Thorn

Welcome Adventurers! I am Thorn, the Spirit! And host of the Vegan Trials!
My Arena is the most entertaining place in all the Catacombs!
Today you'll be our spectacle. Dance! Dance with my Spirit animals!
And may you perish in a delightful way!
— Thorn
A sprite icon representing Thorn in Hypixel SkyBlock Thorn
Thorn.png
Type
Mob Level
1
Special Behavior
Summons Spirit Animals
Stats

Health: Normal: 4 Spirit Bow hits

Master: 6 Spirit Bow hits
Damage: 0 (uses animals to fight for him)
Metadata
ID
THORN_1
MASTER_THORN_1

Thorn is the BOSS of The Catacombs - Floor IV. He is a ghast which spawns animals and can only be damaged by his Spirit Bow.

Thorn's remains re-appear on Floor V, from which Livid drains energy in order to clone himself.

Title and Description

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Shaman Necromancer

Powerful Necromancer who specializes in animals. Calls himself a vegetarian, go figure.

Boss Fight

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Unlike most of the other bosses in The Catacombs, Thorn only has one apparent phase, same as Livid, however technically has different phases, but the differences are minuscule. Thorn will speed up the more he has been damaged and when he is about to die in one more hit, Thorn will start turning around, making it harder to hit him. Additionally, with each wave that comes, the Spirit Animals gain more HP, overall making it a longer fight.

After 15s of dialogue, Thorn will summon Spirit Animals which can deal damage to the player along with a new Mini-Boss called the Spirit Bear. A counter (indicated by a ring of Sea Lanterns and Coal Blocks near the audience) shows how many Spirit Animals have been killed. When the ring fully lights up with Sea Lanterns, the Spirit Bear will spawn.

There is a crowd of enemies cheering for Thorn in the arena. While they can't attack the player, they can give helpful hints for Thorn's attacks. Although, if the player enters the crowds viewing area, swarms of spirit bats will attack the player and deal large quantities of damage.

Occasionally, one of the circles in the arena will change color, either green or orange. If it turns green, it will ready up a Healing Circle much like the Healer's one, but if it turns orange, it will start a fire on that circle. Thorn's spirit animals will take 5% of their HP every second they are in the fire.

Spirit Bear

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Spirit Bear
Spirit Bear.png
Type
Mob Type
Stats

Health: 5M (Normal)

180M (Master Mode)
Drops
Drops
Metadata
ID
SPIRIT_MINIBOSS_130
MASTER_SPIRIT_MINIBOSS_130

The Spirit Bear is a Mini-Boss summoned during the fight. It will be summoned once 25 Spirit Animals (or 30 in Master Mode) have been killed. It has 5M (or 180M in Master Mode) and can attack players with a Golden Sword or a Spirit Bow. The spirit bear will heal overtime, but very slowly.

When the Spirit Bear is killed, it drops a Spirit Bow. The player who picks it up only gets one chance to shoot Thorn. Each successful hit stuns Thorn for 5s, followed by a 1s cooldown before Thorn can be damaged again. Every hit from the Spirit Bow removes 1 from Thorn’s health. Once Thorn’s health reaches zero, they die.

Collection

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Killing Thorn increases the Thorn collection.

LVLRequiredRewardXP
I50Spirit Stone Spirit Stone Reward+15
II100Golden Thorn Head Golden Thorn Head Reward
Gold Essence Gold Essence Essence
+15
III150Spirit Shortbow Spirit Shortbow Reward+15
IV250Recombobulator 3000 Recombobulator 3000 Reward+25
V400Spirit Boots Spirit Boots Reward+25
VI1,000Diamond Thorn Head Diamond Thorn Head Recipe
Diamond Essence Diamond Essence Essence
+25

Tip: click on certain slots to change the UI or go to another article!

Thorn Collection
Thorn Head.png
Yellow Stained Glass Pane.pngRed Stained Glass Pane.png2Red Stained Glass Pane.png3Red Stained Glass Pane.png4Red Stained Glass Pane.png5Red Stained Glass Pane.png6
Arrow.pngBarrier.png

Note: The Thorn Heads gain double stats on floor 4.

Boss Mobs

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Image Name HP Dmg Master Mode HP Master Mode Dmg Behavior
Spirit Bull 1.5M 3,320 36.75M 84k Rush to player, dealing 10% (or 15%) of their max health as True Damage.
Spirit Wolf 500K 5,400 12.25M 140k Spawns with large amount, attacks player with swarm.
Spirit Bat 300k 2,800 1.75M 70k Will swarm players who are in the air. They do not respect player invincibility frames. This means if a player jumps in the air and is swarmed by bats, they will be mowed to death in seconds. Can be deterred by decoys as they have no vanilla attacking ability and cannot destroy it. There is currently a bug where if the floor goes for too long, they will attack players on ground. They also become the only thing spawning, along with Bulls.
Spirit Rabbit 675k 3,720 7.75M 84k Will attack the player, launching them in the air, and then run away.
Spirit Chicken 350k 1,160 4M 336k Slowly descends to the ground, strike nearby players with lightning for 25% of their max health as True Damage. If it touches the ground, it will turn into a Chicken Mine. Players who walk over it take damage and are knocked into the air.
Spirit Sheep 650k 22,400 14.8M 784k Runs toward the player and explodes much like a creeper. Deals damage based on how close the player was to the explosion. Deals up to 30,000 damage.

Dialogue

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Thorn

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Condition Dialogue
Intro
[BOSS] Thorn: Welcome Adventurers! I am Thorn, the Spirit! And host of the Vegan Trials!
[BOSS] Thorn: My Arena is the most entertaining place in all the Catacombs!
[BOSS] Thorn: Today you'll be our spectacle.
[BOSS] Thorn: Dance! Dance with my Spirit animals! And may you perish in a delightful way!
Attempting to attack A sprite icon representing Thorn in Hypixel SkyBlock Thorn without using a Spirit Bow Spirit Bow
[BOSS] Thorn: Tickle tickle, you are in a pickle!
[BOSS] Thorn: I'm already dead adventurer! Earthly weapons won't affect me!
[BOSS] Thorn: Don't waste your energy on me, humans - I am Thorn the Spirit!
[BOSS] Thorn: I love your fighting spirit, but I am immune to your tricks!
[BOSS] Thorn: Trying to damage me like that...desperate...
After being damaged with a Spirit Bow Spirit Bow
[BOSS] Thorn: I feel...dizzy...
[BOSS] Thorn: It hurts...what a delicate feeling...
[BOSS] Thorn: Round and round, another wound.
[BOSS] Thorn: My energy, it goes away...
Spawning a wave
[BOSS] Thorn: Go my Spirits, go! Unsullied souls!
[BOSS] Thorn: More Spirits! Born of feathers and light!
[BOSS] Thorn: Dance for me humans! Your Art will be remembered!
[BOSS] Thorn: Can you hear the crowd?! The sound of death!
[BOSS] Thorn: Jump and laugh, scream and cry! Be passionate!
If all players have lost
[BOSS] Thorn: Wonderful performance humans, truly beautiful.
[BOSS] Thorn: How one dies shows how one lived. And it was your masterpiece.
[BOSS] Thorn: What spirit shall you become? Yes! A rabbit!
[BOSS] Thorn: What spirit shall you become? Yes! A chihuahua!
[BOSS] Thorn: What spirit shall you become? Yes! A sheep!
[BOSS] Thorn: What spirit shall you become? Yes! A chicken!
If all players have won
[BOSS] Thorn: This is it...where shall I go now?
[BOSS] Thorn: All those memories will be lost in time, like tears in rain...
[BOSS] Thorn: Congratulations humans, you may pass.

Crowd

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Condition Dialogue
Intro
CROWD: Alright here we go Thorn! Drop some spirits on these fools!
CROWD: Avenge Bonzo! #RememberBonzo
CROWD: Let's go Thorn! They don't stand a chance!
CROWD: Thorn is preparing his attacks! What an amazing spirit!
CROWD: Vegans! Yeahhh!!! Now let's exploit some animals for personal gain! Woo woo!
CROWD: Here we go Thorn! Take it to 'em!
Random
CROWD: Yeah, show them Thorn!
CROWD: Avenge Bonzo! #RememberBonzo
CROWD: Turn them into spirits!
CROWD: Go Thorn! Gooooo!!!
CROWD: Vegan power!
CROWD: More chickens!!!
CROWD: Dolphins are my spirit animal. Too bad this is 1.8.
CROWD: Thorn! Thorn! Thorn!
CROWD: Kill (random player), they are ugly!
Upon player death
CROWD: Yeahhh!!!! You got 'em!
CROWD: Another one bites the dust!! You the best Thorn!
CROWD: Wow! (player) is bad!
CROWD: (player) couldn't handle Thorn's onslaught! Yikes!!
Upon damaging A sprite icon representing Thorn in Hypixel SkyBlock Thorn for the first time
CROWD: BOOOOO!!!
CROWD: Keep fighting Thorn! Show them!!
CROWD: Cheaters!!! We need a replay!!
CROWD: That wasn't fair!! He can't fight back!!
CROWD: That's not a legal move!
CROWD: I see they've figured out how to damage Thorn. Finally.
Failing to pick up the Spirit Bow Spirit Bow
CROWD: They didn't even pickup the Spirit Bow! Whoopsies!
CROWD: They're not even trying to win!
CROWD: LOL! Pickup the Spirit Bow next time you fools!
CROWD: Are they blind?! The Spirit Bow just sat there untouched!
Upon missing A sprite icon representing Thorn in Hypixel SkyBlock Thorn after firing the Spirit Bow Spirit Bow
CROWD: (player) missed the shot! No way!! Hahaha
CROWD: My goodness, (player) really can't aim!!
CROWD: Alright those humans are a joke, missing easy shots like that...
CROWD: Yeah!!! Keep dodging them Thorn!
CROWD: (player) has no thumbs!
If all players have lost
CROWD: They lost!! HURRAY!
CROWD: Pathetic performance. Loved it!!
CROWD: Come back any time! Just kidding, you CAN'T!!
CROWD: Thorn go brrrrrrr
CROWD: Fs in the chat!
CROWD: POG
If all players have won
CROWD: Whatttt? How did they win??
CROWD: I need a refund!!
CROWD: Why do the good guys always win!!
CROWD: This game is UNBALANCED!!!
CROWD: I hope you get terrible loot! Booooo!!
CROWD: You won't beat the next floor anyways!!
CROWD: Where is the arbiter? That wasn't right...
CROWD: Make it a best of 3, best of 3!!!!
CROWD: Thorn was lagging! Not fair!
CROWD: There was a bug...rematch!!!
CROWD: There is no justice in this world...
CROWD: Remember Bonzo! #NeverForget
CROWD: My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.
CROWD: I shouldn't have put so many Coins on this match..
CROWD: Where is watchdog when we need it??
CROWD: I'm reporting them right now!
CROWD: Not coool...not cool.
CROWD: Those people are so rude. I feel sorry for Thorn.
CROWD: Killing a spirit...what kind of man does that? ... No man at all.
CROWD: Lame!!! Boooo!!!
CROWD: Nooo! You can't just beat Thorn!
CROWD: Pack it up boys...nothing to see here...
CROWD: Another 2020 catastrophe.
CROWD: OOF

Strategies

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Trivia

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  • The Spirit Bow used in the Thorn fight has some extra lore attached to it. Spirit Bow
  • Thorn's remains are seen in during the Livid boss fight in the form of a purple orb (|This Orb you see, is Thorn, or what is left of him.").
  • The Spirit Bow specifically does approximately 75,000 Damage per hit against Thorn.
  • There is currently a bug where you can stun Thorn using a Tribal Spear Tribal Spear or Bonemerang Bonemerang.
    • If you attempted to stun Thorn but failed the stun whilst Thorn is still alive, Thorn will become extremely fast.
  • One of Thorn's lines is "Round and round, another wound." which might have been intended to rhyme, even though it does not.
  • The dialogue of Thorn's crowd contains many references.
    • "Another 2020 catastrophe." references the COVID-19 pandemic.
    • "Killing a spirit...what kind of man does that? ... No man at all." references Breaking Bad, in which Gustavo Fring asks Hector Salamanca "What kind of man talks to the DEA? No man, no man at all."
    • "Avenge Bonzo! #RememberBonzo" and "Remember Bonzo! #NeverForget" references A sprite icon representing Bonzo in Hypixel SkyBlock Bonzo, the boss of The Catacombs - Floor I, hinting that the two are connected. Notably, Bonzo is a circus clown and Thorn hosts a performance.
    • "My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined." references the quote of the same name, in which host of TheReportOfTheWeek, Reviewbrah, says the exact quote after tasting Popeyes' cheddar biscuit butterfly shrimp.
    • "Fs in the chat!" is a reference to the meme originating from 2014's Call of Duty Advanced Wafare, where there is an event in the campaign where you have to "Press F to pay respects", which eventually has been used by gamers in the event of a huge loss.
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History

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SkyBlock Prototype
Jul 30, 2020 Added Thorn.
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