Mother Brine

The Reliquary drowned so she could keep it.

Mother Brine is the boss of The Drowned Reliquary, the last fight of floor 20.

Her turns

Mother Brine always starts at the top of this cycle and repeats it. These are the numbers the game's own boss card shows on a plain descent: floor 20, no Greed, no trials, the Tally paid.

Turn	Move	What it does
1	Curse	Weakens you: you deal 30% less for 2 turns.
2	Heavy	A crushing blow for 882: three quarters of it gets past armor unless you GUARD.
3	Summon	Calls a Drowned Ghoul: 3,818 health, hits 365. Its hits poison you.
4	Attack	Strikes you for 441.
5	Mend	Heals her most wounded Drowned Ghoul for up to 955, never herself. None wounded: an Attack for 441.

Her rules

Unyielding: turns 1-2, can't drop below half health.
Ghouls: heal her 2,256 a turn while one stands.
Summon: a Heavy when the room is full.
Turn 11+: every enemy grows 15% a turn; freeze stops working.

How to beat her

The game's own advice, from her card in the Bestiary:

Kill her ghouls first: they keep her healing.
Curses turns 1, 6, 11: you deal 30% less.
Her ghouls poison you through armor.
Heavy turns 2, 7, 12, more when her room is full. GUARD halves it.

If you owe the Tally

The Tally for this depth is 383 gold. Arrive still owing and Mother Brine is stronger by the share unpaid: up to +40% health and attack with nothing paid (63,171 health, 617 a hit).

What she says

The bosses remember you. Each boss fight opens with one line, picked from what has passed between you: how often this boss has killed you, whether you have won before, whether the Tally is paid, and who you brought. Each line is said once ever; when none is left for the moment, the boss says a refrain.

When	The line
First meeting	Hush. Everything that sinks here is kept safe. You will see.
Once this boss has killed you three times	Every time you drown, you come back a little more mine.
Once this boss has killed you	You came back to me. They always come back to me.
With the Tally unpaid	The counting man says you owe. I will keep you instead.
With the Tally paid	You paid him? Then you have nothing left to lose. How light you must feel.
Once you have won before	You took from me once. I let you. I wanted you back.
To Wren	That scarf. I kept one just like it, from a girl who never left.
To Ossa	Your brother's voice is here, little archivist. Stay and listen.
To Brannoch	Captain. Your company is with me. They are so quiet now.
To Pip	A thief. I love thieves. They always come back for what they left.
To Anselm	A priest. Sing for my choir, Father. They have forgotten the words.
To Ilse	Such warm hands. The water down here would love to hold them.

Refrains: "Everything that sinks is mine to keep." "Stay. The water is so still." "Let go. It is easier."

Traits

Regenerates each turn while an ally stands. At the start of her turn she heals 5% of her maximum health, but only while another enemy is alive.

Numbers by floor

Every enemy is a multiple of the floor's standard enemy (health x13, attack x1.45, armor x5), and each one's health varies by up to 8% either way.

	Floor 20
Health	45,122
Armor	839
Attack	441
Heavy	882
Gold	633

Gold includes the 10% more every kill pays while the depth's Tally is posted (a guided first depth has none), and is before gold find. From turn 11 of any fight every enemy grows 15% stronger each turn.

What it leaves

Ten times a normal enemy's gold and 3 gems. Then a pick of three pieces, Epic or better: "Pick one to keep". Half the time a second piece drops as well, 15% of the time a Gilding Leaf (from floor 20 on), and one of the depth's treasures if any is still in the vault.

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Written from the game's own rules, version 2.9.4. Spotted something wrong? Tell us on Discord.