Saber Expert

Saber Expert
Details
Type	Boss
Sea	First Sea
Location	Jungle
Spawn Time	20 Minutes
Unique Drops
Stats
Level	200
HP	11,000
Uses Aura	✘
Weapon Type	Sword

The Saber Expert is a Lv. 200 boss.

Appearance

The Saber Expert has red hair, wears a white vest-type shirt and a black cape and has brown to black pants. He has a short beard and a small moustache and he bears a double scar beneath his left eye.

Drops

• Around 10,000
• ~32,500 EXP~32,500 EXP
• Saber
• 5,000 bounty/honor

Behavior

Because of the confined room, fast movement and regeneration, the Saber Expert can be difficult to defeat for players around Lv. 300, so they should try to find better players at Jungle as some people grind Saber Expert for bounty. It is easy to defeat after Lv.400.

Abilities

The Saber Expert uses an old ability of the Saber.

Ability	Description	How to avoid
Air Slash	The Saber Expert swings his sword to release a red air slash towards the player.	It is recommended to dash around when the Saber Expert is releasing the slash to dodge it.

Notes

• The player cannot deal damage to the Saber Expert if they are below Lv. 200 or has not completed the Saber Expert puzzle.
• The Saber Expert cannot walk out of its secret room.
  • Although, using certain moves of certain Blox Fruits or swords (such as Dough, Creation, Dark Dagger, etc.) can bug the Saber Expert out of its room.
• The Saber Expert will fully regenerate his health rapidly in a short period of time if the player doesn’t keep attacking him.
• Defeating the Saber Expert is required for obtaining Instinct.
• In order to obtain the Saber, the player needs to do at least 10% of the damage.

Tips & Tricks

• One method to defeat the Saber Expert is to try to perform the "Hit and Run". It consists of the player dodging into the Saber Expert, landing a hit and dodging away before he reacts and hits them. If done correctly and efficiently, the player should be able to consistently land hits on the Saber Expert without it hitting them. (However, this is very risky, as he deals extremely high and fast. This makes the “hit and run” strategy viable when using Light or Blade, as Blade might serve as an alternative to the Light Fruit)
  • Light and Ice are recommended for this method. Stay out of the door and repetitively attack him from outside with long/mid-ranged moves as he can’t get out. (Note: the player should make sure not to run out of energy, otherwise they won't be able to dodge. The player will get hit every once in a while, due to the Saber Expert's abilities.) The player is also recommended to use a Blox Fruit or a weapon that works in a small location, due to the Saber Expert’s spawn being in a small place.
• It is normal for players under Lv. 300 to die numerous times to the boss, as he is considerably harder than other bosses at the level (eg. Warden). However, they should be sure to get back to the room in time, or else the Saber Expert’s health will rapidly regenerate.

Trivia

• The Saber Expert can get stuck on the square bump in between the stairs, which can also make him considerably easier to beat.
  • Both of these methods still allow him to hit the player using his ranged move, so be careful.
• The Saber Expert’s secret room could originally only be accessed by players of Lv. 700 or higher but was then later changed.
• The Saber Expert can be glitched out of his room by using certain moves, such as Dough's X move.
• Despite using the Saber, the Saber Expert does not use any of the moves of the V1 or V2 version of the sword. He releases a red slash attack, which could have been part of Saber V1's moveset during early development of the game.
• The Saber Expert is one of the only bosses to have a guaranteed drop, so players only need to defeat him once to get the Saber sword.
• The Saber Expert can walk out of his secret room to continue to attack a player, but he can only travel a small distance before teleporting back and being reset to 100% health, like how other NPCs cannot stay too far from their spawn.
• The Saber Expert, The Saw, Longma, Don Swan and Mob Leader are the only bosses that don't have a defeat Quest.

Gallery

Saber Expert's elf variant.

Change History

Released in Update 1