Online:Praeconicus

Praeconicus
Location	Zenithar's Abbey Bazaar
Species	Minotaur
Health	271,124	Difficulty
Reaction	Hostile

Praeconicus

Praeconicus is a Minotaur who appears out of thin air at the bottom of the steps leading up to the Adytum in Zenithar's Abbey, during the related quest, once all three keys have been acquired.

Through reading documents in the dungeon, it is gathered that Praeconicus was somehow acquired by the merchant-lords to be the bodyguard of the chapel.

Related Quests

• The Golden Anvil: Recover a missing relic for a priest of Zenithar.

Skills and Abilities

Chop

A basic melee attack that deals moderate physical damage.

Cleave

A melee attack that deals moderate physical damage and staggers the target. Blocking negates the stagger.

Clobber

The minotaur performs a strong overhead swing with its cleaver, dealing high physical damage and stunning its target. This can be blocked to stagger the minotaur and prevent the stun.

Flying Leap

If the target is far away, the minotaur throws its cleaver at them and leaps over to pick it up, indicated by a red circle, dealing moderate physical damage.

Ram

The minotaur charges forward, indicated by a red circle around them, dealing high physical damage and knocking down targets. Blocking negates the knockdown.

Elemental Weapon

The minotaur slams its weapon on the ground, heating it up and making it glow. This buff lasts for about 30 seconds.

Elemental Pool

When Elemental Weapon is active, all attacks done will leave behind a pool of fire, indicated by a red circle, dealing continuous low flame damage.

Flame Cross

When Elemental Weapon is active, the minotaur gain an ability where it swings its flaming cleaver across the ground, sending three flaming swirls forward close together, indicated by red circles, dealing moderate flame damage each and staggering.

Molten Armor

Upon reaching 50% health, the minotaur covers itself in magical armor, granting itself a damage shield as well as increasing its outgoing damage for about 25 seconds.

Notes

• Praeconicus was originally planned to be the group boss event for the dungeon, but was replaced by Ra'back the Trap Master. The original achievement description for Zenithar's Abbey Group Event reads—Defeat Praeconicus and his monstrous companions in Zenithar's Abbey—can still be found in the game files. It is unknown what his 'monstrous companions' would have been.