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If you enjoy the challenge in Final Fantasy XVI, you may be disappointed to learn that the health bar of a boss will be decreased by 50% if you die and then choose the Retry option. With your character at full health with the maximum of points equipped, this mid boss fight check point significantly decreases the difficulty.

To see how you can fight the same fight again with the boss at 100% health, you can take a look at this tutorial from Seeking Tech.

Before we start, it is important to note that, if you die before removing at least 50% off of the health boss of a boss, then the boss will remain at 100% health when you restart the same fight. Instead, your character will be at 100% of health with a full array of potions to use.

If you deal more than 50% of the damage to a boss but ended up dying, then you need to take the following steps to fight the same battle again with the boss at full health:

1. In the Game Over screen, you need to select the Return to Title option instead of Retry.

2. You should then see a Return to Title Screen notification warning you that any unsaved progress will be lost. Here, you need to select Yes.

While you will lose a bit of progress, the game frequently auto saves; therefore, you most likely don’t need to do much to get back to the boss fight.

3. In the Title Screen, you can choose the Continue option to load your most recent save. Alternatively, you can also select the Load Game option and then select any of your previous Auto Save or Player Save.

4. Once you make your way back to the boss, you should notice that the health bar is back at 100% instead of 50% as you will be starting the fight from the very beginning instead of the middle of battle.

Once you unlocked Torgal to fight alongside you in battles, you will be able to level your pet attacks. To find out how you can do so, you can take a look at this tutorial from Seeking Tech.

What Torgal abilities can you level up?

When you unlock Torgal, you will be able to level up the following parameters:

Your pet has ten levels of Pedigree as the pet starts on Level 1. To level this stat up, you need to simply complete battles with Torgal in your party. So, along with the main quest, you might want to complete side quests and seek out any optional fights in order to grind out the Pedigree level.

You can also level up Torgal’s Sic attack. Your pet starts out at Level 1 for this ground-based action and can go all the way up to Level 3. To level this up, you can manually command the create to use Sic by pressing the Left directional button during combat to toggle from Item Shortcuts to Pet Commands and then pressing the Up directional button.

Another attack that can be leveled up is Lifting Attack, which can launch lighting enemies into the air, leveling them open for air combos. To increase the attack power for this move from Level 1 all the way to Level 3, you can manually issue the command during combat. In order to do so, press the Left directional button to switch from Item Shortcuts to Pet Commands and then press the Down directional button.

It is important to note that although Torgal also has a healing ability, which you can access by pressing the left directional button during combat to toggle from the Item Shortcuts layout to Pet Commands layout and then pressing the Right directional button. With that said, you won’t be able to level up the Heal ability at all.

How to level Torgal up quickly

In order to level up Torgal as quickly as possible, we recommend that you equip the Ring of Timely Assistance. By doing so, your pet will automatically attack on its own without your commands, which lets you focus on controlling Clive. With that said, you are still able to manually issue commands with this accessory if you need the pet to perform a specific action.

By having Torgal attack automatically with the occasional manual command, you should be able to level the aforementioned stats much faster than before,

As we stated above, make sure you sure you partake in doing side quests and fight optional battles aside from going straight through the main campaign. You can use the Arete Stone for optional fights.

Furthermore, you can also leave any dungeons you haven’t completed by opening the Map screen and then traveling to another area. Once you return to the same dungeon, you will need to start over from the very beginning of the stage. Since you will keep the experience points, ability points, gil and Torgal’s experience points you earned from completed battles, this should be a great way to grind out the stats for both Clive and his pet companion.

You may experience frequent crashing when playing Final Fantasy XVI on your PlayStation 5 or PlayStation 5 Digital Edition console. You may also see a CE-108255-1 error code stating that “something went wrong with this game or app.”

To see how you can prevent this Japanese role-playing game from glitching out you can take a look at this troubleshooting article from Seeking Tech.

1. For the first step, you should make sure that your PS5 isn’t overheating. There have been several reports stating that Final Fantasy 16 can cause the temperature of the console to quickly rise.

To see how you can deal with the overheating issues of this game, you can take a look at this guide.

2. If you have the game files installed on the M.2 Solid State Drive, then it may be leading to the frequent crashes.

In this case, you can try moving the files to the Console Storage. You can do so by going to the Settings menu of your PlayStation 5 and then selecting Storage.

3. While you are in the Storage menu, you should make sure that you have around 82.5 GB of free space on the Console Storage.

Otherwise, you may experience some performance issues, including crashes, when playing games on the internal SSD.

4. If you haven’t done so already, you should make sure that you have the latest system software installed. A new firmware usually comes with stability improvements, which should result in fewer crashing.

To see if there is a new system software available to download and install, go to the Settings menu of your console and then select System > System Software > System Software Update and Settings > Update System Software > Update Using Internet.

5. While you are at it, you should also make sure you have the latest patch installed for the game as well. The crashing issues seem to be common; therefore, it is likely that the problems will get fixed with future updates.

In order to manually trigger a patch download, move the menu cursor in the home screen of your PS5 to the Final Fantasy XVI game logo. Afterwards, press the Options button on the DualSense controller to bring up the pop-up window. Finally, select the Check for Update option.

6. You can also try rebuilding the database of the PlayStation 5 by doing the following:

• Completely turn off the console.
• Press and hold the power button on the console until you hear a second beeping noise.
• Connect the DualSense to the console via a USB cable and then press the PS logo button on the controller.
• Select Clear Cache and Rebuild Database from the Safe Mode menu.
• Afterwards, select Rebuild Database.

7. You can also try deleting the game files and then re-installing them again.

8. One last potential solution is to factory reset your PS5.

Before doing so, you should back up your files by going to Settings > System > System Software > Back Up and Restore > Back Up Your PS5.

To perform a factory reset, go to Settings > System > System Software > Reset Options > Reset your Console.

Once the factory reset process has been completed, restore your backed up data by heading over to Settings > System > System Software > Back Up and Restore > Restore Your PS5.

When playing Final Fantasy XVI, you may not be able to hear any dialogue. To see how you can potentially fix this missing voice audio issue, you can take a look at this troubleshooting article from Seeking Tech.

Before we start, it is important to note that not all conversations are voiced in this video game. There are times when a character will only say a few words and nothing else. In these conversations, you should see a background overlay at the bottom of the screen with a prompt saying that you need to press the X button on the controller in order to move on to the next phase of the conversation.

This is most likely done as a cost saving measure as it takes money to hire an actor to voice the lines in this Japanese role-playing game. So, while the important lines are voiced, some of the less important conversations are displayed as text only.

If you also can’t hear dialogue during cut scenes as well as other scenarios where you expect there to be voices, then you should make sure that you didn’t mute the Voice Volume. In order to do so, you need to take the following steps:

Start off by opening the System Menu. You can do so, by selecting Config from the title screen or System from the Main Menu if you already loaded into your save file.

In the System Menu, use the L1 and R1 buttons to switch to the Sound Settings tab.

From the Sound Settings tab, make sure that the Voice-over Volume is not set to 0. In our case, we decided to move this slider all the way to 100 as we found that the voice volume to be a little low.

In the same Sound Settings tab, you can also try increasing the Master Volume. Furthermore, you can try lowering the Music Volume and Effects volume to see if you are able to hear the voiced dialogue better.

Torgal is a special party member as you will able to give direct command to your pet during combat. With that said, it can be somewhat clunky to do so in intense fights.

To see how you can have your companion attack automatically without any commands, you can check out this tutorial from Seeking Tech.

1. If you haven’t done so already, you need to progress far enough into the main campaign until you gain the ability to use Pet Commands.

2. Once you can start using Torgal, you should also get the Ring of Timely Assistance added to your inventory. If you equip this accessory, then Torgal will be able to attack and heal without any input from you as a player.

Otherwise, you will have to press the press the left directional button to switch from item short cuts to pet commands. You can then use the up, down, and right directional buttons to command your pet. As you can see, this can be somewhat tricking during intense battles. Not to mention that you won’t be able to use your item shortcuts and issue pet commands at the same time.

So, in order to make fights more manageable, we recommend equipping the Ring of Timely Assistance.

3. To equip this accessory, you first need to press the Options button on the DualSense to open the Main Menu. Make sure you do so outside of combat; otherwise, you won’t be able to change equipment during the middle of fights.

4. In the Main Menu, use the L2 and R2 shoulder buttons to make your way to the Gear & Eikons Menu.

5. From there, select an accessory slot that you want to use for Ring of Timely Assistance.

6. You can then select the Ring of Timely Assistance from your inventory.

It is important to note that the Ring of Timely Strikes come with the same effect as Ring of Timely Assistance. So, if you already have the Ring of Timely Strikes equipped, then you don’t have to waste an accessory slot by equipping the Ring of Timely Assistance.

7. The next time you are engaged in combat, you should be able to notice Torgal attacking and healing on its own accord.

It is important to note that, even if you have the Ring of Timely Strikes or Ring of Timely Assistance, you can still issue direct commands to your pet if you want to during combat sequences.

You may find that the default running speed can be too slow when you are exploring in Final Fantasy XVI. To see how you can navigate towards these areas in a faster manner, you can take a look at this tutorial in Seeking Tech.

Can you run faster in a town?

Unfortunately, you won’t be able to increase a sprinting speed while exploring a town as you won’t be able to dodge.

Can you run faster in an open field?

During the more open areas in Final Fantasy 16, you should be able to run faster by simply holding the left analog stick in the same direction for a few seconds.

If you managed to complete the White-Winged Wonder and gain the ability to ride a Chocobo, then you can move around the open environments much faster as well.

How to move faster in dungeons

When exploring in linear dungeons, you won’t be able to full into a full sprint. With that said, there are several tricks you can use to move around faster.

Clive can dash a small distance by dodging. When you dodge on the ground, however, it will take Clive a few seconds to recover in order to move again. If you do so from the air, however, you can cancel the recovery animations. As a result, you can move around a lot faster as opposed to running.

In order to perform this action, you can do the following:

Press the X button to jump. While in the middle of the air, press the R1 button to dodge and then the Triangle button to use magic in order to cancel the falling animation.

Alternatively, you can press the X button to jump. While in the middle of the air, press the Triangle button to use magic and then immediately press the R1 button to dodge.

The aforementioned buttons are based on the Type A and Type C layouts. If you are using the Type B layout instead, then you have to press the Circle button to dodge and the R2 button to use magic instead.

By jumping, dodging and then cancelling the falling animation, you should be able to cover more ground in the same amount of time as opposed to simply running.

How to move faster in combat

In order to move faster in combat, you need to learn how to perform a Precision Dodge.

To do so, you need to press the dodge button just before the enemy hits you with their attack. If you got the timing right, then you should see the words Precision Dodge pop up on the screen and time will slow down for a brief moment.

You can also use the Phoenix Shift Eikonic Ability to dash right to the target and then attack. This may end up stunning the enemy for a few seconds, allowing you to get a combination of hits in before they recover.

There are also plenty of abilities that you can unlock from the Abilities menu that should make moving around the combat arenas much quicker. So, make sure you unlock these new moves with the Ability Points you earned.

When playing Final Fantasy XVI on your PlayStation 5 or PlayStation 5 Digital Edition console, you may see the lights and/or shadows constantly flicker. To see how you can potentially fix this graphical bug, you can take a look at this troubleshooting article from Seeking Tech.

Based on our experience, the flickering issues occur when you are playing the game in Graphics Mode with Variable Refresh Rate enabled. Keep in mind that Final Fantasy 16 has a maximum frame rate of 30 fps in Graphics Mode; therefore, VRR is not helpful as it only has a range of 48 fps to 60 fps on the PS5.

To fix the flickering bug in Graphics Mode, you can try disabling Variable Refresh Rate by taking the following steps:

• Press and hold the PS button on the DualSense controller to open the home menu.
• From the home menu, navigate towards the top right side of the screen and then select the gear icon.
• After getting to Settings, select Screen and Video.
• In the Screen and Video menu, select Video Output from the left column and then VRR on the right side.
• Finally, make sure that VRR is set to Off.

You should also be able to fix the flickering issues by playing Final Fantasy XVI in Frame Rate Mode. This should get rid of the light and shadow flicker while also increasing the fps to a maximum of 60 fps. If you have Variable Refresh Rate enabled, then the stutters in the game will be smoother out as long as the frame rate stays above 48 fps.

In order to change game performance mode, you need to do the following:

• To start off, you need to open the System Menu in FF16. You can do so by selecting Config from the title screen or System from the Main Menu.
• In the System Menu, use the L1 and R1 buttons to change tabs until you get to Graphics Settings.
• From the Graphics Settings tab, you can change Game Performance from Graphics to Frame Rate.

You may find that you have a hard time hearing the voices in Final Fantasy XVI. Fortunately, you are able to make the dialogue clearer. To find out how you can properly do so in this Japanese role-playing game, you can take a look at this tutorial from Seeking Tech.

1. For the first step, you need to open the System menu in FF16. In order to do so from the title screen before loading your save file, you need to select Config.

If you are already loaded into the game, then you need to press the Options button on the DualSense when you are not viewing a cut scene. Afterwards, use the L2 and R2 buttons to switch menus until you get to System.

2. From the System Menu, use the L1 and R1 buttons until you moved over to the Sound Settings tab.

3. You should find the following sliders from Sound Settings:

• Master Volume
• Music Volume
• Voice-over Volume
• Effects Volume

By default, the Master Volume is set to 70 while the Music, Voice-over and Effects Volumes are set to 100.

4. To make the voice volume sound clearer, we suggest that you turn down the Music and Effects Volumes.

5. If the voice still sounds low, then you can return to the Sound Settings menu and then increase the Master Volume.

6. The voice and other volume may be low if you have your microphone turned on.

In this case, you can either turn off the microphone or change the audio balance to favor the game audio. In order to do the latter, press the PS logo button on the DualSense to being up the Control Center quick menu. From there, select Sound at the bottom and then move the Audio Balance slider to the left in order to make the game audio louder.

7. You can also try changing the audio output device.

In our experience, we have a much easier time hearing the dialogue by using a headset as opposed to the built-in speakers of your television.

If you pre-order Final Fantasy XVI, then you will get the following in-game items:

• Scholar’s Spectacles
• Cait Sith Charm
• Braveheart

If you have a hard time finding and unlocking these bonuses in the Japanese role-playing game, then you can check out this tutorial from Seeking Tech to see how you can properly do so.

1. If you haven’t done so already, make sure you have the pre-order bonuses already downloaded.

If you bought the game digitally from the PlayStation Store, then you should be able to download the extra content without having to enter any extra codes.

If you purchase a physical copy from a participating retailer, then you should get a voucher that you can redeem on the PlayStation Store. You may be able to find the code from receipt or email.

In order to check whether or not you have the pre-order bonuses unlocked, you need to do the following:

• Return to the home screen of your PlayStation 5 or PlayStation 5 Digital Edition console.
• From there, move the cursor over to the Final Fantasy XVI icon and then press the Options button.
• Select Manage Game Content from the pop-up menu.
• You should see the word “Usable” listed for the Scholar’s Spectacles, Cait Sith Charm and Braveheart. If not, you should be able to download these items from the same Manage Game Content menu.

2. It is also important to note that the pre-order bonuses won’t unlock right away. Instead, you have to complete the “A Chance Encounter” mainline scenario. From the start of the game, it should take around two hours to reach that point in the story.

You should see the Final Fantasy XVI logo splash on the screen as well as the following message:

• “Additional content is now available for redemption. These items cab be claimed from the System tan in the Main Menu.”

Keep in mind that Final Fantasy XVI has a playable demo. If you managed to complete that demo and created a clear save file, you will be able to resume from where you left off in the main game. Since the demo ends after you complete the “A Chance Encounter” mainline scenario, you should be able to unlock the pre-order bonuses right away after loading your cleared save data.

3. Once you see the aforementioned “Claiming Redeemable Items” message, press the Options button outside of cut scenes to open the Main Menu.

4. Next, use the L2 and R2 buttons to navigate over to System.

5. From the System menu, use the L1 and R1 buttons to make your way to the Redeemable Items tab, which is represented with a treasure icon.

6. You should find the following pre-order bonuses:

The Scholar’s Spectacles increases the amount of experience points earn by 10%.

The Cait Sith Charm increases the amount of gil earned by 25%.

The Braveheart is a weapon with stats of 100 in power and 130 in Stagger.

7. Select an item that you want to redeem.

8. When asked if you want to claim the item, select the Yes option.

9. The pre-order bonuses should now be added to your inventory. You can equip them from the Gear & Eikons section of the Main Menu.

The Braveheart gives you a significant boost in attack and stagger power for the early parts of Final Fantasy 16.

The Scholar’s Spectacles and Cait Sith Charm gives you more rewards during combat, which means that you won’t have to grind as much to get more experience points and/or money.