Witness Astaroth is a Witness that is found in Anchordeep.
Location[]
Witness Astaroth resides in Anchordeep, the third biome in Cult of the Lamb, unlockable by beating Leshy, Heket, and Kallamar. you will find Witness Astaroth in the room where the miniboss usually will be, though you will have to kill Kallamar to access its room. when you find the Kallamar statue, it will have an X on it, if broken, it will open up a portal. if you want to fight Witness Astaroth, do not go through the portal. continue through without dying and you will find Witness Astaroth.
Appearance[]
Witness Astaroth has three eyes, though donning four, it has three tentacles on each side of its body along with four black dots on each corner with a red line in the center. it has two wooden horns atop its head and black goop dripping down its center eye as well as the bottom of its body. Witness Astaroth resembles the shape of a jellyfish.
Combat[]
Behavior[]
Witness Astaroth's first attack is firing a radius of projectiles, similar to the Radial Turret Worm. The second attack is similar, but the projectiles get continuously fired toward the player instead of firing them in a radius.
When the Witness takes a significant amount of damage, it will teleport away, spawning several Anchordeep enemies. These have to be killed in order for Witness Astaroth to return. The threshold to spawn enemies seems to be around every quarter of health lost, with the last wave being two minibosses from Anchordeep.
Strategy[]
However, Witness Astaroth being vulnerable for around a second and a half before spawning each wave, it is possible to kill him first with significant enough damage (e.g. Fleece of the Berserker) and completely skip the last wave.
This continues until Witness Astaroth is dead.
Loot[]
When defeating Witness Astaroth you will gain a lot of coins, fervour, and an Eye of the Witness. If you give this Eye of the Witness to Plimbo, he will give you a Holy Talisman piece. you will also gain a new follower from Witness Astaroth, whom you can convert to your cult. If you defeat his form from the post-end content added by the Relics of the Old Faith DLC, however, you will only get an Eye of the Witness upon first defeating him, along with the usual God Tear and boss chest, containing coins and fervour.
Trivia[]
- The name "Astaroth" comes from The Lesser Key of Solomon, a 17th-century grimoire compiling texts on sorcery, angels, and demons. The first book of the grimoire, the Ars Goetia ("Art of Witchcraft"), lists a hierarchy of demons that rule over Hell, listing Saleos as a Great Duke or Great Earl of Hell. He is described as coming forth in the shape of a foul angel, sitting upon an infernal dragon, and carrying on his left hand a viper.
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