Cinder Drift

The first trial of the Sorrow of Werlyt questline, pitting you against the Ruby Weapon—a Garlean warmachina inspired by the iconic boss from Final Fantasy VII.

Ruby Weapon

Phase 1

Mechanic	Type	Description
Stamp	Tankbuster	Standard tankbuster attack. Use mitigation cooldowns.
Optimized Ultima	Raidwide	Powerful raid-wide AoE. Healers prepare group heals.
Flexiclaw	AoE	Extended claw attack that initiates follow-up mechanics.
Ravensclaw	AoE	Tremor lines extend from Ruby Weapon with circular AoEs at their ends. Dodge the initial AoEs along the tremor lines.
Liquefaction	AoE	Ground sinks except on tremor lines. Stand ON the tremor lines to survive.
Undermine	AoE	Opposite of Liquefaction—tremor lines explode. Avoid tremor lines and stand between them.
Helicoclaw	AoE	Spiral AoE pattern. Position at the end of one spiral, let blasts pass, then run toward Ruby Weapon.
Ruby Dynamics	Stack	Run to Ruby Weapon, then split into two groups for Homing Lasers stack markers.
Ravensflight	AoE	Ruby Weapon dashes across the arena in patterns. Find safe spots from initial dashes, then reposition. Final dash typically goes through the middle.

Notes: For Liquefaction, stand on cracks. For Undermine, avoid cracks. Watch the cast bar to know which is coming.

Phase 2 (Nael Phase)

Mechanic	Type	Description
Phase Transition	AoE	Arena changes. If you wipe after this point, you restart from Phase 2.
Nael Mechanics	AoE	Ruby Weapon channels Nael Deus Darnus abilities from Binding Coil.
Meteor Phase	AoE	Comets and meteors must be handled with proper positioning.
Add Phase	Adds	Nael-themed adds spawn and must be defeated.

Notes: The phase transition serves as a checkpoint. Phase 2 introduces Binding Coil references with Nael mechanics.