ERKPEPOHET is a secret joke boss in The Extended Tale of Diep. It is one of, if not the most difficult boss(es) in the game.
Design
ERKPEOPHET looks like a heavily pixelated rendition of the Archprophet with googly eyes.
Technical
ERKPEOPHET never spawns by itself. Instead, it must be spawned by using SYNTAX ERROR, obtained by killing TEAS UFF PENZAPPLE.
When ERKPEOPHET is summoned, it will start using the AI of a completely random thing in the game. This can be anything from a lowly Square to the Avatar of Panzer. Every single frame of its existence, it has a chance to change AI. When it selects an AI, it will also select a random phase to be in. It will summon any parts that go with that AI, and can even change phase or despawn depending on which AI it uses. Its health regeneration, movement speed, etc. will change according to its AI.
While ERKPEOPHET is alive, taking damage from absolutely any source will inflict NO U. While it is alive, any damage taken will also be multiplied by 6.9. ERKPEOPHET's attacks always do 69 damage.
If ERKPEOPHET is not defeated within 11 minutes and 6 seconds of its spawn (which will always happen because it just has way too much health), it explodes into a dense cloud of 69 bullets that inflict NO U for 6.9 minutes (414 seconds) on all players hit by these bullets.
However, if Lord Sassafras was successfully defeated within 24 hours of ERKPEOPHET spawning, it will despawn by itself after 4140 minutes of total existence because come on, you can beat this guy (I think).
Trivia
- ERKPEOPHET has at least 83 times more health than the base health of the Avatar of Panzer.
- ERKPEOPHET is based off of another joke boss from the Calamity Mod from Terraria. It was called THE LORDE, and it had similar abilities to this abomination. It also has NO U too, what a coincidence!