The Thornlord
Level 30Party Bossparty of 3 recommendedthornwood familyThornroot GroveThornwood Reach
The ancient treant-king of the Reach, wreathed in living bramble — the grove itself risen in wrath.
Can be defeated 1 time a day.
In a fight
base numbers, as the engine computes themMax HP4830Attack254Mitigation21%Speed23Crit19%Dodge7%
What you actually feel in a fight is further shaped by its tier, the size of the pack, and its wind-ups — tougher tiers hit harder than these base numbers alone suggest.
Worth 1210 XP to each contributing player — reduced only when the monster is more than 4 levels above you.
Moves
abilities and wind-ups- Root Slam2-turn cooldown
- Deals 150% of your attack power.
- Barkskin5-turn cooldown
- Barrier: absorbs damage equal to 25% of the target's max health, for 3 turns.
- Guard: raises Defense by 40% for 3 turns.
- Thornlord's Wrathtelegraphed
- Every 4 turns it winds up (you get 1 turn of warning), then unleashes a blow at 240% of a normal hit — against the whole party.
- Between wind-ups its regular hits land at 55% strength.
What it leaves behind
· 121no spoilers on the odds — hunt and find out
Gloomweave SilkFine, shadow-dark silk from an elder spinner — prized for rare enchanted cloth.
Barkweave SilkCoarse silk spun between the thorns by barkweave spinners — the weaver's creature-thread.- Thornlight EssenceA warm green glimmer wrung from living thorn — the grove's own light, bottled for holy work.
Luckless CharmA little bad-luck token from a boss. Collect enough and something turns your way.
Thornheart ResinAmber resin wept from the Thornlord's core — a binding catalyst no Thornwood Epic craft can do without.
Warden's ThornplateThe grove-warden's own cuirass, rooted and unyielding.
Gloomspun RobeSpun from gloomweave silk — it seems to hold its own dusk.
Blueprint: Thornlord CleaverThe Thornlord's own smithing secret. Learn it to forge the Epic warrior greatblade.
Blueprint: Grovewarden StaffA grove-warden's staff-lore. Learn it to weave the Epic mage staff.
Blueprint: Thornhawk BowA legend-hunter's bowyer notes. Learn it to build the Epic archer bow.
Blueprint: Thornlord FangsThe pattern of the Thornlord's crown-fangs. Learn it to cut the Epic rogue daggers.
Blueprint: Grovesong CodexThe grove's oldest song, half-remembered. Learn it to bind the Epic priest codex.
Blueprint: Heartwood SignetAn enchanter's cut for the grove-heart signet. Learn it to bind the Epic any-class capstone.- Gloomfang KnivesTwin knives of the broodmother's own fangs.
- Grovehunter GripsGrovehunter armor — it steadies the hands.
- Grovehunter HoodThe hood of the grove's oldest hunters.
- Grovehunter JerkinGrovehunter armor — it guards the heart.
- Grovehunter LeggingsLeggings that know every deer-path in the Reach.
- Grovehunter StridersGrovehunter armor — it never loses its footing.
- Grovekeeper's SashBraided bark and bramble, tended by the grove's keepers.
- Grovesong CenserA censer that smokes in slow green rings.
Grovesong CodexIts pages sing the grove's oldest, gentlest song.- Grovesong CowlA cowl that hums the grove's low song.
- Grovesong RobeGrovesong armor — it guards the heart.
- Grovesong SkirtA skirt stitched with leaf-script.
- Grovesong SlippersGrovesong armor — it never loses its footing.
- Grovesong WrapsGrovesong armor — it steadies the hands.
- Grovewarden OrbAn orb of grove-light, green and patient.
Grovewarden StaffThe Grovewarden's staff, crowned with a waking bud.- Heartwood LocketA locket of living heartwood — it still grows, slowly.
Heartwood SignetA signet of the grove's living heart — it fits any hand.
Thornhawk BowA hunter-legend's bow; its string never wavers.- Thornhawk QuiverA quiver fletched in thornhawk feather.
- Thornlord AegisA shield cut from the Thornlord's fallen wall.
Thornlord CleaverThe Thornlord's own greatblade — the grove bows before it.- Thornlord CuirassThornlord armor — it guards the heart.
Thornlord FangsTwin fangs stripped from the Thornlord's crown.- Thornlord GauntletsThornlord armor — it steadies the hands.
- Thornlord GreavesGreaves barked in ancient bramble.
- Thornlord HelmA helm crowned with the grove's own thorns.
- Thornlord SabatonsThornlord armor — it never loses its footing.
- Briarking SignetThe briars bow to whoever bears it.
- Gloomflower OrbA bloom of gloom, caught in glass.
- Gloomflower StaffIt blooms only in the dark, and the dark leans closer to look.
- Grove-Heart LocketThe grove's own heartbeat, worn close.
- Grovelight BreviaryThe grove's gentlest hours, pressed between bark covers.
- Grovelight CenserIt carries the grove's light into the dark.
- Grovelight CowlLit from within by the grove's patient light — it keeps a clear head.
- Grovelight RobeLit from within by the grove's patient light — it guards the heart.
- Grovelight SkirtLit from within by the grove's patient light — it carries you through.
- Grovelight SlippersLit from within by the grove's patient light — it never loses its footing.
- Grovelight WrapsLit from within by the grove's patient light — it steadies the hands.
Shadowthorn EdgeA blade of woven shadow and thorn — a rogue's server-famed prize.- Shadowthorn GripsTanned in the gloom where the thorns grow black — it steadies the hands.
- Shadowthorn HoodTanned in the gloom where the thorns grow black — it keeps a clear head.
- Shadowthorn JerkinTanned in the gloom where the thorns grow black — it guards the heart.
- Shadowthorn KnivesKnives that remember the dark between the trees.
- Shadowthorn LeggingsTanned in the gloom where the thorns grow black — it carries you through.
- Shadowthorn StridersTanned in the gloom where the thorns grow black — it never loses its footing.
- Thornheart BulwarkA shield the forest grew on purpose.
- Thornheart CuirassGrown around a living thornheart — it guards the heart.
- Thornheart GauntletsGrown around a living thornheart — it steadies the hands.
- Thornheart GirdleIt holds like roots hold the hill.
- Thornheart GreatbladeForged around a living thorn — it grows back its own edge.
- Thornheart GreavesGrown around a living thornheart — it carries you through.
- Thornheart HelmGrown around a living thornheart — it keeps a clear head.
- Thornheart SabatonsGrown around a living thornheart — it never loses its footing.
- Thornsong QuiverThe thorns sing when an arrow leaves it.
- Thornsong WarbowEvery briar in the Reach knows its note.
- Duskbloom CenserIt smoulders with the last light of every day.
- Duskbloom CodexIt opens at dusk on a page nobody wrote — a white-whale find.
- Duskbloom CowlDusk itself, gathered and stitched — it keeps a clear head.
- Duskbloom GirdleWhere it rests, the day quietly ends.
- Duskbloom RobeDusk itself, gathered and stitched — it guards the heart.
- Duskbloom SkirtDusk itself, gathered and stitched — it carries you through.
- Duskbloom SlippersDusk itself, gathered and stitched — it never loses its footing.
- Duskbloom WrapsDusk itself, gathered and stitched — it steadies the hands.
Nightbloom FangA single fang that blooms with midnight — a white-whale find.- Nightbloom TalonsThey bloom only for a heartbeat — once.
- Nightgarden LocketOpen it and the garden wakes.
- Nightgarden OrbA whole night garden, asleep in a sphere.
- Nightgarden StaffA whole midnight garden, asleep in one stave — a white-whale find.
- Nightpetal BowIts arrows land soft as falling petals, and cut like midnight.
- Nightpetal GripsSewn from petals that only open at night — it steadies the hands.
- Nightpetal HoodSewn from petals that only open at night — it keeps a clear head.
- Nightpetal JerkinSewn from petals that only open at night — it guards the heart.
- Nightpetal LeggingsSewn from petals that only open at night — it carries you through.
- Nightpetal QuiverIts arrows fall as soft as petals, and cut deeper.
- Nightpetal StridersSewn from petals that only open at night — it never loses its footing.
- Thornking BulwarkThe Thornking's gate, carried into battle.
- Thornking CuirassThe Thornking's own panoply, crowned in briars — it guards the heart.
- Thornking EdgeThe crown the Thornwood never gave anyone — worn as a blade instead.
- Thornking GauntletsThe Thornking's own panoply, crowned in briars — it steadies the hands.
- Thornking GreavesThe Thornking's own panoply, crowned in briars — it carries you through.
- Thornking HelmThe Thornking's own panoply, crowned in briars — it keeps a clear head.
- Thornking SabatonsThe Thornking's own panoply, crowned in briars — it never loses its footing.
- Thornking SignetThe crown of thorns, sized for a finger.
- Blueprint: Thornlord CuirassLearning it lets a master craft the thornlord cuirass.
- Blueprint: Thornlord GauntletsLearning it lets a master craft the thornlord gauntlets.
- Blueprint: Thornlord SabatonsLearning it lets a master craft the thornlord sabatons.
- Blueprint: Grovehunter JerkinLearning it lets a master craft the grovehunter jerkin.
- Blueprint: Grovehunter GripsLearning it lets a master craft the grovehunter grips.
- Blueprint: Grovehunter StridersLearning it lets a master craft the grovehunter striders.
- Blueprint: Grovesong RobeLearning it lets a master craft the grovesong robe.
- Blueprint: Grovesong WrapsLearning it lets a master craft the grovesong wraps.
- Blueprint: Grovesong SlippersLearning it lets a master craft the grovesong slippers.
- Blueprint: Heartwood LocketLearning it lets a master craft the heartwood locket.
- Blueprint: Grovekeeper's SashLearning it lets a master craft the grovekeeper's sash.
Respec ScrollUnwind your training and redistribute your stat points. A rare, welcome find.- Blueprint: Thornlord HelmLearning it lets a master craft the thornlord helm.
- Blueprint: Thornlord GreavesLearning it lets a master craft the thornlord greaves.
- Blueprint: Grovehunter HoodLearning it lets a master craft the grovehunter hood.
- Blueprint: Grovehunter LeggingsLearning it lets a master craft the grovehunter leggings.
- Blueprint: Grovesong CowlLearning it lets a master craft the grovesong cowl.
- Blueprint: Grovesong SkirtLearning it lets a master craft the grovesong skirt.
- Blueprint: Thornlord AegisLearning it lets a master craft the thornlord aegis.
- Blueprint: Grovewarden OrbLearning it lets a master craft the grovewarden orb.
- Blueprint: Thornhawk QuiverLearning it lets a master craft the thornhawk quiver.
- Blueprint: Gloomfang KnivesLearning it lets a master craft the gloomfang knives.
- Blueprint: Grovesong CenserLearning it lets a master craft the grovesong censer.
- Fine WhetstoneA smooth, dense stone that holds its charge well — the smith's choice for tempering Region-2 gear.
…plus a pouch of coins, every time.