Death Mantis
A mantis taller than a house with scythe-arms that cut through any defense.
This impossibly large mantis stands motionless in its garden, resembling a dead tree until prey draws near. Its scythe-arms move faster than the eye can follow and can bisect a fully armored knight. The only defense is to read its telegraphed strikes and dodge.
Stats
Hitpoints
11,000
Melee attack
120
Magic attack
0
Ranged attack
0
Attack speed
1
Attack range
6 m
Defences
Slash defence
20
Stab defence
25
Crush defence
15
Ranged defence
20
Magic resistance
10
Poise
100
Movement & awareness
Move speed
5 m/s
Movement speed
6 m/s
Aggro range
14 m
Leash range
50 m
Abilities
4A massive overhead scythe attack. Heavily telegraphed but devastating.
- Damage
- 250% of attack
- Range
- 6 m
- Wind-up
- 3 s
- Cooldown
- 20 s
- Effects
- Debuff — duration 15
A rapid series of slashes from both arms.
- Damage
- 60% of attack
- Range
- 6 m
- Wind-up
- 0.8 s
- Cooldown
- 14 s
Predator's Stillnessweight 20
Becomes nearly invisible, then strikes from stealth.
- Damage
- 0% of attack
- Range
- 0 m
- Cooldown
- 30 s
- Effects
- Buff — duration 5
How it fights
- Behaviour
- Boss Phased
- Patrol
- Stationary
- Aggressive on sight
- Yes
Ability preference
| Ability | Weight | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Scythe Slash | 35 | 35% |
| Scythe Flurry | 25 | 25% |
| Predator's Stillness | 20 | 20% |
| Reaper's Cut | 20 | 20% |
Phases
3- The Garden Predator from —% HPMantis SlashMantis Flurry
- Death's Scythe from —% HPMantis SlashMantis ExecuteMantis FlurryMantis CamouflageStat Modifiers:
- Attack Speed Multiplier
- 1.2
- Damage Multiplier
- 1.3
Transition:- Animation
- wings_spread
- Dialogue
- The Death Mantis spreads its wings — a sound like grinding steel!
- Duration
- 2.5
- Invulnerable
- yes
Trigger:- Hp Percent
- 60
- Reaper Unleashed from —% HPMantis SlashMantis ExecuteMantis FlurryMantis CamouflageStat Modifiers:
- Attack Speed Multiplier
- 1.5
- Damage Multiplier
- 1.5
- Movement Speed Multiplier
- 1.3
Transition:- Animation
- reaper_mode
- Dialogue
- Its eyes go pure black — it moves faster than sight!
- Duration
- 3
- Invulnerable
- yes
Trigger:- Hp Percent
- 25
Drops
Rolls on Death Mantis Drops.
Roll 1always drops · guaranteed
| Drop | Quantity | Weight | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mantis Scythe Arm Blade-limb — weapon crafting component | 1–2 | — | 100% |
| Mantis Compound Eye Optics — accessory gem for precision builds | 1 | — | 100% |
Roll 22 rolls · weighted
| Drop | Quantity | Weight | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nothing | — | 15 | 15% |
| Mantis Chitin | 2–5 | 25 | 25% |
| Coins Gold | 3–9 | 25 | 25% |
| Death Mantis Claw Blade One-handed — high crit chance | 1 | 20 | 20% |
| Predator Eye Gem Gem accessory — highlights weak points on enemies | 1 | 15 | 15% |
Movement & spawning
Spawn
- Max Instances
- 1
- Respawn Time
- 300
- Respawn Variance
- 60
Sounds
- Aggro
sfx/creatures/death_mantis/screech- Ambient
sfx/creatures/death_mantis/silence- Attack
sfx/creatures/death_mantis/slash- Death
sfx/creatures/death_mantis/death- Footsteps
sfx/footsteps/insect_stalk- Hurt
sfx/creatures/death_mantis/hiss
Full catalogue record32 fields · straight from the content catalogue
- Abilities
- Inline
- Ability Ref
- —
- Active Frames
- none
- Animation
- attack_slash
- Base Damage
- 90
- Cast Time
- 0.2
- Channel Duration
- —
- Channeled
- —
- Condition
- —
- Cooldown
- 0
- Cooldown Ms
- —
- Damage
- —
- Damage Shape
- —
- Damage Type
- slash
- Description
- A lightning-fast horizontal slash.
- Effects
- none
- Hitbox
- —
- Hurtbox Shapes
- none
- Id
- Scythe Slash
- Name
- Scythe Slash
- Parryable
- —
- Priority
- 1
- Projectile
- —
- Range
- 6
- Root Motion
- —
- Sound
- sfx/creatures/death_mantis/slash
- Telegraph
- —
- Timeline
- —
- Timing
- —
- Ability Ref
- —
- Active Frames
- none
- Animation
- reaper_cut
- Base Damage
- 250
- Cast Time
- 3
- Channel Duration
- —
- Channeled
- —
- Condition
- —
- Cooldown
- 20
- Cooldown Ms
- —
- Damage
- —
- Damage Shape
- —
- Damage Type
- slash
- Description
- A massive overhead scythe attack. Heavily telegraphed but devastating.
- Effects
- Chance
- —
- Dps
- —
- Duration
- 15
- Max At Hp Pct
- —
- Min Duration
- —
- Radius
- —
- Type
- debuff
- Hitbox
- —
- Hurtbox Shapes
- none
- Id
- Reaper's Cut
- Name
- Reaper's Cut
- Parryable
- —
- Priority
- 1
- Projectile
- —
- Range
- 6
- Root Motion
- —
- Sound
- sfx/creatures/death_mantis/execute
- Telegraph
- line
- Timeline
- —
- Timing
- —
- Ability Ref
- —
- Active Frames
- none
- Animation
- flurry
- Base Damage
- 60
- Cast Time
- 0.8
- Channel Duration
- —
- Channeled
- —
- Condition
- —
- Cooldown
- 14
- Cooldown Ms
- —
- Damage
- —
- Damage Shape
- —
- Damage Type
- slash
- Description
- A rapid series of slashes from both arms.
- Effects
- none
- Hitbox
- —
- Hurtbox Shapes
- none
- Id
- Scythe Flurry
- Name
- Scythe Flurry
- Parryable
- —
- Priority
- 1
- Projectile
- —
- Range
- 6
- Root Motion
- —
- Sound
- sfx/creatures/death_mantis/flurry
- Telegraph
- cone
- Timeline
- —
- Timing
- —
- Ability Ref
- —
- Active Frames
- none
- Animation
- camouflage
- Base Damage
- 0
- Cast Time
- 0
- Channel Duration
- —
- Channeled
- —
- Condition
- —
- Cooldown
- 30
- Cooldown Ms
- —
- Damage
- —
- Damage Shape
- —
- Damage Type
- —
- Description
- Becomes nearly invisible, then strikes from stealth.
- Effects
- Chance
- —
- Dps
- —
- Duration
- 5
- Max At Hp Pct
- —
- Min Duration
- —
- Radius
- —
- Type
- buff
- Hitbox
- —
- Hurtbox Shapes
- none
- Id
- Predator's Stillness
- Name
- Predator's Stillness
- Parryable
- —
- Priority
- 1
- Projectile
- —
- Range
- 0
- Root Motion
- —
- Sound
- sfx/creatures/death_mantis/vanish
- Telegraph
- —
- Timeline
- —
- Timing
- —
- Refs
- none
- Aggression
- —
- Ai
- Ability Conditions
- —
- Ability Weights
- Creature Mantis Camouflage
- 20
- Creature Mantis Execute
- 20
- Creature Mantis Flurry
- 25
- Creature Mantis Slash
- 35
- Behavior Overrides
- Aggro On Sight
- yes
- Auto Heal
- —
- Call For Help
- no
- Flee At Hp Percent
- 0
- Heal Delay
- —
- Help Range
- —
- Show Damage Numbers
- —
- Track Dps
- —
- Behavior Tree
- Boss Phased
- Disengage After Secs
- —
- Evasion
- —
- Patrol
- Radius
- —
- Type
- stationary
- Waypoints
- none
- Pursuit
- —
- Audio
- Aggro
- sfx/creatures/death_mantis/screech
- Ambient
- sfx/creatures/death_mantis/silence
- Attack
- sfx/creatures/death_mantis/slash
- Death
- sfx/creatures/death_mantis/death
- Footsteps
- sfx/footsteps/insect_stalk
- Hurt
- sfx/creatures/death_mantis/hiss
- Behavior Tree
- —
- Category
- boss
- Combat Level
- 145
- Description
- A mantis taller than a house with scythe-arms that cut through any defense.
- Examine
- This impossibly large mantis stands motionless in its garden, resembling a dead tree until prey draws near. Its scythe-arms move faster than the eye can follow and can bisect a fully armored knight. The only defense is to read its telegraphed strikes and dodge.
- Fish
- —
- Hitbox
- —
- Icon
- icons/creatures/death_mantis
- Id
- Death Mantis
- Impact
- —
- Inheritance
- —
- Loot
- Loot Table
- Death Mantis Drops
- Xp Rewards
- Combat
- 0
- Hp
- 0
- Skills
- none
- Venery
- 510
- Loot Table
- —
- Mechanics
- none
- Metadata
- Added Version
- 0.5.0
- Notes
- Boss. Instant-kill telegraphed scythe attack. Drops mantis blade.
- Tags
- insectoid, venery_exclusive, boss, one_shot, venery_zone
- Venery Category
- insectoid
- Zone
- mantis_garden
- Model
- models/creatures/insectoid/death_mantis
- Movement
- —
- Name
- Death Mantis
- Phases
- Enabled
- yes
- Phase List
- Abilities Enabled
- mantis_slash, mantis_flurry
- Name
- The Garden Predator
- Phase Id
- phase_1
- Abilities Enabled
- mantis_slash, mantis_execute, mantis_flurry, mantis_camouflage
- Name
- Death's Scythe
- Phase Id
- phase_2
- Stat Modifiers
- Attack Speed Multiplier
- 1.2
- Damage Multiplier
- 1.3
- Transition
- Animation
- wings_spread
- Dialogue
- The Death Mantis spreads its wings — a sound like grinding steel!
- Duration
- 2.5
- Invulnerable
- yes
- Trigger
- Hp Percent
- 60
- Abilities Enabled
- mantis_slash, mantis_execute, mantis_flurry, mantis_camouflage
- Name
- Reaper Unleashed
- Phase Id
- phase_3
- Stat Modifiers
- Attack Speed Multiplier
- 1.5
- Damage Multiplier
- 1.5
- Movement Speed Multiplier
- 1.3
- Transition
- Animation
- reaper_mode
- Dialogue
- Its eyes go pure black — it moves faster than sight!
- Duration
- 3
- Invulnerable
- yes
- Trigger
- Hp Percent
- 25
- Recovery
- —
- Resistances
- —
- Respawn
- —
- Spawn
- Max Instances
- 1
- Respawn Time
- 300
- Respawn Variance
- 60
- Spawn Animation
- —
- Spawn Sound
- —
- Stats
- Aggro Range
- 14
- Attack
- 120
- Attack Range
- 6
- Attack Speed
- 1
- Crush Defense
- 15
- Immunities
- none
- Leash Range
- 50
- Magic Attack
- 0
- Magic Resistance
- 10
- Max Hp
- 11,000
- Move Speed
- 5
- Movement Speed
- 6
- Poise
- 100
- Ranged Attack
- 0
- Ranged Defense
- 20
- Slash Defense
- 20
- Stab Defense
- 25
- Status Immunities
- —
- Variation
- —
- Visuals
- —
- Xp Rewards
- —
Designer's note
Boss. Instant-kill telegraphed scythe attack. Drops mantis blade.
insectoidvenery_exclusivebossone_shotvenery_zone