Lox are insane. How do you deal with them?

[Sparky]

They have a huge health pool and even with black metal shields and 150hp, they still stagger me. I can't spear poke reliably because of their quick attack and they are absolute arrow sponges. Though I can't reliably use my bow without a large rock because they're as fast as I am.

Been loving the game up until now but I don't really know what you're supposed to do about these things. I have all level 2 padded armour, level 2 black metal weapons and level 2 black metal shields, but each one of these guys is still like a mini boss. And they spawn in groups of 2 - 5.

[Trakehner]

High ground and needle arrows. Or, high ground, jump on their back and kill them from there. When they rear up to do the stomp, simply jump straight up in the air on their back to avoid that attack.

[Rogue Devil]

I killed several with Iron Age weapons. I kite and shoot, dodge roll when they use their block breaker.

Though, you could always get creative.

Dig some holes, put stakes and make a firepit, cover it with planks of wood and then collapse it when they're over it.

Watch them inferno and feed on their pain while laughing maniacally into the sky with your arms akimbo.

[Sparky]

Originally posted by The Chaotic:

I killed several with Iron Age weapons. I kite and shoot, dodge roll when they use their block breaker.

Though, you could always get creative.

Dig some holes, put stakes and make a firepit, cover it with planks of wood and then collapse it when they're over it.

Watch them inferno and feed on their pain while laughing maniacally into the sky with your arms akimbo.

That's the kind of creativity I need more of

[TVMAN]

Weird, I can parry loxes with my fully upgraded silver shield (hate the look of the black metal one). I'd imagine the black metal one should be able to parry them as well.

Anyway I parry and kill them like everything else in the game.

[Arcangelo]

Trap 'em. Tame 'em. Breed 'em. Ride 'em.

[PakaNoHida]

I stand next to them and give them berries.

[Archie]

fire arrows for me but if you get lucky and you are close to a troll spawn and you have one, ie a troll walking about , lure them together then let them kill themselves
i have never tried jumping on their backs, an earlier post, must try that, but also you are best to head for a large rock and make sure you have energy enough to jup on it. from their you fire fire arrows and get rocks from them smashing your bolder.

[Polaris]

I have found round shield and spear to be best.



When I hunt lox, I'll use a bow to strike one, and lure it away from the group, I then pull out a round shield and spear, as long as you eat good food and parry, you can stagger them, and get your spear shots in, with a fully upgraded fang spear, and now that my spear skill is in the 60s, I deal enough damage that the lox actually staggers again from massive damage before it can strike back, and I get to kill it before it gets a second swing ;D


If you aggro more then one, your best bet is to kite with a bow, or parry 1, then the other, and get 1 strike in before backing up and repeating the process.



But they are still an end game mob, always be scared for your life, they hit like trucks!!!

[Pantstron]

You could try jumping on top of them during a wolf event 😁 thats fun

[Nefrarya]

I feel like they are designed to be fearsome at the current point, and something to come back to when players have somewhat progressed into the next biome. Currently, I treat them with respect, especially when I can't split up the group. I kite them with the help of fire arrows and tall rocks ( but remember that they can stomp holes in the rocks if they feel so inclined), or I use Black Forest when available. It's not just the enemies that are helpful, but the dense forest also slows them way down. Letting them fight it out with tar pits also works out well.
With high-end food, highest padded armour, and porcupine, I dare go into melee with them, but dodge roll or parry is essential, and I'm not good enough at timing to reliably pull that off.

For resources, it's really best to tame and breed them, even if it takes forever.

[GunsForBucks]

They get stuck easily on trees, even small ones. It is like they think they can pass between them but just endlessly run into them. Once you get some lox meat and serpent stew going you should be just fine.

[TAZjr]

I try and get Lox to chase me and take them to tar pits. Or you could do the normal solution like, RUN FOREST RUN!.

[jonnin]

Like every other monster, it has a big slow attack and a pause. Bait it into doing an attack, like the rear up and smash, and when its done, stab it and repeat. But its much easier to just shoot them.
My issue with them is the constant rampaging. I set up shop in a beautiful area and they have flattened every rock, shrub, and tree in a 2 mile radius. Some of the beauty is lost, though I can replant a few trees I dunno if its worth the bother, first GD that spawns will have them flatten it again. Its not all bad. If a lox aggro on me and I don't want to deal with it, I can always find a dwarf and run past it. The lox gets distracted and forgets I exist, and I get free GD loot later.

I liked them better when they were neutral, and only attacked if you got in their face. The new aggressive behavior is more annoying than challenging.

[retsam1]

If luring them into tar pits, fuling villages or the black forest are not viable options, hopping on the stone ruins, making a fast earth column, and pelting them with arrows may be one option. Kiting them as you run around with arrows or 1-2 melee hits may be another.

You could also breed 50+ 2star wolves to shred them but if they dont take it down fast, the aoes from the lox will really end them fast.

Making lanes of spiked walls and running them in between can work too but it needs to be pretty long as it doesnt take much by the lox to break them.

Fire and bonfire methods that some passive run people do also may be an option to consider in conjunction with wolves or without(some do both).

[Bobucles]

Lost resist most weapon types but are vulnerable to bows and spears.

The speed bonus from fenris set really pays off for not getting hit.

With the hoe and ~50 stone, you can super raise elevation and create a sturdy archer tower.

Just about any danger in the plains can be solved with Bonemass super power. Charge it up, power through your obstacles, and return to base to do something else.