How to complete The Greatest Story Never Told quest in Final Fantasy XIV

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Within the award-winning MMO Final Fantasy XIV are a slew of quests: some straight-forward, and others a bit more obscure with an occasional bout of head scratching. The Greatest Story Never Told is firmly in the latter half, with riddles and mysteries that need to be untangled and deciphered for the completion.

The Main Quest needs to be complete The Ultimate Weapon, at which point this quest can be found in Western Thanalan on the southern tip of The Footfalls. Players will need to seek an NPC by the name of Valiant Hart, located at (18.3, 17.5) by a fallen statue. Beginning the quest offers players the warning of limited guidance, and also notes that clues and objectives may differ between adventurers.

This is a long quest, with multiple branches. Work patiently through the segments, keep a notepad handy to monitor your progression, and remember: there’s a fabled 100 million gil at the end. Possibly.

After talking to Valiant Hart, he asks adventurers to check the encoded message written on the Silent King statue. This is scrambled text, but it’s necessary to write down what it says on your notepad to progress properly. There are three different possible ciphers here, but the closing decipher that Valiant Hart attempted is the same (FIRE/LIGHTNING/WATER/EARTH/ICE/WIND:

Players are then directed to an NPC, Yayaroku, at Ul’dah in the Thaumaturge Guild (6.9, 12.6). Talking to Yaya, players will discover that the order is incorrect, offering a solution: the actual sequence should be LIGHTNING/FIRE/EARTH/ICE/WATER/WIND.

Take this and unscramble the message, or just follow this table to figure out where to go next