Shadow Assassin

I could sense a dark mass behind him, a man. "ALBERT!" I screamed as I lunged forward. My blade pierced through the assassin, and as I got closer, a light revealed my enemy.

— Grim Adversity (Page 4)

For the Armor set, see Shadow Assassin Armor.

Shadow Assassin
Type	Mob
Dungeon Floor	The Catacombs Floor III or higher
Special Behavior	Can teleport to attack a certain teammate
Effective Enchant	Smite
Stats
❤ HP	500k-145M
❁ Dmg	3280-400k
Drops
Drops	1x Silent Death  0-1x Beating Heart

The Shadow Assassin is a 4Mini-Boss in The Catacombs that appears from The Catacombs - Floor III onward.

Spawning

Shadow Assassins spawn as Mini-Bosses in The Catacombs on Floor III and above. Their health and damage scales by their floor and dungeon progress; if spawned in a yellow room, it is significantly buffed.

Storm Boss Fight

A total of 4 [Lv171] Shadow Assassins spawn in each corner of the arena during the 2nd phase of Storm's fight.

Variants

Normal

Level	Spawn Location	Stats		Drops
		❁ Damage	❤ Health	Combat XP	Experience	Coins
[Lv120]	The Catacombs - Floor III	3,280	700,000	115	100	1
[Lv130]	The Catacombs - Floor III	4,080	1,100,000	125	100	1
[Lv140]	The Catacombs - Floor IV	5,120	2,000,000	135	100	1
[Lv150]	The Catacombs - Floor V	6,640	3,000,000	145	100	1
[Lv160]	The Catacombs - Floor VI	8,640	4,200,000	155	100	1
[Lv170]	The Catacombs - Floor VII	19,200	10,000,000	165	100	1
[Lv171]	Storm Boss Fight	48,000	20,000,000	0	100	1

Master

Level	Spawn Location	Stats		Drops
		❁ Damage	❤ Health	Combat XP	Experience	Coins
[Lv120]	The Master Mode Catacombs - Floor III	120,000	40,000,000	[More Info Needed]	100	1
[Lv130]	The Master Mode Catacombs - Floor III	175,000	55,000,000	188	100	1
[Lv140]	The Master Mode Catacombs - Floor IV	240,000	75,000,000	203	100	1
[Lv150]	The Master Mode Catacombs - Floor V	270,000	84,000,000	218	100	1
[Lv160]	The Master Mode Catacombs - Floor VI	400,000	124,000,000	233	100	1
[Lv170]	The Master Mode Catacombs - Floor VII	400,000	140,000,000	248	100	1
[Lv171]	Storm (Master Mode) Boss Fight	400,000	145,000,000	0	100	1

Drops

Item drops
Drop	Count	Drop Rarity	Chance
Silent Death	1	4Uncommon Loot	4%
Beating Heart	1	10RNGesus Loot	0.1%
Non-item drops
Drop	Count
Coins	1
Combat XP	115-165
Experience Orbs	100

Behavior

The Shadow Assassin can teleport and is extremely agile. It has the highest melee damage of any mini-boss and does additional damage when attacking from behind. However, it does not have a healing ability. It is invisible until a player is nearby, upon which it will teleport to the player and become visible. It runs towards the player, occasionally teleporting behind them, and tries to hit them, dealing ❁ Damage.

Storm fight

The Shadow Assassins protect the four control pads for the crushers at the four corners of the room. Storm will try to protect them, attacking any player who attacks them.

Trivia

• Shadow Assassins could have been Livid's shadows that Livid mentioned when he was about to perish.
  • This is further suggested since they have an emblem on their body very similar to the emblem in Livid's room.
• In the quote, it suggests that the person talking failed to protect someone of the name Albert from a Shadow Assassin.
• In The Catacombs (Master Mode), Shadow Assassins may spawn an upwards of 370M health in M7.
• When summoned using the necromancy mechanic, Shadow Assassins appear to be floating iron swords.
• The  Beating Heart drop is bugged and cannot drop from a Shadow Assassin.
• If a player is standing in front of a wall which has a space behind the wall, Shadow Assassins will teleport through the wall. When the wall is next to the void, they will kill themselves.
•  Ice Spray Wand,  Gyrokinetic Wand and  Fire Freeze Staff can lock Shadow Assassins in place, which can be used to dispatch of them very quickly. However, this does not stop them from teleporting.

History

SkyBlock Prototype
July 7, 2020	0.8	Added Shadow Assassin.
Sep 12, 2023	0.19.4	Added indicators for when a Shadow Assassin is about to attack a player.