In Final Fantasy XIV there are some very rare mounts. One of them is locked behind over 200 hours of grind. One player has now obtained it anyway.
What kind of mount is this? The mount in question is one of the three rare mounts that exist for the hunting achievements: the Triceratops, one of only four dinosaur mounts in the entire MMORPG.
The Triceratops is summoned with the Triceratops Horn. This is obtained by reaching the achievement Nuts for Nutsy
, the final achievement of the High Hunt in the Shadowbringers areas. To achieve it, at least 2,000 Shadowbringers A-rank and 1,000 Shadowbringers S-rank hunts must be completed.
According to the Lalachievements.com website, currently, only 1.7% of players in Final Fantasy XIV have unlocked this achievement. After over 200 hours, it’s now even one more player.
A whole 3 years and over 200 hours of hard work
How did the player get it? The YouTuber Bluusiin announced in her latest video from June 17, 2025, that she finally owns the rare Triceratops mount. For this, she grinded the 2,000 A-rank and the required 1,000 S-rank hunts. Her last required S-rank kill was even a particularly rare SS-rank, a special version of a regular S-rank hunt.
In total, it took about three years to defeat all enemies, and she invested over 200 gameplay hours just in the achievement behind the mount.
Bluusiin says it was a lucky coincidence for the last hunts, as the remaining needed ones spawned in comparatively short succession. She does not show the fights in full length, however, the monsters all die quite quickly in the face of several groups of max-level fighters. In the end, she defeats the SS-rank and obtains the mount.
Why is the mount so rare? The Triceratops mount is very rare due to the difficult requirements for obtaining it. The combat achievements Catch an A in Norvrandt III
and Catch an S in Norvrandt III
are required. These are unlocked after completing 2,000 successful A-rank and 1,000 successful S-rank battles in Shadowbringers areas.
These hunts do not spawn within a few minutes, but reappear depending on the timer after several hours or even days. Therefore, planned or regular farming is not possible. Additionally, the Shadowbringers areas are now six years old, and most players who are ready for these hunts are in the endgame of the current expansion Dawntrail or still busy with the main story.
Consequently, it takes a long time to obtain the two required achievements. Bluusiin needed the mentioned three years. By the way, the grind does not take nearly as long in the field explorations of the game. A new player recently managed to master the most tedious grind in Final Fantasy XIV through Eureka: New player masters the most tedious grind in Final Fantasy XIV – now asking if he should slowly consider buying the MMORPG
