ExtendedBosses

ExtendedBosses

Raid-style boss fights for a group, from Eikthyr to Fader: HP phases, waves of adds, destructible nests, biome mini-bosses as lieutenants, shields that drop when the nests fall, burn windows, marks, ground hazards, resistance shifts and a threat table — built only from vanilla prefabs, animations and RPCs, so players without the mod see and feel the same fight.

| | | |---|---| | | | | Eikthyr marks a player for lightning — spread out! | The Elder: roots under the marked player, a seed grows a new nest |

Phase announcements — every player sees them, with or without the mod

• Profiles Light (bosses with reinforcements), Raid (default) and Hard, globally

or per boss; any boss can be set back to Vanilla. Everything switches without a rejoin.

• Group scaling for 1–8 players: boss HP, adds, nests, stars and marks grow with the

group; solo stays doable.

• Reward on top of the vanilla drop: coins and valuables, about a stack of each

material of the biome, about half a stack of the next biome's, and upgraded gear of the next biome for a group of 2+.

• English and Russian messages; players without the mod get them in the language set

by GuestLanguage.

• The server's settings apply to every client with the mod; config edits are picked up

without a restart.

Install on the host; guests do not need it. With the HostOwner mod (Bosses = true) the host keeps owning the boss whoever hits it. On a dedicated server every player who may own the boss needs the mod.

Early version: every boss is implemented, in-game testing is in progress — the numbers are starting values and all adjustable.

How a fight goes

The boss's own attacks and AI stay vanilla — everything below is added on top. Described for the default Raid profile.

• Nests. As the fight goes on, the boss raises destructible spawners of its biome —

greydwarf nests, bone piles, eggs…

• Shield. While the nests stand, the boss takes only a fraction of the damage.

Break them all → the boss is staggered and takes ×1.5 damage for 10 s. Ignore them and the shield crumbles on its own after a while — without the bonus.

• Phases. About once a minute the boss enters a special state for 30 s — armor

against one damage type, regeneration, damage reflection… The message in the centre of the screen tells you how to answer it.

• Marks. The boss names a player and 3 s later strikes where they stand. Step away

from your friends.

• Lieutenants. Mini-bosses of the biome join the fight, along with waves of adds.
• Reward. On top of the vanilla drop: coins and valuables, about a stack of each

material of the biome, about half a stack of the next biome's, and upgraded gear of the next biome for a group of 2+.

Light keeps the adds and nests but drops shields, phases and marks; Hard is Raid, denser and tougher. All the numbers: FIGHTS.md.

The bosses

Eikthyr — the tutorial

No shield and no phases: every mechanic once, gently.

• Charge — every 20 s he dashes at double speed at a player who keeps their distance.
• Skull pile — raises Meadows skeletons until you break it (it glows for players with the mod and drops nothing).
• Lightning mark — the marked player is struck 3 s later.
• Reinforcements: boars and necks, and a herd leader — a 2★ boar with triple health.

The Elder

• Greydwarf nests hold his shield.
• Roots — roots burst out around the marked player.
• Seeds — his projectiles sometimes take root and grow a new nest.
• Living bark (phase): Sap — only slashing hits (axes, swords) get through;

Back — armored in front, full damage from behind: the tank keeps him facing away from the group.

• Shamans heal him — kill them first.
• Reinforcements: a troll, a bear, greydwarf elites, a skeleton and a ghost.

Bonemass

• Bone piles hold his shield.
• Leeches come out of the water nearby; poison pools under marked players; his

hits leave you Wet, later Tared.

• Merging — blobs crawl towards him from afar, and each one that reaches him heals

him. Intercept them.

• Phases: Hardening — blunt barely hurts, fire does double: burn him. *Rot

vapour* — close hits are halved and poison the attacker: fight from range.

• Reinforcements: an abomination, writhans, surtlings, elite draugr, a wraith and

swamp bats.

Moder

• Ice stalagmites hatch drakes and hold her shield. More drakes fly in all fight long.
• Ice nova under marked players — frost and slow.
• Breath mark — she lands and fixes on the marked player for a few seconds.
• Phases: Ice armor — while she is on the ground, ranged hits do a quarter: get

into melee. Ice spikes — every hit reflects part of its damage back as frost.

• Reinforcements: a wolf pack (ulvs at night), cultists, a stone golem, a fenring.