Mina the Hollower Boss Guides

Thorne

Ossex · Medium · Sidearm: Mace

1. Phase 1 — Trident strikes

   Pattern: Swift trident blow into a tracking three-hit combo; drops delayed bombs along his path.

   Tell: Quick trident wind-up; combo tracks your movement; bombs drop as he moves.

   Counter: Stay near arena edges to escape bomb chains. Short burst damage so you can disengage.

2. Phase 2 — Tornado burst

   Pattern: Summons a ring of tornadoes that expand outward.

   Tell: He stops moving to channel the swirl.

   Counter: Use Hollowing — burrow underground as the ring expands.

3. Phase 3 — Escalated dash + tornadoes

   Pattern: Longer dash, three hops, then tornado burst again at higher intensity.

   Tell: Dash path visibly extends; three hops precede the tornado summon.

   Counter: Reposition early for the dash; burrow the follow-up tornadoes. Keep attacks short.

The Duchess

Queensbury Crypt · Medium · Sidearm: Daggers

1. Phase 1 — Stone statue

   Pattern: Wide horizontal swing across the arena; jumps on floor plates that fire ground arrows.

   Tell: Wind-up before the swing; jump telegraphs arrow lanes.

   Counter: Burrow on swing wind-up. Stay above or below — arrows break on her body if she blocks your lane.

2. Phase 2 — Tentacle reveal

   Pattern: Faster swing into immediate lunge; tentacle slams burst 3–6 times at your position; arrows persist.

   Tell: Quicker swing wind-up; lunge follows instantly; ground-burst tracks your position.

   Counter: Keep moving in one direction to outrun bursts. Burrow through arrows; favour ranged sidearms.

Nox's Beast

Nox's Bayou · Hard · Sidearm: Daggers · Pit Preserver trinket

1. Main phase — water arena

   Pattern: Bounces, poison bubbles, stomach suction mouth, ground slam sending expanding wave rings; destroys shallow water into pits.

   Tell: Short hop before each bounce; second mouth opens for suction; slam precedes rings.

   Counter: Dodge bounces; stay at range for suction. Jump wave rings — burrowing does not block them.

2. Low health — swimming

   Pattern: Swims diagonally through water, carving deep pits and damaging on contact.

   Tell: Submerges and charges diagonally.

   Counter: Burrow in the opposite diagonal to avoid the swim path and fresh pits.

Madd House

Septemburg (Kindlewood) · Medium · Stay below or to the sides — never above

1. Phase 1 — Awakening

   Pattern: Awakening animation on entry; attacks largely from above with awkward hitboxes overhead.

   Tell: Opening awakening animation — free hit window.

   Counter: Land early hits during awakening. Burrow to sides or below — never fight from above.

2. Phase 2 — Bombs (low health)

   Pattern: Throws bombs that blanket the arena for area damage on explosion.

   Tell: Bombs begin appearing across the arena.

   Counter: Move to a safe spot, wait out explosions, then resume from sides/below.

Midden

Queensbury Crypt (Ancestral Chamber) · Easy · Optional secret fight

1. Single phase

   Pattern: Secret optional encounter — single phase, Easy difficulty.

   Tell: Provoke with the insult dialogue option after opening the chamber door.

   Counter: Bring two Plasma Vials to reach the chamber; treat as a bonus trinket run.

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