The Truth About Bone Armor

[Cruvimaster]

Bone Armor actually held 100% of the boss's attack at the beginning, but the devs changed this in the second update to not allow the player to stand still in a corner of the arena.

Even without being in a corner, I have been hit right in the center of the arena during the boss's first attack.

 

Alternative to bone armor: Shadow Prison

Alternative to bone armor: Battle Rönd (Wigfrid) - 100% immunity, even in corners.

Edited June 9, 2025 by Cruvimaster

[Wigfridge2137]

So it does double damage now? Or it just needs specific condition to hit the player 2nd time?

[Cruvimaster]

12 minutes ago, Wigfridge2137 said:

So it does double damage now? Or it just needs specific condition to hit the player 2nd time?

If the player is in any corner of the arena, the boss traps you and deals second damage. In the middle of the arena, he deals damage inconsistently (I died several times with Wanda with this damage in the center of the arena, always on the boss's first attack - but in general this is rarer, but unpredictable).

 

Wanda, at 65 years old, can fight this boss without bone armor while wearing armor with 90% protection? Watch the video.

Edited June 9, 2025 by Cruvimaster

[JazzyGames]

90% armor on Wanda for planar boss?

[Cruvimaster]

16 minutes ago, JazzyGames said:

90% armor on Wanda for planar boss?

The goal was to show that the best armor in the game with some planar defense does not work for the character. If it were only for the biggest non -planning protection I would put the one with 95%.

Edited June 9, 2025 by Cruvimaster

[JazzyGames]

Best armor, I think you meant. And yeah, I agree Wanda has a planar defense problem. Became apparent with the mutant bosses.

[Cruvimaster]

The focus of the post is to show that if bone armor is a problem, Shadow Prison and Battle Rönd are too. However, if Klei removes all 3 items from the boss fight, only one character among all of them will have a real impact on the gameplay. Wigfrid doesn't need Battle Rönd. Maxwell without Shadow Prison would have the same difficulty as Wes. Wanda, on the other hand, would have two solutions: do the entire fight "no damage" using Magiluminescence (would it be fair to demand that?) or stay at a low age and deal less damage than Wilson (he has an affinity that deals planar damage).

Furthermore, bone armor is the loot of the hardest boss in the game. If we had 6 players using this item, it would mean they defeated AFW 6 times.

I have nothing else to say. Let the devs decide which way to go about this.

Edited June 9, 2025 by Cruvimaster

[Y0sH]

The best way to go about this might just be moving up Wanda's priority for her Skilltree and address it there lol.