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Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition

Heracles

A complete walkthrough for the Heracles dungeon in Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition, including item locations, puzzles, and the boss fight against Zagi (4).

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A complete walkthrough for the Heracles dungeon in Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition, including item locations, puzzles, and the boss fight against Zagi (4).

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Upon entering Heracles, head down the stairs. Adecor is available for purchases. Take the right path for a Naginata.
  2. 2
    Follow the path left, descending stairs. Continue until you find a chest with a Life Bottle. Keep descending to find a Limit Bottle. Enter the nearby door.
  3. 3
    Proceed forward until a scene triggers. You will receive the Sorcerer's Ring Lv. 3. Use it on the northwest door to find a Holy Bottle and a Reflex. Exit and go left. Shoot the next door with the ring to find a Melange Gel. Exit and shoot the last door to the left for a Wonder Symbol. Exit and descend the stairs to the southeast.
  4. 4
    Go to the far left and inspect the machine. Select 'Move.' Descend the ladder and open the chest for a Pineapple Gel. Climb back up and continue right. Descend the next ladder to find a Lemon Gel. Climb back up and go through the northwest door.
  5. 5
    After a scene, go left and blast the door with your ring. Inside, find a Dark Bottle. Exit. Stay on this floor and go right. Follow the path through a door and open a chest on the right for a Panacea Bottle. Go up the stairs, and just past the next flight of stairs, find a chest with a Cancus. Go up another set of stairs and to the far left for a Treat. Go up another set of stairs and enter the door on the right.
  6. 6
    Continue along the path and go up the ladder. Push the block left onto the next screen. Destroy the wall with the Sorcerer's Ring and push the block off the ledge. Go down the stairs and shoot the yellow device at the southeast with the ring.
  7. 7
    Descend the ladder next to the stairs. Continue left for a scene. Afterward, climb the ladder. Open the chest for a Guardian Stamp. Go to the south end of this platform and shoot the blocks being carried to drop them onto the blue device below to destroy it.
  8. 8
    Head down the ladder. Go left and descend another ladder. Shoot the blocks being carried to your right until you destroy the purple device below.
  9. 9
    Climb the ladder and go to the far right end of the platform to lower a ladder. Climb the northern ladder. Cross the bridge to the left and activate the console. Go back down the ladder next to the stairs, and then down the ladder on the far left. Descend the southern ladder and examine the console to raise the platform. Climb two ladders to reach the platform's destination. Push the block to the top left corner of the elevator platform, then push it off the ledge to destroy the green device.
  10. 10
    Climb the northeast ladder. Cross the bridge to the healing save point. When ready, enter the door for a scene and the boss fight.
  11. 11
    After the boss fight and subsequent scene, check the bottom right corner for 5x Magic Lenses.
  12. 12
    Return to the room with the healing save point. Take the ladder next to the stairs down, then the southeast ladder down another level. Exit south and go through the northeast door.
  13. 13
    Descend the stairs and shoot the door to the right with the ring. Inside, find a Rose Whip behind a guard. Exit and proceed down the stairs until a scene starts. A save point and a chest with a Specific will be behind you.
  14. 14
    Head up the southeast stairs and open the chest for a Tent. Go through the door. Go north and destroy rubble with your ring to find an attacking chest containing 10000 Gald. Use the ring on rubble in the southeast to find a Vagabond. Enter the elevator for a scene.
  15. 15
    After the scene, go left at the fork for a Lemon Gel. Return to the fork and go right. Climb the stairs for a Pineapple Gel. Climb to the top of the staircase for a scene.
  16. 16
    Leave Heracles via the southeast exit. More scenes will play, leading you to Capua Nor. Exit the Inn for another scene.

Boss Fight: Zagi (4)

  • HP: 175000 (Normal)
  • TP: 1240 (Normal)
  • P.ATK: 624 (Normal)
  • P.DEF: 771 (Normal)
  • M.ATK: 444 (Normal)
  • M.DEF: 422 (Normal)
  • AGL: 212 (Normal)
  • Weaknesses: None listed
  • Resistances: None listed

Strategy:

  • This is a familiar fight. Zagi should not pose a significant threat to your party at this stage of the game.
  • Secret Mission: After Zagi poisons himself during a scene, use Karol's 'Nice Recovery Smash' Arte to cure his poison status.

Drops:

  • Normal: Dark Seal
  • Secret Mission: Poison Charm
  • Steal: Red Sage
  • Experience: 9500
  • Gald: 5000
Tips
  • Raven's new weapon, the Elven Bow, grants him the 'Special' skill, enabling his Mystic Arte.

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