Patient Zero

Boss · Native to the Brain Buffet

This article is about the creature. For the region, see the Brain Buffet.

Patient Zero is a boss creature found in the Brain Buffet. It has 6,000 hitpoints and hits for up to 96, placing it in the middle of the bestiary by hitpoints (#76 of 511).

It drops Z-Serum and 3 other items, and yields 2,600 experience and 2,400 coins on death. As a boss it attacks on the shortened 0.7-second cadence and announces its arrival in the message log.

Combat statistics

HIT POINTS

6,000

DAMAGE

96

DPS

~137

SPEED

12 / 26.4

EXPERIENCE

2,600

COINS

2,400

At 0.7 seconds a swing for 96, sustained contact costs roughly 137 health per second. The charge multiplier takes it from 12 to 26.4 while closing.

Behaviour

Charges

Multiplies its movement speed while closing mid-range distance, then drops back to base speed on contact. Freezing effects are the only reliable brake.

Boss

Attacks on a 0.7-second cadence instead of the standard 1.1, and announces itself in the message log on spawn. One instance may be alive in its region at a time.

Drops

Coins and experience are awarded separately and are not part of the drop table.

Location

Patient Zero spawns inside the Brain Buffet, a region of radius 20 centred on -120, -160. It occupies slot 3 of 3 on that spawn table, and being a unique boss it clears only 0.5% of rolls — and only when no other instance is alive. It shares the table with 3 other creatures.

Others on this spawn table

• Shambler 130 HP
• Runner 110 HP
• Bloater Crawler 220 HP

Strategy

• Fight in contact or from well outside its approach band; the middle distance is where it doubles speed.
• Only one may be alive in the region at a time — clear the trash first so nothing adds mid-fight.
• At 96 a hit, two connected swings will end most unarmoured players. Armour matters more than damage here.