Behemoth King, its Lv.140 variant known as the Dread Behemoth, is a boss in Final Fantasy XV. Its normal version is fought during The Cure for Insomnia main quest in the original edition or during A Glaive out of Time side quest in the Royal/Windows Edition. Its Lv.140 variant is fought as a Timed Quest hunt. Although this version has a different name, the two are identical in appearance, use the same attacks, and dread behemoth's bestiary entry is listed under the behemoth king as "Beta".
The king is a colossal winged behemoth. Its design is based on an artwork by Yoshitaka Amano 
made for the original Final Fantasy.
A white variant exists as an optional enemy in Final Fantasy XV: Episode Prompto called Kaiser Behemoth.
Bestiary[]
- Alpha
- Lord of all beasts, made mightier and more menacing by a sudden mutation that caused it to sprout great wings. Even the most psychotic of daemons dares not approach the king, whose blood-chilling roar is infused with the power of ice.
- Size: 92.42 ft. Weight: 451.68 t
- Beta (Dread Behemoth)
- A king among kings, this subspecies of behemoth kneels before no beast. It bounds in to an area without warning, upending the entire local ecosystem in so doing. Its tendency to strike suddenly and violently has drawn comparisons to the unforeseen falling of the Meteor in the age of the gods.
- Size: 92.06 ft. Weight: 442.34 t
Stats[]
Boss
Dread Behemoth
Battle[]
Behemoth king uses both magical and physical attacks. It cannot be scanned in Wait Mode. Its roar, telegraphed by ice particles in the air, envelops the battlefield in ice, inflicting Frozen on all characters, and also healing itself as it absorbs ice. This effect wears off, though it will be used again if the battle is prolonged. This roar cannot be phased through and has to be evaded otherwise. It can also shoot chunks of ice out of its mouth. It swipes those in front of it with its colossal claws (can be phased through). The Behemoth King's attacks do Max HP damage like those of a daemon.
Behemoth King is weak to greatswords. It can be a dangerous opponent for an under-prepared party, as its attacks are quick and can do heavy damage, in addition to the damage over time inflicted from Frozen. It can swipe it large tail in an arc. It can fly high in the air to prepare a dive-down strike, doing enough damage to potentially KO a low-leveled party. If controlling Noctis, this attack can be blocked and parried with correct timing; Noctis slides under it to behind it for a surprise attack.
Strategy[]
Frozen can be negated by equipping a Ribbon or eating foods that give Resilient. Equipping accessories that provide resistance to ice-elemental damage, such as an Ice Crest, may also be used. Foods that give Resistant make the party immune to elemental damage. For DLC content, Prompto's Tundra Attire gives +60% ice resistance, and Gentiana's Feast of the Divine from Final Fantasy XV: Comrades (now a default recipe) gives immunity to ice.
When the king is vulnerable after a successful parry to its dive attack, the player should have Ignis use his Overwhelm technique to deal a good chunk of damage, or if it has low enough health, to defeat it. Character-switching to Gladiolus is recommended, as he can take advantage of the behemoth king's weakness to greatswords, guard when necessary, and deal extreme damage with his Dual Master technique.
The player can dispel the blizzard the king conjures with their own elemancy or a perfectly timed Holy. This also stops it from gaining health from the ice effect.
Dread behemoth[]
The dread behemoth is faced near Cape Caem on the 10th day of a month and near Longwythe Peak on the 31st, accompanied by a tyraneant. It has different weapon resistances than the regular variant, taking half damage from greatswords, daggers. and firearms (making character-swapping not optimal) and being immune to all elements. It still uses the same attacks as its normal boss form, but is much more powerful.
Various choices on buffs are available through food. Lower leveled players can obtain the Equalizer buff, such as Seasoned Midgardsormr, as dread behemoth is beyond the level cap. Another choice is guaranteed critical hits through foods such as Scientia-Style Sushi. Ice or elemental damage immunity is available through food such as Lasagna al Forno.
Using the same strategy as against the tyraneant works, though their weapon affinities are different, the greatswords being the best against the latter. Blindsiding to trigger link-strikes, especially if the player has unlocked Limit Break in the Ascension and is wearing Friendship Bands on the allies, can deal a lot of damage fast. It can be hard to trigger the blindside strikes on the behemoth, however, even when standing right under it. The player can gear Noctis toward strength with attires, accessories, royal arms (can be kept passive to still make use of the stat boost, as the dread behemoth is the only enemy in the game that resists damage from the royal arms), and Power EX items. When going for blindsides, the player can switch to a greatsword in a nick of time for a chance to trigger a powerful link-strike with Gladiolus or Ignis. Prompto's Piercer lowers its defense. His Gravisphere can also be good for continual damage.
The player should aim to break all of the behemoth's limbs to drastically lower its stats. This can be done manually with the Cerberus gun.
If the player has the Ragnarok, they can repeatedly warp-strike for great damage. To get the rare Lord Vexxos treasure, the player can warp-strike the dread behemoth head on to break its horn off.
Dread behemoth's ice attack.
The player can dispel the dread behemoth's blizzard with lightning elemancy. It deals no damage, but the dread behemoth absorbs the other elements, and dispelling the blizzard can stall it and stops it from gaining health from the ongoing ice storm. The player can still craft other beneficial additions to the lightning magic, like Healcast or Expericast.
The player is immune to damage if they wear charged Magitek Exosuits, which can be endlessly charged by adjusting the console's clock.
Other appearances[]
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Etymology[]
Behemoth is a beast mentioned in Job 40:15–24. In addition to mythological creatures, it is likened to dinosaurs, especially sauropods, as well as elephants, hippos, rhinos, and bison. Metaphorically, the term behemoth denotes "an extremely large or powerful entity".
Related enemies[]
- Deadeye
- Rogue Behemoth
- Behemoth
- Behemoth Tyrant
- Kaiser Behemoth (Episode Prompto)