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Vengefly King

Patriarch of a vengefly colony. Swoops at intruders and cries out for reinforcements if threatened.

Hunter’s notes

A filthy creature that is happy to chew on any old thing it finds discarded on the cavern floor. When it notices a threat it will annoyingly scream and shriek, so kill it swiftly.

The notes unlock after 2 kills.

Nail hits to kill

Its 55 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 Nail5117 (8 a hit)
Sharpened Nail974 (14 a hit)
Channelled Nail1353 (20 a hit)
Coiled Nail1743 (26 a hit)
Pure Nail2132 (32 a hit)
  1. God Tamer450
  2. Oblobble260
  3. Soul Warrior180
  4. Sturdy Fool80
  5. Volt Twister80
  6. Vengefly King55
  7. Soul Twister35
HP of the enemies found mostly in Colosseum of Fools, 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
GreenpathGiant Buzzer5565781Show
Colosseum of FoolslaterGiant Buzzer Col100001Show

Overview

HP
55
Geo per kill
65
Geo with Fragile Greed
78
Kills for the Hunter’s notes
2
Placed copies
2
Kind
Enemy

Also mostly in Colosseum of Fools 6