Gaia Construct

Gaia Construct
Type	Mob
Mob Level	280
Spawn Location	Griffin Burrows
Special Behavior	Zaps the ground with lightning, can only be damaged every 6 hits.
Entity Type	Iron Golem
Stats
❤ HP	300K-1.5M
Drops
Drops	4x or 12x Ancient Claw(Rare/Epic or Legendary Griffin Pet)  1x Enchanted Gold  1x Enchanted Iron  0x or 1x Dwarf Turtle Shelmet (Requires Legendary Griffin Pet)  0x or 1x Antique Remedies (Requires Legendary Griffin Pet)  0x or 1x Crochet Tiger Plushie (Requires Legendary Griffin Pet)

The Gaia Construct is a Mythological Creature that can be found by digging Griffin Burrows while having a RARE or higher Griffin Pet equipped.

Spawning

The Gaia Construct has a chance to be spawned when digging Griffin Burrows during the Mythological Ritual event while having a RARE, EPIC or LEGENDARY Griffin Pet equipped. There is a 0.4% chance to spawn a Mythological Creature when a Mob is killed. The amount of ❤ Health and ❁ Damage it spawns with is dependent on the rarity of the player's Griffin.

Griffin Pet Rarity	Level	Stats	Spawn Chance
COMMON
UNCOMMON
RARE	[Lv140]	300,000 ❤ Health 850 ❁ Damage	22.22%
EPIC	[Lv140]	300,000 ❤ Health 850 ❁ Damage	28.57%
LEGENDARY	[Lv260]	1,500,000 ❤ Health 3,400 ❁ Damage	24.69%

Drops

• Level 140
• Level 260

Item drops
Drop	Count	Drop Rarity	Chance
Ancient Claw	4	2Common Loot	100%
Non-item drops
Drop	Count
Coins	700
Combat XP	70
Experience Orbs	8

Loot Sharing

Mob drops are rolled from this loot pool if the player Loot Shares drops from the Mob.

Item drops
Drop	Count	Drop Rarity	Chance
Ancient Claw	1	2Common Loot	80%

Item drops
Drop	Count	Drop Rarity	Chance
Ancient Claw	12	2Common Loot	100%
Enchanted Gold	1	2Common Loot	100%
Enchanted Iron	1	2Common Loot	100%
Antique Remedies	1	6Rare Loot	0.25%
Crochet Tiger Plushie	1	6Rare Loot	0.25%
Dwarf Turtle Shelmet	1	6Rare Loot	0.25%
Non-item drops
Drop	Count
Coins	2,000
Combat XP	250
Experience Orbs	20

Loot Sharing

Mob drops are rolled from this loot pool if the player Loot Shares drops from the Mob.

Item drops
Drop	Count	Drop Rarity	Chance
Ancient Claw	2	2Common Loot	100%
Enchanted Gold	1	4Uncommon Loot	20%
Enchanted Iron	1	4Uncommon Loot	20%
Antique Remedies	1	8Legendary Loot	0.05%
Crochet Tiger Plushie	1	8Legendary Loot	0.05%
Dwarf Turtle Shelmet	1	8Legendary Loot	0.05%

Behavior

The Gaia Construct is hostile towards players. It seeks out players and attacks them with its throw and lightning.

The Gaia Construct can throw players in the air, dealing heavy damage and knocking them back. Additionally, it can cast a cross of iron blocks beneath the player. Upon contact with the blocks, the player is struck with lightning which does heavy damage.

The Gaia Construct does not respect invincibility frames. However, it has a defensive shield which blocks it from attacks. This shield means the Construct will take damage only every 6 hits. It does not take damage from arrows; when hit by a ranged weapon like Bonemerang or Axe of the Shredded's thrown axe, it reflects the damage onto its attacker.

The Gaia Construct has increasingly powerful stages:

• Stage 1: Takes damage every 6 hits, spawns less lightning.
• Stage 2, at 66% ❤ Health: Takes damage every 7 hits, spawns more lightning.
• Stage 3, at 33% ❤ Health: Takes damage every 8 hits, spawns the most lightning.

Strategy

The Gaia Construct has a defensive ability and an offensive ability. The defensive ability is effectively a shield, blocking the first 5 attacks but allowing the sixth to actually deal damage. The Gaia Construct has no invulnerability like standard mobs do, so damage can be dealt as fast as the player can click. A weapon with a Magic ability (such as the Frozen Scythe or Jerry-chine Gun) can be used to break the shield and then followed with a high damage weapon.

Along with a standard melee attack, the Gaia Construct will summon lightning that deals damage. This attack is telegraphed; the Gaia Construct will place a "+" of Iron Blocks on the ground, signaling that the lightning will soon strike. The lightning attacks become more frequent and deal more damage as the Gaia Construct's ❤ Health is reduced. The lightning cannot strike if the player is not on the ground, making the fight easier if the player is able to remain in the air. Be cautious of half slabs and other unusual sized blocks, it is not uncommon for the Gaia to spawn the lightning strike on those blocks and trap you in them, making you an easy target.

Damage from the Venomous enchantment and fire through Fire Aspect or any other means will not work. However, affecting a Gaia Guardian with the Poison Potion Effect will cause damage.

The Gaia has three phases: after it's depleted below 66% ❤ Health, it takes damage only on every 7th strike and spawns more lightning. Likewise, upon dropping below 33% ❤ Health health, it takes damage only on every 8th strike and spawns extreme amounts of lightning, requiring players to take caution when moving.

One consistent way of killing the Gaia Construct is with a Jump Boost or Rabbit Potion and jumping over its head while rapidly hitting it with your available weapon, in combination with a Florid Zombie Sword or a Ornate Zombie Sword you should rarely die to Gaia Constructs.

Trivia

• If the Griffin Burrow spawns next to a wall, the Gaia Construct can suffocate, killing it very quickly due to suffocation triggering on every tick and the Gaia Construct's removal of invulnerability frames.

History

SkyBlock Prototype
Sep 8, 2020	0.9	Added Gaia Construct.
Mar 30, 2021	0.11.3	Reduced damage.