Phoenix

The Phoenix is a bird Boss Monster capable of reincarnating after death through a process of Nirvana. The Player should fight the Phoenix after killing the Flood Dragon, as it is the next difficult Boss Monster.

## Summoning

#### Pre-first Phoenix fight

The first Phoenix fight can be triggered by visiting Dragon's Platform, a location in the far north-west corner of the map. It can be visited after learning the manual for its location from Negotiating with an Ancient Cultivator.

After adventuring to the location with a high-luck cultivator, the player has a chance to acquire a Phoenix Jade, which can be Observed and Broken (Note: upon failing the adventure, the inner cultivator can lose a limb). This leads into a 10-day drought period with events such as animal attacks and fallen treasures (which are guaranteed to be Blazing Feathers) After the 10th day, a permanent drought starts, which has to be dispelled using the Rain Dance Miracle. This summons the Phoenix Boss.

#### Post-first Phoenix fight

The Phoenix can only be re-fought by attending events.

Events for a spotted Phoenix will start appearing around the map after killing the Phoenix for the first time. Adventuring there allows for leaving the Phoenix alone or luring it to the player's map. The luring option requires a sufficiently high Adventure Fly Speed, where the Adventuring Flying Speed (km/Qi) \* (1+Adventure Fly Speed Bonus) must be >=30.Having too low Fly Speed leads to the cultivator being injured and terminates the event **without** summoning the Phoenix.

If the Phoenix is successfully lured, it will arrive in the map within 600 to 899 seconds (1-1.5 days).

## Preparations

The Phoenix fight is far less damaging to the player's buildings than the Flood Dragon fight. The Phoenix however is Stronger than the Flood Dragon. The player is strongly advised to to have at least four high-max Qi (Avg. of 600K+ Max Qi) Inner Disciples that have learned the One With Mountain Miracle Manual from a Manual Pavilion by inscribing the Myriad Artifact Law.

### Xiandao Cultivators

8 Xiandao Cultivators with an average of 800K max Qi in a decently built Formation will be sufficient in killing the Phoenix relatively quickly without allowing him to enter the Inferno Form (which he reaches after stacking Fire Spirit to 100). He generally deals increased damage in his Inferno Form, which allows the player to target the Phoenix' wings for special drops. It is advised to prepare water Artifacts when fighting the Phoenix, as he is a fire Beast.

### Outer Disciples

Outer Disciples during the Firestruck phase can be left roaming the map to extinguish fires, they generally won't be targetted by the Phoenix. They can also be rallied to a Bell.

### Body Cultivators

Body Cultivators are not advised in the Phoenix fight, as they can be killed quickly through the Burning Pupil Ability triggered by destroying a Phoenix body part.

### Shendao Cultivators

Shendao Cultivators can be used in the Phoenix fight.

## Fighting

The Phoenix is a fire type Beast, therefore it is best to use Water artifacts. In order to destroy the Sun Crystal unleashed in his Inferno Form, only Water and None Artifacts should be used. The Phoenix itself has Body parts, which the player can target for special drops. It possesses 15+ million Max Qi.

The Phoenix can be enraged by casting the Rainstorm, Thunderstorm or Rain Dance Miracles. This, unlike in the Flood Dragon fight, does not serve a purpose as a body part unlock. The Phoenix' wings body parts can be unlocked by allowing it to stack Fire Spirit to 100 and transitioning into the inferno form.

Destroying a body part causes the Phoenix to cast the Burning Pupil attack on the destroyer of the body part, dealing massive damage over time. Generally, metal element cultivators are a poor choice for this fight, as the Phoenix is of the fire element counteracting the metal element in addition to having the Flame Fuse ability, which marks all metal cultivators. However, with sufficient power they are capable of killing the Phoenix regardless of element.

After the Phoenix dies, he turns into the Phoenix Egg, starting the Nirvana process. The player is strongly advised to use every cultivator with the One With Mountain Miracle on the Egg. During the egg phase, the Phoenix egg will attempt to absorb enough Qi within 49 days to reincarnate and restart the fight. If the egg is allowed to absorb enough Qi to reach its Max Qi, it will respawn the Phoenix. The fight only ends once the Phoenix could not absorb enough Qi within 49 days, or exhausts its Qi (i.e. the Qi of the Building is 0). Once the One With Mountain cultivators drain the egg's Qi, the egg turns into the Dead Phoenix Egg, ending the fight. It can then be Excavated for additional Gather Qi loot drops.

### Elemental Resistances

The Phoenix takes different damage when attacked with Artifacts of different elements. Spells, most Shendao Sacred Relics, and Physical Cultivator attacks are of the None element and deal regular damage. Negative numbers indicate that it will be healed by an attack of that element.

Elemental Damage Taken
 Body Parts (excluding Sun Crystal)
 Sun Crystal

### Special Attacks

The Phoenix has a number of Special Attacks, some of which are highly damaging to the base.

#### Iridescent Flame

The Phoenix directly damages the cultivator with a laser beam. This sets fire to anything below the cultivator.

#### Fuse

The Phoenix targets a cultivator in the fight and deals damage over time, while also preventing the cultivator from casting any spells. At the end of the skill, an explosion will damage items within a 3x3 square of the cultivator targeted. This skill does triple damage to Metal cultivators. If the Phoenix is in Inferno Form, it will instead target all Metal cultivators or a random cultivator if there are no Metal cultivators.

#### Enraged Phoenix

The Phoenix attacks 3 random buildings in the sect and sets fire to anything in a 3x3 square. If a Display is targeted, the Display will be destroyed, but the item on it will not be directly damaged. The item may be damaged or destroyed in the subsequent fire, however. The Phoenix preferentially targets areas with higher Fire or Water elemental density, meaning it has a higher chance of targeting your Qi Gathering arrays.

The Phoenix will immediately interrupt its current action and cast this special attack when the Rain weather is started, allowing the player to force it to cancel certain damaging attacks such as Burning Pupil or Sun Crystal.

This special attack is greatly reduced in frequency if the Phoenix is under attack by one or more cultivators. Therefore, drawing its aggro while waiting for Inferno Form to activate is recommended in order to reduce sect damage.

#### Burning Pupil

The Phoenix targets a cultivator who has destroyed one of its body parts. This attack deals a large amount of damage quickly, and does not terminate until either the cultivator or the Phoenix is knocked out, or a rain is initiated with either a Miracle or Fei Spirit Contract. If it is already raining, the rain has to be first dispelled with either a Miracle or Lushu Spirit Contract, and the rain then re-initiated. This has to be done once per part destroyed, as the Phoenix keeps track even if they are all destroyed before it initiates Burning Pupil.

#### Firekeeper

The Phoenix regenerates Qi based on the number of fires currently burning on the map, and increases its Fire Spirit by 10-15 points. When this reaches 100, the Phoenix will cast Inferno Form and become more powerful. During Inferno Form, it instead regenerates its reducing Fire Spirit. This special attack also overrides all rainy weather from the map.

#### Inferno Form

The Phoenix reveals its wing body parts, entering Inferno Form, and also summons 16 Phoenix Ironclad Feather artifacts. These artifacts have low Max Qi, and can be easily destroyed, however they can cause significant damage to Body Cultivators if not quickly destroyed. They also restore 10% Qi each to the Phoenix if not destroyed before the Inferno Form ends.

#### Inferno Breath (Inferno Form only)

The Phoenix breathes fire on attacking cultivators, setting fire to anything around them in a large radius.

#### Sun Crystal (Inferno Form only)

The Phoenix reveals its Sun Crystal body part, while continuously raising the temperature of the map. This happens randomly when the Phoenix is in Inferno Form. The Sun Crystal is immune to all artifacts except these of the Water and None Element.

The Phoenix continues this attack until either the Sun Crystal is destroyed, the Phoenix is knocked out, or a rain is initiated with either a Miracle or Fei Spirit Contract. If it is already raining, the rain has to be first dispelled with either a Miracle or Lushu Spirit Contract, and the rain then re-initiated.

## Drops

The Phoenix drops several Gather Qi items directly, which are:

* Phoenix Mantle Feather (destroying tail feather)
* Phoenix Oblivion Feather (destroying crown feather)
* Phoenix Ironclad Feather (destroying parts)
* Phoenix Iron Bone (destroying the wings)
* Phoenix Fire Jade (destroying the sun crystal)

As well as Max Qi items:

* Phoenix Flesh (destroying parts)

The Dead Phoenix Egg can also be excavated for a large amount of Phoenix Flesh and Phoenix Ironclad Feather, as well as a small chance of obtaining the rarer Qi Gathering loot.

The Phoenix upon the first excavation of the egg will drop an egg, which can be hatched into a Pet:

* Nurturing Phoenix Egg

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 `Settings\MapStories\MapStory_Special.xml`
2. ↑ Settings\Modifiers\Boss\Modifier\_xiongfeng.xml
3. ↑ Settings\ThingDef\Building\Building\_Other.xml