The Puppeteer

The Puppeteer is an expert mode boss that can be spawned once a Full Eclipse is in progress, the player has killed the Keeper of the Night, or died to him at least once in the same event. When the full eclipse is half-way, a message will appear saying:

"You hear distant laughter"

This signals that a door to [The Theater]] has appeared somewhere in the surface has appeared. Once the player opens the door, they will be teleported to the theater to fight the puppeteer. The boss has 3 phases and 300,000.

Phase 1
The Puppeteer has 300,000 and 0 defense in this phase. The Puppeteer hides behind the curtains in this stage, so the only way to hurt it is by killing the Props, strings and other summons it spawns. The pattern that the boss follows in this phase is summoning props and shooting strings. The strings that it summons shoot down from the ceiling to the floor and will stay there until being destroyed. The strings have 1500, 0 defense, deal 150 damage upon contact and upon being destroyed, deals 1500 damage to the Puppeteer. When the puppeteer summons strings, 5 shoot from the ceiling to random locations on the theater. The boss takes a break of 8 seconds before each attack.

Phase 2
When the Puppeteer hits 200,000, the screen flashes black once, the theater gets cleared of all the props and strings, the theater's curtains open up a little to reveal some of the Puppeteer's face, and the boss follows the exact same pattern as in phase 1, except it takes breaks of 5 seconds, instead of 8.

Phase 3
When The Puppeteer hits 100,000, the screen flashes black twice, and the curtains fully open up, revealing the boss' dark face with green eyes and a big smile that occasionally laughs, opening it up and revealing an oddly coloured tooth that can be hit to damage the puppeteer. The mouth stays open for 3 seconds. During this phase, killing props and strings will no longer damage the puppeteer, and introduces a new attack. In the new attack, the puppeteer slams his two hands on the theater's stage, creating dark pillars on the floor, that occasionally rise up to slam a new position. The only way to evade this attack is to go under the arms once the puppeteer raises them.

Stats

 * 300,000
 * 0 Defense
 * 150 Damage (Strings)
 * 200 Damage (Arms)
 * 90/125/165 Damage (Props)

Drops

 * Work in Progress!