The Eater of Worlds is - next to the Infinite Hunger, the Black Star and the Searing Exarch - one of the four Eldritch Horrors. He is one of the Pinnacle Bosses of the Atlas of Worlds, introduced during the Siege of the Atlas in Patch 3.17 Archnemesis League. Defeating the Eater of Worlds for the first time rewards you an Grasping Voidstone that can be socketed into the Atlas
The Searing Exarch - Boss Guides:
The Eater of Worlds - Boss Guides:
Before you can encounter the Eater of Worlds for the first time (quest) you have to defeat the Infinite Hunger. Following Kirac's Quest line, you receive a quest version of the Screaming Invitation, allowing you to access the Absence of Symmetry and Harmony.
After you have successfully defeated the Eater of Worlds Quest Invitation, a tradable version of the Screaming Invitation can be obtained during following rounds of farming Eater-influenced Tier 14+ Maps. In order to find one, you need to run a total of 28 influenced Maps. The bosses in Map number 14 and 28 drop the Writhing Invitation (Infinite Hunger) and Screaming Invitation (Eater of Worlds) respectively. The amount of Maps needed can be reduced with Atlas Passive Points (Etched by Acid), giving you a chance to double the progress jump for your Eater of Worlds Invitation.
Important: You don't actually need to full-clear a Map for it to count towards the progression. Instead, it's already triggered the first time an Eldritch Altar appears in a Map, and it's safe to leave if you're just after the boss itself. Just make sure you actually defeat the Map Boss in the 28th Map, or else the cycle repeats without a drop.
Loot Table
In addition to regular loot, the Eater of Worlds has the following boss-specific drops:
- The Gluttonous Tide
- Inextricable Fate
- Melding of the Flesh
Additional Drops:
- Forbidden Flesh
- Exceptional Eldritch Ichor
- Eldritch Orb of Annulment
- Eldritch Exalted Orb
- Eldritch Chaos Orb
- Auspicious Ambitions
Skills Breakdown
Absence of Symmetry and Harmony
In order to open the portals to the Absence of Symmetry and Harmony, you have to obtain a Screaming Invitation and place it into your Map Device.
The Eater of Worlds encounter has two different phases:
Phases
Once you enter the Arena, you have to walk to the other side of the platform in order to engage the Eater of Worlds encounter.
In the early phase, while the Eater of Worlds is above ~90% of his health, he only uses his Default Attack, summoning 3 Tentacles that slams the ground at the player's location.
Make sure to keep moving to dodge this ability.
Once you get the Eater of Worlds below this health threshold, he starts using:
- Default Attack
- Lightning Beam - "Perish!"
- Sphere Slam - "Hunger!"
- Tentacles Slam - "Writhing mass!"
- Horror Orbs
Make sure to check out the Skills Breakdown above to learn more about each of the abilities.
Below 75% health, the Eater of Worlds also uses Doom Phase - "Inescapable doom!". This is by far the hardest phase in the fight and is explained further in the Doom Phase tab.
Once the Eater of Worlds is below 75% of his health, he regularly switches to this phase by yelling "Inescapable doom!". During this phase, the Eater of Worlds channels a Lightning Beam that creates an expanding energy field that follows the player's location.
Meanwhile, the Maven floats up in the air and spawns Energy Spheres. The goal is to step into all of her created purple Circles for around a second in order to stop the Eater of Worlds from channeling his massive Blast ability. You have to be quick, since the Eater of World's channel ability covers a bigger and bigger Area as time passes. If you fail to activate the Spheres within ~20 seconds, he finishes his cast, yelling "All will be devoured!" and releasing a massive, lethal explosion that hits the entire Area.
It is recommended to use blink Abilities like Dash and Flame Dash to teleport to the Energy Spheres. A Quicksilver Flask is also useful.
Uber Version
In addition to the regular Eater of Worlds encounter, there is also an Uber version available by opening 5 Devouring Fragments in your Map Device. This makes the fight much harder in several ways:
In addition to the massively higher damage and life, the Uber version also has the following new mechanics:
- Area Mod: Monster take 70% less Damage.
- Default Attack Tentacles form a Ring that can overlap.
- Tentacle Slams is wider, has different patterns and randomly happens during the Doom Phase.
- Doom Phase always spawns the maximum amount of Energy Spheres.
- Lightning Beam now tracks the Player and repeats 2 additional times.
- Horror Orbs are more common and move much faster.
In addition to the regular Eater of Worlds loot, the Uber Eater of Worlds has the following boss-specific drops:
In addition to regular loot, the Eater of Worlds has the following boss-specific drops:
- Ashes of the Stars
- Nimis
- Ravenous Passion
- Visceral Reliquary Key
- Forbidden Flesh - Hidden notable Ascendancy passive skills
- Marauder: Indomitable Resolve
- Templar: Searing Purity
- Witch: Nine Lives
- Shadow: Harness the Void
- Ranger: Fury of Nature
- Duelist: Fatal Flourish
- Scion: Unleashed Potential
Additional Drops:
- Exceptional Eldritch Ichor
- Eldritch Orb of Annulment
- Eldritch Exalted Orb
- Eldritch Chaos Orb
- Auspicious Ambitions
Summary
- The Eater of Worlds is one of the Pinnacle bosses and important for endgame progression due to the
Grasping Voidstone he drops. - You can acquire his Invitations via farming Eater-influenced Tier 14+ Maps.
- Always keep moving! The majority of his abilities can be outrun.
- Use blink abilities like Dash and Flame Dash to teleport to the Maven's Energy Spheres.
- Use a Quicksilver Flask to outmaneuver Lightning Beam, Sphere Slam and Tentacles Slam abilities.
- Play with sound on, since the Eater of Worlds always yells before using any of his special abilities
Credits
Written by mbXtreme
Reviewed by wudijo