Calamitas
Calamitas, Cinder of the Broken Sky, is a summonable primordial hollow boss in VV: Ultimatum, called forth with Ritual Oil at the Hueco Mundo ritual site and ascending into a storm-wreathed final phase at 20% HP.
Calamitas is a primordial hollow from the old world, resurrected by a group of cultists and carrying sinister implications for Hueco Mundo. Unlike scheduled world bosses, Calamitas does not spawn on a timer: it is summoned at the ritual site in Hueco Mundo by using Ritual Oil, with a cooldown of roughly 5 minutes between summons.
Nearly its entire kit hits for extremely high posture damage, making it a war of attrition against your guard. Lashes of Chaos and Meteor Strike (a yellow-kanji attack) both knock back and stagger the boss when parried - the core punish loop of the fight. Incineration and Ashes of Calamity are the killers, pairing extremely high posture damage with extremely high damage; their parry interactions are marked unconfirmed in community documentation. Tail Slam, Feast, Wing Slam and Wings of Abaddon round out the kit with low-to-medium damage but relentless posture pressure.
At 3 bars remaining (20% HP) Calamitas enters its second phase, 'Crown of Thunder, Throne of Ash': it ascends into the sky, whips up a desert storm, unleashes its full primordial power and its theme changes. It gains one new move - Magmafall, a yellow-kanji barrage that knocks back, deals extremely high posture damage and staggers the boss when parried - and most of its original moves change form.
Its drops are not listed in the current community documentation. Several dodge and parry flags across its moveset carry unconfirmed markers, so treat those interactions as subject to change per current documentation.
Details
| Title | Cinder of the Broken Sky |
| Location | Hueco Mundo ritual site (summoned encounter) |
| Summon requirement | Ritual Oil, with a cooldown of roughly 5 minutes |
| Second phase | Triggers at 3 bars / 20% HP - ascends and forms a desert storm, gains Magmafall |
| Notable drops | Not documented in current community documentation |
Attacks
Lashes of Chaos: blockable, parryable, dodgeable; knocks back, extremely high posture damage, medium damage, staggers the boss when parried. Meteor Strike: yellow kanji, blockable and parryable (dodge unconfirmed), knocks back, extremely high posture damage, medium damage, staggers the boss when parried. Incineration and Ashes of Calamity: blockable with extremely high posture damage and extremely high damage; parry interactions unconfirmed.
Tail Slam, Feast and Wing Slam: blockable, parryable and dodgeable, dealing low damage with heavy posture pressure (Tail Slam and Wing Slam at extremely high posture damage, Feast at medium). Wings of Abaddon: blockable, extremely high posture damage, low damage.
Second phase: Crown of Thunder, Throne of Ash
At 3 bars (20% HP), Calamitas rises into the sky and forms a desert storm as it unleashes its full power; its battle theme changes with it. It gains Magmafall - yellow kanji, blockable, parryable (dodge unconfirmed), knocks back, extremely high posture damage, medium damage, and staggers the boss when parried - and most of its phase-one moves take on altered forms.
FAQ
How do you summon Calamitas?
Use Ritual Oil at the ritual site in Hueco Mundo. Summoning has a cooldown of roughly 5 minutes.
When does Calamitas change phases?
At 3 bars remaining (20% HP) it ascends into a desert storm, gains the Magmafall attack and alters most of its original moves.
What does Calamitas drop?
Its drops are not listed in current community documentation.