Beneath the Surface – Final Fantasy XIV

FFXIV Quest Beneath the Surface is a level 80 main scenario quest. Thus reminded of the urgency of your investigation, Urianger would press on. Category: Main Scenario (Shadowbringers) ⇒ Post-Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests ⇒ The Voyage Home.

  • Quest giver: Urianger
  • Location: Lakeland (X:26.1, Y:32.5)
  • Requirements Class/Job: Any Disciple of War or Magic (excluding limited jobs) Lv. 80
 Beneath the Surface

Walkthrough

  1. Speak with Urianger at the Split Hull.
  2. Enter Anamnesis Anyder.
  3. Clear Anamnesis Anyder.
  4. Speak with Y’shtola.

FFXIV Online Quest Beneath the Surface [Patch 5.2]

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NPC Locations

NPCs Involved: Urianger, Thancred, Alphinaud, Alisaie, Y’shtola, Ryne

Name Area
Alisaie Kholusia
(X:10.7 Y:36.1)
Alphinaud Kholusia
(X:10.6 Y:36.1)
Ryne Kholusia
(X:10.7 Y:36.1)
Thancred Kholusia
(X:10.7 Y:36.1)
Urianger Kholusia
(X:10.7 Y:36.1)
Y’shtola Kholusia
(X:10.7 Y:36.2)
Thancred Lakeland
(X:26.2 Y:32.5)
Urianger Lakeland
(X:9.2 Y:37.8)

Journal

  • Thus reminded of the urgency of your investigation, Urianger would press on.
  • Urianger suggests that you cut short your rest that the investigation into the undersea ruins might commence without further delay. This proposal meets with no resistance from Thancred or yourself, so the three of you depart forthwith for the Split Hull, where the remainder of your party awaits.
  • You join your companions at the Split Hull, and it is thankfully only a short while before your ancient guide appears overhead. All that remains now is to leap from the cliffs to Bismarck’s back, and allow him to take you deep into the illuminated land, where secrets of the past yet slumber.
  • Fighting your way past a horde of hostile benthos, you cannot help but notice the astonishing number of forms stored within Anamnesis Anyder. Perhaps still more secrets of the ancients lie within the central chamber of Noesis-and with Rukshs Deem vanquished, they are yours for the taking.
  • As you explore Noesis with your fellow Scions, an odd device activates of its own accord, conjuring the lifelike echoes of several ancient beings. This marvelous record of long-forgotten affairs shows them deep in conversation regarding the summoning of Hydaelyn, of all things, which was apparently spearheaded by a personage named Venat. Further prodding causes the device to divulge a single additional memory that reveals this Venat became Hydaelyn’s heart… and Elidibus, Zodiark’s.
  • An astonished Y’shtola attempts to reactivate the device that you might view further records, but unfortunately meets with no success. For want of further revelations, you are left confounded as to the true identity of Elidibus, who by rights should have long since ceased to be. The group trusts to Y’shtola to remain in Anamnesis Anyder and coax out more from the facility, while the rest of you return to keeping an eye on the wider world-or worlds, in your case.

Rewards

Rewards
  • Experience: FFXIV Experience 0
  • Gil: FFXIV Gil4,000
  • Unlocks: Anamnesis Anyder(It is a level 80 dungeon introduced in patch 5.2 with Shadowbringers.)

Quest Progression

Related Quests Title Area Level
Prerequisite Quest Main Scenario (Shadowbringers) > Post-Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests: A Whale’s Tale The Tempest 80
Follow-up Quest Main Scenario (Shadowbringers) > Post-Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests: Echoes of a Fallen Star Kholusia 80

Dialogue

The First ► Norvrandt (Landmass) ► Norvrandt ► Lakeland ► The Forest of the Lost Shepherd
Thancred
It pains me to think that men with such pure intent are being made to serve Ascian ends, however directly. But they're right. The people need heroes.
Urianger
Though our respite was cut short, I daresay we are all eager to avail ourselves of such knowledge as the ruins may hold.
Thancred
Aye, and I doubt further contemplation of Elidibus's machinations will be conducive to relaxation. We may as well make for the Split Hull now.

The First ► Norvrandt (Landmass) ► Norvrandt ► Kholusia ► Shadow Fault ► The Split Hull
Ryne
You arrived rather early. Are you certain you did as you were told?
Thancred
We rested! Didn't we, Forename?
Alphinaud
So, how much of a respite did you actually enjoy? Half a moment's?
Alisaie
What's keeping Bismarck? Surely it doesn't take this long to shake off a few loose stones.
Y'shtola
Perhaps we ought to have clarified what Bismarck meant by "a short while." To his mind, our whole lives might be as the blink of an eye...
Urianger
All are present. Now we need but await Bismarck's coming.

The First ► Norvrandt (Landmass) ► Norvrandt ► Kholusia ► Shadow Fault ► The Split Hull
Urianger
'Tis time. Pray make ready.

The First ► Norvrandt (Landmass) ► Norvrandt ► Kholusia ► Shadow Fault ► The Split Hull
Ryne
I like to think my skills have improved in some small way since the last time we fought together. I won't let you down.
Thancred
We can't be certain that the benthos are all we'll find down there. Stay alert.
Alphinaud
Whether or not we find the knowledge we seek, we have a duty to stem the benthos' aggression. Eulmore has only just begun to rebuild.
Alisaie
What are we waiting for?
Y'shtola
We must hope that whatever slumbers in the depths will help to shed some light upon Elidibus's recent activities.
Urianger
Unlike Amaurot, the ruins which we now seek are no illusion. There is no knowing what awaiteth below.

The First ► Norvrandt (Landmass) ► Norvrandt ► Anamnesis Anyder (Zone) ► Anamnesis ► Noesis
Y'shtola
This structure must have served an important function. And here are yet more crystals...
Alphinaud
I too noted the crystal repository on the way. The benthos seem to employ them in their speellcasting.
Urianger
In such vessels did the ancients preserve concepts─ideal forms to be drawn upon in the act of creation.That so great an abundance should reside here lendeth credence to Y'shtola's conclusion. This facility held great significance.
Diplomatic Ancient One
Thank you all for joining us at the Anyder in these perilous of times.By the summoning of Zodiark have we been granted a reprieve. Yet immutable as the laws He has woven may seem, they will not serve to forestall our doom.
Distressed Ancient One
Nay. Should we continue down this path, our fate will be the same.

I said as much to the Convocation, of course, but the stubborn fools turned a deaf ear to my warnings.

I had hoped that the defector, at least, would side with us, but I regret to report our overtures have gone unanswered.

Whither tend your thoughts, Venat? Where you lead, we will follow.
Venat
I shall not speak ill of the Convocation—they too seek only to secure the future of our star.

Yet it is plain they will not countenance a permanent solution. That being the case, we must ask ourselves a simple question: are we prepared to pursue our chosen course, even should it mean suffering the eternal condemnation of our brethren?

If so, I see no further reason to demur.

Let us bring forth the Light that shall ever after keep the Darkness in check.
Y'shtola
So...it was they who first summoned Hydaelyn.
Alphinaud
Their discussion did seem to imply as much, yes. I cannot say I have ever heard of this "Venat" before.
Urianger
For a certainty, Emet-Selch never uttered the name, speak though he did of the schism which Zodiark's advent wrought upon mankind.

Some were of the viewpoint that His power must needs be restrained, and to that end did they call forth She who would serve as His shackles.

We know now that it was this Venat to whom they looked for leadership.
Y'shtola
And that this place, in all likelihood, served as their headquarters. The presence of such intimate records attests to that.

I would hear what else they have to tell us. All of it. Did anyone see the source of the image?

The device there? Then let us see what other secrets it holds.
Diplomatic Ancient One
Venat, please.. Why must it be you?If I may speak plainly, I would sooner it were another—any other. You are our leader. None can take your place.
Venat
You know as well as I that but few support our cause. Far fewer than they who place their faith in Zodiark.

If Hydaelyn is to stand a chance of opposing Him, I am the only one who might suffice as Her heart.

Rest assured, however: I shall not vanish from this world. The form I take shall ever remain my choice.
Diplomatic Ancient One
...Then I will press you no more. Only know this..you will be sorely missed.I wonder.. is this how the Convocation felt about Elidibus?
Y'shtola
Forgive me, but did that not strongly imply Elidibus sacrificed himself to become Zodiark's heart?
Alisaie
Seven hells... Then who—or what—are we dealing with?

The First ► Norvrandt (Landmass) ► Norvrandt ► Anamnesis Anyder (Zone) ► Anamnesis ► Noesis
Alphinaud
I had always assumed Elidibus to be of the same ilk as Lahabrea and Emet-Selch. But if the real Elidibus sacrificed himself before the sundering...
Alisaie
It makes no sense...
Urianger
That this facility shared intimate ties with the Akadaemia Anyder may readily be discerned from the common element in their names. Based on mine observations, 'tis like that the forms housed here were conveyed unto the Akadaemia only when required, and thence returned for safekeeping.

Yet...such procedural minutiae are of largely academic interest, I concede. 'Tis unto the parties which did frequent these institutions that our thoughts should rightly turn. Specifically, the followers of Venat, and the Convocation of Fourteen...

...To say naught of the matter of Elidibus.
Thancred
And there I was thinking "immortal" was bad. Would someone explain to me how we're meant to kill a being who doesn't technically exist?
Ryne
Do you think we might be able to activate the device again? I should like to hear how those discussions ended.
Y'shtola
The device appears to activate via a form of aetherial attunement, not unlike an aetheryte. Beyond that, I can say little for certain, save that we should take this opportunity to see what other records it contains.

The First ► Norvrandt (Landmass) ► Norvrandt ► Anamnesis Anyder (Zone) ► Anamnesis ► Noesis
Y'shtola
No response. Confound it.
Urianger
If I may, milady-the panel did formerly emit a soft-yet-perceptible glow. That it doth so no longer may betoken the depletion of some essential energy within.
Alphinaud
Given how long it has lain dormant, I think it fortunate it functioned at all.
Alisaie
That may be, but if we can't get it to work again, we'll be leaving with more questions than we've answered.
Urianger
The white-robed emissary hath ever named himself "Elidibus." Yet if the shade spoke true, Elidibus ceased to be ere even the sundering came to pass.

This calleth to mind a truth that Emet-Selch did once reveal in passing─that the names by which we know our foes are not those given to Ascians at birth. Rather, they are titles of office, afforded to individuals of merit at such time as the role becometh vacant.

Perchance the Elidibus at Zodiark's heart and the emissary with whom we are acquainted be not one and the same, but predecessor and successor.
Y'shtola
It's possible. If the previous Elidibus perished before the Final Days, the one we know could still be a survivor of the sundering.

And yet...something in that explanation rings false.

I will remain for a time. I would not abandon my attempts to revive the device so soon. There is more to learn here-I can feel it.
Urianger
In matters of aetherology, I know of none as capable as thee. If there existeth a means to learn more, thou wilt surely find it.Whilst thou art thus engaged, we shall attend to matters on the surface.

The First ► Norvrandt (Landmass) ► Norvrandt ► Kholusia ► Shadow Fault ► The Split Hull
Ryne
Does she really not mind working alone…?
Thancred
Answers never did come to us tied neatly with a bow. We'll get to the bottom of things eventually.
Alisaie
Hopefully, this will make the benthos think twice before raiding the stores of their fellow Ondo again.
Alphinaud
While it is true our findings have raised more questions than they have answered, it is not impossible that Y'shtola will gain access to additional records. And if nothing else, we have spared Eulmore from invasion.

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