Break Off is a term indicating when a player attacks a particular location on a Bosses (or sub boss) several times, an item possessed by it will fall off.
Description[]
When the vulnerable area is hit by a sufficiently powerful attack or object, it may twitch due to the injury (ex. Sturdy Emuloch will hold his left arm and shake it twice).
After several such attacks, the item will be successfully broken off and will fall from the boss as an Evil Core with a question mark above it. It can only be obtained after the boss's defeat. Certain broken items may fall on the ground and be usable, albeit for only one hit.
In order to obtain a break off, you must impact the spot using either a Spear, objects (preferably large, such as a pillar piece), or skills, namely Counterattack, SP: Shield Bash, Double Crescent, Windmill, Gliding Fury, Lightning Fury, Active: Fury No.7, Firebolt, and Smash attacks.
Some enemies, like the Giant Polar Bear, have break off spots that cannot be reached normally and must be attacked using a spears or objects.
You can damage break off points when the enemy is knocked down, but you must wait until the reaction animation finishes before you can land another break off hit. Successful hits during the reaction animation won't count. An exception to this is Ahglan.
"Break Off" Bosses[]
| Enemy Name | Break Off | Location Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gnoll Chieftain | Exquisite Crimson Rage Helm | Located on his Head and falls after two hits. (Stagger violently one step back taking one hand to his head.) |
| Sturdy Emuloch | Destroyed Spiked Shield | Located on his Left Arm and falls after three hits. (Holds his hand in pain and screams and then shakes it twice) |
| Giant Polar Bear | Savage Eye | Located on its Right Eye and falls after five hits. (Jumps back (while having one paw on his eye) and shakes his head.) |
| The Knight | Steel Blade | Located on his Spear Arm and falls after three hits. (He violently whips his arm back looking down staggering one step back) |
| The Blood Prince | Blood Prince Gauntlet | Located on his Spear Arm and falls after five hits. (He violently whips his arm back looking down staggering one step back) |
| Goliath | Goliath Back Leg Tendon | Located on its Right Hind Leg and falls after five hits. (It will violently shake his red back leg. The leg may not show red on low graphic settings. It also injures itself often when jumping into pillars.) |
| Warchief Black Scar (Gnoll King, Ruler of the Ruins) | Black Scar Battle Mask | Located on his Face and falls after three hits. (He staggers back violently taking his hand to his head) |
| Warchief Black Scar (The Fleeing Gnoll King) | Enraged Hero Mane | Located on his Face and falls after three hits. (He staggers back violently taking his hand to his head) |
| The Flicker | Flicker's Blade | Located on his spear arm and breaks after three hits. (He violently whips his arm back looking down staggering one step back) |
| Thorn Laghodessa | Laghodessa Sharp Claw | Located on its right claw and falls after five hits. |
| The Emperor | The Emperor's crown | Located on its head and breaks after 3 hits. Does not drop an item. |
| The Blood Lord | Blood Lord's Hair | Located on his Face and falls after three hits. (Moves backward and have one hand on his face.) |
| Rockjaw | Heavy Rockjaw Helmet | Located on his face and falls after two hits. |
| Solid Emuloch, a possible mid boss in Madness | Destroyed Spiked Shield | Located on his Left Arm and falls after three hits. |
| Calm Ezroch | Ezroch Horn | Located on his head and falls after three hits. |
| Irukul | Irukul Tusk | Located on his right Tusks and falls after five hits. (Jumps back (while having one hand on his tusk) and shakes his head.) |
| Taonu | Taonu Fang | Located on his head and falls after four hits. |
| Klaus | Klaus Horn | Located on his right horn and falls after fifteen hits. (3 hits to flinch, 5 flinches total) |
| Explosives Expert Prompush | Explosives Specialist Emblem | Located on the gray arm band on his left arm and falls after three hits. |
| Information Chief Kanjel | Information Chief Emblem | Located on the red arm band on his left arm and falls after three hits. |
| Spear Instructor Jagursh | Spear Trainer Emblem | Located on the blue arm band on his left arm and falls after three hits. |
| Commander Kakrish | Goblin Commander's Helmet | Located on his head and falls after three hits. |
| Gatekeeper Jirkal | Ogre Steel Armor Fragment | Located on his lower chest/belly and falls after two hits. |
| Vehemence | Giant Blue Sapphire | Located on his left wrist blue gem and falls after two hits. |
| Warlord Black Hammer | Warlord's Horn | Located on his right shoulder spike and falls after four Spear hits. (2 hits flinch, 2 flinches total) |
| Raiding Party Captain Larken | Larken's Head Ornament | Located on his head and falls after three hits. |
| Titan | Titan's Ankle Guard Fragment | Located on his left ankle and falls after five hits. (Moves forward while having his left foot up.) |
| Fighter Garway | Garway Horned Mask | Located on his head and falls after two hits. (Fighter Garway will flinch his head back once) |
| Warrior Chiulin | Chiulin Horn Fragment | Located on his right back horn and breaks after four hits. (2 hits flinch, 2 flinches total) |
| Assassin Ekinar | Ekinar Horn Fragment | Located on his right back horn and breaks after four hits. (2 hits flinch, 2 flinches total) |
| Thor | Thor Inner Mouth | Requires at least two people with Chain Hooks to pry open its mouth, in which others then furiously attack the beast's tongue. Spearing the tongue takes 10 hits to break. Waiting too long between hits causes the tongue to regenerate health, requiring additional hits to break. |
| Ahglan | Multiple Break Offs | Has 9 different Break Offs that require Sticky Bombs. The head breaks after one hit. The right foot shell breaks after 5 hits and the right foot ore breaks after 1 hit. The left and right hand shells break after 8 hits each. The ores in the left and right hands break after 1 hit each. The chest shell breaks after 6 hits, and the chest ore breaks after 1 hit. |
| Cloyan | Cloyan's Mask | Located on his face and breaks off after 4 hits. |
| Ingkells | Ingkells Shoulderguard Fragment | Located on his left shoulder and breaks after three hits. |
| Strategy Chief Roperem | Located on his right shoulder guard and breaks off after 3 hits. | |
| Glas Ghaibhleann | Torn Glas Ghaibhleann Feather | Located on its right wing and requires at one Chain Hooks attached to it to flinch, and breaks after two flinches. |
| Shining Shakarr | Shakarr's Warped Horn | Located on his head and breaks after 2 hits. |
| Controlled Black Hammer | Bone Blade Fragment and Destroyed Horned Belt | Located on his mask and his belt, respectively, and breaks after six hits each. (3 hits flinch, 2 flinches total) (Moves backward, and have his left hand on his shoulder.) |
| Verafim | Verafim's Staff | Located in Verafim's hands, who rides on top of Lionotus. The number of hits to break varies on what secondary weapons are used. Gift sticky bombs take 18 hits, real sticky bombs take 6 hits, spears and fine spears both take 11 hits. A combination of these secondary weapons will lead to a different amount of hits to break. Verafim's staff can also be broken from transformation orbs. |
| Craftsman Colru | Colru Nucleus | Located in the middle of his orange arm and breaks after 25 hits. (5 hits to flinch, 5 flinches. Catapult rocks count as 1 flinch) (Moves to his right side.) |
| Blacksmith Goibhniu | Located on its left hand and breaks after 2 hits. | |
| Bronzesmith Creidhne | Located in its chest and breaks after 2 hits. | |
| Carpenter Luchtain | Located on its right hand and breaks after 2 hits. | |
| Stonemason Gobanser | Located on the left side of its face and breaks after 2 hits. | |
| Combat Master Kichkich | Kichkich Manhole Cover | Located on his head and breaks after 2 hits. |
| Ancient Elchulus | Elchulus's Broken Wing | Located on the middle skin area of the wings, and breaks after ? hits. Both wings can be broken and have separate hit counters. |
| Ancient Elchulus | Elchulus's Horn | Located on its head, and breaks after ? hits. |
| Ancient Elchulus | Elchulus's Spine | Located on its front legs, and breaks after ? hits. Both spines can be broken and have different hit counters. |
| Ancient Elchulus | Elchulus's Tail | Located on its middle to end portion of the tail, and breaks after ? hits. |
| Elchulus | Divine Fomor Horn | Located on its head and breaks after 6 hits (3 to flinch, 2 flinches.) |
| Elchulus | Divine Fomor Tail | Located on its middle to end portion of the tail and breaks after 6 hits (3 to flinch, 2 flinches.) |
| Elchulus | Divine Fomor Spine | Located on the back of the front legs and breaks after 6 hits (3 to flinch, 2 flinches.) Both spines can be broken and have different hit counters. |
| Siglint | Siglint's horn | Located on its head and breaks after 6 hits (3 to flinch, 2 flinches.) The Royal Army Raid takes ? hits. Does not drop an item. |
| Siglint | Siglint's tail | Located on its middle to end portion of the tail and breaks after 6 hits (3 to flinch, 2 flinches.) The Royal Army Raid takes ? hits. Does not drop an item. |
| Siglint | Siglint's wings | Located on the middle skin area of the wings and breaks after 6 hits (3 to flinch, 2 flinches.) The Royal Army Raid takes ? hits. Does not drop an item. |
| Beokros | Siglint's horn | Located on its head and breaks after 6 hits (3 to flinch, 2 flinches.) The Royal Army Raid takes ? hits. Does not drop an item. |
| Beokros | Siglint's wings | Located on the middle skin area of the wings and breaks after 6 hits (3 to flinch, 2 flinches.) The Royal Army Raid takes ? hits. Does not drop an item. |
| Beokros | Siglint's tail | Located on its middle to end portion of the tail and breaks after 6 hits (3 to flinch, 2 flinches.) The Royal Army Raid takes ? hits. Does not drop an item. |