Death from Below Fiend Intel: How to Avoid Getting Swallowed

Death from Below is a Fiend Intel Combat Assignment in the Corel Region of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (FF7 Rebirth). Learn the strategies on how to beat this Fiend Intel, how to avoid getting swallowed, how to unlock, and where to find this Fiend Intel on the map.

Death from Below Information

Death from Below Objectives

Battle Conditions
Stagger an enemy. Defeat the enemy without getting swallowed. Defeat all enemies within the time limit.

Death from Below Enemy Intel

Duneworm Enemy Intel
Weaknesses	Normal: Staggered:
Resistances	Lesser: Greater: Staggered: -
Immunities	Normal: Staggered: -
Absorbs	Normal: -

Duneworm Weaknesses and Drops

How to Unlock Death from Below

How to Avoid Being Swallowed

Maintain Distance and Dodge When Duneworm Launches Upwards

Whenever the Duneworm dives underground, this means that they will follow your controlled character and will use Swallow. Always move far from the Duneworm and once they launch upwards, this is the moment when you need to dodge.

Dodge towards a direction where they will not land. This can be difficult to do at first but you can always retry the battle to practice until you get the timing right.

Death from Below Map Location

Southeast of Riverside Tower

Map View
In-Game

After activating Riverside Tower, this Fiend Intel will appear. Pin this on your map and follow the waypoint.

Ride your buggy that you will get on Chapter 9 and go through the huge tube passage to get to the side where the Fiend Intel is. Just follow the waypoint until you reach the Fiend Intel.

Chapter 9: The Planet Stirs Walkthrough

How to Beat Duneworm

Use Ice Magic to Pressure

The Duneworm is weak and can be pressured from Ice spells, so it is recommended to equip an Ice Materia to one of your party members.

How to Get the Ice Materia

Choose Dynamic Difficulty if Your Level is Way Higher than the Fiend Intel

If you are trying to pressure the enemy and your level is way too high, there is a chance that you'll defeat the enemy even before pressuring them. To solve this, switch to Dynamic difficulty as the enemies' level will scale with you, providing a challenge and an opportunity to complete the Fiend Intel's mission

Dynamic Difficulty and Difficulty Settings

Retry if You Fail an Objective

If you fail an objective such as pressuring the enemy, you can always retry the Fiend Intel by holding the Triangle button.

Use Strong Abilities While Staggered

Once the Duneworm is staggered, unleash your party's strongest abilities against the Duneworm to deal massive damage against it.

Maintain Distance and Use Range Attacks

The safest way to deal with the Duneworm is to use Cloud's ranged attacks or Barret as you can be distant from the Duneworm and it will allow you to watch it's movements from afar.

Equip Assess Materia to Scan Enemy Information

It is highly recommended to equip the Assess Materia and Assess the Fiend to figure out their pressure conditions and also what their weaknesses or resistances are.

How to Get the Assess Materia

Scan Enemies to Unlock Chadley's Biological Intel Combat Simulator Missions

Scanning Fiends will also contribute to unlocking some Biological Intel missions as Chadley will require you to assess a certain amount of enemies within a region in order to unlock a Biological Intel combat simulator missions.

Combat Simulator Guide: How to Unlock and Win All Battles

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