Devourer of Flames Boss Guide: Weakness and Resistances

Devourer of Flames is a boss that can be fought during the Trial of the Dragon: Heroes’ Rest Quest in Metaphor: Refantazio. Read on to learn how to beat Devourer of Flames, its weaknesses, rewards, and the recommended party setup and Archetypes to use against Devourer of Flames.

Devourer of Flames Overview and Rewards

Devourer of Flames Quest and Location

Devourer of Flames Boss
Quest	Level	Location
Trial of the Dragon: Heroes’ Rest	70	Spire of Blind Faith

Devourer of Flames Rewards

At the end of a battle, receiving a Spoil slightly reduces the EXP and A-EXP gained. If no Spoil is obtained, you'll receive the regular amount of EXP and A-EXP.

Devourer of Flames Weakness and Resistances

All Elemental Weakness, Affinities and Resistances

Recommended Party Setup Against Devourer of Flames

Best Characters to Choose

Character	Explanation
Protagonist	The Protagonist will be taking up the Prince Archetype. He will prioritize buffing himself and dealing steady damage with Almighty Skills like Royal Slash. It is recommended that he inherit the passive Almighty Boost from Tycoon for additional damage.
Hulkenberg	Hulkenberg will take on the Royal Knight Archetype. She will focus on tanking as much damage as possible for the party with Holy Knight's Proclamation. It is recommended that she inherit Front Boost from Warlord and Guard Lore from the Knight.
Junah	Junah can take up the Royal Masked Dancer Archetype with the Trickster's Mask her main job will be to inflict weaknesses on the enemy and debuffing. The Devourer of Flame doesn't have a weakness so making one is a priority. Make sure to use Vidyartha as well to debuff the dragon and stop them from casting their party-kill skill.
Eupha	Eupha will be taking up the Royal Summoner Archetype and inherit Makarakarn from Faker and Dekunda from Healer. Her main role will be similar to Junah's and will mostly be in charge of using Support Skills for the party.

Recommended Archetypes Against Devourer of Flames

Best Archetypes to Equip

Archetype	Recommended Skills
Prince	・Hero's Proving ・Hero's Cry ・Royal Slash Inherited Skills: ・Magic Counter ・Almighty Boost ・Fire Dodge
Royal Knight	・Holy Knight's Proclamation ・Thunderstrike Thrust ・Omni-Guard Inherited Skills: ・Front Boost ・Guard Lore
Royal Masked Dancer	・Thunderhead Dance ・Ruin's Flameflower Trickster's Mask: ・Vidyartha ・Debilitate Synthesis Skill: ・Hellfire Dance
Royal Summoner	・Summon Fairy (Modified) ・Summon Kishin ・Summon Deity ・Summon Dragon God (Modified) Inherited Skills: ・Makarakarn ・Dekunda

This battle will be tricky and will require quite a bit of planning to win. The main concern that you will have for this enemy is that its skill Burn Down deals a whopping 9,999 worth of fire damage.

The main strategy for this battle is to debuff and inflict weaknesses on the enemy with the Royal Masked Dancer and the Royal Summoner. One of the key things in this strategy is to have the Royal Masked Dancer cast Hellfire Dance on the dragon. If you've prepared correctly then you should have equipment or skills that can either nullify or repel fire attacks.

Meanwhile, the Prince will be in charge of dealing consistent damage through Almighty attacks and the occasional item use if needed. The Royal Knight will be tanking a lot of the single-hit attacks to minimize the damage to the party.

All Archetypes and How to Unlock

How to Beat Devourer of Flames

How to Beat Devourer of Flames
Preparation is Key Plan Your Skills Stock Up On Items Heal When You Can Beat the Dragon With its Own Fire

Preparation is Key

The Devourer of Flames is one of the most difficult bosses to handle in the game. It is recommended that you do the Devourer of Nations and Devourer of Stars before this boss because the item that will drop from them will be very useful for this fight. It is also highly recommended that you try and tackle this dragon when you are at a higher level as well.

One of the key things you would need to do is to prepare. Listen to what the informant will tell you and prepare your party accordingly. From the skills that you have available to the equipment your team will be using. The things that you will need to worry about are fire damage, skills or equipment that can repel magic attacks, and getting charmed.

Informant Guide

List of Equipment with Null Fire

List of All Equipment

Plan Your Skills

On top of the standard skills that come with every Archetype, you have the option to add on more skills by inheriting them from other archetypes.

Consider inheriting skills that can help you in the fight, such as passive skills which can greatly improve your defense and offense depending. A good example of this is having Almighty Boost on the Prince which increases Almighty attacks by 20% and Front Boost on the Royal Knight to get an additional 10% boost for physical skill Attack for the front row.

Best Skills to Inherit

Stock Up On Items

Don't want to waste your MP on using recovery skills. Stock up on MP and HP recovery supplies in preparation for the battle.

Make sure to have a good selection of status ailment curatives for the Dragon's charm, and food that can further buff your party.

List of All Consumables

Heal When You Can

Even if you think you'll Survive another round, don't risk it. Heal when you can. The dragon has the Great Dragon Shriek Skill that adds another five turn icons to its round. It will try its best to max out its attack buff and do as much damage as it can, and this is where it usually releases its party-kill skill.

Stick to the side of caution and try to keep your health up when you can.

List of All Recovery Skills

Beat the Dragon With its Own Fire

One of the tricky but good ways to beat this boss is to hit it with its own fire. To do this make sure that your party has equipment or skill, like Makarakan, that can Repel Fire Attacks.

The dragon can block fire, but this is an easy fix just have the Royal Masked Dancer cast Hellfire Dance to inflict a one-time weakness to fire. If you time this right then when it does the party-kill attack you will be reflecting the damage right back at the Devourer of Flames.

List of All Support Skills

Metaphor: ReFantazio Related Guides

List of All Bosses

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List of Bosses
Homo Gorleo	Captain Klinger	Homo Fulquilo
Undead Grius	Zorba	Homo Avades
Monk Captain Gideaux	Greatworm Homo Butera	Heismay
Homo Jaluzo	Sergeant Xanth	Maintenance Chief Ceiba
Master Sergeant Glechom	Helmsman Cabio and Grand Chief Salva	Glodell
Sea Horror Homo Sabara	Treebeast Alento	Malvirta Drako Eht
Homo Margo	Louis Guiabern	Sogne the Icebound
Homo Gorleo (Second Fight)	Melancholia Zorba	Diabolus Gorleo
Diabolus Avades	Diabolus Butera	Diabolus Jaluzo
Diabolus Sabara	Diabolus Margo	Archdemon Louis Charadrius
More	Destroyer Charadrius

All Optional Bosses

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Fire Dragon Mauna	Grotesque Guptauros	Maneater Manjula
Catherina the Bounty Queen	Goborn King	Demo Man Goddard
Alpha Rockworm Valmo	Kadablich	Roger the Libertarian
Lina the Machinist	Trove Imitec	Fatolich
Kokasados	Orgas	Kokasadors
Homo Pento	Psyocropos	Leogron
Milo the Adonis	Rudolf the Roussainte Lion	Icebeast Chimenzahn
Ziocropos	Ordemos	Mad Sanctor Hyperic
Jin the Charlatan	Serial Killer Vinca	Kokamordos
Bandit Chief Cistus	Homo Sandro	Devourer of Nations
Devourer of Stars	Devourer of Flames	Elegy of the Souls
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