Where you fight: Right by the Iron Butcher’s Camp Bell (Mountain of Imprisonment)
Nearest Bell: Iron Butcher’s CampApproximate: distances are estimated from the game data, and the map painting is not to scale.Open this spot on the map →
In-game dossier & forms
Iron Butcher, the Frenzied Brute
A frenzied, arrogant brute in a mask cobbled together from scrap metal, wielding a broad-headed axe in one hand. Dried blood cakes the heavy blade. When it comes down, its weight and force are brutal, every blow filled with madness. He once followed closely behind his reckless elder brother, quietly cleaning up the mess he left behind. He always remembered their mother’s teaching: they were brothers by blood and should help one another. Even after Transcension, he had not forgotten it entirely. So why, when the Mandate captured him, did his own brother not even look back? Later, he stood guard at a Mandate camp, serving under them. And the Mandate that had once stood above all, hunting the two brothers, had long since fallen into becoming Maskwalkers little different from himself... There is no right or wrong left in this world. Everyone should be loyal only to themselves.
How to beat this fight
- The Mountain of Imprisonment is reached from Meigu Lake: the Illusory Pipa opens the illusory gate in the north-east of the lake. He waits in the large camp that holds the Iron Butcher’s Camp bell.
- Clear the camp’s other enemies before you take him on, so nothing joins in.
- He swings a broad-headed axe one-handed, and every downswing hits brutally hard.
- He mixes his axe with Chaos Fire bombs, and running sideways is the sign a throw is coming: dodge at once, and do not attack until the throws end.
- He drops the Iron Butcher Mask, which Soul Tempers Jagged Steel. You fight him again, beside his brother Jagged Steel, the Frenzied Brute, at the Human-Faced Banyan by the Shrine Outer Gate (Heart of the Banyan).
Location, drops & connected quests
The Iron Butcher is fought on the Mountain of Imprisonment (chapter 6), in the camp that holds the Iron Butcher’s Camp bell, early on the climb. The mountain is reached from Meigu Lake once the Illusory Pipa opens the illusory gate. He drops the Iron Butcher Mask, used to Soul Temper Jagged Steel. He comes back with his brother at the Human-Faced Banyan by the Shrine Outer Gate, part of Heart of the Banyan.
Key facts
Boss · Launch build
Iron Butcher, the Frenzied Brute
| Boss name | Iron Butcher, the Frenzied Brute |
|---|---|
| Location | Iron Butcher’s Camp, Mountain of Imprisonment (chapter 6) |
| Way in | From Meigu Lake, through the gate the Illusory Pipa opens |
| Drop | Iron Butcher Mask (Soul Tempers Jagged Steel) |
| Rematch | With Jagged Steel, the Frenzied Brute, at the Human-Faced Banyan by the Shrine Outer Gate |