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World · Boss
Cemetery Shade (Black Knife Catacombs)
The main boss room contains a Cemetery Shade and three skeletons. This is one of two separate boss fights in the dungeon.
Location and access
Black Knife Catacombs
Cemetery Shade (Black Knife Catacombs)
Black Knife Catacombs
Starting Site of Grace: Black Knife Catacombs
From Ruined Labyrinth, follow the northeastern ravine to the catacomb entrance guarded by a headless knight. Enter and activate Black Knife Catacombs.
Descend past the closed boss doors into the skeleton corridors. Kill the necromancers controlling the glowing skeletons so they stop reviving.
In the room with falling blades, stand on a blade after it strikes the floor and ride it upward. Step off onto the high ledge and follow the upper passage.
Go to the far end and drop through the opening on the right into the chamber behind the locked gate. Pull the lever to open the boss door and use the other lever to leave this chamber.
Return to the main boss doors and defeat the Cemetery Shade and its skeletons for the ashes. The Black Knife Assassin behind an upper false wall is a separate optional boss.
HP and damage negation
Values below are for solo play on the first playthrough. HP is maximum health. Temporary protection and other state changes are explained in the notes.
Cemetery Shade (Black Knife Catacombs)
Solo, first playthrough
HP
691
Damage type
Damage negation
Standard
10%
Strike
10%
Slash
10%
Pierce
35%
Magic
0%
Fire
0%
Lightning
0%
Holy
-20%
Notes
The shade awards Twinsage Sorcerer Ashes. Open the chest in the room afterward for Deathroot; the chest is a separate interaction.
Two melee skeletons and an archer share the arena. Deal with them when you can safely separate them from the shade, then strike their remains as they begin to revive.
Do not stand still to finish a skeleton while the shade is preparing its binding projectile. A clear floor is useful, but the grab is the more immediate danger.
The lever reached through the lower drop opens this main boss route. Riding the blades up and checking the hidden upper wall leads to the separate Black Knife Assassin.
The Black Knifeprint and Assassin’s Cerulean Dagger belong to that other fight. Neither replaces the shade’s Spirit Ash reward or the Deathroot chest.