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11 Taurus is the Nushi that presides over the Mountainous Region, a heavy quadruped that fights with its horns, its tail spikes, and the ground itself. It is the most-repeated Nushi in the campaign: twice in Chapter 4 at levels 26 and 29 in Pilgrim's Zone, then once more in Chapter 8 at level 44 after the route reaches the Crater Zone. It is weak to Acid in every encounter, and burn buildup also lands well.
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33 Encounter Summary
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55 FightChapterLevelRegionLocationFirstChapter 426Mountainous RegionPilgrim's ZoneSecondChapter 429Mountainous RegionPilgrim's ZoneThirdChapter 844Wasteland RegionCrater Zone
66 Reaching Each Fight
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88 Chapter 4 builds its two Pilgrim's Zone fights around a puzzle. Emma leaves the walking vessel heading north, picks up the Sunrise Sword in the burning ground past the Scorched Grasslands camp, and has to clear the Golems that close in before the first encounter triggers. Winning it does not kill the boss: Taurus breaks off and retreats to its lair, and the way in stays shut. Opening it means reaching the Belfry, talking to the rusted golem at the central altar, and lighting the pyres in the order Sun, Earth, Moon. Ringing the bell afterwards clears the path, and the level 29 rematch waits at the end of it.
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1010 The Chapter 8 fight sits at the far end of a much longer approach. Emma crosses the crater to the Lake Base, works up through its cave and structural sections past a string of campsites, raises a submerged structure with a control panel, and puts down three masked strangers on the way before a panel at the top opens the lair. The lair itself is east of the fortress, so the fastest reset after a death is a fast travel back to Lake Base: Entrance. Kunai and Kirin are fought in the same Crater Zone straight afterwards at level 45, which is worth knowing before emptying every pouch on Taurus.
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1212 Rewards
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1414 FightLevelRewardsFirst26Taurean Memories, Nushi Skill: Charging BotanSecond29Bloom Art: Botan: Chaser, Blade Art: BotanThird44Bloom Art: Botan: Chaser II, Finisher: Botan
1515 Clearing the line unlocks the Taurus's End achievement. Reward listings for the Crater Zone fight sometimes add a Dokuzeri Blade Art on top of the Botan pair. The chapter's own objective text and the boss roster both stop at Botan: Chaser II and Finisher: Botan, and the Dokuzeri line belongs to Lacerta rather than to this one, so only the two are listed above.
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1717 Attack Patterns
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1919 AttackHow It WorksResponseHorn SwipePulls its head aside and swipes one to three times, usually twice.Parry each hit. It is the best source of Entanglement and FP in the fight.Projectile Tail SpikesWhips its tail and fires three spikes, often while retreating.Parry or dodge each spike. The delay between shots punishes an early dodge.Spikes from BelowPaws the ground, stomps, and erupts spikes across a marked area. The tell disappears in the second phase.Unparryable. Sprint clear of the area or time a perfect dodge.Homing Ground SpikesStomps so spikes travel toward Emma along a red ground marker.Unparryable. Dodge just before the spikes arrive.Horn ChargeGrows a single horn, then charges in a straight line.Dodge it. The recovery is long enough for Entanglement Overdrive.Horn Swipe ComboGlows red, chains four horn swipes, backs off, then finishes with a thrust.Parry all five hits and punish the recovery.
2020 How to Beat Taurus
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2222 Taurus opens most sequences at range and closes with a chain, so the fight rewards patience over greed. Acid Arrows and Acid Bolts exploit the weakness from a distance while the boss gallops around the arena, and a corrosion or burn stack keeps chipping health between openings. Koo's binding skills are the other half: Higanbana: Roots can stop the opening rear-up and interrupt the longer combos, which turns the boss's most dangerous windows into free damage.
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2424 The second encounter adds a phase change once the health bar empties, and the boss becomes markedly more aggressive afterwards. Keep ammunition in reserve for that phase and read the red ground markers rather than trying to memorise a fixed rotation.
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2626 Save Entanglement Overdrive for the Horn Charge recovery or a bind, not for the middle of a combo.Do not punish immediately after it retreats, because it usually fires tail spikes on the way out.Restrain and corrosion buildup both hold up well across all three fights.
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2828 Preparation
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3030 Acid is the stated weakness, but burn buildup lands almost as well, and Chapter 4 hands Emma tools for both inside Pilgrim's Zone itself.
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3232 ToolWhere It Comes FromWhat It DoesSunrise SwordIn the middle of the burning ground past the Scorched Grasslands camp, guarded by the Golems that ambush Emma there45 melee attack with the Light of Dawn passive: each swing blasts flame for 8 percent slash damage and 6 flame buildup, lasting five secondsSkill Amber: Corrosive FangDropped by the Lupine Malefact on the ground level below the Belfry Entrance camp, reached by dropping off the ledge beside itTeaches Koo an attack that builds 40 Corrosion, the same status the boss is weak toBottle of AcidCrafted from two Chemical Reagents and slotted into one of Koo's item slotsThrown for 100 Corrosion buildup, with no cost to Emma's own ammunitionHiganbana: RootsBind-element Koo skill unlocked from Higanbana: BloomPins the boss out of the opening rear-up and interrupts the longer chains, which is where most of the fight's damage comes fromAcid Arrows and Acid BoltsCrafted ammunition for the bow and crossbow, covered under Bow and Ranged CombatWeakness damage during the long stretches the boss spends galloping out of melee range
3333 The opening is the same every time: Taurus rears onto its hindlimbs before it commits to anything. Binding it there, in the second or two before the first attack lands, is the cleanest free damage window in the encounter, and it is the reason a bind skill earns a slot even in a loadout built entirely around acid.
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3535 Related Pages
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3737 Taurus is the third Nushi in the sequence, after Lacerta and before Corvus. Bosses lists the full roster and Regions and Zones covers the two areas the fights take place in.
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3939 The Parry System page covers the timing windows every response in the attack table depends on, Entanglement Gauge explains the meter the Horn Charge recovery is meant to spend, and Achievements tracks Taurus's End alongside the rest of the Nushi trophies.