
A Formidable Foe Challenge is a non-respawnable encounter found in most areas of the open world.
The challenge either consists of an Elite enemy with supporting Normal enemies in a single wave, or only normal enemies split into several battles. These enemies have a higher level compared to other enemies in the area.
When the challenge is cleared, the player may claim the treasure chest they were guarding, which is either a Bountiful or Precious chest. Chests guarded solely by normal enemies grant a Bountiful Chest, while those guarded by Elite enemies grant a Precious chest.
Formidable Foe Challenges can be identified by their unique
icon on the map, which will disappear once the corresponding treasure tied to the challenge is claimed. Multiple Formidable Foe Challenges can appear in a single area.Gameplay Notes[]
- If a Formidable Foe Challenge has multiple enemies in the overworld, the player does not have to defeat both enemies in sequence so long as the player breaks them apart from one another.
Tutorial[]
Achievements[]
There are 2 Achievements related to Formidable Foe Challenge:
Name | Category | Description | Hidden | Version | ![]() |
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Red-Name Alert | Fathom the Unfathomable | Complete the Formidable Foe Challenge 5 time(s) | No | 1.0 | 5 |
High-Level Domination | Fathom the Unfathomable | Complete the Formidable Foe Challenge 15 time(s) | No | 1.0 | 5 |
List[]
Herta Space Station[]
Base Zone[]
- Enemy List
Flamespawn ×2
Blaze Out of Space ×1
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
Trailblaze EXP ×30
Stellar Jade ×30
Arrows ×1
Hertareum ×40
- Enemy List
Wave 1:
Wave 2:
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
Trailblaze EXP ×30
Stellar Jade ×30
The Seriousness of Breakfast ×1
Hertareum ×40
Storage Zone[]
- Enemy List
Wave 1:
Wave 2:
- Rewards
Bountiful Treasure:
Trailblaze EXP ×20
Stellar Jade ×20
Adventure Log ×1
Condensed Aether ×1
Hertareum ×20
Credit ×2500
- Enemy List
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
Trailblaze EXP ×30
Stellar Jade ×30
Collapsing Sky ×1
Hertareum ×40
Supply Zone[]
- Enemy List
Voidranger: Reaver ×2
Voidranger: Trampler ×1
Baryon ×1
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
Trailblaze EXP ×30
Stellar Jade ×30
Void ×1
Hertareum ×40
Seclusion Zone[]
- Enemy List
Wave 1:
Juvenile Sting ×1
Lesser Sting ×1
Wave 2:
Lesser Sting ×1
Gnaw Sting ×1
Juvenile Sting ×1
- Rewards
Bountiful Treasure:
Jarilo-VI[]
Outlying Snow Plains[]
- Enemy List
Ice Out of Space ×1
Frostspawn ×2
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
Backwater Pass[]
- Enemy List
Wave 1:
Wave 2:
- Rewards
Bountiful Treasure:
- Enemy List
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
Trailblaze EXP ×30
Stellar Jade ×30
Data Bank ×1
Shield ×80
Corridor of Fading Echoes[]
- Enemy List
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
Trailblaze EXP ×30
Stellar Jade ×30
Thief's Myriad-Faced Mask ×1
Thief's Steel Grappling Hook ×1
Shield ×80
- Enemy List
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
- Enemy List
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
Trailblaze EXP ×30
Stellar Jade ×30
Musketeer's Wild Wheat Felt Hat ×1
Musketeer's Wind-Hunting Shawl ×1
Shield ×80
Everwinter Hill[]
- Enemy List
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
Great Mine[]
- Enemy List
Wave 1:
Automaton Beetle ×3
Vagrant ×2
Wave 2:
Automaton Beetle ×2
Vagrant ×2
- Rewards
Bountiful Treasure:
- Enemy List
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
Rivet Town[]
- Enemy List
Wave 1:
Wave 2:
- Rewards
Bountiful Treasure:
- Enemy List
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
- Enemy List
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
Trailblaze EXP ×30
Stellar Jade ×30
Thief's Gloves With Prints ×1
Thief's Meteor Boots ×1
Shield ×80
Robot Settlement[]
- Enemy List
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
- Enemy List
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
Trailblaze EXP ×30
Stellar Jade ×30
Thief's Myriad-Faced Mask ×1
Thief's Steel Grappling Hook ×1
Shield ×80
- Enemy List
Wave 1:
Wave 2:
- Rewards
Bountiful Treasure:
The Xianzhou Luofu[]
Cloudford[]

- Enemy List
Stormbringer ×1
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
Trailblaze EXP ×30
Stellar Jade ×30
Strale ×20
- Enemy List
Wave 1:
Wave 2:
- Rewards
Bountiful Treasure:
Trailblaze EXP ×20
Stellar Jade ×20
Traveler's Guide ×1
Musketeer's Wild Wheat Felt Hat ×1 (4-star)
Lost Gold Fragment ×5
Strale ×10
Credit ×3500
[]
- Enemy List
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
Trailblaze EXP ×30
Stellar Jade ×30
Musketeer's Wild Wheat Felt Hat ×1 (4-star)
Musketeer's Wind-Hunting Shawl ×1 (4-star)
Strale ×20
- Enemy List
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
Trailblaze EXP ×30
Stellar Jade ×30
Musketeer's Coarse Leather Gloves ×1 (4-star)
Musketeer's Rivets Riding Boots ×1 (4-star)
Strale ×20
- Enemy List
Wave 1:
Entranced Ingenium: Illumination Dragonfish ×2
Entranced Ingenium: Obedient Dracolion ×1
Mara-Struck Soldier ×1
Wave 2:
- Rewards
Bountiful Treasure:
Trailblaze EXP ×20
Stellar Jade ×20
Thief's Myriad-Faced Mask ×1 (4-star)
Strale ×10
Credit ×3700
Divination Commission[]
- Enemy List
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
Trailblaze EXP ×30
Stellar Jade ×30
Musketeer's Coarse Leather Gloves ×1 (4-star)
Musketeer's Rivets Riding Boots ×1 (4-star)
Strale ×20
Artisanship Commission[]
- Enemy List
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
Trailblaze EXP ×30
Stellar Jade ×30
Thief's Myriad-Faced Mask ×1 (4-star)
Thief's Steel Grappling Hook ×1 (4-star)
Strale ×20
Credit ×300
- Enemy List
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
Trailblaze EXP ×30
Stellar Jade ×30
Thief's Gloves With Prints ×1 (4-star)
Thief's Meteor Boots ×1 (4-star)
Strale ×20
Alchemy Commission[]
- Enemy List
Abundance Sprite: Malefic Ape ×1
Abundance Sprite: Golden Hound ×1
Abundance Sprite: Wooden Lupus ×1
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
Trailblaze EXP ×30
Stellar Jade ×30
Musketeer's Coarse Leather Gloves ×1 (4-star)
Musketeer's Rivets Riding Boots ×1 (4-star)
Strale ×20
Credit ×300
- Enemy List
Wave 1:
Disciples of Sanctus Medicus: Ballistarius ×2
Mara-Struck Soldier ×2
Abundance Sprite: Golden Hound ×1
Wave 2:
Disciples of Sanctus Medicus: Internal Alchemist ×2
Disciples of Sanctus Medicus: Ballistarius ×1
Abundance Sprite: Golden Hound ×1
- Rewards
Bountiful Treasure:
Trailblaze EXP ×20
Stellar Jade ×20
Strale ×10
Credit ×3700
Scalegorge Waterscape[]
- Enemy List
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
Trailblaze EXP ×30
Stellar Jade ×30
Thief's Gloves With Prints ×1 (4-star)
Thief's Meteor Boots ×1 (4-star)
Strale ×20
- Enemy List
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
Trailblaze EXP ×30
Stellar Jade ×30
Musketeer's Wild Wheat Felt Hat ×1 (4-star)
Musketeer's Wind-Hunting Shawl ×1 (4-star)
Strale ×20
- Enemy List
Wave 1:
Disciples of Sanctus Medicus: Ballistarius ×2
Mara-Struck Soldier ×2
Disciples of Sanctus Medicus: Internal Alchemist ×1
Wave 2:
Disciples of Sanctus Medicus: Ballistarius ×2
Abundance Sprite: Wooden Lupus ×1
Abundance Sprite: Golden Hound ×1
- Rewards
Bountiful Treasure:
Trailblaze EXP ×20
Stellar Jade ×20
Traveler's Guide ×1
Musketeer's Wind-Hunting Shawl ×1 (4-star)
Lost Gold Fragment ×5
Strale ×10
Credit ×3500
The Shackling Prison[]
- Enemy List
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
Stellar Jade ×30
Musketeer's Coarse Leather Gloves ×1 (5-star)
Strale ×20
Credit ×300
Penacony[]
Dream's Edge[]
- Enemy List
Wave 1:
Wave 2:
- Rewards
Bountiful Treasure:
- Enemy List
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
- Enemy List
Dreamjolt Troupe's Beyond Overcooked ×1
Dreamjolt Troupe's Mr. Domescreen ×1
Dreamjolt Troupe's Bubble Hound ×1
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
Stellar Jade ×30
Grand Duke's Crown of Netherflame ×1
Clock Credits ×120
Credit ×300
A Child's Dream[]
- Enemy List
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
Stellar Jade ×30
Grand Duke's Ceremonial Boots ×1
Clock Credits ×120
Credit ×300
- Enemy List
Wave 1:
Memory Zone Meme "Heartbreaker" ×3
Dreamjolt Troupe's Bubble Hound ×1
Dreamjolt Troupe's Mr. Domescreen ×1
Wave 2:
Memory Zone Meme "Heartbreaker" ×2
Dreamjolt Troupe's Bubble Hound ×1
Dreamjolt Troupe's Mr. Domescreen ×1
- Rewards
Bountiful Treasure:
The Reverie (Dreamscape)[]
- Enemy List
Dreamjolt Troupe's Sweet Gorilla ×1
Memory Zone Meme "Heartbreaker" ×2
Dreamjolt Troupe's Bubble Hound ×2
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
- Location
- Enemy List
Wave 1:
Wave 2:
- Rewards
Bountiful Treasure:
- Enemy List
Wave 1:
Wave 2:
- Rewards
Bountiful Treasure:
- Enemy List
Dreamjolt Troupe's Sweet Gorilla ×1
Dreamjolt Troupe's Mr. Domescreen ×1
Dreamjolt Troupe's Bubble Hound ×1
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
- Enemy List
Dreamjolt Troupe's Beyond Overcooked ×1
Dreamjolt Troupe's Bubble Hound ×1
Dreamjolt Troupe's Mr. Domescreen ×2
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:
Dewlight Pavilion[]



Clock Studios Theme Park[]
- Enemy list
- Rewards
Precious Treasure:


SoulGlad™ Scorchsand Audition Venue[]

Penacony Grand Theater[]
- Enemy List
Wave 1:
Memory Zone Meme "Something In The Mirror" ×2
Memory Zone Meme "Insatiable Vanity" ×2
Memory Zone Meme "Heartbreaker" ×1
Wave 2:
- Enemy List
Dreamjolt Troupe's Bubble Hound ×1
"Tomorrow in Harmonious Chords" ×1
Dreamjolt Troupe's Winder Goon ×1
- Rewards
- Precious Treasure
- Enemy List
- Reward
- Precious Treasure
- Enemy List
Dreamjolt Troupe's Winder Goon ×1
"Present Inebriated in Revelry" ×1
Dreamjolt Troupe's Mr. Domescreen ×1
- Rewards
- Precious Treasure
Other Languages[]
Language | Official Name |
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English | Formidable Foe Challenge |
Chinese (Simplified) | 强敌挑战 |
Chinese (Traditional) | 強敵挑戰 |
Japanese | 強敵挑戦 |
Korean | 강적 도전 |
Spanish | Desafío del enemigo poderoso |
French | Défi d'ennemi puissant |
Russian | Испытание сильного противника |
Thai | ท้าทายศัตรูสุดแกร่ง |
Vietnamese | Khiêu Chiến Cường Địch |
German | Herausforderung: Mächtiger Gegner |
Indonesian | Tantangan Musuh Kuat |
Portuguese | Desafio do Oponente Formidável |
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