Sentient Statue is a boss that the player can encounter in Chapter 1, in the hallway of Blackrock Castle and can be re-encountered in The Pit.
Appearance[]
Sentient Statue is identical to the other statues in Blackrock Castle, except that the other statues are not sentient. The statue is entirely grey with a pedestal holding a knight wielding a sword pointing downward as well as a darker gray visor and a fin on the top of the head.
Moveset[]
Unexpected Zooming (RANGED)[]
Sentient Statue moves back a bit before swiftly zooming forward, dealing 
4 to the party.
Statue Smash (MULTI-HIT)[]
Sentient Statue moves up to the target and slams down on them twice, dealing 2 per hit.
Attack Pattern[]
Unexpected Zooming > Statue Smash > Repeat
Interactions[]
Blackrock Castle[]
Upon moving up the spiral stairs, the next room will greet any players there with a green healing pad and a spawn point. Upon walking down the left corridor, a cutscene will play starting with the roof shaking with the Sentient Statue quickly appearing and challenging the player. The 
First Strike bonus cannot be obtained in this fight due to the cutscene going straight into battle.
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Bloxxer
Beat all demo 1 bosses on Hard Mode. |
Trivia[]
- Before Demo 2 was released, due to the hard-to-master timing and sheer amount of damage, this was one of the most difficult enemies to face.
- Sentient Statue is the only enemy in Chapter 1 that has a multi-hit attack, that being Statue Smash.
- As such, said statue is also the only enemy in said chapter that can give an
and rating for a guard.
- As such, said statue is also the only enemy in said chapter that can give an
- One of their lines of dialogue; “Tis’ but a scratch…” is a reference to a line said by the Black Knight while trying to downplay his injury after King Arthur cuts off his arm in Monty Python and The Holy Grail.
- Unexpected Zooming hitting the entire party was suggested in a deleted comment thread on the video of the Cruel King's theme.
- There's an UGC made by Spaceman Moonbase called Sentient Statue Squad based on the enemy's appearance at floor 19.
- On August 7th 2024 9:21 PM MST, the Sentient Statue's "Souls Collected" counter reached 1 Million Souls.
- The "Souls Collected" counter may have been added to the room where the Sentient Statue is encountered due to how hard the boss was upon being released.
- The Sentient Statue is somewhat inspired by the Mani Mani Statue from Earthbound, due to the position of its sword and stance.
- The Sentient Statue appears as a Killer in the game Midnight Horrors.
