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Erdtree Burial Watchdog

Fought in 10 places, from 1,200 HP to 7,232 HP at Forbidden Lands · Hidden Path to the Haligtree: each place carries its own area scaling. It takes the most damage from Strike and the least from Magic.

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HP (NG): 1,200–7,232
HP in NG+7: 10,277
Stance: 80
Weakest to: Strike 10%
Resists most: Magic 40%
Nearest grace: Hidden Path to the Haligtree

How Erdtree Burial Watchdog fights

At Forbidden Lands · Hidden Path to the Haligtree, its toughest placement: 7,232 HP.

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
Fire Breath (1)1 hit · first hit after 2.3 s	No	Yes	727fire
Thrust1 hit · first hit after 1.0 s	Yes	Yes	1,019pierce
Floating Fall (1)2 hits · first hit after 2.8 s	Hit 1	Yes	1,201strike
Single hit (1)1 hit · first hit after 2.0 s	Yes	Yes	764physical
2-hit combo2 hits · first hit after 0.8 s	Yes	Yes	764physical
Fire Tail1 hit · first hit after 1.7 s	Yes	Yes	1,127582 fire · 545 strike
Floating Fall (2)2 hits · first hit after 1.8 s	Hit 1	Yes	1,201strike
Single hit (2)1 hit · first hit after 1.2 s	Yes	Yes	764physical
Single hit (3)1 hit · first hit after 1.6 s	Yes	Yes	764physical
Single hit (4)1 hit · first hit after 1.2 s	Yes	Yes	1,091physical
Single hit (5)1 hit · first hit after 1.6 s	Yes	Yes	1,091physical
Single hit (6)1 hit · first hit after 1.2 s	Yes	Yes	837physical
Single hit (7)1 hit · first hit after 2.0 s	Yes	Yes	1,091physical

14 more attacks it chains after another one

Attack	Parry	Block	Damage
Single hit (8)1 hit · first hit after 0.7 s · after Single hit (1) and Thrust or 7 more	Yes	Yes	764physical
Single hit (9)1 hit · first hit after 1.2 s · after Single hit (1) and Single hit (8) or 8 more	Yes	Yes	1,164physical
Single hit (10)1 hit · first hit after 1.7 s · after Single hit (1) and Single hit (8) or 8 more	Yes	Yes	1,164physical
Fire Breath (2)1 hit · first hit after 2.5 s · after Projectile (2) and Floating Fall (2)	No	Yes	727fire
Single hit (11)1 hit · first hit after 0.3 s · after Single hit (4) and Single hit (1) or 8 more	Yes	Yes	946physical
Single hit (12)1 hit · first hit after 0.3 s · after Single hit (5) and Single hit (1) or 8 more	Yes	Yes	946physical
Floating Fall (3)2 hits · first hit after 2.8 s · after Floating Fall (1)	Hit 1	Yes	1,201strike
Single hit (13)1 hit · first hit after 0.4 s	Yes	Yes	1,019physical
Strike (1)1 hit · first hit after 1.7 s · after Fire Tail	Yes	Yes	1,127582 lightning · 545 strike
Strike (2)1 hit · first hit after 1.7 s · after Strike (1)	Yes	Yes	1,127582 magic · 545 strike
Projectile (1)1 hit · first hit after 2.5 s · after Projectile (3) and Floating Fall (2)	No	Yes	618magic
Projectile (2)1 hit · first hit after 2.3 s · after Projectile (4) and Floating Fall (2)	No	Yes	618magic
Projectile (3)1 hit · first hit after 3.2 s · after Fire Breath (2) and Floating Fall (2)	No	Yes	1,091lightning
Projectile (4)1 hit · first hit after 3.2 s · after Fire Breath (1) and Floating Fall (2)	No	Yes	1,091lightning

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

3–5 m

5–8 m

8 m +

Fire Breath (1)
Thrust
Floating Fall (1)
Single hit (1)
2-hit combo
Other attacks and moves

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Distance	Most likely picks
3–5 m	Moving or other actions 27% · Single hit (1) 23% · Fire Breath (1) 23%
5–8 m	Moving or other actions 35% · Fire Breath (1) 25% · Thrust 20%
8 m +	Fire Breath (1) 48% · Moving or other actions 26% · Thrust 13%

Attacks: 27
Walk in before attacking: 15 from up to 999 m

What hurts it most

Strike10% +38%
Standard35%
Slash35% ±0
Pierce35% ±0
Magic40% −8%
Fire40% −8%
Lightning40% −8%
Holy40% −8%

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	Immune
Frost	Immune
Poison	Immune
Scarlet Rot	Immune

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 10

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
Limgrave · Stormfoot Catacombs	1,200	80	×1.141
Weeping Peninsula · Impaler's Catacombs	1,347	80	×1.281
Liurnia of the Lakes · Cliffbottom Catacombs	2,383	80	×2.266
Caelid · Minor Erdtree Catacombs ×2	2,531	80	×2.406
Mt. Gelmir · Wyndham Catacombs · one entry of this fight	3,419	80	×3.25
Altus Plateau · Unsightly Catacombs	5,095	80	×4.844
Capital Outskirts · Auriza Hero's Grave	5,095	80	×4.844
Forbidden Lands · Hidden Path to the Haligtree ×2 · one entry of this fight	5,095	80	×4.844
Liurnia of the Lakes · Black Knife Catacombs	5,095	80	×4.844
Mt. Gelmir · Wyndham Catacombs · one entry of this fight	5,095	80	×4.844
Caelid · War-Dead Catacombs	7,232	80	×6.875
Forbidden Lands · Hidden Path to the Haligtree · one entry of this fight	7,232	80	×6.875

Damage negation

How much of each damage type it shrugs off. Lower is better for you; the type it takes most is highlighted.

Standard35%

Slash35%

Strike10%

Pierce35%

Magic40%

Fire40%

Lightning40%

Holy40%

Flat defense

Subtracted from each hit before negation; it matters most for weak hits. Area scaling raises it along with HP.

Limgrave · Stormfoot Catacombs

Physical101

Magic101

Fire101

Lightning101

Holy101

Weeping Peninsula · Impaler's Catacombs

Physical102

Magic102

Fire102

Lightning102

Holy102

Liurnia of the Lakes · Cliffbottom Catacombs

Physical107

Magic107

Fire107

Lightning107

Holy107

Caelid · Minor Erdtree Catacombs

Physical109

Magic109

Fire109

Lightning109

Holy109

Mt. Gelmir · Wyndham Catacombs

Physical111

Magic111

Fire111

Lightning111

Holy111

Forbidden Lands · Hidden Path to the Haligtree, Liurnia of the Lakes · Black Knife Catacombs, Mt. Gelmir · Wyndham Catacombs and 2 more

Physical115

Magic115

Fire115

Lightning115

Holy115

Forbidden Lands · Hidden Path to the Haligtree, Caelid · War-Dead Catacombs

Physical120

Magic120

Fire120

Lightning120

Holy120

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	Immune
Scarlet Rot	Immune
Bleed	Immune
Frost	Immune
Sleep	Immune
Madness	Immune
Death Blight	Immune

HP in each journey

At Forbidden Lands · Hidden Path to the Haligtree: 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
7,232	7,340	8,075	8,442	8,809	9,543	9,910	10,277

Drops

Chance per kill at 100 Discovery (Arcane and items raise it), and at higher Discovery for the drops it affects.

Forbidden Lands · Hidden Path to the Haligtree, Liurnia of the Lakes · Black Knife Catacombs, Mt. Gelmir · Wyndham Catacombs

Erdtree Burial Watchdog drops
Item	Chance	At 200 Discovery	At 300 Discovery	At 400 Discovery	Kills for 90%
Watchdog's Greatsword	8%	14.8%	20.7%	25.8%	28

Capital Outskirts · Auriza Hero's Grave

Erdtree Burial Watchdog drops
Item	Chance	At 200 Discovery	At 300 Discovery	At 400 Discovery	Kills for 90%
Watchdog's Greatsword	8%	14.8%	20.7%	25.8%	28

Forbidden Lands · Hidden Path to the Haligtree

Erdtree Burial Watchdog drops
Item	Chance	At 200 Discovery	At 300 Discovery	At 400 Discovery	Kills for 90%
Watchdog's Greatsword	8%	14.8%	20.7%	25.8%	28

Kill-speed simulator New

How many hits Erdtree Burial Watchdog 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, read from the game's balance file (regulation) of each version.

1.02.1from 1.00

HP972→1,052
Standard negation40%→35%
Slash negation40%→35%
Strike negation20%→10%
Pierce negation40%→35%
Runes2,566→3,712
Runes2,648→3,818
Runes5,044→7,878
Runes2,566→3,856
Runes4,888→7,956

Every changed value (13)

Value	Before	to	After	Change
Key changes 10
HP×11 variants	972	→	1,052	+80+8.2%
Standard negation×11 variants	40%	→	35%	−5 pts
Slash negation×11 variants	40%	→	35%	−5 pts
Strike negation×11 variants	20%	→	10%	−10 pts
Pierce negation×11 variants	40%	→	35%	−5 pts
Runes	2,566	→	3,712	+1,146+45%
Runes	2,648	→	3,818	+1,170+44%
Runes	5,044	→	7,878	+2,834+56%
Runes	2,566	→	3,856	+1,290+50%
Runes	4,888	→	7,956	+3,068+63%
Linked data 3
SpEffect ID [31]×6 variants	-1	→	4,301	changed
SpEffect ID [3]	7,080	→	7,090	changed
Game Clear - SpEffect ID	7,480	→	7,490	changed

1.12.1from 1.10
Every changed value (2)
Value Before to After Change
Damage 1
HP Burn Damage %×11 variants 0 100 +100
Linked data 1
DLC Completion SpEffect ID×11 variants 0 -1 changed