Uploaded September 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This video features the second and final boss "fight" of Styx: Shards of Darkness against the dwarven golem during the events of the very final mission, Vengeance. Note that this footage was recorded while playing on the Initiated difficulty (which can be considered the normal difficulty setting of the game) and that I deliberately ignored any collectable and side quest featured in the mission for the sake of brevity.
The encounter with the golem is mechanically pretty similar to the one against the Roabie Queen halfway through the game: the whole thing boils down to memorize the boss attacks' pattern and shield yourself from them as you race for your objective and try not to get yourself killed. As the final boss, the golem is a severe jump in difficulty from the Queen: not only the "fight" lasts longer but the golem has different attack patterns you must deal with as you keep moving through the level, and each is a guaranteed one-hit kill. As such, the whole encounter is more like a parkour, trial-and-error platforming sequence than a proper stealth-based boss fight. This also means all that stealth-enhancing gear you have been unlocking through the whole game is pretty much useless here.
On the other hand, this is the only mission in the game where achieving the Swiftness, Shadow and Mercy gold medals is a total pushover
This video features the second and final boss "fight" of Styx: Shards of Darkness against the dwarven golem during the events of the very final mission, Vengeance. Note that this footage was recorded while playing on the Initiated difficulty (which can be considered the normal difficulty setting of the game) and that I deliberately ignored any collectable and side quest featured in the mission for the sake of brevity.
The encounter with the golem is mechanically pretty similar to the one against the Roabie Queen halfway through the game: the whole thing boils down to memorize the boss attacks' pattern and shield yourself from them as you race for your objective and try not to get yourself killed. As the final boss, the golem is a severe jump in difficulty from the Queen: not only the "fight" lasts longer but the golem has different attack patterns you must deal with as you keep moving through the level, and each is a guaranteed one-hit kill. As such, the whole encounter is more like a parkour, trial-and-error platforming sequence than a proper stealth-based boss fight. This also means all that stealth-enhancing gear you have been unlocking through the whole game is pretty much useless here.
On the other hand, this is the only mission in the game where achieving the Swiftness, Shadow and Mercy gold medals is a total pushover
