Not only is this the beginning of the end...it's Boss Rush time!
Doom Castle - B2
The Shadows are back, but since you've dealt with them before, you know what to do.
Go up and walk down the left-most set of stairs and move two steps to the right. You'll be stopped by a pile of bones. You'll have to make all the right moves to outsmart the giant conveyor belt of sand. Use the Dragon Claw to grab the hook, then go up. This lets you fight some more Shadows and replenish on Refreshers.
Go to the set of stairs that is second from right after this. Go all the way down and use a bomb on the skull. You'll get a chest that gives you the last piece of armor in the game: the Aegis Shield. It's more powerful than the Venus Shield and you're finally protected against Paralyze and Petrify. Gee, thanks, game.
Go left, swing the Dragon Claw upwards to go back, and then take the right-most set of stairs and go straight down. Step once to the right, grab the hook with the Dragon Claw and go up. Make your way to the Minotar Zombie, defeat the monsters, climb down and go straight down again. Step to the right (open the chest for Cure Potions if you need them) then step left, switch to the Mega Grenade and throw to blow up the Skull. Hook with the Dragon Claw, go up. You're finally face-to-face with Skullrus Rex.
Go up and walk down the left-most set of stairs and move two steps to the right. You'll be stopped by a pile of bones. You'll have to make all the right moves to outsmart the giant conveyor belt of sand. Use the Dragon Claw to grab the hook, then go up. This lets you fight some more Shadows and replenish on Refreshers.
Go to the set of stairs that is second from right after this. Go all the way down and use a bomb on the skull. You'll get a chest that gives you the last piece of armor in the game: the Aegis Shield. It's more powerful than the Venus Shield and you're finally protected against Paralyze and Petrify. Gee, thanks, game.
Go left, swing the Dragon Claw upwards to go back, and then take the right-most set of stairs and go straight down. Step once to the right, grab the hook with the Dragon Claw and go up. Make your way to the Minotar Zombie, defeat the monsters, climb down and go straight down again. Step to the right (open the chest for Cure Potions if you need them) then step left, switch to the Mega Grenade and throw to blow up the Skull. Hook with the Dragon Claw, go up. You're finally face-to-face with Skullrus Rex.
Skullrus Rex
The Shadows are harder than the boss, believe it or not. If you hit Skullrus Rex with the Dragon Claw, get a critical hit and Petrify him, he'll just fall to pieces and die. All you'll have to worry about are the Shadows multiplying on you as you finish them off.
If for some reason, you're forced to get rid of the Shadows first and fight him the hard way, keep hitting Skullrus Rex with Benjamin's Flare and Phoebe's White. He'll fall in minutes, but be sure to keep your party healed.
Go up and make your way to Focus Tower. Since you have the Sky Coin, that green door that's been taunting you all game finally gets opened.
You'll have to go through each door and and fight the bosses in order to remove the barricades blocking your path and continue on. You've already re-done Bone Dungeon, so to speak...
If for some reason, you're forced to get rid of the Shadows first and fight him the hard way, keep hitting Skullrus Rex with Benjamin's Flare and Phoebe's White. He'll fall in minutes, but be sure to keep your party healed.
Go up and make your way to Focus Tower. Since you have the Sky Coin, that green door that's been taunting you all game finally gets opened.
You'll have to go through each door and and fight the bosses in order to remove the barricades blocking your path and continue on. You've already re-done Bone Dungeon, so to speak...
Doom Castle - 4F
Ice Pyramid? Ice Pyramid.
You'll be hitting statues with the sword, jumping and using the Dragon claw, but overall this isn't too difficult compared to the last dungeon. It's very linear. If you hit a switch, the door it triggers will be nearby.
Just like the Bone Dungeon part of Doom Castle, you'll be fighting the original Ice Pyramid enemies in this section. They aren't very plentiful, so you won't really have any worries about getting killed here.
When you've made your way to the far north part of this dungeon, you'll face the Stone Golem.
Stone Golem
Strong Against: Fire
He's got some new friends here: Cerberus (or rather, Cerberii). The Cerberus are weak to Fire, so a single Fire from Phoebe can insta-kill them.
Stone Golem can Confuse with a Stare, and his Stone Block is pretty powerful. Keeping your party's health high here is a must, in case he throws that attack out...it can kill you at half health!
Have Phoebe attack with White. even though the Stone Golem is strong to Fire, Flare still does some good damage, so give that a shot.
When you leave the Ice Pyramid area, the barriers blocking the stairs will be gone. You'll finally be able to move on.
Cheat Sheet
Cerberus
Weak against: Fire
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