Changes

Between floor B1F and B3F, it’s pretty much a straight shot directly to the staircase, but from there things slowly start to ramp up more and more; thankfully, only in short, controlled bursts. Once you reach the staircase for B3F, you will be about to exit the regular version of this dungeon and making your start on the real secret dungeon for this quest. For the majority of this dungeon, you will come across foes that really don’t enjoy the touch of [[daggers ]] against their skin, so it’s recommended that you bring a nice set of daggers along with you to make your life easy. A lot of the beginning of this dungeon doesn’t involve any exploration, since it’s a straight shot to where you need to go, but that will change temporarily after you come to the first campsite.

After you rest at this campsite there is going to be a [[Pyromancer]], who is weak to [[greatswords]], and two rooms after this foe, you’ve got your very first room that has multiple-exits for you to choose from. From the location of where you entered the room, take the pathway that goes straight ahead, as that is the one, true exit that you’ll need to take to leave this section of the dungeon.

Shortly after this room, you will be introduced by 5-6 Tonberry’s [[Tonberry]]s – creatures that do some serious damage to you if you’re not careful, but by making good use of Gladio’s [[Gladio]]’s [[Techniques ]] are bound to knock their numbers down rather quickly; leading you onto the next campsite. A little bit later there will be a room with a few Ronin inside it and right after it is another campsite, which is probably for the best you make use of before you make any more progress.

Before too long you will be introduced to one more campsite and just after that is a beat that goes by the name of [[Kingatrice]], which is basically a Cockatrice, but bigger. Even though it’s a little more on the “boss” side of things, it doesn’t take much effort to deal with and is weakest to both greatswords and machinery weapons.

Now you will come across the third room that makes use of multiple-exits, but doesn’t require you to go directly straight ahead this time around. Instead of heading forwards, take the exit towards the left and you will make it out of that one particular room and continue on with the quest. Just after is another campsite and the room just after that is filled with [[Dolces]], an enemy type that can only be inflicted by damaged if you use some form of magic; as weapons won’t work.

Keep on forcing your way through room after room and you will come against the one real miniboss of the dungeon: the [[Griffon]]. This guy takes some serious damage from [[polearms ]] and daggers, as well as Ice spells, providing you’ve got any on hand. There isn’t much to say about this mini-boss, as he tends to demonstrate his attacks fairly well and can be punished quite easily as a result.

There isn’t much left in this dungeon, other than the boss that may look incredibly imposing, but is in actual fact quite similar to how the Griffons are, just with a lot more damage and health. Similar to the Griffons, it detests polearms and dagger, and even [[Ice ]] spells that can quickly erase its health bar if used properly. What you’ll want to keep an eye out for most of the time is his electric-based attacks that take some time to charge, but result in the loss of some serious health, so it’s recommended that they are dodged to the best of your abilities. Before too long, the beast will finally be slain and you will be rewarded in kind with the [[Flayer ]] polearm – a weapon that is a serious force to be reckoned with.