Black Knife Assassin
Fought in 9 places, from 731 HP to 5,413 HP at Altus Plateau · Forest-Spanning Greatbridge: each placement carries its own area scaling. It takes the most damage from Standard and the least from Holy.
Where you fight it 9
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).
| Place | HP | Stance | Scaling |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consecrated Snowfield · Ordina, Liturgical Town | 731 | 80 | ×1 |
| Liurnia of the Lakes · Ranni's Chamber ×4 | 1,656 | 80 | ×2.266 |
| Liurnia of the Lakes · Road to the Manor ×3 | 1,656 | 80 | ×2.266 |
| Stormhill · Deathtouched Catacombs | 1,668 | 80 | ×2.282 |
| Leyndell, Royal Capital · Queen's Bedchamber | 2,706 | 80 | ×3.703 |
| Liurnia of the Lakes · Black Knife Catacombs | 3,312 | 80 | ×4.532 |
| Altus Plateau · Sage's Cave | 3,929 | 80 | ×5.376 |
| Consecrated Snowfield · Ordina, Liturgical Town ×6 | 5,025 | 80 | ×6.875 |
| Altus Plateau · Forest-Spanning Greatbridge | 5,413 | 80 | ×7.406 |
Damage negation
How much of each damage type it shrugs off. Lower is better for you; the type it takes most is highlighted.
Flat defense
Subtracted from each hit before negation; it matters most for weak hits. Area scaling raises it along with HP.
Consecrated Snowfield · Ordina, Liturgical Town
Liurnia of the Lakes · Ranni's Chamber, Liurnia of the Lakes · Road to the Manor, Liurnia of the Lakes · Black Knife Catacombs
Stormhill · Deathtouched Catacombs
Leyndell, Royal Capital · Queen's Bedchamber, Altus Plateau · Forest-Spanning Greatbridge
Altus Plateau · Sage's Cave
Consecrated Snowfield · Ordina, Liturgical Town
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).
Consecrated Snowfield · Ordina, Liturgical Town
| Status | 1st proc | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poison | Immune | |||
| Scarlet Rot | Immune | |||
| Bleed | Immune | |||
| Frost | 154 | 252 | 542 | 999 |
| Sleep | Immune | |||
| Madness | Immune | |||
| Death Blight | Immune | |||
Liurnia of the Lakes · Ranni's Chamber, Liurnia of the Lakes · Road to the Manor, Liurnia of the Lakes · Black Knife Catacombs
| Status | 1st proc | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poison | Immune | |||
| Scarlet Rot | Immune | |||
| Bleed | Immune | |||
| Frost | 324 | 422 | 712 | 1,169 |
| Sleep | Immune | |||
| Madness | Immune | |||
| Death Blight | Immune | |||
Stormhill · Deathtouched Catacombs
| Status | 1st proc | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poison | Immune | |||
| Scarlet Rot | Immune | |||
| Bleed | Immune | |||
| Frost | 311 | 409 | 699 | 1,156 |
| Sleep | Immune | |||
| Madness | Immune | |||
| Death Blight | Immune | |||
Leyndell, Royal Capital · Queen's Bedchamber, Altus Plateau · Forest-Spanning Greatbridge
| Status | 1st proc | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poison | Immune | |||
| Scarlet Rot | Immune | |||
| Bleed | Immune | |||
| Frost | 335 | 433 | 723 | 1,180 |
| Sleep | Immune | |||
| Madness | Immune | |||
| Death Blight | Immune | |||
Altus Plateau · Sage's Cave
| Status | 1st proc | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poison | Immune | |||
| Scarlet Rot | Immune | |||
| Bleed | Immune | |||
| Frost | 330 | 428 | 718 | 1,175 |
| Sleep | Immune | |||
| Madness | Immune | |||
| Death Blight | Immune | |||
Consecrated Snowfield · Ordina, Liturgical Town
| Status | 1st proc | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poison | Immune | |||
| Scarlet Rot | Immune | |||
| Bleed | Immune | |||
| Frost | 367 | 465 | 755 | 1,212 |
| Sleep | Immune | |||
| Madness | Immune | |||
| Death Blight | Immune | |||
HP in each journey
At Altus Plateau · Forest-Spanning Greatbridge: new game plus multiplies HP, defense and resistances again on top of the area's scaling.
| NG | NG+1 | NG+2 | NG+3 | NG+4 | NG+5 | NG+6 | NG+7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,413 | 7,016 | 7,717 | 8,068 | 8,419 | 9,121 | 9,471 | 9,822 |
How its AI decides verified
- It picks attacks by how far you are, with cut-offs at 4 m, 6 m.
- It chooses among 32 attack routines; 5 have a cooldown (3–25 s).
Read from the game's AI script for this boss. Which animation each routine plays isn't named yet.
Patch history 1
Every patch that changed its numbers, read from the game's balance file (regulation) of each version.
- 1.02.1from 1.00
- HP650→731
- Runes2,065→3,200
- Standard negation20%→10%
- Slash negation20%→10%
- Strike negation20%→10%
- Pierce negation20%→35%
- Holy negation20%→40%
- Runes4,971→8,666