Bios Island

Bios Island
Information
Level Range:	160+
Party Requisites:	1+ Player
Quest Prerequisites:	Dimensional Travel
Duration:	90 Minutes
Cooldown:	23 Hours

Overview

Bios Island was released as part of the Episode 14.3 content. Once players complete the Dimensional Travel quest, they will be able to access Bios Island.
After players successfully complete this instance once, they will unlock the ability to access Mors' Cave, another instance released in Episode 14.3.

This instance is pretty straighforward, you must progress through the first two islands, defeating all the monsters, until eventually confronting Ankou and the armies of undead he had raised.

Background and Lore

Grim Reaper Ankou created the Bios Island to conduct biological experiments upon the living. The place is located in a pocket dimension and doesn't abide by normal rules of nature.
The flow of time here is sped up and one day equals a lifetime. However, it seems like Ankou is selective about who is affected by this condition and lets adventurers off the hook,
perhaps for personal amusement.

As the day advances, monsters grow up older and stronger, eventually becoming undead lackeys of Ankou once the Moon is high.
The purpose of this experiment is unclear and you must find out what's going on. If this process is used to create troops for Morroc, the expedition may not be able to do anything at all.

Inside the instance, you meet Vrid and Zeith, two curious adventurers, they give chase to Ankou until you meet again on the final island. Althought unable to help you during the fight,
Vrid had picked something valuable and will pass it to you once Ankou was dealt with.

Tips

Grim Reaper Ankou fights alone but he's a tricky and deadly one. Pay attention to his shouts as they indicate the skill being used and if he's under the effect of Power Up or Speed Up, which alternate through the fight.
Avoiding his Comet spell by running away or interrupting it is imperative, and you must be ready for the "execution" combo which targets a random party member with Dark Illusion followed up by
a devastating Dark Claw which will kill most characters. Quick movement and repositioning are required.
There's also a constant stream of area skills such as Hell's Judgement and Wide Blood Drain as well Wide Sleep, Silence and Curse.
The tank will be debuffed with Bleeding and Poison often so having Slow Poison and Cure Free at hand will make the healing much easier.
Ankou employs the Shatter Barrier ablity, which removes defensive effects and inflicts miscellaneous damage based on the amount of purged barriers.
He also spends a large portion of the fight invisible, so area spells and revealing skills are required.

As a general rule, a mobile tank with active defenses is required. Steel Body isn't going to work here.

Monsters

Bios Island Monsters
Name	Level	HP	Size	Race	Elements	Base EXP	Job EXP
Fallen Baby	158	250,000	Small	Demihuman	Earth 2	185,850	219,600
Fallen Pup	158	232,890	Small	Brute	Fire 2	185,850	219,600
Fallen Fry	158	222,550	Small	Fish	Water 2	185,850	219,600
Fallen Orc	158	300,000	Medium	Demihuman	Earth 2	232,320	274,500
Fallen Hound	158	292,450	Medium	Brute	Fire 2	232,320	274,500
Fallen Swordfish	158	284,110	Medium	Fish	Water 2	232,320	274,500
Risen Orc	158	375,000	Medium	Demihuman	Undead 2	290,400	343,125
Risen Hound	158	352,715	Medium	Brute	Undead 2	290,400	343,125
Risen Swordfish	158	347,413	Medium	Fish	Undead 2	290,400	343,125
Grim Reaper Ankou	160	11,111,111	Large	Undead	Undead 4	82,912,500 (MVP EXP: 31,506,750)	66,330,000

Rewards

Zone Drops

Normal monsters drop useful consumable and miscellaneous loot such as Yggdrasil Berries, Gemstones, Mastela Fruits and Dead Branches.

Proof of Bravery

Upon defeating Ankou, Vrid will give you something valuable he had found lying around, one Proof of Bravery which can be used to purchase and enchant the Hero's Signet.
Every party member present during the kill will receive one.

Hero's Prize

Grim Reaper Ankou drops one Hero's Prize, which contains the new Heroic Equipment pieces along with some other goodies.
This chest had three loot groups and you will always get one random reward from each, with better rewards having a lower chance of coming out.

Hero's Prize
Reward	Loot Group
Dragon Breath Cocktail x1	Group A
Stew of Immortality x1	Group A
Steamed Desert Scorpions x1	Group A
Hwergelmir's Tonic x1	Group A
Cooked Nine Tail's Tails x1	Group A
Steamed Tongue x1	Group A
Yggdrasil Berry x1	Group A
Yggdrasil Seed x1	Group A
Mastela Fruit x40	Group A
Condensed White Potion x20	Group A
Advanced Weapon Box x1	Group B
Yggdrasil Berry Box (5) x1	Group B
Yggdrasil Seed Box (5) x1	Group B
Poison Bottle x5	Group B
Heroic Plate x1	Group C
Heroic Magic Coat x1	Group C
Heroic Judgement Robe x1	Group C
Heroic Trade Mail x1	Group C
Heroic Hidden Clothes x1	Group C
Heroic Target Suit x1	Group C
Heroic Nepenthes Shoes x1	Group C
Heroic Silverfox Boots x1	Group C
Heroic Ungoliant Galoshes x1	Group C

Grim Reaper Ankou's Drops

Grim Reaper Ankou's Drops
Item	Drop Chance
Hero's Prize	100%
Yggdrasil Berry	100%
Stew of Immortality	100%
Bloody Branch	10%
Dead Branch	100%
Death's Guidance	100%
Assassin's Muffler	50%
HD Carnium	10%
HD Bradium	10%
Grim Reaper Ankou Card	0.05%
(MVP) Treasure Box	100%
(MVP) Old Purple Box	100%
(MVP) Old Card Album	100%

Cards

Grim Reaper Ankou Card is a normal drop, while Birth & Death Card is only dropped by the waves of undead monsters summoned right before the final fight.

Cards
Name	Slot	Stats
Grim Reaper Ankou Card	Headgear	Autocasts Lv.3 Wide Curse when attacked by a low chance, transforming you into Grim Reaper Ankou when that happens, granting +25% ATK and MATK for 10 seconds. Every Refine Level; Increases the chance.
Birth & Death Card	Headgear	Max HP +500 Max SP +50 Increases damage taken from Angel race by 50% [Set Bonuses] Orc Baby Card FLEE +5 Reduces damage taken from Neutral property attacks by 5% Baby Desert Wolf Card INT +3 Max SP +100 MATK +5% Phen Card Cast Time -15% Orc Warrior Card Reduces damage taken from Demihuman race by 15% Desert Wolf Card Increases Physical damage done to Medium and Large-sized targets by 15% Swordfish Card Reduces damage taken from Wind property attacks by 30% Orc Zombie Card FLEE +25 HIT +30 Verit Card Reduces damage taken from all sources by 4% Megalodon Card Increases Physical damage done to Undead property targets by 20% Increases Magical damage done to Undead property targets by 10%

Related Quests

NPC	Quest
Vrid Bios Island	Name: Confront Grim Reaper Ankou Rewards: 1 Proof of Bravery