Grovetender

Armor | 20

The **Grovetender** is a Boss Monster introduced in the *Scorched Acres Update*, and is part of the    Wisp monster family. Being a Boss, Grovetender may be encountered after initiating a stage's Teleporter Event. It can otherwise spawn naturally during higher difficulties.

## Environments

* Wisp Family Event only:
* Other Environments with the Artifact of Dissonance enabled

## Skills & Behavior

### Primary: Disciple Swarm

The Grovetender creates a swarm of 18 small, purple wisps over 3 seconds that home in on targets. Upon impact or after 20 seconds they explode in a radius of 2 meters with no falloff damage.

These projectiles have 20 HP and can be destroyed, activating any on-kill effects the player has only 10% of the time. They can also be blocked by .

Each wisp deals 100% damage and has a proc coefficient of 1.0. This skill has a cooldown of 7 seconds.

### Secondary: Scorched Chains

The Grovetender charges a shotgun-like spread of 13 chains over 2 seconds (scales with attack speed), with 1 aimed straight at the player and the rest within a 30° spread. If they hit a target, they will also pull them toward the Grovetender. If a target is pulled into an upwards slope, even a very small one, they will be redirected straight up instead of towards the boss.

This skill deals 100%, has a proc coefficient of 1.0, a force of -5000, and a cooldown of 1 second.

### Behaviors

1. **Chase and use primary**: the Grovetender must be within 76m from its target and have line of sight.
2. **Use secondary**: the Grovetender must be with 15-90m from its target, have line of sight, and have less than 90% health.
3. **Stand still waiting for cooldown**: the Grovetender must be within 40m from its target and will spend 1.5 seconds before trying another behavior.
4. **Chase**: no requirements.

## Loot

*Main Article: Little Disciple*

If the Grovetender is the Teleporter Boss, there is a 15% chance for the Uncommon item (that drops as a reward for defeating the Grovetender) to be replaced by its Boss item, the .

## Notes

* The Disciple Swarm will pursue Bandit even in  Smoke Bomb

## Lore

```
GATHER, LITTLE ONES. ALL HAVE DONE EXCELLENT JOBS TENDING TO OUR GARDEN – I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD.

NOW, WE SHALL TAKE A BREAK. I BELIEVE A STORY WOULD SATISFY YOUR CURIOSITIES, HM?

NOW, WHICH STORY TO RECOUNT...

...HM? THE STORY OF OUR GARDEN? OF COURSE. VERY WELL, I SHALL BEGIN:

THIS PLANET IS A PARADISE, GIFTED TO US BY OUR HERO.

OUR HERO SAVED MY ANCESTORS - AND MANY OTHERS - FROM DEATH, GIVING US A NEW PLACE TO CALL HOME.

OUT OF GRATITUDE, MY ANCESTORS CONSTRUCTED AN ELABORATE GARDEN FOR OUR HERO – DECORATED WITH FRUIT TREES, MERCURY BLOSSOMS, AND OTHER EXOTIC PLANTS FAVORED BY OUR HERO.

SADLY, OUR HERO NEVER SEEMED TO NOTICE OUR EFFORTS, SO WE TOILED TO MAKE OUR GARDEN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GARDEN AMONGST THE STARS – SO WE MAY REPAY OUR HERO FOR HIS COMPASSION. DO YOU UNDERSTAND? HE LOVES SOUL. HE LOVES YOU! THAT IS WHY WE MADE YOU.

TO THIS DAY, MY KIND – AND YOU, LITTLE ONES – WORK TO PERFECT OUR HOME.

NOW, I BELIEVE IT IS TIME TO RETURN TO WORK. COME, LITTLE ONES! LET US TEND TO OUR GARDEN.
```

## Version History

Anniversary Update
* Major Content
	+ Added New Lore Entry: Grovetender

Early Access Artifacts Content Update
* Gameplay Changes
	+ 🌧 Improve accuracy of hurtboxes
	+ 🌧 Fix corpse continuing to play idle sound loop after death

Early Access Hidden Realms Content Update
* Gameplay Changes
	+ 🌧 Add Grovetender to Wisp Family Event

Early Access Patch (Build ID No.3961583)
* Gameplay Changes
	+ Reduce horizontal jump distance to reduce chance he yotes himself off the stage

Early Access Scorched Acres Content Update
* Major Content and Changes
	+ Added New Boss: Grovetender