This resource was primarily compiled from the GamerEscape Wiki quest transcripts, FFXIV Consolegames Wiki, as well as in-game dialogue transcribed directly from NPCs (such as all the unique post-questline dialogue for the fighters and Arcadion fans in the open world). Transcripts of developer interviews/questionnaires have also been included where available, primarily sourced from the r/ffxiv Discord Server’s #translations-and-liveletters channel.

Sources for all facts/fighter information will be listed in parentheses whenever possible. Any notes that are speculative or made from inference on my part will be marked accordingly in my documentation.

I have done my best to be thorough in my research and welcome any comments or corrections about potential errors (you may reach out to me via Bluesky at @solairelunaire.bsky.social, just be kind in communications please).

Last Updated: February 8, 2026

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For full cutscene and fight replays with English VA with no commentary, please refer to the following videos and playlist (credits to Meowlo’s FFXIV Quest Archive and Ourderplander for their great quest archival work):

The Arcadion

FFXIV The Arcadion Part 1 - [AAC Light-heavyweight M1 M2] Full Story All Cutscenes

FFXIV The Arcadion Part 2 - [AAC Light-heavyweight M3 M4] Full Story All Cutscenes

FFXIV The Arcadion Part 3 - [AAC Cruiserweight M1 M2] Full Story All Cutscenes

FFXIV The Arcadion Part 4 - [AAC Cruiserweight M3 M4] Full Story All Cutscenes

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Full Quest Transcript

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The quest script is compiled here within a single page for searchability, please be aware of loading time for the text:

Arcadion Questline Full Transcript

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Arcadion Character Profiles

Light-Heavyweight Fighter Profiles

Cruiserweight Fighter Profiles

Heavyweight Fighter Profiles

Non-Fighter NPC Profiles

General Arcadion Information

• “The fighters of the Arcadion are divided into three tiers: light-heavyweight, cruiserweight, and heavyweight.” (A New Challenger Appears)

• “The Arcadion has its own repository of feral souls, which our fighters utilize in battle. So potent are these souls, they alter the fighters' very forms. Lest you wonder, it is the potency of the souls employed that separates the championship's three tiers.” (A New Challenger Appears)

  • There is a relevant developer Q&A question that touches on this classification of souls as well (FFXIV Korea - 10th Anniversary Special LiveLetter @ "Festival of Light" - 'Do you have any questions about FFXIV? Ask Director Naoki Yoshida! + Featuring special guest, Oda Banri', translation from r/ffxiv Discord**):** Q11. Answered by Oda Banri ”Upon clearing 'AAC Light-Heavyweight M4', we find out why Wicked Thunder had gone missing. She reveals that she is affected by 'psychonekrosis', and that the only theoretic way to cure her disease is to inject herself, with a soul that is very dense, all while telling the Warrior of Light, that they are the one with a very dense soul. How did Wicked Thunder find out that the Warrior of Light has a denser soul compared to others? Is there a feature within the regulator that allows people to tell the density of one's soul? This was not explained in the later story, so I am very curious.”

  *A11. ”*In Arcadion, the fighters are sorted into tiers by "grade of one's soul". This "Grade", is basically how dense, or heavy one's soul is. Since injecting a soul that is much denser or heavier grants the fighter much greater and stronger power, such tiering system was introduced. To assist with this tiering system, a technology to determine the grade of souls have been developed, and thus was used to observe how dense the Warrior of Light's soul is.”