The Skull Gleaner
A ring of named skulls circles him. While any skull is up he takes only a tenth of the damage. Break them all and he kneels to gather, taking extra damage.
Phases
Base health. The game multiplies boss health by 1.8, and by 1 plus 0.5 for every floor of depth, so the real number on its own floor is higher. 1350 × 2.7 = 3645.
Story
An Ossuary Warden who envied Brother Aldous his 406 names. He gleans the skulls Aldous wrote on and keeps them in his basket, as if a name could be carried off like a bone. Every skull that falls from his shield, he picks up again.
Attacks
Skulls are lobbed onto marked circles. From the second phase they burst into rings of teeth.
A cone, then a fan of teeth. A second fan follows in the last phase.
Skulls on the floor glow and rattle, then rise and slowly follow you.
From the second phase: lanes are marked and skulls roll down them.
Last phase: two rings turn opposite ways, and the outer skulls glow before each one spits a tooth.
How to win
- Break the shield first: hitting him through it barely scratches him.
- Save your strongest hits for when he kneels. The warm ring at his knees shows the window.
- Skulls you knock off land on the floor and can rise again with his call. Keep moving when they glow.
Moves, as animated in the game
Reward
A gold chest that opens without a key, a hatch to the next floor, eight coins and thirty souls.