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The Dried King
Health:	3,000 NG+7 12,500
Drops:	20,010 Gold 20,000 Salt NG+7 338,640 Salt The Dried King's Ashes
Defences
Strike	50	Fire	50
Slash	250	Lightning	50
Poise	90	Poison	900
Block	100	Holy	-50(-40*)
Block Damage	100	Arcane	50
Block Magic	60

*: Enhanced Edition Values

The Dried King is a Boss in Salt and Sanctuary

The skeletal revenant of Quan In, Sun King of Kulka'as. He presided over his realm during an era of unrivaled prosperity, but with each year's bounty, his paranoia and despair increased more rapidly. Did it have something to do with the rumors about his long dead brother still having a hand in ruling the kingdom?"

Location

• Ziggurat of Dust: You must climb up after solving the level's brand puzzles.
• Coordinates: {X:79848.26 Y:9045.742}
• Boss Flags: The Dart Brand becomes available after this boss / Merchant progress

Combat Information

• Attack Types: Fire Damage
• Weak vs: Holy Damage
• Strong vs: Slash and Poison Damage
• Cannot be pushed around as much after patch 11.

Phase 1

All of it's attacks are started with it's left hand growing red (fire). This boss always deals fire damage, and thus cause non-trivial wounding if it's attacks connect.

• Searing Beams - Lifts hand straight up into the air above it's head to summon lines of fire which appear on the screen in different directions. They try to aim in the player's general position
  • These lines have narrow hitbox and only hit after 3 seconds they have spawned in, but you can get hit by more than one line at once.
• Fiery Blades - When hand is lifted at an angle behind it's head, it will summon blades of fire in the direction it's facing. Easily countered by rolling through. Causes medium fire damage, but can hit more than once.
• Fire Burst - Rears it's hand at chest level, throwing 3 balls of fire that flies to the top, middle and bottom. Deals very heavy fire damage if even one hits directly, as well as severe wounding. Better avoided by rolling through the fireballs, or preferably through the boss.
  • Once it reaches its maximum range, the three fireballs will explode and leave a small trail of fire that can catch the player off guard.
    • The fire trail does not deal much damage, but still causes wounding.
• Pillars of Flame - Places both hands near its waist aiming downwards, which will summon a trail of fire for a brief period of time, similar to the Incantation Wildfire. This attack covers both sides of the boss, but has relatively low AOE range.
  • It's best avoided by running or rolling away from the boss, due it's AoE nature.
  • Be wary of getting cornered in one side of the room when he casts this attack.

Phase 2

• At 50% HP, some of it's attacks come out faster, and more lines are spawned during the Searing Beams attack.

Melee Strategy Video

Player Notes

• Craft with drops: Adrasteia
• The boss can be trivialized with high fire resistance and prayers, or blocking with a Shield that is immune to fire damage.
• Can be repeatedly stagggered before attacks begin. Staying close is a good idea, but watch out when he raises his hands up to cast Wildfire.
  • Be wary of carelessly staggering the boss as a main strategy, as some of it's attacks still come out once the animation starts. This may lead to the boss casting several spells in succession, if unlucky enough. Always manage your stamina and be ready to roll.
• It's Fire Burst and Fiery Blades attacks can be spell parried. It's other magic attacks cannot.