Ferocious Horn Den guide

1. Prep

   Before you go

   Ferocious Horn Den · Party Dungeon

   Level

   45

   Item level

   2,100

   Entry by mode

   	Exploration	Conquest Normal	Conquest Hard
   Level	45	45	—
   Item level	2,100	2,100	—
   Party	1 to 5	1 to 5	—
   Bosses on the route	3 and the totem room	3 and the totem room	—
   Final boss timer	No enrage	Enrage at 5:00	—

   Reward cube: 40 Odyle Energy in both modes

   Know this first

   • Wait at the KibeliskBind there and pull Nuakum together
   • Use the bombsAt the first barricade and on the totem stairs
   • Take turns blockingEach block marks you, so the next is someone else's
   • Claim before you leaveLeaving unclaimed costs 1 of 10 a week
   • Weekly resetWednesday 07:00 UTC

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2. 1
   Enter from the AbyssThe entrance is at Fera Surveillance Site.
3. 2
   Run past the trashStop at the wooden barricade.
4. 3
   Bomb the barricadeTake a bomb from the box in front of it.
5. 

   Stage 1 of 3 · Mid-boss

   Watchdog Kwapo

   Orb checks

   2

   Two orb checks. Pop the blue orbs on one side, then jump the ring.

   Phase 1100 → 75% · Learn his markers

   • Red markerTake it away from the partyRed circle on one player
   • Charge and pounceStep out of the markerA line or circle shows first
   • Purple orbsPop one, away from the partyPurple orbs home in, then stop
     One source

   Heads up · 75%Thunder Cry

   He can't be hit. Lightning falls and leaves blue orbs while a gauge counts down.

   1. 1Pick one side
   2. 2Pop every orb there
   3. 3Jump the ring

   Orbs left on the floor explodeEach orb you pop slows youConquest: jump on the second howl

   In Conquest he leaps to the middle and howls twice. A ring spreads out on the second howl.

   Phase 275 → 25% · Same attacks

   Heads up · 25%Thunder Cry 2

   The same orb check again at about 25%.

   1. 1Pick one side
   2. 2Pop every orb there
   3. 3Jump the ring

   Orbs left on the floor explode

   Burn25 → 0% · Same attacks
6. 4
   Slope, wall, glideUp the slope, break the wall on the left, glide down.
7. 5
   Everyone in the totem roomLatecomers are locked out once it starts.
8. 6
   Wake the totem, clear the wavesTank and healer hold the middle. Damage dealers throw bombs from the side stairs.
9. 7
   Break the totemOnly after every add is dead. It opens the door to Duanka.
10. 

    Stage 2 of 3 · Mid-boss

    Necromancer Duanka

    Soul Caller

    2

    Souls

    4 · Exploration 2

    Kill his souls with the altar orb, and run out when he pulls you in.

    Phase 1100 → 75% · Learn his attacks

    • Shared holdStack on the held playerOne player held under a red circle
    • Claw sweepStay behind himWide arc, short warning
    • Staff circlesSpread so circles don't overlapCircles drop on players
      One source

    Add · 75%Souls

    Four tethered souls appear and a 15-second countdown starts.

    1. 1Ranged grabs the altar orb
    2. 2Kill all four souls
    3. 3Beat the 15-second timer

    Souls left alive get absorbedHe heals and gains a damage stackNormal hits can't hurt themBack at about 50% and 15%

    Exploration summons two souls, not four.

    Wipe check · 65%Soul Caller

    He pulls everyone to the middle and an 8-second alert runs. Lightning souls close in.

    1. 1Run against the pull
    2. 2Dodge the lightning souls
    3. 3Get outside the big circle

    Near the middle it one-shotsTouching a soul stuns youBack at about 30%

    Phase 265 → 30% · Same attacks. Souls at 50%.

    Wipe check · 30%Soul Caller 2

    The same pull again at about 30%.

    1. 1Run against the pull
    2. 2Dodge the lightning souls
    3. 3Get outside the big circle

    Souls return at 15%

    Phase 330 → 0% · Same attacks. Souls at 15%.
11. 8
    Ride the updraftBack out of his room, then up. Nuakum's arena is below.
12. 9
    Bind at the last KibeliskWait there for the whole party.
13. 10
    Everyone in, then pullThe fight triggers easily. Anyone outside is locked out.
14. 

    Stage 3 of 3 · Final boss

    Ferocious Horn Nuakum

    Enrage

    5:00 · Conquest only

    Black hole

    at 30%

    A rooted player, a circle to stack in or leave, and a black hole that wipes the party.

    Phase 1100 → 75% · Stay behind him

    • Frontal flurryStay behind himHands drag, then five claws
    • Reach and pullGet behind him afterHe reaches out and pulls you in
    • Bleed poolsDrop pools at the rimThird bleed stack ruptures
    • ChargeStep out of the laneArrow lane on the floor
    • PounceGet out of the circleCircle on his target, then a knockdown

    Wipe check · 75%The Hunt

    He leaps out of reach and roots one player. A clone dashes at them.

    1. 1Block the clone's dash
    2. 2Read the red circle
    3. 3Arrows in: stack. Out: leave.

    Small circle, arrows in: stack on themBig circle, arrows out: everyone else leavesEach block marks the blocker

    Twice in a row at about 75%, three times at about 55%. The circle size is random.

    Phase 275 → 55% · Same attacks

    Wipe check · 55%The Hunt 2

    Three roots in a row. A fresh blocker for each clone.

    1. 1Block the clone's dash
    2. 2Read the red circle
    3. 3Arrows in: stack. Out: leave.

    Never block twiceThe same size can come twice

    Phase 355 → 30% · Same attacks

    Wipe check · 30%Black hole

    A glowing orb rises in the middle and a long cast starts. If it finishes, the room dies.

    1. 1Marked: run behind the orb
    2. 2Three throws must hit it
    3. 3Stand outside its burn

    Cast completes: the party diesThree of his four throws must hit the orbBefore the third throw he fears the partyThe orb pulls you in and burns

    The files call it Blue Light of Destruction. He marks a new player before each throw, sometimes the same one.

    Phase 430 → 15% · Same attacks

    Heads up · 15%Red balls

    He roots one player and throws a red ball at them twice. Timing varies, from about 20% to 10%.

    1. 1Two players step in
    2. 2One ball each
    3. 3Never the same player twice

    A ball that lands kills the rooted playerA second hit on one player kills

    Burn15 → 0%

    • Beat the timerKill him before 5:00Conquest only. Exploration has none.
      Normal only
15. Finish

    Claim the loot

    The cube at the end
    • 11. Open the cubeIn the Howling Throne. Pays for each boss you killed.

    Full clear: 400,000 Kina in ConquestNuakum armour drops only here

    Everything Ferocious Horn Den drops

16. If it goes wrong

    If you wipe

    • Missing the black holeFewer than three throws hit the orb
    • Wrong Hunt callStaying in a big circle, or leaving a small one
    • Caught by Soul CallerRun out, and don't touch a lightning soul
    • Orbs left behindKwapo's blue orbs explode in big circles
    • Starting too earlyThe totem room and Nuakum lock out latecomers
    • Conquest enrage5 minutes on Nuakum

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