Magma Wyrm Makar

It's said these land-bound dragons were once human heroes who partook in dragon communion, a grave transgression for which they were cursed to crawl the earth upon their bellies, shadows of their former selves.

Location: Ruin-Strewn Precipice

Drops: 24000 Runes, Magma Wyrm's Scalesword, Dragon Heart

Combat Information:

Location: Magma Wyrm Makar can be found at the top of the Ruin-Strewn Precipice, northeast from Liurnia of the Lakes.

Health: 7141 HP

Defense: 109

Stance: 120

Parryable: No

Is vulnerable to a critical hit after being stance broken

Dragon type

Weak spot: Head

Damage: Slash, Strike, Fire

Drops: 24,000 Runes, Magma Wyrm's Scalesword, Dragon Heart

Damage Negation / Resistance:

Standard: 10

Slash: 35

Strike: 10

Pierce: 10

Magic: 40

Fire: 80

Lightning: 40

Holy: 40

The negation numbers are the % of your damage that gets blocked. For example, if a negation is 60, 40% of that damage by that type will go through and 60% will be negated. Bigger number = less damage. A negation of 100 means no damage goes through, and a negation of -100 mean the enemy takes 2x damage from that source. 0 means damage goes pretty much as is.

Poison: 534 / 824 / 1281

Scarlet Rot: 534 / 824 / 1281

Blood Loss: 534 / 824 / 1281

Frostbite: 1150 / 1607

Sleep: 237 / 279 / 377 / 667

Madness: Immune

The resistance numbers are the buildup amount to trigger it. For example, if a resistance is 100 you must deal 100 points of the given buildup to trigger it. Note that these go down over time, and increase each time the effect procs. The values after the "/"s indicate the increased resistances after each successive proc.

NPC Summons:

Great Horned Tragoth is always available

Blackguard, if you purchased Boiled Prawns and haven't killed him

Millicent, if you've have advanced her quest until she leaves Sellia, but haven't given her Valkyrie's Prosthesis

Fight Strategy:

Magma Wyrm takes more damage if you attack its head, so if you learn when it's vulnerable you can deal a lot of damage very quickly. Stay in front of it just far enough away to easily dodge its sword attacks but close enough to move in when it starts using Lava Belch. Avoid its sides if at all possible: it's hard to read its windups from there so its attacks can take you by surprise.

On the other hand, very few of its attacks can reliably or quickly hit directly behind it. If you focus on attacking its tail, you won't do as much damage but you won't have to work as hard to stay alive. If it starts to turn around, back up and move back in when you have a safe opportunity to run through its legs. Just be careful not to get boxed in by the lava it leaves lying on the ground