Grovetender

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

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.

Version History

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


 * 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