See FFXIV Brute Bomber and Honey B. Lovely Concept Art

After Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail launched, a new Arcadion 8-player raid series started, with two of the AAC Light-heavyweight bosses being Sweet Poison: Honey B Lovely and Vile Heat: Brute Bomber, and now we have official concept art for each of them via FFXIV Online Official Blog. PR team member Miyamiya also teased that AAC Cruiserweight concept art could be shared as well.

Editor’s Note: There will be spoilers for the FFXIV Dawntrail AAC Light-heavyweight M2 Honey B Lovely and M3 Brute Bomber fights below.

For those unfamiliar, the FFXIV Dawntrail AAC Light-heavyweight Arcadion raid series is treated as championship fights at Solution Nine. Each of the bosses we face are people who use souls from different types of monsters. This alters their appearances and allows them to gain access to abilities during fights. In the case of Honey B Lovely, she uses a Queen Bee when she fights in FFXIV, while Brute Bomber taps into a Bomb King’s abilities. 

In the case of the FFXIV concept art for each, we only see these transformed versions of the characters. Color art of both Brute Bomber and Honey B Lovely appear showing the full version of the design that inspired the in-game model. There are also more monochromatic images to highlight specific details or show elements and accents from the monsters implemented in the characters.

Here are both pieces of concept art:

While the AAC Light-heavyweight fights appeared in FFXIV Dawntrail in July 2024, the AAC Cruiserweight ones didn’t launch until March 2025. They appeared after 7.2 and introduced four new competitors.

Final Fantasy XIV and its Dawntrail expansion are available for the PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC.