Calavia
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| Type | Miniboss |
|---|---|
| Environment | Underground Portal |
| Damage | 40 / 48 / 72 |
| Elemental damage |  |
| Max Life | 3,000 / 4,500 / 6,750 |
| Defense | 23 |
| Elemental multipliers |  1.1x 0.8x |
| KB Resist | 80% |
| Inflicts debuff |  Frozen50% (Blade Slash tip) 100% (Arctic Wind) chance |
| Debuff duration | 0.66 second (Blade Slash tip) 1 second (Arctic Wind) |
| Debuff tooltip | You can't move! |
| Inflicts debuff |  Frostburn100% chance |
| Debuff duration | 2 seconds (Frigid Stab) |
| Debuff tooltip | It's either really hot or really cold. Either way it REALLY hurts |
| Inflicts debuff |  Pure Chill100% chance |
| Debuff duration | 1-3 seconds (Ice Mist) 5 seconds (Arctic Wind) |
| Debuff tooltip | brrr |
| Immune to |        |
Calavia, Warrior of the Iron Realm is a Pre-Hardmode miniboss found at the Underground Portal after defeating Skeletron. She attacks automatically as soon as the player enters the Underground Portal area.
While Calavia, Warrior of the Iron Realm is alive, the music Dramatic4 will play.
Behavior
Calavia has two phases, with both playing our largely the same, with the same attacks and behavior between the two of them. Calavia's slashes can be parried using specific swords, granting the Striking Moment buff. Upon entering the Undergrounfd Portal area, Calavia will use her Icefall to summon an ice mist barrier around the structure that inflicts the Pure Chill debuff on contact. Leaving the barrier will end the fight, with Calavia using a Recall Potion if she gets too far away from the Portal. The player can intitiate the battle again by entering the Portal area.
Calavia's first phase possesses a shield that blocks all attacks from the front and has a large amount of Guard Points. After breaking the shield, Calavia gains the ability to dodge any projectiles coming her way with a cooldown of 0.5 seconds
Additionally, Calavia can use different potions during the battle. These potions are in limited supply and Calavia will not use a potion until its duration runs out:
Regeneration Potion - 1 max. 1 minute duration. Heals 1 health every 0.5 seconds.
Swiftness Potion - 2 max. 1 minute duration. Increases movement speed by 25%.
Ironskin Potion - 2 max. 1 minute duration. Increases defense by 8.
Upon reaching 300 health, Calavia will stop fighting, gain 50% damage reduction and will beg the player to stop as well. The Chalice of Alignment will comment "She is wishing to be spared". The player can either spare her or kill her. Killing Calavia will result in Alignment being reduced by 2 and the Chalice commenting "How ruthless...", while sparing will turn her into a friendly NPC.
Attacks
- Performs a slash using the Blade of the Mountain that can deflect non-magic projectiles. Getting hit by the tip of the slash has a 50% chance to inflict Frozen.
- This attack can be parried using the Zephos' Sword Slicer, Keeper's Claw, Zweihander, and Blade of the Mountain.
- Thrusts the Blade of the Mountain in front of her, performing a quick omnidirectional dash. If she hits a tile during the dash, the Blade will send out a
Frigid Stab that can travel through blocks and inflicts Frostburn. If the player is hiding behind tiles, Calavia will always use this attack. - Uses Icefall to generate ice mist and crystals in front of and behind her, then launches the crystals towards the player with the Blade of the Mountain.
- Jumps into the air, spinning the Blade of the Mountain around herself while moving slowly toward the player, inflicting Pure Chill and Frozen.
- Blade of the Mountain spin reflects non-magic projectiles that hit it.
Quotes
When the player approaches Calavia (initiating the battle):
If the player leaves the area or is out of reach
After reaching low HP:
If the player spares her:
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If the player spares Calavia, she will become a stationary friendly NPC near the Underground Portal. The player can offer to help Calavia if the world contains Gathic Cryo-Crystals. Calavia will request a Pure-Iron Helmet and 6 Pure-Iron Alloys, but giving these items is purely optional, as the Forging option and her Crux Card will be available regardless of that. Calavia will jump into the portal and leave after the player picks "You're ready to leave" and "Farewell" options.
Forging
Placing down a Gathic Cryo-Furnace near Calavia will unlock an option to forge new weapons.
| Result | Ingredients |
|---|---|
 Blade of the Mountain |
 Zweihander
|
 Pure-Iron Crossbow |
 Elder Wood Crossbow
|
 Icefall |
 Mistfall
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Requesting a Crux
In order to receive a crux card from Calavia, the player needs to talk with the Spirit Stranger first until he mentions that Calavia might be holding a captive spirit and aks the player to confront her. If the player talks to Calavia about a captive spirit, a short cutscene will play with Calavia and the Spirit Stranger talking to each other. After the cutscene ends, the player can request a crux card from Calavia if they have the Spirit Walker active, receiving Crux Card: Kyretha if possessing an Empty Crux Card.
Quotes
Talking to Calavia after the fight:
If the player clicks "Assistance?":
If the player clicks "Why did you enter?":
If the player clicks "You want to go back?":
If the player clicks "Just as clueless as you" or "Nothing at all":
If the player clicks "What will you do?":
If the palyer clicks "Good luck with that":
If the player clicks "I refuse":
If the player clicks "I will offer help":
If the player clicks "Anything I can help with?":
If the player clicks "What do you need?":
If the player is wearing Pure-Iron armor:
If the player is wearing Dragon-Lead armor:
If the player is wearing Common Guard armor:
Before obtaining the Spirit Walker ability:
After obtaining the Spirit Walker ability:
If the player clicks "Requirements":
If the player clicks "Offer Pure-Iron Helmet" (must have a Pure-Iron Helmet in their inventory):
If the player clicks "Offer 6 Pure-Iron Alloy" (must have 6 Pure-Iron Alloys in their inventory):
If the player clicks "Feeling ready?" (this option replaces "Requirements" after giving a helmet and 6 alloys to Calavia):
If the player clicks "Gathic Cryo-Furnace?" (this option is replaced with "Forge" after placing down a Gathic Cryo-Furnace):
If the player clicks "Forge":
If the player clicks "About you?":
If the player clicks "You're ready to leave":
If the player clicks "Don't leave yet":
If the player clicks "Captive spirit?" (the player must have conversed with the Spirit Stranger about Calavia):
If the player clicks "Explain" (this option is replaced with "Request Kyretha's Crux" after the cutscene with the Spirit Stranger):
If the player clicks "Request Kyretha's Crux" with an Empty Crux Card:
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Notes
- Calavia's melee attacks are affected by the Disarmed debuff, however their damage is reduced by 25% instead of 66.67%.
Trivia
- The
Bestiary entry for the Calavia: "A Chief-Warrior of the Iron Realm, lost and troubled by her distant venture from her home of Khen Boldur, which was spurred on by the barons of Arum. Swordplay and smithing is her expertise, along with familiarity of Blizzard magic."
History
- 0.8.0.4: Introduced.
- Miniboss NPCs
- Underground Portal NPCs
- NPC NPCs