DSDungeon Settlers Guide

Boss and elite finder

Know the floor, the threat, and what the win unlocks.

Search the current Early Access encounters without mixing fixed region bosses, story fights, and chance-spawn elites.

Tracked encounters
5
Live regions
2
Checked against
Early Access v0.4.23
Last review
September 16, 2026
Progression spoilers below.

Exact rewards and combat values are labeled as community evidence when the developer has not published a current stat table.

Current campaign route

Three fights players commonly confuse.

01 · Story checkRed Monster Rat

Leads to: Crawling Doom

02 · Region 1 gateGiant Stone Golem

Leads to: Festering Burrow

03 · Region 2 gateChain Knight Sentinel

Leads to: Current credits

5 encounters
Story encounter

Red Monster Rat

Veil of Silence · Floor 2 story route · Fixed spawn

Community reported

Completes the Crawling Doom story beat. This is not the fight that unlocks Region 2.

Watch for
  • Bloody Scratch
  • Bleed and slow
  • Rat Swarm
Prepare

Rest before the room, let a frontliner take first contact, and keep the back line spread for the swarm.

Known rewards
  • 9 Disgusting Monster Meat (community reported)
  • First kill: Red Monster Rat Soul Stone / Bloody Scratch (community reported)
Chance elite

Alpha Acid Slogel

Veil of Silence · Floor 4 · Chance spawn

Community reported

Optional elite. It may not appear on every Floor 4 expedition and does not replace the region boss.

Watch for
  • Room-wide corrosion
  • Armor durability pressure
  • Stun does not cancel corrosion
Prepare

Bring reliable ranged damage and check armor durability before committing to the room.

Known rewards
  • 10 Carapace (community reported)
  • 32 Lesser Mana Stones (community reported)
  • First kill: Soul Stone / Shell Hardening (community reported)
Region boss

Giant Stone Golem

Veil of Silence · Floor 5 · Fixed spawn

Official + community

Clearing the fight and choosing Return records the Region 1 clear and opens Festering Burrow.

Watch for
  • Area stomps and throws
  • Pulsating Rock summons
  • Bleed and Burning immunity reported
Prepare

Spread the party, destroy summon objects before they resolve, and use direct damage instead of a damage-over-time plan.

Known rewards
  • 48 Lesser Mana Stones (community reported)
  • 2 Goddess's Tears (community reported)
  • First kill: Giant Stone Golem Soul Stone plus a random stone drop (community reported)
Chance elite

Elder Gloth

Festering Burrow · Floor 4 · Chance spawn

Official + community

Optional elite. Re-run Floor 4 if it does not appear; it is not the region-clear fight.

Watch for
  • Gloth reinforcement calls
  • Chance spawn
  • Summoning snowball
Prepare

Keep burst or control ready for reinforcement casts. Official v0.4.19 notes cap Gloth summoning at three uses.

Known rewards
  • Exact current reward table is not documented
Region boss

Chain Knight Sentinel

Festering Burrow · Floor 5 · Fixed spawn

Official + community

Clears the second Early Access region, rolls the current credits, and opens the post-campaign route.

Watch for
  • Chain pulls and roots
  • Adjacent-tile strikes
  • Auto Repair
  • Bleed immunity reported
Prepare

Spread before each chain sequence, reform immediately after a pull, and save sustained damage for the repair window.

Known rewards
  • 30 Intermediate Mana Stones (community reported)
  • First kill: Chain Knight Sentinel Soul Stone (community reported)
  • Random reward reported as Arcron x12 or Return Scroll x4

How to use this page

Plan the run, then verify the result screen.

Fixed or chance

A missing chance elite is not a failed route. Re-run its documented floor.

Gate or optional

Only the region bosses advance the main region route. Story and elite fights serve different goals.

Evidence first

Use exact reward quantities as a checklist, not a guarantee after future balance patches.