Nian

is a Floor 2 boss that can be found in the game during Chinese New Year updates in Knight Kingdom, Dungeon, and Halloween.
Independently of Chinese New Year updates, this boss can appear:
*In Boss Rush Mode (in any Floor 2 biome outside Chiseltown).
*As a secondary boss under the condition in Level Mode.
==Room==
*There are four corners in the room, each being an "L" shape and consisting of five blocks in each. The top right and bottom left ones are hard blocks with explosive barrels, while the top left and bottom right ones are crates.
==Drops==
*The boss chest may contain Super Rocket Fireworks, the motif weapon it shares with Mutant Nian.
*It always drops Organic Matter, up to 3.
*There is a low chance for it to drop the Dragon Dance Armor blueprint and the Happy New Year! cassette.
==Trivia==
*This boss was added in Update 1.6.0.
**The changelog of this update referred to as "Fire Kirin".
*Before Update 2.0.0, this boss would emit purple particles around its body - strikingly similar to those emitted by Champions, after about half of its health was taken away, indicating the start of the enraged phase.
*Before Update 2.1.0, could not appear whatsoever outside of Chinese New Year updates.
**When Boss Rush Mode was added in Update 2.2.0, this boss was immediately available there.
*Before Update 2.6.5, had no entry in the Cellar.
*Due to a bug, if the enemy respawn condition was active, will revive after being defeated and become invincible, which was not supposed to occur on bosses.
*In Update 6.0.0, 's sprite was reworked.
*In Chinese folktales, was known as a fierce and monstrous beast that appears the Lunar New Years to feed on villagers. The monster's fear of explosions, sparks and crimson objects were later manipulated to easily repel it.
**Ironically, Nian's color palette & attacks use the color red, and it utilizes fire & explosions in its boss fight.
**Its name is a homophone to the Chinese character for "Year."
*It is, so far, the only boss that can be encountered alone in different biomes.
==Gallery==
Sprite Nian.png|
Nian idle.gif|Idle animation
Nian walking.gif|Walking animation (also used during the lanterns attack)
Nian stomp.gif|Stomping animation (used for the splitting bullets, triangular bullets and pulls attacks)
Nian roar.gif|Roaring animation (used for the fireballs attack)
Nian death.png| when defeated
Lantern.png|'s lantern
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ru:Нянь
Category:Special Domain
Category:Enemies
Category:Bosses