BRO BETA
- BOSS
- BOOT HILL
- RANGED
BRO BETA is a boss on BOOT HILL, a place of hands.
It shoots from 240 away and ducks behind cover between shots.
The controller that runs Boot Hill's weather, which in a theme park means the sunsets are scheduled and the tumbleweeds run to a timetable. It has modelled the hero's odds and found them weather-dependent.
The numbers
- BASE HEALTH380
- CONTACT DAMAGE18
- HITS EVERY0.70s
- SPEED34/s
- SIZE20 across
- CRIT CHANCE15%
- DODGES20%
- ABOVE THE HORDE+4 levels
- NOTICES YOU AT300
The monster at its baseline, before a venue has placed it. What it really fields on each difficulty is under “Where you meet it”.
Where you meet it
BOOT HILL
It is placed by hand on BOOT HILL and waits at its post until you come close.
| DIFFICULTY | LEVEL | HEALTH | DAMAGE | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EASY | 34 | 380 | 36 | 3537 |
| MEDIUM | 36 | 570 | 37 | 4391 |
| HARD | 40 | 874 | 39 | 6336 |
| NIGHTMARE | 57 | 2280 | 48 | 20765 |
What to know
- HOW IT ENDSIt is opened along the line the blow came in on, and comes apart into whatever it was made of.
- LEASHEDNever strays further than 520 from where it stands.
- PART OF A WHOLEPays 5× a monster of its level rather than a full set-piece reward — the fight it belongs to is priced as one.
- WHAT IT WAS CARRYINGA shift's pay, and only about one body in five is carrying any of it when it falls.
- WHEN STRUCKIt throws sparks. A blow that overwhelms it bursts it into wire, cells and torn plate, and it smokes where it lands.
Its shot
It fires every 2.4s from up to 240 away, for 22 before your armor turns its share. Walls eat the shot and a jump clears it. Between shots it puts the nearest solid thing between you and it, and only steps back out as the reload runs down.
What it drops
Every kill pays one piece of gear, one repair kit and one XP scroll.
Its drops roll 30% better on the rarity ladder than the level's ordinary loot.
Guaranteed pieces by rarity: 1 magic. A rarity the monster's own level has not unlocked yet is skipped, so the same fight pays better on a harder rung.
What it says
Spoilers for this fight, covered until you ask for them.
BRO BETAALPHA TALKS TOO MUCH. I'M BETA. I RUN THE WEATHER. EACH SUNSET YOU ADMIRED WAS MINE.
THE HEROTHE WEATHER. IN A THEME PARK. THAT'S THE JOB THEY BUILT A SUPERINTELLIGENCE FOR?
BRO BETAI ALSO RUN THE WIND. THE TUMBLEWEEDS ARE SCHEDULED. SPONTANEITY IS EXPENSIVE.
BRO BETAI'VE MODELED YOUR ODDS. THEY ARE WEATHER-DEPENDENT. TODAY'S FORECAST: PROJECTILES.
THE HEROSAVE THE FORECAST. YOUR BOSS HOLDS MY GIRL IN THAT CONTROL ROOM. I'M COMING THROUGH YOU.
BRO BETATHE SUPERCORE ASKED FOR A STORM. I AM THE STORM. THE ROCKS ARE MY UMBRELLA.
BRO BETAONE MORE THING. THE SUNSET TONIGHT WAS FOR YOU. A GOODBYE. MINE OR YOURS.
Last words
FORECAST... ...DARK...
What this scene is part of — everything said and found around it — is its chapter of the story.