Seth

SethThe Unchained* Normal
* Unchained
Statistics

Drops

* **Item (Quantity)****Rate**
* Element Of Fire(3 on first kill)
(1 only after first kill) (1 or 3)100%
* Solstice33.3%
* Mass Destruction33.3%
* Ragnarok33.3%
* Strangest Brew (8-14)100%
* Ring of Sun50%
* Boiling Point50%
* Olympic Torch(Only on first kill)100%
* Obsidian Dragon Skull14.29%
* Dragon Skull Trophy10%
* Seth Trophy10%
* Champion Key(Ultimate Form)100%
* Treasure Bag(Seth)
• Champion's Crown**100%**

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**Seth** is a late Hardmode boss who has to be fought after Golem. He is incredibly difficult, but the loot will help immensely if Seth is defeated.

While Seth is alive, his own music, "**Sunstorm**" will play.

## Spawn

Seth does not spawn on its own, and requires the player to summon him with Pandora's Cup. The Cup can only be used after Golem is defeated.

Alternatively, his ultimate form can be summoned with the Olympic Torch.

## Behavior

When the fight starts, an animation will play where Seth flies above the player remains dormant for a bit. Then, he will un-sheath his sword and the fight will start.

### Attacks

During the fight, Seth will fly around the screen and attack using the following attack cycle:

* Repositions above the player and slashes his sword, firing a spread of nine Fiery Knives telegraphed by lines. He will do this 3 times.

After this attack, he will slow down drastically and perform one of the following attacks at random:

* Dashes up and fires a barrage of Ash Spirals downwards, which will sharply home in on the player after a delay. The Ash Spirals slow down and stop moving over time.
* Fires several rings of Void Knives telegraphed by lines.
* Fires a spiral of Void Knives telegraphed by lines.
* Summons three arms of swords around him before rotating them clockwise or counterclockwise, with the speed of the spin accelerating as the attack progresses. Each arm of swords has a gap to dodge through.
	+ If the player attempts to leave the range of the attack (indicated by an orange ring around Seth), they will start to take massive burning damage until they return.
* Temporarily disappears, then summons four sets of blades around the player that converge on them after a delay. The slashes randomly alternate between an X pattern or a cross pattern.
* Temporarily disappears, then summons five fiery hands that chase after the player and attempt to close on them. When a fist closes, it fires two fire waves horizontal to itself.

The cycle will repeat after this, although there is a small chance that Seth will choose to use another attack before returning to his slash attack.

Seth will enter Phase 2 upon reaching 50% HP.

### Phase 2

Phase 2 happens when Seth reaches 50% HP, and he will immediately start the phase with Heat Snaps. Alongside this, the delay between attacks will be shorter, and some of his attacks will be modified.

* **New attack:** Seth turns invulnerable and fires 8 Heat Snaps in a star pattern 4 times, with each one being telegraphed by lines. The Heat Snap telegraphs will rotate clockwise or counter clockwise, and Seth can reverse their direction in between Snaps. This attack will **instantly kill the player** on hit regardless of their HP or defensive measures.
	+ Seth will also use this attack in place of his next non-slash attack when reaching 33% HP.
	+ This attack ignores defense, damage reduction, invincibility frames, and even godmode and death prevention granted by other mods.
* The slash attack now happens 4 times in a row.
* His sword attack now summons 4 lines of swords.
* His hand crush attack now summons 6 hands that move much faster.

Upon defeat, a brief animation will play where Seth groans and is sealed back into the Troublesome Vessel, which falls off screen. Note that the cup is a hostile projectile that deals 1000+ damage, instantly killing the player if it lands on them.

## Ultimate Seth

**Ultimate Seth** (also called **The Unchained**) is a stronger, purple, alternative version of Seth summoned using the Olympic Torch. The fight is similar to his original, but with many notable tweaks to make it much more challenging. Defeating Seth in this form will always drop a Champion Key alongside any of Seth's normal loot that would have dropped.

* Despite having the same HP as regular Seth, Ultimate Seth has a **DPS cap** that makes him much more durable and harder to kill quickly.
* All attacks **temporarily reduce the player's max. HP** on hit, indicated by their hearts turning black and blue. The severity of the reduction is roughly proportional to the amount of damage the attack dealt. This effect will rapidly fade if the player can avoid damage from Seth for enough time, but will stack up if the player takes frequent hits.
* In Phase 2, the slash attack now fires two regular spreads of knives followed by three fired in rapid succession.
* More Void Knife rings are fired much faster.
* The Void Knife spiral is much faster and fires more shots.
* The rotating sword attack rotates much faster along with the gap in the swords being smaller.
* His converging blade attack now summons 6 blades in a ring pattern, alternating between 2 possible orientations at random.
* His fist attack summons 7 hands in all phases, which can now fire horizontally or vertically at random when closing.
* Seth uses Heat Snaps a third time at 10% HP.
* **New attack:** After a Heat Snap, following his slash attack, Seth turns his hand into a dragon and chases the player horizontally while blasting flames downwards to form an advancing wall of fire. At the same time, 10 walls of knives will be summoned behind Seth and accelerate towards the player one by one, with each wall having a gap to dodge through. Two swords hovering above and below the player will prevent them from going too far up or down, dealing damage and blocking their movement if touched.
	+ Seth will always use an attack where he disappears immediately following this one.

When Ultimate Seth is defeated, a unique animation will play where Seth writhes in pain and becomes a sillhouette as he starts glowing brighter, before the screen turns bright and he shatters before fading away.

## Notes

* While Seth's summon item can be obtained as early as defeating Paraffin (as the Troublesome Vessel only requires favoriting it to unlock Pandora’s Cup), using Pandora's Cup will just tell you to wait until you beat Golem.
* If you try to heal yourself at nurse, she will get insta killed.

## Tips

* Heat Snaps always hit the same place (more or less), but Seth constantly moves towards the player while the attack is happening, so it's recommended to use the UFO mount or anything else that offers you infinite flight and keep moving away from Seth while being in a safe spot.

## Trivia

* There is an unused "animation" of Seth spawning on his own or in a similar way to how Spirit spawns. First everything turns red, similar to the effect of a blood moon, and a dark red text appears saying "The sunstorm is approaching...". Sunstorm's (Seth's Theme) build-up will play. When it ends, Seth spawns.
* During this fight, you are unable to use the Rod of Discord.
* Seth very heavily appears to be a reference to or at least references some aspects of Mithrix and Providence from Risk of Rain 2 and Risk of Rain 1 respectively. He appears a to look a lot like Providence does and the "Heat Snaps" attack could potentially be inspired by a similar attack Mithrix uses during the fight with him, it does not instantly kill you unlike Seth.

## Lore

* According to Vulcan, Seth is a living structure made of bones and stones by him, to get rid of and shift Paraffin's focus. To gain her attention, he made Seth strong, hot and came up with a crazy epic lore. However, even with his patience, he couldn't stand her shenanigans, and came to Vulcan, exhausted and depressed. Vulcan was about to make another living statue, but then realised that he spent all his living flame on Seth and Paraffin. Later that night, Seth broke into Vulcan's floor, ripped his flame out of his chest in the most dramatic way possible, put it back in the cup and tied it with chains into a knot, leaving only a pile of stones behind. Afterwards, he disappeared, causing Paraffin to go in a rage.