Bosses are unique hostile NPCs in Tales of Maj'Eyal. They can be divided into fixed bosses and random bosses.
Fixed bosses inhabit a particular zone, typically on the last level. They are the main (story) bosses of Tales of Maj'Eyal. They are fixed (not randomly generated) bosses. Fixed bosses are also sometimes called Guardians, a name that comes from the game's code. Defeating a fixed boss often completes or advances a quest. Guardians often drop high-quality equipment or artifacts.
There is a bosses guide that provides advice on how to defeat the fixed bosses.
Random bosses can appear in certain situations, or as regular enemies on higher difficulties. They are created by upgrading regular enemies by adding classes (typically 2 classes). They are a greater version of rares, which are randomly created by adding 1 class.
| Name |
Location |
Level |
Type |
Notes
|
| Prox the Mighty |
Trollmire |
7+ |
Troll |
Quest: Of trolls and damp caves
|
| Shax the Slimy |
Trollmire (alternative) |
7+ |
Troll |
Quest: Of trolls and damp caves
|
| Bill the Stone Troll |
Trollmire |
7+ |
Troll |
Optional Quest: Hidden Treasure
|
| The Shade |
Ruins of Kor'Pul |
7+ |
Skeleton |
Quest: Of trolls and damp caves
|
| The Possessed |
Ruins of Kor'Pul (alternative) |
7+ |
Human, Rogue |
Quest: Of trolls and damp caves
|
| Norgos the Guardian |
Norgos' Lair |
7+ |
Bear |
Quest: Madness of the Ages
|
| Norgos the Frozen |
Norgos' Lair (alternative) |
7+ |
Bear |
Quest: Madness of the Ages
|
| The Withering Thing |
Heart of the Gloom |
7+ |
Canine |
Quest: Madness of the Ages
|
| The Dreaming One |
Heart of the Gloom (alternative) |
7+ |
Canine |
Quest: Madness of the Ages
|
| Spellblaze Crystal |
Scintillating Caves |
7+ |
Crystal |
Quest: Echoes of the Spellblaze
|
| Rhaloren Inquisitor |
Rhaloren Camp |
7+ |
Shaloren Elf |
Quest: Echoes of the Spellblaze
|
| Brotoq the Reaver |
Escape from Reknor |
7+ |
Orc |
Quest: Reknor is lost!
|
| The Mouth |
The Deep Bellow |
7+ |
Horror |
Quest: From bellow, it devours
|
| Murgol, the Yaech Lord |
Murgol Lair |
7+ |
Yeek |
Quest: Following The Way
|
| Lady Nashva the Streambender |
Murgol Lair (alternative) |
7+ |
Naga |
Quest: Following The Way
|
| Ritch Great Hive Mother |
Ritches Tunnels |
7+ |
Ritch |
Quest: Following The Way
|
| Half-Finished Bone Giant |
Blighted Ruins |
7+ |
Bone Giant |
Quest: The rotting stench of the dead
|
| Spacial Disturbance |
Abashed Expanse |
7+ |
Losgoroth |
Quest: Spellblaze Fallouts
|
| Lady Zoisla the Tidebringer |
Slazish Fens |
7+ |
Naga |
Quest: Serpentine Invaders
|
| Weaver Queen |
Unhallowed Morass |
7+ |
Spider |
Quest: Future Echoes
|
| Assassin Lord |
Unknown tunnels |
8+ |
Human, Shadowblade |
Optional Quest: Trapped!
|
| Ben Cruthdar, the Cursed |
Lumberjack Village |
10+ |
Human, Cursed |
Optional Quest: The Beast Within
|
| Subject Z |
Ruined Halfling Complex |
10+ |
Human, Shadowblade |
Can unlock Yeek, then later Mindslayer
|
| Wrathroot |
Old Forest |
12+ |
Treant |
Quest: Into the darkness
|
| Shardskin |
Old Forest (alternative) |
12+ |
Crystal |
Quest: Into the darkness
|
| Minotaur of the Labyrinth |
The Maze |
12+ |
Minotaur |
Quest: Into the darkness
|
| Horned Horror |
The Maze (alternative) |
12+ |
Horror |
Quest: Into the darkness
|
| Rantha the Worm |
Daikara |
12+ |
Ice Dragon |
Quest: Into the darkness
|
| Varsha the Writhing |
Daikara (alternative) |
12+ |
Fire Dragon |
Quest: Into the darkness
|
| Blood Master |
Hidden Compound |
14+ |
Yeek |
Optional Quest: Till the Blood Runs Clear
|
| Sandworm Queen |
Sandworm Lair |
15+ |
Sandworm |
Quest: Into the darkness
|
| Urkis, the High Tempest |
Tempest Peak |
17+ |
Human |
Optional Quest: Storming the city
|
| Weirdling Beast |
Sher'Tul Fortress |
19+ |
Horror |
Optional Quest: Sher'Tul Fortress
|
| Chronolith Twin & Chronolith Clone |
Temporal Rift |
20+ |
Temporal Horror |
Optional Quest: Back and Back and Back To The Future
|
| Celia |
Last Hope Graveyard |
20+ |
Human, Necromancer |
Optional Quest: And now for a grave
|
| The Master |
Dreadfell |
23+ |
Vampire |
Quest: The Island of Dread
|
| Healer Astelrid |
Old Conclave Vault |
23+ |
Ogre |
Unlocks Ogre
|
| Grand Corruptor |
Mark of the Spellblaze |
25+ |
Shalore, Corruptor |
Optional Quest: The fall of Zigur
|
| Mindworm |
Dogroth Caldera |
25+ |
Thalore, Solipsist |
Connected to Solipsist unlock
|
| Greater Mummy Lord |
Elven Ruins |
30+ |
Undead, Mummy |
|
| Corrupted Oozemancer |
Sludgenest |
35+ |
Troll |
Unlocks Oozemancer
|
| Golbug the Destroyer |
Reknor |
28+ |
Orc |
Quest: Let's hunt some Orc
|
| Krogar |
Unremarkable Cave |
25+ |
Orc |
Quest: Strange New World
|
| Ungolë |
Ardhungol |
30+ |
Spider |
Optional Quest: Eight legs of wonder
|
| Ukllmswwik the Wise |
Flooded Cave |
30+ |
Dragon |
Optional Quest: The Temple of Creation
|
| Slasul |
Temple of Creation |
30+ |
Naga |
Optional Quest: The Temple of Creation
|
| Warmaster Gnarg |
Vor Armoury |
35+ |
Orc |
Optional Quest: There and back again
|
| Briagh, the Great Sand Wyrm |
Briagh's Lair |
35+ |
Sand Dragon |
Optional Quest: There and back again
|
| Rak'Shor Cultist |
Shadow Crypt |
35+ |
Orc |
Unlocks Doomed
|
| Shade Of Telos |
Ruins of Telmur |
38+ |
Ghost |
Optional Quest: Back and there again
|
| Draebor, the Imp |
Fearscape (Tannen) |
35+ |
Minor Demon |
Optional Quest: Back and there again
|
| Tannen & Drolem |
Tannen's Tower |
35+ |
Human, Alchemist & Golem |
Optional Quest: Back and there again
|
| Fyrk, Faeros High Guard |
Charred Scar |
35+ |
Faeros |
Quest: The Doom of the World!
|
| Rak'Shor, Grand Necromancer of the Pride |
Rak'Shor Pride |
35+ |
Orc |
Quest: The many Prides of the Orcs
|
| Vor, the Grand Geomancer |
Vor Pride |
40+ |
Orc |
Quest: The many Prides of the Orcs
|
| Gorbat, Supreme Wyrmic of the Pride |
Gorbat Pride |
40+ |
Orc |
Quest: The many Prides of the Orcs
|
| Grushnak, Battlemaster of the Pride |
Grushnak Pride |
45+ |
Orc |
Quest: The many Prides of the Orcs
|
| Elandar & Argoniel |
High Peak |
75+ |
Shalore |
Quest: Falling Toward Apotheosis
|
Backup Guardians
After returning from the Far East, players may find new or 'corrupted' bosses in many zones throughout the West. They are found on the same-numbered floors of their zones regardless of whether or not it is the alternate version of each zone. Backup guardians only appear if the original guardian of the zone was defeated. The existence of the backup guardians is hinted at by rumors randomly spoken by town NPCs.
