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Grinymuk Boss Guide: Recommended Setup and How to Beat

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Tales of Arise - How to Beat Grinymuk

Grinymuk is a boss you fight in the Tales of Arise (Beyond the Dawn)! Read on to learn more about tips on how to beat Grinymuk , as well as stats, weaknesses, attack patterns, and the best party setup including Artes and Equipment in this boss guide!

Grinymuk Stats and General Info

Grinymuk (Beyond the Dawn) Location

Grinymuk can be found just outside the entrance to Helgal-Ryugola 238 in Adan Lake.

Grinymuk (Beyond the Dawn) Stats

Recommended Level: 80
Grinymuk
HP: 278670
Attack 5928 Defense 1628
Elemental Attack 5390 Elemental Defense 1543
Penetration 5032 Resistance 5300
Weakness Resistance

Item to Drop

Astral Flower

Grinymuk Base Game Stats

Recommended Level: 28
Grinymuk
HP: 150280
Attack 959 Defense 439
Elemental Attack 872 Elemental Defense 416
Penetration 1163 Resistance 1225
Weakness Resistance

How to Beat Grinymuk

To aid in your battle against Grinymuk, here are some tips that you can utilize in your fight.

  1. Focus on its Weak Point
  2. Use Earth-based Attacks
  3. Inflict Consecutive Damage

Focus on its Weak Point

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The primary means of attacking that Grinymuk uses is also its Weak Point, which is located on its tail. It will take nearly a third of its overall HP before it can completely be severed, and will require you to pay attention to its movements to avoid any of its attacks that cause massive amounts of damage.

Use Earth-based Attacks

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Grinymuk is weak towards Earth-based Attacks. Both Dohalim and Alphen have a great list of Earth-based Artes that can cause it great damage, so having them in your active party is a good way to deal significant amounts of damage.

Inflict Consecutive Damage

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Due to Grinymuk's high amount of HP, you will need attackers that can inflict considerable amounts of damage done quickly. Having characters like Dohalim whose regular attacks are quick and efficient will help to take down Grinymuk before your party runs out of healing items and CP.

Recommended Party Setup for Grinymuk

Party Members

Beyond the Dawn
Base Game
Leader Members
Alphen ImageAlphen
Lv. 81
Shionne ImageShionne
Lv.81
Kisara ImageKisara
Lv. 81
Dohalim ImageDohalim
Lv. 81
Leader Members
Rinwell ImageRinwell
Lv.28 / 80
Alphen ImageAlphen
Lv.28
Dohalim ImageDohalim
Lv.28
Shionne ImageShionne
Lv.28

Have Close-ranged Attackers Distract It

By having two characters between Alphen, Dohalim, and Law, you can better have Grinymuk's focus be diverted towards them as you have long-ranged attackers like Rinwell and Shionne cause it damage from afar.

Leader Equipment and Artes

Beyond the Dawn Tactics

Use As Your Primary Brawler - With his attacks enhanced by the Warrior Emblem, focus all of Alphen's efforts to Grinymuk's tail. Alphen's only task is to deal as much damage and boost attacks to help his teammates.

Base Game Tactics

Attack From a Distance - Due to Grinymuk's advantage in close quarters, it is ideal to have one powerful long-ranged attacker – that attacker being Rinwell. Use her ability to cast Artes to deal significant damage to Grinymuk from a safe distance.

Member Equipment and Artes

Beyond the Dawn Tactics

Ranged Healer - Shionne won't be able to help much offensively, but defensively keep her out of harm's way and have her spam her Water and Fire Artes while keeping an eye on everybody's health.

Base Game Tactics

Use As Your Primary Brawler - With his defenses enhanced by the Protect Ring, Alphen can more than easily come close to Grinymuk for close-ranged elemental attacks with his Earth-based Artes. Focus all of his attacks on Grinymuk's tail to sever it later in the fight.

Member Equipment and Artes

Beyond the Dawn Tactics

Tank and Support Attacker - Kisara will have to take on most of the attacks and shield Dohalim and Shionne so they can heal the party and make sure that everybody stays alive.

Base Game Tactics

Secondary Brawler - In a similar role as Alphen, Dohalim can be used as one of the group's primary damage dealers up close with his Earth-based Artes.

Member Equipment and Artes

Beyond the Dawn Tactics

Elemental Artes Attacker - Dohalim is your best choice for elemental artes that can take advantage of Grinymuk's weakness to Earth-based attacks. However keep a close eye on Dohalim's HP as he is not only a secondary attacker but a reserve healer in case Shionne goes down.

Base Game Tactics

Primary Healer - At a similar distance from Rinwell, Shionne can stay away from the thick of the combat, focusing only on healing the rest of the party. She can be controlled to give special attention to both Alphen and Dohalim, as they will inevitably take damage from Grinymuk's many attacks.

Grinymuk Attack Patterns

Fire Breath

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From a distance, Grinymuk will open its jaws to unleash a stream of fire that it sweeps from side to side. This attack causes a great deal of damage but is easily avoidable by simply staying back and away from the fire's area of effect.

Tail Attacks

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There are two variants of Tail Attacks that Grinymuk can use against you – the first being a wide sweep of its tail all across the ground which can cause major damage to any of your party members standing in the way, and another where it will slam its tail down on the ground behind it multiple times.

While the second variant is easy enough to avoid, the first will require more precise timing in your dodges as spotting it is difficult to do. It is worthwhile to invest in trying to get Perfect Dodges against its tail sweeps too for the counterattacks that you can do.

Cyclones

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Once again with its tail, Grinymuk will sink it deep beneath the ground, causing a cyclone to appear just behind it. In instances such as these, it is recommended to try and get your party members to stop attacking it, as getting caught in the cyclone will cause a great amount of damage to you.

It is recommended that Grinymuk be allowed to move about before attacking it once more to stay away from the effects of the cyclone.

Wind Beams

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One of its final forms of attacks is its Wind Beams. These attacks are generally easy to avoid, as Ginymuk will only concentrate its fire into one direction.

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