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Overview

Black Witch is the climactic quest of the Veiled Witch sub-chapter in Chapter 9: The Sage of the Desert. The confrontation with the Veiled Witch reveals her true identity as the Black Witch, a powerful Abyss practitioner who has been feeding on the spiritual energy of the Serpent Marsh to amplify her own power. She is the source of the corruption that damaged the pensive statues and summoned the evil spirit at Jijeong Temple.

Quest Details

Objectives

1. Confront the Veiled Witch at the Dead Hollow clearing

2. Survive the Black Witch's initial magical barrage

3. Defeat the Black Witch

4. Witness the aftermath cutscene

Boss Fight: Black Witch

The Black Witch is a magic-heavy opponent who uses darkness-based attacks, pursuit abilities, and area denial. She fights at medium range and frequently retreats if you close the distance. The arena is an open clearing surrounded by corrupted trees.

Attack Patterns

Strategy

• Blinding Flash is the Black Witch's primary weakness. Keep this skill equipped and use it whenever she begins channeling a large attack. It interrupts her and creates an opening for a full combo.

• Stay aggressive and close the distance. The Black Witch is weakest at melee range where her projectile attacks are less effective.

• When she summons shadow minions in Phase 2, eliminate them quickly with area attacks before refocusing on the witch. They heal her if left alive too long.

• Dodge her Shadow Cloak Dash by rolling forward (toward where she was standing). She teleports behind your previous position, so rolling forward puts distance between you and her strike.

• Keep Grilled Meat stocked. The fight is long, and her damage-over-time effects from corruption pools add up.

Rewards

• Abyss-infused accessory drop from the Black Witch

• Progression to the Enlightenment sub-chapter

• Story revelation about the source of the Serpent Marsh corruption

Related Quests

• Pursuit Beyond the Veil

• The Cloister of Enlightenment