Changes: World Bosses

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A world boss is a boss that all Habitica players fight in a special type of quest. All users are rewarded upon its defeat, even those who have been resting in the Inn or have not used Habitica for the entirety of the quest.

Fighting a World Boss

Players automatically join the fight, even if they are already participating in a party quest. Players do damage to a world boss in the same way that they do damage to a normal quest boss: by completing positive Habits, Dailies, and To Do's, and by casting Burst of Flames or Brutal Smash, which belong to the Mage and Warrior classes, respectively. As with general quest bosses, a player's effect on a world boss is tallied after Cron. A player who is resting in the Inn will deal no damage, and players who are inactive (i.e., did not interact with Habitica that day) are not counted, since inactive users experience no Cron.

Players will not take damage from a world boss attack or have their accounts negatively affected in any way. However, uncompleted Dailies will fill the boss's Rage bar; when the Rage bar is full, the boss will unleash an attack against a NPC.

While a world boss is active, the Tavern displays information about the world boss, including the current values of its Health and Rage bars.

Previous World Bosses

World bosses were first introduced with The Dread Drag'on of Dilatory as part of the 2014 Summer Splash event. Burnout and the Exhaust Spirits was the first animated world boss.

Picture	Name	Health	Strike	Event/Year
	The Dysheartener	17.0M	500K	Valentine's Day 2018
	The Be-Wilder	20.0M	800K	Spring Fling 2016
	Burnout and the Exhaust Spirits	11.0M	1.0M	Fall Festival 2015
	The Abominable Stressbeast of the Stoïkalm Steppes	2.8M	1.4M	Winter Wonderland 2015
File:Quest dilatory drag'on.png	The Dread Drag'on of Dilatory	5.0M	4.0M	Summer Splash 2014

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-A '''world boss''' is a [[boss]] that all players in Habitica fight in a special type of quest during a [[Community#World Events|world event]]. All users are rewarded upon its completion, even if those who have been resting in the inn or have not used Habitica during the entire time of the quest.
+A '''world boss''' is a [[boss]] that all Habitica players fight in a special type of [[Quests|quest]]. All users are rewarded upon its defeat, even those who have been [[Rest in the Inn|resting in the Inn]] or have not used Habitica for the entirety of the quest.
+==Fighting a World Boss==
-Damage is done to a world boss in the same way as to a normal quest boss: by completing positive [[Habits]], [[Dailies]], and [[To-Dos]], and by casting [[Mage#Skills|Burst of Flames]] or [[Warrior#Skills|Brutal Smash]]. A player who is [[Rest in the Inn|Resting in the Inn]] will deal no damage. As with general quest bosses, a player's effect on a world boss is tallied on [[Cron]].
+Players automatically join the fight, even if they are already participating in a [[party]] [[Quests|quest]]. Players do damage to a world boss in the same way that they do damage to a normal quest [[boss]]: by completing positive [[Habits]], [[Dailies]], and [[To Do's]], and by casting [[Mage#Skills|Burst of Flames]] or [[Warrior#Skills|Brutal Smash]], which belong to the [[Mage]] and [[Warrior]] [[Class System|classes]], respectively. As with general quest bosses, a player's effect on a world boss is tallied after [[Cron]]. A player who is [[Rest in the Inn|resting in the Inn]] will deal no damage, and players who are [[Cron#Triggering Cron after Several Days of Inactivity|inactive]] (i.e., did not interact with Habitica that day) are not counted, since inactive users experience no Cron.
-Players automatically join the fight, even if they are already participating in a party quest. Uncompleted Dailies will fill the boss's Rage or Exhaust Strike bar; when full, the boss will unleash an attack against an [[Kickstarter#Non-Playing_Characters_.28NPCs.29|NPC]].
+Players will not take damage from a world boss attack or have their accounts negatively affected in any way. However, uncompleted Dailies will fill the boss's [[Boss#Mechanics|Rage bar]]; when the Rage bar is full, the boss will unleash an attack against a [[Characters in Habitica#The Habitica NPCs|NPC]].
+While a world boss is active, the [[Tavern]] displays information about the world boss, including the current values of its [[Boss#Boss Health|Health]] and Rage bars.
-World bosses were first introduced with [[The Dread Drag'on of Dilatory]] as part of the 2014 [[Summer Splash]] event. [[Burnout and the Exhaust Spirits]] is the first animated boss.
+==Previous World Bosses==
+World bosses were first introduced with [[The Dread Drag'on of Dilatory]] as part of the 2014 [[Summer Splash]] event. [[Burnout and the Exhaust Spirits]] was the first animated world boss.
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 ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Strike
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+! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Event/Year
+|-
+|[[File:Quest_dysheartener.gif|left]]
+|[[The Dysheartener]]
+| style="text-align:center;" |17.0M
+| style="text-align:center;" |500K
+| style="text-align:center;" |Valentine's Day 2018
+|-
+|[[File:Quest bewilder.gif|left]]
+|[[The Be-Wilder]]
+| style="text-align:center;" |20.0M
+| style="text-align:center;" |800K
+| style="text-align:center;" |Spring Fling 2016
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 |[[File:Quest burnout.gif|left]]
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 | style="text-align:center;" |Summer Splash 2014
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+==See Also==
+* [https://habitica.wordpress.com/2018/02/22/behind-the-scenes-bringing-a-world-boss-to-life/ Behind the Scenes: Bringing a World Boss to Life]: Habitica staff blog post with information about World Boss development process.
+[[de:Weltbosse]]
+[[fr:Boss Mondiaux]]
+[[nl:Wereldbazen]]
+[[ru:Мировые боссы]]
+[[zh:世界Boss]]
+[[ja:ワールドボス]]
+[[pt-br:Chefões Mundiais]]
+[[Category:Grand Galas]]
+[[Category:World Boss Quests]]