--- key: mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-party-size-scaling type: mechanic id: boss-fight-atlas--boss-party-size-scaling lang: en title: Party-size scaling summary: Encounter parameters account for the number of participating players. updatedAt: '2026-10-22' status: active url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-party-size-scaling/ jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-party-size-scaling.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-party-size-scaling.md aliases: [] tags: - Boss fights - 'States, resources, and scaling' sourceIds: - source-05d3d9a7facdafc8 - source-50a791951206c25b - source-284c4e7d4f3a55ef - source-9ea182e6f42e71db - source-1f0988d1c5c8843e - source-f7c17b73d278b885 - source-6ea385b7ecdc3f2a - source-dfaa8010e538c262 - source-c151324fe6097460 - source-42b9fbb3db332b75 sources: - id: source-05d3d9a7facdafc8 title: 'Boss Fight Atlas: Party-size scaling (RU)' url: >- https://polyakovin.github.io/boss-fight-atlas/ru/mechanics/party-size-scaling/ verifiedAt: null - id: source-50a791951206c25b title: 'Boss Fight Atlas: Party-size scaling (EN)' url: >- https://polyakovin.github.io/boss-fight-atlas/en/mechanics/party-size-scaling/ verifiedAt: null - id: source-284c4e7d4f3a55ef title: Skeletron · Terraria url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNbg8-PkeOM&t=1s' verifiedAt: null - id: source-9ea182e6f42e71db title: 'Alatreon · Monster Hunter: World — Iceborne' url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEyiePCDbbs&t=60s' verifiedAt: null - id: source-1f0988d1c5c8843e title: Glyphid Dreadnought · Deep Rock Galactic url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6HlfUFqqC0&t=1s' verifiedAt: null - id: source-f7c17b73d278b885 title: Expert Mode — Official Terraria Wiki url: 'https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/Expert_Mode' verifiedAt: null - id: source-6ea385b7ecdc3f2a title: 'Monster Hunter: World update Ver. 10.10' url: 'https://www.monsterhunter.com/update/mhw/us/ver10_10.html' verifiedAt: null - id: source-dfaa8010e538c262 title: Glyphid Dreadnought — Official Deep Rock Galactic Wiki url: 'https://deeprockgalactic.wiki.gg/wiki/Glyphid_Dreadnought' verifiedAt: null - id: source-c151324fe6097460 title: 'Boss Up: Boss Battle Design' url: 'https://media.gdcvault.com/gdc2018/presentations/Keren_Itay_BossUp.pdf' verifiedAt: null - id: source-42b9fbb3db332b75 title: Terraria url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNbg8-PkeOM&t=22s' verifiedAt: null relations: [] placements: - catalogId: boss-fight-atlas id: boss-party-size-scaling title: Boss fights url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/boss-fight-atlas/#boss-party-size-scaling categoryIds: - catalog-part-12 supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-22' title: Party-size scaling description: Encounter parameters account for the number of participating players. image: src: images/mechanics/boss-final-ynbg8-pkeom-22.webp width: 240 height: 426 crop: x: 0 'y': 85 width: 240 height: 270 game: Terraria sourceUrl: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNbg8-PkeOM&t=22s' originalUrl: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNbg8-PkeOM' sourceFrameSeconds: 22 credit: Re-Logic; gameplay capture by OrdinaryAidan rights: >- Game graphics © Re-Logic. Gameplay recording by OrdinaryAidan. Original visible source markings retained. All rights reserved; excluded from portal MIT and CC BY 4.0. caption: 'Terraria: a cooperative Skeletron fight in Expert mode' alt: 'Terraria: a cooperative Skeletron fight in Expert mode' markers: - x: 50 'y': 81 label: >- In multiplayer Expert mode the boss’s health accounts for player count tips: - >- Check health, target counts and rewards separately and account for joining or leaving. examples: - title: Terraria url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNbg8-PkeOM&t=22s' endsAt: null provenance: >- Editorial reference index based on the 124 public Boss Fight Atlas mechanic pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; source categories, game/boss associations and reference URLs retained from the atlas. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. license: CC-BY-4.0 codeLicense: MIT attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors catalogKey: catalog/boss-fight-atlas --- # Party-size scaling id: boss-fight-atlas--boss-party-size-scaling type: mechanic key: mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-party-size-scaling lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-party-size-scaling/ Encounter parameters account for the number of participating players. ## At a glance ![Terraria: a cooperative Skeletron fight in Expert mode](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/boss-final-ynbg8-pkeom-22.webp) [Terraria](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNbg8-PkeOM&t=22s) · Game graphics © Re-Logic. Gameplay recording by OrdinaryAidan. Original visible source markings retained. All rights reserved; excluded from portal MIT and CC BY 4.0. [Source recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNbg8-PkeOM), 22 s 1. In multiplayer Expert mode the boss’s health accounts for player count - Check health, target counts and rewards separately and account for joining or leaving. - [Terraria](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNbg8-PkeOM&t=22s) ## How it works Encounter parameters account for the number of participating players. ## Variants ### How the technique works - Encounter parameters account for the number of participating players. ## Context and limits A concise reference to all 124 Boss Fight Atlas mechanics across its 14 source sections. Each entry includes a definition, full RU/EN lesson links, game references and further reading retained from the source. Animations and detailed rules remain in the atlas. ## Connected materials ## Sources and provenance Editorial reference index based on the 124 public Boss Fight Atlas mechanic pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; source categories, game/boss associations and reference URLs retained from the atlas. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. - [Boss Fight Atlas: Party-size scaling (RU)](https://polyakovin.github.io/boss-fight-atlas/ru/mechanics/party-size-scaling/) (id: source-05d3d9a7facdafc8) - [Boss Fight Atlas: Party-size scaling (EN)](https://polyakovin.github.io/boss-fight-atlas/en/mechanics/party-size-scaling/) (id: source-50a791951206c25b) - [Skeletron · Terraria](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNbg8-PkeOM&t=1s) (id: source-284c4e7d4f3a55ef) - [Alatreon · Monster Hunter: World — Iceborne](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEyiePCDbbs&t=60s) (id: source-9ea182e6f42e71db) - [Glyphid Dreadnought · Deep Rock Galactic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6HlfUFqqC0&t=1s) (id: source-1f0988d1c5c8843e) - [Expert Mode — Official Terraria Wiki](https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/Expert_Mode) (id: source-f7c17b73d278b885) - [Monster Hunter: World update Ver. 10.10](https://www.monsterhunter.com/update/mhw/us/ver10_10.html) (id: source-6ea385b7ecdc3f2a) - [Glyphid Dreadnought — Official Deep Rock Galactic Wiki](https://deeprockgalactic.wiki.gg/wiki/Glyphid_Dreadnought) (id: source-dfaa8010e538c262) - [Boss Up: Boss Battle Design](https://media.gdcvault.com/gdc2018/presentations/Keren_Itay_BossUp.pdf) (id: source-c151324fe6097460) - [Terraria](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNbg8-PkeOM&t=22s) (id: source-42b9fbb3db332b75) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors