- As you step into the room, a dreadful presence sends a chill down your spine. You cannot see its source, but there is palpable menace among the low trees and piled stones. There can be no doubt that this is Chimaera's den! Draw your weapons and press onward.
- —Description of Chimaera's lair, Etrian Odyssey II
Chimaera (キマイラ Chimera) is a beast born from the fusion of many others, is the first big challenge the heroes will face in order to find the floating castle. It has the ability to control weaker beasts, and can summon powerful beasts from stratas above its own in order to protect its territory. Some of its attacks have fire properties and it can attack with its sharp claws and poison its victims.
Chimaera (Etrian Odyssey II)[]
Chimaera is the first stratum boss of Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard, which has therefore be fought on 5F (The King's Roar Sounds).
Skills[]
- Pile (Uses Legs): Deals stab damage to one party member and splashes to its neighbours. Every hit target has a chance of being poisoned.
- Blaze (Uses Head): Deals fire-elemental damage with splash damage.
- 2-Hit (Uses Arms): Deals bash damage to a single party member twice.
Drops[]
- Brute Tail (Worth: 776 en)
- None.
- Brute Wing (Worth: 30000 en)
Conditional Drop[]
- To get the Chimaera's conditional drop, the Brute Wing, kill it whilst it's poisoned.
Chimaera (Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold)[]
Chimaera returns in the remake, keeping its role as the first stratum boss.
Skills[]
- Snake Pile (Uses Legs): Line-piercing stab attack, may poison.
- Great Blaze (Uses Head): Strong fire attack with splash effect.
- Double Strike (Uses Arms): 2 random cut attacks across the party.
- Menacing Roar (Uses Head): Lowers the defense of the entire party.
Drops[]
- Brutal Tail (Worth: 208 en)
- None.
- Poison Wing (Worth: 780 en)
Conditional Drop[]
- In order to get its conditional drop, Poison Wing, you must kill Chimaera with poison damage. Killing it while it's poisoned will NOT suffice. Selling this to the shop unlocks the Zamiel Bow (194 ATK, +40 TP, +5 LUC), one of the best bows in the game.
Chimaera (Etrian Odyssey Nexus)[]
The Chimaera is the boss of the Ancient Forest, with its stats scaled up accordingly to match the player's expected strength this far in the game. Thankfully for this time around, there are no traps or FOEs in the room to complicate the battle. However, to even get to the boss room the first time, the player would have inevitably caught the attention of a few Bloodhound Bats and would be under pursuit; it's best to unlock the shortcut to the boss room before starting the fight, to minimize outside interference.
Skills[]
- Snake Pile (Uses Legs): Line-piercing stab attack, may poison.
- Great Blaze (Uses Head): Ranged fire attack to the whole party.
- Double Strike (Uses Arms): 2 random cut attacks across the party.
- Menacing Roar (Uses Head): Lowers the defense of the entire party.
- Doom Assault (Uses Arms): 3-7 random melee cut attacks across the entire party, may inflict curse.
Drops[]
- Brute Tail (Worth: 7000 en)
- Poison Wing (Conditional) (Worth: 21000 en)
Conditional Drop[]
To get the Poison Wing, kill the Chimaera with poison damage. Killing it while poisoned does not qualify for this. Selling this to the shop unlocks the Sylpheed Vest (93 DEF, 108 MDF, Bind resist ↑), the best armor for Survivalists.
Strategy[]
- See Chimaera/Strategy for more information.
Trivia[]
- Is based on the monster with the same name in the Greek mythology. A monstrous fire-breathing hybrid creature of Lycia in Asia Minor, composed of the parts of more than one animal.