Golden Hippopotamus
Fought in 5 places, from 15,136 HP to 33,866 HP at Shadow Keep · Main Gate Plaza: 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).
| Place | HP | Stance | Scaling |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerulean Coast · Cerulean Coast West | 15,136 | 80 | ×10.75 |
| Scadu Altus · Bridge Leading to the Village ×2 | 16,632 | 80 | ×11.813 |
| Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Rauh Ancient Ruins, East | 18,524 | 80 | ×13.156 |
| m61_46_46_10 | 18,524 | 80 | ×13.156 |
| Shadow Keep · Main Gate Plaza | 33,866 | 80 | ×11.453 |
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.
Cerulean Coast · Cerulean Coast West, Scadu Altus · Bridge Leading to the Village, Shadow Keep · Main Gate Plaza
m61_46_46_10, Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Rauh Ancient Ruins, East
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).
Cerulean Coast · Cerulean Coast West
| Status | 1st proc | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poison | 408 | 506 | 796 | 1,253 |
| Scarlet Rot | 408 | 506 | 796 | 1,253 |
| Bleed | 667 | 957 | 1,414 | 1,414 |
| Frost | 667 | 957 | 1,414 | 1,414 |
| Sleep | Immune | |||
| Madness | Immune | |||
| Death Blight | Immune | |||
Scadu Altus · Bridge Leading to the Village
| Status | 1st proc | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poison | 421 | 519 | 809 | 1,266 |
| Scarlet Rot | 421 | 519 | 809 | 1,266 |
| Bleed | 689 | 979 | 1,436 | 1,436 |
| Frost | 689 | 979 | 1,436 | 1,436 |
| Sleep | Immune | |||
| Madness | Immune | |||
| Death Blight | Immune | |||
m61_46_46_10, Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Rauh Ancient Ruins, East
| Status | 1st proc | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poison | 435 | 533 | 823 | 1,280 |
| Scarlet Rot | 435 | 533 | 823 | 1,280 |
| Bleed | 712 | 1,002 | 1,459 | 1,459 |
| Frost | 712 | 1,002 | 1,459 | 1,459 |
| Sleep | Immune | |||
| Madness | Immune | |||
| Death Blight | Immune | |||
Shadow Keep · Main Gate Plaza
| Status | 1st proc | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poison | 417 | 515 | 805 | 1,262 |
| Scarlet Rot | 417 | 515 | 805 | 1,262 |
| Bleed | 682 | 972 | 1,429 | 1,429 |
| Frost | 682 | 972 | 1,429 | 1,429 |
| Sleep | Immune | |||
| Madness | Immune | |||
| Death Blight | Immune | |||
HP in each journey
At Shadow Keep · Main Gate Plaza: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33,866 | 43,391 | 47,731 | 49,900 | 52,070 | 56,409 | 58,579 | 60,748 |
How its AI decides verified
- Its attack choices change at 70% 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 7 m, 15 m, 25 m.
- It chooses among 29 attack routines; 21 have a cooldown (1–40 s).
Read from the game's AI script for this boss. Which animation each routine plays isn't named yet.