He can show up randomly anywhere, and it's a good idea to plan around that cause killing him is worth, and a team comp that can deal with him is a good one overall anyway imo. He can be real nasty if your team is 'I kill front row till I get to back row' which is if you don't know the game well, not unreasonable to be the case, or maybe you felt like taking random lowbies to an easy dungeon without configuring their focus fire capability.

Completely untrue, of course, but it's the basis for most Collector complaint threads, despite being a total joke of a boss. 5 week rule) - possibly with a bad comp - no trinkets, or appropriate skills, or all level 0's - possibly as a new player who's never seen one before - then it's quite easy to mistake the Collector for some sort of hyper-difficult run-ending demon from the deepest depths of hell. If, however, you meet one in the first 2-3 post-tutorial dungeons (ie. Even better when you have a relatively fleshed out roster as well and can start making tuned comps, not to mention good trinkets. Alas, this is easier done when you have access to the guild. The ease depends on (a) what comp you used and (b) whether you're within the first 5-week rule when you encountered one, followed by (c) hindsight (or lack of).įor example, the very first comp you start with can comfortably dunk Collectors all day.

They're the easiest mini-boss and one of the easiest bosses outright in the game.

Early game parties are often no match for him.Ĭollectors can be dunked in as little as one round.

Collector in ruins darkest dungeon