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Entity of Avarice
HP	NG: 720 - 1,150 NG+: 1,350 - 1,500
Weakness	Fire (Wooden) Lightning (Metal)
Resistance	?
Respawns	NO

Entity of Avarice is an enemy in Dark Souls 2 (DKS2). Entity of Avarice, a creature disguised as a regular chest, ambushing players with a deadly attack upon being opened or struck. The mimic can devour nearby players, inflicting high damage and posing a serious threat. Enemies have their own behavior and unique attacks, killing enemies provide various drops that reward players with items and souls.

Dark Souls 2 Entity of Avarice Information

A monster which looks like (mimics) a regular chest but will attack the player when opened or struck. The mimic will gobble up any player standing close to it, a move which deals high damage and can kill a player outright.

Entity of Avarice Location in DKS2

• Wooden Chest Mimic
  • Earthen Peak
  • Doors of Pharros
  • Dragon Shrine
  • The Gutter
• Metal Chest Mimic
  • Iron Keep
  • Aldia's Keep
  • Crown of the Ivory King

DKS2 Entity of Avarice Drops

• Earthen Peak mimic drops
  • Work Hook
  • Dark Gauntlets
• Iron Keep mimic drops
  • Dark Armor
  • Lightning Winged Spear
• Doors of Pharros mimic drops
  • Dark Leggings
  • Black Scorpion Stinger
• Aldia's Keep mimic drops
  • Dark Mask
  • Sunset Staff
• Dragon Shrine mimic drops
  • Washing Pole
  • Twinkling Titanite
• Crown of the Ivory King mimics drop:
• Symbol of Avarice
• Catarina Armor
• NG: 1,500 - 2,500 Souls,NG+ 3,000 - 5,000 Souls, NG+7: 6,000 - 10,000 Souls.

Entity of Avarice Strategy Tips in DKS2

• Like the mimics of Dark Souls 1, these mimics are fairly easy to discern from regular chests. Wooden mimics have a small face-like ornament on their clasp. Black metal mimics have two clasps that ordinary chests do not have. Furthermore, if one moves their view to place a chest between the camera and their character, a normal chest will block it as if panning into a wall, while a mimic will not. If you angle your camera close to the ground so it zooms in on the front of the chest, mimic chest lids are slightly open which allows you to see the teeth. They do not seem to occasionally breathe the way the mimics did in DS1, but a Lloyd's Talisman will still disable them and make them offer their items without a fight.

  Both types of chests, metal and wooden, can be struck as a means of checking for mimicry. One must be careful however, not overdo it. If a player inadvertently destroys the chest when checking for a mimic (happens if you strike the chest 3 times), they will be left with Rubbish.

• The easiest way to handle a mimic is to hit them several times while they are unfurling. If you have a fairly well upgraded weapon, they won't survive long.
• After about 4-5 seconds they will lash out and grab anything in a moderately large range around them, probably leading to death. Once they are fully open, they have a number of leaping or gap-closing attacks, as well as a round kick. Their defense remains weak however, and their counter-window is seemingly quite large, making the Old Leo Ring very useful with the proper weapon. Both in front of it and behind it are unsafe, so hug its side to attack and then evade.
• Using a Lloyd's Talisman on a mimic will disable it for easy killing or taking its drops without a fight, though leaving mimics alive is fairly pointless now that mimics have no random drop items like the Symbol of Avarice.
• Using the pyromancies Poison Mist or Toxic Mist will let you damage a mimic without causing it to aggro. This also works if you are unsure a chest is a mimic, because it will not destroy a regular chest's contents.

Dark Souls 2 Entity of Avarice Move Set

• Two Handed Sword Attack
• Running Attack
• Acid Spit

Entity of Avarice Notes and Tips in Dark Souls 2

• Notes and Tips go here.