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  A repeatable course tests navigation and execution. FFXIV’s Leap of Faith
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        Vary layouts or objectives and define reward eligibility for each
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# Repeatable puzzles and routes

id: rpg-grind--puzzle-circuits
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/rpg-grind--puzzle-circuits
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/rpg-grind--puzzle-circuits/

A repeatable course tests navigation and execution. FFXIV’s Leap of Faith rewards platform traversal and trophy collection with MGP in separate event sessions.

## At a glance

![FFXIV Leap of Faith: platforms and collectible course trophies](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/rpg-final-leap.webp)

[Final Fantasy XIV](https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/70df23d56f34c6616e72133cdf7baed4c601a293) · © Square Enix. Publisher-distributed screenshot or documentation image; all rights reserved. Excluded from portal MIT and CC BY 4.0.

1. A platform trophy adds a collection goal to the route

- Vary layouts or objectives and define reward eligibility for each session.

- [Final Fantasy XIV](https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/70df23d56f34c6616e72133cdf7baed4c601a293)

## How it works

Navigation or reasoning challenges repeat with rewards, changing conditions or target sets.

## Variants

### Variants

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- Solve random configurations of a familiar puzzle. <a id="puzzle-circuits-option-1"></a>
- Complete a route with rearranged targets. <a id="puzzle-circuits-option-2"></a>
- Collect a reward for completing an entire series. <a id="puzzle-circuits-option-3"></a>

## Design example

A maze rearranges passages while recovered seals contribute to a shared amulet.

## Context and limits

A systematic RPG grind reference: 110 mechanics and 330 variants in 18 sections. Four layers answer different questions: what the player repeats, what develops, how rewards arrive and what constrains the loop. It covers single-player RPGs, ARPGs, MMORPGs and adjacent management and accumulation systems. Every mechanic has an explanation, variants and a hypothetical example; coverage, combinations and verified game observations follow the catalog.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original editorial RPG grind taxonomy authored for gamemechanics.pro on 2026-10-20 and expanded to cover activities, progression goals, reward rules and constraints. All original thirty family/branch/variant identities are preserved. Official developer and publisher sources support only the specifically described released-game observations; design variants and scenarios are hypothetical.

- [Final Fantasy XIV](https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/70df23d56f34c6616e72133cdf7baed4c601a293) (id: source-beec7546d9d2988e)

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