ROCKWELL

Behavior

When the survivor enters the Rockwell Arena, Rockwell rises from the element pool in the center of the chamber, along with a platform leading to him, and stays stationary right where he is for the duration of the battle. Throughout the whole battle (excluding when he's downed), Rockwell will launch two types of explosive element orbs; a light pink version which seeks out Tamed Creatures, and a dark pink version which homes in on Humans. These orbs can be shot to destroy them. On the outer rim of the pool will rise his tentacles, which for the first round will only use their melee attack. These tentacles need to be destroyed before Rockwell can be attacked. When the last tentacle goes down, he will be stunned and lower himself: exposing his heart for you and your tames to attack, which can only be reached on the platform leading to him. He will only be stunned for a few moments, and if he is not damaged quickly enough to advance him to the next stage of the battle; he and his tentacles will rise back up, and reset the current phase (the health bar progress, however, WILL be saved, so it is never a wasted attempt).

You will know that you've done enough damage to him to advance to the next stage, when he falls into and submerges under the element pool, the next stage starting when he re-rises from the pool. He will do this each time you advance a stage in the battle. Each stage functions the same; kill the tentacles, then attack Rockwell, but with slight additions to increase the difficulty each time. On the second stage, the frequency of his element orbs increase, he will summon Nameless to help him for the rest of his battle (bring a charge-light pet!), and his tentacles will begin using their AoE shock attack, which spreads out from the tentacle in a cone outwards to the very edge of the arena. This shock attack is VERY DANGEROUS; as it will dismount survivors from most tames, stun creatures and humans in place, and remove shoulder pets from survivors shoulders: leaving you and your team vulnerable to the seeking element orbs and the minions Rockwell summons. This attack can easily be avoided (by Survivors at least) through several means, including staying on the platform leading to Rockwell's body, hovering with a Tekpack, attacking the tentacles at range (the invisible barrier preventing you from falling into the element pool does not block weapon projectiles), and/or whistling unmounted creatures in to attack the tentacles. The primary danger is to humans, less so tames, and most tames can tank the damage of this attack well enough and resume attacking the tentacle if they get caught in the stun.

Downing Rockwell a second time will initiate stage three of the fight; in which his element orbs further increase in frequency, his shock attacks will last longer, and he will start to summon Elemental Reaper Kings in addition to the Nameless. The fight continues this way until Rockwell is defeated, at which point Ascension will take place after roughly one minute. During this time period, you will want to dismount any tames you are riding, remain on foot, and stash everything you're carrying into a tamed creature's inventory. This will minimize the risk of bugs happening during Ascension, and stop you from losing your kit and the spoils you won from the fight, which you can later retrieve from your creature's inventory after Ascension, as they will be safely transported back to the boss terminal outside the arena, OR the portal in the fertile region you teleported through during the Ascension cutscene (Check the portal area first, then the boss terminal area. Warning, the boss terminal area for Rockwell in The Grave of the Lost is an irradiated zone, make sure any tames that are not immune to radiation have been stored into a Cryopod and stashed in another tame's inventory, or you will lose your tame to radiation damage!)

General

Rockwell stands inside the middle of the arena with a single path to him, surrounded by both his tentacles and a pool of inaccessible pure molten Element. While his tentacles are up he can not be harmed. The arena is not irradiated, because of this, feel free to bring any armor better than hazard suits to ensure survival.

Dangers

• Rockwell will often spew out purple energy balls at the target survivor, wounding anything around (including shoulder-mounted dinos) and inside of it with the exception of his tentacles. This includes the survivor while riding a mount, to be prepared for this bring multiple suits of armor and medical brews to increase your chances of survival. This projectile will also target camouflaged Rock Drakes. The darker the projectile color (with red being the most dangerous), the faster it moves.

• Shooting the projectiles will cause them to burst. Shooting it near other projectile will cause them to explode them as well, but if any survivor or dino comes into contact, they will get hit by it.

• He will also call out a constant wave of Nameless and a few Elemental Reaper King to defend him after he emerges from the Element pool for the second time. The last time he emerges from the Element pool, the aforementioned dinos will constantly spawn and could overwhelm every survivor and their dino, making killing Rockwell a priority to stop them from spawning.

• After losing a certain amount of health, Rockwell's tentacles start an electrification AoE attack. This attack dismounts, hinders, and damages survivors. Watch the tentacles and stay away from this attack which will be especially deadly when other creatures are nearby. You cannot remount in the electrified area.

• For some reason, wearing a full set of riot armor is ill-advised as you can die from hypothermia despite it being 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Be sure to wear 4 riot armor pieces and a different armor type for the 5th piece.

Weaknesses

Edmund Rockwell has only one weakness to his health: His heart. It becomes exposed after all the tentacles are killed momentarily.

Elemental Reaper Kings are weaker than their other wild counterpart, making them very easy to kill. Despite this, to be able to kill them effectively, they must be affected by charge light.

Nameless spawns disregard presence of other enraged alphas, and transforms into them after a while. Unlike the ones outside the arena, these do not call for Subterranean Reaper King. Despite this, it's best not to underestimate them due to their swarm.

Other than his tentacles and his inability to move around, he does not possess any other weakness.