Rotscale

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Rotscale
Affiliation	Undead
Type	Zombie
Profession	Necromancer
Level(s)	30 (32)
Campaign	Prophecies
Map(s)
Location in Majesty's Rest

Rotscale is a mighty bone dragon. It has widely roamed the lands of Tyria and is known to recently have trekked through the Shiverpeak Mountains to Kryta, where many adventurers attempted to slay it. It eventually made it to the border of the Maguuma Jungle, where it built a nest in Majesty's Rest.

More recently, several Rotting Dragons have appeared near Rotscale, with an entourage of Smoke Phantoms. Rumors persist that a powerful and valuable object, perhaps a weapon, lies within the tomb it now guards zealously...

Although it looks like a Bone Dragon, it does not take double damage from Holy damage like undead creatures do. It is not a boss, but can drop a unique weapon.

[edit] Locations

• Kryta
  • Majesty's Rest

[edit] Quests

• Great Temple of Balthazar
  • Zaishen Bounty

[edit] Skills

• Deathly Swarm
• Desecrate Enchantments
• Feast of Corruption (elite)
• Malaise
• Deafening Roar (monster skill)

[edit] Items dropped

• Bone
• Pile of Glittering Dust
• Rotwing Recurve Bow (unique)

[edit] Notes

• You can not capture skills from Rotscale.
• May have over 20,000 hp, and it can take several minutes to kill.
• The ground below the place where Rotscale stands is poisonous.
• There is a Statue of Balthazar right next to the bridge near Rotscale. When kneeling at this statue, you summon a Champion of Balthazar that, when talked to, allows you to remove 2% death penalty for 100 gold or Holy Blessing for 50 gold. This is especially helpful when vanquishing Majesty's Rest, or if everyone in your party dies.
• When you arrive just above the stairs, a group of Smoke Phantoms will spawn near the Statue of Balthazar.
• Not to be confused with Ruinwing.
• A guide to killing it can be seen here.

[edit] Trivia

• On June 15th, 2006, Rotscale started dropping the Rotwing Recurve Bow. The Scribe describes this change here.
• There used to be a boss called Rotscale in Sanctum Cay. This boss has since been renamed to simply "Bone Dragon" to prevent confusion.
• Rotscale is one of the oldest creatures in Tyria - both in a lore sense and a game design sense. The dragon has been around since the early betas in 2004, where there was a quest near the Frost Gate (Slay Rotscale, since removed) in which the player had to kill it.
• Before June 15th, 2006, Rotscale was a Monk, not a Necromancer. It was with four Bone Dragons instead of Rotting Dragons.