My idea for the upgraded Nethengeic Wither fight

[SooshiGuy]

Since I made the suggestion for the new King BamBamBam fight, I figured I might as well do the same with the Nethengeic Wither. This was a lot harder to come up with though.

New Boss Token: First of all I figured that the Nethengeic Wither should get a new boss token called the Withered Nethengeic Callstone which is obtained by putting a Nethengeic Callstone next to a Nether Star in the crafting grid. This will make it so the player must fight The Wither before fighting the Nethengeic counterpart.

Elite Version Design: The elite version will have a floating Netherite Crown located above its middle head.

Phase 1: In the first phase, the Nethengeic Wither will act exactly as if it was The Wither and thus it will fly above the player and will only do the following attack:

• Skull Shot: The Nethengeic Wither will often fire skulls towards the player which would create explosions upon contact with something. There are 2 variants, black skulls which only cause an explosion, and blue skulls which would additionally give the wither effect. The Elite Nethengeic Wither will fire the skulls slightly faster.

Phase 2: The first phase is very short and will end once the Nethengeic Wither loses a 10% of its health. When its over, a transition into Phase 2 begins where the Nethengeic Wither will roar and move far away from the player, then the magma streaks will start appearing over its body. During this transition, the Nethengeic Wither cannot be attacked until the second phase starts. During this phase, the Nethengeic Wither will always attempt to move away from the player and will use the following attacks:

• Skull Shot 2.0: The Nethengeic Withers most common attack will involve him firing skulls towards the player which would create explosions upon contact with something. There are 3 variants, black skulls which only cause an explosion, blue skulls which would additionally give the wither effect, and red skulls which would additionally set the player on fire. The Elite Nethengeic Wither will fire the skulls slightly faster.
• Buff Roar: The Nethengeic Wither will occasionally roar which will randomly do one of the following things: give the Nethengeic Wither Resistance I and Strength II, or summon 2-4 Wither Skeletons. The Elite Nethengeic Wither will either get Resistance I, Strength II and Regeneration I, or summon 3-5 Wither Skeletons.
• Geyser Summon: The Nethengeic Wither will occasionally enter a transition which involves flames coming out of his heads eventually causing geysers of fire to appear beneath the player, 7 geysers will be summoned until they stop. This attack can only be avoided by moving out of the way every time one appears. The Elite Nethengeic Wither will summon 10 geysers instead.
• Nethengeic Charge: The Nethengeic Wither will sometimes turn horizontally and charge towards the player, causing knockback. The Elite Nethengeic Withers charge will cause an explosion upon impact.

Phase 3: The final phase involves the Nethengeic Wither entering an enraged form where his eyes turn red and flame particles appear around him. In this phase he gain the same shield from The Wither forcing the player to use melee attacks. Elite Nethengeic Wither will also have a regeneration effect. He has exactly the same attacks from Phase 2 with 2 extra attacks added on which are:

• Skull Spectre: The Nethengeic Wither will summon a ghostly wither skull entity called a skull spectre which will follow the player and is immune to all attacks, it can also go through walls. If the skull spectre touches the player then it will deal damage and inflict Nausea onto its target. The skull spectre will disappear after 15 seconds. Elite Nethengeic Wither will summon 2 skull spectres.
• Skull Blaster: The Nethengeic Wither will constantly shoot black skulls out of his middle head towards the player at a really fast rate. This will last for 10 seconds before all four heads on the sides shoot four red skulls at once. The Elite Nethengeic Wither will shoot blue skulls instead of black ones.

Upon defeat, The Nethengeic Wither will start shaking while flashing white before creating a large explosion similar to defeating the Wither in bedrock edition (you don't have to do this but I thought it would be cool). Any Wither Skeletons or Skull Spectres that were around upon the Nethengeic Withers defeat will despawn to prevent an unfair death.

Loot: Upon death, the Nethengeic Wither can drop the following:

• Nethengeic Wither Trophy
• Ornate Nethengeic Wither Trophy (Elite variant only)
• Archaic Tokens
• Silver Coins
• Gold Coins
• Bottle o' Enchanting
• Gunpowder
• Enchanted Gunpowder
• Coal
• Bones
• Emberstone Nuggets
• Flammable Dust
• Wither Skeleton Skulls
• A Nether Star
• Hellfire
• Nethengeic Callstone
• Magic Repair Dust
• Magic Mending Compound
• Fire Runes
• Wither Runes
• Power Runes
• Nethengeic Sword
• Wither's Wrath
• Nethengeic Slugger

Bestiary Entries: Here is some bestiary entries for both Withers I made:

The Wither: "The Wither is a dangerous skeletal monster constructed using Soul Sand and Wither Skeleton Skulls. It isn't fully known why doing this causes the Wither to be summoned but we do know that the energy from souls within the sand is creating a Nether Star which is fuelling the beast's power.

Regardless of who made it, the Wither is extremely aggressive and will attack by rapidly firing explosive skulls at its targets. Construct these monsters with your own risk."

The Nethengeic Wither: "If you think the Wither couldn't get anymore dangerous, think again. The Nethengeic Wither is what you get if you were to combine a Nether Star with a Nethengeic Callstone made from Netherite Scraps and some Emberstone. Since the Nether Star contains lots of souls, all this is doing is reviving the Wither into an even more fiery and armoured version made from the elements of The Nether itself.

This variant of The Wither is much smarter due to it being killed before so it already knows its own weaknesses. It also shares several similarities with Nethengeic Beasts which also means the Nethengeic Wither has extra fiery abilities. With this in mind, it is very important that anyone who wishes' to combine a Nether Star and several pieces of Emberstone and Netherite together to see what happens, should always think twice before doing so."

Just like with the King BamBamBam boss fight, I don't know whether or not the team already has a concept for this Wither but if so that's okay too.

Other Things Because this boss can fly, the fight can only take place in the following arenas to prevent it from somehow flying away in the fight:

• City Arena
• Desert Arena
• Shrine Arena
• Square Arena
• Swamp Arena
• Tulip Arena

[SooshiGuy]

By the way, if you don't want to add the Withered Nethengeic Callstone then what you could do is change the crafting recipe of the Nethengeic Callstone to have a Nether Star in the centre, 4 Netherite Scrap around it, and 4 Emberstone Nuggets around the Netherite.