Tales of Berseria Guide: All Mystic Artes and How to Perform Them (2024)

MysticArtesor HiOugisare staples of the Tales series. Powerful moves that will obliterate your enemies in battle, or boss abilities that will wipe your party just as you were about to heal. In any case, MysticArtesare equal servings of spectacle and might, and no Talesplaythoughis complete until you see them all.

I'm half kidding, but the trophyWitness to the Mysticrequires that you see all the MysticArtesin the game, and it's the onlymissabletrophy! So if you don't want to miss out on your platinum, better take some notes. Here's where to see all MysticArtesin the game, both for your party and for enemy bosses. I'll list the Boss MysticArteslast for spoiler consideration.

Tales ofBerseria: Party Member MysticArtesand How to Perform Them

Every member of your party has 3 MysticArtes. They sure are adding a lot of them to these games these days. On top of that, there are 3 special MysticArteswhich require two participants. You will unlock everyone's first MysticArtenaturallyduring the story. The second MysticArtefor each character learned automatically by the characters at about level 35.

The last MysticArteare for each character are unlocked in the game's final dungeon. What you need to do is find a colored orb and take it to its corresponding portal and defeat each optional boss within.

Colors for each character:

Red –Laphicet
Yellow -Eizen
Blue - Eleanor
Green -Rokurou
White –Magilou
Violet - Velvet

Lastly, the 3 special Dual MysticArtesare all obtained by defeating the bosses on floor 2, 4, and 6 of the game's bonus dungeon.

So once you have multiple MysticArtesfor each character, how do you perform each of them? Well in short, it depends on the length of your current combo and how many BlastGauge(BG) you have.

Performing Party Member MysticArtes

To use the first MysticArtefor each character simply holdL2while attacking an enemy. As long as you have at least 3 BG, you'll perform your first MysticArte!

To use the second MysticArte, you'll need to do a little more work. Once you chain at least 8artestogether,thenholdL2during the lastarte'sanimation. If you have 4 BG, you'll perform that characters second MysticArte.

To use the last MysticArtefor each character, you need to perform the final Soul BreakArteof a character, then holdL2during that animation. This ultra-powerfulArterequire 5 BG, so make sure you have enough before even trying to attempt this. The Soul BreakArteis the attack that activates at the end of your Soul Break when you pressR2.

To use the Dual MysticArtes,bothcharacters need to have 5 BG. One character has to be in the active party, the other in the reserves. The possible combinations are:

• Velvet andLaphicet
• RokurouandEizen
• Magilouand Eleanor

Once you are controlling the desired character with their partner in reserve, you then to press up or down on the d-pad as if you would use a Switch Blast but holdL2before the actual Switch Blast is triggered. The Switch Blast will then be halted, then holdL2until the Dual MysticArteis triggered.

Tales ofBerseria: Story Boss MysticArtes

Please stop reading here if you don't want to be spoiled! Bosses will tend to use their MysticArtesbelow 50% health, but can be defeated without casting them, so make sure you see them all if you want to getWitness to the Mysticin a singleplaythrough. However, do note that you can see all theArtesacross multipleplaythroughsif you do happen to miss one.

• Artorius:The Empyrean's Throne
• Shigure:KadniksHarbour- See the note below for the Volcano fight.
• Teresa:BeildSwamps
• Oscar:BeildSwamps
• Aifreed:BeildSwamps
• Shigure:KirarausVolcano - Note:Shigurehas 2 mysticartes. If you haveRokurouin the party, theArtewill be counted separately, so I suggest fighting him withRokurouin reserve for the first fight, and in the party for the second.Shigurealso likes to use a MysticArtejust as he is defeated, whichdoens'tcount. You must see it during the fight.
• Melchior:KirarausVolcano
• Artorius:Last Dungeon
• Kanonushi:Last Dungeon
• ArmatasizedArtorius: Last Dungeon - It does not make a difference if he is powered up due to completion of the Bonus Dungeon or not.

Tales ofBerseria: Side Boss MysticArtes

• Phoenix:Titania- This boss has 2 MysticArtes, make sure to see them both. One he uses regularly in battle and another one he uses when his HP drops to 0 to revive himself. He will not always do the second upon defeat, so be sure to make a save beforehand.
• DarkTurtlez: Katz Village - This boss also has 2 MysticArtes. One regular and one he uses after you use an item in the battle. So don't be stingy.
• Zaveid:GaiburkIcelands
• Jude:Yseult
• Milla:FigahlIcecaps
• JudeandMilla:NorminIsle - The MysticArtethey use in this battle is a dualarte, so make sure to see it before you defeat either of them.