The Archivist
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| Region | Filthy Corpse World |
| Phase 1 Mechanic | Defeat the Librarians |
| Phase 2 Mechanic | Protect UNSAFE.DAT |
The Archivist is one of the bosses that appears in P03 in Kaycee's Mod. She is the Uberbot of Filthy Corpse World.
Battle
Phase 1
The Archivist's main form of offense during this phase comes in the form of Librarians. The field is set up with 3 columns of Librarians constantly coming down from the leftmost, middle, and rightmost lanes, with 2 columns of tombstones When a Librarian is killed, a weight on the Archivist's side of the scale is placed, the size of which directly correlates with when the boss is fought.
- 1st Map: 4
- 2nd Map: 3
- 3rd Map: 2
- 4th Map: 1
Phase 2
At the beginning of the second phase, an UNSAFE.DAT is played on the rightmost tile on the player's side of the field. On the Archivist's side of the field, a Virus Scanner is played, with it being played on the leftmost tile and getting closer the later the Archivist is fought. The rest of the opening spaces on the Archivist's board are Dead Trees. For the rest of the battle, the Archivist will play Exeskeletons and Skel-E-Latchers.
Trivia
- The Archivist is meant to be Botopia's stand-in for Grimora, but according to Kaycee, the Archivist is much worse than Grimora.
- At the start of the fight, beeping sounds arranged in morse code can be heard in the background.
- This is related to the ARG of Inscryption.
- By surviving the 2nd phase of the Archivist for 6 or more turns, you get the Book of the Dead achievement.
Quotes
- Phase 1 begins:
- Archivist: "Excellent. Let us start."
- Archivist: "My librarians have barely begun to prepare."
- If the Archivist is the player's first boss:
- Archivist: "Each will deal four damage when they die."
- If the Archivist is the player's second boss:
- Archivist: "Each will deal three damage when they die."
- If the Archivist is the player's third boss:
- Archivist: "Each will deal two damage when they die."
- If the Archivist is the player's fourth boss:
- Archivist: "Each will deal one damage when they die."
- Phase 2 begins:
- Archivist: "I have been scanning the archives..."
- Archivist: "There is a file that seems particularly - shall we say - unsavory."
- Archivist: "If it dies, you lose the game, understand?"