How to beat Fishscale Island in Ys X: Nordics

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How to get to Fish Scale Island

Ys X: Nordic countries takes you on a journey across the seas where you will encounter many islands that you will need to explore and free from the undead. Some of these islands are quite small and you will likely only go there once, so you need to get the most out of your trip.

Ys X Nordics close up on Jord's angry face.

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You will need to head to Fishscale Island as part of the main story in Chapter 3. The island is quite small and is one of the first islands you can encounter after leaving Balta Island on Sandras when you officially begin your journey.

How to get to Fish Scale Island

The image shows the location of Fishscale Island on the map in Ys X: Nordics.

Fishscale Island is west of Balta Island. Getting to the island is quite easy ride the wind to get to the island as fast as possible. If you choose not to windsurf and travel on the high seas, it might take you a while to get to Fishscale Island because you likely wouldn't have upgraded your ship by this point.

As you approach Fishscale Island, you'll notice some rocks that can be targeted by Sandro and destroyed by artillery. You no need to destroy these stones develop the story. Once you get close enough, you can land on the island.

Completing the Fishscale Island quest will prevent you from exploring the open sea for a while, so if you want to complete small quests or tasks, it's best to do it before going to Fishscale Island.

Passage of the game Fishscale Island

The image shows Adol and Karya examining a note on a broken mast on Fishscale Island in Ys X: Nordics.

As soon as you land on the island, you will quickly notice a shipwreck to your right. Approach it and you can interact with it. After interacting with the shipwreck, Adol and Karja are discovered a note on a broken mast which states that the author of the note was swore and urges the duo to leave the island.

Adol would be excited by the prospect and would like to explore more. When you leave the shipwreck and head towards the island, you'll notice a carved stone that surrounded by black miasmas.

The image shows Adol going to clear the black miasma-covered Hewnstone in Ys X: Nordics.

Approaching the carved stone will trigger a sequence that will allow Adol to learn that he can clear the carved stone. After the sequence you will need to approach the Hewnstone and press and hold the interaction button to clear it.

Once you clear it, you can use it like any other stone you've encountered so far, and you'll receive the following items:

Mana Point (Adol)
Mana Point (Karja)
In addition, you will be able to improve new types of mana seeds.

After interacting with the Hewnstone, you can head straight ahead and follow a trail of small mana crystals. You will notice the path diverges in twowith one leading straight ahead with a quest marker and the other leading to the right.

The image shows the contents of a chest on Fishscale Island in Ys X: Nordics.

If you go right, you'll notice a huge rock ahead of a short path of small mana crystals leading up to it. A circle around the stone will allow you to find a chest which includes three red drops that can later be used to create a mana seed in a Hewnstone.

The image shows the humanoid Greigr wearing a tribal mask on Fishscale Island in Ys X: Nordics.

Head north of the chest to find a huge mana crystal that can be attacked for some mana crystals. By doing all this, you can go straight ahead to the quest markerwhere you will encounter a large humanoid Grigr wearing what looks like a tribal maskand will have to fight it head on.

Ys X Nordics Sandras with the shield heads to the island controlled by Grigram.

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How to defeat Tribal Mask Griegr on Fishscale Island

Although not an official boss fight, the only enemy you'll face on Fishscale Island is Griegr, who has an armored health bar and can give you a bit of trouble if you're playing at a higher level difficulties. Despite this, Grigor's moves are quite easy to deal with.

Attacks	Description	How to avoid
Swipes	Grigr swings his claws to attack Adol and Karyu.	If you make a perfect parry, Grigr will be stunned. Otherwise, if you keep blocking, Griegr can swing his claws a few times.
Giant hug attack	The enemy will glow red and open both arms wide in an attempt to grab you.	Since this is one of those attacks that can't be blocked normally, you either need to get some distance away from the enemy or try to parry perfectly.
Jumping Swing	Grigr jumps into the air and lands a frontal kick.	This attack is fairly easy to spot and has an incredibly short range. Simply holding the block button works well as it doesn't do much damage when you block.
Scream Attack	The enemy will screech, pushing Adol and Karja away from them while dealing some damage.	If you hold down the block button, you'll be able to negate most of the damage from this attack.
Glowing screech	When this enemy is low on health, his face starts to glow and he lets out a screech that knocks you back, dealing damage. This will also give Grigru full armor.	There's not much you can do with this attack, so you'll have to break her armor again.

When to hold using Duo Skills and consistently block all of his movesyou will be able to beat him in no time. After you defeat Grigr, Karja will ask Adol to try to clear him like he cleared Dogi during rite of the Shield Brotherhood.

When Adol tries to clear Grigr, it will be revealed that Grigr is there Joel, Mirabel's father. Joel will then go with Adol and Karja to Sandras.

The image shows Gren telling Joel that his daughter Mirabel was also one of the victims of the Karnak incident in Ys X: Nordics.

Joel and the duo discuss how he ended up on the island and Joel reveals that he was unaware of the disaster that befell Karnak and was at sea on his fishing boat when it happened. Joel also mentions that he met Jord, a female Grigr, when he was at sea and was she turned into Grigor.

When Joel offers to join Adol and Karja's team, Sandras is attacked by Grigor's fleet led by a powerful undead named Audre. After a long cutscene, you will fight against Audre.

The fight against

The image shows Audre, the humanoid Greigr, during his first encounter with Adol and Karja on Fishscale Island in Ys X: Nordics.

The Boss fight against Odra can be very difficult, but you are not meant to win here. Once the fight starts, you'll quickly notice that Audre is much stronger than any enemy you've faced, because simply breaking his armor is difficult enough.

If you're too close to break his armor, Audre will unleash a charged attack which can destroy you in one hit. After you are defeated in the battle against Odra, he will praise Karya's potential and put a curse on Adol that will cause him to die in three monthsunless the duo kills Audre first. He challenges the two main characters to become strong enough to kill him in a limited time.

The image shows Audre asking Adol and Karyu to finish him off after strengthening in Ys X: Nordics.

From there, Audre will leave, and Karja will be forced to make an important decision. When Karzha makes a decision pass through Tiran in order to avoid Grigor's fleet, the crew will end up on the island of Termina, which will be the next stop on the duo's journey.