Dark Souls Archthrones Great Deep Accursed Boss Fight Guide

Dark Souls Archthrones presents players with a multitude of formidable bosses, ranging from humanoid adversaries to more monstrous foes. A prime example of the latter is the Great Deep Accursed boss, known for its challenging combat mechanics.

For those currently struggling against this formidable opponent or planning to face it in the future, this guide is tailored to your needs. Below, we'll detail the precise strategies required to defeat the Great Deep Accursed boss in Dark Souls Archthrones.

How To Beat Dark Souls Archthrones Great Deep Accursed

The Great Deep Accursed boss can be reached from the lower level of the grand cathedral area, accessed by making your way toward the large door opposite the main thrones where Aldrich, Saint of the Deep can be found. Nearby is access to Saint Klimit as well. Once you open the door, you can use the elevator, which will take you straight down and allow you to step off right in front of the fog gate.

Now, for the boss fight itself, the Great Deep Accursed is a giant feral beast-like creature that features two phases. The first phase involves the beast itself, while the second occurs when the beast's head explodes, and a worm-like creature extends from it to act as its new head. Before we delve into the details of how to take on this boss, let's break down the attacks it will use in both phases.

Great Deep Accursed First Phase

• Lunging Bite: The beast lunges forward and throws out a biting attack as it lands.
• Swinging Strikes: The boss swipes in front of itself three to four times, dealing heavy damage if it stun-locks you.
• Ground Slam: The beast slams its fist into the ground, attempting to hit you from underneath.
• Heavy Punch: The beast charges up a punch and deals knockback damage if it hits you.

Great Deep Accursed Second Phase

• Head Strike: The worm-like extremity in the beast's head extends forward quickly and strikes you if you're ahead of it.
• Chaos Burst: The beast releases orbs of bleed/dark damage that fly outwards in all directions.
• Bleed Mist: The beast expels a mist of bleed damage-inflicting vapor into the air.

What makes this fight a little tricky is the speed at which the boss can catch you off guard. But if you can nail the one key trick to this fight — positioning — then you'll be perfectly able to get through it. Simply put, you'll want to stay close to the boss, either on its sides or behind it.

This will keep you out of harm's way when it comes to the boss's frontal attacks but also allows you to get hits on the safest spot to attack for this boss — its legs. As you circle the boss, you can deal a few hits to the legs or torso. If you see the boss rise, it's either going to jump away or perform a ground attack, which can swipe you if you're not careful.

So keep yourself to the boss's side or back and back away when the boss begins to move very quickly or in a telegraphed manner. The boss is also quite susceptible to being staggered, allowing you to pull off some power attacks at the head, so be sure you keep your wits about you to not miss these chances.

In the second phase, the strategy remains essentially the same, except for its explosion attack, which can hit you if you're on its side. So just keep this in mind once phase two is triggered, but generally speaking, the fight won't last very long since the boss has a fairly small health bar, so you won't be on your toes for too long.

And there you have it, simply follow these tips and tricks for beating the Great Deep Accursed boss in Dark Souls Archthrones. Once the boss is defeated, you'll be all set to move on to other powerful bosses awaiting you in this amazing mod.