After "almost 2 years" and "over 800 hours," this Final Fantasy 14 legend has finally completed one of the hardest solo MMO challenges out there

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One mastermind Final Fantasy 14 player has just accomplished the seemingly impossible, and has managed to overcome The Palace of the Dead as a measly Conjurer - entirely solo.

Although the recent release of Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail is still fresh on fans' minds, many players are still engaging with some of the MMO's older content. Aurora, a content creator and solo deep dungeon clearer extraordinaire, is doing so himself - and his impressive Palace of the Dead climb proves as much. Not only did he finally emerge victorious from the 200th floor of the notoriously difficult, ever-changing dungeon, but Aurora did it in one of the most mind-boggling ways - alone, as a Conjurer.

"I spent almost two years of my life daily climbing Conjurer solo in PotD," he writes in a post celebrating his clear. "I've lost over 800 hours to this. I've canceled so much to make these streams happen. July 14, 2024. 62nd attempt." Aurora's 800-hour feat is all the more wild considering how he doesn't have the White Mage job crystal for any area-of-effect, healing, or regen abilities - it's like playing a healer class with all of the weaknesses and none of its strengths. Square Enix, please get this guy a title - "The Necromancer" isn't sufficient.

I spent almost 2 years of my life daily climbing Conjurer solo in PotD. I've lost over 800 hours to this. I've canceled so much to make these streams happen.July 14, 2024. 62nd attempt. I FINALLY, FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY DID IT. I'M SOBBING SO MUCH#FFXIV #FF14 #DeepDungeon pic.twitter.com/cWzy1vdcsKJuly 14, 2024

This isn't Aurora's first successful solo challenge run, either - although it is the hardest one he's completed. As he explains in his recent monumental Palace of the Dead stream, it took him just one attempt to clear Heaven-on-High, Stormblood's own Palace of the Dead-esque instance. The same can be said for Eureka Orthos, a deep dungeon introduced following the Endwalker expansion. In contrast, Aurora describes how "it took me 62