Profaned Guardians

Type	Flying Enemy
Environment	The Hallow – The Underworld
AI Type	Profaned Guardian (Rock) AI
Damage	110 / 176 / 200 / 216 Contact); 120 / 200 / 220 / 232 (Profaned Spear)
Max Life	2,000 / 4,000 / 5,000
Defense	50
DR	40%
KB Resist	100%
Inflicts debuff	Holy Flames 100% chance
Debuff duration	4 seconds (Contact); 2 seconds (Profaned Spear)
Debuff tooltip	Dissolving from holy light
Vulnerable to:
Resistant to:

Type	Boss
Environment	The Hallow – The Underworld
AI Type	Profaned Guardian (Main) AI
Damage	140 / 240 / 268 / 280 (Contact); 120 / 200 / 220 / 232 (Profaned Spear); 140 / 220 / 244 / 256 (Flare Dust)
Max Life	2,000 / 4,000 / 5,000
Defense	40
DR	30%
KB Resist	100%
Inflicts debuff	Holy Flames 100% chance
Debuff duration	5 seconds (Contact); 4 seconds (Flare Dust); 3 seconds (Profaned Spear)
Debuff tooltip	Dissolving from holy light
Vulnerable to:
Resistant to:
Coins	1

Type	Boss
Environment	The Hallow – The Underworld
Max Life	6,000 / 12,000 / 15,000 (total)
KB Resist	100%
Immune to

"The ever-rejuvenating guardians of the profaned flame."

The Profaned Guardians (Japanese: 冒涜の守護者 Bōtoku no gādian) are a group of Godseeker Mode bosses fought either in The Hallow or The Underworld. They need to be killed in order to obtain the Profaned Core, used to summon Providence, the Profaned Goddess, and each Guardian also drops a special respective "Relic" item.

Multiple weaker Guardians are also summoned during the fight against Providence.

Spawn[]

The Profaned Guardians will not spawn on their own and must be summoned by using a Profaned Shard while in the The Hallow or The Underworld. The Profaned Guardians can only be summoned during the Day and will flee and despawn if it becomes nighttime.

Bosses[]

The Guardian Healer

Statistics

Type	Flying Enemy
Environment	The Hallow – The Underworld
AI Type	Profaned Guardian (Crystal) AI
Damage	90 / 144 / 168 / 184 (Contact) 32 (Fire Orb)
Max Life	2,000 / 4,000 / 5,000
Defense	30
DR	20%
KB Resist	100%
Inflicts debuff	Holy Flames 100% chance
Debuff duration	3 seconds (Contact)
Debuff tooltip	Dissolving from holy light
Vulnerable to:
Resistant to:

Item (Quantity)Rate
Relic of Convergence
25%

Sounds

Hurt

Killed

Orb Cast

Map Icon

Behavior[]

All three Profaned Guardians spawn at the same time. The fiery main Guardian is immune to all damage until the rock Guardian and the crystal Guardian are defeated.

If the player exits the Underground for more than 5 seconds during the fight, the Rock and Crystal guardians will spin while rapidly converging on the player’s location, similar to how King Slime attacks during nighttime.

If the Archmage is present anywhere in the world, the Guardians will enrage and immediately fly at him, using various attacks until he dies.

Attacks[]

The Guardian Defender (Rock Guardian)[]

Shoots huge Flaming Boulders from its head every 0.33 seconds.
Repeatedly fires a circular spread of 32 Holy Spears.
All projectiles have a 90% chance to reflect, flying back at the player with twice the velocity.
- Attacks that cannot be reflected will instead cause the player’s armor to break instantly.

The Guardian Healer (Crystal Guardian)[]

Stays far offscreen, firing healing orbs rapidly at the other Guardians.
Periodically fires a lifesteal laser at the player, completely restoring all Guardians’ healths if it hits.

The Proflamed Guardian (Main Guardian)[]

HIGHLY resistant to all forms of damage until the other two Guardians are defeated.
Cycles through 5 different attack patterns:
- Uses a Holy Spear Rain attack, covering the screen in falling Holy Spears. Chases the player at a moderate pace.
- Uses a Proflamed Flame attack, launching exploding flares with an infinite lifespan, precise homing, and accelerating speed. Travels in an outward spiral.
- Uses a Holy Spear Barrage attack, shooting many Holy Spears in a circular motion while keeping a vertical alignment to the player. The spears accelerate extremely fast, and do 7.25x damage at max acceleration.
- Uses a Fiery Zigzag attack, moving in a rapid zigzag motion around the player while leaving Lingering Flames as it travels. Lingering Flames don’t move, however they never despawn, even in the case of the boss being defeated or reloading the world.
- Uses a Holy Incineration attack, burning everything in a 50,000 block radius. This deals immense damage and is capable of destroying every block.
After reaching 75% health, it will attack 2x as fast.
After reaching 50% health, it will summon Scorn Eaters every 0.4 seconds.
After reaching 25% health, it will attack 12x as fast.

In Revengeance Mode[]

All Guardian attacks can partially damage blocks. If not managed in time, the damaged blocks will catch fire and burn their surroundings.
The Proflamed Guardian additionally deals greatly increased damage after the other two have been killed.
It is significantly more aggressive, attempting to ram into the player whenever possible.

In Death Mode[]

The Guardian Defender has a 100% chance to deflect projectiles, making all classes except for Melee nearly useless.
At 10% health, the Proflamed Guardian enters a “desperation” phase where it attacks 80% faster and constantly uses all 5 of its attacks at once.

In Malice Mode[]

At 5% health, the Proflamed Guardian enters an “extreme desperation” phase where it flees the scene as fast as it possibly can.

On the For the Worthy seed[]

Summons a weaker version of Providence, the Profaned Goddess when one Guardian dies.

Summons[]

Image	Name	Condition
	Scorn Eater	From the main guardian at 50% health

Tips[]

For more elaborate strategies on defeating the Profaned Guardians, including weapon and arena recommendations, see Guide:Profaned Guardians strategies.

Don't move around too quickly, as this will likely lead to you ramming into the many projectiles the Guardians fire. Take your time and observe how the boss functions.

Trivia[]

The Profaned Guardians' theme is Unholy Ambush, which was composed by the artist DM DOKURO.
- Despite their theme being called Unholy Ambush, the fight could only be considered an ambush in Death Mode, where the Profaned Guardians can spawn naturally.
- Their theme has similarities with Providence's, due to the fact that their theme is a repurposed scrapped portion of Providence's theme.
- If the Calamity Music add-on mod is disabled, Boss 1 will play instead.
Despite being a boss, the Guardians don't drop a Treasure Bag in Expert Mode.
In previous versions of the mod, each of the Profaned Guardians were named "A Dunkin' Donut" as their previous sprites were often compared to donuts. Their name was also a reference to Dunkin' Donuts which is a famous coffee shop known for their donuts.
One of the Proflamed Guardian’s dialogue lines reference the Profaned Rage Potion.
- Another one of their lines reference Delicious Meat, the dish served by the Archmage.
- Yet another one of their lines reference the song Stained, Brutal Calamity, more specifically, the part where the lyrics says "Your mental fortitude is fading."
The reason for the Guardians attacking the Archmage is unknown.
- According to the Lore, however, it may be because they were sabotaged by the Archmage during Yharim’s cooking show, causing them to lose.
- This unique behavior has been confirmed to be intended.
If the Boss Checklist Mod is installed, their unique despawn message will be "The Profaned Guardians continue to guard the Proflames.”

Quotes[]

When summoned:

Guardian Healer: ”Be careful... we’re some tough guardians!”
Guardian Defender: ”Prepare to meet your end, fool.”
Proflamed Guardian: ”YOU WILL BURN BY THE WILL OF THE PROFLAMED FLAMES!”

When the Guardian Healer is defeated:

Guardian Healer: ”Ouch!”
Guardian Defender: “How? How could you!?”
Proflamed Guardian: “ENOUGH! YOU MAY HAVE DEFEATED ONE OF US, BUT US TWO ARE MUCH TOUGHER!”

When the Guardian Defender is defeated:

Guardian Defender: “Nothing... can beat my eldest sibling...”
Proflamed Guardian: “VERY SOON, YOU WILL FEEL MY PROFANED RAGE... HA-HA-HA...”

When the Proflamed Guardian is defeated:

Proflamed Guardian: “MY MENTAL FORTITUDE IS FADING...”

When enraged:

Guardian Healer: ”Guardians unite! We have a more worthy enemy to destroy.”
Guardian Defender: ”You... you will not get away with the prize money this time.”
Proflamed Guardian: ”BURN THE DELICIOUS MEAT! ALL OF IT!”

When the player exits the Underground: