Mortrax, the Rotcrowned
Mortrax's Tomb · Zombie
The ladder's first rung. A rotting king who opens with telegraphed slams and keeps the pressure on with the dead he raises. Learn the rhythm here, while the fight is still forgiving.
The Fight
Four waves of adds, then the boss - fought across three HP phases (100% → 60% → 30%), its kit escalating as it drops.
Signature moves
Plus, like every boss
Loot Table
Dropped on a clear. Every scorer rolls for an epic (top-3 at 35%, others 15%); at Pit 1+, won epic rolls come back Pitforged instead.
PITFORGED· 3
“Torn from the skull of Mortrax and quenched in pit-fire. Reforged in the Pit.”
“They walked out of the grave once already. Reforged in the Pit.”
“Every burial rite, rewritten as a killing-word. Reforged in the Pit.”
EPIC· 3
“Torn from the skull of Mortrax. It still weeps black ichor.”
“Caked in the rot of ages.”
“The king's burial rites, bound for a steadier hand.”
RARE· 5
“Salvaged from a fallen gravekeeper. The rot never breached it.”
“It grieves for every shambler it returns to rest.”
“Six feet down, every time. Mortrax buried his own gravediggers.”
“Bound in coffin lining. Chapter one: stay buried.”
“Pries up more than it should.”
COMMON· 7
“Crusted with tomb-dirt.”
“Re-gripped by dead hands.”
“Its last owner kept vigil too long.”
“They keep walking after you stop.”
“Handle with gloves.”
“For roots and worse.”
“A grave's a grave.”