Skarn

Skarn
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Details
Genus	Skarn
Element	Terra
Stars	⭐
Island(s) Located	Iron Falls Sunderstone

Skarn is one of the Behemoths in Dauntless. There are 4 versions of Skarns throughout The Shattered Isles.

Variants

Rockfall Skarn

Rockfall Skarn (Heroic)

Deepfrost Skarn

Skarn

Journal Entry

"Do you feel the earth move under your feet, cap? That'll be the Skarn. They love nothing more than to burrow into an island and feed on aether, but get this--they look just like aether vents when they feed, so don't be fooled. "

The body of the Skarn is relatively lean and lizard-like, with anatomy similar to a terrestrial turtle. But these Behemoths don't grow a bony shell. Instead they use the living terra aether within their archonite cores to form protective armour plating out of earth and stone. The result is a heavy, stout, slow-moving creature that can easily resist damage from a Slayer's weapons unless a gap in their armour can be found or the individual rocks and boulders the Skarn wears like a shield are broken.

A Skarn doesn't rely on its instinctive connection to terra for defense alone. The same instincts that drive this Behemoth to pull stone and rock to itself for protection also allow it to use those same materials as weapons. It can pull its armour in around its body to form a stone cocoon, and then blast that cocoon out as a wave of rock. The Skarn will hunker down in and launch individual pieces of boulder at a specific foe, crushing them beneath an arc of tumbling rock.

Most terrifying of all, they are able to use terra to pull all the stones in the area into a punishing cyclone of wind, debris, and solid rock. This brutal attack also drags any nearby Slayers inexorably into a twisting vortex of aether and stone, knocking even the most prepared and protected Behemoth hunters onto their backs.

Skarns can be found throughout the Shattered Isles, but despite their great bulk they are actually quite good at camouflage thanks to the natural environmental armour around their scaly bodies. When a Skarn wants to settle in and feed on an aether vent, it will burrow down into the earth next to that aether source and begin its feast. Other Behemoths are known to burrow-feed in this way, but only the Skarn can disguise its exposed back as a second aether vent. Savvy Slayers always check for a second vent.

Kat's Hunting Tips:

-The Skarn’s armour is vulnerable to blunt damage of the sort dealt by hammers and aether strikers.

-A Skarn’s aether vortex is tough to crack, but it can be interrupted with a well-timed staggering attack.

-When a Skarn targets you with a belly-slam, heavy damage to its legs can stop the attack cold.

Drop Table

Icon	Name	Obtained From
	Rockscale	Slay
	Browscale	Break Head
	Stony Hide	Break Limb
	Stone Fragments	Break Armor

Modifiers

This Behemoth has no modifiers.

Islands

Skarns can be found on the following Islands.

Icon	Island	Stars	Level	Guaranteed Behemoth	Available Behemoths
	Iron Falls	⭐	4 - 6	Skarn	Skarn Boreus Gnasher Quillshot
	Sunderstone	⭐	5 - 8	Charrogg	Charrogg Embermane Skarn Quillshot

Attack Patterns

Coming Soon™

Weapons

Icon	Name	Power	Elemental	Perk	Cell Slots	Unique Effect
	Skarn's Smashers	20	Terra	+1 Knockout King	Technique Defence	After using your lantern ability, grant a stackable 175 shield that lasts for 25 seconds (max 600 shields).
	Skarn's Judgment	20	Terra	+1 Knockout King	Power Defence	After using your lantern ability, grant a stackable 175 shield that lasts for 25 seconds (max 600 shields).
	Skarn's Malice	20	Terra	+1 Weighted Strikes	Technique Defence	After using your lantern ability, grant a stackable 175 shield that lasts for 25 seconds (max 600 shields).
	Skarn's Vengeance	20	Terra	+1 Knockout King	Power Defence	After using your lantern ability, grant a stackable 175 shield that lasts for 25 seconds (max 600 shields).
	Skarn's Calamities	20	Terra	+1 Weighted Strikes	Power Defence	After using your lantern ability, grant a stackable 175 shield that lasts for 25 seconds (max 600 shields).
	Skarn's Rancor	20	Terra	+1 Knockout King	Power Defence	After using your lantern ability, grant a stackable 175 shield that lasts for 25 seconds (max 600 shields).
	Skarn's Spite	20	Terra	+1 Weighted Strikes	Technique Defence	After using your lantern ability, grant a stackable 175 shield that lasts for 25 seconds (max 600 shields).

Armour

Icon	Name	Resistance	Element	Perk	Cell Slot
	Sight of Stone	5	Terra	+1 Tough	Defence
	Heart of Stone	5	Terra	+1 Guardian	Defence
	Might of Stone	5	Terra	+1 Fortress	Defence
	Pillars of Stone	5	Terra	+1 Guardian	Defence

Lantern

Icon	Name	Instant Ability	Hold Ability	Cell Slot
	Skarn's Defiance	Surrounds the slayer in swirling stone that deals 2500 Terra damage to nearby enemies over 10 seconds. Also generates 30 hit point shields per second that expire after 25 seconds. (Max 600 shields)	Utility Cell

Mastery

Objective	Levels
Hunt Skarn
Hunt Skarn wearing Skarn Armour [10] times
Craft all Skarn Armour
Deal [5,000,000] damage to Skarn
Hunt Rockfall Skarn while taking less than 100 damage
Hunt Rockfall Skarn in under 3 minutes
Interrupt Skarn [x] times	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 10 40 100
Stagger Skarn [x] times	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 10 40 100
Wound Skarn [x] times	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 10 40 100
Break [x] Skarn parts	Level 1 Level 2 25 75
Experience	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 300 900 3,240 8,100 14,460

Gallery

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  Render (Normal)

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  Render (Enraged)

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  Skarn Armour Body Type A

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  Skarn Armour Body Type B

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  Skarn Artwork