All Hard Stages are unlocked after reaching Rank 10. Each stage gives the same amount of EXP and RP; however, the amount will change depending on skills used. All stages have a chance of dropping the following items from silver and red chests:[1]
Tiamat has a high chance to trigger into the devastating Cyclonic Destruction every 25%. If you are not running a Fire team, be aware of these HP breakpoints and take necessary precautions.
Sometimes she never uses it, sometimes she uses it all 3 times, so it's hard to predict when you will need countermeasures.
Name
Lvl
HP
Charge
Mode
Tiamat
60
2,250,000
◇◇◇
Yes
Special Attacks
Triggers and Notes
Cyclonic DestructionTR 75% 50%? 25%?
~7000 damage to all allies and inflict 30% Charge CutInstantly reduces Charge Bar by 30% Strength: 30%.
Extremely high defense; Plain Damage is recommended for this quest. The enemy will eventually kill itself regardless but the final attack can be lethal for unprepared parties.
Name
Lvl
HP
Charge
Mode
Christoph Matchstick
64
1,000,000
◇◇
No
Special Attacks
Triggers and Notes
FloodTR 100%
Self-inflicts Putrefied (30,000)HP is lowered on every turn Strength: 30,000Duration: Indefinite.
FlashfireN
~5,000 Fire damage and inflict BurnedHP is lowered on every turn on one ally.
Fire SporeN
~3,500 damage and inflict ATK DownATK is lowered on all allies.
Has a trigger per player that buffs Repel, so either bring a lot of Dispels or go slowly and attack into it rather than using skills.
Name
Lvl
HP
Charge
Mode
Nomad Stragia
60
2,000,000
◇◇
Yes
Special Attacks
Triggers and Notes
Mirror DisperiaN
Gain RepelTaking less DMG and reflects attacks Strength: Roughly 40% damage reflected 4 times.Damage Cut reducing damage taken and reflecting attacks. Warning! Does not work for Plain Damage!.
Extremely high defense; Plain Damage is recommended. If you don't have any source of Plain Damage, bring the Hermit skill Venom200%-250% elemental damage to a foe (Damage cap: ~420,000). Inflict Poisoned (4000)HP is lowered on every turn Strength: 4000Duration: 180 seconds. for Poison DoT, or aim for as many Chain Bursts as possible.
Bring Dispels/Clarity and coordinate with party members whenever he casts Hide. It lasts 40 seconds, so it's possible to wait it out. He also has a strong debuff resistance and his charge attack are major hits, so using Substitute with Dodge or Cut DMG is recommended.
75% trigger to cast pillar of earth, a big earth multi-hit, 50% trigger to inflict Charge Attack Seal, then 25% HP trigger to use an extremely high damage Axis Mundi.
Name
Lvl
HP
Charge
Mode
Yggdrasil
75
3,000,000
◇◇
Yes
Special Attacks
Triggers and Notes
Axis MundiODTR
Earth damage to all allies.
Pillar of EarthTR
Earth damage to all allies and inflict Halberd of EarthATK is absorbed by earth allies, and earth allies' ATK is ineffective .