Catarina, Master of Undeath

For the Tier 17 map boss, see Ziggurat Map.

For the removed Master, see Catarina, Master of the Dead.

Catarina, Master of Undeath
Catarina, Master of Undeath
Level(s)	68-83
Location(s)	Mastermind's Lair
Health	1 211 796
Damage	1426
ApS	1.35
Resistance(s)	30% Fire 30% Cold 30% Lightning 15% Chaos
Modifier(s)	Cannot Be Fully Slowed Immune To Knockback Unwavering Humanoid

Catarina, Master of Undeath is the leader of the Immortal Syndicate. She resides in the Mastermind's Lair. She can be encountered as early as Act 9, but her area level will always be a minimum of Level 68.

Abilities

At certain health thresholds, Catarina will call one of the Syndicate leaders to the fight, and then a totem in one of the corners becomes active. Destroy the totem by standing in the glowing arena quadrant. The quadrant will then start dealing physical damage over time to players standing in it. Catarina destroys the fourth totem herself in the last phase.

After the first Syndicate leader dies, the sculpture in the middle will start firing a damaging wave towards corners of the arena at regular intervals.

• Carpet Mortar - Darkness swarms! - Spell which fires a barrage of soul projectiles in front of her
  • 25% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage

• X Circle - Mortal! - Drops a scythe from the sky which then expands in X shape
  • Deals Physical Damage

• Circle X - Feel death's grip! - Large skull appears with X-shaped bite effect
  • Deals Physical Damage

• Volatile Object Explode - Arise, my children. Feed! - Spawns many skull on the ground that will turn into crawling skeletons if not destroyed by walking into them within 10 seconds. Crawling skeletons will explode on contact.
  • 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage

• Sideways Carpet Bomb - Spell which spawns multiple small green bombs on the floor, which will then detonate in sequence
  • 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage

• Scythe swing - Your soul burns for me!- Scythe attack with long range
  • Deals 100% more Damage
  • Can't be Evaded

• Rollout - Give your soul to me! - Teleports to the player and charges an area of effect attack that increases in AoE if the player moves away
  • Deals 200% more Damage
  • 25% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage

• Unearth Slam - Kulemak! - Throws her staff into the ground which leaves a damaging area effect pool (?)
  • Deals Physical Damage
    • Donut of Destiny - and later detonates into a nova of projectiles
      • Deals Physical Damage

• Soul Mortar - Barrage of soul projectiles without a voiceline
  • 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
  • Skills fire an additional Projectile

• Barrage - ?
  • 80% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
• Teleport - Catarina repositions herself

Fight

Jun, Veiled Master will open up a portal to the Mastermind's Lair where you will meet Catarina, Master of Undeath. The zone level will match the highest level Safehouse you have completed.

The Forbidden Vault

The fight starts off with basic attacks. Once she has taken some damage, she summons unique zombies to aid her. Once she has lost enough life, she will open a portal and flee to her safe house.

Zombies

• Xian Song
• Killiam Creary
• etc.

The Unearthed Hideout

Hunt the Mastermind through the hordes of monsters with Jun to The Sculpture Garden.

The Sculpture Garden

The arena is a square with four large totems in the corners and a sculpture in the center. Catarina will continue to use her attacks from the Forbidden Vault; after she reaches a certain amount of life she will turn to the center statue and heal herself, simultaneously releasing one of the syndicate leaders to attack and distract you.

Once the leader has been killed she will move to the Blackflame phase where the statue in the middle also casts spells in a circular pattern. She will also start to charge up one of the totems in the corner which will make her immune to damage when the totem is ready. Attack her meanwhile until a marker beneath you appears, go to the totem and it will absorb your soul until it breaks. The totem releases a cloud that damages over time upon destruction. When the totem is destroyed the cycle repeats itself. All totems have to be destroyed to defeat Catarina.

At low life, she will start to summon a pack of volatile skeletons. Walk over them before they spawn to destroy them. If left alive, they will constantly chase the player slowly to explode on you.

There's not a lot of monsters in this fight so there might be difficulties getting flasks recharged.

Safehouse

The safehouse contains a reward room for each Syndicate member, each elevated by one tier. Defeating Catarina while members are rank 3 is the only way to access their tier 4 rewards.

Boss drops

Drop rates are crowdsourced in version 3.21.0 and version 3.25.0; sample size 232 and 400 respectively. Actual drop rates may vary.

This boss drops a guaranteed unique from a pool.

• Cinderswallow UrnCinderswallow Urn
  Silver FlaskLasts 6.00 Seconds
  Consumes (180-200) of 240 Charges on use
  OnslaughtRequires Level 48+90 to Maximum Charges
  Recharges 5 Charges when you Consume an Ignited corpse
  (175-200)% increased Charges per use
  Enemies Ignited by you during Effect take (7-10)% increased Damage
  Veiled Suffix
  <One of the three modifiers>A controlled burn is sometimes necessary for new life.Right click to drink. Can only hold charges while in belt. Refills as you kill monsters.
  
  Take this item to Jun Ortoi to have her Unveil it. (~45%)
• Bitterbind PointBitterbind Point
  Titanium Spirit ShieldChance to Block: 25%
  Energy Shield: (187-246)
  Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 68, 159 Int(30-50)% increased Spell Damage
  (180-220)% increased Energy Shield
  Spectres have (50-100)% increased maximum Life
  Gain Arcane Surge when you deal a Critical Strike
  Your Raised Spectres also gain Arcane Surge when you do
  (40-50)% increased Spell Critical Strike Chance per Raised Spectre
  Veiled PrefixThough we live and act as individuals, in truth, we are tethered together.
  The barriers that divide us need not be broken for our spirits to become entangled.Take this item to Jun Ortoi to have her Unveil it. (~20%)
• Cane of KulemakCane of Kulemak
  Serpentine StaffWarstaff
  Physical Damage: 56-117
  Critical Strike Chance: 7.80%
  Attacks per Second: 1.25
  Weapon Range: 1.3 metresRequires Level 68, 85 Str, 85 Int+22% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff(60-90)% increased Unveiled Modifier magnitudes
  Veiled Prefix
  Veiled Suffix
  <Veiled Prefix or Veiled Suffix>
  <veiled mod pool>Stolen power is still power.Take this item to Jun Ortoi to have her Unveil it. (~15%)
• The Queen's HungerThe Queen's Hunger
  Vaal RegaliaEnergy Shield: (342-453)
  Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 68, 194 IntTrigger Level 20 Bone Offering, Flesh Offering or Spirit Offering every 5 seconds
  Offering Skills Triggered this way also affect you
  (5-10)% increased Cast Speed
  (100-130)% increased Energy Shield
  (6-10)% increased maximum Life
  Veiled Prefix
  Veiled Suffix
  <veiled mod pool>In their crimson nightmare, the Vaal are still sacrificing themselves to her glory and beauty.
  They stab their own hearts and cry out in ecstasy, only to rise again.Take this item to Jun Ortoi to have her Unveil it. (~15%)
• The Devouring DiademThe Devouring Diadem
  Necromancer CircletEnergy Shield: (154-204)Requires Level 54, 112 Int+1 to Level of Socketed Gems
  Socketed Gems have 25% increased Reservation Efficiency
  Trigger Level 15 Feast of Flesh every 5 seconds
  (180-220)% increased Energy Shield
  10% chance for Energy Shield Recharge to start when you use a Skill
  Eldritch Battery
  Veiled SuffixThe spirit hungers for the flesh.Take this item to Jun Ortoi to have her Unveil it. (~5%)

In addition, Catarina can also drop:

• Veiled OrbVeiled OrbStack Size: 20Removes a random modifier and adds a random Veiled modifier to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it.: ~30% area level 78+; ~20% area level 73-77; ~15% area level 68-72.
• Random veiled items (with a chance to have her signature "Catarina's" veiled modifier)
• Nook's CrownNook's Crown4Bone Helmet
  Item Level: 100
  Elder ItemEvery skull was once a person.
  Though 'Who?' is rarely asked.
  Friends, who wear
  the crown of Nook,
  Never need to ask.
  They remember.

Signature mod

Unveil only:

+2 to Level of Socketed Support Gems, +(5-8)% to Quality of Socketed Support Gems

Craftable version

Cost	Affix type	Stats	Item Classes Categories	Unveils
8x Chaos Orb	Prefix	+1 to Level of Socketed Support Gems	One Hand Melee • One Hand Ranged • Two Hand Melee • Two Hand Ranged • Shield	1
2x Exalted Orb	Prefix	+2 to Level of Socketed Support Gems	One Hand Melee • One Hand Ranged • Two Hand Melee • Two Hand Ranged • Shield	1

Legacy mods

Name	Generation Type		Stats
Catarina's	Prefix	1	+1 to Level of Socketed Support Gems
Catarina's	Prefix	80	+2 to Level of Socketed Support Gems

One of the legacy mods, +1 to Level of Socketed Support Gems, can be identified by its required level = 1.

The required levels of the current generation of crafted mods (introduced in version 3.6.0), are lv 48 for the +1 mod (60*0.8) and lv 64 for the +2 mod (80*0.8) respectively, which means the +2 crafted versions (current and legacy) are visually the same. Only at the back end, the mod ids are different.

See also

• Lifegiver's Manifesto

Version history

Version	Changes
3.24.1	The Syndicate Mastermind can now drop Veiled OrbVeiled OrbStack Size: 20Removes a random modifier and adds a random Veiled modifier to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it.s in Areas level 68 and above (previously level 78 and above). The chance for the Mastermind to drop the Veiled Orb between level 73 and 77 is 33% higher than between level 68 and 72. The chance between level 78 and 83 is 50% higher than between level 73 and 77. The drop rate of Veiled Orbs at higher area levels appears to have been increased as a result of this change, from approximately 10% to 30%. [Undocumented This change was not documented by any official sources. It was discovered through player testing or datamining.]
3.24.0	Veiled Chaos Orbs have been renamed to Veiled OrbVeiled OrbStack Size: 20Removes a random modifier and adds a random Veiled modifier to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it.s. They now remove a random modifier and add a random veiled modifier to a rare item. Veiled Orbs are no longer a world drop, they can drop from Catarina and are no longer offered as rewards in other League Content.
3.21.0	The Unique Item drop chances for Catarina, Master of Undeath have been rebalanced. All of her uniques can now drop from any level of the Catarina encounter. [Undocumented This change was not documented by any official sources. It was discovered through player testing or datamining.]
3.20.0	Pinnacle bosses, Map bosses, Incursion architects, Betrayal targets, Breachlords and others no longer have 33% or 66% less effect of curses on them respectively.
3.18.0e	Sentinels can no longer empower Malachai, The Nightmare, or Catarina, Master of Undeath, in the first phase of their Boss fights as they don't drop items at the end of this phase.
3.15.3b	Fixed a bug where Catarina, Master of Undeath could become stuck and fail to perform any actions.
3.14.0	We have improved the Betrayal reward system so that slaying the Mastermind is more worthwhile. Now, if the Mastermind is slain, her Immortal Syndicate Members drop their rewards at one tier higher than their current tier. This change introduces a fourth tier of reward from each member, and gives more reason to use a larger variety of Syndicate targets and safehouse leaders. Some of the best existing rewards have been moved to the fourth tier. We've also improved some of the less-interesting or less-valuable rewards. Modifiers that are unveiled through Jun are now more powerful than before. Previously, when an item was unveiled, the veiled modifier added to the item would be equal to the highest tier modifier available on the Crafting Bench. Now, the modifier being unveiled no longer counts as a crafted modifier and will be stronger than any craftable veiled modifier. Added Cane of KulemakCane of Kulemak Serpentine StaffWarstaff Physical Damage: 56-117 Critical Strike Chance: 7.80% Attacks per Second: 1.25 Weapon Range: 1.3 metresRequires Level 68, 85 Str, 85 Int+22% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff(60-90)% increased Unveiled Modifier magnitudes Veiled Prefix Veiled Suffix <Veiled Prefix or Veiled Suffix> <veiled mod pool>Stolen power is still power.Take this item to Jun Ortoi to have her Unveil it. to item drop pool.
3.10.0	The Mastermind can now drop Metamorph Scarabs.
3.9.0	The Mastermind will now drop Scarabs when slain.
3.8.0	Upon completing the Mastermind encounter, you'll now have access to a reward room for every single Immortal Syndicate member currently with a job on your board (including prisoners). That's essentially up to 14 rooms worth of rewards, plus the Mastermind themselves. Added a Stash to the Mastermind's Safehouse reward area because, well, you're going to need it. Mastermind Intelligence no longer decays. Upon defeating the Mastermind, the Betrayal board state is reset to a similar number of members and relationships as the starting state. However, Safehouse Intelligence is no longer reset upon defeating the Mastermind. Mastermind's Safehouse now has 200% increased Experience from monsters.
3.6.0	The Mastermind encounter has been simplified, clarified, and made easier: The Mastermind's Pillar Surges now activate at a slower rate. The Mastermind's Volatile Skeletons will no longer spawn in graveyard areas with an active green fire effect. Increased the radius at which the Mastermind's Volatile Skeletons explode (making it easier to safely trigger them). Improved the Mastermind's behaviour in and around the active green fire graveyard area thing places. She shouldn't get stuck in corners anymore!
3.5.0	Introduced to the game.