How to Beat Morbol

Morbol is a boss that appears during the Lost in a Fog quest in Final Fantasy 16 (FF16). See the best strategies for how to beat Morbol, how to counter its attacks and abilities, as well as its location, quest appearance, spoils, and drops.

Morbol Overview

Morbol Location and Drops

Morbol
Quest	Lost in a Fog
Location & Region	Stillwind , Grand Duchy of Rosaria
Rewards	・50 EXP ・70 AP ・0 Gil
Abilities	・Bad Breath ・Wild Rage

How to Beat Morbol

Step-by-Step Guide
Be Wary of its Tentacle Attacks Avoid Stepping on the Black Goo Steer Clear of its Bad Breath Successfully Execute Quick Time Events Unleash Your Combos After Wild Rage

Be Wary of its Tentacle Attacks

The first half of your battle with Morbol will commence with two basic tentacle attacks which you can easily dodge. One of them is where it will sweep its tentacles sideways and the other where it will lift them up and strike down towards you.

Both of these attacks are slow and predictable and you can use Precision Dodge then launch a Precision Attack afterwards. The swamp area is large enough for you to maneuver around so take advantage of it.

How to Parry Attacks

Tentacles Can Sprout Up from the Water

On rare occurences, it will dig its tentacle underground and will sprout up from the water from where you were standing a second earlier. When this happens, dodge or keep moving around to avoid getting hit by it.

Avoid Stepping on the Black Goo

Morbol will occassionally spit out Black Goo which will slow you down and deplete your health. A great tactic to not get caught in this is to only attack the boss on its side or back to avoid its mouth entirely.

Steer Clear of its Bad Breath

Getting caught in its Bad Breath can put you to sleep; luckily this ability takes time to charge up and you have an ample amount of time to steer clear of it.

While Morbol is unleashing this deadly ability, move to its side and use Rising Flames (R2 and Square) to deal massive damage!

Successfully Execute Quick Time Events

After staggering it for the first time, a series of Cinematic Strikes and Evasions will frequently occur where in it will suck the water from its mouth and drag you along with it.

Successfully executing these events at the correct time will stagger Morbol leaving it vulnerable to your attacks.

Quick Time Events Guide

Unleash Your Combos After Wild Rage

Once you get Morbol below half of its HP, it will start attacking you with Wild Rage, a special ability where in it will rush and leap towards you relentlessly twice.

Dodge both attacks until it will stop and recover for a few seconds. This is your chance to unleash a combination of attacks.

Final Fantasy XVI (FF16) Related Guides

List of Bosses and Formidable Foes

All Formidable Foes

All Formidable Foes
Gigas	Morbol	Knight of the Blinding Dawn
Eikon of Fire	Shiva's Dominant	Tiamat
Dragon Aevis	Fafnir	Midnight Raven
Chirada	Suparna and Chirada	Benedikta
Garuda	Knight of the Dying Sun	Iron Giant
Infernal Eikon	Infernal Shadow	Imperial Cannonier
Akashic Dragon	Typhon	Republican War Panther
Akashic Morbol	Flame Lizard	Liquid Flame
Coeurl	Hugo	Undertaker
Titan	White Dragon	Necrophobe
Bahamut	Sleipnir	Barnabas (First Encounter)
Control Node	Aurum Giant	Barnabas (Second Encounter)
Behemoth	Ultima (First Encounter)	Ultimalius