The rewards from clearing the quests in the Cardia Dungeons in the Final Fantasy Record Keeper (FFRK) mobile game are permanent.
But sometimes, we get limited time campaigns and such that require us to clear some of the harder quests in the Cardia Dungeons.
So far, I’ve been able to clear most, if not all, of the easy quests in these dungeons. I’ve also been able to clear some of the harder content here but there’s still a lot that I have yet to do.
Whenever we get limited time missions, I always try to see if I can clear any of them. Whenever I get new Soul Breaks that are actually good, I feel inspired to try and see if there are any new quests I can clear with these new relics.
Other than these limited time missions though, I’ve never really felt pressured to hurry up and try to finish all these hard quests that I have yet to do.
Yeah, I do feel kina annoyed whenever we get time limited missions that I can’t clear but I just try not to let it get to me. I miss out on the limited time rewards, which sucks, but at least the content itself won’t disappear and I should be able to do said quest in the future when I get better relics and such.
I always thought that I’d always have time to eventually be able to clear all of these fights. I thought it was better to wait for more powercreep to come before tackling these hard quests.
Why struggle trying to clear these fights now when you can just wait until you get better Soul Breaks to help you out and make things easier for you, right? That’s what I thought. Besides, I just get annoyed and frustrated whenever I try these fights and find out they’re too difficult for my current relics.
So I clear what I can and just ignore the rest for now. Because, really, what’s the rush, right?
And then Final Fantasy Record Keeper announced that it was gonna end its service on September 29, 2022.
This news came as a very unpleasant and unexpected surprise. I talk more about that in another post.
But anyway, this news meant that there was now a time limit to everything. I want to finish as much as I can before the game ends.
I don’t know if I’ll be able to with my current relics and whatever else I might be able to get before the end though. I guess I can only hope.
I’ve done the clears listed below way, way back, as in way before FFRK announced it was gonna end. I’ve been meaning to write about these fights but never got the chance to do so until now.
Since it’s been a while since I did these fights, don’t remember all the exact details and such anymore.
It seems pointless to bother with these in the wake of the game’s impending end but I want to keep these anyway for the memories.
Final Fantasy XIII Dreambreaker Dungeon
The Dreambreaker fights in the Cardia Dungeons are quest level 580. My team for the Final Fantasy XIII Dreambreaker Dungeon fight was:
- Jihl Nabaat from Final Fantasy XIII
- Oerba Dia Vanille from Final Fantasy XIII
- Cid Raines from Final Fantasy XIII
- Hope Estheim from Final Fantasy XIII
- Cait Sith from Final Fantasy VII
Don’t remember the exact details anymore but I’m pretty sure Raines and Hope served as my main DPS. Have Raines’s Synchro Arcane Soul Break (SASB) and Awakened Arcane Soul Break (AASB). Have both of Hope’s Awakenings.
Made their Hero Abilities to increase their damage output. They also have their Hero Artifacts.
Nabaat also has her Hero Artifacts but I only have her AASB so didn’t bother to make her Hero Ability yet.
Vanille served as my healer although I only have her Ultra Soul Break (USB) and her Glint+ Soul Break.
Cait Sith served as my support and buffer. He can heal too. Have most of his relics, including his AASB and Sync.
The first time I tried this fight, I managed to win but failed to get the sub-30 clear. Fight ended after 31.75 seconds.
So I decided to try again. This time, managed to get the clear in 25.40 seconds. Nice.
Final Fantasy XII Dreambreaker Dungeon
My team for the Final Fantasy XII Dreambreaker Dungeon fight was:
- Vaan from Final Fantasy XII
- Balthier (Ffamran mied Bunansa) from Final Fantasy XII
- Ashelia B’nargin Dalmasca from Final Fantasy XII
- Gabranth (Noah fon Ronsenburg) from Final Fantasy XII
- Larsa Ferrinas Solidor from Final Fanasy XII
Larsa served as my healer. Have 1 of his Awakenings and his Ultra Soul Breaks and his Glint+ Soul Break. The rest served as my DPS.
IIRC, have Ashe’s Sync and AASB. Have Vaan’s AASB, Balthier’s AASB, and Gabranth’s Sync. Have a few of their other relics too but those are the most relevant.
For my first try of this fight, was able to get the win in 33.60 seconds.
Decided to hold off on trying the fight again for now. I’d love to be able to get a sub-30 clear but I need more relics to improve my Final Fantasy XII team.
Other than belonging to the same realm, my chars don’t have much synergy with each other at all.
Vaan deals physical wind damage. Balthier deals physical fire damage. Ashe deals magical lightning damage. Gabranth deals physical dark damage.
In contrast to that, my FF13 Dreambreaker Dungeon team had more synergy with each other. Nabaat, Raines, and Hope all deal magical damage so I was able to bring Cait Sith as my support and buffer.
Ah, well. At least I was able to get my initial clear of the FF12 Dreambreaker fight.
Final Fantasy VII Dragonking Dungeon
The Dragonking fights in the Cardia Dungeons are quest level 630. I’ve done the Final Fantasy VII Dragonking Dungeon fight before. I talk more about that in this post.
The very first time I was able to clear this fight was with the following team:
- Genesis Rhapsodos from Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
- Aeris or Aerith Gainsborough from Final Fantasy VII
- Zack Fair from Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VII
- Barret Wallace from Final Fantasy VII
- Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII
Aerith served as my healer. Genesis and Cloud served as my DPS. Barret and Zack served as my support and secondary DPS. After multiple tries, managed to get my first win in 33.95 seconds.
This was such a hard fight for me that I didn’t want to do it again anytime soon. Wanted to wait for more powercreep before tackling it again and trying to sub-30 it.
Much, much later though, we got a time limited mission that wanted us to clear 2 Dragonking Dungeon quests. That was when I decided to revisit the Final Fantasy VII Dragonking Dungeon fight.
By now, I’ve been able to get a few more relics for a lot of my Final Fantasy 7 (#ad) chars. So my team was now:
- Genesis Rhapsodos
- Aerith Gainsborough
- Barret Wallace
- Vincent Valentine from Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VII
- Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII
Before, I had to field a fire and wind team to get through this fight. Cloud’s a physical wind DPS while Genesis is a physical fire DPS.
Zack deals physical wind damage and he supports those who deal wind damage. Barret supports physical attackers but he deals physical fire damage and he also supports fire DPS.
Now, I’m able to field a full physical fire team against Bahamut, the boss of the Final Fantasy VII Dragonking Dungeon fight.
This team did so well that I nearly managed to sub-30 this fight. Got the win in 30.40 seconds.
Final Fantasy VII Torment Dungeon
The Torment Dungeon fights in the Cardia Dungeons are quest level 450. I’ve done the Final Fantasy VII Torment Dungeon fight before. I talk more about that in another post.
In fact, I’ve been able to auto this quest for a while now. I tweak my setup every once in a while in an effort to lower my clear time. So far, my latest clear time is 10.50 seconds.
My team for this fight is the same as the one I used to clear the Final Fantasy VII Dragonking Dungeon quest.
Conclusion
So what about you? Have you done any of the quests in the Cardia Dungeons? What do you think about these fights? Feel free to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a comment below or by reblogging or replying to this post.
Notes:
- screenshots are from my Final Fantasy Record Keeper game account
- originally published on my main Tumblr blog on Sep 25th, 2022 11:32:57pm
Final Fantasy Archives 