Final Fantasy XIV: What is a Cerberus Mount and How to Get It?
In Final Fantasy XIV, Cerberus Mount is not easy to obtain, but it is something you desperately need. Therefore, we have compiled this guide to help you get a Cerberus mount for yourself in Final Fantasy 14.
What is a Cerberus mount in Final Fantasy XIV?
It is a unique and non-transferable item that cannot be sold or traded with other players and belongs to the Delubrum raid released with patch 5.45.
How to get the Cerberus mount in Final Fantasy XIV?
There are multiple steps and pre-requisites involved with getting the Cerberus Mount in Final Fantasy 14. Here’s everything you need to know:
1. Ask a Friend to Invite You to Ride with Him
Cerberus is also a multi-seater mount and can fit you and two other passengers on its three heads. If you have a friend who can get the mount, they can invite you to ride with them. That’s the only way to ride Cerberus without actually obtaining the mount yourself.
2. Earn Cerberus Mount Yourself
If you want to get Cerberus Mount yourself in the game, you need to put the work in to unlock it. Proceed as follows:
1). Unlock Bozja
For starters, players will have to unlock and gain access to Bozjan by completing “The Bozjan Incident,” “Fire in the Forge,” and the “Vows of Virtue, Deeds of Cruelty” main quest.
With those quests done, players can go to the Ganges by speaking to an NPC at the docks of the Doman Enclave. It is from talking to Sjeros that players can go to the Bozjan Southern Front, and the journey to get the mount truly begins.
2). Complete The Castrum Lacus Litore Raid
The Castrum Lacus Litore Raid requires players to reach Mettle rank 10 before they can access it.
What a lot of players are trying to navigate right now is completing the raid with enough people. The raid is for 48 players, but there has been declining participation because players have no motive to complete the raid more than once. Players have been struggling due to not having enough people. Some have mentioned beating the raid with just 24 people, but not easily.
Until Square Enix does something about this issue, it is recommended that players try to form pre-made groups and parties before jumping in. This raid entrance will pop up in Bozjan once every hour and is initiated like any other critical engagement.
3). Unlock And Complete Delubrum Reginae
Luckily, this raid doesn’t require as many players as Castrum Lacus Litore, having its cap at 24 players and will be much easier to complete.
As long as players are rank 10 or higher, the raid should naturally unlock as they complete the Bozja storyline via quests. There is not storage of players running this dungeon-like Castrum, so getting in should be easy. If you find the mechanics here challenging, know that the Cerberus mount drops in the Savage version of this very raid. In other words, this raid is a taste of how difficult Savage will be.
Once this raid is completed, complete the rest of the storyline quests. Even with the quests done, there is one more thing to do to unlock Delubrum Reginae (Savage).
4). Get To Resistance Rank 15
This will take the longest amount of time if players aren’t anywhere near Resistance Rank 15. Players will have to grind and earn Mettle to increase their Resistance Rank.
Mettle can be acquired by completing Critical Engmanents and Skirmishes in Final Fantasy XIV. That means you need to grind out Bozjan field events, and you get plenty of rewards for doing so. At the very least, you will earn Field Notes and other turn-ins for rewards while grinding.
Here’s the Mettle thresholds you need to grind out:
• Rank 1: 0 Mettle
• Rank 2: 300 Mettle
• Rank 3: 1,100 Mettle
• Rank 4: 2,200 Mettle
• Rank 5: 3,800 Mettle
• Rank 6: 9,400 Mettle
• Rank 7: 18,000 Mettle
• Rank 8: 32,000 Mettle
• Rank 9: 51,300 Mettle
• Rank 10: 78,000 Mettle
• Rank 11: 106,000 Mettle
• Rank 12: 157,400 Mettle
• Rank 13: 252,000 Mettle
• Rank 14: 416,000 Mettle
• Rank 15: 703,200 Mettle
The repeatable quest One Man’s Relic from Annes in Gangos will grant 12,000 Mettle every week when you complete Delubrum Reginae on any difficulty. This is good for training on how to get the basics of the raid down.
Remember that you lose mettle from every death, so play as a class you are best at (unless you are also grinding for levels). However, you cannot lose rank no matter how my times you die.
Do not just focus on Critical Engagements, as players who complete Skirmishes can prioritize Critical Engagements if there are more players than spaces. Be sure to eat food and be well-rested to get buffs that can make the grind faster and more rewarding in terms of experience gained.
There are also special Critical Engagements called Duels. If a player succeeds in beating one, everyone in Bozja gets a mettle boost. As nice as that does sound, it is scarce for a player to survive a Duel. To be selected for a Duel, players must complete a Critical Engagement without dying or getting hit by any avoidable attack.
Alternatively, completing story quests in Bozjan will also reward players with Mettle. To get to rank 15, players will need a total of 700,000 mettle. Once that is gained, though, and the regular Delubrum Reginae is complete, Delubrum Reginae (Savage) is unlocked, and the real hunt for that Cerberus mount starts.
5). Complete Delubrum Reginae (Savage)
Delubrum Reginae (Savage) requires 48 players instead of 24. While players only need to beat this Savage raid once, it is quite difficult. It takes a ton of coordination between all the players. The more you can communicate and practice this raid with a team, the better. So be sure to use Party Finder to find a team you can communicate and coordinate with. Definitely do not expect to beat this dungeon in your first or even fifth try.
The scariest part of this raid is getting kicked from the raid if you die and are not revived quickly enough. By kicked, this actually means you are not returning to the start. You will return outside the raid and have to try again from scratch.
On the positive side of this, you only have to defeat this raid once to get the mount. It is not a drop, so there is no competition between you and the 47 other players. Once the raid is beaten, everyone will get the achievement “Savage Queen of Swords I.”
With that achievement, players must go to Old Girdania and speak with the NPC, Jonathas, at X: 10, Y:6. This NPC gives rewards for specific achievements (like if you get all your combat classes to 80, he is the one that gives you the Amaro mount).
The “Savage Queen of Sword I” is a battle achievement. In Jonathas’ battle achievement tab, select Cerberus Horn. Use it, and then Cerberus will be in your selection of mounts!
You can now obtain a massive multi-seater Cerberus mount for your riding pleasure. Try it now! Also, for more FFXIV guides, tips, and to buy Gil FF14, please click here.
