How to beat Fishscale Island in Ys X: Nordics

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How to get to Fishscale Island

Ys X: The Nordics It takes you on a journey across the seas where you will encounter many islands to explore and free from the dead. Some of these islands are relatively small and you will probably only visit them once, so you should make the most of your trip.

Close-up of Ys X Nordics on Jord's angry face.

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Combat is at the heart of Ys X: Nordics, and it's important to get it right if you want any chance of beating the game.

You have to go to Fishscale Island as part of the main story of Season 3. This island is relatively small and is one of the first islands you may encounter after starting your journey from Balta Island in Sandra.

How to get to Fishscale Island

The image shows the location of Fishscale Island on the map in Ys X: Nordics.

Fishscale Island is located west of Balta Island. It's relatively easy to get to the island as far as you can Ride the wind to reach the island as fast as possible. If you don't ride the wind and travel on the high seas, it might take you a while to get to Fishscale Island, because by this point, you probably wouldn't have upgraded your ship.

As you approach Fishscale Island, you'll notice some rocks that can be targeted by Sandras and destroyed using artillery. you You do not need to destroy these stones To progress the story you can when you get close enough Getting off the island.

Doing the quest on Fishscale Island will stop you from exploring the open sea for a while, so if you want to take care of quests or small tasks, it's best to do so before going to Fishscale Island.

Fishscale Island Walkthrough

The image shows Adol and Karja examining the note on the broken mast on Fishscale Island in Ys X: Nordics.

Once you get off the island, you'll quickly notice this Shipwreck on your right. Approach it, and you can interact with it. After interacting with the shipwreck, Adol and Karja discover A note on the broken mast which states that he was the author of the note He cursed and asked the two to leave the island.

Adol gets excited about this possibility and wants to investigate further. As you move away from the shipwreck and towards the island, you'll notice a Haven Stone Surrounded by black miasma.

This image shows Adol about to clear a black miasma-covered Houston in Ys X: Nordics.

Approaching the Havenstone unlocks a sequence that allows Adol to discover that he might be able to erase the Havenstone. After the sequence, you should go to Heaven Stone and Press and hold the interaction button to clear.

Once you've purified it, you can use it like any other Estonian Hyeon you've encountered so far, and get the following:

Mana Point (Edol)
Mana Point (Working)
In addition, you can refine new types of mana seeds.

After interacting with Havenstone, you can go straight ahead and follow the path A trail of small mana crystals. You will understand The route is divided into two partswith one of them pointing straight ahead and the other to the right.

Image showing the contents of the chest on Fishscale Island in Ys X: Nordics.

If you go right, you'll notice a large rock in front of a short path of small mana crystals leading to it. Spinning around the rock will allow you to find a chest which contains three red drops that can later be used to craft mana seeds in Havenstone.

This image shows the humanoid Greger wearing a tribal mask on Fishscale Island in Ys X: Nordics.

Heading north from the chest will allow you to come across a Mana Crystal that can be attacked to gain multiple Mana Crystals. After doing all these things, you can Go straight ahead for the search indicatorwhere you will encounter it A large humanoid Greger wearing what looks like a tribal maskAnd he must fight it head on.

Ys X Nordics Sandras travels to an island controlled by Greger with a shield.

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As you reach new areas in Ys X: Nordics, you'll need to liberate several islands from Greger's warehouse to make exploration a little easier.

How to defeat Greger's Tribal Mask on Fishscale Island

While this isn't an official boss fight, the only enemy you'll encounter on Fishscale Island is a Griegr, which has an armored health bar and can be a bit of a hassle if you're playing on higher difficulty. Despite this, Greger's moves are relatively easy to counter.

Attacks	Description	How to avoid
swipe	Greger swings his claws around to attack Adol and Karja.	If you play a great game, Greger will be stunned. Otherwise, if you keep blocking, Greger may swing his claws a few times.
Giant attack	The enemy will glow red and open both arms wide to grab you.	Since this is one of those attacks that can't normally be blocked, you either need to get some distance from the enemy or try to do a full counter.
dash jump	Griegr jumps into the air and does a front swipe as he lands.	This attack is relatively easy and has a very short range. Just holding the block button works well because it doesn't do much damage if you block.
Screech Attack	The enemy shouts and pushes Adel and Karja away from him and at the same time inflicts damage.	If you hold the block button, you can ignore most of the damage from this attack.
Brilliant scream	When this enemy is in a weakened state, its face will begin to glow and it will screech, knocking you away while dealing damage. Also gives Grieger full armor.	There's not much you can do about this attack, so you'll have to break its armor again.

If you keep By using Duo Skills and blocking all of its moves continuouslyYou can beat it in no time. After you defeat Griger, Karja will ask Adol to try to clear it like Dougi. Shield brotherhood ceremony.

As Adel tries to clear Greger, it is revealed to be Greger Joel, Mirabel's father. Joel will then move on to Sandra with Adol and Karja.

The image shows Gren telling Joel that his daughter Mirabel was also one of the victims of the Carnac incident in Ys X: Nordics.

Joel and the duo talk about how he ended up on the island, and Joel reveals that he was unaware of the disaster that befell Karnak while he was at sea. in his fishing boat When it happened, Joel also mentions that he encountered Jord, the female gregor, while at sea. It was turned into Griger by him.

As Joel offers to join Adol and Karja's crew, Sandra is attacked by the fleet led by Greger. A powerful undead named Oder. After a long cutscene, you'll fight Odr.

Fight against Odr

Oder's image shows the humanoid Gregor in his first encounter with Adol and Karja on Fishscale Island in Ys X: Nordics.

Boss fights with Odr can be very challenging, but You are not going to win here. Once the fight begins, you'll quickly realize that Odr is far stronger than any enemy you've faced so far, as breaking through his armor is quite the challenge.

If you're too close to breaking through his armor, Odor will Initiate a charge attack That can wipe you out in one fell swoop. When you lose the battle with Oder, he will praise Karja's potential and Curse Adul to force him to die in three monthsunless the first two kill Adar. He invites the two main characters to become strong enough to kill him within a limited time.

The image shows Odr asking Adol and Karja to end their lives after becoming stronger in Ys X: Nordics.

From there Oder leaves and Karja is forced to make an important decision. As Karja makes his decision Crossing the tyrant To escape Greger's fleet, the crew ends up going to the island of Termina, which will be the next stop on the duo's journey.