Heroic Snake Pit

Level 1 Grade 9

The Heroic dungeons (docs/specs/heroic-dungeons.md): grade-9 versions of Sprite World, the Undead Lair, the Snake Pit and the Abyss of Demons. Their portals drop from the regular bosses (6 %). Each world doubles the HP of every ordinary enemy in it and makes its shots hit 1.3 times as hard; the four bosses here are tuned in their own data instead: the regular fight, faster and denser, and two more phases.

Getting in

Portal: Heroic Snake Pit Portal
The portal drops from Stheno the Snake Queen (6%)

Difficulty

Grade 9 of 10 on this server's dungeon scale: the bosses have 138,125 HP counting defense, the heaviest hit is 220, the busiest phase fires up to 37 shots a second.

Boss: Heroic Stheno the Snake Queen

HP	85,000 (+20% per other player here)
Defense	25
Level	1
Hits up to	220
XP multiplier	1
Immune to	stasis

Never moves. Wakes when someone comes in and calls five pets. Her attacks in turn, faster and wider; under 50 % the Gorgon's Gaze joins them; under 15 % the Coils, to the end.

Phases

dormant
fight
- coil
  - blades guard
  - blades
  - swarm guard a breath between two attacks: untouchable for a moment, a flash in the boss's colour
  - swarm fourteen little snakes spill out round her while she throws blades four ways
  - spiral guard a breath between two attacks: untouchable for a moment, a flash in the boss's colour
  - spiral an eight-armed spiral of blinding orbs, a bomb at someone every second
  - gaze guard a breath between two attacks: untouchable for a moment, a flash in the boss's colour
  - gaze the Gorgon's Gaze: slow rings of slowing orbs, each turned half a gap from the last, aimed blade pairs between
- gaze tell the tell before a new phase: untouchable, a nova and a line
- coil2
  - blades guard
  - blades
  - swarm guard a breath between two attacks: untouchable for a moment, a flash in the boss's colour
  - swarm fourteen little snakes spill out round her while she throws blades four ways
  - spiral guard a breath between two attacks: untouchable for a moment, a flash in the boss's colour
  - spiral an eight-armed spiral of blinding orbs, a bomb at someone every second
  - gaze guard a breath between two attacks: untouchable for a moment, a flash in the boss's colour
  - gaze the Gorgon's Gaze: slow rings of slowing orbs, each turned half a gap from the last, aimed blade pairs between
- coils tell the tell before a new phase: untouchable, a nova and a line
- coils the Coils: her swarm keeps coming, a fast three-armed spiral of blades, a bomb at someone every 1.2 s

Lines

Look at me.

Then I will hold you myself.

Drops

Loot	Chance	Bag
Snake Skin Shield	15%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
Snake Skin Armor	15%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
Snake Eye Ring	15%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
Coil of Stheno	3%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
Wand of the Bulwark	1.2%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
T13 armor	4%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
T12 armor	12%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
T11 armor	30%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
T11 weapon	15%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
T6 ability	12%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
T5 ability	35%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
T5 ring	30%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
Health Potion	100%	shared bag
Magic Potion	100%	shared bag
Potion of Speed	100%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage · 4 guaranteed
Knight of Pentacles	30%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
Potion of Life	8%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
Wine Cellar Incantation	5%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage

Chance per kill. A shared bag is one roll for everyone. An own bag is rolled separately for every player who did at least that share of the damage, and only they see it: soulbound items and everything that comes in a cyan or better bag drop this way. A tier row splits its chance over every item of that tier. Loot rules

Boss: Snakepit Guard

HP	5,000 (+20% per other player here)
Defense	50
Hits up to	100
XP multiplier	1.0

Stheno's guardian, a large red cobra: unseen and untouchable in the middle of the room until the button goes down. It follows slowly without leaving the top of the room, 3-shot spit, dazing spinner rings and three heavy dazing balls, one aimed. Hurt, it goes after you anywhere with far more shots.

Phases

hidden
rise
guard
hunt

Drops

Loot	Chance	Bag
Snake Skin Shield	6%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
Snake Eye Ring	6%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
Wand of the Bulwark	0.40%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
T9 weapon	12%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
T9 armor	12%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
T7 weapon	30%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
T7 armor	30%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
Health Potion	100%	shared bag
Magic Potion	100%	shared bag
Potion of Speed	30%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage · 2 guaranteed
Wine Cellar Incantation	1%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage

Unique drops

Snake Skin Shield UT
250–300 ×4 · 3.2 tiles · 100 MP · +5 DEF, +8 SPD
From Snakepit Guard 6%, Heroic Stheno the Snake Queen 15%

Snake Eye Ring UT
+8 ATT, +8 SPD
From Snakepit Guard 6%, Heroic Stheno the Snake Queen 15%

Wand of the Bulwark UT
300–400 · 6.6 tiles · 33% rate
From Snakepit Guard 0.40%, Heroic Stheno the Snake Queen 1.2%

Coil of Stheno UT Soulbound
+15 DEF, +5 DEX, +5 SPD, -3 VIT
From Heroic Stheno the Snake Queen 3%

Snake Skin Armor UT
+10 DEF, +5 SPD, +3 DEX, +3 ATT
From Heroic Stheno the Snake Queen 15%

Enemies

Enemy	HP	DEF	Hits up to	On map	Notes
Heroic Stheno the Snake Queen	85,000	25	220	4	Never moves. Wakes when someone comes in and calls five pets. Her attacks in turn, faster and wider; under 50 % the Gorgon's Gaze joins them; under 15 % the Coils, to the end.
Snakepit Guard	5,000	50	100	6	Stheno's guardian, a large red cobra: unseen and untouchable in the middle of the room until the button goes down. It follows slowly without leaving the top of the room, 3-shot spit, dazing spinner rings and three heavy dazing balls, one aimed. Hurt, it goes after you anywhere with far more shots.
Heroic Stheno Pet	3,000	7	75	summoned	Circle their queen, laying down slowing shots; they vanish when she dies.
Heroic Stheno Swarm	1,000	4	40	summoned	Spill out around her to shield her, wander slowly and shoot; they go when her swarm phase ends.
Greater Pit Snake	500	10	50	70	Heavy green magic from far off, now and then three at once.
Greater Pit Viper	500	10	50	48	Keeps its distance and never stops firing.
Yellow Python	200	5	25	33	The easiest of the three: chases slowly, steady long shots.
Brown Python	200	20	25	30	Thick-skinned; leads its shots and fires fast, so the damage stacks up.
Fire Python	200	5	25	74	The most dangerous: lunges at you with a three-shot shotgun.
Destructible Grey Wall	100	0	–	1351
Snakepit Button	10	0	–	6	A red button at the top of the room; it stays down once stepped on.
Snakepit Dart Thrower	10	0	40	60	Hidden in the walls; once the button is down they fire bleeding darts across the room, and they never stop.
Pit Snake	5	0	10	69	Weak and endless: a green (snake) or purple (viper) shot now and then.
Pit Viper	5	0	20	26