Last updated: Exalt Version 2.0.2.0 (Aug 2021) |
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The Crystallised Scorpion is a miniboss found in the Crystal Cavern. It is one of two possible Crystal Guardian minibosses spawned by the Crystal Entity in the second stage of its battle.
Base HP: 37,500 (
Boss Adaptive HP Scaling)
DEF: 30
EXP: 20,000
Location: Crystal Cavern
Immune to Stasis
Immune to Stunned
Immune to Paralyzed
Counts towards God Kills
Counts towards Construct Kills
Aesthetics |
Damage |
Condition effects |
Speed (tiles/sec) |
Range (tiles) |
Comments |
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180 |
9 |
21 |
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120 |
10 |
30 |
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350 |
From Crystal Spikes Radius: 2 |
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100 |
12 |
36 |
From Fake Scorpion Explosion |
Alternates between two behavior patterns:
At 70% HP, the Scorpion vanishes and spawns a large number of miniature scorpions around the arena. These scorpions have 1,875 base HP, 100 DEF, and cannot attack, attempting to flee from players. One of the scorpions is substantially larger than the others and flashes - this is the one that players need to target (in addition, it has only 30 DEF). When the real scorpion is killed, all others vanish and the Crysallised Scorpion will appear again, resuming its attack pattern from before. If a fake is killed, it will flash red for half a second and explode into a very dense ring of crystal shards. Unlike the Scorpion’s other phases, which are time-based, this phase will not end until the true scorpion is killed.
At 40% HP, the Scorpion moves into the center of the room and summoning a large number of red crosshairs around the arena. These crosshairs will then start randomly moving around - if one comes into contact with a player, it will briefly stop and flash before causing a Crystal Spike to erupt from under it, dealing massive AoE damage. In the meantime, the Scorpion will be firing spreads of blue shards at the nearest player.
After some time passes, it will resume its attack pattern.
The easiest boss for a large group, but easily the hardest boss for a small group or solo player. The raw speed and power of its shots can deal massive damage, but what can be arguably the worst (or easiest) phase is the fake scorpion phase. Never stand over a fake scorpion because if it is killed, it will result in instant death without Invulnerability. It is imperative to take down the large scorpion as fast as possible to resume the bossfight and also to lower the chance of anyone dying. If it is not found and killed fast enough, it will stop flashing and make it even harder to identify (unless it was damaged and you kept track of its HP.) To make matters worse, the Crystal Entity’s fractals may cause you to lose track of the scorpion. The Crystal Spike phase can also be difficult, since it is hard to approach the center while avoiding both the crosshairs and its fast and highly damaging projectiles. Tricksters are especially helpful for this phase, as they can completely lure away the Scorpion’s shotgun. Alternatively, you can always stand back and wait for a phase change if it is too dangerous to go in.
Before Patch X.32.4.1 (Jan 2020), the Crystallised Scorpion had the following sprite:
Note that the old sprite is the same as that for the Iceion, found in the Ice Cave.
Before Exalt Version 1.5.0.0 (May 2021), the Scorpion’s spiral had two arms and did less damage, its primary shotgun was faster and more damaging, its fake scorpions did more damage and did not have a delay before exploding, and all of its phases were performed randomly.
The following sprite of the old Crystallised Scorpion buried in the ground can be seen in the game files as shown below:
This sprite does not currently have a use, however it was present on Testing as the fight against the Crystallised Scorption functioned quite differently.
