Priscus the Ancient

The Spire of Ringing Truth's optional boss, and mechanically the most singular fight in the game: Nature's Snare Retribution brings him down, and the single tip is the whole strategy. That makes preparation binary — arrive with the Nature tree developed and the fight opens up; arrive without it and you have no lever to pull. He guards one of the puzzle spires rather than any story beat, so treat the encounter as the combat half of a spire run and see the puzzle guides for the rest. Before making the climb, check two boxes: the Nature branch of the skill tree far enough to unlock Snare Retribution — our skill tree planner shows the cheapest path to it — and enough healing items to survive while you learn his rhythm, since the spire offers no mid-fight resupply. The fight gives nothing you can equip, but clearing it finishes the Spire of Ringing Truth, one of the puzzle spires tracked in our guides section.