Vile Eye

Vile Eye is an Enemy in Dragon's Dogma.

A smaller version of the Evil Eye, they look like a floating eyeball with no eyelids and no tentacles attached.

Overview

Type	Eye
Experience gained	Base Experience of 550 Can be more or less depending on a few factors such as: Having fewer pawns Being under the effect of Weal Use of the Bezel Crown bow Being in Hard Mode Having higher or lower level pawns
Location	The Everfall (Post-Dragon) Chamber of Sorrow Chamber of Apprehension Bitterblack Isle Pre-Daimon Rotunda of Dread Gutter of Misery The Black Abbey Post-Daimon Forsaken Cathedral Rotwood Depository The Bloodless Stockade
Items	Malecryst Shard Malecryst Evil Eyeball
Quests	Destruction (slay 10 Vile Eyes)

Stats	Health	Attack	Defense	Magick Attack	Magick Defense	Weight
Stats	2000	600	250	1,200	650	20

Relative Damage Taken	Slash	Bash	Fire	Ice	Thunder	Holy	Dark
Relative Damage Taken	100%	75%	30%	30%	70%	100%	10%

Sources: Dragon's Dogma - ドラゴンズドグマ＆ Dark Arisen (www10.atwiki.jp), the 'Dragon's Dogma Signature Series Guide' and in-game testing.

Attacks

Attack	Type	Description
Barrier	Spec	Erects a defensive shield to protect itself from all damage (can be broken with enough magick attacks). The Vile Eye cannot cast magick while the shield is maintained.
Charge	Phys	Snaps with its lids few times then charges forward while maintaining its barrier.
Dimensional Phase-Shift	Spec	Teleports to cover ground quickly.
Ocular Magick	Mag	The eye lowers its shield and casts spells such as Levin, Ingle, or Frigor.
Crippling Beam	Spec/Mag	The Vile Eye lowers its barrier and emits a Petrification beam. May also inflict blind, Torpor, Silence, Poison and Curse.
Petrifying Glare	Spec	If a Vile Eye is picked up and aimed at other foes, it will emit a beam that can be used to petrify them.
Evil Pulse	Mag/Status	The Eye pauses as it prepares a spell, signified by its eye glowing bright crimson. After a short incantation time, the spell will be released with a shockwave that can knockover, it will also remove Weapon enchantments and may inflict Skill Stifling.

Pawn Bestiary Knowledge

For full information, refer to the Bestiary page.

Enemy specific:

Vulnerable to damage only when casting spells
Can be picked up when knocked down to the floor and used to petrify other enemies
Weak to Holy.

In addition to witnessing these techniques, it is necessary for Pawns to participate in killing 75 Vile Eyes either with their own Arisen or while travelling with others.

Pawn Chatter

"What could that round mass be?"

"Draw other beasts before the eye's glare!"

"Beware its gaze!" (Vile Eye using its gaze)

"Pierce the eye while it casts!"

"Its barrier is lowered while it intones a spell!"

Tactics

Offensive

Chamber of Sorrow A4. 2 Vile Eyes slain.

Wait for their shields to drop before attacking with fast dash attacks (like Blitz Strike or Cutting Wind) or ranged attacks.

Resistant to all Elemental Attributes except Holy, and especially so to dark.
Immune to all debilitations except Burning.
The magickal barrier is completely impenetrable (like the Evil Eye's). Wait until the Vile Eye begins to spellcast before attacking it.
Has relatively low health and is easy to stagger.
Striders: the Dark Arisen skill Soaring Stone can lift Eyes into the air, breaking their barrier, and leaving them vulnerable to further attacks.
If picked up while stunned or knocked down, the Vile Eye's Petrifying Glare can be used to inflict Petrification upon enemies via the light that the Vile Eye will produce. Doing so will gain Pawns Bestiary knowledge.

Defensive

Beware its Petrification gaze.

Trivia

The Vile Eye bears a strong resemblance to the Beholders of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.

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