Marauder

The Marauder in his first phase.

The Marauder is the first of 10 custom bosses added to Origin Realms. He is the boss of the Blighted Badlands, the first Blighted biome to be added to the game.

The Marauder can be fought in a party of four, the boss scaling in difficulty with each additional player. Life Wisps can be collected whilst climbing the spire, each Wisp granting an extra life to your party. However, the more players in your party the less Life Wisps you can collect, being unable to collect any extra lives if the party is full.

## The Marauder (Phase 2)

The Marauder in his second and final phase.

## Appearance

The Marauder is a larger-than-usual illager that bears a tattered vest, jeans, and pair of boots. He can be seen wearing shackles on his wrists, and a ribcage can be seen growing out of his torso. One may assume that the cattle skull on his head may be a helmet at first, but a closer look reveals a small remaining patch of illager skin, revealing the cattle skull to be, in fact, his head. He wears a nose ring and has two bright glowing purple eyes. During the first phase of his battle, He can be seen mounting an armored skeleton horse, this one bearing a protective helmet that features a defensive horn, similar to that of a Unicorn. his stallion can also be seen bearing steel boots and a pair of bright, glowing purple eyes as well.

Upon entering Phase Two, he'll ditch his stallion and tear off its' head in order to start using it as an axe. The horns on his head will grow larger and the remaining skin on his head will be burned off by his now blazing eyes and gaping mouth.

## Location

The Marauder can be found by traveling to the Blighted Badlands, finding the Spirit Spire, and climbing it to enter the portal at the top. Upon entering the portal, you will be teleported to the arena, where he can be fought.

## Boss Battle

Unlike the Ender Dragon and Wither, The Marauder is a far more complex boss fight, as it spans across a variety of attacks, multiple phases, and an indestructible arena, making it harder to cheese.

### Phase 1

During his first phase, the marauder will attack mainly by ramming at you using his stallion. Some of his attacks include the following:

* **Stallion Dash:** It'll dash at you, mounted upon its' stallion. Fairly easy to avoid.
* **Stallion Ram:** Mounted upon his stallion, the Marauder will ram directly into you, dealing knockback damage in the process.
* **Stallion Jump:** Mounted upon his stallion, the marauder will have it jump high into the air, in your direction, and will create a spreading ring of blighted fire upon landing.
* **Flight of the Stallion:** The Marauder and his stallion will ascend into the air and start flying above the arena, dropping flaming explosives projectiles upon you in the process.

### Phase 2

Upon being downed in his first phase, the Marauder will angrily tear off the head of his skeleton horse and begin using it as an axe, spitting fire into the air out of rage. His main method of attacking in Phase two is utilizing his axe/stallion head in a variety of ways, as well as other types of attacks:

* **Stallion Axe Slam:** The Marauder jumps into the air, towards you, and slams his axe upon the ground. While fairly easy to avoid, it can be DEADLY if hit by it.
* **Stallion Axe Swing:** Only triggered by getting too close to him; He'll simply swing his axe at you.
* **Stallion Axe Whirlwind:** He'll start spinning in a whirlwind-like motion, moving rapidly in your direction. Deals knockback damage if hit by it.
* **Stallion Axe Fire Breath:** The Marauder will put forth his Stallion's head and allow it to spit fire in your direction. It can rapidly cover large amounts of area in a short amount of time.
* **Blighted Fire Projectiles:** Similar to one of his attacks from Phase 1, the Marauder will spit out numerous flaming projectiles, which explode into fire upon impact. They also seem to home in on you, making them difficult to avoid.

The Marauder is also capable of summoning minions to assist it in taking you down, all being bandits or Blighted Badland exclusive mobs.

## Boss Loot

Upon being defeated, the Marauder can drop a variety of items

* Marauder Stallion
* Marauder Trophy
* Marauder Plaque
* Marauder Throne
* Rusted Minecart
* Large Bandit Banner
* Bandit Bounty
* Large Gear
* Marauder Helmet Cosmetic
* Marauder Augments Cosmetic
* Marauder Bindings Cosmetic
* (Rare chance to obtain finishes tokens alongside cosmetics)
* Marauder's Horn Relic

While most of these are simply for decoration/cosmetic purposes, the *Marauder's Horn* is used to craft the Spirit Armor and Gear set, costing 8000 rubies to apply at Fracture Forge.

I died making this gif - LoogiCarry
## Credits

* Phase screenshots taken from Celestial Sorcery's video
* Loot table gif taken from the Origin Realms website