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Rune Factory 5 (RF5)

Everlasting Darkness Walkthrough and Story Guide

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RF5 - Everlasting Darkness Story Walkthrough

This is a walkthrough and story guide for Everlasting Darkness in Rune Factory 5 (RF5). Read on to learn more about how to reach and complete Everlasting Darkness, important items to pick up, and strategies for defeating the Boss Monster!

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Forest of No Return Basara's Hideaway

Everlasting Darkness Map

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Everlasting Darkness Walkthrough Summary

How to Reach Everlasting Darkness

1 Return to the captain's office for a cutscene and to unlock Everlasting Darkness
2 Warp to Atohl's End: Manor
3 Defeat the Dragon Mummy again and follow the path to the next area
4 Pass through the door and enter the Everlasting Darkness

Inside Everlasting Darkness

1 Head east to find the door that leads to the next floor
Your RP will gradually deplete inside the Everlasting Darkness.
Obtain the recipe for Sacred Pole by following the path south until you reach a door that leads to the separated platform.
2 Follow the path southwest to the next floor
3 Follow the spiraling path of 3F to the boss room
Obtain Sparkle from a chest on the southwest platform.
4 Defeat Umbradea
You will automatically return to Rigbarth after the cutscene and the town will return to normal.

Tips for Clearing Everlasting Darkness

checkmarkRaise your level to around 85

checkmarkBring RP recovery items

checkmarkAvoid using Ultimate Attacks

Raise Your level to 85

Before you enter Everlasting Darkness, be sure to raise your level to around 85. In addition to the continuous RP drain, many enemies will gang up on you. Some of the areas are small, so its difficult to clear them if you're underleveled.

Bring RP Recovery Items and Food

RF5 - Everlasting Darkness RP drain

The Everlasting Darkness will continuously drain your RP as long as you're inside. The amount of RP taken away on each tick also increases as you delve deeper.

Prepare food and other potions before entering the dungeon like Pickled Turnip and Boiled Pumpkin. You can also warp back to Rigbarth anytime if you need to restock recovery items or if you want to rest on your bed. You will just need to restart from the beginning of the floor.

Don't Do Ultimate Attacks Often

RF5 - enemies in Everlasting Darkness

When you reach Level 25 on a weapon, you unlock Ultimate Attacks for it. They are additional attacks at the end of the combo that deals massive damage and consumes RP.

Since this dungeon saps your RP, its better to avoid doing it often. You can cancel an Ultimate Attack by dashing before it happens.

How to Beat Umbradea

RF5 - Umbradea
Battle Tips
・Keep your distance when it summons dark tornadoes

Keep Distance From Dark Tornadoes

RF5 - Umbradea dark tornadoes

Stay away from Umbradea when it starts glowing as it will unleash four dark tornadoes around it. Wait for her to finish the attack before you close in again.

This part of the dungeon doesn't deplete your RP continuously so you can opt to safely cast spells from a distance, especially if you're low on HP.

Rune Factory 5 Related Guides

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Whispering Woods Belpha Ruins
Kelve Lava Caves Meline Crystal Caverns
Atohl's End Gadeus Grasslands
Bandit King's Old Base Belpha Ruins - Depths
Meline Crystal Caverns - Depths Kelve Lava Caves - Depths
Forest of No Return Everlasting Darkness
Basara's Hideaway Thundering Wastes
Cloudheim SEED Floating Fortress
Calamity's Edge Rigbarth Maze

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1 Anonymous Anonymous over 3 years

Actually I'm pretty sure the reason you don't get rp drained during the boss fight is cause since radea is fighting you not draining rp

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