Petrified Forest

Navigate the Petrified Forest in Beast of Reincarnation. Learn strategies for spike traps, double boss fights with Executioner and Almond Anaconda, and the final Redhood Cobra encounter.

Make sure you have 'Seek and Subdue a Mysterious Monster' quest before bothering with this area.

Petrified Forest Area 1

You can't explore it fully from get go - you need to enter the area from area 4 to fully explore it. While there are 2 entrances to area 2 - you can't use NE one before you unlock it as shortcut, so only one way to progress is towards NW.

Petrified Forest Area 2

This area introduces spike traps on the floor. Those deal 10 fixed damage to everyone. You can't die to spikes however, so you can freely keep someone at 1 HP no problem. Area itself has nothing important and you can 100% it from get go. Northern entrance to Area 3 is a dead end, albeit you can access it from southern one via unlockable shortcut, so no real reason to enter from the north. Southern is the way to progress.

Petrified Forest Area 3

Not far from southern entrance is a save point - feel free to rush there to replenish yourself. Can't be fully explored - needs you to enter it from area 4 to 100%. Your only way to progress is towards area 4.

Petrified Forest Area 4

Last area, allows to fully explore the dungeon. East exit is towards area 1. Allows to 100% it, otherwise optional. This area has forced boss encounter without warning on X:15 Y:16 - that's immediately BEFORE the door in the room with 6 spike traps in the approx middle of the map.

It's a double boss - Executioner(700) and Almond Anaconda(800)

Executioner you probably want to handle with Fire. Wind is weakness but fire is likely the more powerful option. Anaconda is strong vs fire AND wind. Weak to nothing. You likely have enough AP to Charge > Flash Thrust with Rujierd by now which is final main boss nuke of his unless bosses are weak to water.

I would say start with trying to burst down Executioner, due to not being strong vs fire everyone can handle it well. And it's lower HP too. When alone - anaconda shouldn't be too dangerous. Rudeus will likely have to heal most of the time.

The goal of the quest however is another boss - it's in final part of area 3 you can access from area 4. The very first door after entering back to area 3 leads to boss. Boss fight against Redhood Cobra(1600)

Boss is a bit unique - it's weak to water AND wind but fully immune to fire unless you reduce resist(not worth). Rujierd can use his water nuke instead of Flash Thrust. Eris should just armor break spam probably. Can also learn her ATK buff. At this point Rudeus should be able to afford his party DEF buff and AoE healing at same time. This boss is physical one, so PDEF buff is needed. From this point on you always want either PDEF or MDEF buff of his ideally.

At this point you should be able to full 100% the entire dungeon and you need to backtrack manually if you want to leave. The moment you submit this quest you will automatically swap to another party. However you will swap back to old party almost immediately so don't worry, you are not missing anything.

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