Nightmare Zikel: level 10 at 2,100–2,600 on every class

Level-10 clears posted between 23 and 28 Oct: Cleric at 2,330 Item Level with 120k combat power (Intelligent_Tear9488) and at 2.5k / 130k (Velzanna); Sorcerer at 2,225 / 134k with a shield stigma in place of Delayed Explosion (svinsts) and at 2,100 / 120k 'playing it safe' (squibblord); Assassin below 2,600 (Borbbb), at 2,500 (DanePKMN) and at 2,456 / 125k (Coalecsence); Templar at 2.5k (Forestgaze9); one player at 2,750 in 57 seconds; a Ranger took stage 1 at 1,613 / 102k after 20–30 tries. A 2.8k Assassin gave up at stage 6 and calls the fight 'uber cancer' — it is a patience check, not a gear check.

Movement-speed scroll (Lazy_Ad348) and stamina food (Available_Joke_8929, HovercraftFlimsy2154): with food the whole mechanic takes two dodges, and a Chanter's Sprint Mantra 10 solves stamina on its own. Dodge behind him after each attack; the bleed is what kills squishy classes (Malanoob), so clear it before the next hit. Tickets are not lost on a wipe (xNavyy), and the statue comes after stage 1 (michaelman90). The season mission wants every level-10 boss under a minute (shazwing98) — that is a separate goal from the clear. The 28 Oct patch cut the HP buff's one-shots a little; Assassins and Sorcerers still report near one-shots from the heavy hits.

Sorcerer: Delayed Explosion out for the shield stigma, or Cold Storm out and Steel Barrier in, with a movement scroll and food; one player went from stuck at stage 2 to stage 7 that way at 3–4 minutes a fight; stamina is the Sorcerer's problem. Assassin: stamina food is the whole difference (the 35-upvote video guide), and the 60 s Illusive Clone since 28 Oct gives a burst every minute. Cleric, one Korean method (27 Oct): take the gear off and hit only Condemnation with the stagger stigma and the root until the boss is at 90% so the stagger gauge fills before the first pattern, re-equip from a preset as he starts walking, kite him (he jumps when you are more than about 15 m away) and burst inside the 20-second stagger. Gladiator (Korea): some 20-second clears use Aerial Snare six times with its options 3 and 5 instead of Defiance — slightly more damage, Nightmare-only because of its stop-motion. Templar (Korea): keep Judgment's activation unbroken by weaving Battlefield Banner, Doom Shield, Taunt and Assault Fury mid-cycle. Sorcerer (Korea): stop at 90.1% so he walks to you and bait the red floor for a stable pattern; after that it is Perfect and Double luck.

Since 28 Oct the Wind Breeze Merchants sell Instant Clear Ticket: Nightmare — 14 a week per server at 30,000 Kinah each (Sigmatics); only levels you have already cleared can be ticketed (Borbbb), so the clears still have to be earned once. Every Nightmare reward in the game's tables is Phantasmal Fragments, paid by the clear's grade; our Nightmare pages give each boss's level, entry rule and the fragments per clear, lowest to highest grade.