

Once the battle comes to an end you are rewarded with the Soul of the Rotted Greatwood and a Transposing Kiln. Overall this is one of the easier bosses you’ve had to face up to this point. Finally, when the boss uses the wide swiping attack from the first phase, the third arm will reach around and attack behind it shortly after the initial attack, so be ready for that if you happen to be close to its back at the time. In addition, it uses multiple swiping attacks that cover the area directly in front of the boss. If it seems to stop moving for a moment get ready to dodge or back away to avoid the grab attack that follows. Anytime you’re close it will try to attack with this third arm. While the Greatwood retains most of the same attacks during the second phase, it also sprouts an extra arm from its stomach which can be attacked as well. Destroying all of these sacks ends the fight. In addition, it’s a bit easier to attack the group of sacks on its left hand, left ankle and back. The random enemies no longer spawn, and any that were left die during the fall. They won’t magically appear on the top floor so you’ll have to fight a bit before you can get them back.Īfter the fall the fight changes slightly.

Don’t worry, you won’t take any damage from the fall, but if you happen to die from this point forward, your souls will remain on the lower section until the floor is broken during your next attempt. Once you pop the weak spot between the Greatwood’s legs, it raises up slightly and slams back down to the ground, causing the floor to cave and everything above to fall to the area below. If you’re far away the poison balls will almost always fall directly on top of you. The closer you are to the boss the less likely you are to be targeted. Generally speaking, you can avoid most of these attacks by staying right by the weak spot between the Greatwood’s legs and attacking. No matter where you’re standing, the Greatwood will occasionally drop balls of poison pollen in rapid succession. The Greatwood may also turn on its side and roll toward you, which is fairly easy to avoid, but will inflict considerable damage if you get hit. If you see this, quickly move to either side to avoid the fall. You’ll slowly take damage if you stand in the pool, so it’s best to back away, but if you’re brave and want to quickly move on to phase two, face the poison and continue attacking.įrom a distance the Greatwood will stand and fall forward, causing heavy damage to anything beneath it. The Greatwood slams back down to the ground, creating a pool of poison pollen on the ground below that remains for a short time.

This is your warning to move away as quickly as possible. Occasionally the Greatwood will lift itself into the air.

Use this attack to clear out most of the ancillary enemies so you don’t have to. To avoid the attack you can quickly back away, or if you have good roll timing you can dodge right as the attack is sweeping across and you won’t take any damage. It will lean back slightly before initiating this attack, so if you see a lean prepare to dodge. If you’re close it will perform a wide attack that sweeps across the front of the boss. The Greatwood attacks in a variety of ways. You can also attack a similar group of sacks on the leg and back of the boss, but if you attack anywhere else you won’t inflict any damage to the Greatwood. There’s a group of sacks here that must be popped to enter the second phase of the battle. You need to attack the front base of the Curse-rotted Greatwood right between its legs. Unless they’re right next to you or you see one with red eyes, ignore them and focus on the boss. Throughout the first phase of the boss battle against the Curse-rotted Greatwood, enemies will continuous spawn from the sides of the arena. Before we get to the side activities, let’s focus on the boss battle against the Curse-rotted Greatwood. After the battle you can find Siegward of Catarina and save Irina of Carim and enlist the services of Eygon of Carim. In the midst of the Undead Settlement is a boss battle against the Curse-rotted Greatwood.
