the Gloamwarden
Where to Find It
Found in The Hollowlight Sanctum — The Heart of the First Flame.
Abilities
Damage shown for Normal difficulty.
- Gloam Lash (about every 6s): deals 20 damage to everyone within 4.5 blocks after a short warning; knocks back everyone within 4.5 blocks.
- Umbral Orbs (about every 10s): targets up to 3 random players: fires a projectile, deals 18 damage to its target, inflicts Darkness (3s).
- Shadowstep (about every 14s): targets a random player: teleports next to them, deals 22 damage to them after a short warning, inflicts Blindness (1.5s).
- Chains (about every 21s, below 70% health): pulls the furthest player towards it; inflicts Slowness (2s).
- Umbral Rain (about every 4s): targets up to 2 random players: deals 8 damage to them after a short warning.
Boss Phases
- Below 70% health: becomes immune — Relight the four Lumen Pylons before the dark collapses! The party has 40s; fail and everyone takes heavy damage, succeed and it is stunned and takes extra damage for a while; calls reinforcements.
- Below 35% health: takes 75% less damage until the party finishes the task — The dark protects her. Relight the pylons! The lights go out while it lasts.; every 22s Gloam Nova hits everyone outside the safe zone (get into the light of the first flame!); calls reinforcements.
- Below 15% health: grows more aggressive.
Health by Difficulty
Solo values; it gets tougher for each extra party member.
- Easy: 1,040 health, 18.2 damage per hit
- Normal: 1,600 health, 28 damage per hit
- Hard: 2,560 health, 37.8 damage per hit
- Nightmare: 3,840 health, 50.4 damage per hit
Drops
Extra rolls when it falls (on top of the dungeon's normal rewards):
- Lumen Ember — 50% base chance
- Seraphine's Veil — 5% base chance
- Cantor's Tuning Fork — 12% base chance
