Pretender Hephaestus

Pretender Hephaestus is an uber AI resting in Forge of Hephaestus. To face him however you must first brave his three Cyclopian guards, Brontes, Arges and Steropes. Their ships were forged by Pretender Hephaestus himself and are out-fitted with powerful weapons - only those of fortitude may enter the forge.

The bright suns and many asteroids in this area make fighting him nearly impossible for stealth classes. Coupled with a big nasty chain laser-wielding drone on the sun, how can anyone possibly defeat him!?

Although Pretender Hephaestus is considered the weakest Olympus uber, Pretender Hephaestus is still hard, very hard, don't blink or you'll die several times over and get to watch from your pod as he melts your ship down to scrap and reforges the Cyclopian guards you killed to fight him - coincidentally, Steropes mentions this very thing right before he dies!

Some of the features of Pretender Hephaestus' home include his very own Hephaestus Forged Overloaders; these are decay-on-warp overloaders that can be mined from the inner asteroid belt. They're extremely powerful, and well worth the investment of time to mine, however they aren't necessary to kill Pretender Hephaestus. If you instead want to challenge a mini Cyclopes, then you need to mine in the outer asteroid belt, you may even find some bronze while you're getting butchered by them!

Stages

Stage 1

"Hephaestus" upon entering.

Stage 2

75%: "Hephaestus" in his second form, deploying Unstable Hephaestus Drones.

Stage 3

50%: "Hephaestus" in his third form with a new chain laser.

Stage 4

25%: "Hephaestus" in his final form.

Gear

Tiers

Heavy	Oversized
	Normal
?	Miniature

Tier 3	?	Maul
Tier 2	Coppersmith	Striker
Tier 1		Hammer
Tier 0.75		Mallet

Damage Types

Blazing	Energy
Burning	Heat
Flashing	Laser
Forging	Mining
Glowing	Radiation
Paring	Surgical

Drops

Commodities

• Hephaestus Fragments

Blueprints

• Hephaestus Machine (BP)
• Hephaestus Machine+ (BP)
• Hephaestus Research Module Blueprint

Weapons

• Hephaestus' Burning Mallet (BP)
• Hephaestus' Burning Hammer (BP)
• Hephaestus' Burning Striker (BP)
• Hephaestus' Burning Maul (BP)
• Hephaestus' Flashing Mallet (BP)
• Hephaestus' Flashing Hammer (BP)
• Hephaestus' Flashing Striker (BP)
• Hephaestus' Flashing Maul (BP)
• Hephaestus' Blazing Mallet (BP)
• Hephaestus' Blazing Hammer (BP)
• Hephaestus' Blazing Striker (BP)
• Hephaestus' Blazing Maul (BP)
• Hephaestus' Forging Mallet (BP)
• Hephaestus' Forging Hammer (BP)
• Hephaestus' Forging Striker (BP)
• Hephaestus' Forging Maul (BP)
• Hephaestus' Glowing Mallet (BP)
• Hephaestus' Glowing Hammer (BP)
• Hephaestus' Glowing Striker (BP)
• Hephaestus' Glowing Maul (BP)
• Hephaestus' Paring Mallet (BP)
• Hephaestus' Paring Hammer (BP)
• Hephaestus' Paring Striker (BP)
• Hephaestus' Paring Maul (BP)

Expander

• Hephaestus Expander
• Hephaestus Coppersmith Expander (BP)

Shields

• Dented Hephaestus Shield
• Hephaestus Shield(BP)
• Hephaestus Buckler(BP)
• Heavy Hephaestus Shield(BP)
• Hephaestus Coppersmith Shield(BP)
• Heavy Hephaestus Coppersmith Shield(BP)

Exterminators

Fire Extinguisher 2

Augmenters

• Molten Fires of Hephaestus Augmenter
• Molten Fires of Hephaestus+ Augmenter (BP)
• Hephaestus Skin Augmenter

Testing

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