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| − | Despite the immense strength of the Earth Guardian, it moves at a reasonably slow pace. With a leap spell, it is possible to outrun the Earth Guardian and move out of its aggro range. It is best to face the Earth Guardian with Mage Armour and a couple of Greater Mana Potions to prevent the armour from draining all your mana. Use leap spells to dodge attacks from the Earth Guardian, healing spells to heal any severe wounds, and a cheap Fire Damage spell to deal damage to the Earth Guardian. |
+ | Despite the immense strength of the Earth Guardian, it moves at a reasonably slow pace. With a leap spell, it is possible to outrun the Earth Guardian and move out of its aggro range. It is best to face the Earth Guardian with Mage Armour and a couple of Greater Mana Potions to prevent the armour from draining all your mana. Use leap spells to dodge attacks from the Earth Guardian, healing spells to heal any severe wounds, and a cheap Fire Damage spell to deal damage to the Earth Guardian, Life Drain spell will also works well. Because of his very high armor, avoid melee combat as swords do little to no damage. As a note Earth Guardian is also fireproof, so Ignition or Fire Aspect will deal no damage. You can use diminished casting to conserve mana as you may find your armour draining most of your mana to repair itself. It's possible to create a 2 block tall shafts in a way to create a retreat for recover. |
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| + | Also an easy way to kill the earth guardian is if you have flight from any mod just fly up high into the air and shoot any projectile at the earth guardian and he will then teleport all the way up to you and fall down into the earth causing a decent amount of damage. |
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==Loot== |
==Loot== |
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Revision as of 10:00, 22 April 2014
The Earth Guardian is one of Ars Magica 2's bosses. Similar to all other bosses from this
mod, the Earth Guardian is linked to an element and does not spawn naturally, but must be summoned by a ritual. It is usually the second boss the player will fight, with a recommended magic level 25 for combat. It has 140 health points, or 70 hearts of health.
Arcane Compendium Entry
Earth Guardian
Formed out of a core of stone, the Earth Guardian is a hardy opponent that can withstand incredible amounts of physical attacks. With whirling attacks and the strength of the earth itself, be prepared for a fight.
Recommended Level: 25
Summoning
You will need:
- 8 Obsidian blocks
- 1 Chiseled stone brick
- 4 Vinteum torches
- 8 Iron inlays
- 1 Chimerite
- 1 Emerald
- 1 Blue topaz
The Earth guardian is summoned by placing a 3 by 3 ring of iron inlays on top of a 3 by 3 platform of obsidian, with chiseled stone brick in the centre, and one vinteum torch to each side of the inlay. Throw a chimerite, a blue topaz and an emerald(in any order) into the middle of the ring to summon the Earth Guardian.
Upon summoning the Earth Guardian will carve out a 21 by 6 square centered one block above the chiseled stone block as to not break the iron inlays or vineum torches. All the blocks and ores in this area are broken and dropped.
Upon summoning, the Earth Guardian will cleave out a large area of the surrounding blocks,including strong blocks like obsidian, so it would be wise to summon it outside of your base.
Gameplay
Despite the immense strength of the Earth Guardian, it moves at a reasonably slow pace. With a leap spell, it is possible to outrun the Earth Guardian and move out of its aggro range. It is best to face the Earth Guardian with Mage Armour and a couple of Greater Mana Potions to prevent the armour from draining all your mana. Use leap spells to dodge attacks from the Earth Guardian, healing spells to heal any severe wounds, and a cheap Fire Damage spell to deal damage to the Earth Guardian, Life Drain spell will also works well. Because of his very high armor, avoid melee combat as swords do little to no damage. As a note Earth Guardian is also fireproof, so Ignition or Fire Aspect will deal no damage. You can use diminished casting to conserve mana as you may find your armour draining most of your mana to repair itself. It's possible to create a 2 block tall shafts in a way to create a retreat for recover.
Also an easy way to kill the earth guardian is if you have flight from any mod just fly up high into the air and shoot any projectile at the earth guardian and he will then teleport all the way up to you and fall down into the earth causing a decent amount of damage.
Loot
Like any other beginning boss, on defeat it will drop a blue infinity orb, or an earth essence. There is a rare chance of dropping the Earth Armour