How the Relaunch Server Works

Relaunch is a solo-friendly, endgame-first FFXI server. Every new character is created fully set up (all jobs, spells, missions, maps, 4 starter trusts, ~4,000 key items) so the only early goal is getting one job to level 99 — which is fast (3× EXP). That first 99 is the pivot where the server "becomes its own game": custom gear tiers, an augment economy, ultimate-weapon forging, and a huge catalog of scalable solo/group content all unlock.

From there, progression runs on four parallel axes — gear (medal vendors → augments → reforge → REMA/Prime weapons), permanent per-job power (Job Points → Master → Rebirth & Ascension), character-wide meta power (Paragon, cross-job traits), and content clears that gate everything else. A single soft currency, Hunt Marks, ties most of it together, and nearly every fight is stat-scaled rather than level-scaled — mobs stay Lv 99–150 with brutal HP/stat overlays and "hardcore mechanics" (stance-dancing, enrage timers, hold-fire windows) so content stays hard without new level caps.

Everything below happens automatically at character creation / first login — there is no setup grind:

• All jobs & subjobs, every spell/WS, skills capped to level, all missions complete, all maps & warps, full 8× Mog Wardrobes (80 slots each).
• 300,000 gil one-time gift; 25 Hunt Marks starter stipend.
• 4 starter Trusts: Shantotto, Kupipi, Trion, Tenzen.
• RUN, GEO, SMN auto-unlocked; Merit & Job-Point menus un-greyed.

Onboarding NPCs (all in the hub, Purgonorgo Isle / !hub):

• Welcome Moogle — free starter kit; at level 50, a shop of level-50 gear, 1,000 gil each with 2 fixed augments, filtered to your job.
• Nomad Moogle — change jobs, delivery box, mog services.
• Survival Guide — warp to any of 98 retail spots, 1,000 gil per warp.

Mob EXP is 3× and the subjob levels itself, so 99 comes quickly.

• !expcamp [N] — warp to one of 22 level-banded camps, La Theine (10-25) up to Kamihr Drifts (95-99).
• Subjob EXP Share — your active subjob passively banks 25% of all main-job EXP (capped at your main's level). A Rebirthed subjob earns no share.
• !buff — a 5-hour package: regional buff, Regen, Refresh, Regain, Composure, Reraise III. At level 99 the Regen and Refresh drop off — they're a leveling aid; the regional buff, Regain, Composure, and Reraise III still apply at every level.
• !fellow — your Adventuring Fellow, a full extra party member.
• On the way: set a subjob, activate Records of Eminence, grab a Fields/Grounds of Valor page, buy EXP/Capacity rings in !shop, use the fixed-price !ah.
• !autojp / !automerits — auto-spend unspent Job Points / Merits.
• Daily/retention: +50 marks first login each day; streak milestones (7d +75 → 30d +750); a Daily Board of XP objectives (up to 750 marks/day).

The moment your main job hits 99, you can immediately:

• Reforge AF/Relic/Empyrean → iLvl 109 for free via !shop.
• Claim 48 free augment catalysts from the Commemoration Moogle (one-time, first 99).
• Run the Hunting League (!hunt) for Hunt Marks & gear.
• Farm Capacity Points (!capacity) toward Master.
• Start Ascension, Rebirth, Unity NMs, High-Tier Battlefields, and the rest of the endgame.

Gil services (hub): Eminence Broker (sell currencies for gil), Gil Exchange (buy marks at a bad rate), Title Broker, Warpman, Race Changer (100M), Casino, Mystery Mog gacha, Cosmetic Boutique, Happy Hour (daily 20:00–21:00 UTC: +50% EXP & Capacity).

7a. Hunt Marks & the Medal vendors

The Hunting League (!hunt, Escha–Zi'Tah) is the core gear-and-currency loop — a 5-rank NM ladder you unlock with marks:

Marks are multiplied by stacking bonuses (Hunter's Guild rank, first-kill +100%, weekly featured NM ×2, party +25–50%, kill-streak up to +50%, seasonal events). Marks buy Medals, spent at the Escha–Zi'Tah vendors:

Two more vendors: the Infamy Vendor (accessories + the 20-piece Volte / Dynamis-D set for Infamy, mostly 3,000–5,000) and the Domain Quartermaster (Domain/Zurim gear, flat 5,000 marks each).

7b. The Augment System

Three NPCs in the hub. Catalysts are the currency; they auto-bank (never use inventory).

• Arcane Augmenter — trade 1 gear piece + 1-5 catalysts (10,000 gil flat). Each catalyst writes one of 5 augment slots; ~140 catalysts across 11 categories.
• Augment Sage — Sage Mastery (5 ranks, content-gated, raises roll floor + crit 5→30%) and 11 NM Affinities (register a trophy = HL Rank 3 + 1,000 marks → "roll twice, keep better" forever).
• Crit rolls (or a consumed Maat's Cap) force perfect rolls; Crystalize locks perfect slots so they survive re-augmenting.

Catalysts drop 10% from a specific mapped mob (or a random one from any mob); Treasure Hunter boosts it; NMs never drop catalysts. !augwarp <stat> warps you to a zone dropping that stat's catalyst.

7c. The Reforge ladder (AF/Relic/Empyrean → iLvl 119)

Warp with !reforged. Three NM pools each pay a mark type:

Upgrade per slot (same for all sets): base→+1 = 300, +1→+2 = 900, +2→+3 = 2,000 marks. The +4 tail (AF & Relic only) is at the Divergence Forge — trade a +3 piece + Paragon/Rusted/Black ID cards from Dynamis-Divergence. Separate track: the Abjuration Forge (in !hub) turns Geas Fete abjurations into augmented HQ armor.

7d. Ultimate Weapons (REMA / Prime)

The Weapon Forger (hub) builds all five paths, each base → 119 I → 119 II → 119 III, gated by a distinct content ladder + HL rank + escalating materials (final steps also burn 10k–24k Reforge Marks):

Build your Relic first. Empyrean and Mythic are intentionally not meant to be finished without a completed Relic behind you — treat Relic as your entry ultimate weapon.

The first Prime follows the Weapon Forger path: bring the matching Ajja weapon from Ambuscade, complete its pilgrimage and all 5 Prime Trials, defeat the matching Weapon Guardian, clear Wave Master Ragnarok, then forge through Kaja with medals, Reforge Marks, and 750M gil. After that, Oggbi handles repeat Primes by checking four matching final REMA as proof and charging the shorter repeat recipe.

Two axes: per-job (swaps when you change jobs) and character-wide.

• Job Rebirth — a mastered job resets to level 1 (wiping JP) for Rebirth Points spent on a per-job stat tree. The cost is an escalating, augment-proof EXP penalty (up to a −90% cap). Repeatable 50×.
• Ascension — unlocked at HL Legend (Rank 5). Re-clear a scaling trial + pay marks for Ascension Points (10→20 each), spent on the same tree as Rebirth — but uncapped level, no EXP penalty.
• Paragon — from Apex Trials. Buys infinite Paragon levels + hard-capped perks (up to +5,000 HP / +1,000 ATT) + a daily buff. Perks scale with the current job's mastery (0/50/100%).
• Cross-Job — buy JAs usable via macro (10M each) and passive traits (Dual Wield +15%, which also unlocks the off-hand slot on any job).
• Spell & Skill Mastery — !empower shows Mastery Sigils; spend on WS Potency (+40% at T5), Spell Potency, crit bursts, trait riders.

• Weaponskill damage cap scales by weapon — 79,999 (iLvl-119) → 99,999 (Ambuscade) → 999,999 (REMA) → up to 1,999,999 (Prime). It is a per-weaponskill total applied regardless of hit count, so even a 1–2-hit WS still reaches its weapon’s cap.
• Weaponskill multipliers (scale fresh-99 → mastered by JP): Standard 8×→13× (cap 79,999 on iLvl-119 weapons); Ambuscade finals cap 99,999; REMA family bonuses +100/120/140/160% (Relic/Emp/Mythic/Aeonic); Prime up to 1.5–2.0M by job role.
• Magic mirrors the WS curve; Enhancing duration ×2; BLU auto-learns all spells.
• Pets/ranged: SMN avatars, BST jug pets, and RNG get large flat boosts; ranged has no distance penalty; jug pets auto-Ready / auto-engage.

• Ciphers are retired — content kills teach the trust spell directly. Un-earned trust spells are stripped.
• Obtained by: 4 free starters, content-NM drop rolls (~111 trusts, 8–15% per kill), and the Void Keeper (paid "chase" trusts — Corvus/Meat/Gemma/Cornelia/Matsui-P, 10–50M gil).
• Power scales with your master level (full at 99) × trust tier (C/B/A/S), hard-capped per tier (C 10k → S 40k; Shantotto II & Matsui-P 79,999).
• Fielding cap climbs 2 → 5: 3 at Fellow 100 or any Rebirth, 4 at Voidwatch Tier 5 + 3 strata, 5 at all Unity NMs conquered. The Adventuring Fellow is a free extra slot.

Solo climbs — trusts usually disabled, pure skill checks

Group instances

Open-world NM systems

Scheduled & activities

• Domain Invasion — every 3h, !diwarp to opt in; Escha zone defense → Silt/Beads + Domain Points.
• Provisioners' League — non-combat: fishing + HQ crafting turn-ins → ranks → marks.
• Treasure Hunt — maps drop from HL NMs; !dig a strongbox (marks/gil/catalysts).
• Tournament — !tournament, last-team-standing 8-wave PvE → 2,500 marks + Infamy.
• Casino / Mystery Mog / Chocobo Derby — gil sinks & gambling; Seasonal Events — GM-set bonus-mark multipliers.

Open-world mobs Lv 91+ in ~30 zones also get HP/stat floors (60k → 600k HP) so the overworld isn't trivial for maxed characters.

• Achievements — 37 milestones paying Hunt Marks (+ some titles), auto-awarded; !achievements.
• Leaderboards — The Chronicler NPC shows your record; !top ranks online players; server-wide rankings on the website.
• Combat Records — personal-best nuke/burst/heal/skillchain/30s-damage, shown at the Chronicler.
• !who (session online), !lfg (server-wide LFG), !seek (GM find-player), weekly recap on first login.