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Ancient Hero of Zamor

Fought in 5 places, from 2,570 HP to 6,868 HP at Liurnia of the Lakes · Road's End Catacombs: each placement carries its own area scaling. It takes the most damage from Fire and the least from Standard.

Where you fight it 5

Each place uses its own copy of the boss with that area's scaling. HP and stance as you meet them (first phase, offline, no new game plus).

PlaceHPStanceScaling
Weeping Peninsula · Tombsward Cave2,57080×1.813
Altus Plateau · Sainted Hero's Grave3,81180×2.688
Flame Peak · Giant-Conquering Hero's Grave4,12280×4.844
Forbidden Lands · Grand Lift of Rold ×74,12280×4.844
Liurnia of the Lakes · Road's End Catacombs6,86880×4.844

Damage negation

How much of each damage type it shrugs off. Lower is better for you; the type it takes most is highlighted.

Standard10%
Slash10%
Strike10%
Pierce0%
Magic0%
Fire-20%
Lightning-20%
Holy0%

Flat defense

Subtracted from each hit before negation; it matters most for weak hits. Area scaling raises it along with HP.

Weeping Peninsula · Tombsward Cave

Physical105
Magic105
Fire105
Lightning105
Holy105

Altus Plateau · Sainted Hero's Grave

Physical110
Magic110
Fire110
Lightning110
Holy110

Forbidden Lands · Grand Lift of Rold, Flame Peak · Giant-Conquering Hero's Grave, Liurnia of the Lakes · Road's End Catacombs

Physical115
Magic115
Fire115
Lightning115
Holy115

Status buildup to proc

Buildup needed for the first proc, and how much more each following proc needs (it grows after every proc, up to the fifth).

Weeping Peninsula · Tombsward Cave

Status1st proc2nd3rd4th
Poison3194177071,164
Scarlet Rot3194177071,164
Bleed5228121,2691,269
Frost1,1221,5791,5791,579
Sleep232274372662
MadnessImmune
Death BlightImmune

Altus Plateau · Sainted Hero's Grave

Status1st proc2nd3rd4th
Poison3304287181,175
Scarlet Rot3304287181,175
Bleed5398291,2861,286
Frost1,1601,6171,6171,617
Sleep240282380670
MadnessImmune
Death BlightImmune

Forbidden Lands · Grand Lift of Rold, Flame Peak · Giant-Conquering Hero's Grave, Liurnia of the Lakes · Road's End Catacombs

Status1st proc2nd3rd4th
Poison3404387281,185
Scarlet Rot3404387281,185
Bleed5578471,3041,304
Frost1,1981,6551,6551,655
Sleep248290388678
MadnessImmune
Death BlightImmune

HP in each journey

At Liurnia of the Lakes · Road's End Catacombs: new game plus multiplies HP, defense and resistances again on top of the area's scaling.

NGNG+1NG+2NG+3NG+4NG+5NG+6NG+7
6,8688,6829,5509,98410,41811,28611,72012,155

How its AI decides verified

  • Its attack choices change at 60% of its HP: some attacks unlock, get likelier or are forced below those points.
  • It picks attacks by how far you are, with cut-offs at 2 m, 2.5 m, 5 m, 10 m, 15 m, 20 m, 25 m.
  • It chooses among 25 attack routines; 21 have a cooldown (1–120 s).

Read from the game's AI script for this boss. Which animation each routine plays isn't named yet.

Kill-speed simulator New

How many hits Ancient Hero of Zamor takes with your weapon and stats, in any journey: damage per hit through its defense and negations, stance, and status procs as its thresholds grow.

Simulate Ancient Hero of Zamor

Patch history 1

Every patch that changed its numbers, read from the game's balance file (regulation) of each version.

  1. 1.02.1from 1.00
    • HP1,261→1,418
    • Standard negation20%→10%
    • Slash negation20%→10%
    • Strike negation20%→10%
    • Bleed resistance154→252
    • HP756→851
    • Runes3,639→5,039

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