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Crystal Guardian

Heavyset miner of the Crystal Peak overcome by crystal growth. Can discharge blazing beams of light from its crystallised limbs.

Hunter’s notes

How does the world look to this creature, gazing out from within its crystal prison? Does it see only light? Is that what drives it into a frenzy?

The notes unlock after 2 kills.

Nail hits to kill

Its 280 HP over the nail's damage per hit at each upgrade, plain and with Fragile or Unbreakable Strength (×1.5, rounded the game's way). Some places give it different HP; the table by area below has each one.

NailDamageHitsWith Strength
Old Nail55635 (8 a hit)
Sharpened Nail93220 (14 a hit)
Channelled Nail132214 (20 a hit)
Coiled Nail171711 (26 a hit)
Pure Nail21149 (32 a hit)
  1. Crystal Guardian280
  2. Crystallised Husk35
  3. Glimback35
  4. Crystal Hunter25
  5. Husk Miner25
  6. Crystal Crawler15
  7. Shardmite15
HP of the enemies found mostly in Crystal Peak, highest first.

Where it is, its HP and Geo there 2

HP and Geo are read from each scene’s own HealthManager, so they’re exact for that place. Geo with Fragile Greed follows the game’s rule: each coin size gets 20% more coins, rounded up.

AreaFormHPGeoWith GreedPlacedMap
ElsewhereMega Zombie Beam Miner2803854621Show
Crystal PeakZombie Beam Miner Rematch4505506601Show

Overview

HP
280
Geo per kill
385
Geo with Fragile Greed
462
Kills for the Hunter’s notes
2
Placed copies
2
Kind
Enemy

Also mostly in Crystal Peak 6