Nightmare

A solo gauntlet of 21 bosses split into 3 Layers. Each boss has 10 difficulty levels tied to your item level — from 1,000 to 4,200. Clear any level to earn Phantasmal Fragments; first clears pay out more.

CommonBoss Lv.45Root Cellar

Gatekeeper Pinopi

Challenge level

Range: 1,000 – 1,600

Level	Item level	First clear	Repeatable
1	1,000	×500	×155
2	1,050	×540	×170
3	1,100	×580	×180
4	1,150	×620	×195
5	1,200	×660	×205
6	1,250	×720	×220
7	1,300	×760	×230
8	1,400	×800	×245
9	1,500	×840	×260
10	1,600	×900	×275

All Nightmare bosses

Item level shown is the Lv.1 → Lv.10 range per boss. All clears reward Phantasmal Fragments — the higher the challenge level, the greater the payout.

Layer I

Boss	Zone	Boss Lv	Suggested item level
Gatekeeper Pinopi	Root Cellar	45	1,000 – 1,600
Furious Feruk	Dranactus Underkeep	45	1,000 – 1,600
Fafnir's Poison Blood	Root of the Sacred Tree	45	1,000 – 1,600
Wraith Giselle	Crypt	45	1,000 – 1,600
Fortress Guardian Notun	Destruction Archon Underground Fortress	50	1,700 – 2,300
Mutated Gerod	Blades Hideout	50	1,700 – 2,300
Zikel's Apparition	Impetusium	55	2,400 – 2,400

Layer II

Boss	Zone	Boss Lv	Suggested item level
Mutated Ulgorn	Blades Hideout	57	2,500 – 2,950
Soulreaper Rathman	Collapsed Oracle	57	2,500 – 2,950
Sharp Aulak	Aullaeu Altar	57	2,500 – 2,950
Sealed Sura	Coastal Cave	57	2,500 – 2,950
Enraged Reda	Illusion Hideout	63	3,000 – 3,450
Warden Santras	Dranactus Underkeep	63	3,000 – 3,450
Kaisinel's Illusion	Ardus Shrine	70	3,500 – 3,950

Layer III

Boss	Zone	Boss Lv	Suggested item level
Sanctum Guardian Gauss	Illusion Sanctum	63	3,000 – 3,450
Ritualist Aulisa	Aullaeu Altar	63	3,000 – 3,450
Root Mythical Bird Aultross	Root Cellar	63	3,000 – 3,450
Oathbreaker Gartua	Etheria Rift	63	3,000 – 3,450
Incarnated Warding Feather	Zumion Relic Storage	70	3,500 – 3,950
Modified Bargott	Nahid Disposal Plant	70	3,500 – 3,950
Tyrant Tassin	Zikel's Sanctum	77	4,000 – 4,200

Data extracted from game files · built 2026-05-31 · may not reflect the latest patch