Sand Prince


 * This article is about the boss. For the item, see Sand Prince (item).

The Sand Prince (デザートプリンス Desert Prince) is a boss in Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, found in the Alchemy Well located in Ayuthay. He is awakened by the Tree Flute and challenges Matthew and co. to a battle. His power reverses the Alchemy Well, while his Mercury counterpart, the Ice Queen, reverses the Alchemy Forge. Being Aligned with Mars, he is weak to Mercury Psynergy and immune to Mars Psynergy.

As a boss
The Sand Prince has 1100 Hit Points, 100 Psynergy Points, middle-of-the-road Attack and Defense, average Agility and 40 Luck. Considering his elemental attributes, he has a Mars Resistance of 193, Jupiter Resistance of 127, Venus Resistance of 100 and Mercury Resistance of 25. Regarding attacks, he uses his Mars-aligned abilites with a Mars power of 110 and its Venus-aligned abilities with a Venus power of 100. He can use the following abilities:


 * Arid Heat: A Psynergy spell that conjures a small blast of desert heat. It has a Mars base power of 40 and a range of three targets. It consumes 4 of its user's PP.
 * Arid Blast: The second level of the Arid Heat Psynergy which creates a medium-sized blast of troubling heat. It has a Mars base power of 80 and a range of three targets. Consumes 8 of its user's PP.
 * Arid Scorch: The final and strongest stage of the Arid Heat Psynergy which summons a huge simoom-like storm of heat. It has a Mars base power of 120 and a range of three targets. Consumes 15 of its user's PP.
 * Earthquake: A Psynergy spell that causes the earth to tremble multiple times. This deals Venus-aligned damage with a base power of 45 and a range of 5 targets.
 * Eruption: A Psynergy spell which causes a medium-sized volcano to erupt beneath the opposition. This deals Mars-aligned damage with a base power of 90 and a range of three targets. Consumes 14 of its user's PP.
 * Attack: His physical attack which the game treats as a pure Mars elemental attack.

Defeating this boss gives the player 1540 experience points, 825 coins, and, during a cutscene, the Sand Prince Stone, which when equipped to a Mars Adept, bestows the Arid Heat Psynergy series.

Strategies
The easiest way to defeat the Sand Prince is to use Djinn to summon Mercury/Nereid (by now you should have 2 Mercury Djinn). If enough Venus Djinn have been collected, players may also have access to Judgment. One round of summoning and one round of normal attack/Psynergy should defeat him. His only real threatening attack is Arid Scorch, so healing isn't really necessary. Use Forge to raise Rief's attack.

Trivia

 * Interestingly, in the Japanese version, he's called the Desert Prince (written in Katakana to emulate English) in battle and in his entry as a character in the Encyclopedia, but as an item he's called the Sand Prince (written in Kanji as 砂の王子).