Kitava, the Insatiable

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Kitava, the Insatiable
Kitava, the Insatiable
Kitava, the Insatiable
Level(s) 45 / 67
Location(s) The Cathedral Rooftop (Act 5), The Feeding Trough
Quest(s) The Ravenous God
An End to Hunger
Health 345 608 (Act 5)
4 460 067 (Act 10)
Damage 2284
7242
ApS 6.00
Resistance(s) 15/25% Fire
15/25% Cold
15/25% Lightning
7/13% Chaos
Modifier(s) Unwavering
Cannot Be Slowed
Kitava's first form in Act 5
Kitava's second form in Act 5

Kitava, the Insatiable is the final boss of Act 5 and Act 10. He is the main antagonist of The Fall of Oriath expansion. The battle consists of multiple phases in which players must damage Kitava, then damage Kitava's Heart, and this occurs alternatively till Kitava is defeated.

Quest

Strategy

Kitava deals mostly physical damage and fire damage. High armour will help mitigate the physical damage, while supporting flasks will help reduce received damage.

Recommended flasks are Ruby FlaskRuby FlaskLasts 8.00 Seconds
Consumes 20 of 50 Charges on use
+40% to Fire Resistance
+5% to Maximum Fire Resistance
Requires Level 18Right click to drink. Can only hold charges while in belt. Refills as you kill monsters.
, Basalt FlaskBasalt FlaskLasts 8.00 Seconds
Consumes 40 of 60 Charges on use
20% more Armour
Requires Level 27Taunts nearby Enemies on useRight click to drink. Can only hold charges while in belt. Refills as you kill monsters.
, and/or Granite FlaskGranite FlaskLasts 6.00 Seconds
Consumes 30 of 60 Charges on use
+1500 to Armour
Requires Level 27Right click to drink. Can only hold charges while in belt. Refills as you kill monsters.
. If you're using an evasion based defence, Jade FlaskJade FlaskLasts 6.00 Seconds
Consumes 30 of 60 Charges on use
+1500 to Evasion Rating
Requires Level 27Right click to drink. Can only hold charges while in belt. Refills as you kill monsters.
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Life Regeneration will help against Devouring Darkness, which can be assisted with various tools such as a Sulphur FlaskSulphur FlaskLasts 8.00 Seconds
Consumes 40 of 60 Charges on use
40% increased Damage
Requires Level 27Creates Consecrated Ground on UseRight click to drink. Can only hold charges while in belt. Refills as you kill monsters.
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Taking Soul of Abberath from the Pantheon can also help with Kitava's Ultimate Death Breath skill.

Kitava permanently lowers all of your resistances by 30% after "defeating" him at the end of Act 5 (you can't win. You can only get him to about 50% health and then he turns on Enrage Mode, turns red, and fires a beam from his eyes that destroys the Purity of Innocence. Sin saves you at the last minute), and lowers them by a further 30% after being defeated in act 10. Caution should be taken to make sure your resistances are high enough so the drop doesn't affect you too harshly. The effect is permanent and cannot be removed.

Kitava has side bosses in heart phases, primarily Kitava's Heart and one additional side boss being Champion of the Feast and Shaman of the Feast.

Act 5

Slam

  • Deals 75% of Damage
  • 50% less damage to Minions

Swipe

  • Deals 20% of Damage
  • 70% less damage to Minions

Throw Debris

  • Deals 100% of Damage
  • 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
  • 25% more Attack Speed
  • 30% less damage to Minions

Devouring Darkness

  • Deals X Physical Damage per second
  • Base duration is 6 seconds
  • Base secondary duration is 3 seconds
  • 50% less damage to Minions

X Blast

  • Deals X to Y Physical Damage
  • 50% less damage to Minions

Act 10

X Blast

  • Deals X to Y Physical Damage
  • 70% less damage to Minions

Swipe

  • Deals 10% of Damage
  • 70% less damage to Minions

Beam Sweep

  • Deals X to Y Physical Damage
  • 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
  • 30% less damage to Minions

X Nuke

  • Deals X to Y Physical Damage
  • 90% less damage to Minions

Death Breath

  • Deals X to Y Fire Damage
  • 50% less damage to Minions

Devouring Darkness

  • Deals X Physical Damage per second
  • Base duration is 12 seconds
  • Base secondary duration is 4 seconds
  • 70% less damage to Minions

Beam Orb 1

  • Deals X to Y Physical Damage
  • 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
  • Base duration is 15 seconds
  • 60% less damage to Minions

Ultimate Death Breath

  • Deals X to Y Fire Damage
  • 95% less damage to Minions

Beam Orb 2

  • Deals X to Y Physical Damage
  • 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
  • Base duration is 20 seconds
  • 60% less damage to Minions

Map variants

  • Lord of the Grey (Belfry MapBelfry MapMap Level: 69
    Map Tier: 2
    Guild Character: w
    Bells are rung in celebration, and in sorrow.
    And, finally, in despair.
    Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.
    )
  • Kitava, The Destroyer (Lava Lake MapLava Lake MapMap Level: 80
    Map Tier: 13
    Guild Character: µ
    At the heart of a peaceful, secluded valley,
    an island of burning, consuming fury.
    Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.
    )

Trivia

  • In Finnish, "kitava" means something possessing a large mouth or jaws.

Video

Gallery

Lore

Kitava is the Karui god of chaos, hunger, and corruption. According to Karui tradition, Kitava is a cannibal deity with boundless hunger. Like the other gods of Wraeclast, Kitava's abilities are restricted by the Beast (which was destroyed by the player in Act 4).

In The Reliquary (Act 5) there are environmental lores to further explain Kitava 's boundless hunger.

According to Utula, Kitava is also known as The Black Spirit, The Cannibal King, The Ravenous One or The Tormented One. His official deity title is the Father of Corruption.

In The Chamber of Innocence, there is an environmental lore "Triumph of Innocence" that claimed Innocence driven out Kitava away, but the author of the Triumph , High Templar Avarius is the vessel of Innocence himself.

    • Upon entering The Aqueduct, the Marauder says, "'Follow a dead river to the foot of Kitava's kingdom.' Just how the elders at home told it."
    • Upon entering The Mines Level 1, the Marauder says, "I walk in your kingdom, Kitava, and I am coming for you."
    • Upon entering The Mines Level 2, the Marauder says "Kitava's belly rumbles. He is hungry for me."
    • Upon entering The Belly of the Beast, the Marauder says, "The way to a god's heart is through his guts."
    • Upon killing Malachai, The Nightmare, the Marauder says, "Do you hear me, Kitava?! Your champion is dead, and your kingdom dies with him!"
  • Navali's "Karui Gods" dialogue option concludes, "And in the final days of this world, Kitava, whose hunger know no bounds, will take it all away."
  • Haku's "The Karui Way" dialogue option says in part, "Yet the Ancestors cannot tell me how Kitava's tyranny might end. Only that it will, if we who still can, stand against Him. It is in this hope that I choose to live. Hope is my fortress, and from it I wage war against Kitava's slaves."
  • Haku's "Kaom" dialogue option says in part, "Kitava, God of Corruption, consumed Kaom from heart to skin. Kaom became the greatest of Kitava's slaves when he abandoned his people to serve himself."
  • Haku's "Kitava" dialogue option says, "It is Kitava who rules this place. His Black Spirit is everywhere, in the claws that draw our blood, in the minds of those men and women who... would eat of our flesh. At first I thought it was Kaom who led the God of Corruption to this land. No. Kitava was already here, and he remains here still. A cannibal, feasting on the corpse of Wraeclast. He awaits us all, growing fat in the darkness of Wraeclast's blackened heart."
  • Haku's "The Karui and Wraeclast" dialogue option says in part, "Though the signs led me to believe that it was the Eternals who invited Kitava into Wraeclast, we Karui had a hand in humanity's downfall here. ... So we must right the wrongs of our past, and wake this land from Kitava's nightmare. Only then will the debt be repaid."
  • Haku's "Catarina, Master of the Dead" dialogue option says, "Catarina is Kitava's slave, preparing pretty feasts for a cannibal God."
  • When Haku reaches level 5, he says in part, "Had I the tools at hand, I would carve the mark of Kitava, Father of Chaos, into your flesh."

Environmental Lore

  • A Weathered Carving in Kaom's Dream, says in part, "We crushed the servants of Kitava beneath our heels as we marched across the land."
  • A Weathered Carving in Kaom's Stronghold says in part, "The Eternals opened the gate and invited Kitava into this land. The Karui paid the price. Kitava cut us off from the Ancestors, raised the remembed as His children, tortured our dreams. Kitava murdered the Karui Way. I will found a new Way, for I have been chosen. I gather my forces so that I might wage war on Kitava."
  • Another carving in Kaom's Stronghold says in part, "Kitava has soaked this land in his filth.... Your spirits will fight by my side when we march against Kitava."

Related items

These unique items are named after Kitava:

ItemStatsFlavour Text
Kitava's TeachingsKitava's Teachings
Small Cluster Jewel
Adds Disciple of KitavaSavour the bitter, cherish the sweet,
For there may never be another chance to eat.
Place into an allocated Small, Medium or Large Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Added passives do not interact with jewel radiuses. Right click to remove from the Socket.
Adds Disciple of KitavaSavour the bitter, cherish the sweet,
For there may never be another chance to eat.
Kitava's ThirstKitava's Thirst
Zealot Helmet
Armour: (202-246)
Energy Shield: (42-52)
Requires Level 44, 50 Str, 50 Int50% chance to Trigger Socketed Spells when you Spend at least 100 Mana on an
Upfront Cost to Use or Trigger a Skill, with a 0.1 second Cooldown
15% reduced Cast Speed
(70-80)% increased Armour and Energy Shield
+(30-50) to maximum Mana
Tukohama, Tawhoa and Kitava went to the lake to fish.
Tawhoa weaved a net to catch the fish,
Tukohama built a fire to cook the fish,
and Kitava swallowed the entire lake, fish and all, with a single gulp.
50% chance to Trigger Socketed Spells when you Spend at least 100 Mana on an
Upfront Cost to Use or Trigger a Skill, with a 0.1 second Cooldown
15% reduced Cast Speed
(70-80)% increased Armour and Energy Shield
+(30-50) to maximum Mana
Tukohama, Tawhoa and Kitava went to the lake to fish.
Tawhoa weaved a net to catch the fish,
Tukohama built a fire to cook the fish,
and Kitava swallowed the entire lake, fish and all, with a single gulp.
Kitava's FeastKitava's Feast
Void Axe
Two Handed Axe
Physical Damage: (288-326.4) to (432-489.6)
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Attacks per Second: 1.25
Weapon Range: 1.3 metres
Requires Level 68, 149 Str, 76 DexSocketed Gems are supported by Level 30 Melee Splash
(200-240)% increased Physical Damage
1% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Life
1% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Mana
Recover 5% of Life on Kill
Enemies Killed by your Hits are destroyed
Hinekora bound Kitava to a rock
that Kitava could not lift with all his might.
Kitava vowed that when he broke free,
he would devour every soul in Hinekora's domain.
Socketed Gems are supported by Level 30 Melee Splash
(200-240)% increased Physical Damage
1% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Life
1% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Mana
Recover 5% of Life on Kill
Enemies Killed by your Hits are destroyed
Hinekora bound Kitava to a rock
that Kitava could not lift with all his might.
Kitava vowed that when he broke free,
he would devour every soul in Hinekora's domain.

Related passive skills

Version history

Version Changes
3.11.0
  • Fixed a bug where brands hovered above Kitava's head (and typically offscreen).
3.2.0
  • Kitava's Heart can no longer be slowed below their base speed.
3.0.0
  • Introduced to the game as boss monster. (Introduced in the lore before that)

ru:Китава, Ненасытный