The Drowned Organ

It still plays for the drowned. They still pay a coin a hymn.

The Drowned Organ is one of the three bosses who can wait at the foot of The Drowned Reliquary, the last fight of floor 20: each run draws one of them as it starts. The others are Mother Brine and the Hermit. Below floor 30, in the endless hoard and the Deep, one of the three is drawn again for floors 50, 80, 110 and on.

Its turns

The Drowned Organ 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	Guard	Raises 5,631 armor, up to 8,447 in all.
3	Heavy	A crushing blow for 850: three quarters of it gets past armor unless you GUARD.
4	Summon	Calls a Drowned Cantor: 3,471 health, hits 243.
5	Heavy	A crushing blow for 850: three quarters of it gets past armor unless you GUARD.

Its rules

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

How to beat it

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

Kill the Cantors first: they sing it whole.
Curses turns 1, 6, 11: you deal 30% less.
Heavy turns 3, 8, 13, more when its room is full. GUARD halves it.
Thick armor: pierce and arcana get past it.

If you owe the Tally

The Tally for this depth is 383 gold. Arrive still owing and the Drowned Organ is stronger by the share unpaid: up to +40% health and attack with nothing paid (72,890 health, 595 a hit).

What it 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	A new voice for the choir. Hold your breath. Hold it longer.
Once this boss has killed you three times	Your verse grows long. The drowned know it by heart.
Once this boss has killed you	Again? The choir kept your place.
With the Tally unpaid	In arrears. Then you will sing for nothing. Forever.
With the Tally paid	Paid in full? Then put one more coin in the plate. A coin a hymn.
Once you have won before	You silenced me once. The water kept humming. I came back in tune.
To Wren	Sellsword. Up there no one pays you to sing. Down here, you sing to pay.
To Ossa	Archivist. The names you seek are in my hymns. I sing them flat.
To Brannoch	Captain. Your company sings in my choir now. They never miss a note.
To Pip	A thief. Every coin in my pipes is someone's hymn. Take one and hear it.
To Anselm	Father. Lead us in the last hymn. It is very, very long.
To Ilse	Kiln-girl. Your fire would crack my pipes. Come closer and try.
To Hesk	Ratcatcher. Drowned rats nest in my pipes. Each one holds a note.

Refrains: "A coin a hymn." "Hold your breath. Hold the note." "Amen. And again."

Traits

Heavily armored. It carries far more armor than most enemies of its floor. Pierce, arcana and anything that ignores armor get past it.

Numbers by floor

Every enemy is a multiple of the floor's standard enemy (health x15, attack x1.4, armor x8), and each one's health varies by up to 8% either way.

	Floor 20
Health	52,064
Armor	1342
Attack	425
Heavy	850
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 2.17.0. Spotted something wrong? Tell us on Discord.