【The Malice Within】 Guide - Happy Valentine's Day!

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ETA: 15 Feb

Event format: Part One + Part Two

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#####Rewards Highlights

• Characters: Exdeath, Galuf, Lenna, Gilgamesh & Faris

• MC1: Exdeath, Galuf, Lenna, Gilgamesh & Faris | MC2: Galuf

• Abilities: Mirror of Equity (4★), Flashing Blade (5★)

• Accessories: Silver Specs (+10 ATK, Moderate dark resist), Necrophobe Ward (Fire & Lightning resist)

GPO	GWO	GBO	GSO	GNEO	GFO	GIO	GLO	GEO	GWiO	GHO	GDO	G.Eggs
3	-	-	4	5	8	-	-	8	9	-	-	10
MPO	MWO	MBO	MSO	MNEO	MFO	MIO	MLO	MEO	MWiO	MHO	MDO	M.Eggs
2	2	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5

#####Recruit other characters

• Krile: Complete Walse Classic (V) - Bonus Quest

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####[Part One]

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#####01: Wind Shrine (Entrance - 2F)

(6 STAM: 2/2/2)

No bosses.

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#####02: Wind Shrine (3F - 4F)

(10 STAM: 3/3/4)

Boss	HP	Weak	Debuff Vuln.
Wing Raptor	~2300	Fire	All except Petrify

Target Score(s):

1. Defeat Wing Raptor without being KO’d.

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#####03: North Mountain, Part 1

(12 STAM: 4/4/4)

No bosses.

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#####04: North Mountain, Part 2

(19 STAM: 6/6/7)

Boss|HP|Debuff Vuln.| :--|:--:|:--|:--| Magissa|<7000|Poison / Silence / Slow / Stop / Blind / Sap| Forza|<7000|All except Petrify / Doom / KO|

Target Score(s):

1. Defeat Magissa & Forza without being KO’d.

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#####05: Walse Tower

(25 STAM: 8/8/9)

Boss	HP	Debuff Vuln.
Garula	~17350	All except Stop / Sleep / Doom / KO

Target Score(s):

1. Defeat Garula without being KO’d.

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#####06: Castle Exdeath (Lower levels)

(31 STAM: 10/10/11)

Boss	HP	Debuff Vuln.
Gilgamesh	~25000	Slow

Target Score(s):

1. Defeat Gilgamesh without being KO’d.

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#####07: Castle Exdeath (Upper Levels)

(34 STAM: 11/11/12)

Boss	HP	Weak	Null	Debuff Vuln.	Break Resist
Exdeath	~31400	Holy	Bio	Slow	Power / Armor / Magic / Mental

Target Score(s):

1. Defeat Exdeath without being KO’d.

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####[Part Two]

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#####08: Tycoon

(33 STAM: 11/11/11)

No bosses.

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#####09: Death Valley

(37 STAM: 12/12/13)

Boss	HP	Weak	Null	Debuff Vuln.
Antlion	~44000	Water	Earth	Silence / Confuse / Slow / Blind / Sleep / Berserk

Target Score(s):

1. Defeat Antlion without being KO’d.

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#####10: Pyramid of Moore (Entrance)

(40 STAM: 13/13/14)

Boss	HP	Absorb	Debuff Vuln.
Gargoyle x2	~30500 each	Holy	Poison / Slow / Stop / Blind / Sleep

Target Score(s):

1. Defeat Gargoyle without being KO’d.

Note(s):

• Defeat both Gargoyles simultaneously.

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#####11: Pyramid (1F - 4F)

(45 STAM: 15/15/15)

No bosses.

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#####12: Pyramid (5F - 8F)

(49 STAM: 16/16/17)

Boss|HP|Weak|Debuff Vuln.| :--|:--:|:--|:--|:--|:--| Objet d'Art x4|~24500|Lightning|Silence / Slow / Berserk|

Target Score(s):

1. Defeat Objet d'Art without being KO’d.

Note(s):

• Tauntaliate the round before the boss. You can also just bring a Crushing Blow RW.

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#####13: Guardian Tree

(54 STAM: 18/18/19)

Boss	HP	Debuff Vuln.
Melusine	~128600	Poison / Silence / Paralyze / Slow / Sleep

Weak	Absorb	Null
Fire	Ice / Lightning	Everything else
Ice	Fire / Lightning	Everything else
Lightning	Fire / Ice	Everything else
Physical	Fire / Ice / Lightning	Everything else

Target Score(s):

1. Defeat Melusine without being KO’d.

Note(s):

• Melusine cannot Barrier Shift while under Sleep/Paralyze/Stop status.

• Melusine starts as weak to Fire.

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#####14: Last Floor

(58 STAM: 19/19/20)

Boss|HP|Weak|Null|Debuff Vuln.| :--|:--:|:--|:--|:--|:--| Necrophobe|~118600|All except Dark|-|Slow / Blind / Silence| Barrier x4|~24000 each|-|Earth|Slow / Stop|

Target Score(s):

1. Defeat Necrophobe without being KO’d.

Note(s):

• AoE the Barriers down and exploit his weaknesses for a quick battle.

• If you have trouble with Barriers consider Halting Rumba and/or Aerith's Seal Evil.

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####[BONUS BATTLES]

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###Library of the Ancients +

Target Score summary: Ice / Fire

(40 STAM: 20/20)

Boss 1	HP	Weak	Absorb	Debuff Vuln.
Byblos	~123700	Fire	Everything else	Poison / Paralyze / Slow / Blind / Berserk / Sap

Target Score(s):

1. Defeat Byblos without being KO'd.

2. Exploit Byblos's weakness to fire attacks.

Note(s):

• Intimidate

• DROPS: Greater Wind Orb

Boss 2	HP	Weak	Absorb	Null	Debuff Vuln.
Ifrit	~138200	Ice / Water	Fire	Bio	Poison / Silence / Paralyze / Confuse / Slow / Blind / Berserk / Sap

Target Score(s):

1. Defeat Ifrit without being KO'd.

2. Exploit Ifrit's weakness to ice attacks.

Note(s):

• Intimidate

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###Island Shrine ++

(20 STAM)

Boss	HP	Absorb	Null	Debuff Vuln.	Break Resist
Wendigo	~50000	Water	Earth	Sleep	Power/Armor/Magic/Mental

Target Score(s):

1. Defeat Wendigo without being KO'd.

2. Afflict Wendigo with Sleep

3. Win without Exdeath being KO'd.

Note(s):

• Battle starts with 4 Wendigos, but only one of them is real while the other 3 are dummies.

• Damaging a dummy will cause the Wendigos to shuffle their positions, hitting the real Wendigo will reveal the HP bar.

• Debuff icons will be invisible in this encounter.

• Lullaby is great here.

• How to identify the real Wendigo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JEVGRbzcz8 (ty u/keytsang senpai)

  Alternate method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_5iTN0K3HY (ty u/ryin77)

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###Great Sea Trench +++

(40 STAM)

Boss	HP	Weak	Absorb	Debuff Vuln.	Break Resist
Triton (red)	~73000	Ice	Fire	Poison / Blind / Sap	Power/Armor/Magic/Mental
Nereid (purple)	~112000	Fire	Ice	Poison / Blind / Sap	Power/Armor/Magic/Mental
Phobos (green)	~112000	Earth	Bio	Poison / Blind / Sleep / Sap	Power/Armor/Magic/Mental

Target Score(s):

1. Exploit Triton’s weakness to ice attacks.

2. Exploit Nereid’s weakness to fire attacks.

3. Exploit Phobos’s weakness to earth attacks.

Note(s):

• Triton, Nereid and Phobos can revive one another. When one dies, the other two must be defeated within one turn or the dead will be revived and Delta Attack will be used. Watch their HP and adjust accordingly.

• DROPS: Summon Orb / Greater Summon Orb

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###He Who Feared Death (Ultimate)

(60 STAM)

Boss	HP	Weak	Null	Break Resist
Necrophobe (Ultimate)	~198700	All except Dark	None	Power / Armor / Magic / Mental
Barrier x4	~45000 each	None	Earth	Power / Armor / Magic / Mental

Target Score(s):

1. Hit Necrophobe with fire attacks.

2. Hit Necrophobe with ice attacks..

3. Hit Necrophobe with lightning attacks.

Note(s):

• Flare and Holy used by Necrophobe is a special attack and is immune to Reflect and also cannot be absorbed/nullified by Runic/Grand Cross.

• When Barriers are alive, Necrophobe will use Flash (AoE Blind) every turn.

• Below a certain HP threshold Necrophobe may act twice a turn.

• u/AlternativeDimension did an excellent writeup here, be sure to check it out!

• DROPS: Greater Black Orb / Major Dark Orb

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For full rewards, featured relics, boss stats, videos and tips/strategies, please visit my guide at http://ffrk.kongbakpao.com/exdeath-event/

If you spot any mistakes, or have suggestions on how to improve the quality of my guides, feel free to comment here or in the guide itself, I'll do my best to attend to you ASAP!

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###Other links:

• [Relic Discussion] by u/Sandslice

• [Quick relic analysis] by u/jasiad

• [Enemy Stats & AI] by u/tfmurphy