Drakiry, Keeper of the Clutch: how to beat

Drakiry, Keeper of the Clutch — dungeon “Lower Spire of Cindermount”, level 56. The deck: phases, turn cycle, damage and healing by mode, cold, test strike,…

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Dungeon Lower Spire of Cindermount, boss 6 of 7, level 56.

The boss plays its own deck: every turn it plays the next line of its phase’s cycle, with no randomness. Learn the cycle and you know what is coming. The numbers on this page are the same as in the card tooltip in combat: before Hardiness and Defender’s Stance. Mechanics in detail — Boss mechanics.

In short

Modes: Heroic (at level 60), Normal (at the place’s level, 48–57), Keystone +10 (Mythic+, at level 60).
2 phases, 7 cards in the deck. Schools: ⚔ Physical 3, ⛰ Earth 1, 🩸 Blood 1, 🔥 Fire 1, 🌿 Nature 1.
“The Eggs Are Cooling” cold: every enemy turn, everyone through shields — heroic 840, keystone +10 700 to each before Hardiness. No cold in normal mode.
“Cudgel off the Shoulder” test strike — on boss turns 8 and 16: heroic 7,000, keystone +10 8,000; 40% weaker with a defensive card on yourself.
The heaviest hit is “Cudgel off the Shoulder”: heroic 7,000, keystone +10 8,000.

Phases and turn cycle

The phase changes with the boss’s Health. In each phase the boss goes round its own cycle: at the end it starts again. The boss’s next turn shows on its portrait.

1. “On Watch” — from the start of the fight

Down to 40% Health.

Cycle step	What the boss plays
1	🌿 Watchdog + ⚔ Watchman's Cudgel
2	⚔ Watchman's Cudgel
3	⛰ Shell
4	⚔ Watchman's Cudgel
5	⚔ Watchman's Cudgel
6	⚔ Counting the Eggs

2. “An Egg Is Missing” — below 40% Health

Below 40%: the dog at once, angrier.

On entering the phase the boss plays at once: 🩸 An Egg Is Missing, 🌿 Watchdog.

Cycle step	What the boss plays
1	⚔ Watchman's Cudgel
2	⛰ Shell
3	⚔ Watchman's Cudgel
4	⚔ Counting the Eggs + ⚔ Watchman's Cudgel

The “Cudgel off the Shoulder” test strike is not part of the cycle: the boss announces it on its turns 7 and 15 and hits on turns 8 and 16.

Cards and numbers

The number is what a hit takes before Hardiness (through shields — from Health only), how much the boss heals itself, the shield it puts up, a minion’s Health. A dash means the card is not in that mode or has no number. Keystone: +10 numbers; hits are the same from +7 to +9 and weaker per level below +7.

Card	What it does	Heroic	Normal	Keystone +10	How to answer
⚔ Cudgel off the Shoulder · Physical, test strike	A test strike on whoever holds the boss’s attention (usually the tank). The boss announces it on its own, outside the cycle, and hits on its 8th and 16th turn; one turn before, there is a countdown on the portrait and a warning above your hand. The target plays a defensive card on themselves before the hit — it is 40% weaker. Not in normal mode. Through shields.	7,000 · with a defensive card 4,200	—	8,000 · with a defensive card 4,800	Test strike, one turn of warning. The tank plays a defensive card, the healer tops him up in advance.
⚔ Watchman's Cudgel · Physical, hit	A hit on whoever holds the boss’s attention (usually the tank).	2,550	750	4,100	A plain hit.
🌿 Watchdog · Nature, summon with a task	Summons “Watchdog”. While it lives, it covers the boss: damage to the boss ×0.5.	Health 2,120 · hits 255	Health 510 · hits 75	Health 10,280 · hits 410	While the dog lives, damage to the watchman is halved. The dog bites.
⛰ Shell · Earth, timed shield	A shield for 3 turns. Fail to break it and the boss plays “The Shell Burst”.	shield 3,530	shield 850	shield 17,130	A shield of 3,530 (heroic) / 850 (normal) / 17,130 (keystone +10) for 3 turns. If you do not break it, the shell bursts on everyone.
🔥 The Shell Burst · Fire, hit on everyone	A hit on everyone: the number is for each. Shields hold half.	1,033	203	1,107	If the shield was not broken.
⚔ Counting the Eggs · Physical, opening: more damage to the boss	The boss is open: damage to it ×1.3 for 2 turns.	—	—	—	+30% damage for 1 party turn.
🩸 An Egg Is Missing · Blood, boss empower	The boss’s hits ×1.15 until the fight ends.	—	—	—	Stronger by 15% until the fight ends.

“The Eggs Are Cooling” cold

They are meant to be kept warm. They sell them cold, it is cheaper.

Heroic: 840 to each per enemy turn, before Hardiness.
Keystone +10: 700 to each per enemy turn, before Hardiness.
Hits every fighter in the party through shields; Hardiness reduces it — better gear takes less.
The answer is healing every turn: shields do not stop cold. Healer cards do it best — they heal Health only.
No cold in normal mode.

Test strike

“Cudgel off the Shoulder” — on boss turns 8 and 16, through shields, on whoever holds the boss’s attention (usually the tank). On heroic, while the party’s tank is alive, it goes to the tank. Not in normal mode.
Heroic: 7,000 before Hardiness; 4,200 if the target answered with a defensive card.
Keystone +10: 8,000 before Hardiness; 4,800 if the target answered with a defensive card.
One turn before the hit there is a countdown on the portrait and a warning above your hand. The target plays a defensive card on themselves: a self-shield, damage reduction or “cannot be killed”. A card someone else plays on the target does not count.

Enrage

Heroic: from party turn 40, every boss turn is 4% stronger, and it stacks.
Normal: as before — if the fight drags on past its expected length, the boss hits harder every turn.
Keystone +10: as before — if the fight drags on past its expected length, the boss hits harder every turn.

Roles

Tank

The “Cudgel off the Shoulder” test strike lands on the boss’s 8th and 16th turn (heroic and keystone +10). One turn before, play a defensive card on yourself — a self-shield, damage reduction or “cannot be killed”: the hit becomes 40% weaker. Keep such a card in hand for those turns.
Shields do not stop this hit: the healer tops up your Health before it.
“Watchman's Cudgel” hits you. Keep Taunt on rhythm: while the boss hits the tank, the rest stay whole. The heaviest is “Watchman's Cudgel” (“On Watch” phase, cycle step 1).
Do not fall: on heroic, mythic and in keystones, without a living tank the boss’s hits on its focus go through shields. A resident can be the tank too.

Healer

“The Eggs Are Cooling” cold hits everyone through shields every enemy turn: heroic — 840, keystone +10 — 700 to each before Hardiness. Heal everyone every turn; healer cards do it best — they heal Health only.
“The Shell Burst” hits everyone. Before that turn, get everyone above half Health; it goes half through shields: shields hold half, the rest hits Health.
“An Egg Is Missing”: the boss hits harder — keep crystals and heals in reserve for those turns.

Damage dealers

“Watchdog” covers the boss: while it lives, damage to the boss ×0.5. Kill it first.
“Counting the Eggs”: the boss is open and takes more damage — save your strong cards for that turn.
“Shell”: a timed shield — break it before it runs out.
Do not drag it out: heroic — enrage from turn 40.

The heaviest hits

“Cudgel off the Shoulder” — test strike, through shields.
“Watchman's Cudgel” — on the tank; “On Watch” phase, cycle step 1.
“The Shell Burst” — on everyone, half through shields.

Loot

All of the boss’s loot with rough drop chances is in the item atlas; rules and items by boss are on the Lower Spire of Cindermount page.

Previous boss — Cindereater, Minion of Fire. Next boss — Chieftain of the Black Clan, Garr Bloodfall.

All bosses of the place — Lower Spire of Cindermount. Rules of a fight against a boss with a deck — How to beat: every boss.