Boss guides

The Scrap King

The Salvage Yard, level 9. The island's one boss. He stands in the Yard only while the quest The Scrap King still needs him.

The Captain's body and moves, on dry land: a crew fight. He calls help as he weakens.

Health

15,287 (level 9)

Calls help

60% health: 2 Wreckers · 30% health: 2 Wrecker Slingers

Faster

below 30% health

Hard enrage

3:20 into the fight: far harder hits and faster attacks from then on

Damage is at his level, before your armour.

What it does

How to beat it

1. Skull Crack: The tank steps out of the Skull Crack: a 1.6 m circle under the one he fights, 2 s to leave it, and 1.4 s of stun if it lands.
2. Cleave · Chop: Keep his back to the crew. The Cleave is a 120° cone, 3.4 m long, that follows the tank for 2 s; the Chop has no ground warning. Both are the tank's to take.
3. Slam: Don't bunch on him. A crowd gets the Slam, a 4.5 m ring around him that throws back everyone inside, with 2.5 s to leave it.
4. Rotgut: The Rotgut is for the one he is after, when they stand out of his reach (up to 9 m away) and don't run from him: a 2.2 m circle with 2 s to step out of it, then poison for 6 s.
5. Calls help: At 60% health he calls 2 Wreckers, and at 30% 2 Wrecker Slingers. They appear around him and go for whoever he is fighting: kill them before they pile on the tank, the slingers first: they throw from up to 13 m away.
6. Enrage: At 30% health he fights faster, just as the slingers arrive. Don't try to kite him in circles: he runs faster than you. At 3:20 into the fight he hits far harder and faster for good.

His attacks by level: The Scrap King.

The Wreck Captain

The Wreck: the hold.

He hooked the biggest fish the island ever saw, then steered for a light the Wreckers had lit on the rocks. The ship broke, and he never let go of the line. He waits in the hold with what is left of his crew.

Health at key 1

70,000 (the same for any crew)

Hard enrage

11:15 into the fight: far harder hits and faster attacks from then on

Faster

below 30% health

What it does

How to beat it

1. Skull Crack: The tank steps out of the Skull Crack. It is a 1.6 m circle under the one he fights, it lands 2 s after it shows, and it stuns 1.4 s.
2. Cleave · Chop: Keep his back to the crew. The Cleave is a 120° cone, 3.4 m long, that turns with the tank for 2 s after he roars, and the Chop is a quick blow with no ground warning: both are the tank's to take.
3. Slam: Don't bunch on him. When the crew crowds him he answers with the Slam: a 4.5 m ring around him, 2.5 s to leave it, and it throws back everyone inside. While you stay bunched he waits 10 s between Slams.
4. Rotgut: The Rotgut is for the one he is after, when they stand out of his reach (up to 9 m away) and don't run from him: a 2.2 m circle, 2 s to step out of it, then poison for 6 s. Step out of the circle and it costs you nothing.
5. Anchor Drop · Bilge Flood: At higher keys the crew is hit from afar. From key 6 the Anchor Drop lands on whoever stands farthest from him (a 3 m circle, 2.5 s to get clear): if that is you, move, and keep the rest of the crew out of it. From key 10 a one-shot is more than a full health bar for a damage dealer or a healer, and from key 19 for a tank too. From key 10 the Bilge Flood puts 2 pools of 2.6 m under the crew for 10 s: walk out of them.
6. The Drowned Crew · All Hands: His adds come on a clock, 6 waves from 0:50 to 9:10, whether you are ready or not: kill each wave before the next, and let the tank pick them up. From key 14, at 50% health, he calls 2 Drowned Warriors and 3 Drowned Skeletons and takes 90% less damage while any of them stands: kill them first.
7. Enrage: Below 30% health he fights faster. At 11:15 into the fight he hits far harder and faster for good, so the kill, the adds and the dodging all have to fit before then.

Every number by key: The Wreck Captain, in the Wreck.

The Gilded Weaver (the Orchard)

The Overgrown Orchard: the clearing.

A golden orb-weaver the size of a cart, and the reason the fruit rots on the branch. She has three moods, and she lets you know when she changes.

Health at key 1

70,000 (the same for any crew)

Hard enrage

10:00 into the fight: far harder hits and faster attacks from then on

Phases

Phase 1: 100% → 60% · Phase 2: 60% → 30% (the Brood) · Phase 3: 30% → 0% (faster)

Turns

60%: The Canopy · 30%: The Canopy

What it does

How to beat it

1. The Canopy: At 60% and 30% health she climbs out of reach and marks one of you. The circle (3.2 m) follows you for 3 s, then holds still 0.8 s before she lands. If it is you, lead it away from the crew, and when it locks roll, blink, leap or sprint out: running alone won't clear it in time.
2. The Canopy: Stay out of other people's circles. Her landing takes 32% of the marked one's health and 8% from anyone else under her. She then lies stunned 1.8 s: that is the moment to hit her with everything.
3. Egg Sacs: Break the egg sacs. Each climb drops 3 of them, and each hatches 11.25 s later into 2 hatchlings that walk to her. One that reaches her gives her +10% damage for 60 s, up to 3 at once.
4. The Brood: From her first climb, 3 spiderlings drop around her every 40 s. The tank gathers them and the crew kills them together.
5. Web Spray: The Web Spray goes at someone other than the tank: a thin 26° cone, 12 m long, with 2.5 s to see it. Step sideways out of the line or be webbed 2.5 s. It comes every 18 s, then 15 s, then 12 s.
6. Web Patch · Leg Sweep: Where she lands, a web stays for the rest of the fight (3 m, 40% slower inside): fight her away from it. While she lies stunned there, the tank takes the spot that turns her away from the crew when she wakes. Give her room too: the Leg Sweep is a 4.4 m ring that throws back anyone close, and she uses it most when the crew crowds her.
7. Frenzy · Enrage: Below 30% health she moves and strikes 15% faster, and the Web Spray comes more often. The hard enrage is at 10:00: she hits far harder and faster from then on, so be done before it.

Every number by key: The Gilded Weaver, in the Orchard.

The Duskwing

The Gloamhollow: the Moonpool.

A great moth over the Moonpool, grey-violet with a pale skull across its back and six metres of wing. Light draws it, and where it settles the light goes out under its wings.

Health at key 1

39,000 (for a crew of five)

Hard enrage

5:00 into the fight: far harder hits and faster attacks from then on

Phases

Phase 1: 100% → 50% · Phase 2: 50% → 0% (the Dive)

Turns

50%: The Moon Goes In

What it does

How to beat it

1. Smother: Save your burst for the Smother. It comes every 35 s, then 30 s: it flies to the lit lamp with the most of the crew in its light and settles for 6 s, taking 25% more damage, so hit it with everything. When it lifts off, that lamp is dark.
2. Wisps from the Pool · Moonless: Light the lamps again. 3 Lanternwisps rise every 30 s: kill one within 6 m of a dark lamp and the lamp lights; left alone, they flare. While every lamp is dark it gains +10% damage every 10 s, so never let the last one go out.
3. Dive: From 50% health it dives every 25 s on the lit lamp with the most of the crew near it. The ring is 4 m and shows 2.5 s before it lands: leave it, and spread over the lamps so fewer of you are inside it. From key 10 a one-shot is more than a full health bar for a damage dealer or a healer, and from key 19 for a tank too.
4. Scale Dust: Step out of the Scale Dust: a 3 m circle thrown at one of the crew, 2 s to leave it. The cloud stays 6 s and slows anyone in it by 40%, so don't stand in an old one.
5. The Moon Goes In: At 50% health it spirals up out of reach for 8 s. Nothing can hit it, so use the time to kill the wisps and relight the lamps.
6. Wingbuffet: Keep it facing away from the crew. The Wingbuffet is a 115° cone, 5 m long, with 1.5 s to see it and a knock-back, and it comes more often when the crew crowds it.
7. Enrage: The hard enrage is at 5:00: it hits far harder and faster from then on. The Smother windows are where the damage is, so don't waste one.

Every number by key: The Duskwing, in the Gloamhollow.

Vesperine, the Lampwright

The Gloamhollow: the Lamp Hall.

She lit the Orchard's lamps for years, taught Moth everything he knows, then went down into the Hollow to keep its lights. She is tired of watching the wood burn them out, and she means to keep every one.

Health at key 1

40,300 (for a crew of five)

Hard enrage

6:00 into the fight: far harder hits and faster attacks from then on

Phases

Phase 1: 100% → 60% · Phase 2: 60% → 30% (the Kept Lights) · Phase 3: 30% → 0% (Last Light)

Turns

60%: The Gathering · 30%: Last Light

What it does

How to beat it

1. Kindle: Carry the Kindle away from the others. It comes every 20 s, then 15 s, follows one of the crew (never the tank) for 6 s and bursts in a 7 m ring. Alone, the carrier takes 15% of their health; if two or more stand in it, each takes a one-shot. From key 10 a one-shot is more than a full health bar for a damage dealer or a healer, and from key 19 for a tank too.
2. Kindle: Where a Kindle bursts, the ground within 5 m stays Gloam for 12 s: carry it somewhere the crew won't need to stand, and kill a wisp inside the patch to clear it.
3. Snuff: Mind the braziers. She puts out the lit one with the most of the crew by it every 25 s until Last Light, and the ground within 12 m turns to Gloam until a wisp is killed within 6 m of it. Don't all stand at one brazier.
4. The Gathering: At 60% health she is out of reach for 12 s and calls 2 Thornwardens. They walk the rim and put out every brazier they pass until someone hits or taunts one. Take both with the tank, pull them apart (they take 50% less damage while within 8 m of each other) and kill them before the hall goes dark.
5. The Kept Lights: Until Last Light, 2 Lanternwisps leave her lamp-tree every 20 s for the two of the crew farthest from her. Kill them before they flare; one killed by a dark brazier lights it, so use them to light every brazier you can before 30%.
6. Last Light: At 30% health it is a race. A pulse every 3 s hits the whole crew for 2% of their health, 1% more each time, and the dark spreads 1.5 m a second from every dark brazier, out to 24 m. Only a lit brazier's 12 m of light holds it back, and no more of her wisps come to light one: fight in the light of the braziers still burning and spend everything you have. The Kindle now comes every 15 s on two of the crew at once, so the carriers keep apart from each other too.
7. Hook Pole · Enrage: Her Hook Pole is a 69° cone, 3.4 m long, aimed at the tank (1.5 s to see it): keep her back to the crew. The hard enrage is at 6:00: she hits far harder and faster from then on.

Every number by key: Vesperine, the Lampwright, in the Gloamhollow.

The Gilded Weaver (the Gloamhollow)

The Gloamhollow: the Golden Loom. The same fight as in the Orchard, with the Gloamhollow's numbers.

A golden orb-weaver the size of a cart. She has three moods, and she lets you know when she changes.

Health at key 1

36,400 (for a crew of five)

Hard enrage

5:00 into the fight: far harder hits and faster attacks from then on

Phases

Phase 1: 100% → 60% · Phase 2: 60% → 30% (the Brood) · Phase 3: 30% → 0% (faster)

Turns

60%: The Canopy · 30%: The Canopy

What it does

How to beat it

1. The Canopy: At 60% and 30% health she climbs out of reach and marks one of you. The circle (3.2 m) follows you for 3 s, then holds still 0.8 s before she lands. If it is you, lead it away from the crew, and when it locks roll, blink, leap or sprint out: running alone won't clear it in time.
2. The Canopy: Stay out of other people's circles. Her landing takes 32% of the marked one's health and 8% from anyone else under her. She then lies stunned 1.8 s: that is the moment to hit her with everything.
3. Egg Sacs: Break the egg sacs. Each climb drops 3 of them, and each hatches 11.25 s later into 2 hatchlings that walk to her. One that reaches her gives her +10% damage for 60 s, up to 3 at once.
4. The Brood: From her first climb, 3 spiderlings drop around her every 40 s. The tank gathers them and the crew kills them together.
5. Web Spray: The Web Spray goes at someone other than the tank: a thin 26° cone, 12 m long, with 2.5 s to see it. Step sideways out of the line or be webbed 2.5 s. It comes every 18 s, then 15 s, then 12 s.
6. Web Patch · Leg Sweep: Where she lands, a web stays for the rest of the fight (3 m, 40% slower inside): fight her away from it. While she lies stunned there, the tank takes the spot that turns her away from the crew when she wakes. Give her room too: the Leg Sweep is a 4.4 m ring that throws back anyone close, and she uses it most when the crew crowds her.
7. Frenzy · Enrage: Below 30% health she moves and strikes 15% faster, and the Web Spray comes more often. The hard enrage is at 5:00: she hits far harder and faster from then on, so be done before it.

Every number by key: The Gilded Weaver, in the Gloamhollow.