Final Fantasy XIV raid boss has a secret attack for anyone who tries to kiss her

Final Fantasy XIV Patch 6.5 launched with the final tier of its Myths of the Realm Alliance Raid earlier this month, and it’s still packing secrets to discover. The new 24-man raid apparently has a little easter egg for players familiar with the MMO’s fishing lore, and it involves shooting your shot with one of the realm’s 12 gods, Llymlaen.

In the Thaleia Raid, if you catch her at just the right time, using the ‘/blowkiss’ emote on Llymlaen causes her to stop and scold you. “Oi, cut it out, you!” she chides, before hitting you with True Damage and taking you down to one HP.

The Japanese FFXIV fan site Umadori first chronicled player encounters with Llymlaen last week. The attack she uses is Navigator’s Dagger, a fish found in La Noscea, where, you guessed it, Llymlaen is the patron god. The in-game description notes these long, blade-like fish are the “knives thrown by Llymlaen at Her enemies.” The bigger version of that fish, Navigator’s Brand, adds, “Fishers believe that this wavekin was the blade that Llymlaen threw at Oschon in Her fury at having Her naked form espied.”

Anyway, in the name of science, I tested the FFXIV easter egg myself. I’m happy to report Llymlaen kicked my ass. Sorry for the uh, messy screenshot. I was a little too antsy about getting the watcher of the seas to stab me to death, so quality wasn’t top of mind.

I couldn’t tell you the exact moment I caught her, but I did spam the ‘blowkiss’ emote with the chatlog option turned off — didn’t want to spam the chat. But at some point, I did get her to turn to me, stun my poor Warrior of Light, and take her down to one HP. I was stunned for so long I died, but worth it. I got the kiss and the clear, and now I’m off to try this on Halone.