Dark Falz

Normal Hard V. Hard Ultimate Dark Falz (Form 1) ダークファルス (フォーム 1) Attribute: Dark Location: ???? Normal One Person 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: ???? Normal One Person 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: ???? Normal One Person 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: ???? Normal One Person 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

Normal Hard V. Hard Ultimate Dark Falz (Form 2) ダークファルス (フォーム 2) Attribute: Dark Location: ???? Normal One Person HP XP DAR Set Drop Weakness 6500 3000 0 - 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 DAR Set Drop Weakness 3500 2400 0 - 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: ???? Normal One Person HP XP DAR Set Drop Weakness 9000 0 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 DAR Set Drop Weakness 6000 0 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: ???? Normal One Person HP XP DAR Set Drop Weakness 10000 0 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 DAR Set Drop Weakness 7000 0 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: ???? Normal One Person HP XP DAR Set Drop Weakness 16500 0 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 DAR Set Drop Weakness 8900 0 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

Normal Hard V. Hard Ultimate Dark Falz (Form 3) ダークファルス (フォーム 3) Attribute: Dark Location: ???? Normal One Person HP XP DAR Set Drop Weakness 9000 0 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 DAR Set Drop Weakness 6000 0 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: ???? Normal One Person HP XP DAR Set Drop Weakness 8000 8000 0 - 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 DAR Set Drop Weakness 4000 6000 0 - 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: ???? Normal One Person HP XP DAR Set Drop Weakness 16500 16000 0 - 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 DAR Set Drop Weakness 8300 12000 0 - 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: ???? Normal One Person HP XP DAR Set Drop Weakness 21000 50000 0 - 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 DAR Set Drop Weakness 10000 39000 0 - ATP DFP MST ATA EVP LCK 2230 960 2500 470 720 20 EFR EIC ETH EDK ELT ESP 60 100 75 1000 75 1000

Normal Hard V. Hard Ultimate Darvant ダーバント Attribute: Dark Location: ???? Normal One Person 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: ???? Normal One Person 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: ???? Normal One Person 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: ???? Normal One Person 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

Normal Hard V. Hard Ultimate Darvant (Falz) ダーバント (ファルス) Attribute: Dark Location: ???? Normal One Person 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: ???? Normal One Person 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: ???? Normal One Person 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: ???? Normal One Person 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

Dark Falz is the main antagonist of the story of Phantasy Star Online Episode 1 and the area boss of the Ruins. It caused the explosion which destroyed the Central Dome and killed its inhabitants.

Defeating Dark Falz on certain Section IDs is the only source for a drop of Red Ring and is commonly farmed for this reason.

Mechanics/Behavior

The fight against Dark Falz occurs in three phases on Normal difficulty, and four phases on Hard difficulty and above. Upon arriving in the boss arena, begin the battle by approaching the monolith on the other side of the arena.

Darvants

Note: Sometimes referred to as "Phase 0."

Dozens of Darvants 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 set of Darvants that are targetable will shift periodically. All Darvants deal damage on contact. This phase ends after a set number of Darvants are killed, after which all remaining Darvants die.

Phase 1

Dark Falz itself spawns, 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; these Darvants can be killed fairly easily. Dark Falz will also attack with Rafoie, Rabarta (potentially inflicting Freeze), and Divine Punishment.

During this phase, it is possible to become temporarily trapped against the edge of the arena by Dark Falz. This doesn't deal any damage or prevent attacks against Dark Falz, but it will be impossible to move away from the edge of the arena until Dark Falz shifts position again.

Phase 2

Dark Falz loses its mount and begins hovering around the edge of the arena. In between attacks, it will move to different positions around the edge. It can be attacked while moving or stopped, until it descends slightly to perform its own attacks. On Ultimate difficulty, it moves around the arena much more quickly.

Dark Falz continues to attack primarily with Rafoie from its right arm and Rabarta from its left. Before attacking, Falz raises the corresponding arm, then fires a line of attacks that travel across the arena, bounce off the back wall, and return along the same path. In Ultimate difficulty, three Darvants also spawn around each player, with a movement vector through their associated player. Dark Falz may also slam the ground, inflicting Slow on all non-android players, before attacking with Divine Punishment. Finally, Dark Falz will occasionally use a life-draining attack on a single player; this attack heals Dark Falz for a set amount of HP.

Phase 3

Note: This phase only occurs on Hard difficulty or higher.

The battle arena transforms into a floating ring, with Dark Falz hovering in the center. After randomly swiping at the ring one to three times, it will move 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 movements, Dark Falz will climb above the arena, make an attack, then cast Grants on all players. 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.

Every few seconds, Dark Falz will gain an iridescent sheen. For the duration of this effect, Dark Falz is invulnerable to standard weapon damage. Special weapon attacks and techniques can still damage it.

When above the arena, Dark Falz attacks with a barrage of energy orbs which target and follow one player. These orbs also deal fixed damage; however, two orbs may make contact with the player at the same time, dealing double damage.

After Dark Falz reaches half HP, it will forego its initial swipe attack in favor of stealing a random player's soul. While it holds a player's soul, any damage Dark Falz takes is also 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. While holding a soul, after ascending above the arena, Dark Falz will substitute its energy orb attack with Megid.

Fixed damage

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

Normal Hard Very Hard Ultimate Normal One Person Attack Damage Darvant 16 Divine Punishment (Phase 1) 140 Divine Punishment (Phase 2) 140 HP Drain 130 Attack Damage Darvant 13 Divine Punishment (Phase 1) 130 Divine Punishment (Phase 2) 130 HP Drain 125 Normal One Person Attack Damage Darvant 38 Divine Punishment (Phase 1) 210 Divine Punishment (Phase 2) 210 HP Drain 145 Orb 230 Swipe 310 Attack Damage Darvant 34 Divine Punishment (Phase 1) 190 Divine Punishment (Phase 2) 190 HP Drain 140 Orb 230 Swipe 250 Normal One Person Attack Damage Darvant 70 Divine Punishment (Phase 1) 390 Divine Punishment (Phase 2) 390 HP Drain 180 Orb 350 Swipe 450 Attack Damage Darvant 60 Divine Punishment (Phase 1) 330 Divine Punishment (Phase 2) 330 HP Drain 170 Orb 330 Swipe 390 Normal One Person Attack Damage Darvant 278 Divine Punishment (Phase 1) 660 Divine Punishment (Phase 2) 690 HP Drain 710 Orb 700 Swipe 812 Attack Damage Darvant 198 Divine Punishment (Phase 1) 560 Divine Punishment (Phase 2) 585 HP Drain 525 Orb 610 Swipe 696

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

Normal Hard Very Hard Ultimate Normal One Person Attack Damage Rafoie (Phase 1) 139 Rabarta (Phase 1) 132 Rafoie (Phase 2) 139 Rabarta (Phase 2) 132 Attack Damage Rafoie (Phase 1) 135 Rabarta (Phase 1) 129 Rafoie (Phase 2) 135 Rabarta (Phase 2) 129 Normal One Person Attack Damage Rafoie (Phase 1) 152 Rabarta (Phase 1) 136 Rafoie (Phase 2) 152 Rabarta (Phase 2) 136 Grants (Phase 3) 326 Attack Damage Rafoie (Phase 1) 148 Rabarta (Phase 1) 132 Rafoie (Phase 2) 148 Rabarta (Phase 2) 132 Grants (Phase 3) 311 Normal One Person Attack Damage Rafoie (Phase 1) 161 Rabarta (Phase 1) 144 Rafoie (Phase 2) 161 Rabarta (Phase 2) 144 Grants (Phase 3) 341 Attack Damage Rafoie (Phase 1) 157 Rabarta (Phase 1) 140 Rafoie (Phase 2) 157 Rabarta (Phase 2) 140 Grants (Phase 3) 326 Normal One Person Attack Damage Rafoie (Phase 1) 414 Rabarta (Phase 1) 406 Rafoie (Phase 2) 444 Rabarta (Phase 2) 436 Grants (Phase 3) 611 Attack Damage Rafoie (Phase 1) 314 Rabarta (Phase 1) 318 Rafoie (Phase 2) 339 Rabarta (Phase 2) 343 Grants (Phase 3) 546

Megid levels

Note: In Normal, Hard, and Very Hard difficulties, Megid does not work in boss maps if the attacker is a monster. This is presumed to be a bug in the client.

Normal One Person Difficulty Megid level EDK for immunity Hard 11 57 Very Hard 13 63 Ultimate 6 42 Difficulty Megid level EDK for immunity Hard 10 54 Very Hard 13 63 Ultimate 5 39

Strategy

Darvants

Hunters

Hunters should mostly rely on ranged weapons such as Handguns, as the erratic movements of Darvants can interrupt melee weapon attacks that have momentum, and repositioning to dodge Darvants will be easier if you do not need to close distance. The rare handguns Master Raven (for male classes) and Last Swan (for female classes) are particularly effective, as a single normal attack's 3-shot burst from these weapons can pick off Darvants quickly with minimal time spent standing still.

If a Force is using Gifoie from the center of the arena, focus on picking off Darvants at the edges of the arena that Gifoie doesn't reach.

Rangers

Rangers can be very effective during the Darvant phase. As above with Hunters, relying on ranged weaponry is typically ideal, but the ability to use weapons with unique targeting ranges (e.g. Yasminkov 7000V, Rianov 303SNR-2, or, while risky, the berserk special attack of Heaven Striker) and Shots (though these are much slower and more committal) can enable Rangers to kill multiple Darvants in short amounts of time. If a Ranger is unable to kill a Darvant in one attack, Master Raven and Last Swan are effective options here as well.

As with Hunters, if a Force in the party is using Gifoie from the center of the arena, efforts should be focused on dealing with Darvants at the edges. Rifles or the non-special attacks of Heaven Striker (which have rifle range) are effective for this.

Forces

One of the most effective strategies for Forces to employ is to repeatedly cast Gifoie from the center of the arena, as Darvants will be killed by it as soon as they become vulnerable (if the damage is high enough) or when they are hit by more than one instance. Gifoie's high endlag can leave the player vulnerable to Darvants, but being struck and having that endlag interrupted can actually be beneficial (being knocked down takes longer, but allows you to reposition).

If Gifoie proves ineffective (e.g. damage too low, Darvants swarming in the center), the techniques Barta and Grants can be used to strike Darvants from longer distances, with the latter having the advantages of high damage and an inability to miss.

Naturally, as the Force, it is also important to keep an eye on the status of your party members, providing Resta to those who sustain multiple attacks from stacked Darvants, Reverser if this can't be done in time, and re-applying Shifta as necessary. Deband is unnecessary throughout the entirety of the fight, as all of Dark Falz's attacks are either fixed-damage or elemental.

Phase 3

Dark Falz's third form can be handled in a number of different ways, as while his attacks are predictable, his movements and invincibility times are erratic. The best strategies to fight through phase three are highly dependent on multiple varying conditions, and are detailed and broken down below.

When the fight begins, Dark Falz will remain idle in the center of the arena for a short time before attacking with his fixed-damage swipe three times:

• All players should anticipate these attacks and restore their health as necessary, and if any member of the party is guaranteed to be killed by this attack, they should immediately group up with someone else who can revive them if they are hit.

Before the swipe attack happens, there is an opening to attack:

• Hunters and Rangers should attack Dark Falz with ranged attacks, advancing forward for attacks from sacrificial Handguns or Mechguns;
  • If no Force is present, HUmar, HUnewearl, and RAmarl players should open the fight with Zalure, as it will greatly speed up the fight. This may require advancing forward to bring Dark Falz into the technique's range. High-level HUnewearls and RAmarls with enough MST may utilize Clio to increase Zalure's range.
• Forces should immediately open the fight by casting Zalure on Dark Falz, as it will greatly speed up the fight.

For all classes, once Dark Falz has performed his three swipes, he will begin moving:

• If Dark Falz is not invincible, attack with the highest-damaging melee weapon if at close range, and the highest-damage ranged weapon at long range;
• If Dark Falz is invincible, determine and proceed as follows:
  • If you need to be near your party to receive or provide healing, support, or revival, position yourself to do so;
  • If you do not need support and are in no danger of dying, position yourself a medium distance away from your party to minimize collateral damage if you are the target of his next attacks, and to increase the chance that damage can be inflicted regardless of where Dark Falz moves;
• For Forces, if everyone is healthy and appropriately buffed, Foie can be used to damage Dark Falz during his invincibility, and Foie boosted by items such as Club of Laconium or Summit Moon, Ignition Cloak, and Foie Merge or Red Merge is especially effective.

Shortly after moving, Dark Falz will fly to the upper ring of the arena and initiate his homing blue ball attacks, followed by casting Grants on all players:

• For all classes, determine the target of the homing blue ball attack (Dark Falz will face the target directly and track them), and have the target run away from the party to dodge (or be struck by) the attack without it striking any other party members;
• Alternatively for Forces, while Dark Falz is in the air, Gifoie may be stacked from the inner edge of the ring to inflict damage on him immediately as he descends, which is another effective tactic for reducing the duration of the fight. Fire Sceptre: Agni or Magical Piece, as well as Gifoie Merge are effective for increasing this damage.

Dark Falz will repeat the above cycle of using his swipe attacks followed by flying to the upper ring until his health reaches a low enough point. Once this point is reached, Dark Falz will use his soul steal attack on a single player upon descending from the top of the arena.

When the soul steal attack happens, all players should consider the amount of damage the party is able to deal with regard to Dark Falz's remaining health and the total health of the affected player:

• If Dark Falz is not near death:
  • ...and the affected player is near the party, Resta can be cast on them repeatedly to continue dealing damage without killing the affected player. If Resta is not sufficient, revive the player upon death and re-apply Shifta as able;
  • ...and the affected player is not near the party, allow the player to regroup with the party before proceeding with the above.

• If Dark Falz is near death:
  • ...and the affected player has more health than Dark Falz, the party is free to attack until Dark Falz is defeated, as ending the fight will be of no threat to the affected player;
  • ...and the affected player has less health than Dark Falz, the party should stop attacking until Dark Falz can be damaged enough--without killing the affected player--to bring him into kill range, at which point the party can continue attacking to end the fight.

Hunting

The following quests are recommended for hunting this enemy:

Category	Quest	Details	Count
VR	Towards the Future	Clear quest	1
Maximum Attack	Maximum Attack 4th Stage -1C-	Clear quest	1
	Maximum Attack E: Episode 1	Clear quest	1

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