Into the Mist/Guide

There are a number of ways Into the Mist can be completed. In general, waves 1-20 are best completed with your best magic gear and ancient magicks or actively switching to take advantage of combat triangle bonuses. It's highly recommended that once you reach the final boss, you take the time to calculate the DR values and maximum hits per attack of each boss. Eating strategies can generally solve the final boss and aid you in learning when to deal damage and when to survive, but it's useful to know what eating pattern to follow with your exact gear and levels. For all phases of the dungeon, as long as you do not get instantly killed by one attack (one shot), you can most likely complete the dungeon with the appropriate weapon.

Eating Patterns

There are 3 different eating patterns used in this guide. It's important to note that this dungeon only needs to be completed once, so it is not about completing it as fast as possible, but rather not dying so you can complete it at least once. It is far more important to ensure you have enough HP to survive an attack than not resetting your attack timer through manual eating.

1. Autoeat - let autoeat heal you and do not interrupt your attack.
2. Eat if not full HP - eat if you are not full HP. Then let autoeat heal you if the attack is a multihit attack.
3. Hold Eat - if you click on your food to eat manually, you will select your equipped food. There will be a bold grey box around your food. If you hold the Enter key on your keyboard, it will automatically eat when you are damaged. Do not let go until the attack is completed.

Strategy 1: Average Clear

This strategy is the generally most used method to complete Into the Mist.

Mysterious Figure - Phase 1

Equip a Ragnar Godsword, full Ragnar armor, Infernal Cape, Fury of the Elemental Zodiac, and Fighter Ring. Use Diamond Luck Potions and turn on Protect from Melee and Piety. You will need to learn eating patterns to ensure you do not die to attacks but can still put out enough dps to finish the phase. Eating patterns to follow generally are for Mark of Death, autoeat; for Cursed Edge, eat if not full HP; for Reap and Return, hold eat.

Mysterious Figure - Phase 2

Equip Stormsnap, full Aeris armor, Cape of Prat, Deadeye Amulet, and Deadeye Ring. Use Diamond Luck Potions and turn on Protect from Ranged and Rigour. You will need to learn eating patterns to ensure you do not die to attacks. Eating patterns to follow generally are for Mark of Death, autoeat; for Concealed Danger, hold eat.

Ahrenia

Equip Air Imbued Wand, full Glacia armor, Skull Cape, Fury of the Elemental Zodiac, Earth Layered Shield, and Warlock Ring. Use Magic Assistance Potion IV or Diamond Luck Potions, turn on Augury and Mystic Might, and use Gust. Ensure you are over 33.3k accuracy before the fight begins to stay above the 20k threshold required to never miss with Gust after Ahrenia reduces your magic accuracy. You will need to learn eating patterns to ensure you do not die to attacks but can still put out enough dps to finish the phase. Eating patterns to follow generally are for Shadowburst, hold eat; for Fallen Light, autoeat.

Strategy 2: Minimal Thinking and Effort

This strategy involves maximum afking. If you're worried about the final boss, you can follow this strategy.

Mysterious Figure - Phase 1

Phase 1 will require the most effort. This phase will be completed with normal strategies. Equip a Ragnar Godsword, full Ragnar armor, Infernal Cape, Fury of the Elemental Zodiac, and ring of choice - Gold Sapphire Ring can be used here for minimal extra damage or Fighter Ring for better dps. Use Diamond Luck Potions and turn on Protect from Melee and Piety. You will need to learn eating patterns to ensure you do not die to attacks but can still put out enough dps to finish the phase. Eating patterns to follow generally are for Mark of Death, autoeat; for Cursed Edge, eat if not full HP; for Reap and Return, hold eat.

Mysterious Figure - Phase 2

Phase 2 requires enough HP and DR to not die at maximum affliction stacks and Mark of Death. The highest damaging hit is Concealed Danger at 450. At above around 90 HP, you will need approximately 2 DR or more to achieve this. You will be damaging this phase to 1 HP through recoil damage and finishing it off with a final attack. Ensure Diamond Luck Potions are active, equip any 1-handed ranged weapon, equip one of or both a Gold Sapphire Ring and Recoil Shield, turn on Rigour and Eagle Eye for accuracy - you do not want to use Protect from Ranged as you want to be hit to reflect damage, and start the fight. As long as you do not die to one hit, you can hold eat to survive until the end of the phase. Since Phase 2 does not heal, it will be damaged until 1 HP as recoil damage does not kill a monster. Eventually, you will hit with your ranged weapon of choice and finish Phase 2.

Ahrenia

Ahrenia requires enough HP and DR to not die. The highest damage attack is Shadow Burst at 800. At above around 90 HP, you will need approximately 45 DR or more to achieve this. Similar to Phase 2, you will ensure Diamond Luck Potions are active, use any surge spell and the curse Decay, turn on Augury and Mystic Might for extra accuracy - Protect from Magic is not used as you want to be hit to proc Decay, and start the fight. As long as you do not die to one hit, hold eat. Since Ahrenia heals when she uses the move Into the Mist, this will take some time and rng to complete.