Ancient Enemies Returned II is a Galactic Season 8 Season Objective that takes place between the 18th and 25th of March 2025.

To complete the Ancient Enemies Returned II objective, you must kill both Defender Gilada on Hoth and Erdi the Relentless on Coruscant.

Erdi the Relentless

Erdi the Relentless

Erdi the Relentless spawns on Coruscant in the Old Galactic Market. He can be found in the corner of the middle-Western warehouse room, surrounded by Guild enemies.
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Strategy

Erdi the Relentless has two mechanics that need to be avoided, he alternates using both of them although they can happen at the same time.

Every minute or so Erdi the Relentless will apply a poison DOT to your character, you either need to cleanse it yourself, have a healer cleanse you or use a medpac to survive it.
Tank players should take priority when being cleansed, if you are a DPS player and the boss has a high amount of HP it may be easier to die, respawn and run back to the boss.

All players both melee and ranged need to be careful for the White Lightning AOE circles. Every 30 seconds light white circles will spawn under random players, you will only have 5 seconds to move before bright purple lightning activates in the circle, making part of the floor around the boss deal damage if you stand on it.
This can be hard to see on Hoth due to blending into the snow.

Defender Gilada

Defender Gilada

Defender Gilada can spawn on Hoth in the Starship Graveyard, to the direct East of Republic Outpost Zerek. She is found behind a crashed ship near some Pirate NPCs.
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Defender Gilada drops 1 Dark Side Token as loot when defeated.

Note: Defender Gilada spawn has been fixed 29th August 2024.

Strategy

Defender Gilada has two mechanics that need to be avoided, she alternates using both of them although they can happen at the same time.

Melee players and tanks need to avoid the Large Yellow/Orange rectangle that covers a large area across the boss themself, when the yellow circle under the boss fully charges up to the edge the entire Large Yellow rectangle will deal massive damage for a few seconds.
This can be hard to see on Tatooine and Hoth due to blending into the ground, as it has been pictured above.

All players both melee and ranged need to be careful for Light Blue Lightning circles. Every 30 seconds light blue circles will spawn under 12 random players, you will only have 5 seconds to move before several lightning bolts strike every circle.
Getting hit by one lightning circle will not kill you, getting hit by two or multiple at the same time will.
This can be hard to see on Hoth due to blending into the snow.