Break Off

Break Off is a term indicating when a player attacks a particular location on a Bosses (or sub boss) several times, an item possessed by it will fall off.

Description
When the vulnerable area is hit by a sufficiently powerful attack or object, it may twitch due to the injury (ex. Sturdy Emuloch will hold his left arm and shake it twice).

After several such attacks, the item will be successfully broken off and will fall from the boss as an Evil Core with a question mark above it. It can only be obtained after the boss's defeat. Certain broken items may fall on the ground and be usable, albeit for only one hit.

In order to obtain a break off, you must impact the spot using either a Spear, objects (preferably large, such as a pillar piece), or skills, namely Counterattack, SP: Shield Bash, Double Crescent, Windmill, Gliding Fury, Lightning Fury, Active: Fury No.7, Firebolt, and Smash attacks.

Some enemies, like the Giant Polar Bear, have break off spots that cannot be reached normally and must be attacked using a spears or objects.

You can damage break off points when the enemy is knocked down, but you must wait until the reaction animation finishes before you can land another break off hit. Successful hits during the reaction animation won't count. An exception to this is Ahglan.