Sixfold Scythe boss guide: The Hunt's transformed form

Empty The Hunt's bar at the Great Waterfall and he transforms into Sixfold Scythe — longer combos, faster attacks, and the Hunter's Chain Sickle at the end.

10/30/2026 Last updated: 10/30/2026 4 min read

FAQ

Is Sixfold Scythe a separate boss from The Hunt?

It is the same character and the same arena, but a distinct second form. The Hunt, Hunter of the Order transforms into Sixfold Scythe once his health bar empties at the Great Waterfall in Weeping Creek Valley.

Do you have to redo the first phase if you die to Sixfold Scythe?

No. Dying to the transformed form puts you back into that form on retry, not back at the start of the waterfall fight.

How do you beat Sixfold Scythe?

Block his opening, then parry the follow-up slashes to drain his Sha-Chi. Stay close — his reach is half the arena — and when he jumps, block the chain slashes and parry just before the spin ends.

What does Sixfold Scythe drop?

Hunter's Chain Sickle, a Phantom Edge that pulls targets toward you. Nothing drops from the earlier phases of the fight.

At a glance


Region	Great Waterfall, Weeping Creek Valley
Chapter	Steel and Steam
Type	Perfect Transcensions
Trigger	The Hunt’s health bar empties
Drop	Hunter’s Chain Sickle
Last checked	2026-10-30

How you get here

This is not a boss you walk up to. Fight The Hunt at the Great Waterfall, take his health bar to zero, and he transforms instead of dying.

Everything before the transformation — the wagon ambush, the waterfall opener, the double side jump, the tornado — lives on The Hunt’s page. This page starts where that one ends.

How he changes

Longer strings, faster swings, same reach. The transformation is not a new moveset so much as the same moveset without the pauses — the gaps you punished in the first phase get shorter, and the strings get longer.

Two practical consequences:

Your old punish windows are gone. Do not carry a timing habit over from the previous phase.
His reach is still half the arena. Distance remains the wrong answer. Close in, stay in.

How to fight him

Block the opener, parry the follow-ups

Take his opening attack on guard, then look for the parries in the slashes that follow. That is the Sha-Chi drain, and draining Sha-Chi is how this form becomes vulnerable — not chip damage.

Trying to out-damage him here is a losing trade. He swings faster than you do.

When he jumps: block, then parry late

The airborne string is the one that ends fights. He throws four ranged attacks first, then five chain slashes as he leaps, and finishes with a parryable attack.

Hold block through the slashes and commit to the parry just before the spin ends — the animation is quick and reacting to the landing is too late.

Stay inside the sickles

His range is the reason people lose this phase. Every time you create distance you give him a free attack and give yourself nothing. Stay close, eat the block cost, and take the parry windows when they come.

Gear

Slot	Pick	Why
Main weapon	Scarlet Wraithblade	Sha-Chi drain is how this form opens up
Main weapon	Jagged Steel	Bleed still applies; Rampage on staggers
Phantom Edge	Dread Axe	Charged hits on the longer stagger windows
Medicine	Focus Pill	The phase is longer than the one before it
Movement	Lateral dodges, never straight back	Sickle Throw and Fissure cover the retreat line

Rewards

Hunter’s Chain Sickle — a Phantom Edge that pulls targets toward you, which is the ranged answer to bosses that refuse to close distance. This is the only drop in the whole fight.

Notes

Transformation, not a second boss. Same arena, same character, harder form.
Checkpoint at the transformation. Dying here does not cost you the first phase.
The pauses are shorter. Old punish timings do not carry over.
Block the jump, parry late. The spin ends fast.
Never retreat in a straight line. That is where his ranged attacks live.
The drop only comes from this form.

The Hunt — the wagon fight and the waterfall opener
Jagged Steel — the bleed weapon this fight wants
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