Rock Dragon (Rev. 40)

Last updated: Release 11.1.0
Rock Dragon

The Rock Dragon is an event boss that spawns once realm. It drops the Ray Katana, and it has a chance to drop the entrance to the dungeon Lair of Draconis.

Hibernating for a millennia deep beneath the surface of the Realm, legends tell that the beast would awaken at the dawning of the new age. Those adventurers brave enough to have the rare opportunity of encountering this monstrosity had better have their wits about them. To defeat the beast, adventurers are going to have to ensure its complete obliteration; just going for the throat on this one might prove… futile. (Release 11)

The Rock Dragon was chosen to guard the as-of-yet elusive Lair of Draconis due to its indomitable nature. Approach with caution! (Steam Trading Card: Rock Dragon)

Is reskinned to have presents as body parts during the winter (as of Patch X.20.0).

Contents

Stats

Body Segment Tail
Body Segment Tail
HP: 1000
DEF: 10
EXP: 0
Immune to Stasis
Physical Damage: 100
Body Segment
Body Segment
HP: 1000
DEF: 10
EXP: 0
Explodes upon death.
Immune to Stasis
Physical Damage: 100
Eye of the Dragon
Eye of the Dragon
Base HP: 18,000 (+10% [1800 HP] per player in Realm)
DEF: 50
EXP: 195
Immune to Stasis
Level 20 Quest Monster
Counts towards God Kills


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Combat

Attacks

Aesthetics
Damage
Condition effects
Speed (tiles/sec)
Range (tiles)
Comments
Fire Bust Shot
120
12
9.6
Fire Bust Shot
120
7
5.6
Dragon Eye Laser
140
14
16.8
Piercing
Passes Cover
Dragon Eye Blast
160
4.5
9
Particle Trail
Invisible
100
0
0
Contact damage from Body/Tail Segments
Body Bomb Blast
150
10
6
From Body Segment explosion

Behavior

The dragon is made up of a Body Segment Tail, multiple Body Segments, and the Eye of the Dragon. The tail is always invulnerable. The eye is initially invulnerable, but the body segments are always vulnerable.

Phase 1

The Rock Dragon’s eye and tail are invulnerable. The Dragon flies around very quickly, spraying rapid shotguns of flame bursts. It also deals high damage on contact. Combined with it’s attacks, it can deal incredible damage. It spawns Rock Dragon Bats at a constant rate. When a Body Segment is destroyed, it will separate from the Dragon, flash, and explode into a ring of bullets.

Once all body segments are destroyed, the tail will self-terminate and the second phase will begin.

Phase 2

The Eye is vulnerable during this phase. It slowly floats around the arena, firing radial Dragon Eye Blasts around it. It also fires fast Dragon Eye Lasers aimed at the nearest player. If not killed fast enough, the Dragon will regenerate it’s body and revert to Phase 1.

Reproduction

Spawns:
Rock Dragon Bat
Rock Dragon Bat


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Drops

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Tips and Strategies

If you’re an archer or huntress, try to paralyze the dragon and then you can destroy the body with ease (the eye can only shoot straight ahead). Still, you should keep a good distance because the body segments explode for 150 damage per shot, and sitting on it will result in about 2100 damage, instantly killing even maxed melee classes. One more tip is if you are a warrior use Juggernaut and for the time your armor has been doubled you will take only about 45 damage from the Rock Dragon.

Keep in mind that the eye can only fire forwards. Sidestepping the Dragon when it approaches you will spare you from the brunt of the attack. Do not underestimate the Eye of the Dragon’s slow, floaty movement in phase 2: sitting on it while it fires its radial attack will result in enormous damage that is instant death for all but the tankiest of melees.

If the Eye is not killed fast enough and the dragon respawns all its body parts, they will all spawn in the same spot, meaning if you paralyze them, they can be all taken out at once, possibly making the Eye vulnerable again within seconds.

Make no mistake, this is an incredibly dangerous quest, even for maxed melees. If you take a full shotgun to the face by this dragon, high chances are that you’re going to die. So if you are level 15, I suggest skipping out on this quest, as they will always spawn once per realm, and wait till you’re level 20 to tackle this behemoth.


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Note: The quest will show up as “Eye of the Dragon” instead of “Rock Dragon”