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type: mechanic
id: boss-fight-atlas--boss-wave-clear-objective
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title: Wave-clear objective
summary: Encounter progress depends on completing successive enemy waves.
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- Boss fights
- Encounter goals and vulnerability
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title: Wave-clear objective
description: Encounter progress depends on completing successive enemy waves.
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credit: Nicalis / Edmund McMillen; gameplay capture by Alexix128
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Game graphics © Nicalis / Edmund McMillen. Gameplay recording by
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caption: 'The Binding of Isaac: Great Gideon is resolved by clearing waves'
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label: The 2/6 counter shows progress through six waves
tips:
- >-
Explain whether clearing enemies, surviving or direct damage advances
the encounter.
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- title: 'The Binding of Isaac: Repentance'
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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
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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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---
# Wave-clear objective
id: boss-fight-atlas--boss-wave-clear-objective
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-wave-clear-objective
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-wave-clear-objective/
Encounter progress depends on completing successive enemy waves.
## At a glance
[The Binding of Isaac: Repentance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq-7D79ULRI&t=15s) · Game graphics © Nicalis / Edmund McMillen. Gameplay recording by Alexix128. 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=Gq-7D79ULRI), 15 s
1. The 2/6 counter shows progress through six waves
- Explain whether clearing enemies, surviving or direct damage advances the encounter.
- [The Binding of Isaac: Repentance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq-7D79ULRI&t=15s)
## How it works
Encounter progress depends on completing successive enemy waves.
## Variants
### How the technique works
- Encounter progress depends on completing successive enemy waves.
## 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: Wave-clear objective (RU)](https://polyakovin.github.io/boss-fight-atlas/ru/mechanics/wave-clear-objective/) (id: source-5be53f08693ade21)
- [Boss Fight Atlas: Wave-clear objective (EN)](https://polyakovin.github.io/boss-fight-atlas/en/mechanics/wave-clear-objective/) (id: source-0df92fdde21934dc)
- [Great Gideon · The Binding of Isaac: Repentance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq-7D79ULRI&t=8s) (id: source-045cfae33c9b937e)
- [Mithrix · Risk of Rain 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eKczbUwT7A&t=412s) (id: source-8d351fffae505b52)
- [Royal Rat Vanguard · Dark Souls II](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGwL3d-Qem8&t=14s) (id: source-4ee1f5b5bce32b14)
- [Boss Up: Boss Battle Design](https://media.gdcvault.com/gdc2018/presentations/Keren_Itay_BossUp.pdf) (id: source-c151324fe6097460)
- [Great Gideon — The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth Wiki](https://bindingofisaacrebirth.wiki.gg/wiki/Great_Gideon) (id: source-a97a3e0d79c42e9f)
- [Mithrix — Risk of Rain 2 Wiki](https://riskofrain2.wiki.gg/wiki/Mithrix) (id: source-9ac2a96825435254)
- [Royal Rat Vanguard — Dark Souls II Wiki](https://darksouls2.wikidot.com/bosses%3Aroyal-rat-vanguard) (id: source-7ced8b23cff6b152)
- [The Binding of Isaac: Repentance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq-7D79ULRI&t=15s) (id: source-0da1fab430bcc510)
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