Tower of the Dead

"Yes, as you can see, I'm the grim reaper. No need to fear; I don't take lives indiscriminately. I've gathered the netherworld's most powerful warriors in one place at this tower. What do you say? Aren't your instincts telling you to take on this challenge? If you manage to fight through those warriors and arrive at the top of this tower, all the world will know your strength. Of course, I'll be there waiting in case you crash and burn..."

Tower of the Dead
Location	Valley of Fallen Souls
Min. Level	1
Level	1-60
Monster Level	Varies
End Boss	None

Description

The Tower of the Dead is a special gauntlet-type area, where you must attempt to get as far as you can. In order to move on, you must defeat all enemies on a floor before going to the next. There are 45 floors in total, and the further you go, the harder the enemies get. Consequently, the enemies also get harder if you bring more people with you. However, you're put on semi-even odds with your enemies, as your stats will increase to balance out with the enemies (much like the balancing in PvP). Entering the Tower of the Dead consumes one Dreyfus' Invitation.

Restrictions

You won't be able to use your normal consumables or Clear Cube Fragment skills. Instead, you'll have to rely on special consumables and cube frags that drop from enemies in the tower. Mana and Health regen are still in effect, but only for a limited time per floor. As you complete floors, you'll also gain back health & mana based on how quickly you cleared the floor. That said, clearing floors quickly will keep you healthy.

Death & Rewards

Unfortunately, you can't use tokens here, so if you die, that's it. You'll gain Item Cards and extra experience based on how far you made it up the tower. The further you make it up the tower, the more Item Cards and EXP you'll get.

Also, defeating the various APCs in the Tower will grant you VP (Victory Points) which can be used towards Awakening or PvP gear.

Items

Items will periodically drop after defeating certain enemies. These can be very beneficial and help you considerably, especially as you reach the higher floors. All consumables have a 10 second cooldown. These items will disappear from your inventory once you leave the Tower of the Dead.

Icon	Name	Notes
	Ordinary Life Potion of the Dead	Restores 25% of Max HP.
	Ordinary Mana Potion of the Dead	Restores 25% of Max MP.
	Exceptional Life Potion of the Dead	Restores 35% of Max HP.
	Exceptional Mana Potion of the Dead	Restores 35% of Max MP.
	Sacred Potion of the Dead	Increases Defense and Physical Attack power by 5% for 5 min. Can stack twice.
	Speed Potion of the Dead	Increases Movement Speed and Attack Speed by 5% for 5 min. Can stack twice.
	Clear Cube Fragment of the Dead	Used for powering skills that use Clear Cube Fragments.

Monsters

Varies from floor to floor. You'll face a wide variety of enemies from throughout the game, as well as many APCs.
From 38F on, the fights start to become extremely difficult, so the items you pick up along the way will come in handy for the upcoming fights.
Each successful APC kill will result in 1~3 Victory Points, depending on the APC.

Floor 1-10

Floor	Monster Configuration		Notes
	Lv	Name
1F	50	Goblin x3
2F	15	Average Slayer
3F	15	Average Fighter
4F	15	Common Priest
5F	25 50	Grenadier Ashiba Goblin Thrower x3	Floor Name: Grenadier Ashiba Grenadier Ashiba will load and use his grenades at the beginning, and use his autogun to attack you a lot of times.
6F	50	Forest Zombie x8
7F	-	*One of several random APCs	High chance to get a Average Slayer, Fighter, or Common Priest.
8F	50 50	Burning Fiend x3 Forest Zombie x4
9F	40 50	White Tiger (Exorcist) Forest Zombie x5	Exorcist uses White Tiger mostly, as well as other Exorcist skills. At the beginning there is a almost 100% chance that he will use Holy Amulet, don't get hit by it or your attack and movement speed will be slowed.
10F	25 50	Bone Cursed Xeno (Soul Bender) Grave Skeleton x4	Floor Name: Bone Cursed Xeno Be careful, as Xeno can summon more Grave Skeletons. When Xeno dies, all his Grave Skeletons also disappear, so try to kill him quickly or disable him with a freeze, stun, etc.

Floor 11-20

Floor	Monster Configuration		Notes
	Lv	Name
11F	50	Expensive Toy Soldier x5
12F	25 50	Teenager Kuran (Asura) Hunter x4	Floor Name: Hunter Hunting Hunter Kuran will try and throw Oil Flasks on the ground and ignite them. He'll also run around hiding with Camouflage and throwing other items. Beware using Fire-based attacks against Kuran, as he has a Fire Fairy Ring equipped and it may summon an Ador. If the Ador manages to hit anyone, it will instantly kill them. (A possible bug?)
13F	-	1~2 Random APCs	Stronger/Uncommon APCs start appearing here.
14F	40 50 50 50 50 50	Smilla's Child (Summoner) Soul Eater Ador Wisp Naias Stalker	Floor Name: Smilla's Child It's highly imperative to take out Smilla's Child quickly, as she can summon more low-level spirits to fight. If too many spirits are summoned, Smilla's Child will use Spirit Sacrifice to inflict significant damage.
15F	35 50	Mechanic Laix (Mechanic) GBL Cleric x5 Dorniar	Floor Name: Mechanic Laix Laix will try and summon EX-S Vipers onto the field. He'll also try to hide using Camouflage. If left alone too long, he may also summon an Air Combat Mech Tempester. Note that he always welcome you with a Berserk Dragon Cry as battle begins and proceed on casting Camouflage and then EX-S Viper. He does NOT fire his gun or do Jack Spike or BBQ, so it's fairly easy to kill him.
16F	50 50	Bantu Warrior x5 Bantu Amazon x5
17F	50 50	Ice Spirit Shuske Naias x6	Use Fire-based attacks for increased damage.
18F	40 50	Gulahax Frozensword (Soul Bender) Ghoulguish x3	Floor Name: Cold Death Beware as you enter the floor, as Gulahax will almost immediately use Ice Saya. Be aware of the Frost Aura that the Ghoulguish emit.
19F	-	1~3 Random APCs
20F	35 50	Blizzard Chuseol Elite Bantu Warrior x4	Floor Name: Blizzard Chuseol Quick Rebound will be helpful here as the Elites can chain-grab you off the ground over and over. Chuseol causes blizzard with his attacks and uses mostly physical Exorcist skills, including a very powerful Chaos Hammer.

Floor 21-30

Floor	Monster Configuration		Notes
	Lv	Name
21F	50	Lightning Toy Soldier x7	Don't take too many hits as Electrocution from lightning will kick in and amplify damage done to you.
22F	40 50	Lord Deim (Blade Master) Evil Eye x2	Floor Name: Lord Deim The right Evil Eye is in a fixed spot in the lower right corner. The left one will move up and down the left side of the screen. Lord Deim may summon Nugol Larva; if too many are summoned to the field, they'll begin to devour one another until they grow into Large Nugol. Note that Lord Deim actually has more HP than it seems because he WILL use 2 HP potions, so ignore him and quickly kill the two eyes, which is fairly easy. Then work on our blade master (though he may use Frenzy).
23F	50	Dark Elf Guards x18	Floor Name: Entrapment Try and group up the enemies to defeat them effectively. Also, if you are a Mechanic, use Rolling Thunder to protect yourself from the arrows. When the 3 Thunders are fully charged, they will hit the arrows that come from the front and render them useless. Since they like to gather around, if you are a Berserker, you can move to one end, XX+bloodlust, then move to the other end and do the same. As their number decrease to a manageable size, you can then start your favorite XXX+Gore Cross to kill the rest.
24F	-	1~3 Random APCs
25F	25 50	Eva Steele (Brawler) Myojin's Hound x20	Floor Name: Eva and the Hounds Eva will run around throwing items mostly. The Hounds will swarm all over the room, so use AoE attacks to dispatch most of them.
26F	50 50	Buffalo Criminal Boss Buffalo Criminal Digger x8	In order to truly kill the Diggers, the Boss needs to be defeated first. Otherwise, the Boss will revive the Diggers everytime they die. After the Boss dies, you can choose to kill the remaining Diggers, or wait until they die off automatically.
27F	50	Grave Skeleton x18	Try and group up the enemies to defeat them effectively.
28F	48 30 20	Volcaria Flameheart Pyra Flameheart Seara Flameheart	Floor Name: Sisters of the Flame Mage sisters who primarily use Fire-based spells. Volcaria uses Meteor, Pyra uses Fire Pillar, Seara spams Lantern Bombs.
29F	50 50 50	Hound Master Myojin Weredog Hakudo Rathead Shu	Floor Name: Council of Mad Brigands Try to keep Hakudo pinned on the ground as he cannot counter your attacks while knocked down - Saves mana.
30F	50 50	Headshot Bautista (Ranger) Hugo the Hammer (Crusader)	Floor Name: Undying Friendship Beware of Bautista's Wild Shot. Hugo will use Revenge of Light, Heaven's Melody, Fast Heal, and Healing Wind.

Floor 31-45

Floor	Monster Configuration		Notes
	Lv	Name
31F	50	Persistent Toy Soldier x10	These enemies only take 1 damage from attacks, but only have 15 HP.
32F	50	Lighting Kinoll Lakius Wisp x4	Floor Name: Tribulation of Light Use Shadow-based attacks for maximum effect here.
33F	50	GBL High Priest Vixen Lilith Stalker x4	Floor Name: Tribulation of Darkness Use Light-based attacks for maximum effect here.
34F	20	Shadow Terra Cotta Mage Light Terra Cotta Mage Fire Terra Cotta Mage Water Terra Cotta Mage	Floor Name: Order of the Terra Cotta
35F	-	3~6 Random APCs
36F	40	Ara Nauke (Grappler) Loe Nauke (Brawler)	Floor Name: Nauke Sisters Persistent Fighter sisters; Keep both away at all costs. Avoid getting mounted as it will result in a quick death.
37F	40 50	Aukuso's Ex-Love (Summoner) Hellflower Aukuso	Floor Name: Aukuso, My Long Lost Love Aukuso's Ex-Love will try to summon more Aukuso and use Lasher and Mark the Target!. She may also use Indomitable Spirit to prevent getting knocked out of casting.
38F	45 -	Lujia Cardinale (Grappler/Striker) 1~3 Random APCs	Floor Name: Master of Fundamentals Lujia only uses basic combos and grabs. Try to stop her from casting Super Armor at the start of the floor.
39F	50 -	Nightna of Death (Battle Mage) 2~3 Random APCs	Floor Name: Dark Death Beware Nightna's Full Swing as it has a high chance to instantly kill you.
40F	50 -	Burning Phoenix (Ranger) 1~4 Random APCs	Floor Name: Phoenix Uses Blazing Bullet and attacks with Fire-based attacks. Beware his extremely powerful Wild Shot.
41F	50 -	Murderous Earl (Exorcist) 1~4 Random APCs	Earl's attacks have a chance to cause Bleeding and do very high damage.
42F	25 -	Arcane Monk Sung (Priest Hybrid) 2~3 Random APCs	Sung buffs himself with Crusader skills, then attacks with Exorcist magical skills. Try not to let him cast his spells, as his casting may cause a Dark Thunderbolt or Fire Explosion to hit your entire Party, thanks to his weapon. Disenchant can be very useful here.
43F	50 -	Shasura (Fighter Hybrid) 1~4 Random APCs	Shasura can use a few Nen Master skills and can use the Giant Twister awakening.
44F	50 -	Counterattacker George (Monk) 2~4 Random APCs	George uses Sway and Ducking Dash alot, and attacks with overpowered punch skills.
45F	50 -	General Parker (Gunner Hybrid) 2~6 Random APCs	Parker uses skills from all Gunner subclasses.

Random APC List

This covers most of the APCs that show up on floors with a random number of APCs. Floors in bold denote that an APC will always appear on that floor.

Slayer APCs		Level	Floors	Skills	Notes
Average Slayer		15	2,7,13,19,24,35,38-45	Ashe Fork, Upward Slash	Does basic combos. Will jump and do Ashe Fork.
Dale of Ashen		30	13,19,24,40,42,45	Ashe Fork, Upward Slash, Aerial Chain Slash	Mostly tries to do Ashe Fork. He also has no cooldown on Ashe Fork, as shown when he did Backstep -> Ashe Fork several times in a row.
Springtime Hoi		25	13,19,24,35,38-45	Wave Wheel Slasher, Triple Slash, Upward Slash, Ashe Fork	Will attempt to combo a lot. Being hit by Hoi's attacks may cause the Sleep or Slow effects.
Shadow Kagemaru		40	19,24,35,38,41-45	Afterimage of Keiga, Ghost Step, Moonlight Slash, Ghost Slash, etc.	Fights like a melee Soul Bender. Will often use Ghost Step.
Derek the Assassin		35	19,24,35,41,42,44,45	Wave Radiation, Murderous Wave, Neutral Wave Sword, Ice Wave Sword, etc.	Possesses absurdly high Magic Defense; usually tries to keep Murderous Wave activated. Seems to have a Gileimo equipped, can reflect damage done to him.
Fighter APCs		Level	Floors	Skills	Notes
Average Fighter		15	3,7,13,19,24,35,38-45	Hammer Kick, Muse's Uppercut, Low Kick	Does basic combos. Will continue to attack you while you're downed.
Myre Striker		45	13,19,35,38,40	Muse's Uppercut, Low Kick, etc.	High HP; usually in Super Armor.
Akaz: Wind Jizun		50	7,13,19,35,45	Tornado Kick, Hammer Kick	Will always rush you and attempt to force you into melee combat. Comboes using kick skills.
Akaz: Cloud Lin		50	7.19,24,35,38,41,43-45	Tornado Kick, Air Walk, etc.	Will attempt to do aerial Tornado Kick and Air Walk.
Akaz: Sand Horan		35	7,13,24,35,38,39,42,43,45	Sand Splash, Heaven's Net	Spams Sand Splash.
Valedictorian Elin		45	13,19,24,35,38,40,41,43-45	Muse's Uppercut, Low Kick, Suplex, Tornado Kick, Air Steiner, etc.	Will attempt to cast Super Armor whenever possible, try to stop her from doing so. Very aggressive, try to avoid close range combat.
Ms. Shonan of Heaven's Net		50	24,35,40,42-45	Nen Shot, Energy Shield, Heaven's Net, Spiral Nen	Spams Spiral Nen. Beware her Heaven's Net; if you get caught, it's almost always followed up by a ridiculously powerful Energy Shield. Very dangerous.
Priest APCs		Level	Floors	Skills	Notes
Common Priest		15	4,7,13,19,24,35,38-45	Giant Weapon Launcher, Slow Heal, Furious Grab, Smasher	Does basic combos. Will attempt to heal at low health.
Chris Ruckus		20	13,19,24,35,39-45	Lucky Straight Punch, Blades of Purity, Slow Heal, etc.	Slightly more dangerous than Common Priest, as he can combo attacks easier with cancels. Will attempt to heal at low health.
Wayward Exorcist		20	13,19,24,38,39,41-45	Enter Nirvana, Lucky Straight Punch, Piercing the Darkness, Phoenix Hammer, etc.	Slow Attack, Casting, and Movement Speed.
Tornado Banham		45	24,35,41-45	Phoenix Hammer, Twister of Judgment, Hurricane 'n' Roll, Ducking Dash, Will Driver, etc.	Uses various Monk skills along with Twister of Judgment. May use Berserk Dragon Cry after losing a certain amount of HP. Very dangerous, and his Twister of Judgment will interuppt attacks, casting spells, etc.
Mage APCs		Level	Floors	Skills	Notes
Fire Terra Cotta Mage		30	13,19,24,34,35,38-45	Lantern Firebomb, Fire Pillar, Phase Shift	Will use various combination of attacks in conjunction with Backstep. Be wary of Fire Pillar.
(Water) Terra Cotta Mage		30		Magic Festival, Frosty's Head, Ice Walls, Phase Shift	Be very careful approaching her. You may be lured into getting hit by Ice Walls.
Light Terra Cotta Mage		30		Florae Circle, Sun Burst, Phase Shift	Be very careful approaching her; her Light attacks are close-range.
Shadow Terra Cotta Mage		30		Pluto, Phase Shift, The Void	Has no weapon.
Vicious Biskei		30	19,24,35,39,40,41,45	Palm Blast, Phase Shift, etc.	Uses various Battle Mage skills. Special title may cause a Fortune Coin effect to activate upon taking damage.
Gunner APCs		Level	Floors	Skills	Notes
Captain Crux		20	7,13,19,24,35,38-41	M-137 Gatlling Gun, Steyr AMR, Jack Spike, BBQ	Stay away from his horizontal range and attack from above or below.
Sam the Wiseman		45	13,19,24,35,39-41,43-45	RX-78 Land Runner, EZ-8 Time Bomb, Remote Detonation	Spams Land Runners and Time Bombs.
Elusive Samanora		45	7,19,24,35,38-45	Flame Pillar, Steyr AMR, BBQ, etc.	Will try to keep his distance and attack at long range.