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Light Eater

Mangeur de lumière

World 5, Lightless DeepBoss

Light Eater

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Health, solo
1,661
Heavy hit
24.9
Phases
Phases at 66% and 33% of its health

How to meet it

Lair bossThe Lightless Pit
  1. 1Walk 160 blocks south of the Threshold to its lair gate.
  2. 2Come within 10 blocks of the lair heart at the centre of the chamber.
  3. 3It wakes after a three-second tremor. Beat it and the treasure alcove opens: three chests of the world's best loot.
  4. 4The heart wakes again ten minutes later, for a second fight.

Lair Heart

Attacks

  1. LightClaw in the Dark
  2. MediumLights Out
  3. SignatureSilent Charge
  4. Final phaseTrack it by sound only

It sleeps in its lair, 160 blocks south of the Threshold. Come within 10 blocks of the lair heart at the centre to wake it. When it falls, the seal of the treasure alcove breaks and its chests fill with the world's best loot; the heart wakes again 10 minutes later.

Reading the fight

Light attack, warning0.5 s
Medium attack, warning1 s
Signature attack, warning2 s
Opening after a medium attack2.5 s
Opening after the signature1.25 s
Pause while changing phase2 s
  • Signature attack at most every 20 seconds, 1 second sooner per phase.
  • Medium attack at most every 8 seconds, light attack every 4 seconds when you are close; both come a little sooner each phase.
  • Each phase makes it 10% faster.

In a group

Players nearbyMultiplierBoss health
1×11,661
2×1.62,658
4×2.84,651
8×5.28,637

Counted within 48 blocks when the boss wakes. Its attacks also come 5% faster per extra player, recounted during the fight. Everyone within 64 blocks at its death shares the victory.

Drops

DropsCount
Light Eater Core1
World Soil 54

100 souls for every player within 64 blocks. Spawns in its arena, woken at the altar. It never despawns.

What its fall opens

  • Its core opens the way into World 6.
  • Your Doll of Life gains a layer.
What its fall reveals

The Light Eater starves. A second layer grows on your doll. Diamonds return. Something is watching you.

Quests

No quest asks for this one.

Achievements

  • End of the FeastDefeat the Light Eater.Progress
  • FlamelessBeat the Eater without artificial light.Combat