A KING'S TALE: FINAL FANTASY XV

You unlock Dream Battles once you complete the main story. There are 25 Dream Battles total and each has a special challenge.

1. Warriors of the Night – Complete the battle without the use of magic.
   Utilize companions and Armiger. Cid is a great crowd control companion. You'll only be dealing with Skeletons, Ronins and Goblins, so they shouldn't pose much of a threat.
    
2. Beasts of the Duscae Wilds – Activate Cid in battle three or more times.
   To activate Cid, build up your combo enough so companions are available for use. Then press + to call him into battle. He's easily the most useful companion, so you'll get use to using him a lot. Once you've used him three times, proceed as normal until the end of the challenge.
    
3. Royal Octopus Army – Defeat three or more enemies using a single Armiger.
   Best way to do this is to perform a Battle Bond. To do so, use each companion before using your Armiger. You must do so without getting hit or you'll lose your progress in building your Armiger meter. When ready, activate it with and you should kill at least three enemies in the process. Just make sure there are actually three enemies on the field when you activate it.
    
4. Urban Brawl – Complete the battle without the use of companions.
   You can still use Armiger. Utilize Magic as well. Knock Bombs into enemies. Deflect projectiles whenever possible. Use Shield Stun ( ) on Midgardsomrs.
    
5. Melee by Moonlight – Use every magic type and every companion at least once during battle.
   You have three types of Magic: Fire, Thunder and Blizzard. Your MP bar is divided into three sections. To use Magic, hold until your desired level. Holding it until just after the first section will unleash basic Fire/Thunder/Blizzard. Holding it all the way will get you Firaga/Thundaga/Blizzaga. Select which element to use with the directional pad. Use each element once. I recommend sticking to just level one magic until you've used each of them.
   
   You'll also need to activate all three companions. You have three companions: Cid ( + ), Weskham ( + ), and Clarus ( + ). Activate each of them once. You do this by building up your combo until they're available for use. When you use one, you must build your combo up again. A combo ends when you are hit.
    
6. Justicar's Judgement – Survive the battle without taking any damage.
   Not as difficult as it sounds. You have to survive for four minutes, which then you can use the Crystal to summon an Astral and end the battle. Kill off your biggest threats: the Killer Bee and the Bomb. Then simply run around and avoid enemies until the Crystal is available for use. I just ran around the perimeter of the field. If a Ronin is close, roll past them.
    
7. Gaia's Gigas – Perform 10 Aerial Smashes during battle.
   To perform an Aerial Smash, you must first do a Rising Fury ( ) Then immediately hit again to perform an Aerial Smash. Ronins are pretty easy to use this on. The Red Ronins you'll have to smack them with otherwise they block your hits.
    
8. Lightning on the Plains – Dispatch 10 or more enemies with fire.
   You have plenty of time to do this as it's a Crystal battle, which doesn't end until you activate the Crystal after a certain amount of time has passed. There are Flans who will die with one hit of Fire (as long as they aren't Red Flans). Don't forget to grab the MP they drop! Make the most of your fires. I assume deaths by oil fires count as well, so make sure you hit oil puddles. As soon as you're confident you have ten fire kills, activate the Crystal to end the challenge.
    
9. Global Warming – Perform 10 Aerial Bashes during battle.
   To perform an Aerial Bash, you must first do a Rising Fury ( ) Then immediately hit again to perform an Aerial Bash. Ronins are pretty easy to use this on. The Red Ronins you'll have to smack them with otherwise they block your hits.
    
10. Tidal Torment – Freeze 20 or more enemies with ice magic over the course of the battle.
    You have all the time in the world as this is a Crystal battle. Group enemies together and use your stage one Blizzard to hit as many enemies as possible (for as little MP as possible). You should get to 20 in no time. Once the Crystal is available, activate it as soon as you're confident you've completed the task.
     
11. Onslaught – Activate each companion's attack three times during battle.
    See #5 Melee by Moonlight for more details about activating companions.
    
    I went one at a time, so one companion three times before moving on to the next. There are plenty of enemies and opportunities. I think I had enough opportunity to active each five times, so three should not be a problem.
     
12. Slow Night – Extinguish 5 or more lamps during battle.
    To extinguish a Tonberry's lamp, you must hit it with Blizzard. If you're in its lamp's light, you'll move slower, so it's in your advantage to do this anyways. There are more than enough Tonberries to extinguish five lamps.
     
13. Slithering Surprise – Shield Stun 5 or more Midgardsormrs during battle.
    To perform a Shield Stun, press . Midgardsormr are the snake creatures that emerge from underground, attack and go back under. As soon as one pops up, make sure you're behind it and perform this move. This temporarily prevents the Midgardsormr from going back underground, and is the most effect way to defeat these enemies.
     
14. Two by Two; Red and Blue – Complete the battle without the use of companions or magic.
    You can use Armiger, so use that whenever possible. Roll past Iron Giants when they're about to attack and attack them from behind. Focus on one Iron Giant at a time. The further they are apart, the easier they are to dispatch.
     
15. Quick Mix – Defeat three or more enemies during a single Armiger.
    See #3 Royal Octopus Army.
    
    I managed to earn I Dream of Awesome in the process, but that's not necessary for this. It's also an easy Battle to earn Light Sleeper.
     
16. Blades and Bones – Survive the battle without taking any damage.
    The only enemies are Skeletons, Ronins and the occasional Malboro. Skeletons are easily dispatched with Cyclone and Ronins are easily dispatched with Heavy Strike. Make sure you kill Malboros as soon as they spawn as their breath can be detrimental to your success. There are oil spots on the field, you can light on fire. This will damage enemies as they walk on them. Use Cid and Magic for needed crowd control. Armiger never hurts, but are more valuable when faced with Malboros.
     
17. Steel, Born of Fire – Dispatch 15 or more ronins with bomb detonations.
    Damage Ronins before knocking Bombs into them. Also helps to hit the Bombs a few times so they increase in size and blast damage. Make every Bomb count as their numbers are fairly limited.
     
18. No Ribbon for You – Complete the battle without suffering any status effects.
    Simply watch out for Malboros. Kill them as fast as possible. Cid is great for crowd control and Armiger can make easy work of them. Their bad breath is easy to avoid as long you keep your distance.
     
19. Big Game Hunting – Dispatch 3 or more Garulas.
    Garulas are the big buffalo-like creatures that won't do anything unless you go near them. They begin charging, knocking you around if you're in their path. Armiger will make quick work of them. Blizzard will slow them down giving you more time to take them out. Just kill three and proceed to the end of the battle.
     
20. The Bigger They Are… - Complete the battle without the use of companions.
    You'll be fighting Flans, Iron Giants and Behemoths. No more than two larger enemies at once thankfully. Flans mostly serve as a way to recharge your Magic, which you should be using. Blizzard is nice as it slows enemies down. Thunder is nice as well if you get everyone on the giant puddle. You can use Armiger, but don't use companions.
     
21. Stomp Bothering Me – Dispatch 6 or more Garulas.
    Similar to Big Game Hunting, except you need to kill twice as many Garulas. There are no shortage of them in this battle. Make sure you kill them as you see them.
     
22. Flantastic – Complete the battle without the use of magic.
    Luckily, you can use Armiger and companions! Attacking Flans can easily build up your combo. Cid is very effective in this, so line up enemies and activate him.
     
23. Bashteroids – Complete the battle in less than 2 minutes.
    You do need to be quick with this one as 2 minutes is not lenient. Utilize Bombs as much as possible. Hope that falling rocks kill larger/many enemies. Takes a bit of luck.
     
24. Deflection Year – Complete the battle without the use of magic or companions.
    The secret to this is deflecting projectiles. You'll be faced with Killer Bees, Cactuars and Tonberries. Be ready to deflect projectiles as they're fired at you. This launches the projectile back at whoever shot it. As for Tonberries, using Cyclone ( ) works well on them.
     
25. King of Pain – Stun 20 or more enemies with lightning.
    Time to fight the final boss again! How to defeat him is exactly the same as before. You must stun at least 20 enemies with lightning in the process. Line up the enemies and unleash your stage one lightning magic. Once you’re confident you have 20 stuns, finish the battle.