BossMohgwyn PalaceChanged in 2 patchesVerified for build 25827938

Ancestor Spirit

4,393 HP at Mohgwyn Palace · Cocoon of the Empyrean, with the area's scaling applied. It takes the most damage from Fire and the least from Magic.

HP (NG): 4,393
HP in NG+7: 11,349
Stance: 120
Weakest to: Fire -20%
Resists most: Magic 20%
Nearest grace: Cocoon of the Empyrean

Where you fight it

Its stats where it stands, with that area's scaling (first playthrough, offline).

Mohgwyn Palace

Cocoon of the Empyrean

Boss fightNearest Site of Grace: Cocoon of the EmpyreanScaling ×2.266

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HP: 4,393
NG+7 HP: 11,349
Stance: 120
Weakest to: Fire and Holy −20%
Resists most: Magic 20%

Negation, defense and status buildup

Damage negation

Standard0%

Slash-10%

Strike0%

Pierce0%

Magic20%

Fire-20%

Lightning0%

Holy-20%

Flat defense

Physical 107 · Magic 107 · Fire 107 · Lightning 107 · Holy 107

Status buildup to proc

Status	1st proc	2nd	3rd	4th
Poison	1,141	1,598	1,598	1,598
Scarlet Rot	1,141	1,598	1,598	1,598
Bleed	1,141	1,598	1,598	1,598
Frost	1,141	1,598	1,598	1,598
Sleep	Immune
Madness	Immune
Death Blight	Immune

HP in each journey

NG4,393
+18,106
+28,917
+39,322
+49,727
+510,538
+610,943
+711,349

Rewards

Ancestral Follower AshesAlways

Once per playthrough, on its defeat.

Other bosses in Mohgwyn Palace

How Ancestor Spirit fights

At Mohgwyn Palace · Cocoon of the Empyrean, its toughest placement: 4,393 HP.

Phases by HP exact

It checks its HP at 50%, 40%, 30%, 10% when it chooses what to do.

Attacks the game's own

The attacks it picks on its own, most used first. Damage is the attack power of its strongest hit at this placement, before your defense and negation.

Attack	Parry	Block	Damage
Single hit (head) (1)1 hit · first hit after 1.5 s	No	Yes	439physical
Spit (1)1 hit · first hit after 4.3 s	No	Yes	457magic
Single hit (head) (2)1 hit · first hit after 0.9 s	No	Yes	421physical
Kick1 hit · first hit after 1.4 s	No	Yes	421physical
Single hit (head) (3)1 hit · first hit after 1.6 s	No	Yes	439physical
Front Stomp + Stomp AoE2 hits · first hit after 1.8 s	No	Yes	527physical
Charge Head (1)1 hit · first hit after 2.5 s	No	Yes	597physical
Single hit (head) (4)1 hit · first hit after 1.4 s	No	Yes	421physical
Spit (2)1 hit · first hit after 2.0 s	No	Yes	457magic
Front Stomp (1)2 hits · first hit after 4.5 s	No	Yes	527physical

12 more attacks it chains after another one

Attack	Parry	Block	Damage
Single hit (head) (5)1 hit · first hit after 0.7 s · after Single hit (head) (2) and Single hit (head) (3)	No	Yes	404physical
2-hit combo + projectile (head)3 hits · first hit after 0.9 s · after Single hit (head) (2) and Single hit (head) (3)	No	Yes	492physical
Single hit (head) (6)1 hit · first hit after 0.4 s · after Single hit (head) (5) and Single hit (head) (1)	No	Yes	545physical
Single hit (head) (7)1 hit · first hit after 1.6 s · after Single hit (head) (6)	No	Yes	527physical
Spit (3)1 hit · first hit after 2.4 s · after Spit (1)	No	Yes	457magic
Drain Attack8 hits · first hit after 1.9 s · after Front Stomp + Stomp AoE	No	No	123magic
Roll (1)1 hit · first hit after 0.0 s · after Roll (2)	No	Yes	562physical
Roll + Front Stomp4 hits · first hit after 0.0 s · after Roll (1) and Roll (2)	No	Yes	685physical
Bunny Hop2 hits · first hit after 1.4 s	No	Yes	369physical
Front Stomp (2)2 hits · first hit after 1.0 s · after Bunny Hop	No	Yes	492physical
Roll (2)1 hit · first hit after 0.0 s · after Roll (1)	No	Yes	562physical
Charge Head (2)1 hit · first hit after 2.4 s · after Charge Head (1) and Spit (1)	No	Yes	597physical

Parry: whether a parry works on it (for combos, which hits). Block: whether a shield stops it; grabs go through.

Attack choice by distance the boss's own

How often it opens with each attack at each range, from its main weight tables (it switches between 11 sets of tables by state; the main one is shown).

12–16 m

16–40 m

Single hit (head) (1)
Spit (1)
Other attacks and moves

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Distance	Most likely picks
12–16 m	Single hit (head) (1) 50% · Spit (1) 40% · Moving or other actions 10%
16–40 m	Spit (1) 50% · Single hit (head) (1) 40% · Moving or other actions 10%

Attacks: 22
With a cooldown: 14 5–30 s
Walk in before attacking: 6 from up to 35 m

What hurts it most

Fire-20% +20%
Holy-20% +20%
Slash-10% +10%
Standard0%
Strike0% ±0
Pierce0% ±0
Lightning0% ±0
Magic20% −20%

Negation (lower lets more through), and how much more or less damage that type deals than Standard does.

Status procs to kill it

Status	1st proc	HP per proc	Procs to kill
Bleed	1,141	759	69,131 buildup
Frost	1,141	469	1015,523 buildup
Poison	1,141	907	57,533 buildup
Scarlet Rot	1,141	2,062	34,337 buildup

From full HP with that status alone; thresholds grow after each proc. Frostbite's extra 20% damage taken isn't counted.

Weapons that hit it hardest

Attack rating that gets through its negations at max upgrade with every stat at 50, best affinity per weapon (flat defense left out). Try your own build in the build planner →

Attacks, their hits, parry and block, grabs and damage are the boss's own; so is when it picks them. Attack names follow the names players commonly use; the rest are described from their hits.

Kill-speed simulator New

How many hits Ancestor Spirit takes with your weapon and stats, in any journey: damage per hit through its defense and negations, stance, and status procs as its thresholds grow.

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Patch history 2

Every patch that changed its numbers, version by version.

1.02.1from 1.00
- Slash negation0%→-10%
Every changed value (2)
Value Before to After Change
Key changes 1
Slash negation 0% -10% −10 pts
1 technical value (sorting, effects, display)
Value Before to After Change
Network Warp Display 16 1,000 changed
1.12.1from 1.10
Every changed value (2)
Value Before to After Change
Damage 1
HP Burn Damage % 0 100 +100
Linked data 1
DLC Completion SpEffect ID 0 -1 changed