Kubi Akari
首灯
Flare Head
Stats
- Health
- 390 HP
- Combat range
- 30 m
- Detection range
- 4 m
- Soul-boost rate
- 20%
Soul behaviour
Defeating Kubi Akari releases souls into your Oni Gauntlet. Performing an Issen counter-kill boosts the yield by 20%. See the soul-growth tables for how souls convert to experience.
Combat profile
How hard Kubi Akari is to break and burn — higher numbers take more to trigger.
- Guard break
- 1,000 / 1,000 max
- Fire resistance
- 100 / 100 max
Stagger threshold — pile on guard damage to break it open.
Fire buildup it shrugs off before burning.
Attack profile
How Kubi Akari hits back — its damage output and the attacks worth respecting.
- Hit damage
- 50–600
- Guard pressure
- 500
- Attacks
- 17
Range of damage its standard attacks deal per hit.
Most guard-gauge a single hit drains — block these and your guard buckles fast.
Distinct damaging attacks in its repertoire.
- Lethal grab
Moveset
51 actionsEvery action Kubi Akari can perform in combat, grouped by type — its full attack, defensive and movement repertoire.
Attacks3
- Attacker Event Attack
- Self Destruction Attack
- Sucide Attack
Issen & counters2
- Chain Issen Between Die
- Chain Issen Target Reaction
Grabs & throws3
- Grab Attack
- Grab Attack Const
- Sucide Grab Attack
Movement6
- Alert Gaze To Move
- Fly Move
- Fly Move High Speed
- Fly Move Patrol
- Fly Move Scavenge Max
- Turn
Reactions4
- Alert Ear Reaction
- Knock Down Damage
- Knock Down Dead
- Knock Down Explosion
Awareness10
- Alert Gaze To Lose
- Alert Target Lose
- Anger Action
- Appear
- Gate Appear
- General Appear
- Ground Above Tree Idle
- Invisible Appear Wait
- Scavenge Max Fly Idle
- Special Set Search
Other23
- Cadaver Scavenge Max
- Cadaver Scavenge Max Start
- Cadaver Scavenge Min
- Emerge After Cadaver Scavenge Max End
- Emerge After Cadaver Scavenge Max Start
- Emerge After Cadaver Scavenge Min
- Explosion
- Knock Rikido Break
- Return Home Back Ward
- Shoot Strong Shell
- Shoot Weak Shell One Left
- Shoot Weak Shell One Right
- Shoot Weak Shell Three Left
- Shoot Weak Shell Three Right
- Shoot Weak Shell Two Left
- Shoot Weak Shell Two Right
- Smash
- Smash Zako
- Soul Absorption
- Special Set Pot In
- Special Set Pot Out
- Special Set Smile
- Timid Action
Battle quotes
What Kubi Akari says when it spots you and during the fight.
- “Who's there who's there?”
- “Something's here!”
- “I sense...something!”
- “Knew it! Prey! Prey!”
- “Found you found you!”
- “Found you! Now die!”
- “All right! Get him!!”
- “He can't beat us all!”
- “Tear him apart! Shred him!”
- “Food! Souls! Enough for us all!”
- “Is it tired? Sleepy? What's wrong with it?”
- “Awww, your legs hurt?”
- “He died! Dead!”
- “Now we eat!”
- “Power! More power!”
- “I'll blast you to pieces!”
- “Dammit!”
- “Would you just piss off!”
- “Tasty tasty humans...!”
- “I'll take you with me!”
- “Aaah!”
- “I'm...so...hungry...”
- “There's nothing here!”
- “I'm not done killing yet...”
- “What's your problem!?”
Names by region
How Kubi Akari is named across the game's supported languages.
- 日本語
- 首灯
- Русский
- Куби Акари
- 한국어
- 모가지등
- 繁體中文
- 首燈
- 简体中文
- 首灯
- العربية
- كوبي آكاري
Nickname by region
The "Flare Head" epithet in each language.
- Français
- Tête-lanterne
- Italiano
- Testa esplosiva
- Deutsch
- Laternenkopf
- Español
- Cabeza llameante
- Español (LA)
- Cabeza llameante
- Português (BR)
- Cabeça Explosiva
- Русский
- Светящаяся голова
- Polski
- Pochodnia
- العربية
- رأس الشعلة