Bosses

A boss is a monster that spawns alone, on one map, and, except for King Slime, on a timer, and carries far more HP than anything of its level. Six of them are in the game at Grand Launch, running from level 20 to level 80.

Bosses are the closest thing the launch world has to a fixed appointment. An ordinary monster respawns in seconds and there are dozens of it; a boss is a single spawn, almost always on a timer. Four of the six run on 60 minutes: Mano, Mushmom, Shade and Zombie Mushmom. Jr. Balrog takes three hours. King Slime has no timer at all, because it is the last stage of a party quest rather than a field spawn.

The six

Sprite	Monster	Lv	HP	MP	EXP	W.ATK	P.DEF	M.DEF	ACC	AVOID	Weak to	Tags
	Mano	20	7420	30	148	252	20	10	97	13		Boss
	King Slime	32	16820	100	2400	288	15	15	121	11	None	Boss
	Stumpy	35	19220	150	276	477	20	10	114	24	Fire	Boss
	Mushmom	40	34440	200	340	532	15	15	130	29	Fire	Boss
	Shade	48	47000	250	488	620	30	10	138	35	Holy	BossUndead
	Zombie Mushmom	55	66640	220	668	697	10	20	146	37	Holy	BossUndead
	Jr. Balrog	80	325400	500	2188	972	15	15	163	49	Holy	Boss

All six are on Victoria Island or reached from it. Ossyria is not in the game at launch, so neither are its bosses.

What makes them different

HP, not level, is the wall. Mushmom is level 40, the same as Cold Eye, and carries 34,440 HP against Cold Eye's 1,894. That is eighteen times the health for the same level, and it is why a boss is a party job rather than a solo one.

They do not flinch. Mushmom (2,750) and Jr. Balrog (6,750) carry knockback thresholds far above the damage a character of their level deals in one hit. An ordinary monster is interrupted almost every time it is struck. A boss is not, so it keeps attacking throughout.

Three are weak to Holy. Shade, Zombie Mushmom and Jr. Balrog all take extra damage from Holy, which is the Cleric element.

The Mushmom line is a progression. Mushmom and Zombie Mushmom each hold a map of their own, and the table above shows how far the second climbs past the first. They are the spine of mid-game boss content.

King Slime is not like the others

King Slime does not stand on a field map waiting for a timer. It is the final stage of First Time Together, the party quest in Kerning City, so reaching it requires a party and an entry rather than a walk. It is the only boss at launch that cannot be found by travelling to a map.

See also

• Monsters: the full roster, with a bosses section.
• Party: the buffs that make a boss fight survivable.
• Knockback: why bosses keep swinging.
• Training guide: what to fight between them.
• First Time Together: the party quest that ends on King Slime.