Bosses

Bosses are dangerous creatures found at the end of quests. There are currently 27 (17 normal + 4 seasonal + 6 other) bosses in DemonCrawl.

Mechanics

Bosses roam the board in the same way as familiars but will only walk into opened cells and will not solve cells. If any cell they enter contains loot or a familiar, the boss will destroy it.

Bosses are random for each quest with the following exceptions:

• Normal Shadowman's boss will always be Bruises.
• Hard Shadowman's boss will always be Ego.
• Endless Multiverse's boss in Dimension 3 will always be Superego.
• Mythic emblems will always have the same boss, and that boss depends on the emblem.

When on a boss stage, special loot called  Dark Hearts spawn. These empower the boss in unique ways. Making a mistake in a boss level will spawn additional dark hearts as well as, for most bosses, triggering an additional undesirable effect.

Strategy

You are able to kill bosses by burning or exploding them and can trap them in Bubbles or freeze them though this does not kill them. Ego is an exception and can not be frozen. All bosses resist burning but if they occupy a burning square for 3 consecutive turns, they will have a high chance of dying.

Having full health along with  Midas Glove turns all  Dark Hearts into  Diamonds, making bosses much more predictable. Similarly, Iron Sceptre can clean up unwanted dark hearts without the need to collect them. Uncovering a corner cell as the first cell but then starting to solve elsewhere on the board (using something like Spy gleaning, a Longbow or Wand Of Light to safely make a start elsewhere) will leave a boss confined to a small area of the board, leaving the player to solve the level in relative safety. Bubbling them is unreliable but if successful, the player can either leave them in the bubble or can pop them in an area further away from dark hearts and unsolved cells.

As of Sweeping Heights, bosses can resist attempts to remove them:

Boss Resistance

Resists	Effect	Chance
Explosion	Dodges and takes no damage	50% +5% per boss mod at time of explosion
Frozen	Escapes	5% +5% per boss mod chance per turn
Bubble	Pops out in a random cell, regardless of bubble location	5% +5% per boss mod chance per turn

Normal Bosses

These are the bosses that can appear when a random boss is generated.

Bosses

Name	Image	Abilities
HELLSPAWN		Gain a random omen whenever a  Dark Heart is collected. Whenever you make a mistake, increase the stage power by number of omens. You cannot be immune to omens.
HELLWETHER		Add a hidden monster in the same quadrant as this boss whenever a  Dark Heart is collected. Whenever you make a mistake, this boss relocates next to a random  Dark Heart. Monsters in the same quadrant as the boss are twice as powerful.
JAILKEEPER		Seal your first available inventory slot when a  Dark Heart is collected. You cannot open your inventory if you've opened fewer than 10 cells since your last mistake. Whenever you click on an inventory slot, seal it.
CULTIST		Spawn 2  Dark Hearts whenever a  Dark Heart is collected. You cannot manually collect  Dark Hearts. Whenever you make a mistake, spawn another boss.
BURGLEZ		Lose a random item whenever a  Dark Heart is collected Whenever you make a mistake, lose items equal to the amount of visible  Dark Hearts. If you would lose an item but your inventory is empty, lose a life instead.
DOOMSTEED		Spawn a Harbinger whenever a  Dark Heart is collected. Whenever you make a mistake, activate all Harbingers. It costs more to bribe Harbingers.
SPELLBINDER		Take 2 damage whenever a  Dark Heart is collected. Whenever you make a mistake, manalock your magic items for 30 turns. Whenever you use a magic item, destroy a random  Dark Heart.
BRUISES		Whenever a  Dark Heart is collected, you take 1 damage. Whenever you make a mistake, spawn  Dark Hearts around the boss. You cannot reduce the stage power.
CHRONOS		Every minute, take 3 damage. Add 20 seconds to the timer whenever a  Dark Heart is collected. Reset the timer whenever you collect other loot
SHADE		Conceal a random cell every time a  Dark Heart is collected. Whenever you make a mistake, spawn  Dark Hearts in all concealed cells. Nearby cell values are concealed.
HUSKBANE		Spawn 3 cankers whenever a  Dark Heart is collected. Whenever you make a mistake, increase the size of all cankers. Big cankers shrink to their regular size when clicked instead of getting destroyed.
YESTERKING		Uncomplete the first stage. Add a random stage mod to the first stage whenever a  Dark Heart is collected. Whenever you make a mistake, double the power of the first stage.
BAGLORD		Spawn a Bagman whenever a  Dark Heart is collected. Whenever a Bagman is killed, take damage equal to its empowerment value. Bagmen cannot weaken monsters.
HECKASLUG		Gain  Poison whenever a  Dark Heart is collected. Whenever you make a mistake, lose lives equal to your number of  Poisons. Creates a trail of Toxic cells.
AUTOMATON		This boss gains 3 boss mods when it spawns. Gain a boss mod whenever you make a mistake.
UNIT-8055		Activate the effect of a different boss whenever a  Dark Heart is collected. Whenever you make a mistake, apply Electric to the current cell then spawn  Dark Hearts in empty Electric cells.  Dark Hearts activate additional times equal to the number of visible Electric cells.
SCRAPPER		Gain  Junk whenever a  Dark Heart is collected. Whenever you make a mistake, reduce your  Junk counter by 50. While your inventory is full, you take 1 damage each turn.

Special Bosses

These bosses only spawn under special conditions, such as holiday events and mythic emblems.

Bosses

Name	Image	Abilities
EGO		Switches between the following effects randomly every turn whenever you make a mistake or a  Dark Heart is collected: Lose 1 HP for every burning tile Lose 1 Defense for every frozen tile Lose 10 coins for every electric tile Creates a burning/frozen/electric trail every turn Immune to auras Appears in Hard Shadowman.
SUPEREGO		Switches between the following effects randomly every turn whenever you make a mistake or a  Dark Heart is collected: Lose 2 HP for every burning tile Lose 2 Defense for every frozen tile Lose 20 coins for every electric tile Lose 2 max life for every visible sanctified cell Creates a burning/frozen/electric/sanctified trail every turn Immune to auras Dies and drops  Computer Simulation when the stage is completed Appears in Endless Multiverse in Dimension 3.
BEYOND EGO		Switches between the following effects randomly every turn triggered when you make a mistake or a  Dark Heart is collected: Lose 3 HP for every visible burning cell Lose 3 Defense for every visible frozen cell Lose 30 coins for every visible electric cell Lose 3 max life for every visible sanctified cell Gain a random omen for every visible cursed cell Creates a burning/frozen/electric/sanctified/cursed trail every turn Immune to auras Appears in  Computer Simulation.
MANIAC		Bosses move 3 times whenever a  Dark Heart is collected. Whenever you make a mistake, the boss relocates to a random stranger and kills it. Whenever the last visible stranger is killed, you lose. Has a small chance of spawning at the start of non-boss stages. Has a 25% chance to appear instead of random bosses during the Halloween event.
MANIAC, HUMANITY'S LAST HOPE		Bosses move 3 times whenever a  Dark Heart is collected. Whenever you make a mistake, the boss relocates to a random stranger and kills it. Whenever the last visible stranger is killed, you win the stage. If you complete the stage normally, you lose. MANIAC has a small chance of spawning at the start of non-boss stages. Appears in  Area 51
SANTA		Cut your morality in half whenever a  Dark Heart is collected, then lose 1 morality. Whenever you make a mistake, lose 3 morality. Double the amount of all other morality loss effects. Transforms to Bad Santa if your morality is negative. There is an effect as Santa spawns: 0-10 morality: gain a  Present 10-29 morality: gain 2x  Present 30+ morality: gain 3x  Present negative morality: Bad Santa spawns instead. Has a 25% chance to appear instead of random bosses during the Christmas event.
BAD SANTA		Lose 3 morality whenever a  Dark Heart is collected. Whenever you make a mistake, take damage equal to your negative morality. All item transform effects result in coal. When Bad Santa spawns or emerges, the player gains  Coal.
EGGHEAD		Something bad will happen if this boss destroys an Easter egg...  Gray Egg: You lose 1 defense.  Green Egg: Seal your first available inventory slot.  Blue Egg: A random cell becomes frozen.  Yellow Egg: A hidden cell with a monster becomes electric.  Red Egg: You get burnt.  Rainbow Egg: Nothing. Spawn a nearby Easter egg whenever a  Dark Heart is collected. Whenever you make a mistake, you lose an Easter egg. If you activate an Easter egg, Egghead will teleport to a random cell. When Egghead appears (including when you pop a bubble containing him), several Easter eggs spawn. You cannot manually collect Easter eggs. Has a 25% chance to appear instead of random bosses during the Easter event.
HARDBOILED EGGHEAD		Something bad will happen if this boss destroys an Easter egg...  Gray Egg: You lose 1 defense.  Green Egg: Seal your first available inventory slot.  Blue Egg: A random cell becomes frozen.  Yellow Egg: A hidden cell with a monster becomes electric.  Red Egg: You get burnt.  Rainbow Egg: Nothing. Spawn a nearby Easter egg whenever a  Dark Heart is collected. Whenever you make a mistake, you lose an Easter egg. Strike before Egghead takes his revenge! ...You do have the password, right? If you activate an Easter egg, Egghead will teleport to a random cell. When Egghead appears (including when you pop a bubble containing him), several Easter eggs spawn. You cannot manually collect Easter eggs. Appears in  Shell Shocked
TRIXIE		Loses some of her Beach Ball skills with each visible  Dark Heart. Whenever you make a mistake or complete the stage, play a game of Beach Ball against this boss. Whenever you lose a game of Beach Ball, take monster damage. Has a 25% chance to appear instead of random bosses during the Summer event.

Boss Mods

As of Sweeping Heights, bosses can now be affected by certain mods which influence their abilities.

Boss Mods

Name	Effect
Blooming	When you open half of all empty cells, collect 3 Dark Hearts.
Captain	Take 1 damage whenever a monster is revealed.
Corrupt	Spawn 2 Dark Hearts each turn.
Culling	Activate mistake effects whenever you use an item.
Darker	Dark Hearts activate an additional time.
Darkfoot	50% to creates a trail of Dark Hearts.
Devilish	10% chance to activate mistake effects after collecting a Dark Heart.
Emergent	Collect a Dark heart whenever you discover a 6 or greater.
Fatal	If the boss is killed, you take 50 damage.
Forever	If the boss is killed, it respawns on another cell.
Greasy	If the boss can't move, it relocates to a random empty cell.
Harvesting	The boss interacts with all nearby cells on movement, not just the cell it moved to.
Hearty	Collecting a heart of any kind counts as collecting a Dark Heart.
Intelligent	The boss always moves towards Dark Hearts.
Invisible	Whenever a Dark Heart is collected, toggle the boss visibility.
Judge	Activate mistake effects whenever you incorrectly chord a cell.
Killer	Take 5 damage at the end of the stage.
Landlord	Lose a random stat whenever you make a turn in the same quadrant as the boss.
Necromantic	50% chance to spawn a monster whenever a monster is killed.
Ornate	Collect 3 Dark Hearts whenever you use your mastery, sigil, or heirloom.
Overprotective	You cannot interact with objects that are in the same quadrant as the boss.
Pillaging	Collect a Dark Heart whenever the boss destroys an object.
Profane	Whenever a Dark Heart is collected, randomly distribute 50 turns of manalock across your magic items.
Pure	Removes auras as it travels.
Rapid	The boss moves an additional space per turn.
Roundabout	Lose 1% pathfinding whenever you discover a 4 or greater.
Rowdy	When the stage timer hits 2 minutes, activate mistake effects.
Shattered	Whenever a Dark Heart is collected, lose 1 defense.
Spreading	On movement, the boss has a small chance to duplicate itself to a nearby cell.
Subversive	Mistake effects activate an additional time.
Surprise	After opening half of all empty cells, gain 2 boss mods.
Swelling	Whenever a Dark Heart is collected, increase the stage power.
Timelord	Increase the stage power each minute.
Tough	Had additional resistance against effects that can kill it.
Wandering	The boss has a chance to travel into hidden cells. This chance increases with visible Dark Hearts. If the boss reveals a monster, you take monster damage.
Weary	Lose 10 mana each turn for each visible Dark Heart.

Changelog

• v1.50 Spellbinder rework
• v1.49 Ego boss can no longer die

Mechanics
Character	Stats	Lives • Defense • Coins
	Revive • Status Effect
Stage	Stages • Special Stages • Stage Power
	Objects	Stranger • Landmark •  Familiar • Monster • Boss
		Loot	(  Heart •  Soul •  Coin •  Diamond •  Chest • etc. )
	Modifiers	Aura • Stage Mods
	Orbs	Canker •  Sawblade •  Bubble
	Projectiles	Flare • Blessing • Bubble
Item	Inventory •  Armor •  Bones •  Minion • Seal
	Magic	Mana • Manalock • Duplicast
Keyword	Turn • Mistake • Damage • Chain • Chord • Powerchord • Explode • Glean • Guess • Pathfinding • Morality
Profile	Level	Score • Prestige
	Tokens • Special Chests • Heirloom • Sigil
	Mastery
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