Charon, Ferryman of the Dead
A Boss-tier magic monster in Gates of Avernus, encountered at levels 48–50. It counts toward quests that ask for elite or boss monsters, whatever your level.
Skills
Charon, Ferryman of the Dead has two named skills. Each fires once per fight, at the moment shown below. The boss card in Expeditions lists the same skills before you spend any energy, and the fight report names a skill when it fires.
| Skill | When | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Eyes of Coal | At the start of the fight | Eyes like burning coals find the gap in your guard: +8% crit chance for the first 3 rounds. Punishes starting the fight hurt. |
| The Fare Is Due | After round 8 | No one crosses for free: after the 8th round he collects, +10% damage for the rest of the fight. Punishes a slow kill. |
Nature
Its card in Expeditions reads Resists fire · Resists poison.
- Resists fire. Burning, which Ignis Vestae or gear with Burn chance can leave, has 50 % of its strength on it.
- Resists poison. Poisoned, which gear with Poison chance can leave, has 50 % of its strength on it.
A nature changes only the state an element leaves, never the hit itself, and nothing is immune. See Elements and states.
Example stats (level 50)
Monster stats scale with the level you meet them at; this is one example roll at the top of the band.
| HP | 2153 |
|---|---|
| Weapon damage | 90–146 |
| Armor | 146 |
| Offensive stat | 108 (magic) |
Drop table
Drop chance on a win: 60% (Boss tier).
| Rarity | Chance |
|---|---|
| common | 20% |
| uncommon | 36% |
| rare | 34.5% |
| epic | 7% |
| legendary | 2% |
| mythic | 0.5% |
Themed loot: 60% of template rolls draw from this monster’s spirit pool — Wand, Scepter, Staff, Tome, Acolyte's Cowl, Acolyte's Robe, Acolyte's Wraps, Acolyte's Sandals — and the remaining 40% from the full item catalogue.
Unique drops: Scythe of Charon (~6% per kill); Ferryman's Obol (~6% per kill). A unique is its own tier, not a high roll: every copy carries the same hand-written stats and the same signature effect.
Item level of a drop scales with the monster’s level; the numbers above are the fixed odds a win rolls against.