The N'Erudian Reaper is a boss fight you can encounter during Remnant 2's The Dark Horizon DLC. While exploring the alien farmland landscape, you've probably already fought the ferocious robotic spider-like enemies that patrol the environment. Of course, these are just practice runs for a bigger foe. Indeed, the N'Erudian Reaper boss is a beefed-up version of these robotic minions and a hyper-aggressive boss fight that makes its earlier variants look like child's play. If you're struggling with this particular boss fight in The Dark Horizon DLC, you'll probably be eager to learn how to beat the N'Erudian Reaper in Remnant 2 and learn some handy strategies to win the fight.
While not necessarily the most challenging of all Remnant 2 bosses, the N'Erudian Reaper presents a unique challenge as a massive spider-like robot that can confuse and destroy with some devastating attacks and lighting-speed movements. If all that sounds like the challenge you're looking for, you might also be eager to know where to find the N'Erudian Reaper on The Dark Horizon's massive map, or so you know how to avoid it.
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N'Erudian Reaper Boss Location In Remnant 2
It's possible to encounter the N'Erudian Reaper boss fight when exploring an area called the Detritus Foundry when exploring Remnant 2's Dark Horizon DLC. The Detritus Foundry is a dungeon to the east of Agronomy Sector. The Detritus Foundry is also where you can also pick up other intriguing collectibles, like the Crop Sample.
To find the N'Erudian Reaper, head deeper into the Detritus Foundry until you find a large hexagonal arena-style room with blue electric webs. As soon as you enter the room, a short cutscene triggers, showing a Specter enemy transforming into the N'Erudian Reaper, kicking off the boss fight.
How To Beat The N'Erudian Reaper In Remnant 2
While tips and tricks to beat the N'Erudian Reaper depend somewhat on your chosen class, there are some general strategies to consider when dealing with the N'Erudian Reaper's various attacks. It's also a boss fight that gets more intense and chaotic as the N'Erudian Reaper's health diminishes. For our encounter, we played as a Hunter-Engineeer build and played to its strengths of long-shot distance accuracy and power.
Make The Most Of Support
Many of Remnant 2's Archetypes offer some form of support, like the automated turret for the Engineer. It's best to make the most of these by deploying support gadgets into the fight early to start chipping away at the N'Erudian Reaper's health early.
Charge, Ground Pound, And Drilling Attacks
The N'Erudian Reaper switches between close-range and long-distance projectile attacks. However, when it gets close, it means business by jumping into the air to pound the ground twice, or by charge-rushing towards you. Whichever attack pattern it chooses, you'll want to sidestep or perform a dodge roll to avoid its charge and ground pound attacks. Of course, it may be better to use Remnant 2's Misty Step Dodge if you have it, which doesn't consume stamina.
After pounding the ground, the N'Erudian Reaper can also follow up with an attack where it drills into the floor, so keeping a safe distance is also crucial for this alone. The fight can also soon get pretty chaotic with lots to dodge in the environment, as well as the boss itself, as seen in the video below:
Electric Webs
When you take some chunks from the N'Erudian Reaper's health, it starts boxing you in with blue electric webs, which typically appear in a horizontal or vertical, square-like position. Avoid touching them at all costs to prevent additional damage and avoid getting stuck in the webs themselves, which slows your movements.
Projectile Orbs And Holographic Replication
When not slinging webs or attacking up close, the N'Erudian Reaper retreats to the edge of the room and either throws damaging projectile orbs or quickly appears in two or more places at once with self-replicating holograms to try to confuse you. Move in between the projectiles to avoid taking damage and keep tabs on the Reaper's quickly changing position. If you focus on shooting it from a distance with one of Remnant 2's long guns even while it seems to be moving, it can still take damage if you shoot it fast enough, so it's a test of fast, accurate shooting. Naturally, it takes the most damage (up to around 266) when shot in the head or main body rather than its legs, but any area you can hit will help.
To defeat the N'Erudian Reaper and win the fight, rinse and repeat the above strategies until its health is completely diminished. While there are a handful of minor rewards for beating it, there is a chest to open by the second entrance point to the arena. You also get a Trait Point, three Luminite Crystals, x500 Scrap, and a Replication Pod. You'll probably be relieved that the Detritus Foundry exit is also just around the corner, with the exit marker appearing as soon as you finish the fight.
Remnant 2
- Released
- July 25, 2023
WHERE TO PLAY
- Developer(s)
- Gunfire Games
- Publisher(s)
- Gearbox Publishing
- Platform(s)
- PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S
- Genre(s)
- Soulslike, Third-Person Shooter
