Dark Falz

Dark Falz is the main antagonist of Episode 1, and is the final boss of the Ruins. It caused the explosion which destroyed the Central Dome and killed its inhabitants.

Dark Falz is the sole source of Red Ring and is commonly farmed for this drop.

Dark Falz (Form 1) ダークファルス (フォーム 1) Attribute: Dark Location: ???? HP XP Weakness 5900 0 ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 700 120 300 170 150 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 80 100 25 100 25 100 HP XP Weakness 2500 0 ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 600 120 300 170 150 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 70 100 20 100 20 100 Dark Falz (Form 1) ダークファルス (フォーム 1) Attribute: Dark Location: ???? HP XP Weakness 8500 0 ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 1100 230 300 230 170 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 80 100 30 100 30 100 HP XP Weakness 5000 0 ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 900 230 300 220 170 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 70 100 30 100 50 100 Dark Falz (Form 1) ダークファルス (フォーム 1) Attribute: Dark Location: ???? HP XP Weakness 18000 0 ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 1900 320 300 250 200 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 90 100 45 100 90 100 HP XP Weakness 8800 0 ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 1600 320 300 240 200 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 70 100 40 100 70 100 Dark Falz (Form 1) ダークファルス (Form 1) Attribute: Dark Location: ???? HP XP Weakness 20000 0 ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 2400 902 2400 470 825 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 81 100 60 1000 89 1000 HP XP Weakness 10000 0 ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 2100 745 2000 470 600 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 70 100 50 1000 65 1000

Dark Falz (Form 2) ダークファルス (フォーム 2) Attribute: Dark Location: ???? HP XP Set Drop Weakness 6500 3000 - ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 750 120 300 170 150 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 100 25 80 100 25 100 HP XP Set Drop Weakness 3500 2400 - ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 650 120 300 170 150 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 100 20 70 100 30 100 Dark Falz (Form 2) ダークファルス (フォーム 2) Attribute: Dark Location: ???? HP XP Set Drop Weakness 9000 0 - ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 1300 230 300 230 170 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 100 30 90 100 30 100 HP XP Set Drop Weakness 6000 0 - ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 1000 230 300 230 170 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 100 30 70 100 60 100 Dark Falz (Form 2) ダークファルス (フォーム 2) Attribute: Dark Location: ???? HP XP Set Drop Weakness 10000 0 - ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 2000 320 300 250 200 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 100 50 100 100 50 100 HP XP Set Drop Weakness 7000 0 - ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 1700 320 300 250 200 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 100 40 70 100 80 100 Dark Falz (Form 2) ダークファルス (Form 2) Attribute: Dark Location: ???? HP XP Set Drop Weakness 16500 0 - ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 2980 902 2700 470 825 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 100 66 85 1000 79 1000 HP XP Set Drop Weakness 8900 0 - ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 2700 745 2250 470 600 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 100 55 65 1000 65 1000

Dark Falz (Form 3) ダークファルス (フォーム 3) Attribute: Dark Location: ???? HP XP Set Drop Weakness 9000 0 - ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 800 120 0 170 100 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 20 100 70 100 20 100 HP XP Set Drop Weakness 6000 0 - ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 700 120 0 170 100 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 40 100 70 100 40 100 Dark Falz (Form 3) ダークファルス (フォーム 3) Attribute: Dark Location: ???? HP XP Set Drop Weakness 8000 8000 - ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 1400 230 300 230 170 30 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 50 100 80 100 70 100 HP XP Set Drop Weakness 4000 6000 - ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 1100 230 300 230 170 30 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 50 100 80 100 70 100 Dark Falz (Form 3) ダークファルス (フォーム 3) Attribute: Dark Location: ???? HP XP Set Drop Weakness 16500 16000 - ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 2100 320 300 250 200 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 63 100 90 100 85 100 HP XP Set Drop Weakness 8300 12000 - ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 1800 320 300 250 200 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 70 100 90 100 85 100 Dark Falz (Form 3) ダークファルス (Form 3) Attribute: Dark Location: ???? HP XP Set Drop Weakness 21000 50000 - ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 2560 960 3000 470 750 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 70 100 83 1000 90 1000 HP XP Set Drop Weakness 10000 39000 - ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 2230 960 2500 470 720 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 60 100 75 1000 75 1000

Darvant ダーバント Attribute: Dark Location: ???? HP XP Weakness 125 5 ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 80 0 0 0 50 0 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 50 0 80 100 0 100 HP XP Weakness 50 5 ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 65 0 0 0 50 0 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 50 0 80 100 0 100 Darvant ダーバント Attribute: Dark Location: ???? HP XP Weakness 150 5 ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 190 80 0 160 100 0 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 55 10 100 100 0 100 HP XP Weakness 120 5 ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 170 80 0 150 90 0 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 45 10 100 100 0 100 Darvant ダーバント Attribute: Dark Location: ???? HP XP Weakness 250 9 ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 350 100 0 200 100 0 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 60 30 100 100 0 100 HP XP Weakness 180 9 ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 300 80 0 200 90 0 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 50 30 100 100 0 100 Darvant ダーバント Attribute: Dark Location: ???? HP XP Weakness 300 25 ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 1390 600 0 305 535 0 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 70 55 100 1000 0 1000 HP XP Weakness 250 20 ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 990 451 0 300 397 0 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 70 55 100 1000 0 1000

Darvant (Falz) ダーバント (ファルス) Attribute: Dark Location: ???? HP XP Weakness 250 5 ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 220 10 0 100 90 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 100 30 50 100 10 100 HP XP Weakness 100 5 ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 180 10 0 100 90 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 100 30 50 100 10 10 Darvant (Falz) ダーバント (ファルス) Attribute: Dark Location: ???? HP XP Weakness 300 5 ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 500 100 0 100 100 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 50 100 30 100 10 100 HP XP Weakness 240 5 ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 350 100 0 100 100 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 50 100 30 100 10 20 Darvant (Falz) ダーバント (ファルス) Attribute: Dark Location: ???? HP XP Weakness 500 9 ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 700 100 0 100 110 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 30 50 100 100 10 100 HP XP Weakness 360 9 ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 550 100 0 100 110 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 30 50 100 100 10 30 Darvant (Falz) ダーバント (Falz) Attribute: Dark Location: ???? HP XP Weakness 600 20 ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 1550 625 0 305 651 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 70 49 100 1000 0 1000 HP XP Weakness 500 20 ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 770 476 0 300 505 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 70 40 100 1000 10 1000

Location / Hunting

The following quests are recommended for hunting this enemy:

• [VR] Towards the Future: Clear Quest (1)
• [Maximum Attack] Maximum Attack 4th Stage -1C-: Clear Quest (1)
• [Maximum Attack] Maximum Attack E: Episode 1: Clear Quest (1)

Mechanics

The fight against Dark Falz occurs in 4 phases (3 phases in Normal difficulty). Upon arriving in the boss arena, begin the battle by approaching the monolith on the other side of the arena.

Phase 1

Dozens of Darvants will spawn, filling the arena. Select Darvants can be targeted and killed; the rest are invulnerable. Darvants which are targetable appear with normal yellow dots on the minimap, whereas untargetable Darvants have faded yellow dots. The property of targetability will periodically shift to new Darvants. All Darvants will damage you if they touch you.

To complete the phase, kill a set number of targetable Darvants. Gifoie is extremely helpful in this phase due to its very large area of effect, however other area-of-effect attacks are also useful. Upon completing the phase, all Darvants will die.

Phase 2

Dark Falz itself spawns on phase 2, riding a huge three-headed beast. It will move around the arena, regularly disgorging Darvants from one of its heads. The Darvants it spawns will head toward one player and swarm around them, dealing damage on contact, however they can be killed easily. In between, Dark Falz will attack with Rafoie, Rabarta (potentially inflicting freeze), and Divine Punishment.

To complete the phase, attack Dark Falz by targeting the heads of its mount.

On this phase it is possible to become temporarily trapped against the edge of the arena by Dark Falz. This doesn't deal any damage, and you can still attack, but you can't move until Dark Falz shifts position again.

Phase 3

In phase 3, Dark Falz will lose its mount and begin hovering around the edge of the arena. In between attacks it will move to different positions around the edge. It stays out of melee distance until it descends slightly to attack. On Ultimate difficulty, it moves around the arena much more quickly.

Dark Falz continues to attack primarily with Rafoie and Rabarta. Its Rafoie attack travels across the arena in a line of numerous explosions. It may also slam the ground, causing slow on all players, before attacking with Divine Punishment. Finally, Dark Falz may occasionally cast Resta to heal itself.

To complete the phase, attack Dark Falz, which is easiest while it is stationary.

Phase 4

This phase does not occur on Normal difficulty.

The battle arena transforms into a floating ring, with Dark Falz hovering in the center. After making its initial attack, it will move next to the inner edge of the ring and hover in place for a few seconds before moving to a different spot. After a few such moves, Dark Falz will climb above the arena, make an attack, then cast Grants on each player. It will then descend back to the arena and repeat the cycle.

When beginning this phase, Dark Falz initially makes a swipe attack with its arm, dealing a large amount of fixed damage (see table below). It may make one or more of these attacks, switching position each time it does so to target different players.

When above the arena, Dark Falz typically attacks with a barrage of energy orbs which target and slightly follow one player. These orbs also deal fixed damage, however it is common for two orbs to hit at the same time, dealing double damage. Dark Falz may substitute this attack with level 5 Megid (40 EDK required for immunity).

Furthermore, after Dark Falz is sufficiently damaged, it may forego its swipe attack in favor of stealing a random player's soul. While it holds a player's soul, any damage that would be dealt to Dark Falz is instead dealt to the chosen player. If the chosen player dies, Dark Falz can be damaged as normal. After it completes a cycle while holding a soul, Dark Falz returns the soul to the player, then attacks them with a swipe.

Finally, Dark Falz will intermittently gain a light metallic sheen, similar to that of Dark Gunners. While covered in this way, Dark Falz is invulnerable to standard weapon damage. Special weapon attacks and techniques can still damage it.

To complete this phase, spread out the party around the ring, to prevent multiple players from being hit by swipes and orbs. Attack Dark Falz at each opportunity, keeping in mind its intermittent immunity to weapon damage. Forces should spam mid to high level Foie due to its long range and Dark Falz's weakness to it. When Dark Falz steals a player's soul, stop attacking and wait out the remainder of the phase until the soul is returned.

Damage tables

Many of Dark Falz's attacks do a set amount of damage.

	OPM				Multiplayer
	N	H	VH	U	N	H	VH	U
Darvant	13	34	60	198	16	38	70	278
Divine Punishment (Form 1)								660
Divine Punishment (Form 2)								690
HP Drain (Form 2)	125	140	170	525	130	145	180	710
Orb (Form 3)	—	230	330	610	—	230	350	700
Swipe (Form 3)	—	250	390	696	—	310	450	812

The rest are elemental attacks with a base damage that is scaled by resistance to that element (EFR, EIC, ELT).

	OPM				Multiplayer
	N	H	VH	U	N	H	VH	U
Rafoie (Form 1)	135	148	157	314	139	152	161	414
Rabarta (Form 1)	129	132	140	318	132	136	144	406
Rafoie (Form 2)								444
Rabarta (Form 2)								436
Grants (Form 3)	—	311	326	546	—	326	341	611

Rare Drops

Ultimate
Red Ring	Red Ring	Red Ring	DF Shield	Rico's Earring	Rico's Glasses	Red Ring	DF Shield	Rico's Earring	Red Ring
1/186	1/186	1/186	1/39.4	1/46.5	1/46.5	1/186	1/39.4	1/46.5	1/186