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After disappearing beneath the earth inCore Keeper, you find yourself at The Core and have to survive the dangerous depths. The only way to get to the surface is to find a way back and to do that, you’ll have to take down the creatures holding pieces of crucial tech.
Intended to be the third mid-game boss fight, Ra-Akar the Sand Titan holds another piece of the puzzle behind the lost civilization that created The Core and your way home. This massive scarab won’t go down without a fight though, and you’ll need to be thoroughly prepared if you want to face it.
What To Bring To Ra-Akar’s Fight
Ra-Akar is a tough fight, not only due to their damage but also theBomb Scarabs they’ll be summoning during the fightthat chase you down anddo massive damage upon deaththat hits through armor.
First,no matter what class or damage typeyou’re using, you’ll want tohave plenty of Greater Healing Potionsto help offset the Bomb Scarab damage primarily,at least 20 to be safe, which can becrafted a Laboratory Tablewith three Poison Slimes and five Heart Berries.
Buffing potions, like the Guardian’s Potion, which gives a percent reduction in damage from Bosses, and even Meadow Milk for an increase to your armor, can help offset all the damage.
Any type of Pet will also helpyou out with a bit of damage and keep the Bomb Scarabs off you, but due to their speed,any pets with ranged damage, like the Fanhare, willdo better overallas they can betterkeep up with the scarabs.
You also need to have some food with you to keep your Food up and give you extra health regeneration, andany dishes made from a combination of mid-game crops and fish, like Carrock, Pinegrapple, Bloat Oat, Pewpaya, and Feather Fish from the Sunken Sea, will provide you with at least 40 to 50 Food, and useful buffs. A few specific dishes with value include:
Carrock x1
Bloat Oat x1
9.1 Health is restored every second for 20 seconds.
Boosts Magic Damage by 21 percent and Max Mana by 29 points for ten minutes.
Pinegrapple x1
Pewpaya x1
Boosts physical ranged damage by 22.4 percent for ten minutes.
Recommendations For Melee Damage Characters
For aWarrioror someone whoprefers melee combat, you’ll want to haveat least Octarine-tier armor, butGalaxite Armor will be betterif you already have access to it for a tanky set, or you could use theCaveling Assassin setif youprefer more damagewhile still having a bit of armor.
Somegreat weapon choicesinclude:
you may getGalaxite Bars early by killing Caveling Assassins and breaking any breakables for armor and weapons from the Desert of Beginnings and then dismantling them at a Repair Stationto get Galaxite Bars.
You’ll also wantaccessories and off-hands that provide bonus armor and health, like theBone Ring, Turtle Shell, and theNomad Necklace, though you canalso do wellwith ones that providemore damage or life-stealing, like theClot Ring, especially if youuse a Shield to block damage.
Recommendations For Ranged Damage Characters
For aRangeror someone whoprefers ranged combat, theCaveling Assassin setwill be your best bet due to itsdodge chance and ranged damage bonus, or you canmix-and-match piecesof that set with theTassel Set, which also provides somegreat ranged damage bonuses, and drops frombreakable Desert Flowersof all sizes.
Somegreat weapon choicesfor the battle include:
Accessories that give bonus armor help mitigate damage on any class that doesn’t naturally have armor statson its equipment if you don’t mind doing less damage.
As far as accessories, ones that provide aboost to your Critical Hit Rate,Dodge Chance,Range Attack Speed, orPhysical Range Damageare the best to wear, and a few of these include theMold Vein Necklace, Octarine Shield,Gold Crystal Ring, or Ivy’s Ring if you’vedefeated Ivy the Poisonous Mass.
Recommendations For Magic Damage Characters
For aMageor someone whoprefers spell-based combat, the best set at this point in the game is theSorcerer’s Armor, dropped byCaveling Scholars in any Forlorn Metropolisin the Sunken Sea. It providesgreat magic damage and barrier, but if you alsowant to do some ranged damage, you can alsouse the two Scholar’s Armor pieceswith it, which drop from the same enemies.
TheRift Lens is one of the best accessoriesif you use Magic Damage, and itsteleport function is fantastic for dodgingattacks as an Off-Hand.
TheJewelry Workbench and Proficient Jewelry Workbench craft several accessories that help out every class, but especially Mages or Summoners.
For rings and necklaces, you have plenty of options for bothdamage or more magic barrier: theGold Crystal Necklace,Bubble Pearl Necklace, or theGlow Tulip Ring.
Recommendations For Summon Damage Characters
For aSummoneror someone whouses summons, you can use either theCorrupt Warden Set, dropped by anybreakable Flower in Azeos' Wilderness, or theGrim Set, which is found bybreaking Charred Crates in a Molten Quarry sub-biomein the Desert of Beginnings. Both of them havesimilar stats, though theGrim Set is slightly better, and gives your minions plenty of damage.
Thebest summons for this fightinclude:
And assecondary weapons, you could use:
The Wild Warden set is also viable and provides some armor on top of everything else, but each piece is found in a specific location, so it can take much longer to get a full set of it.
With accessories, the ones thatboost your Max Minion Countor yourMinion Damageare the best, as well asMinion Lifespan. ThePuppet Ring is one of the bestno matter what stage of the game you’re in, and you canfarm it from Caveling Mummy enemies.
The Hourglass Ring works greatfor having long-living Minions, and the Vicious Ring andGold Crystal Necklace or Polished Gold Crystal Necklacealso work if you happen to find orcraft them at a Jewelry Workbench, alongside the Shaman Ring if you don’t mind less health.
How To Find Ra-Akar’s Arena
Ra-Akar is always found in aspecial arena scenethat’s located in theDesert of Beginningsand always has aWaypoint near the entranceof one side of the area.
Itsarena is always located 600 Tiles from The Core, but this still leaves a lot of ground to explore, so theeasiest way to find itis to use theRa-Akar, the Sand Titan Scanner.
This consumable item willautomatically locate the boss' location, and it can becrafted at the Ancient Hologram Pod, which itself iscrafted at Malugaz’s Statue.
How To Obtain
Ancient Gemstone x20
Break Ancient Gemstone Blocks in any biome, break any type of breakable in any biome, or purchase from theCloaked Merchant NPCafter the Core has been activated.
Mechanical Part x20
Possible drop from defeating Cavelings in the Forgotten Ruins biome, breaking any type of breakable in any biome, purchased from theCloaked Merchant NPCafter the Core has been activated, or opening regular or Ancient Chests.
Scarab Wingcover x20
Possible drop from defeating Bomb Scarabs, or breaking Scarab Wingcovers found randomly on the ground in the Desert of Beginnings.
When you’ve located the arena, make your way overon foot or using a Go-Kart,and thenmake sure you find the Waypointbefore going to the arena, in case you do end up dying, so you can get to your Tombstone quickly.
How To Summon Ra-Akar
Regardless of whether you find Ra-Akar via exploring or using the Scanner, you’ll stillneed the special Thumper itemto summon itto the arena, and it’s alsocrafted at an Ancient Hologram Pod, but needs more materials than the Scanner. To use it, all you need to do isset it down in Ra-Akar’s arena, and it will summon Ra-Akar after a few seconds.
Fiber x40
Harvest Grub Kapok plants, defeat Cavelings in The Clay Caves,fish in any water, or salvage any type of armor.
Plank x40
Refine Wood in a Table Sawthat’s powered by electricity.
Scarlet Bar x20
Smelt Scarlet Ore in a Smelter Kiln. Scarlet Ore is primarily obtained by mining ore nodes and breaking Large Flowers in Azeos' Wilderness.
Galaxite Bar x20
Smelt Galaxite Ore in a Fury Forge. Galaxite Ore is primarily obtained by mining ore nodes, killing Bomb Scarabs, and breaking Large Desert Flowers in the Desert of Beginnings.
Possible drop from defeating Cavelings in the Forgotten Ruins biome, breaking any type of breakable in any biome, or found in regular and Ancient Chests.
Break Ancient Gemstone Blocks in any biome, break any type of breakable in any biome, or found in Ancient Chests.
How To Beat Ra-Akar
Ra-Akar hasaround 160,000 Healthand anEnraged Mode once they reach 50 percent healthlike most other bosses. They havesix different attacksthey’ll cycle through as the battle goes on, with themost deadly being the swarm of Bomb Scarabsthey summon and theplayer-seeking projectiles:
Themost common attackRa-Akar will tend to use is thesix tracking projectiles, and they’re also the most dangerous, as even in Galaxite armor,three or four of themhitting you canput you at half health.
Use anOff-Hand like the Rift Lens to dodge themat the last second before running in to do damage. If youdon’t have an Off-Hand that gives you a dodgelike the Rift Lens or the Swift Feather, you canoutrun the Ancient Projectiles by constantly moving in a circle, or you can use ashield-type Off-Hand to block the attacksfor reduced damage.
You can alsoplace a few pillars scattered around the arena to hide behind, as the projectiles will break on contact with them or another wall.
Watch for the sand circles andstand in between the gaps to avoid taking damagefrom them while using ranged or magic weapons from afar, or if you’re doing melee, you can move through the gaps and reach Ra-Akar to do damage to them.
Ra-Akartends to stand still, giving youplenty of opportunities to do damage, and theonly time it won’t be safe to approachis when it’s doing itsburrowing attack, so move back andwait at the edges of the arenafor it to stop, then go back in for damage.
If theBomb Scarabs get summoned, focus on them and make sure totake them out at rangewith a weapon like the Galaxite Bow or Scholar Staff, so you can avoid their explosion.
No matter your class, the GalaxiteChakram is an amazing weapon for the fight, as it will bounce off the walls of the arena, and you may almost constantly attack Ra-Akarfrom every angle.
At half health, Ra-Akar willget Enragedand its general speed andfrequency of attacks will increase. Keep up the same strategy as before.
Once it’s dead, you’llget a Titan Chest full of several loot items, such as theScarab set and Galaxite Bars, the importantGiant Bug Brain item, and you’ll gainRa-Akar’s Soul, which gives yourmelee and ranged hitsafive percent chance of spawning an Ancient Projectile, like what the boss used.
