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While World Bosses are typically more of an MMO enemy,Diablo 4contains three of these formidable foes for you to fight in seamless open-world combat. Avarice The Gold Cursed is one such boss fight, and the King of the Treasure Goblins assails you with his massive Treasure Chest and Gold-based attacks.
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You’ll be wanting to team up with other players in order to bring him down! This guide will teach how to locate World Bosses, how to beat Avarice The Gold Cursed, and what rewards you’re able to stand to gain from successfully slaying him.
Where To Find Avarice
All three World Bosses have roughly a six-hour spawn timer and can appear in one of five locations around Estuar.
Despite the random spawn point, it is very easy to locate the current World Boss, owing to the30-minute notificationpositioned at their upcoming location. This not only gives you a precise spawn timer butalso details the Weekly Quest rewards. Your first kill of the week, regardless of which World Boss you slay, will grant you bonus rewards,which include more Gold, Gems, Items, and the rare currency; Scatted Prisms.
These Scattered Prisms can only be obtained in two ways:killing either a World Boss or a Treasure Goblin.They are an important item for end-game progression, asthey will allow you to add additional socketsonto your gear, a very powerful effect thanks to the power Gems provide.
Alongside gear and currency, every world boss has a unique cosmetic on their loot table, such as aMount TrophyorMount Armor.
How To Beat Avarice
Avarice is a large fairly slow boss thatrelies on wide-sweeping melee attacksand Gold based abilities. His attacks are relatively predictable and he won’t deal much chip damage, meaning if your gear is relatively solid he shouldn’t be much of a problem.
Keep in mind thatyou will have 15 minutes to slay himbefore he disappears to safety.
Avarice’s melee attackswill swing around in a 180-degree sweep, hitting all players with either his Mace or his Treasure Chest. The Treasure Chest has a much larger hitbox and range,so it will deal considerably more damage.
Most problems comewhen he starts summoning alarge gold portal, which he will dash through, only toreemerge from another random portal.
This ability is not very fast, so you should be able todash out of the wayunless you are trapped byGold Mounds. These are the hardest mechanic of the fight, as Avarice will continually spawn more and more of them.
When he smashes his Treasure Chest into the ground, it will send outa shockwave thatcauses all active Gold mounds to explode after a short delay. Try to stay away from these mounds as they can easily kill you when they explode.
Occasionallyhe will summon some Treasure Goblinsto help him in combat. However,they are nothing more than a chance for extra loot, so if you’re good on time then try breaking away from Avarice and hunting the little guys down for some extra goodies.
AsAvarice is a multiplayer encounter, there is a good chance you’ll get resurrected by another player even if you do di to one of his attacks.
