that there are no issues with the layer area or registering party members.
  - Players will be unable to register if:
    - Any player is not in possession of an Amuscade Primer Volume One or Two Key Item.
    - The number of registrants exceeds the maximum of fifty reservations.
    - A party member already has a reservation.
      - To cancel a reservation:
        A player may cancel their reservation via the ambuscade tome.
        
        Three minutes has passed from the time the player is notified that their instance is ready.
        
        The registrant boards a boat.
        
        The registrant leaves Mhaura in any way.
- Adding new party members after registration will not cancel the registration, but the party may only enter with the number of players it registered with.
A message will display for the party leader when entry is ready.
- As of the July 2016 update^[3], automatic entering was added.
  - The default setting is "off" and may be changed by having the party lead examine the Ambuscade Tome and selecting the Toggle auto-transport function.
  - In line with this, having the auto-transport function off has a notification sound played when it is the party's turn.
    - This may be disabled via the sound settings in the Config menu.
Examine the ambuscade tome within three minutes to enter.
- The time limit for an Ambuscade is 30 minutes (Earth time).
- Between 1~6 players may participate.
  - Trusts may be called after entering Maquette Abdhaljs-Legion.
    - The number of alter egos that may be called forth will depend on the number of players initially registered.
  - Player HP and MP will be restored to full and any status ailments they are suffering from will be removed upon entry.
- Key Items will only be lost upon victory.
  - Meaning that should a player or group lose, they may reattempt the battlefield without having to reacquire new Key Items.
- As of the August 2022 update^[4], Exemplar Points are no longer gained or lost in Ambuscade.

Upon victory, a special currencies known as Hallmarks and Badges of Gallantry, which may be exchanged for rewards, Experience/Limit Points, and Capacity points will be given to all players.

Notorious Monsters inside Ambuscade do not drop any treasure directly.

Battle Information

A Word On Enmity

Enmity functions abnormally in two ways.

The mobs will go to a random player once someone aggros.
After aggro everyone is on the hate list by default, so you can easily get hate with AOE enmity actions like Warcry and Valiance or self target enmity actions like Foil and Pflug.

Battle Type & Levels

There are two types of Ambuscades you may attempt. Entry into either is determined by which Key Item you possess.
Note: Hallmark and Gallantry values have been updated to reflect the changes implemented in the May 2026 Version Update.

	Primer Volume One
Type	Difficulty	Content Level	Hallmarks Earned	Gallantry Earned
Intense Ambuscade	Very Difficult	139	3600	300 / 600 / 900 / 1200 / 1500
	Difficult	134	2400	240 / 480 / 720 / 960 / 1200
	Normal	129	1200	180 / 360 / 540 / 720 / 900
	Easy	124	800	120 / 240 / 360 / 480 / 600
	Very Easy	119	400	40 / 80 / 120 / 160 / 200

	Primer Volume Two
Type	Difficulty	Content Level	Hallmarks Earned	Gallantry Earned
Ambuscade	Very Difficult	129	600	60 / 120 / 180 / 240 / 300
	Difficult	124	500	50 / 100 / 150 / 200 / 250
	Normal	119	400	40 / 80 / 120 / 160 / 200
	Easy	114	300	30 / 60 / 90 / 120 / 150
	Very Easy	109	200	20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100

An Abdhaljs Seal will triple the amount of hallmarks and gallantry you receive from a successful Ambuscade.

Intense Ambuscade (Vol. One)

Volume 1, September 2026, Meeble

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Bozzetto Breadwinner ^(MNK)
Difficult	Bozzetto Breadwinner ^(MNK)
Normal	Bozzetto Breadwinner ^(MNK)
Easy	Bozzetto Breadwinner ^(MNK)
Very Easy	Bozzetto Breadwinner ^(MNK)	No Housemaker; no Urchins

Notes:
Bozzetto Breadwinner:

Summons 1-4 Bozzetto Urchins throughout the fight.

Bozzetto Urchins roam the arena invisible, any Warble move summons them to appear and fight.
Urchins may be slept with Lullaby, but wake up every time the Breadwinner uses a Warble move.
Urchins will use Hundred Fists and Souleater.
Urchins are strong, but have low HP.

A good couple of weapon skills or a skillchain should be enough to take one out.

If silenced, the Breadwinner's range on any Warble will be reduced, thus calling in less, if any Urchins at all.

A WHM or GEO with magic accuracy food/equipment is suggested for landing silence.

Uses the following moves:

Hundred Fists: Used once at 50% health. Lasts 45 seconds.

Gale Spikes: Become active during Hundred Fists. Reflects damage dealt and inflicts a potent Slow effect on any player who physically strikes the Breadwinner. The Slow effect is strong enough to overwite Haste II.

Thrashing Assault: 4-hit damage and Defense Down. Absorbed by 4 shadows.
Drill Claw: Damage, Max HP Down (-75%), and Max TP Down.
Fire Meeble Warble: AoE Damage, Plague (-50 MP and -300 TP/tic), and Burn (-50 HP/tic).
Blizzard Meeble Warble: AoE Damage, Paralysis, and Frost (-50 HP/tic).
Aero Meeble Warble: AoE Damage, Silence, and Choke (-50 HP/tic).
Stone Meeble Warble: AoE Damage, Petrification, and Rasp (-50 HP/tic).
Thunder Meeble Warble: AoE , Stunning them and inflicting Shock (-50 HP/tic).
Water Meeble Warble: AoE Damage, poison, and Drown (-50 HP/tic).

Any Barspell of the corresponding element will negate the damage and status effects of the Warbles.

At some point in the battle, Bozzetto Housemaker will run out from it's corner/edge, TP move the party, and run back (usually well below 50% on Bozzetto Breadwinner)

Uses Earthshaker, which deals 1000 damage per player hit by it (this includes pets, trusts, and luopans).

Ignores Damage Mitigation. Has a significant charge time so possible for everyone to escape its AoE. Also has an additional effect of paralyze (very potent).

Once the Housemaker comes out, it will continue to run back in at semi-regular intervals to use the same move. Speculated to be triggered based on time elapsed.
Bozzetto Housemaker will always target whoever has the most "hate" from casting AoE Barspells. Have one person be dedicated to using Barspells on the party (best if done by support job using /WHM and not the main healer). Make sure to have someone else use Paralyna on this person because the paralyze effect is very potent.

Bozzetto Urchins may be slept, but will wake up every time any Warble is used by the Bozzetto Breadwinner.

Setups and Strategies:

Very Difficult:

WHM/SCH, BRD, GEO (Idris), RUN/SAM, DDx2
BRD Buffs, depending on what they have, honor and advancing march, mad x2.
GEO uses Frailty and torpor depending on the DDs acc. Better to go with fury and two mads than torpor and min x1. Entrust wilt.
RUN tanks and DDs, save battuta for the fisting.

If your RUN is not putting out damage then you should likely do D instead of VD.
A buffed and geared Epeolatry RUN should have little trouble doing 20k+ Resolutions.

DDs fight. SCing is cool, but it is also fine to just go nuts and not care.
WHM or GEO should keep the mob silenced. This is important to limit any adds.
If not switching bar spells depending on monster ability keep barstonra up to block petrify from landing.
- Esuna or more conveniently Yagrush the debuffs off.
The WHM needs to run if/when the Housekeeper runs at them. Damage from it's TP move is 1k per player in range.
- The target can't outrange it, but you can prevent it from hitting anyone else.
Fight with well geared players should take ~4-6 minutes.

Difficult:

WHM/RDM, BRD/WHM, GEO/WHM, PLD/WAR, DD X2
BRD uses Nightingale/Troubadour: March, Minuet X2, Madrigal for melees and Ballad X3 for mages at the start of the battle
- Once the battle begins, BRD's duty switches to Barspell duty.
- When Housekeeper comes, BRD runs away from the group.
WHM should use Afflatus Misery and Esuna if Warble happens to land. Erase to remove HP-down from Drill Claw
GEO should help w/ Erase and cures after GEO spells are done. Paralyna on BRD after Earthshaker? goes off. Good M.Acc set needed to silence the Breadwinner.
Fight near the starting location; everyone should be in range of barspells.
Only one person should focus on barspells so that your party knows who the Housekeeper will target.
If Urchins pop, kill them fast; BRD should obviously sleep them.
Sub-duties for BRD and GEO can be swapped if one person happens to be more capable of catching the Warble move better than the other.

WHM,GEO,BLU,WAR,BRD,COR
GEO - Indi-Slow, Frailty/Fury.
WHM - Heal, Silence
BRD - BM, VM IV, VM V, HM. Box step for fun
COR - Chaos/Sam, Light Shot
WAR - Savage Blade
BLU - Expiacion. Use MG at start.
Stack up on Breadwinner. No mobs ever came. Could probably be used on VD with adjustments but will test at some point. - Floog

Key Item Locations:

Elshimo Uplands → Den of Rancor → HP#1 Worms are through the gate, up the hill, and mixed in amongst the Tonberry.
Home Point to Adoulin, and use the Waypoint to "Go to an Enigmatic Device" → Cirdas Caverns. Once you warp in, the right fork in the road leads to 5 worms.
Home Point to a Survival Guide, such as Northern San'd Oria #1 (E) or Ru'Lude Gardens #2 (M) and take it to Gustaberg → Zeruhn Mines. Turn the corner left, and walk to the worms.
Escha - Zi'Tah #3, run NE towards (G-8), worms turn from too weak to incredibly easy prey.

Regular Ambuscade (Vol. Two)

Volume 2, September 2026, Plantoids

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Bozzetto Jody ^(???) Bozzetto Julika^(BRD), Bozzetto Vivian^(DNC)
Difficult	Bozzetto Jody ^(???) Bozzetto Julika^(BRD), Bozzetto Vivian^(DNC)
Normal	Bozzetto Jody ^(???) Bozzetto Julika^(BRD), Bozzetto Vivian^(DNC)
Easy	Bozzetto Jody ^(???) Bozzetto Julika^(BRD), Bozzetto Vivian^(DNC)
Very Easy	Bozzetto Jody ^(???) Bozzetto Julika^(BRD), Bozzetto Vivian^(DNC)

Notes:
Bozzetto Jody:

Bozzetto Jody takes substantially reduced damage until Julika and Vivian are defeated.

Uses the following moves:

Ternary Flourish: Vivian
Box Step: Vivian
Shining Breath: Julika, Vivian
Bad Breath: Jody (Only seemed to use once both others were dead)
Vampiric Root

Casts the following spells:

Victory March: Julika
Valor Minuet V: Julika

August 2024 version has the following bonus Hallmark mechanic. Performing the following actions will spawn Balloons from each NM. Each Balloons grants 100 Hallmarks upon defeat.

Bozzetto Julika - Silence.
Bozzetto Jody - Stun a TP move.
Bozzetto Vivian - Lose a food buff to the ability Vampiric Root.

Setups and Strategies:

Key Item Locations:

The Boyahda Tree → Kill Elder Goobbues and Korrigans

Previous Battles

Old battlefield information is stored on the Ambuscade Archive page.

Rotation Order

Note: This list is unofficial, based on the historic order, and subject to change at any time.

2026

01/2026 Lamia
02/2026 Fomor
03/2026 Velkk
04/2026 Antica
05/2026 Tonberry
06/2026 Sahagin
07/2026 Qiqirn
08/2026 Meeble
09/2026 Qutrub
10/2026 Dullahan
11/2026 Moogle
12/2026 Magic Mamool

2027

01/2027 Ironclad
02/2027 Doppleganger
03/2027 Corse
04/2027 Goblin
05/2027 Orcs
06/2027 Quadav
07/2027 Yagudo
08/2027 Gigas
09/2027 Mamool
10/2027 Troll
11/2027 Frog
12/2027 Soulflayer

Rewards

See Ambuscade Rewards for specific item and equipment rewards.

Hallmarks

Hallmarks are the primary currency of Ambuscade. They can be used to purchase items from Gorpa-Masorpa.
There are two types of rewards available. Those received in exchange for Hallmarks and those received for total amount of hallmarks accumulated.

Hallmarks are not expended upon receiving items from the list of rewards for total amount of hallmarks accumulated.
The types of items available vary with the content of that month’s Ambuscade.
Your total number of hallmarks will reset back to 0 after each month's version update.

Hallmarks and Badges of Gallantry are reset upon the next month's version update being implemented (usually set to happen from around the 3rd to the 10th of a month).^[5]

Gallantry

Badges of Gallantry are the secondary currency of Ambuscade. They can be used to purchase items from Gorpa-Masorpa, and are only given to those who participate in Ambuscade with other players.

Like Hallmarks, your Badges of Gallantry will reset back to 0 after each month's version update.

Hallmarks and Badges of Gallantry are reset upon the next month's version update being implemented (usually set to happen from around the 3rd to the 10th of a month).^[6]

Monthly Adventurer Campaigns

There is one type of campaign that may run any given month.

Ambuscade Point Bonus Campaign

When this Monthly Adventurer Campaign is active, hallmarks and badges of gallantry will yield triple the normal amount once per day when participating in each Ambuscade difficulty level.
- This bonus will reset at Japanese Midnight Earth time and stacks additively with the effects of Abdhaljs Seals to yield a total of five times the normal amount.
  - As of April 2026, the description on the official website incorrectly states that rewards will be doubled, with four times the normal rewards being received when using a seal.

Ambuscade Gallantry Campaign

When this Monthly Adventurer Campaign is active, the number of Badges of Gallantry earned from Normal and Intense Ambuscades will be doubled once per Earth day.
- This bonus will reset at Japanese Midnight Earth time and stacks with the effects of Abdhaljs Seals.
  - Using a seal during the Campaign stacks multiplicatively, resulting in 6 times the usual Gallantry.

JSE Cape Augmentation

Job-specific Back equipment obtained with a Ambuscade Voucher: Back can be augmented by trading them along with certain items to Gorpa-Masorpa.

See the JSE capes page for augment information for the Job Specific Capes.

To augment a cape:

Trade the item to Gorpa-Masorpa along with either an Abdhaljs Thread, Abdhaljs Dust, Abdhaljs Sap, Abdhaljs Dye or an Abdhaljs Resin.
Select the desired attribute, and confirm your choice. After the initial trade, you can max out that path on your next trade if you also trade enough materials.
- Augments may be changed by repeating the above steps.
- Changing the augment path will not return any items used up to that point.
  - However, when using an Abdhaljs Needle to change the augment, the current potency is maintained.
Further trading an augmented item with items corresponding to the attribute initially selected will increase the strength of the augmentation.
- For maximum strength augments the following are all required per cape:

Abdhaljs Thread x20,

Abdhaljs Dust x20,

Abdhaljs Sap x10,

Abdhaljs Dye x10,

Abdhaljs Resin x5

Armor Upgrade

To upgrade Salvage Armor Variant Ambuscade Armor trade either the NQ or +1 variant and the requisite Abdhaljs Metals to Gorpa-Masorpa:

Base Armor	Armor Piece +1	Armor Piece +2	Jobs
Sulevia's	Sulevia's +1	Sulevia's +2	WAR / PLD / DRK / DRG
Hizamaru	Hizamaru +1	Hizamaru +2	MNK / NIN / SAM / PUP
Inyanga	Inyanga +1	Inyanga +2	WHM / BRD / SMN
Meghanada	Meghanada +1	Meghanada +2	THF / RNG / BST / COR / DNC / RUN
Jhakri	Jhakri +1	Jhakri +2	BLM / RDM / BLU / SCH / GEO

To upgrade Limbus and Nyzul Armor Variant Ambuscade Armor trade either the NQ or +1 variant and the requisite Abdhaljs Fibers to Gorpa-Masorpa:

Base Armor	Armor Piece +1	Armor Piece +2	Jobs
Flamma	Flamma +1	Flamma +2	WAR / PLD / DRK / SAM / DRG
Tali'ah	Tali'ah +1	Tali'ah +2	BST / PUP / SMN
Mummu	Mummu +1	Mummu +2	MNK / THF / RNG / NIN / COR / DNC
Ayanmo	Ayanmo +1	Ayanmo +2	WHM / RDM / BRD / BLU / RUN
Mallquis	Mallquis +1	File:Mallquis Chapeau +2 icon.png Mallquis +2	BLM / SCH / GEO

Ambuscade Weapons

Speaking with Gorpa-Masorpa and listening to the message from Abdhaljs will allow you to exchange an Ambuscade Voucher: Weapon for a weapon of your choice or the grip.
Each stage is then upgraded as follows:
Abdhaljs Nugget x5 (1,500 Total Hallmarks / 4,500 Total Gallantry)
Abdhaljs Gem x5 (2,500 Total Hallmarks / 7,500 Total Gallantry)
Abdhaljs Anima x5 (4,000 Total Hallmarks / 12,000 Total Gallantry)
Abdhaljs Matter x5 (6,000 Total Hallmarks / 18,000 Total Gallantry) and one of any non-Ambuscade Pulse Weapon^‡

Any means literally any. The Pulse Weapon type does not have to match up with your desired Ambuscade Weapons. For example, one could use Ephemeron to create Gokotai.
Total Hallmark milestone rewards grant an Ambuscade Voucher: Weapon as well five(5) of each of the above upgrade materials (not including Pulse Weapon), allowing you to score a complimentary Kaja Weapon by collecting 5,300 Hallmarks, or (if you have a Pulse Weapon) a fully-upgraded Ambuscade Weapon by 9,600 Hallmarks, per monthly reset.
Beyond the one complimentary item each month, additional Weapon Vouchers and upgrade materials may be purchased using Hallmarks or Gallantry. The full cost per weapon including the Weapon Voucher and upgrade materials comes to 15,000 Hallmarks or 48,000 Gallantry.

Weapon Type	NQ Tokko	Ajja Version	Eletta Version	Kaja Version	Trade	Final Form
Hand to Hand	Tokko Knuckles	Ajja Knuckles	Eletta Knuckles	Kaja Knuckles	➕ 1 Pulse Weapon^‡	Karambit
Dagger	Tokko Knife	Ajja Knife	Eletta Knife	Kaja Knife		Tauret
Sword	Tokko Sword	Ajja Sword	Eletta Sword	Kaja Sword		Naegling
Great Sword	Tokko Claymore	Ajja Claymore	Eletta Claymore	Kaja Claymore		Nandaka
Axe	Tokko Axe	Ajja Axe	Eletta Axe	Kaja Axe		Dolichenus
Great Axe	Tokko Chopper	Ajja Chopper	Eletta Chopper	Kaja Chopper		Lycurgos
Scythe	Tokko Scythe	Ajja Scythe	Eletta Scythe	Kaja Scythe		Drepanum
Polearm	Tokko Lance	Ajja Lance	Eletta Lance	Kaja Lance		Shining One
Katana	Tokko Katana	Ajja Katana	Eletta Katana	Kaja Katana		Gokotai
Great Katana	Tokko Tachi	Ajja Tachi	Eletta Tachi	Kaja Tachi		Hachimonji
Club	Tokko Rod	Ajja Rod	Eletta Rod	Kaja Rod		Maxentius
Staff	Tokko Staff	Ajja Staff	Eletta Staff	Kaja Staff		Xoanon
Bow	Tokko Bow	Ajja Bow	Eletta Bow	Kaja Bow		Ullr
Grip	Tokko Grip	Ajja Grip	Eletta Grip	Kaja Grip		Khonsu

‡ Eligible Pulse Weapons	Source	Potpourri Category
Sagasinger	Arch Dynamis Lord	None
Ephemeron	Aello	Voidwatcher Goodness 2
Coruscanti	Qilin	Voidwatcher Goodness 2
Murasamemaru	Uptala	Voidwatcher Goodness 2
Borealis	Ig-Alima	Voidwatcher Goodness 2
Asteria	Botulus Rex	Voidwatcher Goodness 2
Delphinius	Bismarck	Voidwatcher Goodness 2
Aytanri	Morta	Voidwatcher Goodness 2
Girru	Paramount Gallu	Legion Clomper Goodness 2
Ikarigiri	Paramount Botulus	Legion Clomper Goodness 2
Tenkomaru	Svaha	Burrower Goodness 2
Himthige	Grannus	Burrower Goodness 2
Adflictio	Samursk	Burrower Goodness 2
Gusterion	Dreyruk	Burrower Goodness 2
Dukkha	Silagilith	Burrower Goodness 2
Chastisers	Urmahlullu	None
Router	Fleetstalker	None
Annealed Lance	Shockmaw	None