Beast locations for Beastmaster's bestiary in FFXIV
Overview & Key Takeaways
If you want to play the new Beastmaster job in FFXIV, here's where to unlock it and where to find beasts to capture.
Final Fantasy 14's second limited job, Beastmaster, has finally arrived with patch 7.56, so now you can collect a plethora of monsters to fight for you. Just like Blue Mage, this limited job is mostly for solo content and can't be used for regular quests and dungeons. Another similarity to Blue Mage: you won't be able to really fight until you run around Eorzea collecting logs for your bestiary.
After being teased by Beastmasters Pagaga and Lyon all the way back in Shadowbringers, players had an inkling that Beastmaster would make its appearance in the game eventually, but now you can finally play as one. Beastmaster also has its own version of Blue Mage's Masked Carnival challenge, called the Crucible of the Unbroken, where you'll need to use a range of collected skills to clear challenges.
Below we detail how to unlock Beastmaster in FFXIV, as well as list out where to find the beasts for your bestiary.
How to unlock Beastmaster in FFXIV
To unlock Beastmaster, you need to meet the following requirements:
- Have at least one combat job level 50 or higher.
- Finish the main scenario quest "The Ultimate Weapon."
- Own the Dawntrail expansion.
If you check all those bosses, you can unlock Beastmaster by talking to the Excited Adventurer NPC (11.8, 13.6) in New Gridania, to start the quest "Strangers in the Wood."
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Beastmaster Bestiary in FFXIV
To catch these beasts, you'll need use Catch and then kill the monster. If you successfully catch it, it'll get logged in your bestiary. From there, you can assign it to the various horns to summon them to fight with you in battle.
Below we list the various beasts you can catch in FFXIV as well as where to find them. Note that our list is a work-in-progress as we are still verifying some of these monsters. Additionally, there may be more than one location to find bestiary monsters, but we listed the places that the bestiary points you to and where we were able to successfully collect them.
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| # | Beast | Monster | Location | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cu Sith | - | Starting quest | - |
| 2 | Squirrel | Ground Squirrel (level 1-2) | Central Shroud (22, 17) | |
| 3 | Lamb | Lost Lamb (level 3) | Middle La Noscea (23, 24) | |
| 4 | Pugil | Pugil (level 4) | Middle La Noscea (23, 22) | |
| 5 | Opo-opo | Opo-opo (level 5-9) | Northern Shroud (27, 23) | |
| 6 | Dodo | Wild Dodo (level 4-7) | Lower La Noscea (27, 21) | |
| 7 | Coblyn | Rusty Coblyn (level 6-8) | Western Thanalan (22, 27) | |
| 8 | Diremite | Diremite (level 10) | Central Shroud (19, 18) | |
| 9 | Megalocrab | Megalocrab (level 10-13) | Middle La Noscea (15, 14) | |
| 10 | Wespe | Huge Hornet (level 1) | Central Thanalan (20, 26) | |
| 11 | Vulture | Nesting Buzzard (level 6) | Western Thanalan (21, 25) | |
| 12 | Mandragora | Tiny Mandragora (level 5-7) | Middle La Noscea (22, 17) | |
| 13 | Geshunpest | Geshunpest (level 14) | Central Shroud (19, 28) | |
| 14 | Puk | Puk Hatchling (level 4-8) | Middle La Noscea (19, 19) | |
| 15 | Crab | Thickshell (level 13) | Western Thanalan (15, 17) | |
| 16 | Mantis | Killer Mantis (level 15) | Western La Noscea (21, 22) | |
| 17 | Slime | Copperbell Mines | ||
| 18 | Dullahan | Halatali | ||
| 19 | Bat | Cave Bat (level 7) | Lower La Noscea (26, 15) | |
| 20 | Flying Trap | Roselet (level 10) | Central Shroud (22, 25) | |
| 21 | Ziz | Rothlyt Pelican (level 16) | Western La Noscea (24, 22) | |
| 22 | Sabotender | Cactaur (level 4) | Western Thanalan (26, 23) | |
| 23 | Golem | Sandstone Golem (level 29) | Southern Thanalan (32, 12) | |
| 24 | Apkallu | Apkallu (level 30) | Eastern La Noscea (28, 35) | |
| 25 | Adamantoise | Giant Tortoise (level 12) | Central Thanalan (19, 26) | These are found sparsely around the area. |
| 26 | Buffalo | Wounded Aurochs (level 8) | Middle La Noscea (18, 17) | |
| 27 | Uragnite | Scaphite (level 14) | Western Thanalan (17, 14) | |
| 28 | Worm | Sandworm (level 32) | Southern Thanalan (23, 32) | |
| 29 | Spriggan | Spriggan Graverobber (level 7) | Central Thanalan (17, 23) | |
| 30 | Goobbue | Mossless Goobbue (level 12-17) | Lower La Noscea (28, 19) | These are found sparsely around the area. |
| 31 | Gigantoad | Rivertoad (level 4) | Lower La Noscea (24, 22) | |
| 32 | Colibri | Colibri (level 33) | Eastern La Noscea (29, 24) | |
| 33 | Coeurl | Coeurl (level 34) | Outer La Noscea (14, 14) | |
| 34 | Raptor | Anole (level 9) | Central Shroud (31, 20) | |
| 35 | Drake | Sundrake (level 32) | Southern Thanalan (25, 38) | |
| 36 | Treant | Treant Sapling (level 12) | Central Shroud (24, 18) | These are found sparsely around the area. |
| 37 | Antling | Cutter's Cry | ||
| 38 | Chimera | Cutter's Cry | ||
| 39 | Morbol | Halitostroper (level 31) | Central Shroud (15, 21) | |
| 40 | Ghost | Bogy (level 7) | Middle La Noscea (20, 18) | This creature is notably in a cave below the surface. |
| 41 | Salamander | Black Eft (level 6) | Central Shroud (26, 18) | |
| 42 | Cobra | Mor Dhona | ||
| 43 | Hydra | A Relic Reborn: The Hydra | ||
| 44 | Damelsfly | The Lost City of Amdapor | ||
| 45 | Rotting Goobbue | The Lost City of Amdapor | ||
| 46 | Zu | Pharos Sirius | ||
| 47 | Ice Golem | Snowcloak | ||
| 48 | Karlabos | Sastasha (Hard) | ||
| 49 | Rafflesia | The Second Coil of Bahamut - Turn 1 | ||
| 50 | Behemoth | The Labyrinth of the Ancients |
Table graphics: Julia Lee/Polygon | Source images: Square Enix via Polygon
