(spoilers) Mastery Expeditions, spells not working

[Nemui]

At level 50 on your primary school of magic you unlock an Exploration zone called "Mastery Expeditions." This is the first one I'm doing and it's the "isle of intrigue" for Mind mastery level 50. So, the problem i'm having is that the moment I enter the zone, all my spells are grayed out and all my auto casts stop auto casting. Is this unique to the Mind Mastery Expedition? or is this how it is for all mastery expeditions?

I went all in on magic, all magic equipment and weapons, auto casting healing spells is especially crucial to how i play the game, so not being able to use spells is a huge problem for me, and potions are just not enough. So idk how I'm supposed to defeat this boss without spending days prepping combat weapons and armor i would otherwise never use.

[Meneldal]

All expeditions will lock all spells that are not of the right element, so in this case you can only use mind spells.

[matthew]

To defeat the boss, you need to level up gear to at least level 4, I defeated her with mythril armour just fine, and set your boosts to attack and defence. Just farm in the school grounds, and use mind and space
M S
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So it would help if you have space unlocked, and that is possible once you get the upgrades when you enter the school.

So basically, come packing with higher ranked gear and she will go down quick.

[Nemui]

Originally posted by matthew:

To defeat the boss, you need to level up gear to at least level 4, I defeated her with mythril armour just fine, and set your boosts to attack and defence. Just farm in the school grounds, and use mind and space
M S
S M
So it would help if you have space unlocked, and that is possible once you get the upgrades when you enter the school.

So basically, come packing with higher ranked gear and she will go down quick.

I haven't gotten to the school yet, i'm still on the first part of the Lost Forest (Mysterious Woods)

[AegisXOR]

I feel like you are VERY early in the game to be accessing that content then. I didn't get to Lv. 50 on a primary element until three or four zones later than that.

(Congratulations on your super effective strategy. Other than these mastery challenges there are some other roadblocks coming up soon where you might want to be able to pivot your whole character build into specific directions, so it's never a bad idea to be familiar with other equipment even if it's not your favorite. Sometimes it can be a "puzzle solution".)

[matthew]

Originally posted by NemuiKitty:

Originally posted by matthew:

To defeat the boss, you need to level up gear to at least level 4, I defeated her with mythril armour just fine, and set your boosts to attack and defence. Just farm in the school grounds, and use mind and space
M S
S M
So it would help if you have space unlocked, and that is possible once you get the upgrades when you enter the school.

So basically, come packing with higher ranked gear and she will go down quick.

I haven't gotten to the school yet, i'm still on the first part of the Lost Forest (Mysterious Woods)

Then you are too early, also unlocking the schismatic storyine in the temple of life is also mandatory, as don't even think of doing any of the pilgrim bosses unless you have at least +4 /5 plus gear. higher the better. And the pilgrim bosses get tougher, the more you do, Space, mind, electricity time. are the top ones to do first, later on, once you have unlocked the last element, (very near the end of the game, you should do that pilgrim boss fairly early after, as that gets super tough, if you leave it too late, but in that case, you should have more gear options and spiked armour, (a steam post about it farther down, will help there.

Otherwise, leave them for later. until you are better geared.

[??]

learn an attack spell lvl 50+ ish (of that school) or get combined mythrill gear you can also use spellcraft to boost a weaker spell and it should work although I don't know if it has a special move as a lvl 50 boss, as I have only done "time"

[Elgareth]

Originally posted by NemuiKitty:

Is this unique to the Mind Mastery Expedition? or is this how it is for all mastery expeditions?

I went all in on magic, all magic equipment and weapons, auto casting healing spells is especially crucial to how i play the game, so not being able to use spells is a huge problem for me, and potions are just not enough. So idk how I'm supposed to defeat this boss without spending days prepping combat weapons and armor i would otherwise never use.

As others have said, in every pilgrimage, you can only use the spells of that specific element.
This also means the buffs of all other elements don't work either, so you'll have to have decent equipment.
Don't worry if you can't beat it yet, you don't have to, you can retire and come back to it later on. It is meant as a rather lategame activity, it's not worth grinding for days just to beat it, advance in the storylines and try them again here and there.