Erdtree Burial Watchdog
Fought in 12 places, from 1,200 HP to 7,232 HP at Forbidden Lands · Hidden Path to the Haligtree: each placement carries its own area scaling. It takes the most damage from Strike and the least from Magic.
Where you fight it 12
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limgrave · Stormfoot Catacombs | 1,200 | 80 | ×1.141 |
| Weeping Peninsula · Impaler's Catacombs | 1,347 | 80 | ×1.281 |
| Liurnia of the Lakes · Cliffbottom Catacombs | 2,383 | 80 | ×2.266 |
| Caelid · Minor Erdtree Catacombs ×2 | 2,531 | 80 | ×2.406 |
| Mt. Gelmir · Wyndham Catacombs | 3,419 | 80 | ×3.25 |
| Altus Plateau · Unsightly Catacombs | 5,095 | 80 | ×4.844 |
| Capital Outskirts · Auriza Hero's Grave | 5,095 | 80 | ×4.844 |
| Forbidden Lands · Hidden Path to the Haligtree ×2 | 5,095 | 80 | ×4.844 |
| Liurnia of the Lakes · Black Knife Catacombs | 5,095 | 80 | ×4.844 |
| Mt. Gelmir · Wyndham Catacombs | 5,095 | 80 | ×4.844 |
| Caelid · War-Dead Catacombs | 7,232 | 80 | ×6.875 |
| Forbidden Lands · Hidden Path to the Haligtree | 7,232 | 80 | ×6.875 |
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.
Limgrave · Stormfoot Catacombs
Weeping Peninsula · Impaler's Catacombs
Liurnia of the Lakes · Cliffbottom Catacombs
Caelid · Minor Erdtree Catacombs
Mt. Gelmir · Wyndham Catacombs
Forbidden Lands · Hidden Path to the Haligtree, Liurnia of the Lakes · Black Knife Catacombs, Mt. Gelmir · Wyndham Catacombs and 2 more
Forbidden Lands · Hidden Path to the Haligtree, Caelid · War-Dead Catacombs
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).
| Status | 1st proc | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poison | Immune | |||
| Scarlet Rot | Immune | |||
| Bleed | Immune | |||
| Frost | Immune | |||
| Sleep | Immune | |||
| Madness | Immune | |||
| Death Blight | Immune | |||
HP in each journey
At Forbidden Lands · Hidden Path to the Haligtree: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7,232 | 7,340 | 8,075 | 8,442 | 8,809 | 9,543 | 9,910 | 10,277 |
How its AI decides verified
- It picks attacks by how far you are, with cut-offs at 1 m, 3 m, 5 m, 8 m.
- It chooses among 51 attack routines.
Read from the game's AI script for this boss. Which animation each routine plays isn't named yet.
Drops
Chance per kill at 100 Discovery (Arcane and items raise it), and at higher Discovery for the drops it affects.
Forbidden Lands · Hidden Path to the Haligtree, Liurnia of the Lakes · Black Knife Catacombs, Mt. Gelmir · Wyndham Catacombs
| Item | Chance | At 200 Discovery | At 300 Discovery | At 400 Discovery | Kills for 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watchdog's Greatsword | 8% | 14.8% | 20.7% | 25.8% | 28 |
Capital Outskirts · Auriza Hero's Grave
| Item | Chance | At 200 Discovery | At 300 Discovery | At 400 Discovery | Kills for 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watchdog's Greatsword | 8% | 14.8% | 20.7% | 25.8% | 28 |
Forbidden Lands · Hidden Path to the Haligtree
| Item | Chance | At 200 Discovery | At 300 Discovery | At 400 Discovery | Kills for 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watchdog's Greatsword | 8% | 14.8% | 20.7% | 25.8% | 28 |
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
- HP972→1,052
- Standard negation40%→35%
- Slash negation40%→35%
- Strike negation20%→10%
- Pierce negation40%→35%
- Runes2,566→3,712
- Runes2,648→3,818
- Runes5,044→7,878
- Runes2,566→3,856
- Runes4,888→7,956