The Baleful Eye is the boss with the clearest published ability list. The official New Dungeon screen shows its full stats, a 15-second Annihilation Ray and two always-on traits: Corrosive and Flight.
Baleful Eye at a glance
Confirmed
- Full stat block is visible: Battle 6, Hunt 10, Occult 8, Cruelty 8.
- Corrosive Bite is labeled as the basic attack.
- Annihilation Ray has a 15-second cooldown in the published UI.
- Corrosive and Flight are listed as always-on traits.
- The boss-select screen explains the level thresholds: level 2 at 5 treasure, level 5 at 30 treasure.
Not announced
- What Corrosive actually does in combat.
- All eight upgrade names and effects.
- Whether Petrifying Gaze is a separate ability or a visual effect.
- Whether Flight changes targeting or only movement.
Compiled from official screenshots and store copy. Balance and UI values can change during Early Access.
Confirmed stats
The official New Dungeon screen shows Battle 6, Hunt 10, Occult 8 and Cruelty 8, plus the complete ability list visible in the published build.
Abilities and signals
Not every entry below is a named in-game ability. The status label matters: “Official UI” means the name appears in a published interface screenshot; “Official media” means the behavior is visible in official footage or a screenshot caption; “Named only” means the name is confirmed but its effect is not published.
Corrosive Bite
Official UIListed as the Baleful Eye's basic attack on the New Dungeon screen.
Annihilation Ray
Official UIListed with a 15-second cooldown. Official screenshots show a ray cutting across the throne hall and striking an adventurer.
Corrosive
Official UIListed as an always-on trait. The UI screenshot does not explain what it applies to, how much damage it adds or whether it stacks.
Flight
Official UIListed as an always-on trait. The published screen does not describe height, targeting restrictions or how melee adventurers reach a flying boss.
Petrifying gaze
Official mediaAn official press-kit GIF is captioned “baleful eye petrifying gaze,” but the New Dungeon ability list does not include a separate Petrifying Gaze entry. It may be an upgrade, a visual effect or an ability added after the screen was captured; that is not clarified publicly.
Upgrades
Upgrade tree not published
Eight upgrade icons are visible on the Baleful Eye screen, but no names or effects are shown. Mossbomb has not published the tree.
How to play Baleful Eye
The advice below is editorial. It uses confirmed stats and official visuals, but it is not a recorded playthrough or a tested tier list. Treat it as a planning framework for the current build.
Use the ray's cooldown as a rhythm
A 15-second Annihilation Ray is the only public cooldown number for any boss. That makes the Baleful Eye a boss you position for repeated windows rather than constant contact. Keep it near a long sightline where adventurers bunch up, then let the ray do its work while minions hold the doorway.
Flight is a positioning tool, not a stat
The published UI confirms Flight but not its rules. Do not assume it makes the boss untargetable. The useful planning takeaway is simpler: the Baleful Eye is presented as a floating ranged boss, so giving it open space and a protected perch is more sensible than burying it in a cramped room.
Keep a ground screen
Battle 6 is the lowest published Battle value among the four bosses. Whatever Flight does, the eye looks like a boss that wants other bodies between it and the adventurers. Pair it with minions or traps that can hold a corridor while the ray cycles.
What we still don't know
- What Corrosive actually does in combat.
- All eight upgrade names and effects.
- Whether Petrifying Gaze is a separate ability or a visual effect.
- Whether Flight changes targeting or only movement.
If you find a newer official source, send it through the contact page. We update boss pages when the developer publishes data, not when a speculative tier list goes viral.
Related pages
Sources
Sources for this page
- 01Malignus press kit and fact sheet — Mossbomb
Fact sheet, development history, feature list, character and creature art, screenshot captions, and permission for press and content creators to use the kit's media in coverage of Malignus.
- 02Official Malignus interface screenshots — Mossbomb
The press kit's 'Screenshots with the interface' set documents the New Dungeon flow, boss select, minion stats, duties, grumbles, behavior settings, trap build menu, wiring, Dark Arts, boss upgrades, prisoners, altar and overworld map. Used for observations that are not spelled out in the store copy.
- 03Mossbomb — the studio making Malignus — Mossbomb
Developer site. Confirms the November 13, 2026 Early Access date, $19.99 Early Access price, $29.99 planned 1.0 price, monthly updates, demo status, platforms, co-op and headline features.
- 04Malignus on Steam — Valve / Mossbomb
Store description, Early Access Q&A, tags, supported languages, features, system requirements and the storefront's November 12, 2026 date display.
- 05Malignus — Demo Launch Trailer (2026) — Mossbomb
Official trailer used only for visual observations such as the Cinder Demon's fire effects and the Sunken Horror's tentacles.
Accessed 1 November 2026. Full source log and verification notes: Malignus Wiki sources.