Alpha Reaper Boss Guide: Recommended Setup and How to Beat

This is a guide on how to beat Alpha Reaper in Tales of Arise! Learn more about Alpha Reaper's stats, weaknesses, attack patterns, and the best party setup including Artes and Equipment for this boss fight!

Alpha Reaper Stats and General Info

Alpha Reaper Location

Map	Actual Location

Alpha Reaper can be found in the northern edges of the map, across the bridge leading into the village in front of Viscint's gates. From where you get the Sub-Quest Dohalim, Big Game Hunter, move across the bridge and head north where you'll find the simian zeugle alongside other Apes.

Dohalim, Big Game Hunter Sub-Quest Walkthrough: Rewards and How to Clear

Alpha Reaper Stats

Recommended Level: 25
HP: 74390
Attack	657	Defense	346
Elemental Attack	563	Elemental Defense	307
Penetration	983	Resistance	1035
Weakness		Resistance
Earth		Wind

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How to Beat Alpha Reaper

Tips
Use Earth-based Attacks
Use Dohalim's Boost Attacks
Take Out the Apes First

Use Earth-based Attacks

Unlike the Apes it's surrounded by when you encounter it, Alpha Reaper is particularly weak to any Earth-based Artes that you may have. By using this weakness against it, you can focus your attacks onto its vulnerable right arm, which is where its Weak Point is.

With persistent elemental attacks, you can more easily break its Weak Point open, which will leave it stunned and vulnerable to further attacks.

Use Dohalim's Boost Attacks

As a fast-moving zeugle, you can slow down Alpha Reaper's attacks by making use of Dohalim's Boost Attack, which will prevent it from being able to jump around the area you fight it in consistently. Be sure, however, to re-use the attack whenever it becomes available as it wears off and could allow the zeugle to attack you with more speed.

Take Out the Apes First

When you first encounter Alpha Reaper, it will be surrounded by two other Apes. Throughout the fight, if you do not eliminate them first, they will be able to do much of the same attacks that Alpha Reaper can do, which can complicate the battle as you will have three enemies capable of performing Jump Attacks to deal with.

Eliminate the Apes immediately for your party to be able to better focus on attacking Alpha Reaper itself.

Recommended Party Setup for Alpha Reaper

Party Members

Leader	Members
Alphen Lv.25	Shionne Lv.25	Dohalim Lv.25	Law Lv.25

Equip Attack Increasing Accessories

Alpha Reaper has decent defences that it uses to block out most of your attacks. By equipping your party with Accessories that can increase your Penetration or Attack Parameters, you can better cause damage against the Gigant.

Alphen Equipment and Artes

Alphen Lv.25	Equipment
	Flare Claw
	Topaz Mail
	Warrior Emblem
Ground Artes	Aerial Artes
Rising Wyvern	Devastation
Sword Rain: Alpha	Stardust
Eternal Devastation	Luna Rondo

Use Boost Attacks to Stagger

Outside of Dohalim's Boost Attack, you can also utilize Alphen's attack to cause Alpha Reaper to collapse to the ground in a stunned state. From here, you can make use of Alphen's Eternal Devastation Artes to cause the creature elemental damage – targeting the Weak Point during this will help to break it easier later on.

Shionne Equipment and Artes

Shionne Lv.25	Equipment
	Innocent Lily
	Middy Blouse
	Pierce Emblem
Ground Artes	Aerial Artes
Healing Circle	Toxicity
Spread	Glacio Celestra
Freeze Lancer	-

Primary Healer

Have Shionne focus on keeping the party alive. Many of Alpha Reaper's attacks can take a significant portion of your HP away, so be sure to have Shionne focus more on healing than attacking.

Be careful of making use of her Healing Circle Artes however, particularly when Alpha Reaper is not affected by Dohlaim's Boost Attack, as it can allow your entire party to get hit by its attack when it jumps.

Dohalim Equipment and Artes

Dohalim Lv.25	Equipment
	Pulque Shaft
	il Qaras Traditional Attire
	PIerce Emblem
Ground Artes	Aerial Artes
Stalagmite	Tornado Drive
Elusive Deity	-
Lionheart	-

Allow to Freely Attack

Dohalim comes with several Earth-based Artes when he joins your party – you can leave him to conduct his attacks on his own with little input. For Dohalim to not be the focus of Alpha Reaper's attacks, you can use Alphen to distract it long enough for Dohalim's Artes casts to finish.

Law Equipment and Artes

Law Lv.25	Equipment
	Flaming Knights
	Zeugle Shell Vest
	Warrior Emblem
Ground Artes	Aerial Artes
Talon Storm	Eagle Dive
Steel	-
Fang Blast	-

Interchangeable With Other Party Members

The benefit of having Law in your party is that he can cause significant damage against Alpha Reaper, particularly against its Weak Point. The trade-off, however, is that Law can be easily knocked out due to the nature of how he attacks – you may wish to use Items instead of your CP to heal or revive him in these instances, or swap him out for either Rinwell or Kisara for more firepower or defense respectively.

Alpha Reaper Attack Patterns

Physical Attacks

When attacked, Alpha Reaper will use its arms to inflict damage to any attacking character surrounding it. Even if you're attacking from behind, the Gigant can quickly spin on its feet, hitting anything around it that can knock them out in one hit, or drastically reduce their HP.

Jump Attacks

Dohalim's Boost Attack, while it slows the Gigant down, only stops its ability to perform fast and long-ranged jump attacks that are difficult to avoid. Either way, its Jump Attacks consist of it jumping up from its position before landing directly on top of you – performing Perfect Dodges to avoid these attacks is difficult, but is your only defense from them.

You can stop the process of its jump by hitting it with either Dohalim or Alphen's Boost Attack, or by breaking its Weak Point.

Tales of Arise Related Guides

List of All Bosses

Beyond the Dawn DLC Bosses

Beyond the Dawn Story Bosses

Story Bosses
Nimus Pandemonium	Venoflage
Nazamil	Nazamil Nether
Ooze Hive	Nazamil Nether (2nd Encounter)
Nazamil Nether (3rd Encounter)	Captive Nazamil
Oppressor	Emergence Suppressor

Beyond the Dawn Optional Bosses

Optional Bosses
Ruthless	Boisterous Roper	Cruel Keeper
Megawrecker	Ghoulish Arms	Nimus Juggernaut
Grinymuk	Mother Boomy	-

Story Bosses

Story Bosses
Balseph	Ice Wolf Leader
Ooze Hive	Lord Ganabelt
Zacarania	Kisara
Dohalim	Venoflage
Temararus	Grinymuk
Almeidrea & Mesmald	Meria Phein
Kalmarzel & Kaldinzel	Vholran
Eljarania	Efreet
Tormented Limbs	Red Woman
Valclynimus	Great Astral Spirit
Subsumer	Vholran (Final Boss)

Optional Bosses

Toxidillo	Boisterous Roper	Polycephus
Great Dragon	Relentless Charger	Flamewrecker
Alpha Reaper	Stormbringer	Elemental
Regent Bee	Agony Keeper	Mother Boomy
Ruthless	Thunderite	Mantis
Calamity Arms	Meneiys	Ezamamuk
Sword Dancer	Undine Drop	Luo Undine
Grand Gnome & Vas Phein	Masher Mare & Masher Bull	Procella Sylph & Sylph Zloa
Mesmald	Edna	Nimus Origin
Eizen	Edna & Eizen	Chronos
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