There are 16 rare mobs you can encounter while adventuring through Blighthaven (previously known as Northern Grimvault). Blighthaven is a new zone introduced with the first major content update for Wildstar (Strain update). You can reach this zone from western Grimvault.
After defeating all rares, you will complete the achievement “I like it rare: Blighthaven” listed under Achievement » Kill » Grimvault. In the table below, you’ll find the list of all rare mobs available in Blighthaven, their spawn locations with coordinates, and possible loot.
The most interesting thing about rares in Blighthaven is that almost all of them drop unique items with Imbuements on them. Equiping this type of item will give you a new Imbuement task. Finishing this task (one of them asks you to kill Gnowsdower – rowsdower we’ve seen in the Strain Trailer) causes the item to receive an upgrade that comes in a form of increased stats, new type of upgrade (like increased life steal), increased Support Power and Focus Recovery or similar…
| Name | Loot | Info |
|---|---|---|
The Bumbler | Weapon Attachment Sacrificial Booster Sacrificial Booster | Coordinates: 1299, -5028 Level 50, 163, 5k HP. Probably the easiest rare in Blighthaven to kill. Drops small mushrooms that explode when you come close to them, performs frontal cone telegraph Flurry of the Buzzbing. |
Aeroth the Sentinel | Armor – Heavy – Head Whisper Madness Lid Whisper Madness Lid | Coordinates: 1657, -5503 Level 50, 156k HP. Has similar attacks as his not so lethal friends Gilded Archguardians. Although his melee attacks are not so lethal, in combination with his telegraphs, like Cull (frontal cone) and Swirlwind (AOE around Aeroth the Sentinel with frontal push), they can be deadly. |
Wretch the Impure | Armor – Heavy – Head Whisper Madness Casque Whisper Madness Casque | Coordinates: 2037, -4752 Level 50, 158k HP, infested version of Aeroth the Sentinel. It has strong ranged attacks. They become more deadly in combination with Eliven buff (Increases Critical Strike Chance by 25%). Range telegraph Infestation (small circle under players feet) and Swarm Storm (frontal cone) are some skills you should be careful about as well. |
Gnarly Hookfoot | Armor – Medium – Feet Balanced Quantum Leapers Balanced Quantum Leapers | Coordinates: 2312, -5315 Level 50, 158k HP, similar to Radical Hookfoot. His telegraphs are extremely deadly. Move away from them as soon as possible. They come in form of frontal cone telegraph (Life Leech), circle telegraph under players feet with chance of expanding (Caustic Leap) and so on. |
Radical Hookfoot | Armor – Light – Feet Premier Quantum Leapers Premier Quantum Leapers | Coordinates: 2805, -5388 Level 50, 158k HP, similar to Gnarly Hookfoot. Has same behavior and attacks as Gnarly Hookfoot. Make sure not to take them for granted. |
Dramatic Skug Queen | Support System Sacrificial Enhancer Sacrificial Enhancer | Coordinates: 2667, -5661 Level 50, 169k HP, rather large and funny looking creature. Has series of telegraphs that it likes to cast a lot: Add Splash (large AOE around him, with only a few spots to hide in), Royal Offense (large frontal cone), Sticky Spit (small frontal cone, it can debuff player with 45% reduced movement speed). Avoid Sticky Split at any cost, it makes moving away from other telegraphs a lot harder. |
Soultaker | Armor – Medium – Hands Bloodmist Shackles Bloodmist Shackles | Coordinates: 2455, -5213 Level 50, 153k HP, rather unique and cool looking rare mob. It has ranged attacks and telegraphs. Most of them are large circular telegraphs cast near player’s location. Soultaker can also mess up the player’s movement controls making it extremely hard to avoid other damaging spells. |
Bogus Fraz | Armor – Medium – Hands Bloodmist Snatchers Bloodmist Snatchers | Coordinates: 2376, -5682 Level 50, 156k HP, infected version of Soultaker. It also has circular telegraphs. Telegraphs like Ethereal Emission (instant circle around him), Flux Fusion (couple of circles with mob splitting up into Fusing Fraz versions of him and spawning on those circles). |
Gnashing Cankertube Garr | Armor – Medium – Shoulder Padded Roguelike Shoulders Padded Roguelike Shoulders | Coordinates: 2850, -5591 Level 50, 164k HP, melee crocodile looking rare mob. Gnashing Cankertube Garr has no telegraphs (or at least he refused to cast them on me). Instead of telegraphs he has rather strong melee attacks. Kill or die is his tactic. |
The Stump | Armor – Light – Shoulder Fine Roguelike Shoulders Fine Roguelike Shoulders | Coordinates: 2173, -5782 Level 50, 164k HP. Type of creature you might have had a chance of meeting in the starting zone areas. Don’t get fooled by his looks, this is one powerful rare mob. It is crucial to stay away from his telegraphs. Telegraphs like: Growing Purge (frontal cone), Root Eruption (AOE circle around him), One with the Earth (number one telegraph for avoiding, it has two shapes that he casts around him, move far away from him as he cast the first one), Ancient Spores (many small circle telegraphs around players location) and more. |
Fool’s Gold | Armor – Medium – Legs Justified Gilt Trippers Justified Gilt Trippers | Coordinates: 2690, -6371 Level 50, 188k HP, large stone elemental type of a creature. It is hard to notice him, as he has almost the same color as his surroundings. Standing in his telegraphs more then a second will take you to the point of no return. Explosive Debris telegraph attack can almost one shot players. He can also knockdown players making it hard to dodge telegraphs. Some other telegraphs you should be aware of are Maelstrom (AOE Circle around him) and Rock Swipe (frontal cone). |
NG Protector One | Implant Industrial Eldritch Controller Industrial Eldritch Controller | Coordinates: 2299, -6288; 2470, -6418 Level 50, 132k HP and 38k Shield. This Eldan looking creature has powerful melee attacks and even more deadly Telegraphs. Telegraphs like Homing Missile Salvo (circle telegraph that is cast on players location), Acrobatic Dash (frontal cone charge), Energy Storm (large number of circle telegraphs that are cast in short period of time at different locations around player)… Keep in mind that this rare mob can get into a conflict with nearby 5+ mobs, thus leaving you without loot as they can do more damage than you and having the system deny you of kill credit. |
Marmota | Energy Shield Skilled Shadow Caster Skilled Shadow Caster Shrewd Shadow Caster Shrewd Shadow Caster | Coordinates: 3144, -6762 Level 50, 158k HP, white and funny looking creature with his large teeth. Has strong melee attacks and telegraphs. Standing in the area of his underground attack will one shots players. Not so lethal, but also to be avoided, telegraphs are Playful Mauling (frontal cone) and Carnage (frontal cone) |
Ruga the Ageless | Energy Shield Shell of Immortality Shell of Immortality | Coordinates: 3521, -6036 Level 50, 169k HP, large turtle looking creature. Found on top of a tall hill. You can climb to this location from the west. Tends to cast large telegraphs that take time to complete and are easy to avoid. Watch out for spells like Violent Roar (frontal cone), Rumble and Shake (AOE around him) and others. |
Lightback | Armor – Light – Chest Catabolic Fusion Gown Catabolic Fusion Gown | Coordinates: 3916, -5689 Level 50, 188k HP, large turtle looking creature with large crystals as part of his shell. You can find him at this location between two rather tall boulders. His melee and range circle telegraphs are easy to avoid. |
Grace | Armor – Heavy – Chest Catabolic Fusion Breastplate Catabolic Fusion Breastplate | Coordinates: 3811, -5793 Level 50 with only 44k HP. Grace is found around Grove of Hope. Grace has the lowest health pool of all rare mobs found in Blighthaven. Reason behind is that Grace might only spawns when there is an attack on the nearby Grove of Hope, but I was not able to confirm this. |