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Stages 81 to 90

Tips on how to complete each of the Stages and a list of the items that can be picked up from treasure chests or stolen from the enemies. Note that you need to have Armlet Accessory IconDiamond Armlet equipped in order to obtain the treasure listed. Opening the treasure chest without a Diamond Armlet will result in you receiving consumable and expendable items.

Stage 81
Zeromus
Battle against Zeromus during Trial Mode Stage 81

This battle is similar to the fight against Zeromus when you obtain him as an optional Esper in the Stilshrine of Miriam. Dark Lords will spawn continuously during this battle and you will not be able to use Magicks so switch all of your healing Gambits to using Potion Item IconX-Potions and switch your White Magick IconEsuna Gambits to use Herb Item IconRemedy items.

Set up a Gambit to target Undead enemies or enemies with the lowest HP so that you don’t become overwhelmed by all the Dark Lords that spawn. All the enemies are weak to Holy-type Magick. Have your White Mage cast White Magick IconHoly and switch to using 2H Sword Weapon IconExcalibur.

It can be easy to be overwhelmed during this fight, so don’t be afraid to use some of your more powerful healing items such as Elixir Item IconElixirs and Elixir Item IconMegalixirs. Also keep in mind that the more Dark Lords you defeat and chain together the more likely they will start dropping higher level loot which can heal your party members and cast beneficial status effects on them.

Stolen from Zeromus:

Treasure Chests:

White Sword Weapon Icon
Stage 82
High Reaver (x2), Reaver (x2), Crystal Knight
Battle against High Reavers during Trial Mode Stage 82

This is a standard battle and the Reaver enemies do not require any particular strategy to defeat.

You can make a Crystal Knight spawn if you stand in the center of the zone.

Stolen from Crystal Knight:

Treasure Chests:

White Sword Weapon Icon
Stage 83
Giruveganus (x3)
Battle against Giruveganus during Trial Mode Stage 83

This is a standard battle and the Giruveganus enemies do not require any particular strategy to defeat. They may occasionally use an attack called “Crushing Fangs,” which has a chance to instantly KO one of your party members – there is no way to prevent these potential KO’s so be prepared to revive your party members

Treasure Chests:

White Sword Weapon Icon
Stage 84
Chaos, Wind Chaosjet, Earth Chaosjet, Fire Chaosjet, Water Chaosjet
Battle against Chaos during Trial Mode Stage 84

This battle is similar to the battle against Chaos when you attempt to defeat him inside the Necrohol of Nabudis. The Attack command will be disabled so adjust your party accordingly or switch to having your physical party members use Technicks (such as Technick IconTelekinesis, which can be used against non-flying enemies as well).

Target and defeat the four Chaosjet enemies first and use Magick attacks to bring down Chaos quickly.

Stolen from Chaos:

Stolen from Chaosjet:

Treasure Chests:

White Sword Weapon Icon
Stage 85
Pylraster, Abelisk, Terror Tyrant
Battle against Pylraster, Abelisk and Terror Tyrant during Trial Mode Stage 85

This is a battle against three Tyrant-type enemies. Interestingly enough, due to their size, they likely will not all be able to reach your party and attack them at the same time, which means that you can take them down one at time.

Remember that Pylraster will double in level once its HP falls below 50% making it the hardest Tyrant to defeat. As such, you may want to focus on taking Abelisk and Terror Tyrant out first to reduce the overall amount of damage that your party takes.

Stolen from Pylraster:

Stolen from Abelisk:

Stolen from Terror Tyrant:

Poached from Terror Tyrant:

Treasure Chests:

White Sword Weapon Icon
Stage 86
Rikken, Elza, Pirates (x6)
Battle against Rikken, Elza, Pirates during Trial Mode Stage 86

This is the first battle that is extremely difficult no matter what level you are and requires a great deal of strategy in order to complete successfully. The key to this battle is to not underestimate the amount of damage that the 8 party members are going to do to your entire team and to focus on taking out one or two of the Pirates as quickly as possible.

Start off by equipping all of your party members with armor that provides the most defense. This means switching your White Mage, Black Mage, Red Battlemage and Time Battlemages over to using Heavy Armor for the duration of this fight. Have your melee classes use Shields if they can equip them and have all of your party members use a Belt Accessory IconBubble Belt (or make sure to keep Green Magick IconBubble cast on them). Additionally, have White Magick IconProtectga cast on all of your party members at all times and keep Green Magick IconDecoy active on your tank (or your strongest party member).

The Pirates can inflict the Silence status effect so make sure that you have a Gambit ready to go to use Herb Item IconEcho Herbs. Rikken and Elza will also cast Reverse on one another which can make them extremely difficult to finally defeat. Have your White Mage cast White Magick IconDispel on them when they use Reverse by setting up a Gambit as follows: Foe: status = Reverse > Dispel.

Stolen from Rikken:

Stolen from Elza:

Stolen from Pirates:

Poached from Pirates:

Treasure Chests:

White Sword Weapon Icon
Stage 87
Hell Wyrm
Battle against Hell Wyrm during Trial Mode Stage 87

This battle is similar to the one against Hell Wyrm in the Hall of the Wroth God in the Sochen Cave Palace. The dragon does a fair amount of damage so set your party members up with Belt Accessory IconBubble Belts or cast Green Magick IconBubble on each of them. You should also make sure that one of your party members has either a Armlet Accessory IconPower Armlet or a Accessory IconRibbon equipped so that all of your party members are not hit with the Stop status effect at the same time. Set up a Gambit to use a Herb Item IconChronos Tear on the remaining party members.

You can easily nullify Hell Wyrm’s strongest attacks by equipping your party members with Mystic Helm IconWhite Masks or a Ring Accessory IconSage’s Ring. Keep all of your beneficial status effects, such as White Magick IconProtect, Time Magick IconHaste, White Magick IconShell and White Magick IconBravery, active for the duration of the fight. You should also make liberal use of the Technick IconExpose Technick to increase the amount of damage done to Hell Wyrm but, more importantly, you should use the Technick IconWither Technick to reduce Hell Wyrm’s attack power and significantly reduce the amount of damage that it does.

Stolen:

Treasure Chests:

White Sword Weapon Icon
Stage 88
Disma
Battle against Disma during Trial Mode Stage 88

Forbidden enemies and Evil Spirits will spawn throughout this fight. Make sure you take them down quickly to avoid being overrun. You will need to equip your party members with a Accessory IconRibbon or a Amulet Accessory IconRose Corsage in order to deal with the Silence status effect. You will also need to have a Herb Item IconChronos Tear Gambit setup (or White Magick IconEsuna) to deal with the Stop status effect again. Have your White Mage casting White Magick IconHoly and equip one of your party members with the 2H Sword Weapon IconExcalibur sword as all these enemies are weak to Holy damage but make sure to either White Magick IconDispel Disma’s Reflect status effect first or prevent your White Mage from casting Holy on Disma directly.

Stolen from Disma:

Drops from Evil Spirits:

Stolen from Evil Spirits:

Treasure Chests:

White Sword Weapon Icon
Stage 89
Fafnir
Battle against Fafnir during Trial Mode Stage 89

This battle is the same as when you defeat Fafnir during Hunt 31: Wyrm Wrath’s Renewal. Make sure that you keep casting White Magick IconDispel on it as it has a number of beneficial status effects that need to be removed and it will recast them throughout the fight. Have one of your party members cast Time Magick IconSlow on it and cast Black Magick IconScourge or Black Magick IconBio on it early to inflict a heavy amount of damage over time. Then focus on using Technick IconWither and Technick IconAddle, followed by Technick IconShear and Technick IconExpose, to greatly reduce the amount of damage done to your party members and increase the amount of damage done to the dragon.

There are a number of negative status effects, such as Silence, Stop and Sleep, that you will have to watch out for. Have your characters equipped with Armlet Accessory IconPower Armlets, Amulet Accessory IconRose Corsages, Belt Accessory IconBlack Belts or Accessory IconRibbons to prevent them from all being hit with the same status effect at the same time and set up an White Magick IconEsuna Gambit to remove negative status effects from one another.

Stolen:
- Rare: Heavy Armor IconGrand Helm

Poached:

Treasure Chests:

White Sword Weapon Icon
Stage 90
Behemoth King
Battle against the Behemoth King during Trial Mode Stage 90

This battle is the same as the battle against the Behemoth King in the Feywood that you need to defeat in order to complete Hunt 42: Truth Shrouded in Mist. Cast White Magick IconDispel on Behemoth King at the beginning of the fight and set up a Gambit to keep casting Dispel on Behemoth King as required. It will recast beneficial status effects throughout the fight. You will also need to be prepared for some negative status effects, such as Stop, that could impact your entire party. Make sure that one party member has a Armlet Accessory IconPower Armlet or a Accessory IconRibbon equipped.

Use Technick IconWither and Technick IconAddle to reduce the amount of damage that Behemoth King does to your party and then use Technick IconExpose and Technick IconShear to increase the amount of damage that your party does. Behemoth King will also set up a ‘paling’ during the fight which will make it immune to physical attacks. Cast the White Magick IconArise spell on Behemoth King twice and the paling will switch from protecting against physical attacks to protecting against Magick attacks.

Stolen from Behemoth King:

Treasure Chests:

White Sword Weapon Icon

You will receive an additional set of rewards upon completion of Stage 90 that includes: