Verdant Guardian

The Verdant Guadian the final boss from the Verdant Forest, it is also the first boss you encounter in Epidemic Dark-Age.

It is encountered at the end of the Verdant Forest, and it can be summoned manually after its defeat on the Verdant Forest via a Verdant Horn.

Upon his first defeat, the Verdant Forest will become much more dangerous, as new, more powerful enemies will spawn and previous enemies will have a slight damage buff.

While the Verdant Guardian is alive, the theme "Warden of The Woods" will play.

Behavior
The Verdant Guardian will shoot a barrage of damaging fern spores 2 times, then it will summon damaging tree roots from the ground, the areas in which the tree roots appear will be highlighted with the color red before they reach the surface, this pattern repeats throughout the fight.

On hardcore mode, the Verdant Guardian will summon Verdant Minions throughout the fight, and the Verdant Guardian gains a 1.5x HP buff.

Achievement
Unleasher of The Woods ("Defeat the Verdant Guardian, a guardian who keeps the true power of nature from any of its inhabitants.")