Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City/2nd Stratum: Undersea Grotto

B5F ~ The Silent, Unknown Abyss


Available Quests: Too close to home; Message from aeons past I Gathering Spots Mine - Jet, Phyllite, Magnetite (Rare) New Items: New Enemies: Whorled Puffer, Red Starfish, Hungry Coral, High Onnep New FOEs: Pasaran (2nd Stratum), Abyssal Death

After heading back to town, be sure to stop by the Via Senatus to report "Proof of will," and if you've discovered Ayutthaya, head to the harbor to be rewarded with an extra slot for your ship. At this point you can either head to the Butterfly Bistro and grab the two available quests, or set sail and further explore the ocean. The quest, "Too close to home," involves fighting 3 Greedy Lizards spread around the B1F, so start off by entering the 1st Stratum to have the trio appear on the map. They patrol like normally, going back and forth in a straight path with no way of being able to fight more than one at a time. For help on fighting them, reference the strategy on the previous stratum under "FOEs". After defeating all of them, head back into town and report the quest. Afterward, head to the second stratum and work your way to the hidden passage in C-1 past the third Abyssal Death to find the fossil pile. Each Abyssal Death can easily be avoided by luring them around the "pillars" in each room near them and there are also shortcuts near each one to help you skip them after passing them once. Just keep into mind that these FOE move 1 step per two of your actions, so you will need to move back and forth every now and then to prevent it from looping around to its original path before you. After you find inspect the fossils, be sure to step down into B6F and open up the remaining shortcuts in B5F. When you feel comfortable, return to the Butterfly Bistro to report your quest and pick up the new ones available before heading down to B6F (making sure to bring someone with a volt based attack).

FOEs

Pasaran

Resists: All

Skills: Flee, Self-Destruct

Behavior: Passive

Recommended: Anyone who can bind legs (Wildling, Ninja, etc) and anyone who can bind its head

No real strategy here, just hit it with all you have and be sure to bind and keep its legs and head bound to prevent it from running and self-destructing. Pasarans rarely ever attack and it's usually a weak attack, but they have high resistance and flee or self-destruct.

Abyssal Death

Weakness: Fire

Resists: Physical

Skills: Tear Apart

Behavior: Aggressive

Conditional Drops: Pig Iron Fang (Kill using a physical attack)

Recommended: Zodiac, Monk, Hoplite, Buccaneer/Wildling

This FOE can hit all party members with Tear Apart so it is important to protect party members with lower defense and keeping your party's HP topped off. As with any FOE, you can disable its skill with the right bind, the head in this case. Have your Buccaneer/Wildling use Hanging/Call Bird to seal its head, and keep it sealed, use any defense raising skills you might have, use any attack lowering skills on it (e.g. Beast Roar), and attack it with fire based skills/limits.

B6F ~ Torrents of Suspicion
Available Quests: Gathering Spots Take - Green Algae, Sea Grapes, Narcissus (Rare) New Items: New Enemies: Blue Starfish, Great Hermit, Koolasuchus New FOEs: Sea Wanderer

FOEs

Sea Wanderer

Weakness: All

Skills: Ancient Curse, Lullaby of Rest

Behavior: Passive

Recommended: Prince(ss), Monk, Zodiac

The Sea Wanderer is not a terribly difficult FOE in itself, but they travel in groups and have a habit of cursing your party members. Although you can bind its head to prevent its skills, it can be much easier to use Prevent Order on the row with the heaviest hitters first and just attack with your most powerful skills/limits. Early on, you may want to attack the Sea Wanderer at the back of the line and finish it off before the rest circle around. It is highly recommended to have a Monk with at least a row targeting Refresh, Resurrect and a decently leveled Healing (Blood Return can be useful here to help offset any party members dieing from curse damage). As always, Zodiacs with Singularity, an elemental limit like Hellfire, and Etheric Charge should be able to make quick work of the FOEs. Make certain that you remove curses on your damage dealers immediately and have them either defend or use a setup skill (Charge, Etheric Charge, etc) if you are unsure that they will be cured in time.

B7F ~ Truth That Pierces Clouds
Available Quests: Gathering Spots Chop - Indigo Pith, Sturdy Timber, Abyssal Twig (Rare) New Items: New Enemies: Coral Octopus, King Starfish, High Walrus New FOEs: Scaled Dragon

FOEs

Scaled Dragon

Weakness: Volt

Skills: Charge, Charge In

Behavior: Aggressive

Recommended: Hoplite, Monk, Zodiac, Prince(ss), Wilding/Ninja

This FOE is very similar to the Raging Tyrant and can be treated more or less the same. Make sure to use defense increasing and attack reducing skills, have Party Heal and Protect Order to help with the healing, and as always, try to seal its legs.

B8F ~ The Proud, Tall Waves
Available Missions: Door to the Deep City Available Quests: Gathering Spots Mine - Jet, Phyllite, Magnetite (Rare); Take - Green Algae, Sea Grapes, Narcissus (Rare); Chop - Indigo Pith, Sturdy Timber, Abyssal Twig (Rare) New Items: New Enemies: Rock Coral, Iron Turtle New FOEs: Ketos (Boss)

FOEs

Ketos

Weakness: Fire

Skills: Ocean Rave, Spout, Grand Berry, Freeze Ripple, Great Melody

Conditional Drop: Tough Membrane (Kill in 1 turn)

Recommended: Prince(ss), Monk, Hoplite, Zodiac

Materials check

This list will show the absolute minimum amount of materials you need in order to "unlock" all the current 2nd Stratum items at Napier's Firm. Materials listed in italics are conditional drops, reference the items list for the methods used in acquiring them. Please note that the minimum materials does not reflect purchasing certain items or using the forge as this will reduce the materials in stock (e.g. buying Nectar will reduce your Small Flower count and adding enhancements to Scramasax will reduce your Bloody Blade count). Also, take into consideration that some FOEs and bosses may be too difficult to defeat before reaching the deeper stratums.

Materials from Enemies

Materials from FOEs, Bosses & Sea Quests

Gathered Materials