The King of Bombs in Final Fantasy 16 is a rank B hunt added to the hunt board during the “Strange Science” side quest.
The Hunt Board points Clive to the area the Bomb King is in, but you may not have unlocked that location on the map yet. To speed things up, we have the Bomb King Location in Final Fantasy 16 below, as well as some tips for beating the bomb king for the “Strange Science” quest when you find it.
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Final Fantasy 16 Bomb King location
To unlock the Bomb King on the Hunt Board, you must first start the “Weird Science” main quest. This becomes available after completing the “Letting Off Steam III” portion of the “Out of the Shadow” main quest.
Once you have checked the Hunt Board after running ‘Weird Science’ the Bomb King is located in The Crock in Sanbreque, which is east of The Dragon’s Aery and north of The Imperial Chase. Fast travel to Aery’s Obelisk of the Dragon and head south for the fastest route to the Bomb King.
Here is a map showing exactly where to find the Bomb King:
We also have some tips for taking on The Bomb King below.
Tips for beating Bomb King in Final Fantasy 16
The Bomb King is a notorious level 33 B-rank mark that primarily attacks with projectiles. Additionally, it’s one of the few Hunt targets that doesn’t have a stagger bar.
For an edge in battle, here are some tips for beating The Bomb King in Final Fantasy 16:
- Shift abilities are useless – As the Bomb King does not have a stagger bar, there is no need to equip any stagger abilities, like Air Blast or Garuda Gouge. Instead, put all of your ability points into your high damage abilities, like those belonging to Titan, Phoenix, or Ifrit.
- Activate Clive’s Limit Break, then unleash abilities – This means you cause even more damage with Clive’s most powerful abilities. Start with the best, because the Limit Break gauge keeps dropping even in the ability animation, so you don’t have much time.
- Equip Berserker’s Ring For Extra Damage – The Berserker ring gives Clive a small window of increased damage after per forming a precision dodge, which comes in handy during the Bomb King fight as you’ll dodge his projectiles a lot.
- Use Will-o’-the-Wykes if you need more protection – This shooting ability creates a shield for Clive while damaging enemies and is useful for some protection against the Bomb King’s projectiles.
- Don’t forget that you can equip abilities on other Eikons – If you like more than two of an Eikon’s abilities, you can equip it on another Eikon as long as you master the ability, so remember that…
- Respecialization is free – You can refund any of your ability points for free and use those points to master another ability if you think it will help you more in The Bomb King fight. We recommend removing your Garuda abilities and replacing them with skills that cause more damage.
The rewards for defeating The Bomb King are:
- x1 Bomb Man
- x1 Meteorite
- 1,000 XP
- 65 ability points
- 20 Fame
- 9,000 gil
Once you kill the Bomb King, return to Owain at the Hideaway who will use it to create a Satchel of Cured Potions which increases the size of your potions inventory.
Good luck against the Bomb King in Final Fantasy 16!
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