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
How Ancestor Spirit fights
At Mohgwyn Palace · Cocoon of the Empyrean, its toughest placement: 4,393 HP.
Phases by HP verified
- Its script checks its HP at 50%, 40%, 30%, 10% when it chooses what to do.
Attacks from the game files
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 from its battle script
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).
- Single hit (head) (1)
- Spit (1)
- Other attacks and moves
Show as a table
| 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 read from the boss's animation events and attack data; when it picks them, from its battle script. Attack names follow the names players commonly use; the rest are described from their hits.
Where you fight it 1
Each place uses its own copy of the boss with that area's scaling. HP and stance as you meet them (first phase, offline, no new game plus).
| Place | HP | Stance | Scaling |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohgwyn Palace · Cocoon of the Empyrean | 4,393 | 120 | ×2.266 |
Damage negation
How much of each damage type it shrugs off. Lower is better for you; the type it takes most is highlighted.
Flat defense
Subtracted from each hit before negation; it matters most for weak hits. Area scaling raises it along with HP.
Status buildup to proc
Buildup needed for the first proc, and how much more each following proc needs (it grows after every proc, up to the fifth).
| 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
At Mohgwyn Palace · Cocoon of the Empyrean: new game plus multiplies HP, defense and resistances again on top of the area's scaling.
| NG | NG+1 | NG+2 | NG+3 | NG+4 | NG+5 | NG+6 | NG+7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,393 | 8,106 | 8,917 | 9,322 | 9,727 | 10,538 | 10,943 | 11,349 |
Patch history 2
Every patch that changed its numbers, read from the game's balance file (regulation) of each 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
Other bosses in Mohgwyn Palace
Bosses with similar HP
- Omenkiller 429–4,303
- Royal Knight Loretta 4,214
- Crucible Knight Siluria 4,606
- Mimic Tear 4,653