Bosses

A boss is a major encounter, a single named creature rather than one of many, and each holds signature items that exist nowhere else in the world. No merchant stocks them and they never turn up as ordinary loot, so killing the boss is the only way to take them.

Several signature drops are materials rather than finished gear, and those are crafted into a matching piece, as described on each item page.

This page names the bosses already known, while many others go unnamed here, and those are yours to find in play.

Phases

Bosses fight in phases. When a boss is hurt past a threshold it changes form, takes on a new set of attacks, and spends the rest of its turn on the change. A hit that reaches a phase stops there, so no single blow can skip a phase or kill a boss through one. Some bosses heal back to full health as they enter a new phase while others carry their wounds into it, and some change form when a particular character dies. A boss you leave alone returns to its first form once it has fully recovered.

Some phases are triggered by events and items rather than by the boss's health.

Home ground

Some bosses are bound to their home ground, a set of places around their lair that is usually far wider than the spot where you fight them. A bound boss never leaves its home ground, so it will not follow you once you travel beyond it, and you never meet it anywhere else. Most bound bosses are gargantuan or waterborne creatures, and a few keep to a smaller range where that suits them, while humanoid and regular-sized bosses move freely.

Aethuryn

Guardian of the Veridian Loch

Sub-raceSnake

RaceBeast

Found atVeridian Loch

Signature dropsVeridian Eye

Ancient Black Dragon

Avatar of the Void

Sub-raceBlack dragon

RaceDragon

Signature dropsAncient Dragon Wing · Black Dragon Scales

Ancient Gold Dragon

Celestial Guardian of the Dawn

Sub-raceGold dragon

RaceDragon

Signature dropsAncient Dragon Wing · Gold Dragon Scales

Ancient Green Dragon

The Viridian Schemer

Sub-raceGreen dragon

RaceDragon

Signature dropsAncient Dragon Wing · Green Dragon Scales

Ancient Red Dragon

Volcanic Tyrant of the Elder Flames

Sub-raceRed dragon

RaceDragon

Signature dropsAncient Dragon Wing · Red Dragon Scales

Ancient White Dragon

Living Glacier of the Frozen North

Sub-raceWhite dragon

RaceDragon

Signature dropsAncient Dragon Wing · White Dragon Scales

Daunoor

Pulse of Thaulmyna

Sub-raceDryad

RaceFae

Found atHeart of Thaulmyna

FactionThaulmyna accord

Signature dropsHeartwood Core of Thaulmyna

Galdrahaukr

Eyrie Matriarch

Sub-raceHawk

RaceBeast

Found atFrost Talon Peaks

FactionGolden crest eyrie

Signature dropsMatriarch's Talons · Roc Talon · Obsidian Beak of the Matriarch

Hrimthurax

Ice-Crowned Monarch

Sub-raceFrost drake

RaceDraconic

Found atFimbulvald Frostlake

FactionBlackcrown court

Signature dropsCrown of Black Ice

Jotungrel

Sea-Scaled Leviathan

Sub-raceLeviathan

Found atSea of Mist, Northern Reach

Signature dropsHeart of Glacier

Lensward of Xal'Vaelor

Atzkal Lens Engine

Sub-raceAutomaton

RaceConstruct

Found atAtzkal Caer Ruins

FactionWards of xalvaelor

Signature dropsVaelor Prism · Lensward Plating

Retort

High Inquisitor

Sub-raceHuman

Found atFort Vaelor

FactionBlack censors

Signature dropsInquisitor's Consecrated Vestment · Star of Judgment · Ceremonial Silver Dagger

Skaios

Old Beast of the Floes

Sub-raceCrab

RaceBeast

Found atGreiron Cove

Signature dropsGreiron Carapace Shard · Large Monster Limb

Torven

Father of Hatred

Sub-raceVampire

RaceUndead

Found atWitherwold Mansion

FactionWitherwold household

Signature dropsBlood-Forged Chain Mantle · Reforged Blood-Crown · Huntsman's Longsword

Velratha

Mother of Hatred

Sub-raceVampire

RaceUndead

Found atWitherwold Mansion

FactionWitherwold household

Signature dropsName-Plate Chain Vestment · Bloodthorn Crossbow

Venthana

Daughter of Hatred

Sub-raceVampire

RaceUndead

Found atWitherwold Mansion

FactionWitherwold household

Signature dropsViolet Silk Shadowgown · Mirror-Shard Tiara

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