Skeleton Highmage, pixel art boss

Skeleton Highmage

Boss of Level 7

Base health 450
Magic resist 20% less magical damage taken
Ramp +30% damage after every attack, compounding
Reward 80 gold, 4 skulls, before level and heat multipliers
Found in Level 7: Void Gate, fight 5

Attacks

It uses these in order, then starts again from the first.

  1. 35 magical damage, 45% stun chance.

Stats by level

Health after the level multiplier, and the first attack's total damage before any ramp. Heat 1 to 5 multiplies both again by x1.5, x2.5, x4, x5, x10.

LevelHealthFirst attack
7211572

What it tests

The game's own hint for this boss after you fall to it twice:

Answers

Symbols and powerups the game counts as an answer to at least one of these tests. While this boss's level is your current level, the shop offers answers to it more often.

Powerups

Anchor Boots

Kill box contents

If a kill drops a box, it holds one prize. These are the odds for what is inside. Whether a box drops at all is set by the level.

Symbol66.7%
Green Gem22.2%
Blue Gem11.1%

In the demo, blue and yellow gems are taken out and the other prizes share their odds.

What it says

When the fight starts“and where did you crawl out from? stand still a moment. my spells tend to leave people standing still”
When first hit“insolent”
After its first hit“don't tire me, just die already, die”
When it kills you“ez”

All bosses: Skeleton Leader, Ogre, Ghost of London, Koxper the Bastard, Bison the Warrior, Sila the Witch, Skeleton Highmage, Elden Mage, Knight of Trina, Armored Ice Skeleton Leader, Ice Skeleton Mage Leader.