Firetress has 250 HP (50 more than ender dragon, but is no where near as deadly) and 100 shield points (which is like the wither before only melee attacking)
The Firetress can be attacked by any weapon, ranged or not, and snowballs deal double damage.
The shield (first 100 hp) has a Thorns type ability dealing 1/10 of all damage back to the attacker (I highly recommend leaving doggos back at home) No health of the Firetress will be regenerated, and in total to destroy the shield you will need to take 10 hearts of damage, you can regenerate before attacking again, so I’d recommend totaling some golden apples or carrots along.
When the shield is broken the thorns ability is gone, but for every ten hearts of damage dealt, one blaze will spawn dropping the same loot as a normal blaze.
This boss is not meant to be hard but rather guard the fortress, upon defeating the Firetress, 2 things will happen:
A. The blaze spawned will generate.
B. It will drop a “fire relic”. It has no durability and can be used as a weapon, throwing fire charges like a ghast or a blaze. It can also be used as an infinite fuel source, and used like a flint and steel.
One Firetress spawns per nether fortress, and no hostile mobs will spawn until the Firetress is defeated.
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