Achievement Guide

This guide explains how to get every achievement in the game. It contains spoilers so read at your own risk.

Introduction

This is a complete guide to getting all achievements in the game. It assumes that you have at least a base understanding of the game since most achievements can't be acquired until you have almost reached the end of the story.

Additionally, the contents of this guide are only intended to cover the Enhanced Edition and may not apply to the Legacy Edition.

If there are any errors with my information, or you have new strategies or tips of your own to add, then leave a comment and I will eventually look into it.

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World Map

The following map provides names for each major location that you will visit in the game.


These names are referenced throughout this guide.

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General Tips

• Read the Manual item! It has some good tips and explains some basic game mechanics such as the three types of damage (red for physical, blue for magical, and green for hybrid).
  
  
• Get Sharla's Nightbreaker before leaving Halonia as it is one of the best swords in the entire game (tied with Ascended Sylvanaras and second to Chaos), especially if you give Ruth all of the stat-boosting consumables (other than Vitacherries because the sword doesn't boost HP). In order to get it, go to the Kickstarter building in the center of Halonia and interact with the statue that has a cat on its head in the second row on the right side, the statue with an afro and sunglasses in the bottom row on the right side, and the piano five times (in this order). After doing so, a secret staircase will open up on the raised floor with the developer statues.
  
  
• Don't be afraid to use your consumables, particularly Antidotes and Eyedrops! There are only two spells in the game that can cure status effects and one takes up a trinket slot (Restoration) while the other is acquired near the end-game and is single-use (Soothing Mist). Additionally, neither is usable outside of combat.
  
  
• Pay attention to each enemy's class and abuse their class weaknesses in addition to the more obvious elemental weaknesses.
  
  
• Switch around equipment as necessary for each dungeon. Accessories which prevent status effects and resist specific elements are extremely helpful in certain areas, particularly against the "Spirit" family of enemies.
  
  
• Equip Steady Charms on Ruth and Gwen while their Luck stat is still low and you have nothing better to craft.
  
  
• Try to farm two or three Strength Braces from the Gronn α in the Lien Mountains as they are far better than any other accessory at that point in the game.
  
  
• Craft a Safety Charm as soon as possible and keep it equipped on Ruth who should have the highest Aggro rating of everyone. Being able to prevent a surprise attack while reducing damage by 10% for her can save you from a sudden game over!
  
  
• Try to farm four Fool's Fortunes from the Cleric α in the Abyssal Cavern as it will make you level up slightly faster but, more importantly, give you much more Gold.
  
  
• Use Lucky Potions any time you enter a new area where the enemies are a higher level than you or you are simply grinding.
  
  
• Don't skip any optional dungeons as the equipment they provide can be very powerful. Equipment, trinkets, and charms are far more important than levels.
  
  
• Hunt down the Alpha Beast when you enter a new area as it will give you an extra level or two and a unique item.
  
  
• Use Glimmering Potions against bosses with elemental weaknesses.
  
  
• To make grinding faster in the end-game, equip everyone with Devil Charms and use area-of-effect skills to quickly clear battles.
  
  
• Try to save your Gold for the shop in the Midnight Desert so you can buy Miracle Nuts. Sell Rubies and any spare (non-unique) equipment that you don't need in order to make more Gold. Use any spare essences to make more Rubies.

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Equipment Strategies

• Equip weapons, off-hand gear, and trinkets that can take advantage of the predominant elemental weakness in the area or a boss' elemental weakness.
  
  
• The Ring of Thunder, Ring of Ice, and Ring of Fire (which are rarely dropped by the Sprite, Soul, and Wisp enemies outside of Westvale, in the Winterfall Cavern, and in the Sealed Tower, respectively) can be extremely useful in certain areas or against certain bosses so it might be worth grinding for a few of them (after using a Lucky Potion).
  
  
• Sharla's Nightbreaker and Magirock make it as good, if not better than, Ascended Sylvanaras. Even if you are facing enemies who resist or absorb fire, the fire damage can still be converted to holy by using Sealing Strike and Ivory Slash. The only sword that is a clear upgrade is Chaos whose extra Strength and Luck is well worth the loss in the other stats.
  
  
• For the optional bosses (especially Strife), one of the more effective strategies is to equip Ruth, Stray, and Uno with a Devil Charm and Gwen with an Ankh Charm. Have Gwen cast Bloodlust on everyone else during the first three turns (or sooner if you have someone else use a Free Action Potion on her) and then have her focus on healing. Meanwhile, you should be using everyone else's strongest attacks while they have both the Final Pact and Bloodlust buffs on them for massive damage. The Guts status effect from Bloodlust will mitigate the instant death effect from the Final Pact status effect by reducing them to 1 HP instead.

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Skill Strategies

R U T H

• Recommended trinkets: during the early-game, Battle Shout and Restoration. During the mid-game, Restoration and Intimidate. During the late-game, Restoration and Victory Shout.
  
  
• Battle Shout, Vanguard, or Intimidate should always be used at the beginning of combat. Battle Shout should eventually be replaced by Victory Shield while Vanguard should be used when Divine Shout has worn off (assuming that you will primarily take physical damage during the encounter).
  
  
• Sealing Strike should be used against enemies that primarily deal physical damage.
  
  
• Ivory Slash is her strongest offensive option but costs a lot of MP.
  
  
• Goading Strike is almost as good as Ivory Slash because it never misses and effectively allows her to ignore the Blind status effect, still deals high damage, increases her Aggro rating, and removes the Fog status effect from the target.
  
  
• Restoration is one of Ruth's best trinkets because it is one of only two ways to remove status effects without the use of items (the other being Gwen's Soothing Mist which is single-use and only available in the end-game). She is actually a fantastic support tank due to Restoration and Blessing.

G W E N

• Recommended trinkets: during the early-game and mid-game, Bloodlust and either Carpet Bomb, Icicle Barrage, or Gigavolt depending on which area you're in. During the late-game, Bloodlust and Prismatic Focus.
  
  
• Power Boost is a great buff which should always be used on everyone else if a battle is expected to take more than three to four turns. It should eventually be replaced by Bloodlust.
  
  
• Tincture restores 33% MP which will often relegate her to being an MP battery for the rest of the party until she needs to heal everyone at once with Party Brew. Tincture also removes the Bleed status effect which is a good thing to remember.
  
  
• Siphon is a decent option which allows Gwen to heal herself while dealing damage (assuming that she doesn't need the MP from Tincture) but the trinkets that grant the area-of-effect elemental spells are typically far better.
  
  
• Gwen is one of only two characters who can reliably abuse elemental weaknesses so switch her staff depending on where you are and which enemies you encounter (at least until you get the Wand of Fate and Prismatic Focus).

S T R A Y

• Recommended trinkets: Explosive Shot and Lullaby. Lullaby should be replaced by Hymn for boss battles.
  
  
• Hide or Explosive Shot should always be used at the beginning of combat. Hyperfocus can also be used but it has such a high MP cost that it isn't a sustainable option in the long term.
  
  
• Hymn should always be used at the beginning of a boss battle.
  
  
• Lullaby is one of the best debuffs in the game by far and should be used during every regular encounter because it can completely trivialize the encounter if it affects at least half of the enemy party.
  
  
• Arrow Rain with Tar Charm or Blood Charm is a surprisingly effective way to debuff the entire enemy party especially if they are weak to Fire.
  
  
• Blinding Shot should be used against bosses that primarily use physical attacks or counter-attack.
  
  
• Flashbang is situationally good against groups of skeletons or human cultists who have a propensity to counter-attack but Lullaby is often just better.
  
  
• Rapid Fire is his strongest offensive option followed by Headshot.
  
  
• Vampire Sting is surprisingly good and allows Stray to heal himself while dealing damage which frees up Ruth and Gwen to do other things.
  
  
• Stray is one of only two characters who can reliably abuse elemental weaknesses so switch his arrows depending on where you are and which enemies you encounter.

U N O

• Meditate, Expose Weakness, or Wave Fist should always be used at the beginning of combat.
  
  
• Shiv and Haze are amazing for inflicting standard Poison and his trinket's specialized poison against a single target and the entire enemy party, respectively, but Shiv is eventually overshadowed by the sheer damage of Shadow Step which has multiple chances to inflict the specialized poison.
  
  
• Shadow Step and Spirit Punch are his strongest offensive options but Shadow Step has a tendency to miss which makes the Bullseye Charm quite good on him. That being said, you have to choose if you want to prioritize having a chance to inflict his trinket's specialized poison with Shadow Step or deal more damage with Spirit Punch.
  
  
• Prior to getting Gwen, you can equip Uno with a glove weapon and have him use Chakra on himself to slowly restore his own MP indefinitely and restore others' MP if he has enough surplus.

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Template

The achievements use the following template:

Achievement name
Achievement image

Description: this lists the description on Steam.

The text below the description includes notes that either clarify the achievement or give you tips to help you get the achievement. The location, stats, and more specific information for the achievement bosses are also listed but the list of skills that a boss can use isn't a complete list and is just what I've seen them use.

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Story Achievements

The following achievements can't be missed as they are part of the story.

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More like "Al Keyhaulic"

Description: Defeat Al Keyhaul (Enhanced Edition Only).

Location: he is found at the end of the Eastport Isles as part of the story.

Stats:
- HP: 2,196
- Weaknesses: None
- Resistances: None
- Skills: Tar Bomb, Grog Bomb, Shadow Dance, Flame Breath, Explosive Shot

Info:
- He can counter-attack and has the Guts status effect.
- Tar Bomb inflicts Sticky Tar which increases the fire damage that the affected character takes. It is typically followed by Flame Breath a turn or two after, which is an area-of-effect fire skill.
- Shadow Dance is 10 weaker attacks spread out across the party.

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Winner

Description: Defeat the final boss.

Note: Typhus the World-Breaker counts as the final boss on both editions but defeating Typhus & Lilith on the Enhanced Edition will also give you this achievement. See the What in heavens is going on? achievement in the Optional Bosses section at the end of the guide for more information on Typhus & Lilith.

Stats:
- HP: 5,259
- Weaknesses: Holy
- Resistances: None
- Skills: Hellfire, Needle Storm, Arc Thunder, Dispel, Spellbreaker, Catastrophe

Info:
- Dispel removes random buffs from your party.
- Spellbreaker hits three times and deals MP damage.
- Typhus the World-Breaker will always use Catastrophe on the fifth turn and every seventh turn thereafter (turn 12, 19, etc). Catastrophe reduces all characters' HP to 50 or less.

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Difficulty Achievements

Hardtype

Description: Beat the game on Hard (or Heroic) difficulty.

See the General Tips, Equipment Strategies, and Skill Strategies sections for tips and strategies.

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Heroism

Description: Beat the game on Heroic difficulty.

If playing on the Enhanced Edition, this achievement can still be acquired if you pick the "Hard" difficulty.

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Collection Achievements

Ascended

Description: Obtain Ascended Sylvanaras.

You will automatically acquire the Sylvanaras as part of the story so all that will be required of you afterwards is to complete Ullo's sidequest (see the Collector achievement below) and have three Arcanite Ores so Ullo can re-forge the Sylvanaras into the Ascended Sylvanaras for you.

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How do you pronounce that?

Description: Obtain Gwen's ultimate weapon Schicksalsshlag (Enhanced Edition Only).

You can acquire the Wand of Fate by speaking to Keller at the end of Morgoth's Cave after solving all three optional push puzzles in Morgoth's Cave. If you do so then all that is required of you afterwards is to complete Ullo's sidequest (see the Collector achievement below) and have three Arcanite Ores so Ullo can re-forge the Wand of Fate into the Schicksalsshlag for you.

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Daedalus

Description: Obtain the transformable Daedalus bow (Enhanced Edition Only).

You can acquire the Daedalus by returning to the Lair of Typhus the Younger, proceeding to the Abyssal Cavern, and defeating Typhus the Dead (see the He's back? achievement in the Optional Bosses section at the end of the guide more information). If you do so then all that is required of you afterwards is to complete Ullo's sidequest (see the Collector achievement below) and have three Arcanite Ores so Ullo can re-forge the Daedalus into the Daedalus Bow for you.

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Collector

Description: Obtain all four Arcanite weapons.

In order to craft the four Arcanite weapons, you will need to have completed Ullo's sidequest and collected all 12 Arcanite Ores. Ullo's sidequest can be completed by following these steps:

• Visit Ullo at his forge due west of the Winterfall Cavern;
  
• Visit the Forest Village and speak to the three Nymphs surrounding the treasure chest who will hide across the world and wait for you to find them;
  
• The first is located at Lake Hilltop which is to the west of the Halonia Arc Statue;
  
• The second is located in the tent at the safe oasis in the Midnight Desert;
  
• The third is located on the fourth floor of the Sealed Tower and requires you to have activated the red teleporters and have three Gold Keys;
  
• Return to the Forest Village to collect the Smithing Hammer; and
  
• Return to Ullo who can begin crafting the Arcanite weapons for you using three Arcanite Ores each.

The Arcanite Ore locations are as follows:

Location	Area	Details
Halonia Arc Stone	N/A	Cross the bridge to the west of Halonia and head directly south.
The Underbog	The Underbog 4	The southeast switch must be flipped to drain the bog which will open up the path in the northwest corner of the map.
Cape Town	N/A	Talk to one of the two children to the west of the weapon and armor shop and purchase it from him for 500 Gold.
Dragon Cave Network	N/A	Take the eastern entrance, the only exit in this cave, the central entrance in the next set, and then the central exit of the three in this cave.
Dragon Cave Network	N/A	Take the eastern entrance, the only exit in this cave, the eastern entrance in the next set, the only exit in this cave, the central entrance in the next set, follow the cave to the east and take this exit, take the western entrance in the next set, the only exit in this cave, the only other entrance, and follow the path all the way to the north.
Deepforge II	Within the mining tunnels	Navigate the tunnels to the northwestern corner.
Winterfall Arc Stone	N/A	From Ullo's Forge, head west and follow the snow-covered mountainous island to the south.
Winterfall Cavern	Winterfall Cavern 3	From the second floor, proceed to the staircase in the southeast to the third floor and solve two sliding puzzles.
Eastport Isle	Eastport Isle 2	Directly south of the tent where you rest, on top of the grassy hill that is overlooking the beach where Ruth and Gwen have a scene together at night.
Abyssal Cavern	Abyssal Cavern 1	Go to the northeastern corner of the area.
Midnight Desert	N/A	Among the grass patch in the southwestern corner.
Sealed Tower	Floor 7	Activate the red teleporters and use the one on Floor 2. Requires two Gold Keys.

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Tell Me Your Secrets

Description: Discover 10 secret areas (Enhanced Edition Only).

There are a total of 19 secret areas:

Location	Area	Details
Lair of Typhus the Younger	Entrance	At the beginning of the game, go south across the bridge and follow the beaten path to the east.
Halonia	Castle Courtyard	Go to the east of the southeast tower and you will see a beanstalk under the tree beside the water.
Northshire	N/A	Follow the path to the east of the church and follow the paved path to enter the rear entrance of the church.
The Underbog	The Underbog 4	The southeast switch must be flipped to drain the bog which will open up the path in the northwest corner of the map.
Cape Town	N/A	Follow the eastern stairs down to the beach and go underneath the bridge.
Lien Mountains	Lien Mountains 4	You will see a cultist enter the western cave. Enter the eastern cave and follow the path to the southeast corner.
Winter Maze	N/A	Use the western teleporter to access the northeastern portion of the maze and go to the rear entrance of the cabin.
Gabenport	Inn	Interact with the chimney.
Nilheim	N/A	Climb the beanstalk on the front of the northeastern-most house.
Dragon Cave Network	N/A	Take the eastern entrance, the only exit in this cave, the eastern entrance in the next set, the only exit in this cave, the central entrance in the next set, follow the cave to the east to a small north-south river, and follow the beaten path beneath an underhang beside the river.
Winterfall Cavern	Winterfall Cavern 5	Go to the northern half of the fifth area and follow the path to the southeast that is partially cleared of snow.
Westvale	N/A	Go south to the house with the red roof and follow the path to its southeast.
Midnight Desert	Safe Oasis (with the tent and old man)	Follow the eastern path to the north of the tent.
Forest Village	N/A	Follow the winding dirt path to the rear entrance of the southeastern big tree.
Eastport Isle	Eastport Isle 3	Go to the rear entrance on north side of the nearest cabin.
Morgoth's Cave	Morgoth's Cave 2	Follow the southwest staircase of the second puzzle.
Abyssal Cavern	Abyssal Cavern 1	Go to the northeastern corner of the area and follow the thin path directly south to a staircase which leads to a pit with a rope.
Typhus' Keep	Typhus' Keep 4 (Rooftop)	Interact with the wall between the two sets of staircases which has three green squares in front of it.
The Depths	Town	Go to the northwestern part of the town, head north past the gravestones and follow the path behind the western waterfall.

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Alpha Slayer

Description: Slay 10 unique Alpha Beasts (Enhanced Edition Only).

Alpha Beasts can be found in any area of a specific location but some have higher encounter rates within specific areas. An area is a map that has screen transitions to other maps belonging to that location. For example, Northshire has five areas within it: the town itself, the church, the inn and item shop, the weapon shop, and the armor shop.

There are a total of 15 Alpha Beasts:

Alpha Beast	Location	Area with Highest Encounter Rate
Kobold α	Outside of Halonia (world map)	N/A
Flytrap α	The Underbog	The Underbog 4
Gronn α	Lien Mountains	Lien Mountains 5
Ghast α	Winter Maze	N/A
Vampire Bat α	Dragon Cave Network	Dragon Rock
Black Widow α	Forests outside of Westvale (world map)	N/A
Chieftain α	Eastport Isle	Interact with the enemy inside the big tree in front of the chest and you are guaranteed to meet one.
Cleric α	Abyssal Cavern	Abyssal Cavern 2
Wight α	Winterfall Cavern	Winterfall Cavern 3
??? α	Deepforge II	Within the underground tunnels. There is only one random encounter in this dungeon and you are guaranteed to meet the monster.
Ogre Magi α	Morgoth's Cave	Morgoth's Cave 4
Bones α	Midnight Desert	Among the grassy patches in the northeast and southeast corners of the map.
Spirit α	Isle of Wisps (world map)	N/A
Steppenwolf α	Sealed Tower	Floor 6
Temptress α	Typhus' Keep Floor 1 and 3	N/A

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Optional Bosses

Conception

Description: Complete the Malady's Gambit sidequest (Enhanced Edition Only).

After completing the Sealed Tower, this sidequest will become unlocked (along with the Sindra's Treasure Hunt sidequest). Follow these steps to complete it:

• Visit Malady in the Witch House to initiate the sidequest;
  
• Visit Gwen's house in the Underbog and interact with the playing card on her table;
  
• Visit Al Keyhaul's house on Eastport Isle and talk to the person there which will initiate a boss battle (see below for more information); and
  
• Return to Malady for a cutscene and the reward.

Hoss

Stats:
- HP: 4,267
- Weaknesses: Fire and Ice
- Resistances (Absorb): Poison and Bleed
- Skills: Fog, Burp, Expose Weakness, Double Strike, Rip

Info:
- Hoss automatically uses Fog at the start of the battle.
- Hoss absorbs Poison and Bleed damage and will instead be healed from them.
- Burp has a chance to inflict standard, Crippling, Corrosive, Blinding, Knockout, Null, or Virulent poison.
- When he is reduced to below 35% HP, he uses a Corrupting Potion, Residual Potion, and Free Action Potion on himself during the next turn.

Recommended Level: 25+

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He's back?

Description: Slay Typhus the Dead (Enhanced Edition Only).

Location:
- At the end of the Abyssal Cavern which is a continuation of the Lair of Typhus the Younger and is accessible after you get the ship.

Stats:
- HP: 2,196
- Weaknesses: Fire and Holy
- Resistances: Ice, Thunder, and Dark
- Skills: Gigavolt, Arc Thunder, Discord, Quadra Attacks

Info:
- Quadra Attacks is a physical attack that hits four times.
- Typhus the Dead will always cast one of Fog, Empower, or Blade Barrier on the fifth turn.

Recommended Level: 20+

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Strife

Description: Defeat Strife.

Location:
- Inside an underground cave that is outside of the Halonia wall and to the east of the drawbridge; however, the path is blocked by a guard until you have completed the Sealed Tower and can return to Halonia.

Stats:
- HP: 4,373
- Weaknesses: Holy
- Resistances: Dark
- Skills: Despair, V-Slash, Decimate, Cleave

Info:
- Strife automatically uses Despair at the start of the battle which prevents afflicted characters from being healed unless they regenerate the HP over time or with lifesteal (Siphon or Vampire Sting). Stray can also use Hide to regain HP through the status effect.
- Cleave inflicts Despair so waiting out the status effect and attemping to heal isn't a viable strategy unless you can avoid his attacks altogether by increasing your Evasion and decreasing his Accuracy.

Recommended Level: 28+

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Ogopogo

Description: Defeat Ogopogo.

Location:
- At the end of the Winterfall Cavern which is accessible after you get the ship.

Stats:
- HP: 1,378 for each elemental form (Ice, Thunder, and Fire, in this order) and 2,505 for its final form
- Weaknesses: Fire, Ice, Thunder, and None, respectively
- Resistances (Absorb): Ice, Thunder, Fire, and None, respectively
- Skills: Blizzard, Icicle Barrage, Absolute Zero, Drowsy; Arc Thunder, Gigavolt, Muddle; Carpet Bomb, Poison; Flood, Curse

Info:
- Equip Ruth with the Dragonscale Plate armor.
- Ogopogo automatically uses Blizzard at the start of the battle.
- Ogopogo removes all debuffs on itself when it changes forms.
- Each form can inflict a different status effect.
- Use Divine Shield, Hymn, and heal everyone up to full before defeating its Fire form as it will use Flood during the next turn which is its strongest skill.
- Ogopogo's final form can use any skills from its previous forms.
- Curse inflicts a debuff that lowers all stats except Luck.

Recommended Level: 30+

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What in heavens is going on?

Description: Defeat the alternate final boss (Enhanced Edition Only).

This requires you to first defeat Lilith in the optional half of Purgatory (accessible via The Depths) before facing Typhus in Purgatory who will take the form of Typhus & Lilith instead of Typhus the World-Breaker.


Lilith

Stats:
- HP: 5,552
- Weaknesses: None
- Resistances: None
- Skills: Smite, Redoubt, Censure, Gravity, Gravity Well, Sealing Strike, Goading Strike, Pollen, Nauseous Pollen, Battle Shout, Dispel, Catastrophe

Info:
- Lilith automatically uses Dispel at the start of the battle.
- Lilith takes two actions per turn when she is alone.
- Smite is a Holy elemental skill that hits twice.
- Gravity is a Dark elemental single-target skill that hits once.
- Redoubt deals damage and lowers Defense.
- Lilith has three phases and starts the battle in Phase 1, will enter Phase 2 when she is reduced to below 66% HP, and will enter Phase 3 when she is reduced to below 25% HP.
- Phase 1: every second turn, she uses one of the Strazsa's unique skills (Take Flight, Stone Skin, or Prismatic Scales) and applies a buff to herself that absorbs a specific element which lasts until the end of the next turn. She will also only take one action during this turn instead of two like she normally does. For reference, Take Flight increases her Agility and Evasion but makes her weak to Thunder, Stone Skin substantially increases her Armor but makes her weak to Ice, and Prismatic Scales increases her Wisdom and may cause her to reflect magical or hybrid attacks back at you.
- Phase 2: she summons a Phoenix, Shinobi, Albino Kobold, Heretic, Returned, and Toxatrice and then uses Divine Shield during her next turn. She takes one action per turn and tends to use Battle Shout, Pollen, and Gravity Well during this phase.
- Phase 3: she uses Catastrophe in place of one of her actions during her next turn.

Recommended Level: 30+


Typhus & Lilith

Stats:
- HP: 8,350
- Weaknesses: None
- Resistances: None
- Skills: Umbral Burst, True Redoubt, Hellfire, Spellbreaker, Arc Thunder, Flame Pillar, Plague, Catastrophe

Info:
- Umbral Burst is a weaker Dark elemental skill that hits nine times.
- Hellfire is a Dark elemental area-of-effect skill.
- Typhus & Lilith will always use Catastrophe on the fifth turn and every seventh turn thereafter (turn 12, 19, etc).

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Conclusion

I decided to make this guide because the current resources for the game are mostly centered around the Legacy Edition and no other guide really covers the bosses in detail or the achievements.

Hopefully this guide has helped you get the achievements and if it did then feel free to rate the guide, favorite it, or even give it an award!

Thanks for reading!

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