Boatswain Boss is a miniboss in The Airship. This zombie carries a Lead, wears a Golden Helmet and Leather Boots, and has no interest in giving you a clean fight.
Confusion, knockback, and blindness make positioning a problem. Arrows are not the answer here, either.
Overview
| Attribute | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Boatswain Boss |
| Dungeon | The Airship |
| World | em_the_airship |
| Dungeon Size | Minidungeon |
| Type | Miniboss |
| Base Mob | Zombie |
| Level | Dynamic — scales with dungeon difficulty |
| Health Multiplier | 3.0× health multiplier |
| Damage Multiplier | 0.8× damage multiplier |
| Weapon | Lead |
| Helmet | Golden Helmet |
| Boots | Leather Boots |
| Custom Appearance | Yes, custom disguise |
| Leash Radius | 33 |
| Follow Distance | 20 |
| Persistent | True |
| EliteMobs Loot | True |
| Vanilla Loot | False |
| Class Loot Rank | MINIBOSS |
Difficulty Scaling
Levels scale with The Airship: Normal uses level sync +5, Hard uses +0, and Mythic uses -5. All of this mob’s listed powers are active on all three difficulties.
Powers and Abilities
- Attack Confusing: When the boss hits a player: Nausea I for 10 seconds. Active on Normal, Hard, and Mythic.
- Attack Push: When the boss hits a player: launches the player directly away from the boss. 10-second global cooldown. Active on Normal, Hard, and Mythic.
- Attack Blinding: When the boss hits a player: Blindness I for 3 seconds. Active on Normal, Hard, and Mythic.
- Invulnerability Fire: The boss has permanent Fire Resistance. Active on Normal, Hard, and Mythic.
- Invulnerability Arrow: The boss takes no damage from player projectiles (arrows, tridents and similar). Active on Normal, Hard, and Mythic.
Class Loot
Air Pirate’s Helmet, Air Pirate’s Chestplate, Air Pirate’s Leggings, Air Pirate’s Boots, Cannon Powder, Boarding Cutlass, Mooring Cleaver, Cloudline Bow, Deckside Argument, Skyhook Trident, Sailcloth Reaper, Ballast Knocker, Gangplank Pike, Weather Mast, Signal Spar, Crow’s Nest Cap, Boarder’s Brigandine, Rigging Striders, Cloudwalk Soles, Gunwale Helm, Bulkhead Breastplate, Ballast Greaves, Mooring Watch Boots, Hatchcover Shield, Boatswain’s Noticeboard
Quests
Boatswain Boss is a kill objective in Undead Dock!.
How to Beat It
Player-fired projectiles do no damage to this miniboss, and it has permanent Fire Resistance. Fight at close range, but expect pushes, Nausea, and Blindness whenever it connects.
