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Mad Pumpkin Head

Fought in 16 places, from 664 HP to 1,891 HP at Mt. Gelmir · First Mt. Gelmir Campsite: each placement carries its own area scaling. It takes the most damage from Lightning and the least from Strike.

Where you fight it 16

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
Limgrave · Fort Haight West66465×1.141
m60_46_36_1066465×1.141
Stormhill · Saintsbridge66465×1.141
Weeping Peninsula · Behind the Castle96365×1.656
Academy of Raya Lucaria · Schoolhouse Classroom1,31865×2.266
Liurnia of the Lakes · The Four Belfries1,31865×2.266
Limgrave · Waypoint Ruins Cellar1,32865×2.282
m60_44_36_101,32865×2.282
m60_47_38_101,40065×2.406
Swamp of Aeonia · Astray from Caelid Highway North1,40065×2.406
Altus Plateau · Altus Highway Junction1,56465×2.688
Altus Plateau · Bower of Bounty1,56465×2.688
Altus Plateau · Road of Iniquity Side Path1,56465×2.688
Altus Plateau · Shaded Castle Ramparts1,56465×2.688
Caelid · Chamber Outside the Plaza1,56465×2.688
Mt. Gelmir · First Mt. Gelmir Campsite1,89165×3.25

Damage negation

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

Standard0%
Slash-10%
Strike10%
Pierce0%
Magic0%
Fire0%
Lightning-20%
Holy0%

Flat defense

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

m60_46_36_10, Limgrave · Fort Haight West, Stormhill · Saintsbridge and 2 more

Physical101
Magic101
Fire101
Lightning101
Holy101

Weeping Peninsula · Behind the Castle

Physical103
Magic103
Fire103
Lightning103
Holy103

Liurnia of the Lakes · The Four Belfries, Academy of Raya Lucaria · Schoolhouse Classroom

Physical107
Magic107
Fire107
Lightning107
Holy107

m60_47_38_10, Swamp of Aeonia · Astray from Caelid Highway North

Physical109
Magic109
Fire109
Lightning109
Holy109

Altus Plateau · Shaded Castle Ramparts, Altus Plateau · Road of Iniquity Side Path, Altus Plateau · Bower of Bounty and 2 more

Physical110
Magic110
Fire110
Lightning110
Holy110

Mt. Gelmir · First Mt. Gelmir Campsite

Physical111
Magic111
Fire111
Lightning111
Holy111

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).

m60_46_36_10, Limgrave · Fort Haight West, Stormhill · Saintsbridge and 2 more

Status1st proc2nd3rd4th
Poison226268366656
Scarlet Rot226268366656
Bleed170198240338
Frost170198240338
Sleep3114096991,156
MadnessImmune
Death BlightImmune

Weeping Peninsula · Behind the Castle

Status1st proc2nd3rd4th
Poison230272370660
Scarlet Rot230272370660
Bleed172200242340
Frost172200242340
Sleep3164147041,161
MadnessImmune
Death BlightImmune

Liurnia of the Lakes · The Four Belfries, Academy of Raya Lucaria · Schoolhouse Classroom

Status1st proc2nd3rd4th
Poison236278376666
Scarlet Rot236278376666
Bleed177205247345
Frost177205247345
Sleep3244227121,169
MadnessImmune
Death BlightImmune

m60_47_38_10, Swamp of Aeonia · Astray from Caelid Highway North

Status1st proc2nd3rd4th
Poison238280378668
Scarlet Rot238280378668
Bleed178206248346
Frost178206248346
Sleep3274257151,172
MadnessImmune
Death BlightImmune

Altus Plateau · Shaded Castle Ramparts, Altus Plateau · Road of Iniquity Side Path, Altus Plateau · Bower of Bounty and 2 more

Status1st proc2nd3rd4th
Poison240282380670
Scarlet Rot240282380670
Bleed180208250348
Frost180208250348
Sleep3304287181,175
MadnessImmune
Death BlightImmune

Mt. Gelmir · First Mt. Gelmir Campsite

Status1st proc2nd3rd4th
Poison242284382672
Scarlet Rot242284382672
Bleed181209251349
Frost181209251349
Sleep3324307201,177
MadnessImmune
Death BlightImmune

HP in each journey

At Mt. Gelmir · First Mt. Gelmir Campsite: new game plus multiplies HP, defense and resistances again on top of the area's scaling.

NGNG+1NG+2NG+3NG+4NG+5NG+6NG+7
1,8912,7633,0393,1783,3163,5923,7303,868

How its AI decides verified

  • It picks attacks by how far you are, with cut-offs at 2 m, 3 m, 4 m, 6 m, 7 m, 8 m.
  • It chooses among 47 attack routines; 10 have a cooldown (10–30 s).

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.

m60_46_36_10, Limgrave · Fort Haight West

Mad Pumpkin Head drops
ItemChanceAt 200 DiscoveryAt 300 DiscoveryAt 400 DiscoveryKills for 90%
Chainlink Flail4%7.69%11.1%14.3%57
Pumpkin Helm3%5.83%8.49%11%76
Smithing Stone [1]5%9.52%13.6%17.4%45
Sanctuary Stone100%100%100%100%1

This enemy rolls 4 drop tables on each kill (its own and the ones that follow it), each on its own.

Weeping Peninsula · Behind the Castle

Mad Pumpkin Head drops
ItemChanceAt 200 DiscoveryAt 300 DiscoveryAt 400 DiscoveryKills for 90%
Pumpkin Helm3%5.83%8.49%11%76
Smithing Stone [1]5%9.52%13.6%17.4%45
Sanctuary Stone100%100%100%100%1

This enemy rolls 3 drop tables on each kill (its own and the ones that follow it), each on its own.

Liurnia of the Lakes · The Four Belfries

Mad Pumpkin Head drops
ItemChanceAt 200 DiscoveryAt 300 DiscoveryAt 400 DiscoveryKills for 90%
Chainlink Flail4%7.69%11.1%14.3%57
Pumpkin Helm3%5.83%8.49%11%76
Smithing Stone [2]5%9.52%13.6%17.4%45
Sanctuary Stone100%100%100%100%1

This enemy rolls 4 drop tables on each kill (its own and the ones that follow it), each on its own.

Academy of Raya Lucaria · Schoolhouse Classroom

Mad Pumpkin Head drops
ItemChanceAt 200 DiscoveryAt 300 DiscoveryAt 400 DiscoveryKills for 90%
Pumpkin Helm3%5.83%8.49%11%76
Smithing Stone [2]5%9.52%13.6%17.4%45
Sanctuary Stone100%100%100%100%1

This enemy rolls 3 drop tables on each kill (its own and the ones that follow it), each on its own.

Caelid · Chamber Outside the Plaza

Mad Pumpkin Head drops
ItemChanceAt 200 DiscoveryAt 300 DiscoveryAt 400 DiscoveryKills for 90%
Pumpkin Helm3%5.83%8.49%11%76
Smithing Stone [3]5%9.52%13.6%17.4%45
Sanctuary Stone100%100%100%100%1

This enemy rolls 3 drop tables on each kill (its own and the ones that follow it), each on its own.

Altus Plateau · Shaded Castle Ramparts

Mad Pumpkin Head drops
ItemChanceAt 200 DiscoveryAt 300 DiscoveryAt 400 DiscoveryKills for 90%
Chainlink Flail4%7.69%11.1%14.3%57
Pumpkin Helm3%5.83%8.49%11%76
Smithing Stone [4]5%9.52%13.6%17.4%45
Sanctuary Stone100%100%100%100%1

This enemy rolls 4 drop tables on each kill (its own and the ones that follow it), each on its own.

Altus Plateau · Road of Iniquity Side Path

Mad Pumpkin Head drops
ItemChanceAt 200 DiscoveryAt 300 DiscoveryAt 400 DiscoveryKills for 90%
Chainlink Flail4%7.69%11.1%14.3%57
Pumpkin Helm3%5.83%8.49%11%76
Sanctuary Stone100%100%100%100%1

This enemy rolls 3 drop tables on each kill (its own and the ones that follow it), each on its own.

Mt. Gelmir · First Mt. Gelmir Campsite

Mad Pumpkin Head drops
ItemChanceAt 200 DiscoveryAt 300 DiscoveryAt 400 DiscoveryKills for 90%
Pumpkin Helm3%5.83%8.49%11%76
Smithing Stone [4]5%9.52%13.6%17.4%45
Sanctuary Stone100%100%100%100%1

This enemy rolls 3 drop tables on each kill (its own and the ones that follow it), each on its own.

Kill-speed simulator New

How many hits Mad Pumpkin Head 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 Mad Pumpkin Head

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
    • Runes213→276
    • Drop table434,000,000→434,000,010
    • Slash negation-20%→-10%
    • Strike negation20%→10%
    • Pierce negation-20%→0%
    • Sleep resistance84→154
    • Runes385→431
    • Drop table434,000,000→434,000,020
    • Runes880→972
    • Drop table434,000,000→434,000,040
    • Runes919→972
    • Runes248→302
    • Drop table434,000,100→434,000,110
    • Runes611→574
    • Drop table434,000,100→434,000,120
    • Drop table434,000,100→434,000,140
    • Runes976→1,032
    • Runes653→614
    • Drop table434,000,100→434,000,130
    • Runes930→984
    • Runes222→276

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