[SPOILERS] Barony Boss Tips, Tricks & Strategies

[mistersneak]

Some players have run into a brick-wall with Barony's bosses, but there's loads of you who have conquered the challenge! Share some of your tips and tricks with the thread.
Note, while this thread may involve spoilers for any of the game's bosses and any gameplay leading up to it, please don't spoil the epilogue without a spoilier tag.

[fishwizard17]

Fishwizzys basic guide :)

--> Minotaur

High HP
High AC

level to fight recommendation
15

attacks
- pounds you into the ground
- wall breaking

defense
- very fast
- levitation

special abilities
- has a random chance of appearing

Minotaur strategies

- keep in mind this creature should be avoided early in the game, as his damage output, AC and HP make him nearly impossible to defeat
- run away and shoot at him make sure you turn around when you run, as you can Never outrun the minotaur backpedalling.
- invisibility occasionally confuses the minotaur, use this to get a hit occasinally.

weapon recommendatons

- staves of lightning, fire or cold
- shortbows (not as effective due to high AC)

armor recommendations

- unless your AC is 30 and you have a good sheild you should run and shoot at him. otherwise drop any heavy armor as you will need the speed more for this fight.
- wear light armor to not lose as much speed

other useful items

- scroll of summon +2
- spellbook of forcebolt
- potion of speed
- staves of slow (if you just want to rob the maze and go)





Baron Herx

good hp
low AC

level to fight recomendation
25

attacks
- 3 burst lightning
- summon demon/imp

defense
- teleport summon after being hit a certain number of times
- levitation make it easier for him to dodge melee

special abilites
- at half health makes the floor darker




--> Baron strategies

- strafing back and forth with good speed can allow you to dodge his burst fire lightning
- using the pillars to block his ranged attacks is a good strategy
- getting him to hit his own minions can get them to attack him and let you get an attack on him

weapon recommendations

- 3 worn shortbows
- Gungnir ( never misses )
- staff of magic missile

armor recommendations

- excellent amulet of reflection
- cloak of invisibility
- boots or ring of levitation

other useful items

- scroll of summon +2
- spellbook of forcebolt (can be used by all classes and staves give casting skill)
- scroll of repair (use for bows)
- potion of extra healing



Baphomet

Highest HP
Highest AC

level to fight recomendation
35

attacks
- Fire Wave summons about 20 fireballs that hit for low damage but have long duration burn
- Boulder walls makes boulders appear on each side in the following order left, right, then one large line keep in mind there are gaps between each boulder so you can dodge.
- summon demons and imps

defenses
- moves around the map via lavapits
- is stationary in the lava pits while attacking
- most magical effects have no effect (sleep, etc)
- see invisible ( or hes really perceptive)

Baphomet strategies

- during the fire wave you need to be a good distance away from him as you can often get hit more than once usually its a maximum of 3 times, shoot with ranged attacks him during this phase
- during the boulder phase if you have levitation ring, or boots, you will want to stand over the pit, and shoot him while he gestures to create the boulders. otherwise focus on dodging.
- during his summon phase he will alway be in the middle of the map, use this to melee him while he attempts to summon as he wont attack you while summoning.
- after you defeat the baphomet if you are really in a bad place i would reccomend just running to the exit, as 2 minotaurs will spawn in the Baphomet boss room.

weapon reccomendations

- kryskelatos
- Gungnir
- 5 crossbows/shortbows

armor reccomendations

- full steel
- sheild of magic resistance
- amulet of magic resistance
- boots of levitation or waterwalking (waterwalking will allow you to walk over lava)
- cloak of invisibility

other usefull items

- scroll of summon +2
- potion of cure ailment
- potion of extra healing
- potion of speed
- spellbook of forcebolt
- scroll of repair

[Toast]

Kill Baren Hex at Level 1!
There is a way to "glitch" the Baren Hex fight. This trick is very easy to do but can be long if you do not have any damage items. To start, you will need 2 things
-Pickaxe (or anything to break a wall)
-Permanent Levitation (like a levitation ring)

What you will need to do is to wear your levitation and then spawn the Baren Hex. As fast as possible, break one lower wall (except the ones on which the bridge was) and go outside. Baron Hex will be stuck between the near wall and the hole. You will be able to attack him but he will not be able. The only thing you need to be careful of is his minion spawning. He can spawn minions on the tile you were attacking him. Also he will teleport after receiving few hits, he will aggro back to you and stuck at the same place. Melee attacks is preferable to use since if you use range attacks, he can teleport outside of the combat arena and making the fight more difficult.

Note : At 50% of Baren Hex fight, all lights will be turned off. I recommand highly a source of light to see where he is.

[a meme-based name]

Easiest way of killing the Baron is by using a ring of invisibility (or potions, I guess--the important thing is to be invisible). If you're invisible all of his adds (the imps n demons) can't see you and thereby can't attack you. They also will walk towards you, increasing the likelihood that the Baron will hit them with an errant shot [on testing this earlier, imps tend to die pretty fast when friendly fired by the Baron].

I mean, yeah, have a few amulets/cloaks of reflection, but without the ring of invisibility you've got too much to dodge unless you're killing the adds--which adds another layer of complexity on an already difficult fight. Plus I'm not sure he ever stops add-ing, so all those spells cast or staves used are pretty much wasted.

[Marakkus]

Joker is listed as "extreme difficulty" but actually joker is one of the best for a long game. Levitation ring allows you acess to a lot of things you normally wouldn't be able to get. Levitation is also useful for the levels leading up to and including the bahomet fight. This ring combined with the starting ability to use magic, speed, lockpicking and confuse make joker an amazing starting class. Seriously, levitation + invisibility cloak.

Confuse is very underrated. Use it on 2 higher level monsters and they will clear the room themselves, even if full of demons. Applies to bosses as well; Confused imps will attack Herx and Bahomet.

Other than that, preparedness is the key to a boss fight. Magic reflection, invisibility potions, repaired gear, magic/health potions and all that jazz are what makes the boss fight possible, so before going down the stairs you found immediately outside the spawn room, you may want to look around first.

[Virenaris]

What? i was thinking this game ends on lvl 15 im a noob and i fear that minotaur