Skeleton Key Boss
King Borr


The Spring Test Realm 2021 is finally out! It’s time to dive into some of the juiciest parts of the updates- the Skeleton Key bosses! The first of these is King Borr, found in the Savarstaad Pass in Grizzleheim.

King Borr’s Location


King Borr can be found at the spot where I am currently standing in this picture. His sigil is very close to the Teleporter Hub, as well as the passage to Northguard.

Borr is similar to Krampus, in a way. Just like in the Krampusgarten, you have the option to choose the difficulty of the duel. Regardless of the difficulty, you will still be facing this King, and his faithful minion Grendelynn.

  • Tier 4 – Levels 110+ – King Borr is Rank 19 and has 10,870 health. The minion is Rank 18 and has 5,375 health.
  • Tier 3 – Levels 51-109 – King Borr is Rank 12 and has 5,570 health. The minion is Rank 11 and has 2,530 health.
  • Tier 2 – Levels 31-50 – King Borr is Rank 8 and has 1,915 health. The minion is Rank 7 and has 870 health.
  • Tier 1 – Levels 1-30 – King Borr is Rank 7 and has 1,150 health. The minion is Rank 6 and has 520 health.

King Borr at Tier 1 (levels 1-30) does not have any cheats.

Tier 2 Fight

Cheats:

  • At the start of the duel, Grendelynn will interrupt cast a Shadow Sentinel to Intercept 75% of all damage dealt to King Borr. Upon her death, she will be revived. You must kill Borr before you can defeat Grendelynn.
  • You cannot Feint Borr without indemnity. He will cast a mass cleanse ward if he is feinted.
  • Joining the duel after the second round will result in a Medusa to the joining wizards.

Rank 8 Myth Boss – King Borr

  • Balanceblade
  • Cleanse Ward
  • Pierce
  • Shatter
  • Humongofrog
  • Keeper of the Flame
  • Natural Myth Attack
  • Athena Battle Sight
  • Earthquake

Rank 7 Ice Elite – Grendelynn

  • Freeze
  • Tower Shield
  • Black Mantle
  • Natural Ice Attack
  • Angry Snowpig
  • Blizzard
  • Frostbite

Tier 3 Fight

Cheats:

  • At the start of the duel, Grendelynn will interrupt cast a Shadow Sentinel to Intercept 75% of all damage dealt to King Borr. Upon her death, she will be revived. You must kill Borr before you can defeat Grendelynn.
  • You cannot Feint Borr without indemnity. He will cast a mass cleanse ward if he is feinted.
  • Joining the duel after the second round will result in a Medusa to the joining wizards.

Rank 12 Myth Boss – King Borr

  • Pierce
  • Shatter
  • Cleanse Charm
  • Natural Myth Attack
  • Mass Cleanse Ward
  • Black Mantle
  • Balanceblade
  • Humongofrog
  • Keeper of the Flame
  • Athena Battle Sight
  • Earthquake
  • Orthrus
  • Medusa
  • Berserk

Rank 11 Ice Elite – Grendelynn

  • Freeze
  • Tower Shield
  • Natural Ice Attack
  • Balefrost
  • Weakness
  • Frostbite
  • Angry Snowpig
  • Blizzard
  • Winter Moon
  • Frost Giant
  • Brace

Tier 4 Fight

Cheats:

  • At the start of the duel, Grendelynn will interrupt cast a Shadow Sentinel to Intercept 75% of all damage dealt to King Borr. Upon her death, she will be revived. You must kill Borr before you can defeat Grendelynn.
  • You cannot Feint Borr without indemnity. He will cast a mass cleanse ward if he is feinted.
  • Joining the duel after the second round will result in a Medusa to the joining wizards.

Rank 19 Myth Boss – King Borr

  • Pierce
  • Shatter
  • Myth Prism
  • Mass Cleanse Ward
  • Natural Myth Attack
  • Mass Cleanse Ward
  • Black Mantle
  • Balanceblade
  • Bladestorm
  • Grendel’s Amends
  • Humongofrog
  • Keeper of the Flame
  • Athena Battle Sight
  • Earthquake
  • Frenzy
  • Mystic Colossus
  • Snake Charmer
  • Earthquake
  • Orthrus
  • Medusa
  • Tatzlewurm Terror
  • Quicken
  • Bestow

Rank 18 Ice Elite – Grendelynn

  • Fortify
  • Frozen Armor
  • Freeze
  • Bladestorm
  • Mass Tower Shield
  • Mass Weakness
  • Ice Prism
  • Steal Ward
  • Natural Ice Attack
  • Katabatic Wind
  • Frostbite
  • Angry Snowpig
  • Blizzard
  • Winter Moon
  • Abominable Weaver
  • Frost Giant
  • Abominable Weaver
  • Climaclysm
  • Shatterhorn
  • Snowball Barrage

Strategy


  • Indemnity Feint must be the first trap to be placed, or the other traps will be cleansed off.
  • King Borr must be defeated before Grendelynn can be defeated, so hit as hard as you can.
  • Beguiling the minion the turn of your hit will also disable the intercept aspect of Grendelynn.

Drops


All of the items from the Grizzleheim Lore Pack are available from Borr. In particular, Spellements for Ratatoskr’s Spin, Hammer of Thor, and Grendel’s Amend drop here aplenty.

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Dakota TitanHeart

Dakota's been playing Wizard101 for well over ten years now. He's seen a lot of change in the game, and loves to check everything out on his trusty Storm and Death. When an update comes out, expect to see him running around to create strategies and discover secrets. While he's more of a PvE player, Dakota isn't new to PvP, formerly a tournament PvPer. Nowadays, he spends his days playing Beastmoon and working on his fire wizard.

13 COMMENTS

  • Krampus and King Borr are now Gold Key Bosses

  • I’m at King Borr and there’s no option to team up. I really don’t want to do this alone, how do I get a team?

    • BTW, I have tons of gold keys, and still can’t get the option to team up.

      • Just join a discord server
        You will get people to play with

      • Ill help you with it (if your still looking) YT GIRLYGAMINGYT just leave a comment and we’ll find a way to meet up! ill be checking my comments c: only at 760 subs its just a way to like not share personal info LOL

  • Hi there, thanks for the guide. Seems like you CAN NOT choose what difficulty you want- perhaps after a certain level. I am level 140 and had intended to do all three, but the only one available to me is the gold key. ðŸ™

    • This fight was recently updated with the summer 2022 update and has not been updated in this article yet. The boss now can only be unlocked with a gold key, but the cheats and overall strategy remain the same.

  • Do you need something to unlock this key room? I am on the Europe servers but cannot enter it..

    • Hi, it’s not available for W101 EU yet, EU is currently on the Summer 2020 update, King Borr was added in Spring 2021 update.

  • Does King Borrow drop more spellements ie, chance to get 30 at once or is it the same for loremaster after spring update?Which is worth farming to get rat spin?

  • How do I get those spells perm trained Ratatoskr’s spin Hammer of Thor and Grendel’s Amends what is the best way or what are any other ways if any more

    • Late reply but you get can get spellements dropped from King Borr which you can use to unlock the spell in the spellewriting tab. Other ways to get the spell include crafting them by getting the recipe from Grady in Avalon or farming Loremaster for the spell. I’d say your best bet would be to just do King Borr though.

  • The stone key King Borr also removes unprotected feints.

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