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The Gold Saucer is the main hub for mini-games inFinal Fantasy 14. There are tons of different attractions to visit and partake in, with periodic special events that all players can participate in together. These special events are called Gold Saucer Active Time Events, or GATEs for short.
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A few different GATEs occur at different times around the Gold Saucer, offering new game modes to play and earn some sweet MGP. Below, we’ll take a look at every GATE you may find in the Gold Saucer, what their rewards are, and the schedule for when they will occur.
GATE Schedule
GATEs occur every 20 real-world minutes in the Gold Saucer. Every 20 minutes, arandom GATE is selected from a list of three, depending on the current time. You can check the GATE schedule below.
XX:00 (on the hour)
XX:20 (20 minutes past the hour)
Leap of Faith (The Fall of Belah’dia)
XX:40 (40 minutes past the hour)
The Slice Is Right Air Force One Leap of Faith (Sylphstep)
Cliffhanger
Cliffhanger is a jumping-based GATE where your goal is toascend a small obstacle course to save a baby Chocoboat the top. By using your jumping skills, you’ll need to leap over obstacles to reach the top. However, to make things more interesting, a goblin will constantlythrow bombs at you, trying to knock you off the cliff.
Getting hit by one of these bombs will knock you back. If you fall off the edge of the course, you’ll have to start back at the beginning. Overall, Cliffhanger is quite short, and after a few tries you should have no problem dodging the goblin’s bombs and saving the Chocobo.
You will be awarded3,000 MGP if you successfully make it to the top of the coursewithin the time limit of the game. If you fail to make it to the top in time, you won’t receive anything.
Air Force One
Air Force One is an on-rails shooting mini-game where you will try toshoot down as many targets as you canbefore the end of the ride. Hitting targets rewards points, whilehitting bombs subtracts points. You can check the point breakdown below.
Yellow, 1-star
50
Blue, 2-star
100
Gold, 3-star
300
Bomb
-20
Overall, Air Force One is relatively simple to understand, but may take a few attempts to get the timing of the targets down. At the end of the game, you will berewarded with MGP based on your performance. you’re able to see how much MGP you get for scoring certain amounts of points below.
0-499
100 MGP
500-1,499
500 MGP
1,500-3,999
1,500 MGP
4,000-4,999
3,000 MGP
5,000
4,000 MGP
Leap Of Faith
Leap of Faith is ajumping-basedmini-game that comes inthree different variations. It is the only GATE thatcan occur every 20 minutes. In Leap of Faith, your goal is to jump across a variety of obstacles to reach the finish. However, if you want to score more points, you cancollect bronze, silver, and gilded Cactuar statuesplaced throughout the map.
While the goal of this game is simple, it’s one of the most challenging to complete. You’ll need excellent judgment and precision to successfully make it through the Leap of Faith courses. You’llearn more MGP depending on how many of each of the types of Cactuar statues you collect.
6
3
1
500
With the completion bonus of 2,000 MGP, you may get atotal of 4,000 MGPfor collecting all the statues and successfully reaching the goal within the time limit.
Any Way The Wind Blows
Any Way the Wind Blows is a game of pure luck. In this game, Typhon will use his Snort to try toblow you off the arena. Before each Snort, you canmove around the arena and choose a place to stand; youwon’t be able to move again while Typhon is using Snort, so you’ll have to guess where the Snort will land and move accordingly.
Typhon’s Snort comes in several different patterns, like lines, circles, and rings.Which type of Snort he uses is completely random.
Typhon will Snort atotal of five times. You will be awardedmore MGP the more rounds you correctly guess Typhon’s Snort. Additionally, you’ll earn more points the fewer remaining players there are at the end of the game.
The Slice Is Right
The Slice is Right is a luck and skill-based game where you have tocorrectly guess where falling bamboo will land. Yojimbo will make a series of cuts on one, two, three, or four stalks of bamboo, that will then fall to the ground. If you arehit by a falling piece of bamboo, or are standing where the next piece of bamboo is summoned, you will beknocked out of the arena.
The game will take place over three rounds, with small mini-games taking place between each round. In each round, Yojimbo willcut progressively more stalks of bamboo, increasing the difficulty of the game over time. However, by watching carefully, you candetermine where the bamboo will fallas soon as Yojimbo cuts it.
Single diagonal cut
Multiple diagonal cuts
Single vertical cut
Two line AoEs on either side of the bamboo.
By studying the way Yojimbo cuts the bamboo,it is possible to dodge every single one of them.
Between the first and second rounds, spectators willthrow piles of MGP onto the stage, and Daigoro will quickly leap toward each of them to collect them. If you collect them first, you’ll gainbonus MGP, butgetting hit by Daigoro’s leap will knock you off the stage.
Between the second and third rounds, Yojimbo willsummon three giant cups, one with apile of MGP, one withDaigoro, and one withnothing. The cups will then spin and move around. When they are done moving, you will have a few seconds todecide which cup has the pile of MGP in it. Stand in the section of the arena for the cup you choose, and you will befrozen in place, locking in your choice.
If you correctly choose the MGP cup, yourtotal earnings will be doubled. If you choose the cup with Daigoro, you will beknocked off the stage. If you choose the cup with nothing, nothing will happen. This mini-game iscompletely luck-based, as the cupsmove too quickly to accurately trackwhere they end up.
When the game ends, whether by falling off the stage or dodging all of Yojimbo’s bamboo, you will be awarded MGP.
1,000 MGP
1.5
1,000 MGP per pile
2
2,000 MGP
2.5
Doubled or 0
If you successfully dodge all bamboo, gather two of the piles, and correctly guess the MGP cup, you can earn atotal of 12,000 MGPin a single game of The Slice is Right.
