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With The Arcadion (Savage) raid tier making its debut in Final Fantasy XIV, there's been plenty of chatter around encounter design and what makes some of these fights really shine. Amid the discussions, you may see the term ‘door boss’ come up fairly often, but what does that mean? For anyone who isn’t deep into FFXIV terminology, the term can be a little confusing. In short, a door boss is the first boss in a two-phase duty. Defeating this first boss creates a kind of checkpoint in the middle of the fight. When your enemy's HP hits zero, there's typically a cutscene and a new boss form. Is this annoying? Sure, but it's got its benefits. If the party wipes from this point on, you'll start the fight over from the middle as long as you don't leave the duty or run out of time. Should you exit either way, the party must start the fight over from the beginning and defeat the door boss again. Duties with a door boss in Final Fantasy XIV Screenshot by Destructoid Door bosses crop up throughout all kinds of duties in FFXIV. Two notable door bosses are included in relatively low level duties - the level 50 trial Porta Decumana and the final boss of the level 60 dungeon The Aetherochemical Research Facility. They’re more common, however, in 8-player Raids and 24-player Alliance Raids. The following Trials include a door boss: The Porta Decumana Battle on the Big Bridge Battle on the Big Keep The Crown of the Immaculate The Dying Gasp The Seat of Sacrifice Cinder Drift / Cinder Drift (Extreme) Castrum Marinum / Castrum Marinum (Extreme) Everkeep As I said, door bosses are more common in Raids and Alliance Raids. Here’s the full list of door boss encounters in these types of duties: Duty Duty type Door boss Final boss The Binding Coil of Bahamut - Turn 1 Raid ADS Caduceus Alexander - The Fist of the Father  Raid Faust Oppressor Alexander - The Fist of the Father (both normal and savage) Raid Faust Oppressor Alexander - The Fist of the Son (both normal and savage) Raid Faust and Hummelfaust Ratfinx Twinkledinks Alexander - The Eyes of the Creator (both normal and savage) Raid Faust Z Refurbisher 0 Deltascape V4.0 (Savage) Raid Exdeath Neo Exdeath Sigmascape V4.0 (Savage) Raid Kefka (Phase 1) Kefka (Phase 2) Alphascape V4.0 (Savage) Raid Omega-M and Omega-F Omega Eden’s Promise: Eternity (Savage) Raid Eden’s Promise Oracle of Darkness Asphodelos: The Fourth Circle (Savage) Raid Hesperos (Phase 1) Hesperos (Phase 2) Abyssos: The Eighth Circle (Savage) Raid Hephaistos (Phase 1) Hephaistos (Phase 2) Anabaseios: The Twelfth Circle (Savage) Raid Athena Pallas Athena Dun Scaith Alliance Raid Diabolos Diabolos Hollow The Orbonne Monastery Alliance Raid Ultima, the High Seraph (Phases 1-2) Ultima, the High Seraph (Phase 3) The Puppets’ Bunker Alliance Raid The Compound Compound 2P The Tower at Paradigm’s Breach Alliance Raid False Idol Her Inflorescence Dragonsong’s Reprice (Ultimate) Ultimate Raid Ser Adelphel, Ser Grinnaux and Ser Charibert King Thordan, Nidhogg, Hraesvelgr, Dragon-king Thordan (Phases 2-7) The post What is a door boss in Final Fantasy XIV? appeared first on Destructoid.