Carrion Character Guide

A horrifying mass of bodies made into one creature — the plague's answer to the question of what happens to a battlefield nobody buried. The Carrion is not a duel, it is a hazard with health: wide slam attacks, bodies that pull at your movement, and a health bar built to outlast a nervous player's Ferro Flask. Community consensus since launch places it among the most dangerous non-boss encounters in the game.

Bring fire and patience. The flamethrower's burn ticks do steady work on a target this large, and Stasis buys back the arena control that the Carrion's bulk takes away. Fight it in the biggest space you can find — its slam attacks are survivable in the open and catastrophic in a corner. Posture breaks do happen, but treat the critical as a bonus, not the plan: the plan is chip, reposition, repeat.

The Carrion is a preview of boss-scale threats: arena awareness, consumable discipline and the humility to disengage. If a Carrion is guarding a path, the game is suggesting you upgrade your weapon, stock flasks and come back with a plan.