A walkthrough for Bravely Default's 'Four Crystals Revisited (Part 1)' section, detailing strategies to defeat the bosses Orthros and Rusalka and awaken the crystals.
Walkthrough
- 1Boss: Orthros
- Level: 48
- 2HP: 50,000 (Both Heads)
- 3Weak to: Fire (Blue Head), Water (Red Head), Beast (Both Heads)
- 4Immune to: Water (Blue Head), Fire (Red Head)
- 5Awaken the Wind Crystal: After defeating Orthros, Agnes will prepare to perform the Rite of Awakening. You can choose to listen to Airy's explanation or not. Regardless, repeatedly press the X button to awaken the crystal. Note: After the button prompt disappears, you can continue pressing X for a potential, though currently unexplorable, consequence.
- 6Boss: Rusalka
- Level: 48
- 7HP: 60,000
- 8Weak to: Lightning, Aquatic
- 9Awaken the Water Crystal: After defeating Rusalka, awaken the Water Crystal using the Rite of Awakening. Following this, the party notices Agnes's vestal garb is worn out, prompting a visit to Sage Yulyana.
Tips
- Equip the Iceflame Shield on your healer to negate fire and water damage from both Orthros and Rusalka.
- Use elemental weaknesses: Fire for Orthros's blue head, Water for its red head, and Lightning/Aquatic for Rusalka.
- Abilities like Spiritmaster's Adaptation, Rampart, and Utsusemi are crucial for mitigating damage, especially against Blazzard and Dark Flow.
- Charm Immunity or Rebuff Lockets are highly recommended for the Rusalka fight to counter Bewitching Voice.
- Don't hesitate to use powerful group-hitting abilities against Rusalka and its fakes.
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