Mother of the Roots

Mother of the Roots is one of the 9 enemies in Blood West.
Access to the Mother of the Roots can be gained by offering at least 3 Cursed Golden Items to the Totem of Souls, who will give you the seal needed to enter the locked door in the canyon. 
The initial cave area before the boss is devoid of enemies and filled with miscellaneous items such as ammo and medical supplies. 
There are two ways to kill this boss, directly attacking it or popping its root pustules. You can choose by either going through the main path to directly confront it or going left and slipping down a small hole in the floor to attack its pustules. You cannot go back on your choice unless you die. 
== Trivia ==
* It is the boss of the Barren Lands
== Direct Fight ==
Deciding to directly fight the Mother of the Roots is akin to a traditional boss fight, hope you brought good weapons and plenty of ammo. The arena is large and circular, with the boss in the center. As well as a few scaffolding structures against the arena walls. 
=== Tips ===
* The boss is stationary and will never move
* It attacks with waves of roots, a single homing root, and summoning 4 Spirits
* Its root waves move in a pattern. Homing root comes up from beneath you and is telegraphed by a loud bubbling sound before coming out of the ground
* It periodically exposes its heart, which is what you need to shoot
* The shotgun does heavy damage to it, especially if loaded with Golden Shotgun Ammo, but you need to be right next to it otherwise there's too much damage drop-off due to range
* Flesh Pods around it will occasionally open, allowing you to shoot them. It's unclear what this does but presumably it's beneficial to you
*Vendigos will spawn as you damage the boss
*You can use the scaffolding to juke the Vendigos by leading them up them and jumping off the end
== Indirect Fight ==
Deciding to indirectly fight the Mother of the Roots and destroy its root pustules isn't a walk in the park. Instead of fighting the boss, you'll have to fight a large sum of various enemies as well as destroying the pustules. Enemies found here are: Animated Dead, Humanpedes, Birdmen and a Vendigo.
=== Tips ===
* The root pustules can be destroyed in one hit by any weapon
* The caves are incredibly tight, so running past enemies will very likely get you stuck on them
* There are multiple crawlspaces in the walls, use them to avoid enemies
* There are no items in the root cave
* You don't need to kill every enemy to win, as long as you pop every pustule
* You can descend down the central pit by jumping down the roots. However, this is very risky and will likely kill you
Category:Enemies