Advice on druidra

[lammaer]

So I reached to druidra, but it seems to be pretty tough to kill - I had only one attempt with upgraded solarite crossbow and cosmos set (so I try to kill it ranged).

Altough I could take down it 2 or 3 times, looks like it has to be taken down like 10 times to get it killed.
For me it seems to be a huge leap in challenge, and honestly, finding additional jungle gems to give a try again seems to be very time consuming... (I hate this boss summoning consuming mechanism).

So any advice on how I could get gems and advice on Druidra?

(looks like I must kill it in order to be able to progress)

[Nerevar]

you dont need to kill it to progress at all. the only thing the hydras unlock is the final boss biomes arent beeing gated by anything anymore once youre past the great wall. you have access to way better gear and armors where you are already than what youre useing. so youre probaly just undergeared for the boss.

the hydras have a yellow shield bar. it has to be broken atleast 4 times in order to bring them down as thier dmg taken is capped at 30% during each shieldbreak then they stop takeing dmg and become immune and regain thier shield.

if you already struggle with the first of the 3 i highly advise to get better gear. and i dont talk about better gear LEVELS. these are minimal overall. your gear simply isnt good. otherwise you wouldnt struggle this much. the other 2 are harder than the first one. youll see why once you fight them.

this game is not linear overall. once you beat the first 3 bosses you can access ANYTHING that isnt a bossdrop itself at anytime.

cosmos set is bad by that point. it seems you dont really have a build gear wise and just use what you have available.

then phantom spark is better than the solarite ranged weapons. its better in every way. even the galaxite chakram is better. that crossbow is just not a good weapon compared to what you could have already where you are.

pay the new biome a visit. unlock its crafting options. get phantom spark. go beat the atlantean worm for some better gear.

i assume you use a concealed blade in your offhand already? its the best option before you beat this boss to get hydra tooth for ranged.

build for crit and critdmg and use the phantom sparks ability to deal massive dmg to this boss. it can break the shield in 1 use of its special.

get some good food rolling. should have access to golden plants by that point. to get even better food fish some fish in the desert and in the lava and combine it with the golden plants to get 100% rare food chance.

what gear are you useing in detail and what are your skill levels at?

if you beat this boss you get 2 of the gems from it 100% that are used to make the summon item. if you cannot beat it yet youre literally wasteing your gems hard.

[lammaer]

Thx for the response, its good to know Im not at a dead end. I just took a look on what bosses I can get the crafting mats, and looks like druidra is the only one now. I will take a look on others then...


well... ranged weapons I have:
- all the craftable ones
- flintlock musket, galaxite chakram, hand mortar

full armor sets:
- all the craftables
- assasin 2 sets, paladin 3 set, hunter 2 set, mercenary 2 set
(and plenty of magic full sets but I dont think in magic build yet)

Have the concealed blade. Phantom spark no...

Just taking a look on what I have, I could put together 182 armor with 35% dodge and 484-595 (crossbow) ranged damage with 55% critical chance.

230-291 with chackram
1146-1400 with musket....

Food buff wise I can have the tier 2 food buffs +25 armor, +25 hp, +6% critical, +22% ranged and melee damage...

lets see if this will be enough :)