invulnerable green ghost with scythe

[宮内凛]

I was on the Dairy Plant with Dommario and this invincible green ghost with a scythe showed up around 8 minutes. I don't know why it appeared, nor what I was supposed to do to fight it.

[RDG]

You cannot kill it with normal means (I heard people saying it could die with Pentagram or Cross item). You just have to avoid it otherwise.

[DevilHunterWolf]

The game is progressing in difficulty. Stage 2 (Inlaid Library) has the exploding enemies that did a lot of damage if they got near you. Stage 3 (Dairy Plant) has the instant kill Green Reaper spawn if you stay in one place for too long. Just have to keep on moving or be prepared to dodge for the two minutes it sticks around for. The rosary screen clear can take it out but that requires a lucky candle drop.

[Raelic]

He's not instant kill. If you take Dommario be prepared to play as if you took a character with a handicap and take something to compensate. Like the wing nearby or Laurel.

[AN]

It's random if and when it appears, you're just supposed to avoid it.

[Cahos Rahne Veloza]

Originally posted by AN:

It's random if and when it appears, you're just supposed to avoid it.

Not totally random, he DOES spawn if you camp out (stay in one spot) for too long, so it would be best if you keep moving. Moreso with Dommario as he's too slow.

[宮内凛]

I avoided and it disappeared after awhile. Other than that it wasn't bad playing as dommario.

[SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED]

I had it show up at the 8 minute mark a few times, once it hits 10 minutes, he seemed to go away.

[Izzy]

I swear I had this enemy spawn in the starting area once. Maybe it was a glitch?

[Eyeburn]

Originally posted by DevilHunterWolf:

The game is progressing in difficulty. Stage 2 (Inlaid Library) has the exploding enemies that did a lot of damage if they got near you. Stage 3 (Dairy Plant) has the instant kill Green Reaper spawn if you stay in one place for too long. Just have to keep on moving or be prepared to dodge for the two minutes it sticks around for. The rosary screen clear can take it out but that requires a lucky candle drop.

Except that the player can interact with those mobs in a meaningful way so as to "outplay" it. Green Death is a fine enough concept, but it's currently half baked. Its appearance is RNG and the player has no options by design to deal with it other than to run away.

It could have a summon condition for the player to avoid, but it doesn't.
It could have a resolution condition for the player to accomplish, but it doesn't.

All it really manages to do is be a chore. It's tedious, not engaging.

[steph_kage666]

Originally posted by Eyeburn:

Originally posted by DevilHunterWolf:

The game is progressing in difficulty. Stage 2 (Inlaid Library) has the exploding enemies that did a lot of damage if they got near you. Stage 3 (Dairy Plant) has the instant kill Green Reaper spawn if you stay in one place for too long. Just have to keep on moving or be prepared to dodge for the two minutes it sticks around for. The rosary screen clear can take it out but that requires a lucky candle drop.

Except that the player can interact with those mobs in a meaningful way so as to "outplay" it. Green Death is a fine enough concept, but it's currently half baked. Its appearance is RNG and the player has no options by design to deal with it other than to run away.

It could have a summon condition for the player to avoid, but it doesn't.
It could have a resolution condition for the player to accomplish, but it doesn't.

All it really manages to do is be a chore. It's tedious, not engaging.

it's not RNG though, he appears if you stay in one place too long. if you keep moving he won't spawn.

[Stanis23]

He still spawns if you keep moving.

He can even spawn at 0:00 unless they fix it.

Basically every 1 minute he has a chance to spawn then stay until a new wave. There are rare cases he stays for another wave too but it's rare.

[KJack]

Originally posted by Izzy:

I swear I had this enemy spawn in the starting area once. Maybe it was a glitch?

Definitely has happened to me. Might as well just abandon run.

[Chippawaffen]

Originally posted by RDG:

You cannot kill it with normal means (I heard people saying it could die with Pentagram or Cross item). You just have to avoid it otherwise.

can confirm Pentagram will kill him and it wasn't even upgraded
must say it spooked me when i was crossing the map for items

Originally posted by stefan_kage666:

Originally posted by Eyeburn:

Except that the player can interact with those mobs in a meaningful way so as to "outplay" it. Green Death is a fine enough concept, but it's currently half baked. Its appearance is RNG and the player has no options by design to deal with it other than to run away.

It could have a summon condition for the player to avoid, but it doesn't.
It could have a resolution condition for the player to accomplish, but it doesn't.

All it really manages to do is be a chore. It's tedious, not engaging.

it's not RNG though, he appears if you stay in one place too long. if you keep moving he won't spawn.

it spawned in me and wasn't standing still for more than 10 seconds

[none]

Originally posted by RDG:

You cannot kill it with normal means (I heard people saying it could die with Pentagram or Cross item). You just have to avoid it otherwise.

yeah, it could be killed with Pentagram, but Pentagram erase everything so there's a chance all those exp also got erased (the reaper doesn't drop any exp tho).

[nutty_nutter69]

Hi All,

I have some info to share on the Green Reaper - he is kill-able with the stage item (cart on tracks).

so last night I had a run and he popped up however as I was running around he 'randomly' died and dropped a chest - now I was perplexed and gave it a bit of thought as to what happened - I didn't have pentagram, I didn't pickup a rosary....then it clicked that I did hear the sfx of the cart being hit.

luckily for me (or unlucky?) he showed up again another 5 mins later so I could experiment - so I lured him onto the tracks and sure enough, once the cart made contact he died.

so have fun :D