Fifteen Reasons Why/The Catacombs - Master Mode - Floor VIII

Master Catacombs - Floor VIII is a secret and challenging dungeon floor and final raid with MINI-BOSS Watcher and FINAL-BOSS Amycus Fauci. Unlike previous floors, it is an Extra-Large Dungeon, spanning an 9x9 grid as opposed to the 7x7 on the previous floor.
==New Enemies ==
*FINAL-BOSS Amycus Fauci
*Mini-Boss Servant Jawbus
*Mini-Boss Enrager
*Mini-Boss Blazing Adventurer
*Crypt Witherlord
*Zombie Acolyte
*Skeleton Acolyte
*Werewolf Master
*Watcher Undeads (The Professor, Spirit Bear, Maxor, Storm, Goldor, Necron)
==New Items==
*Emblem of the Mastery
*Master Emblem - Tier 11
*Crypt Witherlord Armor
*Crypt Witherlord Sword
*Zombie Acolyte Armor
*Skeleton Acolyte Armor
*Lord Jawbus' Necklace
*Adventurer's Burning Cloak
*Acolyte Belt
*Werewolf Gauntlet
*New Identification (Loot Quality)
*New Major ID (Reach)
*New Reforge Stone (Bewitched Jewel)
*New Reforge Stone (Hyperspeed Gemstone)
*New Enchantment (Hypersonic)
* New Enchantment (Guardian)
*New Enchantment (Savior's Sacrifice)
*New Enchantment (Dominance)
*Kaeman's Shortbow
*New Attributes: Mending, Cold Resistance, Heat Resistance, Pet Luck, Recall-Strike, Legionnaire, Dexterity 
==New Mechanics == 
*Blood Room is a 3x3 as opposed to a 1x1 room.
*The entire dungeon must be cleared before Blood Room can be opened.
*New Puzzles can appear: Simon Says, Five in a Row
*Minibosses can spawn in Fairy Room
*Up to 5 Yellow Miniboss Rooms can spawn
*5 Puzzle Rooms is guaranteed in a run.
*The dungeon has a garunteed rare room each run.
* Watcher Undeads have 3 waves of Mini-Bosses that must be killed before any more undeads can be attacked: 
**The first wave consists of one of the four Wither Lords
**The second wave consists of one of the four Sadan Giants
**The third wave consists of any of the bosses from Floors 1 through 5.
**The Watcher will spawn other undeads normally, but cannot attack you, nor take any damage until all mini bosses are killed.
**Upon defeating all Undeads, The Watcher will attempt to kill you using a fatal Killing Curse (dealing massive amounts of true damage). He will become attackable.
==Run Specifics==
===Dialogue===
Upon Joining the Instance (For the First Time, in a party.) 
*Gi Ae-Cha: Stop! You know how dangerous things can get past this point.
*Gi Ae-Cha: It's not as easy as you think. Just be careful out there.
*Gi Ae-Cha: Speak to me again to change your class and ready up. Best of luck to you all.
Upon Joining the Instance (For the First Time, solo)
*Gi Ae-Cha: Stop! <Playername>! You know how dangerous things can get past this point.
*Gi Ae-Cha: It's not as easy as you think. Just be careful out there.
*Gi Ae-Cha: Speak to me again to change your class and ready up. Good luck.
Upon Joining the Instance (After the First Time)
*Gi Ae-Cha: Talk to me to change your class and ready up
Watcher Phase (Upon Opening Blood)
*The Watcher: Hmmm...
*The Watcher: So you came, to what end?
*The Watcher: Well, you see, things are drastically different here.
*The Watcher: I've expanded the room and re-modeled it to look more interesting.
* The Watcher: Let's not waste any more time here. Are you ready to explode?
Watcher Phase (After Defeating All Undeads)
* The Watcher: You have proven yourself, but you may not pass yet.
*The Watcher: There is something inside of you that I want...
*The Watcher: Something.... of my interest...
*The Watcher: AVADA KEDAVRA!
Watcher Phase (If All Players Died after the Killing Curse)
* The Watcher: Well, never mind. I'd take that back. You'll truly prove yourself if you can gear up for what's true.
Watcher Phase (If Any Player Survives)
* The Watcher: Well, you leave me with no choice. I may seem to be an eyeball, but I'm actually a Metamorphmagus.
* The Watcher: Even if I turn into a humanoid form, I can still deal my attacks.
Watcher Phase (After Defeating the Watcher a Second Time in the same run)
* The Watcher: Whatever...
* The Watcher: Guess you win... For now.
* The Watcher: You may now pass.
Amycus (If the floor has not been completed)
* Amycus: Adventurers! The eye has told me all about you.
* Amycus: I have to admit, that night, I went in and ravaged that poor innocent soul
* Amycus: The cruciatus curse is such a powerful force.
* Amycus: I'm afraid you will be the next to suffer.
* Amycus: CRUCIO
Amycus (If the floor has been completed)
* Amycus: Adventurers! You've gone further than ever before.
* Amycus: I'm afraid your journey ends here tonight.
* Amycus: CRUCIO
Amycus (When Phase 1 Ends)
* Amycus: ARGH! YOU GOT ME. LET'S HAVE A LITTLE FUN, SHALL WE?
Amycus (When Phase 2 Starts)
* Amycus: I HOPE YOU LIKE EXPLOSIONS!
* Amycus: HASTA LA VISTA BABY
===Enemies===
Please note that Neutral Damage is accounted for any enemies with defense. The neutral indicator does not show in-game.
Weakness calculates differently from EHP. Weakness is capped at 1,000 at 75% Reduced Effective Health.,
Enemy 	Level	Health	Damage	Weakness	Defense 	Abilities 	Drops
Crypt Witherlord 	751 	 	 	 	 	Skull SpamAimbotDefault Melee 	10-20x Wither Essence (25%)Crypt Witherlord Armor (1%)Crypt Witherlord Sword (0.5%)
Zombie Acolyte 	752 	 	 	None 	 	Default MeleeMultihitChargeTrue Damage 	Zombie Acolyte Armor (1%)
Skeleton Acolyte 	752 	 	 	None 	 	Default RangedArrow StormArrow Bomb 	Skeleton Acolyte Armor (1%)
Werewolf Master 	755 	 	 	 	 	BloodripperDefault MeleeTrue DamageHeavy Weakness 	20-30x Undead Essence (25%)Werewolf Gauntlet (0.1%)
Servant Jawbus 	850 	 	 	 	 	Hover and BackupHeavy Fireball StormHeavy L.A.S.R. BeamHeavy Implode 	1-2x Magma Lord Fragment (100%)Lord Jawbus' Necklace (1%)Blank Powder VII (0.8%)
Enrager 	800 	 	 	 	 	Heavy StompHeavy ThunderstormHeavy Push 	3-5x Thunder Shard (100%)Major ID Shard [Reach] (1%)Blank Powder VII (0.8%)
Blazing Adventurer	900 	 	 	 	 	Heavy ThunderstormHeavy FlamethrowerHeavy Default AttackHeavy Default Ranged 	125-200 Crimson Essence (100%)Enchanted Blaze Rod (5%)Epic Blaze Pet (2%)Legendary Blaze Pet (0.6%)Flamethrower Wand (0.1%)
The Professor 	950 	 	 	 	 	Skull BarrageArrow StormPrismarine CloudDefault Attack 	Professor Fragment (50%)
Spirit Bear (50%) 	950 	 	 	 	 	Ranged Attack
Default Attack 	Thorn Fragment
Maxor 	1000 	 	 	None 	 	Skull StormSkull BarrageTNT Throw 	Enchanted Book [Hypersonic] (50%)Hyperspeed Gemstone (20%)
Storm 	1000 	 	 	None 	 	Thunderstorm
Skull StormWither FrenzyGiga-Lightning 	Enchanted Book [Guardian] (50%)Bewitched Jewel (20%)
Goldor 	1000 	 	 	None 	 	Sword ThrowNuclear FrenzySkull Barrage 	Enchanted Book [Savior's Sacrifice] (50%)
Necron 	1000 	 	 	None 	 	Skull StormHeavy TeleportHeavy MultihitNuclear FrenzyBroken Heart RadiationFireball Frenzy 	Enchanted Book [Dominance] (50%)1-2x Wither Catalyst (25%)Wither Blood (5%)Necron's Handle (1%)Dark Claymore (0.1%)
The Watcher 	989 	 	 	None 	 	Spawn UndeadsLasersKilling Curse 	Optical Lens (1%)
Amycus (Phase 1) 	32768	 	 	None 	 	AOE (50% Dam)Heavy TeleportHeavy MultihitHeavy Skull BarrageTrue Damage 	None
Amycus (Phase 2) 	32768	Immune	 	None 	Immune 	Nuclear Frenzy
Sword Throw 	None
Amycus (Phase 3) 	32768	 	 	None 	 	AOE (75% Elemental DPS)Nuclear FrenzyHeavy TeleportHeavy Skull BarrageHeavy Wither StormHeavy PushHeavy Pull	None
Amycus (Phase 4) 	32768	Immune	 	None 	Immune 	Nuclear Frenzy 	None
Master Death Eater	950 	 	 	None 	 	MultihitTeleportSkull BarrageArrow StormWavePushPull 	None
Greyback's Acolyte	950 	 	 	None 	 	BleedingTrue Damage 	None
Amycus (Phase 5) 	32768	 	 	None 	 	AOE (75% Elemental DPS)Nuclear FrenzyHeavy TeleportHeavy Skull BarrageHeavy Wither StormHeavy PushHeavy Pull
Heavy Cruciatus Curse (500% True Damage DPS )	None
Amycus' Followers 	980 	 	 	None 	 	Heavy ChargeHeavy TeleportHeavy Arrow Storm 	None
Necron's Apostles 	990 	 	 	None 	Magic Resistance	Homing SkullsDefault MeleeDefault Ranged 	Conjuring (2%)
==Tips and Strategies==
*Similar to M7, players cannot rely on purely rainbow damage.
**This is essentially true for Neutral and True damage attacks as well, as most bosses and mini-bosses are immune to True Damage and Neutral Damage.
*Using a Wither Cloak Sword is not effective against The Watcher's fatal killing curse, as it is hardcoded damage to instantly kill the player.
**In Hypixel Skyblock, the Wither Cloak sword is an effective way to counter many insta-kill mechanics, such as Yang Glyphs or Fire Pillars. This cheese is partly not that useful here though.
**The only way to mitigate this is to use the Amulet of the Survivor, which converts all incoming true damage attacks into Neutral
***However, as the Killing Curse (this applies everywhere) deals 500% of your Health as by default, a Spirit Mask may be needed.
==Trivia==
*The Eight Floor on the Hypixel Network used to include the boss fight Goldor. But was later scrapped. Goldor can still be seen in The Catacombs - Floor 7 of either universe.
*In the Yellow Room, unlike M7, multiple mini bosses can spawn in that room. However, if Enrager or Jawbus spawns in that room, no other miniboss can spawn in said room.
*Amycus' Phase 2 & 4, involving collecting files and destroying the backend is a reference to the previous floor.
*The previous floor requires Catacombs 36, and this floor requires Catacombs 45, which is a gap of 9 Catacombs levels.
**This can be seen in terms of the difference in fishing up Mythic Sea Creatures in Hypixel Skyblock, but it's likely a coincidence.
*This floor adds a new set of Attributes (Except Vitality, which was previously Mending, but changed. The current Mending as-of-right-now is a separate attribute and a seprate government
*The boss used to have 3 actual bosses to kill: The Eye, Bak'al and Amycus. The first two were later removed during the rework.
*Enemies in the fight used to boast trillions of HP. A balancing patch would nerf this to be slightly more linear in regards to difficulty scaling in Master Mode, making it slightly more difficult than its predecessor, Floor VII.
*In the 2023.11.11 Patch, In addition to the health nerfs, Phase 5 has become much more difficult, whilst aligning with its lore:
**Amycus Fauci can cast the Cruciatus Curse at full potential, dealing 500% of its Base True Damage per second.