How to beat an Ashen Lord in Sea of Thieves
May. 3, 2024The Sea of Thieves Ashen Lords are boss skeletons with fire powers
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The Sea of Thieves Ashen Lords are some of the toughest enemies in the game, at least when you’re on land. Capable of summoning meteors, breathing fire, and calling in other skeletons as back up, it certainly doesn’t help that their extreme durability means that you could be fighting them for a very long time - and that you’re likely to see your health and supplies drain to nothing before long. If you’re having trouble with these undead superbeings, here’s how to beat the Ashen Lords in Sea of Thieves.
Ashen Lord weaknesses in Sea of Thieves
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Ashen Lords appear at multiple places in Sea of Thieves. Normally tied to theAshen Winds, one of theSea of Thieves world eventsrepresented by a fiery tornado on the horizon, they can also appear in certain missions and raids, usually as the greatest threat you’ll face - at least assuming that theSea of Thieves Krakendoesn’t stick its beak out of the water.
There are four Ashen Lords with different appearances: Warden Chi, Captain Grimm, Old Horatio and Red Ruth. However, these various appearances have no bearing on the actual encounter -they all have the same stats and move sets.
In terms of broader weaknesses, we’ll go into more detail below, butcontrolling their attack patterns, using Tridents and ship’s cannons, and exploiting their resting points between phasesare the primary weaknesses of Ashen Lords.
If you do encounter an Ashen Lord, here’s some tips on how to fight them.
When killed, Ashen Lords in Sea of Thieves drop a random assortment of chests and loot, including a special skull called theAshen Winds Skull,which can be sold for 10,000 Gold. Not only that, the Ashen Winds Skull is actually a limited-use weapon that can serve as a flamethrower, burning targets in front of you. Don’t worry though - using up this power doesn’t make it worth any less to the Order of Souls merchants who’ll buy it off you.
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