Hild the Gravewife
She lobs open coffins into the room. A ring counts down on each one, and when it runs out a ghoul climbs out. Shoot a coffin to nail it shut.
Phases
Base health. The game multiplies boss health by 1.8, and by 1 plus 0.5 for every floor of depth, so the real number on its own floor is higher. 1080 × 1.8 = 1944.
Story
Hild dug the pits when the Canon forbade burning the dead. Ysmera offered her rest, and now she sets the coffins out and cannot bring herself to close them. Whatever is left open climbs back out.
Attacks
A cone in front of her, then the swing. Later it throws three pebbles, and in the last phase a backhand follows.
A long lane is marked, then earth spikes run along it. From the second phase two side lanes join it.
Two coffins per throw, then three. The red ring and the rattling lid mean it is about to open.
From the second phase: she sinks, a mound of earth crawls after you, the floor cracks open on a circle and she rises with a ring of pebbles.
Last phase: a grave opens in the middle of the room. It pulls you in gently, then spits three rings of pebbles with a turning gap.
How to win
- Shut the coffins first. Each one you leave open is one more ghoul.
- When the mound starts to follow you, keep moving and step off the circle as it cracks.
- Keep away from the open grave in the last phase: walk against the pull and look for the gap in each ring.
Moves, as animated in the game
Reward
A gold chest that opens without a key, a hatch to the next floor, eight coins and thirty souls.