Caliligos Boss Guide

Caliligos is a 1490 item level Guardian Raid and the first to drop the new honing materials. It is considered the most difficult and annoying Guardian Raid in the game due to the boss being very active, with a lot of movement, AOE attacks that shock and stun you, making support classes mandatory.

On top of that, this is a Guardian Raid where you must use battle items to complete the mechanic and move to the next phase. Caliligos has 3 Phases that have empowered attacks and patterns unique to each phase. The most optimal battle item usage is: Player 1 uses and to spot the boss at the start and after each phase mechanic, while players 2,3 and 4 all use and to pass the mechanic.

Caliligos stands still and turns blue. You have around 2 seconds to counter. Failure to counter means he will dash forward.

Caliligos moves forward while striking 2 times with his front legs.

Safe spot is anywhere other than in front of him.

Caliligos swipes his tail from left to right.

Safe spot is on his left side or in front of him.

Caliligos flies into the air targeting a player. He then moves slightly forwards and slams the ground.

Safe spot is anywhere other than in front of him.

Caliligos targets a player, moves forward and slams the ground in front of him.

Safe spot is anywhere that is not in front.

Caliligos flies into the air and disappears. Shortly after he indicates with AOE on the ground where he will land.

Spacebar away or don’t stand close to the center of him.

Caliligos stands still, becomes invincible and starts casting small lighting AOE attacks around him.

Dodge and use first Pheromone Bomb during the transition.

What Happens

After enough damage, Caligos will go through an elaborate pattern where you must execute everything correctly to trigger the transition to the next phase.

The order of this pattern is: Stagger >Counter > Destruction > Orbs

Stagger

Caliligos raises his right arm and starts charging an attack while stagger bar appears. You have 5 seconds to stagger him and if you lack stagger use

Counter

After completing the stagger straight after you have 1 second to counter the boss.

Destruction

After successful counter his horn becomes exposed and you want to use and Weak Point skills to break it.

Orbs

After breaking the horn, 5 white orbs will spawn in the 4 cardinal directions slowly moving to the boss. Each player needs to destroy EXACTLY 5 ORBS. Destroying more than 5 orbs will apply heavy bleed on that player that will instantly kill you, and not destroying all 5 orbs and letting 1 or more orbs hit the boss will result in AOE wipe attack.

Successful mechanic

Failed mechanic

Failing to complete any of the 4 gimmicks during the mechanic means you will not trigger the phase 3 transition and have to wait until he does the mechanic again while dealing with all the other patterns.

What Happens

In Phase 2, Caliligos applies lightning stacks everytime a player gets hit by one of his lightning attacks. Upon reaching 5 stacks players get shocked and stunned for a couple of seconds.

What to Do

Around the boss there are multiple blue orbs that shoot out small blue orbs. Destroying the orb will grant you and everyone close around it immunity to shock attacks and lightning stacks and also cleanse all the stacks a player has.

Destroy the orb when you are at 4 lightning stacks.

Caliligos flies in the air, targets a player, moves forward and slams the ground in front of him projecting cone shaped lightning.

Safe spot is on the sides and behind.

Caliligos flies behind, then turns around and shoots out a cone shaped lightning attack that explodes shortly after.

Safe spot anywhere that is not in front of him.

Caliligos curls up and summons a force field around him, while shooting lightning AOE attacks outside of it.

Stand inside the force field and DO NOT ATTACK the boss. Attacking the boss will trigger his retaliation attack.

Caliligos flies into the air and summons lightning AOE attacks around him.

Stand under him and wait for all the outside AOE attacks to explode then spacebar away from the center as he will drop down and do another AOE attack.

Caliligos stands still, becomes invincible and starts casting lighting AOE attacks around him. Use second Pheromone Bomb during the transition.

This happens exactly as described in Phase 2, so check that section out for more details!

Similar to Phase 2 Blue Lightning Stacks, Caliligos applies lightning stacks every time a player gets hit by one of his lightning attacks. Upon reaching 3 stacks players get shocked and stunned for a couple of seconds.

Destroying orbs to cleanse is not avaialble in this phase!

Caliligos periodically spawns a big white orb with a golden outline.

Destroy it as soon as it appears otherwise after 10 seconds it will explode and wipe the raid.

Caliligos swipes with his tail from left to right in a cone shaped area, while also shooting out lightning that follows the swipe and applies lightning stacks.

Safe area is in front of him or at his sides.

Caliligos flies into the air and summons yellow lightning AOE attacks in the outside area. He stays in the air much longer in phase 3 while a safe spot is standing underneath him.

After he shows the AOE indicator underneath him, spacebar away to dodge his drop AOE attack.

Caliligos charges the counter, spreads his wings and turns blue. You have 2 seconds to counter and failing will unleash a big AOE blast that deals a lot of damage.

Caliligos flies in the air, targets a player, moves forward and slams the ground 3 times in front of him, projecting big AOE blasts.

Safe spot is on the sides and behind.