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key: mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-persistent-progress
type: mechanic
id: boss-fight-atlas--boss-persistent-progress
lang: en
title: Persistent encounter progress
summary: Completed milestones survive defeat and shape the next attempt.
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https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-persistent-progress/
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- Boss fights
- Encounter goals and vulnerability
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https://polyakovin.github.io/boss-fight-atlas/ru/mechanics/persistent-progress/
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title: Omega Flowey · Undertale
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title: Final Fantasy XVI boss phase checkpoints
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title: Omega health checkpoints — Gameranx
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https://gameranx.com/features/id/484934/article/final-fantasy-xvi-echoes-of-the-fallen-how-to-defeat-omega-and-complete-the-dlc/
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updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
title: Persistent encounter progress
description: Completed milestones survive defeat and shape the next attempt.
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width: 640
height: 360
game: Dark Souls
sourceUrl: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THhfAmDDO54&t=42s'
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sourceFrameSeconds: 42
credit: >-
FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment; gameplay capture by Speer
Gaming
rights: >-
Game graphics © FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment. Gameplay
recording by Speer Gaming. Original visible source markings retained.
All rights reserved; excluded from portal MIT and CC BY 4.0.
caption: >-
Dark Souls: destroying a Bed of Chaos side node records separate
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Dark Souls: destroying a Bed of Chaos side node records separate
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A destroyed side node does not have to be destroyed again after
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- Confirm the saved milestone and the state used for the next attempt.
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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
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attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors
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---
# Persistent encounter progress
id: boss-fight-atlas--boss-persistent-progress
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-persistent-progress
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-persistent-progress/
Completed milestones survive defeat and shape the next attempt.
## At a glance
[Dark Souls](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THhfAmDDO54&t=42s) · Game graphics © FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment. Gameplay recording by Speer Gaming. 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=THhfAmDDO54), 42 s
1. A destroyed side node does not have to be destroyed again after death
- Confirm the saved milestone and the state used for the next attempt.
- [Dark Souls](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THhfAmDDO54&t=42s)
## How it works
Completed milestones survive defeat and shape the next attempt.
## Variants
### How the technique works
- Completed milestones survive defeat and shape the next attempt.
## 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: Persistent encounter progress (RU)](https://polyakovin.github.io/boss-fight-atlas/ru/mechanics/persistent-progress/) (id: source-38fabeb256092dd9)
- [Boss Fight Atlas: Persistent encounter progress (EN)](https://polyakovin.github.io/boss-fight-atlas/en/mechanics/persistent-progress/) (id: source-c96e80a68d70538d)
- [Bed of Chaos · Dark Souls](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THhfAmDDO54&t=42s) (id: source-ca7ea21031b57c19)
- [Omega Flowey · Undertale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw18fj56V6E&t=5s) (id: source-cc6d71af342e9558)
- [Omega · Final Fantasy XVI: Echoes of the Fallen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=421w-jizqQk&t=129s) (id: source-d60e80807d26c58a)
- [Boss Up: Boss Battle Design](https://media.gdcvault.com/gdc2018/presentations/Keren_Itay_BossUp.pdf) (id: source-c151324fe6097460)
- [Bed of Chaos persistent roots — Dark Souls Wiki](https://darksouls.wikidot.com/the-bed-of-chaos) (id: source-91669a58d28ebe7b)
- [Omega Flowey game-over behavior — Undertale Wiki](https://undertale.wiki/w/Game_Over) (id: source-1fbd9382966fea9b)
- [Final Fantasy XVI boss phase checkpoints](https://game8.co/games/Final-Fantasy-XVI/archives/416293) (id: source-0caed0eb19d70a35)
- [Omega health checkpoints — Gameranx](https://gameranx.com/features/id/484934/article/final-fantasy-xvi-echoes-of-the-fallen-how-to-defeat-omega-and-complete-the-dlc/) (id: source-158b150c81945282)
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