Scoria, the Dross Giant
Forty years of bell slag that one night stood. Two conveyor belts cross his lair and drag you along; lava sits in channels along both side walls and rises every so often.
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. 1800 × 4.5 = 8100.
Attacks
A two-fist slam in a circle in front of him. From the second phase it throws drops of slag.
Lobbed gobs of slag that leave burning pools.
A backhand sweep (a cone) that throws you back.
Both belts surge to double speed.
A dashed line shows how far the lava will reach, then it spreads. Lava burns and slows you; a belt carries you into it.
How to win
- Watch the chevrons: from the second phase the belts flip, and the chevrons blink for a second before they do.
- When the dashed line appears, step off any belt that runs toward that wall.
- In the last quarter the lava never fully drains and slag rains from the roof: fight in the middle of the room.
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.
Its own drops
- Slag ore: 10 to 14, 100% chance
- Cinder rune, tier 2: 40% chance
- Hale's heart: 12% chance
- Blueprints from the pool of Furnace Golem