Cave of Desperation is a Dimensional Circle dungeon where you must fight Lacune in Throne and Liberty (TL). Read on to see an overview of Cave of Desperation, a complete walkthrough of Cave of Desperation, how to beat Lacune, as well as the possible rewards and drops upon completion!

How to Beat Lacune

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Lacune Overview

Lacune
Type	Wildkin
Passive	Innate Defense: All Defense ▲

How to Avoid Lacune's AOE Attack

Lacune Mechanics
Blood Mist AOE Attack Jump Down the Pillar and Defeat the Gem Ant

Blood Mist AOE Attack

When Lacune begins speaking in a foreign language, a red mist will slowly seep into the ground, marking the spot where a large pillar will emerge. Immediately move to the pillar and stand on it to evade the Lacune's Blood Mist AoE Attack. This will keep the party safe from a potentially team wipe.

Jump Down the Pillar and Defeat the Gem Ant

After this, Lacune will hover in the air shooting poison at the players. Jump off the pillar and move towards the platform with the gem ant and defeat it. This will bring Lacune back to the ground.

Lacune Attack Patterns

Weak Mist Attack

Lacune will occasionally perform a faster but weaker version of the Blood Mist AOE Attack that deals less damage. You can interrupt this move by continuing to attack Lacune if you deal enough damage.

Punch Attack

Lacune executes a fast-hitting single target punch that deals significant damage. You can parry it by perfectly timing your defensive skill.

Larvae Stun Attack

Lacune shoots larvae that latch onto a player, similar to the Mutant Princess Ant mechanic. When the larvae explode, they knock players up in the air. You can move close to other players to transfer the larvae, to reduce the number of players affected by crowd control when they detonate.

Cave of Desperation Best Team and Roles

Role	Explanation
Greatsword / Sword and Shield Tank	Weapon Combination: This weapon combo makes a great tank build to help the party take on the mobs of enemies encountered in the dungeon. Cave of Desperation Role: Responsible for taking all of the mob's aggro and grouping them up for the DPS to clean up. Lacune Role: Responsible for tanking damage from Lacune and directing its attacks away from the party, as well as being the primary host to bear the larvae Lacune shoots out. Always stay within melee range of Lacune to prevent it from doing its deadly AOE attack.
Dagger / Crossbow DPS	Weapon Combination: This weapon combo is the most ideal for DPS players, having high damage output. Cave of Desperation Role: Responsible for clearing mobs in the dungeon, through AOE and single target damage. Lacune Role: Responsible for dealing damage to Lacune, and stacking Thunderclouds debuffs on the boss.
Dagger / Greatsword DPS	Weapon Combination: This weapon combo is a viable melee DPS build, allowing the player to stick with the tank during battles. This build also comes with some bulk, allowing the player to sustain themselves in the middle of a fight. Cave of Desperation Role: Responsible for clearing mobs and dealing CC. Lacune Role: Responsible for damaging Lacune. This build has to stay within melee range of Lacune in order for it not to do its deadly AOE Attack.
Staff / Crossbow DPS	Weapon Combination: This weapon combo is a great Magic damage build that clears mobs and bosses efficiently. Cave of Desperation Role: Inflicts burn on groups in order to maximize damage from lightning spells. Lacune Role: Responsible for marking, debuffing, and dealing damage to Lacune.
Staff / Dagger DPS	Weapon Combination: This weapon combo is a DPS build that allows the player to effectively clear mobs and bosses with the interactions between Lightning based skills and Burning and Frost debuffs. Cave of Desperation Role: Inflicts Frost on mobs to increase the range of Chain Lightning. Lacune Role: Inflict Thunderclouds and Burning on Lacune through skill rotations to deal damage and lower defenses.
Longbow / Wand Support	Weapon Combination: This weapon combo is a variation of the Healer build using a Longbow. Use these weapons to provide healing to your teammates, cleanse them of status effects and mark targets. Cave of Desperation Role: Responsible for sustaining the team's Health throughout the dungeon. Lacune Role: Use the team-wide healing and shielding of the Wand and Staff build to keep teammates alive. Use the Deadly Marker skill of the Longbow to mark Lacune and the Gem Ant to clear the boss faster.

Cave of Desperation Walkthrough

	Cave of Desperation Sequences
1	Spawn and Defeat Mutant Princess Ant The first miniboss of this dungeon, Mutant Princess Ant does not pose much of a major threat. To spawn it, destroy all the ant larvae. ┗ How to Defeat Mutant Princess Ant
2	Defeat Mutant Giant Acid Ant Proceed into the next room and destory the poison sacs, doing so will spawn Poisonous Worker Ants who must be defeated before spawning a large ant egg. Destroy this to spawn Mutant Giant Acid Ant. ┗ How to Defeat Mutant Giant Acid Ant

How to Defeat Mutant Princess Ant

When Mutant Princess Ant shoots out larvae onto the players, they must then come into contact with each other for the larvae to transfer and turn green. Failure to transfer the larvae will cause them to explode, dealing damage.

How and Defeat Mutant Giant Acid Ant

Mutant Giant Acid Ant has a tendency to put an acid pool below itself, before pulling players towards itself. This is a fury attack that can be parried.

Cave of Desperation Overview

Required Level	Lv. 40
Type	Dimensional Circle
Contract Token	260
Min. Combat Power	1200
Description
Wizard Skultus of the Sylavean Order bestowed the gift of a Star Fragment upon the queen ant Lacune to bolster her abilities. She grew in size as well as power, and her chitin took on a shimmering golden hue. Seeing this, Skultus whispered a promise, or perhaps a prophecy: "You are destined to rule the underground." It wasn't long before it came to pass, and now Lacune now lords over the underworld from a clandestine throne—a secret space she used her magic to create for herself.

Cave of Desperation Best Rewards and All Drops

Malevolent Staff

Weapon	Stats
Malevolent Staff	Type: Staff Damage: 47~85 Atk Spd: 0.709s Range: 19.2m Modifiers: ・Hit 100 ・Weaken Chance 75

Malevolent Staff is a valuable weapon for playing builds centered around Magic Damage. It provides a boost to Hit Chance and Weaken Chance, allowing your character to be more consistent with its attacks.

How to Get Malevolent Staff

Feathered Drakeskin Gloves

Armor	Stats
Feathered Drakeskin Gloves	Type: Hands Armor Melee Def: 94 Ranged Def: 86 ・Range ▲ 5% ・Perception 2

Feathered Drakeskin Gloves is a good piece of gear in general. It allows players to reach Perception stat breakpoints, and gives an extra bit of range to ranged and magic players.

How to Get Feathered Drakeskin Gloves

All Drops

Weapons

All Weapon Drops
Daggers of Slaughtering	Farshot Longbow	Malevolent Staff	Relentless Cleaver
Steel Flurry Crossbows	Sword of Striking	Treant Twig

Armor

All Armor Drops
Elusive Hexweaver Drape	Feathered Drakeskin Gloves	Glade Stalker Gloves	Gloom Guard Gauntlets
Nature's End Gloves	Permafrost Gloves

Accessories

Items

All Item Drops
Rare Polished Crystal	Quality Polished Crystal	Fermented Rotein	Mana Blood

Other

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