Secrets: Pack A Punch -- Musical Easter Egg -- Tom Kane Tribute --
Easter Egg Guide: Part 1 -- Part 2 -- Part 3 -- Part 4 -- Part 5 --
Map Layout: All Areas
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This volcanic activity keeps dragon.....on and on
Now we are ready to enter the main boss fight for this map.
To initiate the fight, go up to the SHOGUN'S SANCTUM area of the map and to the left hand side of the PACK A PUNCH MACHINE, there is a hole in the wall with some KITES blowing in the wind.
Go up to these and interact with them and it will start a vote for ASCEND TO THE VOLCANO.
When everyone agrees, you will be teleported to the volcano for the FINAL BOSS FIGHT.....here we go yayyyyy.
When you get to the boss fight you will now be in an area called NYXARA'S RUIN.
There will be a DRAGON sitting on top of the VOLCANO in the distance.
What we have to do here, in order to best damage the boss, is destroy ONI'S in this area that are carrying FLAGS.
We then need to pickup these RED FLAGS and take then to spots where there is a BLUE OUTLINE of a FLAG in the area.
This will then place the flag down in this spot, where we will need to stay within the CIRCLE THAT APPEARS, for a set amount of time, in order to capture this spot.
Once this spot has been captured, it will make the area we are in IMMUNE to damage from the boss and zombies, and it will allow us to start shooting the boss and inflict damage on them, without being distracted, for a short period of time.
In the first phase of the boss fight, there is only 1 FLAG NEEDS CAPTURED in order to activate the immune spot. In phase 2 there are 2 flags etc and in phase 3 there can be multiple flags need captured before able to become immune.
IMMUNITY IS ONLY GRANTED, when ALL FLAGS have been captured in that given moment or phase. So if there are 3 flags in total in a certain phase and you capture only 1, you will not be immune until you capture the other 2, so be very aware of that.
When you are in these immune spots and fully immune, you will be glowing blue. That's when you will be able to do the maximum amount of damage to the boss, so don't waste it.
The more you progress the phases, the more weak spots will start to appear on the boss, these will be appearing in the form of YELLOW WEAK SPOTS which are the best places to hit in order to inflict the most amount of damage each time.
When you initially spawn into this area, you will also be given a BLESSING straight away from one of the previous SHADOWSMITH'S.
This will be in the form of VEYTHARION and you should pick this one up as soon as you get into the area, as it will give you:
- Tier 3 Pack A Punch Crystal
- A Shadow Rift Ammo Mod (can vary)
PHASE 1
So first phase has started of the boss fight where we found the ONI WITH THE FLAG, destroyed him, took the single flag and planted it in the spot its being highlighted with a blue place holder and captured the area to become immune.
Stay in the blue circle and keep shooting NYXARA until they have about a third of their health down. Be wary, the blue immune effect for each flag will eventually wear off, so its best if you can deal a huge amount of damage while immune in any flag at any given time.
PHASE 2
Once we get down to about two thirds of the bosses health, it will initiate phase 2 and this will mean there are more FLAGS that need CAPTURED in order to create the immune spots on the ground. There is 2 flags on this phase to capture to grant immunity.
Simply rinse and repeat as the previous steps, destroy the 2 ONI's, capture the 2 flags and put them in the place holders and charge them up, then inflict damage on the boss.
Then we get him down to his final third of health and it will initiate the third phase.
Phase 3
Pretty mush the same as phase 2, except, you guessed it, there are 3 ONI'S with flags we need to destroy and then charge up the 3 FLAG LOCATIONS to become IMMUNE. Then deal as much damage as we can to the boss and his weak spots.
Boss attacks
The most dangerous attack from the boss that catches people out is the LAVA ATTACK. Some people think that when the dragon charges up its fire breath and spews it out, if they haven't got hit initially with it, there's no danger.
However this charged up spewing of lava and fire actually sprays MOLTEN LAVA all over the ground and after a few seconds, it becomes a HURT ZONE.
Keep an eye out for this attack as you see the dragon tilting its head down then up and it will fire this lava out, turning large sections and streaks of the ground into molten hot scorched earth zones.
Hiding behind the line this lava can also help avoid it, as there is little rocks slightly raised that can deflect some parts of the lava and give you a few more seconds to escape before things get a little too hot under the collar.
If you are using the PHD ENVIRONMENTALIST AUGMENT, you can slide across the lava, without taking any damage.
BLESSINGS
As mentioned before, this area will periodically give you BLESSINGS from the SHADOWSMITH's in the form of:
- VEYTHARION blessing - which mentioned previously, gives loot as a reward, use right away as soon as you spawn into this area
- CALTHERIS blessing - fires fireballs as you shoot, dealing huge amounts of damage. This is definitely best kept when you have an immune zone coming up so every fireball can count and your not wasting it on clearing paths of zombies out of the way as you run.
- DRAVAKAR'S blessing - if you wait until you pick this one up at PHASE 3 of the boss fight, you can use this right at the start of this phase and it will automatically capture all of the 3 FLAG POINTS for you, meaning you can deal damage in an immune zone instantaneously the moment you activate it. This can be super useful.
All you have to do is shoot the boss until its health is zero and you will have successfully completed the Kowakujo Easter egg.
This is a very easy boss fight to get through and the mechanics are very simple, compared to the previous bosses we have had in other zombies maps.
Thanks for reading as always guys and will see you on the next map.
Henry
