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

Midnight Raven Overview

Midnight Raven Location and Drops

Midnight Raven
Level	12
Quest	Fanning Embers
Location & Region	The Greatwood , Holy Empire of Sanbreque
Rewards	・99 EXP ・90 AP ・1500 Gil ・ Steelsilk ・ Meteorite ・ Badge of Might
Abilities	・Raiton ・Futon ・Katon ・Assassinate

How to Beat Midnight Raven

Step-by-Step Guide
Parry His Attacks and Time Your Evasions Avoid Green Markers During Raiton Spam the Attack Button in Cinematic Clashes

Parry His Attacks and Time Your Evasions

The Midnight Raven is a fierce foe as he can relentlessly attack you with a sequence of different combos as well as follow-up attacks. Once you familiarize yourself with the pattern of his moves, you can attempt to Parry him as he'll be relying on melee for majority of the fight. Alternatively, you can Precision Dodge his incoming strikes once you memorize his attack patterns.

Take note that he can also dodge and counter you so adjust the timing of your attacks accordingly.

Evade When He Teleports

Once you see green lightning aura flowing out of him, you'll know that he's about to teleport around and will reappear beside you to slash you with his sword.

When this happens, ready up your dodge button so you can time that evade perfectly, saving yourself from getting a chunk of your health down and allowing you to deal damage to him.

Anticipate the Assassinate Skill After Futon

Right after he disappears using Futon, he'll pop out several feet away from you and will dash towards you with the Assassinate skill. Getting hit by this will remove almost half of your HP so be ready to evade when he reappears in the area!

Use the Ring of Timely Evasion

If you're still struggling with keeping up with how the dodge mechanics are in the game, you can equip the Ring of Timely Evasion which will automatically evade enemy attacks for you.

Timely Accessories Guide

Avoid Green Markers During Raiton

Raiton is an Area of Effect (AoE) lightning skill that he can cast around the battle zone; avoid the green markers on the ground as this is where the lightning will strike.

Spam the Attack Button in Cinematic Clashes

Cinematic Clashes are Quick Time Events that will often occur during this fight; keep on spamming the Attack Button (Square) to outclass him. Winning the final clash will kill the Midnight Raven, thus ending the battle.

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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