Empyrean Story Walkthrough, Bosses, and Item Locations

The Empyrean is the final area in Shin Megami Tensei V (SMT 5). Read on for a full walkthrough in Empyrean including all objectives, all bosses, tips and strategies, decisions in this area, and all obtainable demons, essences, and items!

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Temple of Eternity	-

Empyrean Objectives

4 Types of Endings

All Endings
Uphold God's order | Dazai Ichirou and Abdiel Recreate the world and save Tokyo | Atsuta Yuzuru and Koshimizu Hayao Destroy the throne | Yakumo Shohei and Nuwa Create a world for humanity alone (Hidden Route)

A choice event will trigger after defeating Metatron at the top of the Temple of Eternity. What you choose will decide the story's ending so it is highly advised that you save your progress after beating Metatron if you want to see all the possible endings.

How to Get All Endings

Uphold God's Order Route

	Objective
1	Register the leyline fount of Empyrean Atrium
2	Follow the path for a cutscene Herald Abdiel will be unlocked for fusion afterward.
3	Continue following the path until a fight with 3 Melchizedek is initiated Melchizedek is weak to Force, blocks Dark, and absorbs Light.
4	Move further north and start a battle against Sraosha Sraosha is weak to Force, resists Ice and Electric, and absorbs Light.
5	Now follow the path again until you reach the leyline fount of the Path to the Throne where Alilat is waiting Alilat has no weakness and is resistant to both Light and Dark.
6	Walk up the stairs, watch the cutscene, and defeat Tsukuyomi. ▶ Tsukuyomi boss fight guide
7	Move to the next area and defeat Nuwa We recommend saving your progress and healing first before proceeding. After the fight, Tao will leave the party. ▶ Nuwa boss fight guide
8	Register the leyline fount of the Empyrean Throne Room first then save your progress
9	Interact with the pillar of light and defeat Lucifer ▶ Lucifer boss fight guide
10	Watch the ending cutscenes Lady Nuwa and Fallen Abdiel will be unlocked for fusion.

Recreate the World Route

	Objective
1	Register the leyline fount of Empyrean Atrium
2	Follow the path for a cutscene Holy Hayataro will join your party and be unlocked for fusion afterward.
3	Continue following the path until a fight with 3 Melchizedek is initiated Melchizedek is weak to Force, blocks Dark, and absorbs Light.
4	Move further north and start a battle against Sraosha Sraosha is weak to Force, resists Ice and Electric, and absorbs Light.
5	Now follow the path again until you reach the leyline fount of the Path to the Throne where Alilat is waiting Alilat has no weakness and is resistant to both Light and Dark.
6	Walk up the stairs, watch the cutscene, and defeat Abdiel. ▶ Abdiel boss fight guide
7	Move to the next area and defeat Nuwa We recommend saving your progress and healing first before proceeding. After the fight, Tao will leave the party. ▶ Nuwa boss fight guide
8	Register the leyline fount of the Empyrean Throne Room first then save your progress
9	Interact with the pillar of light and defeat Lucifer ▶ Lucifer boss fight guide
10	Watch the ending cutscenes Lady Nuwa, Herald Abdiel, and Fallen Abdiel will be unlocked for fusion.

Destroy the Throne Route

	Objective
1	Register the leyline fount of Empyrean Atrium Tao will leave the party upon entering the Empyrean.
2	Continue following the path until a fight with 3 Melchizedek is initiated Melchizedek is weak to Force, blocks Dark, and absorbs Light.
3	Move further north and start a battle against Sraosha Sraosha is weak to Force, resists Ice and Electric, and absorbs Light.
4	Now follow the path again until you reach the leyline fount of the Path to the Throne where Alilat is waiting Alilat has no weakness and is resistant to both Light and Dark.
5	Walk up the stairs, watch the cutscene, and defeat Abdiel. ▶ Abdiel boss fight guide
6	Move to the next area and defeat Tsukuyomi We recommend saving your progress and healing first before proceeding. ▶ Tsukuyomi boss fight guide
7	Watch the ending cutscenes Lady Nuwa, Herald Abdiel, and Fallen Abdiel will be unlocked for fusion.

Create a World for Humans Route

	Objective
1	If you did all the pre-requisite subquests for the secret ending and chose the Destroy the Throne route, Nuwa will appear in the cutscene after defeating Abdiel ▶ How to get the secret ending
2	Move to the next area and defeat Tsukuyomi ▶ Tsukuyomi boss fight guide
3	During the choice event after beating Tsukuyomi, choose "Create a world for humanity alone"
4	Interact with the pillar of light and defeat Lucifer ▶ Lucifer (Secret Ending) boss fight guide
5	Watch the ending cutscenes

Empyrean Bosses and Strategies

Tsukuyomi

Recommended Level: 83
Tips and Strategy
Weak to Fire Mainly uses Physical and Ice attacks

Tsukuyomi mostly uses Physical and Ice attacks so try bringing demons or giving the Nahobino essences that resist, or better yet, absorb or reflect these attacks to axe his turn icons.

Mada and Adramelech are good choices for Fire attackers but since they're weak to Ice, you have to give them Resist Ice or Null Ice through fusion.

When he uses False Replication, use a multi-target attack (Fire Shards or Fire skills) then use single-target attacks on the real Tsukuyomi but when he uses True Replication, only use multi-target attacks as you won't be able to tell which one's the real one until his next turn ends.

How to Beat Tsukuyomi

Nuwa

Recommended Level: 83
Tips and Strategy
Weak to Fire Mainly uses Electric attacks Destroy the Thunder Bits immediately

Nuwa and Shohei's Nahobino form can use both Force and Electric attacks, but will mostly use Electric. Odin is an excellent choice for the attacker role in this fight as he can reflect Electric attacks and deal high damage with his Physical attacks. You only need to give him Null Force in case Nuwa decides to use their Force skills.

Other great choices for the attacker role are Seth, Mara, and Uriel.

They will also occasionally use Electrify which will charge one of ther Thunder Bits. Destroy these Thunder Bits immediately as they strengthen the next Rising Storm Dragon that Nuwa will use. If they use this move with all four Thunder Bits charged, it's likely that your party will get wiped out, even if you take defensive actions.

How to Beat Nuwa (Nahobino)

Abdiel

Recommended Level: 83
Tips and Strategy
Weak to Ice Destroy the Depraved Arm and Wing

Abdiel is now weak to Ice so demons with high Ice skill potential like Vasuki are recommended, though you might need to give them Null Fire if they're weak to Fire. Arioch is another excellent choice for the attacker role as he has high Ice skill potential (plus High Ice Pleroma) and no weakness to Fire.

When Abdiel's HP is cut down to about 50%, the Depraved Wing and Depraved Arm will start to move, increasing their total turn icons to four. Destroy these immediately as they can cast annoying Support skills like Makarakarn and Masukukaja.

The Depraved Arm is weak to Light while the Depraved Wing is weak to Electric.

How to Beat Abdiel (Nahobino)

Lucifer

Recommended Level: 85
Tips and Strategy
Use skills that ignore affinity resistance Bring demons with no weaknesses Destroy the stars immediately

Lucifer has no weakness. In order to deal decent damage, you need to use Almighty attacks or skills that ignore affinity resistance.

His skillset covers every affinity but Light and Dark so it would be wise to build a team with demons that can block/reflect/absorb Fire, Ice, Electric, and Force. You can achieve this by inheriting Null passive skills as you fuse demons or essences.

When Lucifer creates a Cocytus Star and a Brimstone Star, he will be weak to Fire and Ice attacks. This may sound great but you won't be that happy if the stars survive the round. Destroy them before your turn ends as he can explode them to deal Severe damage that ignores affinity resistance the first chance he gets.

How to Beat Lucifer

Lucifer (Secret Ending)

Recommended Level: 90
Tips and Strategy
Use skills that ignore affinity resistance Bring demons with no weaknesses Affinity resistance changes on 2nd phase Resistances revert back on 3rd phase Destroy the Morning Star immediately

The basic strategy remains the same as fighting Lucifer during the first and second routes but he will now have access to stronger skillsets and the final boss fight now consists of 3 phases.

Lucifer will start to get more aggressive starting from the second phase and will often use Ailment skills so stock up on Amrita items before the fight.

Same as the normal ending Lucifer, you'll need to destroy the star that he creates, the Morning Star, before he can use it to deal massive Almighty damage to your team. The presence of the Morning Star alters Lucifer's affinity resistances as well, like what the Cocytus and Brimstone stars do.

How to Beat Lucifer (Secret Ending)

Empyrean Available Sidequests

Sidequests
The Seraph's Return	The Red Dragon's Invitation
The Noble Queen	The Wrathful Queen
The Compassionate Queen	A Plot Revealed

Shin Megami Tensei V Related Guides

Story Walkthrough and Route Guides

Story Walkthroughs
Prologue - Tokyo Tower	Tokyo Diet Building
Jouin High School	Shinagawa
Shinagawa Station	Chiyoda
Tokyo Station	Demon King's Castle
Taito	Temple of Eternity
Empyrean