Final Fantasy Resonance Earth Shrine Walkthrough (Route, Save Points and Boss)

The way through the Earth Shrine is not up the central stairs. You loop around the pedestal, drop to the lower floor, cross west under the start hall, and climb the west side to the second save point, where Belmodar waits outside the Crystal Chamber.

Quick answer: From the pedestal, go east, down to the lower floor, west under the start hall, then up the west staircases and grassy ramp. Use Lasswell’s Dawn Frost and Rain’s Fire on Belmodar.

Before you go in

The Earth Shrine is part of the Chapter 1 quest “Investigate the Earth Shrine” in Final Fantasy Resonance. Walking in triggers an “Autosaving…” message, and the entrance room has a save point, shown as a glowing pink circle. Stand on it, press F, and pick Save progress (our save guide covers slots and autosave).

Rain beside the pink save point in the Earth Shrine entrance room — The entrance room save point, next to the two chests.

Grab the two chests in the same room before moving on: one holds a Potion and the other an Ether.

The party is Rain and Lasswell, who arrive at Lv.1 and reach Lv.3 from the random battles before the second save point (this route was played on Normal difficulty). The mini-map ring turns red right before a battle starts, which is the Encounter Sensor at work.

The shrine doesn’t provide its own dungeon map. Selecting Main Menu > Map displays only the world map for Kingdom of Grandshelt, so rely on the mini-map in the upper-right to find your way inside. Press Z to toggle the mini-map (all the keys are in our controls guide).

Earth Shrine route, step by step

The shrine is one tall hall stacked on several levels. The camera looks down from the south, so north is up the screen and west is left, matching the mini-map.

From the entrance room, enter the main hall. Take the staircase in the center north to the platform with the stone pedestal.

Rain in the Earth Shrine main hall below the central stairs — The main hall, with the central stairs leading north.

Ascend the middle staircase to reach the pedestal platform, then stop instead of continuing north. That route takes you to an upper platform facing a gap filled with fog; a bright yellow doorway is visible across it, but you cannot cross the gap.

Rain on the pedestal platform beside the stone pedestal — The pedestal platform at the top of the central stairs.

Walk around the north side of the pedestal. Head north-east, passing between the pedestal and the arched bridge.

Rain walking round the north side of the stone pedestal toward the north-east — Going round the north side of the pedestal.

Follow that path to a landing on the east side. You’ll know you’re in the right place by the glowing crystals.

Rain on the east landing of the Earth Shrine near glowing crystals — The east landing with its glowing crystals.

Descend two flights of stairs south from the east landing to reach the lower floor.

Rain at the top of the stairs leading south down to the lower floor — The stairs south from the east landing to the lower floor.

Walk west along the lower floor, through an arched underpass beneath the start hall. A crystal blocks the way, so go around it on its south side.

Rain on the lower floor passage under the start hall, next to a crystal — The lower floor passage running west under the start hall.

Keep moving west, then south-west. Stop at the foot of a long staircase.

Climb that long staircase heading north.

Rain at the foot of the long staircase heading north — Climbing the long staircase north.

Cross the landing to the east, pass the pillar, and then head north.

Rain on the landing past the pillar with crystals by the railing — The landing past the pillar, before heading north.

This leads to a landing beside a broken bridge. Head west from it onto the grassy ramp.

Rain on the broken bridge landing with crystals among the rubble — The broken bridge landing, just before the grassy ramp.

Walk north up the grassy ramp.

Rain walking north up the grassy ramp in the Earth Shrine — The grassy ramp north.

At the ramp’s upper end, turn to the east and continue.

Make your way north up the lengthy staircase.

Rain at the foot of the long staircase up to the second save point — The long staircase up to the second save point.

As you approach, Lasswell remarks “The Earth Crystal is just up ahead…” The second save point is located at the top of the stairs.

Lasswell saying the Earth Crystal is just up ahead at the foot of the final staircase — Lasswell’s line that marks the end of the route.

Second save point, Tent rest and Teleport

The save point at the top of the long staircase is just outside the Crystal Chamber, and Belmodar is waiting in front of the chamber entrance. Save and heal here before going any further.

Rain standing in the glowing pink save circle at the top of the stairs — The second save point outside the Crystal Chamber.

The menu at this point presents three choices:

Save progress saves the game.
Rest in a tent shows “Use a tent to fully restore HP and MP.” and asks you to confirm using one Tent. You need a Tent in your items.
Teleport moves you between this save point and the one at the entrance.

The first time you touch this save point, a tutorial explains: “Teleport can be used at certain save points. When used, you can instantaneously travel between a save point at a dungeon’s entrance and one at its deepest point.” It follows with “You can now return to the save point at the entrance.” From then on, you can go back to the entrance and return here without walking the route again.

Save Point menu with Save progress, Rest in a tent and Teleport rows — This save point adds a third row, Teleport.

Earth Shrine boss: Belmodar (Lv.4)

Target it and the info reads “Lv.4 Belmodar”.

Belmodar roaring in front of the glowing Crystal Chamber doorway — Belmodar waits in front of the Crystal Chamber.

Before the fight, Rain says “It looks like it’s got a really thick hide… Doesn’t look like my blade’ll go through.” Lasswell replies “Perhaps it’s weak to your fire magic?” That’s the hint. Fire appears as one of its affinities once you’ve hit it.

Rain saying Belmodar has a really thick hide before the boss fight — Rain’s line before the fight, which Lasswell answers with the Fire hint.

Character	Command	Cost	Job
Lasswell	Dawn Frost	5 MP	Drain stagger gauge
Rain	Fire	5 MP	Damage

Belmodar uses Crush and Slam, both single-target hits: Slam did about 70 damage to Lasswell at Lv.3 and Crush did 113. Watch for its tell. Belmodar glows red, and its icon on the turn bar gets a red flare with a “!” before a Devastating Attack. The in-game tutorial notes that “Some enemies can unleash savage blows, which you can prevent by staggering them” and to “remember that you can always select Defend”.

Use Lasswell’s Dawn Frost each turn to wear down the stagger gauge with Ice physical damage. Once Belmodar is Staggered, its red attack is cancelled, and the round’s Bonus Phase gives you an extra action. Have Rain cast Fire every turn. Against a staggered Belmodar, one Fire deals 129 damage.

With both characters at Lv.3 and full HP after a Tent, this plan won the fight with no items used, even though a late Slam knocked Lasswell out and Rain finished Belmodar alone. Our full Belmodar boss guide covers its attacks and tells in more detail. The win pays EXP 121 and 301 Gil, and both Rain and Lasswell reach Lv.4.

After the Belmodar fight

A story scene plays inside the Crystal Chamber with an armoured figure shown only as “???”, after which Rain and Lasswell wake up. Two changes confirm the shrine is done. The Limit Burst row now appears in the battle command menu, and the quest objective switches to “Go to the town of Mitra” as Chapter 1, “Tailing the Truth”, continues.

After the shrine: Town of Mitra

Leave through the Earth Shrine’s exit and press F on “Proceed” to step out onto the Kingdom of Grandshelt world map. The game autosaves and brings up the “Map” tutorial. Press M to open the world map, which marks your current location and your destination.

Rain on the Kingdom of Grandshelt world map just outside the Earth Shrine — Leaving the Earth Shrine puts you on the Kingdom of Grandshelt world map.

The Town of Mitra is just south of the shrine. Follow the dirt path down from the shrine to the small town with a windmill beside the river. The name “Town of Mitra” appears on screen when you reach it, and pressing F on “Proceed” takes you inside. A short story scene plays as you arrive, with Rain saying “It’s been a while since we’ve been back home”, and your objective changes to “Go to Rain’s house”. Rain’s house is where you get your first two Visions, Tronn and Leah, and the guide on how to equip Visions covers that step.

Rain at the Town of Mitra on the world map with the F Proceed prompt — Press F on Proceed at the windmill town to enter Mitra.

Mitra item shop

The item shop is the house with a bag sign, east of the inn, which is the house with a bed sign. The Merchant inside asks “Is there anything in particular you’re looking for?” and offers you Buy and Sell.

Item	Price	What it does
Potion	100 Gil	“Restores 200 HP.”
Phoenix Down	200 Gil	“Revives a KO’d ally with 25% HP.”
Antidote Herb	100 Gil	“Cures Poison.”
Smoke Bomb	300 Gil	“Allows the party to flee from escapable battles.”

The Smoke Bomb row shows “Remaining: 3”, so the shop holds only three of them.

Mitra item shop Buy list with Potion, Phoenix Down, Antidote Herb and Smoke Bomb — The item shop Buy list, with Smoke Bomb limited to three.

Mitra weapon and armor shop

Find the weapon and armor shop in the crossed-swords-marked house, north of the item shop and beside the blue-roofed house. Inside, the left counter handles weapons and the middle one armor; a smith works at the forge on the right. From the Buy list, press R to bring up Compare Equipment.

Item	Counter	Price	Stats	Who can equip it
Bronze Sword	Weapons	350 Gil	Phys. Atk 28, Mag. Atk 13	Rain (Lasswell cannot equip it)
Uchigatana	Weapons	350 Gil	Phys. Atk 24, Mag. Atk 17	Lasswell (Rain cannot equip it)
Bronze Chestplate	Armor	300 Gil	Phys. Def 24, Mag. Def 22	Rain and Lasswell
Tunic	Armor	200 Gil	Phys. Def 16, Mag. Def 18	Rain and Lasswell

Against the gear Rain and Lasswell wear when they arrive, the shop’s comparison shows the Bronze Chestplate adding +19 Phys. Def and +19 Mag. Def on each of them, and the Tunic adding +11 and +15.

Mitra armor counter Buy list with Bronze Chestplate at 300 Gil and Tunic at 200 Gil — The Mitra armor counter, with the Bronze Chestplate compared against current gear.

The Bronze Sword adds +7 Phys. Atk and +4 Mag. Atk on Rain, and the Uchigatana adds +8 and +5 on Lasswell. On this Normal-difficulty route the party reaches Mitra with 1,990 Gil, and a Bronze Sword, an Uchigatana and two Bronze Chestplates come to 1,300 Gil in total.

Mitra weapon counter Buy list with Bronze Sword and Uchigatana at 350 Gil each — The Mitra weapon counter: Bronze Sword for Rain, Uchigatana for Lasswell.