Grandparent

The Grandparent is a new Boss Monster introduced in the Anniversary Update of Risk of Rain 2. Being a Boss, the Grandparent may be encountered after initiating a stage's Teleporter Event. It can otherwise spawn naturally during higher difficulties.

Environments

 * Sky Meadow

Rock Throw
The Grandparent throws a large rock at a player, causing heavy damage and high knockback on impact. The rock is destroyed if it collides with any solid obstacle.

Gravity Orb
The Grandparent spawns a slow-moving orb that moves toward a player for a moderate duration. Any player caught in its gravity well will be pulled toward the orb. This orb (and its gravity well) can pass through all obstacles. Players should avoid being caught by these orbs in certain levels as they can result in being dropped into bottomless pits.

Solar Flare
At 50% health and below, after a brief delay the Grandparent creates a large sphere resembling a star above its head. Any entity (both players and enemies) caught in its large area of effect will receive the stacking debuff and be set on fire, unless they take cover. This debuff increases fires damage, causing it to quickly drain health. For this reason, it is generally best to focus attacks on one Grandparent at a time. The attack lasts for 14 seconds, inflicting 27-28 stacks of (inflicts one every 0.5 seconds, refreshing the stack), and 2-3 stacks of fire at a time (fire stacks don’t get refreshed).

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

Trivia

 * Prior to the Anniversary Update, an early version of the Grandparent was left unused within the game code with a vastly different appearance and skill set.
 * The Grandparent more closely resembled a large, misshapen, two-headed that was partially submerged in the ground. It would create teleportation fields to catch the player and bring them within striking distance, as well as spawn eggs from which Parents would eventually emerge.
 * The Grandparent's spawn animation will launch players within it at a high velocity, in most cases off the map, so be careful when it is spawning.
 * The spawn animation itself deals no damage, but can indirectly hurt you via fall damage or launching you into another attack.