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InValkyrie Profile: Lenneth, taking on dungeons is the only way to gain experience and acquire the best items in the game, though you have limited time to take them on thanks to the impending Ragnarok. With Brahms Castle, you have limited time to even complete the dungeon!
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This grand dungeon is a bit cramped and will turn you around if you don’t use an Eye of Heaven and make liberal use of the map, but it’s easily taken down in one or two short runs. The boss himself is pretty unique, too - you might not even have to fight him.
Brahms Castle Overview
Brahms Castle will unlock in Chapter 3but is not discovered through Spiritual Concentration. It’s located on the west of the world map, on an island of its own. you may definitely take on and complete Brahms Castle when it unlocks, but there are a few tough enemies inside, and if you want the bragging rights of defeating Brahms himself, it’s best towait until Chapter 6 or Chapter 7, when you’re far stronger.
Brahms Castle has a timer- afterfour minutes, you are unceremoniously kicked out to the world map and have to try again. It’s theoretically possible to complete the entire dungeon in one run, but it’s stressful, sowe’ve broken the dungeon down into two ‘runs’- one run to pick up half of the treasure, and a second run in which you’ll grab the rest of the treasure and then face Brahms.
Thetimerdoes not count down while you’re in combat, in a menu, looking at the map, or moving between screens.
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A very easy enemy to beat. Likes to guard, but easily guard crushed.
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As fragile and easily beaten as they’ve always been, but with a bit more bulk now.
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Extremely strong attacks and a lot of HP, especially for how early this dungeon unlocks. Avoid it unless you’re taking on the dungeon far later in the game. Can drop Ebony Powder, a rare and powerful item for transmutation.
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Doesn’t attack every turn, and deals high damage with a high-hit count Despotic Nail attack. High RDM will help out here, but you shouldn’t have much trouble overall.
Run #1: Initial Treasure Run
Head one screen to the right, and thenhead to the rear twicein a row to get to the back corridor.Head a screen to the leftto find a room with two chests on the right. They contain aUnicorn HornandMoonflax.
The former can be transmutated into a very powerfulStaffthat allows the user touse Great Magic without a chance of breakingupon use, and the latter is a very decent holySword.
Start heading to the right, passing the floor you came from. On the next screen,take the exit to the frontfor a chest with aNormalizespell book inside, and then return andkeep moving to the right. There aretwo more rooms to the frontwith chests - the first contains aBurgundy Flask, and the second has aBeast Slayerand is protected by an explosion.
Leave the room that had the Beast Slayer, and thenmove to the right- the next screen has somestairs, climb them and thentake the exit to the left. At the top, you’ll find two enemies and two chests that contain theCombo Counterskill book and aNightshade.
Return down the stairs,and then instead of going to the left,start taking the exits to the frontuntil you run out of them.Move a screen to the left and enter the doorthere, you’ll find a chest with aHealspell in it. This is the end of the initial run - you could start collecting the rest of the treasure, but we recommend heading back to the world map and then following the directions below.
Run #2: Confronting Brahms
Again,head to the rightand thenhead to the frontwhen you can. The exit is in the same place as the door to the rear that you took on the first run.After two screens to the front, head to the leftto find a chest facing the wrong way - there are a few of these in the dungeon. It contains aFlare Baselard.
To pick up and then drop a chest without breaking it, interact with the chest without crouching. Lenneth will pick the chest up. Then, move to a part of the room where you’ll be able to access the chest from both sides, and then jump - the chest will drop to the floor, but will not break.
Headtwo screens to the right,take the door all the way to the middle corridoragain, and thentake the door directly to your leftto find a chest with aVegetable Seed. Head back to the corridor andtake the door on the rightthis time to find aThrowskill book. Head back to the corridor, and thento the right.
Climb these stairs, taking theexit to the rightat the top. Continue on andtake the door to the rearjust in front of the skeletal dragon with swords. This room contains three chests with aWarhammer, aLapis Lazuli, and someMithril Ore. The green chest on the right has a big explosion trap to avoid.
Movetwo screens to the frontto find two chests containing aSavoryand aStone Torchspell book. The second chest is hidden behind a table and is also trapped with an arrow trap.
Return to the stairs and take the exit to the left at the top of the screen. You’ll find asave pointhere - use it, and then head all the way to the right to witness a cutscene and confront the ruler of the castle, Brahms.
How To Beat Brahms
When youmeet and confront Brahms, you’ll witness some very important dialogue. After a bit of back and forth, you are presented with a choice: if you choose to ‘fight on regardless’ you will fight Brahms. If you ‘pause to consider,’ on the other hand, you won’t get to fight him and you’ll leave the dungeon.
If you are concerned withgetting the best ending, don’t worry about your choice here - simplymeeting Brahms is enough to drop your Seal Valueenough for the purposes of meeting the ending’s prerequisites.
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Brahms is incredibly resistant to all forms of physical attack, including Purify Weird Souls from physical characters. It stands to reason, then, thatthe answer is magic- he will take full damage from magic attacks and you basically have to use them to beat him.
If you want to beat Brahms quicker,consider bringing two, or even three sorcerers to the fightif you have enough trained up!
With stronger spells likeLightning BoltandPoison Blow, you should be able to shave off much of his health every turn. Brahms does attack with ferocity, however, so you’ll want to verify you have the firepower and healing resources to beat him before he wears your team down - this is why we recommend waiting until a few chapters after Brahms Castle becomes available before taking it on.
Don’t worry if you lose against Brahms, the game will continue regardless and you are not blocked from getting Ending A.
How To Solo Brahms With One Sorcerer
This Nanami build is able to hitover 9,000 damage per Poison Blow. The only required items are the following:
Unicorn’s Horn
Incredibly high damage
Transmutate the Unicorn Hornfrom Brahms Castle with the Creation Jewel (you could also use anEther Scepter)
Increases magic damage
Reduces CT by 2
Divine Itemsfrom Chapter 5 onwards
We use Nanami as an example, butthis build should work with any sorcerer in the game. Sorcerers who join later in the game, such as Lorenta, might have a better time of it thanks to higher base Intelligence.
As long as youkeep the front three characters alivewith Elixirs, Union Plumes, and luck, Nanami can solo Brahms. If you get a chance to build a combo, thePoison Blow PWSwill also deal a great amount of damage.
