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BossCombat level 110Undead

Lich

An undead sorcerer of supreme power who transcended death through dark ritual.

A skeleton wearing the robes of a grand sorcerer — but not animated like a common undead. This is a Lich: a mage who chose to die rather than give up their power, and bound their soul to a phylactery. Unless that phylactery is destroyed, killing it achieves nothing permanent.

Stats

Hitpoints
28,000
Melee attack
0
Magic attack
280
Ranged attack
0
Attack speed
1
Attack range
2 m
Defences
Slash defence
20
Stab defence
20
Crush defence
20
Ranged defence
20
Magic resistance
40
Poise
100
Movement & awareness
Move speed
5 m/s
Movement speed
3 m/s
Aggro range
25 m
Leash range
100 m

Abilities

5
Frost BoltMagicTelegraph: Lineweight 35

A bolt of freezing necrotic energy.

Damage
280% of attack
Range
20 m
Wind-up
0.8 s
Effects
  • Status Effect — duration 5
Ice TombMagicTelegraph: Circleweight 25

Entombs the target in a block of ice.

Damage
200% of attack
Range
15 m
Wind-up
1.5 s
Cooldown
20 s
Effects
  • Status Effect — duration 5
Wave of DeathMagicTelegraph: Coneweight 20

A wave of necrotic energy that damages all living things in a wide arc.

Damage
350% of attack
Range
0 m
Wind-up
2.5 s
Cooldown
35 s
Effects
  • Status Effect — duration 25
Dark SummonsTelegraph: Circleweight 20

Summons undead minions to defend it.

Damage
0% of attack
Range
0 m
Wind-up
3 s
Cooldown
60 s
Effects
  • Summon — duration 90
  • Summon — duration 90

When low HP, becomes temporarily invulnerable until phylactery is destroyed.

Damage
0% of attack
Range
0 m
Effects
  • Status Effect — duration 30

How it fights

Behaviour
Boss Phased
Ability preference
AbilityWeightShare
Frost Bolt3535%
Ice Tomb2525%
Wave of Death2020%
Dark Summons2020%

Drops

Rolls on Lich Boss.

Roll 11 roll · all
DropQuantityWeightChance
Lich Phylactery Shard
Unique — always drops. Crafts high-level necromantic equipment
1——
Frozen Necrotic Core1–2——
Coins Gold30–60——
Roll 23 rolls · weighted
DropQuantityWeightChance
Lich Crown
Increases magic attack, adds drain on hit
11515%
Lich Robes
Light armor, massive magic bonus
11515%
Necrotic Staff12020%
Ice Tome Of Undeath
Magic crafting recipe book
11515%
Crystallized Soul1–32020%
Ancient Spellbook11515%

Movement & spawning

Spawn
Max Instances
1
Respawn Time
7,200
Respawn Variance
1,200
Spawn Animation
lich_throne_activate
Spawn Sound
sfx/creatures/lich/awaken

Sounds

Aggro
sfx/creatures/lich/threat
Ambient
sfx/creatures/lich/chant_idle
Attack
sfx/creatures/lich/frost_bolt
Death
sfx/creatures/lich/death_shatter
Footsteps
sfx/footsteps/lich_float
Hurt
sfx/creatures/lich/pain_cold
Full catalogue record32 fields · straight from the content catalogue
Abilities
Inline
  1. Ability Ref
    —
    Active Frames
    none
    Animation
    cast_frost_bolt
    Base Damage
    280
    Cast Time
    0.8
    Channel Duration
    —
    Channeled
    —
    Condition
    —
    Cooldown
    0
    Cooldown Ms
    —
    Damage
    —
    Damage Shape
    —
    Damage Type
    magic
    Description
    A bolt of freezing necrotic energy.
    Effects
    1. Chance
      —
      Dps
      —
      Duration
      5
      Max At Hp Pct
      —
      Min Duration
      —
      Radius
      —
      Type
      status_effect
    Hitbox
    —
    Hurtbox Shapes
    none
    Id
    Frost Bolt
    Name
    Frost Bolt
    Parryable
    —
    Priority
    1
    Projectile
    —
    Range
    20
    Root Motion
    —
    Sound
    sfx/creatures/lich/frost_bolt
    Telegraph
    line
    Timeline
    —
    Timing
    —
  2. Ability Ref
    —
    Active Frames
    none
    Animation
    cast_ice_tomb
    Base Damage
    200
    Cast Time
    1.5
    Channel Duration
    —
    Channeled
    —
    Condition
    —
    Cooldown
    20
    Cooldown Ms
    —
    Damage
    —
    Damage Shape
    —
    Damage Type
    magic
    Description
    Entombs the target in a block of ice.
    Effects
    1. Chance
      —
      Dps
      —
      Duration
      5
      Max At Hp Pct
      —
      Min Duration
      —
      Radius
      —
      Type
      status_effect
    Hitbox
    —
    Hurtbox Shapes
    none
    Id
    Ice Tomb
    Name
    Ice Tomb
    Parryable
    —
    Priority
    1
    Projectile
    —
    Range
    15
    Root Motion
    —
    Sound
    sfx/creatures/lich/ice_tomb
    Telegraph
    circle
    Timeline
    —
    Timing
    —
  3. Ability Ref
    —
    Active Frames
    none
    Animation
    cast_wave_death
    Base Damage
    350
    Cast Time
    2.5
    Channel Duration
    —
    Channeled
    —
    Condition
    —
    Cooldown
    35
    Cooldown Ms
    —
    Damage
    —
    Damage Shape
    —
    Damage Type
    magic
    Description
    A wave of necrotic energy that damages all living things in a wide arc.
    Effects
    1. Chance
      —
      Dps
      —
      Duration
      25
      Max At Hp Pct
      —
      Min Duration
      —
      Radius
      —
      Type
      status_effect
    Hitbox
    —
    Hurtbox Shapes
    none
    Id
    Wave of Death
    Name
    Wave of Death
    Parryable
    —
    Priority
    1
    Projectile
    —
    Range
    0
    Root Motion
    —
    Sound
    sfx/creatures/lich/wave_death
    Telegraph
    cone
    Timeline
    —
    Timing
    —
  4. Ability Ref
    —
    Active Frames
    none
    Animation
    cast_summon
    Base Damage
    0
    Cast Time
    3
    Channel Duration
    —
    Channeled
    —
    Condition
    —
    Cooldown
    60
    Cooldown Ms
    —
    Damage
    —
    Damage Shape
    —
    Damage Type
    —
    Description
    Summons undead minions to defend it.
    Effects
    1. Chance
      —
      Dps
      —
      Duration
      90
      Max At Hp Pct
      —
      Min Duration
      —
      Radius
      —
      Type
      summon
    2. Chance
      —
      Dps
      —
      Duration
      90
      Max At Hp Pct
      —
      Min Duration
      —
      Radius
      —
      Type
      summon
    Hitbox
    —
    Hurtbox Shapes
    none
    Id
    Dark Summons
    Name
    Dark Summons
    Parryable
    —
    Priority
    1
    Projectile
    —
    Range
    0
    Root Motion
    —
    Sound
    sfx/creatures/lich/summon
    Telegraph
    circle
    Timeline
    —
    Timing
    —
  5. Ability Ref
    —
    Active Frames
    none
    Animation
    phase_shield
    Base Damage
    0
    Cast Time
    0
    Channel Duration
    —
    Channeled
    —
    Condition
    —
    Cooldown
    0
    Cooldown Ms
    —
    Damage
    —
    Damage Shape
    —
    Damage Type
    —
    Description
    When low HP, becomes temporarily invulnerable until phylactery is destroyed.
    Effects
    1. Chance
      —
      Dps
      —
      Duration
      30
      Max At Hp Pct
      —
      Min Duration
      —
      Radius
      —
      Type
      status_effect
    Hitbox
    —
    Hurtbox Shapes
    none
    Id
    Phylactery Shield
    Name
    Phylactery Shield
    Parryable
    —
    Priority
    1
    Projectile
    —
    Range
    0
    Root Motion
    —
    Sound
    sfx/creatures/lich/phylactery_activate
    Telegraph
    —
    Timeline
    —
    Timing
    —
Refs
none
Aggression
—
Ai
Ability Conditions
Creature Lich Summon Undead
Condition
self_hp_percent < 80 AND summon_count < 3
Priority
30
Ability Weights
Creature Lich Frost Bolt
35
Creature Lich Ice Tomb
25
Creature Lich Mass Death
20
Creature Lich Summon Undead
20
Behavior Overrides
Aggro On Sight
—
Auto Heal
—
Call For Help
—
Flee At Hp Percent
—
Heal Delay
—
Help Range
—
Show Damage Numbers
—
Track Dps
—
Behavior Tree
Boss Phased
Disengage After Secs
—
Evasion
—
Patrol
—
Pursuit
—
Audio
Aggro
sfx/creatures/lich/threat
Ambient
sfx/creatures/lich/chant_idle
Attack
sfx/creatures/lich/frost_bolt
Death
sfx/creatures/lich/death_shatter
Footsteps
sfx/footsteps/lich_float
Hurt
sfx/creatures/lich/pain_cold
Behavior Tree
—
Category
boss
Combat Level
110
Description
An undead sorcerer of supreme power who transcended death through dark ritual.
Examine
A skeleton wearing the robes of a grand sorcerer — but not animated like a common undead. This is a Lich: a mage who chose to die rather than give up their power, and bound their soul to a phylactery. Unless that phylactery is destroyed, killing it achieves nothing permanent.
Fish
—
Hitbox
—
Icon
icons/creatures/lich
Id
Lich
Impact
—
Inheritance
—
Loot
Loot Table
Lich Boss
Xp Rewards
Combat
0
Hp
0
Skills
none
Venery
3,500
Loot Table
—
Mechanics
none
Metadata
Added Version
0.1.0
Notes
Flagship undead boss. Phase 3 mechanic: Lich becomes invulnerable, spawns a destructible Phylactery object that must be destroyed (it's guarded by summoned undead). Group must split — some handle adds while others destroy phylactery. Immune to all status effects. Ice Tomb locks out one player; other players must break it. Wave of Death punishes clusters hard. Enrage at 10 minutes.
Tags
undead, boss, magic, summon, ice, all_status_immune, mechanic_phylactery
Venery Category
undead
Zone
necromancer_tower_apex, lich_sanctum
Model
models/creatures/undead/lich
Movement
—
Name
Lich
Phases
  1. Abilities
    Frost Bolt, Ice Tomb, Dark Summons
    Hp Threshold
    100
    Mechanics
    none
    Name
    Awakening
    Phase
    1
    Stat Modifiers
    Attack Multiplier
    1
    Transition
    Animation
    lich_throne_rise
    Dialogue
    You dare disturb my eternal contemplation? Foolish mortals.
    Duration
    5
    Invulnerable
    yes
  2. Abilities
    Frost Bolt, Ice Tomb, Wave of Death, Dark Summons
    Hp Threshold
    60
    Mechanics
    none
    Name
    Necrotic Fury
    Phase
    2
    Stat Modifiers
    Attack Multiplier
    1.4
    Transition
    Animation
    phase_2_ritual
    Dialogue
    Persistent. I shall have to try harder.
    Duration
    3
    Invulnerable
    no
  3. Abilities
    Frost Bolt, Ice Tomb, Wave of Death, Dark Summons, Phylactery Shield
    Hp Threshold
    20
    Mechanics
    phylactery_mechanic
    Name
    Phylactery Invoked
    Phase
    3
    Stat Modifiers
    Attack Multiplier
    2
    Magic Attack Multiplier
    1.5
    Transition
    Animation
    phylactery_reveal
    Dialogue
    You CANNOT kill what will not die. Destroy my phylactery if you dare!
    Duration
    4
    Invulnerable
    yes
Recovery
—
Resistances
—
Respawn
—
Spawn
Max Instances
1
Respawn Time
7,200
Respawn Variance
1,200
Spawn Animation
lich_throne_activate
Spawn Sound
sfx/creatures/lich/awaken
Stats
Aggro Range
25
Attack
0
Attack Range
2
Attack Speed
1
Crush Defense
20
Immunities
none
Leash Range
100
Magic Attack
280
Magic Resistance
40
Max Hp
28,000
Move Speed
5
Movement Speed
3
Poise
100
Ranged Attack
0
Ranged Defense
20
Slash Defense
20
Stab Defense
20
Status Immunities
—
Variation
—
Visuals
—
Xp Rewards
—
Designer's note

Flagship undead boss. Phase 3 mechanic: Lich becomes invulnerable, spawns a destructible Phylactery object that must be destroyed (it's guarded by summoned undead). Group must split — some handle adds while others destroy phylactery. Immune to all status effects. Ice Tomb locks out one player; other players must break it. Wave of Death punishes clusters hard. Enrage at 10 minutes.

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