BossCerulean CoastScadu AltusChanged in 1 patchVerified for build 25827938

Golden Hippopotamus

Fought in 4 places, from 15,136 HP to 33,866 HP at Shadow Keep · Main Gate Plaza: each place carries its own area scaling. It takes the most damage from Fire and the least from Standard.

HP (NG): 15,136–33,866
HP in NG+7: 60,748
Stance: 80
Weakest to: Fire -20%
Resists most: Standard 0%
Places: 4

Appears in 4 places · HP 15,136–33,866

Each place uses its own copy with that area's scaling. First playthrough, offline; jump to a place for its full stats, rewards and map marker.

Place	HP	HP in NG+7	Stance	Runes	Phys. defense
Cerulean Coast · Cerulean Coast Westordinary enemy · no marker	15,136 lowest	28,960	80	9,576 lowest	123
Scadu Altus · Bridge Leading to the Village×2 · ordinary enemy · no marker	16,632	28,929 lowest	80	11,270	123
Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Rauh Ancient Ruins, Eastordinary enemy · no marker	18,524	29,535	80	11,960 highest	124 (differs from most places)
Shadow Keep · Main Gate Plaza	33,866 highest	60,748 highest	80	—	123

Marked values differ from most of the other places.

Each place

Cerulean Coast

Place 1 of 4: Cerulean Coast West

Ordinary enemy hereNearest Site of Grace: Cerulean Coast WestScaling ×10.75

Not on the map: fought as an ordinary enemy here

HP · lowest: 15,136
NG+7 HP: 28,960
Stance: 80
Runes · lowest: 9,576
Weakest to: Fire and Lightning −20%
Resists most: Standard, Strike, Pierce, Magic and Holy 0%

Negation, defense and status buildup

Damage negation

Standard0%

Slash-10%

Strike0%

Pierce0%

Magic0%

Fire-20%

Lightning-20%

Holy0%

Flat defense

Physical 123 · Magic 123 · Fire 123 · Lightning 123 · Holy 123

Status buildup to proc

Status	1st proc	2nd	3rd	4th
Poison	408	506	796	1,253
Scarlet Rot	408	506	796	1,253
Bleed	667	957	1,414	1,414
Frost	667	957	1,414	1,414
Sleep	Immune
Madness	Immune
Death Blight	Immune

HP in each journey

NG15,136
+120,685
+222,754
+323,788
+424,823
+526,891
+627,925
+728,960

Rewards

Scadutree FragmentAlways

Once per playthrough, on its defeat.

Other bosses in Cerulean Coast

Scadu Altus

Place 2 of 4: Bridge Leading to the Village

Ordinary enemy hereNearest Site of Grace: Bridge Leading to the Village×2 hereScaling ×11.813

Not on the map: fought as an ordinary enemy here

HP: 16,632
NG+7 HP · lowest: 28,929
Stance: 80
Runes: 11,270
Weakest to: Fire and Lightning −20%
Resists most: Standard, Strike, Pierce, Magic and Holy 0%

Negation, defense and status buildup

Damage negation

Standard0%

Slash-10%

Strike0%

Pierce0%

Magic0%

Fire-20%

Lightning-20%

Holy0%

Flat defense

Physical 123 · Magic 123 · Fire 123 · Lightning 123 · Holy 123

Status buildup to proc

Status	1st proc	2nd	3rd	4th
Poison	421	519	809	1,266
Scarlet Rot	421	519	809	1,266
Bleed	689	979	1,436	1,436
Frost	689	979	1,436	1,436
Sleep	Immune
Madness	Immune
Death Blight	Immune

HP in each journey

NG16,632
+120,663
+222,730
+323,763
+424,796
+526,863
+627,896
+728,929

Rewards

Scadutree FragmentAlways

Once per playthrough, on its defeat.

Other bosses in Scadu Altus

Ancient Ruins of Rauh

Place 3 of 4: Rauh Ancient Ruins, East

Ordinary enemy hereNearest Site of Grace: Rauh Ancient Ruins, EastScaling ×13.156

Not on the map: fought as an ordinary enemy here

HP: 18,524
NG+7 HP: 29,535
Stance: 80
Runes · highest: 11,960
Weakest to: Fire and Lightning −20%
Resists most: Standard, Strike, Pierce, Magic and Holy 0%

Negation, defense and status buildup

Damage negation

Standard0%

Slash-10%

Strike0%

Pierce0%

Magic0%

Fire-20%

Lightning-20%

Holy0%

Flat defense

Physical 124 · Magic 124 · Fire 124 · Lightning 124 · Holy 124

Status buildup to proc

Status	1st proc	2nd	3rd	4th
Poison	435	533	823	1,280
Scarlet Rot	435	533	823	1,280
Bleed	712	1,002	1,459	1,459
Frost	712	1,002	1,459	1,459
Sleep	Immune
Madness	Immune
Death Blight	Immune

HP in each journey

NG18,524
+121,096
+223,206
+324,261
+425,316
+527,425
+628,480
+729,535

Rewards

Scadutree FragmentAlways

Once per playthrough, on its defeat.

Other bosses in Ancient Ruins of Rauh

Kindred of Rot 4,117 HP
Red Bear 8,959 HP
Chief Bloodfiend 11,760 HP
Hornsent 21,859 HP
Romina, Saint of the Bud 35,798 HP
Dryleaf Dane 54,963 HP

Shadow Keep

Place 4 of 4: Main Gate Plaza

Boss fightNearest Site of Grace: Main Gate PlazaScaling ×11.453

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HP · highest: 33,866
NG+7 HP · highest: 60,748
Stance: 80
Weakest to: Fire and Lightning −20%
Resists most: Standard, Strike, Pierce, Magic and Holy 0%

Negation, defense and status buildup

Damage negation

Standard0%

Slash-10%

Strike0%

Pierce0%

Magic0%

Fire-20%

Lightning-20%

Holy0%

Flat defense

Physical 123 · Magic 123 · Fire 123 · Lightning 123 · Holy 123

Status buildup to proc

Status	1st proc	2nd	3rd	4th
Poison	417	515	805	1,262
Scarlet Rot	417	515	805	1,262
Bleed	682	972	1,429	1,429
Frost	682	972	1,429	1,429
Sleep	Immune
Madness	Immune
Death Blight	Immune

HP in each journey

NG33,866
+143,391
+247,731
+349,900
+452,070
+556,409
+658,579
+760,748

Rewards

Aspects of the Crucible: ThornsAlways
Scadutree Fragment ×2Always

Once per playthrough, on its defeat.

Other bosses in Shadow Keep

Ulcerated Tree Spirit 31,072 HP
Redmane Freyja 50,019 HP
Hornsent 53,291 HP
Needle Knight Leda 53,291 HP

How Golden Hippopotamus fights

At Shadow Keep · Main Gate Plaza, its toughest placement: 33,866 HP.

Phases by HP exact

It checks its HP at 70% 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
Strike (1)1 hit · first hit after 2.1 s	No	Yes	1,212strike
Strike (2)1 hit · first hit after 2.4 s	No	Yes	1,8941,364 strike · 530 holy
Slash (1)1 hit · first hit after 1.0 s	No	Yes	985slash
Grab1 hit · first hit after 1.5 s	No	No	1,818physical, if it catches you
Projectile1 hit · first hit after 3.1 s	No	Yes	681454 pierce · 227 holy
2-hit strike combo2 hits · first hit after 1.4 s	No	Yes	1,023strike
Strike + 5 projectiles6 hits · first hit after 1.9 s	No	Yes	1,136strike
Slash (2)1 hit · first hit after 0.7 s	No	Yes	833slash
Slash (3)1 hit · first hit after 1.0 s	No	Yes	985slash
Strike + projectile2 hits · first hit after 3.7 s	No	Yes	1,288strike
Single hit (1)1 hit · first hit after 1.4 s	No	Yes	833physical
Slash (4)1 hit · first hit after 2.1 s	No	Yes	985slash

6 more attacks it chains after another one

Attack	Parry	Block	Damage
Slash (5)1 hit · first hit after 1.0 s · after Slash (3) and Slash (1) or 1 more	No	Yes	985slash
Slash (6)1 hit · first hit after 2.2 s · after Slash (1)	No	Yes	1,212slash
Single hit (2)1 hit · first hit after 1.2 s · after Slash (3) and Single hit (1)	No	Yes	1,212physical
Strike (3)1 hit · first hit after 0.9 s · after Slash (3)	No	Yes	1,136strike
Strike (4)1 hit · first hit after 0.9 s · after Slash (5)	No	Yes	1,136strike
Strike (5)1 hit · first hit after 1.8 s · after Strike (1)	No	Yes	1,250strike

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 7 sets of tables by state; the main one is shown).

under 7 m

7–15 m

15–25 m

Strike (1)
Strike (2)
Slash (1)
Grab
Projectile
Other attacks and moves

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Distance	Most likely picks
under 7 m	Slash (1) 33% · 2-hit strike combo 33% · Strike + 5 projectiles 33%
7–15 m	Grab 30% · Projectile 30% · Strike (2) 30%
15–25 m	Strike (1) 60% · Strike (2) 20% · Grab 10%

Attacks: 18
With a cooldown: 13 1–40 s
Walk in before attacking: 4 from up to 50 m

What hurts it most

Fire-20% +20%
Lightning-20% +20%
Slash-10% +10%
Standard0%
Strike0% ±0
Pierce0% ±0
Magic0% ±0
Holy0% ±0

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	682	5,180	78,799 buildup
Frost	682	3,417	1013,086 buildup
Poison	417	2,764	1314,357 buildup
Scarlet Rot	417	6,836	54,261 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 Golden Hippopotamus 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.

Simulate Golden Hippopotamus

Patch history 1

Every patch that changed its numbers, version by version.

1.13.1from 1.12.4
Every changed value (1)
Value Before to After Change
Linked data 1
SpEffect ID [31] 4,301 -1 changed

Value	Before	to	After	Change
Linked data 1
SpEffect ID [31]	4,301	→	-1	changed