Treasure Traitor is an armored tortoise boss that you can encounter inSplit Fictionduring Chapter Five: Rise of the Dragon Realm. The encounter begins after Mio and Zoe’s dragons roar into the horns and open the gate to the Treasure Temple.

As Mio and Zoe, you’ll need to dodge rolling steel traps and solve various puzzles while chasing the tortoise to its lair in the Royal Palace. This guide covers Treasure Traitor’s abilities for both of its phases there, as well as how to counter them and the battle strategies to defeat it.

Mio and Zoe’s dragons are trapped in a circular arena.

Phase One

The first phase of the battle against Treasure Traitor begins with Mio and Zoe trapped in a round arena surrounded by fire.You won’t be able to spit acid or roll directly into the tortoiseto deal damage as usual, but there’s another way to take it down.

Throughout the fight,the Treasure Traitor releases various spiky metal shellsthat spin around. Touching them while their metal shells are still intact will damage you. However, these shells are alsothe main mechanic of defeating the tortoise.

Mio spits acid at the metal shells, Zoe runs near the wall.

Mio shoulduse her red dragon to spit acid and melt the metal shells, revealing purple explosive cores inside. Zoe then needs to deal damage byusing her blue dragon to hurl these explosive balls at the armored tortoise.

The good news is thatthe purple explosive cores automatically lock onto the Treasure Traitor. So, no matter where you aim or throw them, they’ll always find their way to the boss. Now that you know how to damage the Treasure Traitor in Split Fiction, it’s time totake a look at its other abilities:

The Treasure Traitor lands in the arena, creating an expanding fire ring.

Water Spikes

Treasure Traitor triggers water spikesin the arena in different patterns.

The water spikes move in predictable patterns, sopay attention to their movements and stay out of their way.

Transformation Projectile

Treasure Traitor fires a homing projectileat one of the players. You’ll know that you’ve been chosen if a pink circle starts closing in beneath your feet.

Upon impact, Zoe and her dragon willturn into a snake-like metal statue. Mio willtransform into a pink crystal.

The Treasure Traitor retracts its head and legs into a spiky ball, spinning around the arena.

In this state,you won’t be able to attack, andyour movement speed will be heavily impaired.

To break free,Mio must spit acid on Zoe’s metal form, while Zoe needs to roll into Mio’s crystal formto remove the stun.

Mio destroys the metal armor, Zoe is looking at the Treasure Traitor’s crystallized head.

Golden Laser Contraption

Treasure Traitor summons a golden device in the middle of the arena, shooting outthree rotating laser beams.

During this stage, the Treasure Traitor still spawns metal spiked shells.

The Treasure Traitor in its ball form, emitting a ring of fire.

To avoid damage,jump over the lasers as they rotate.

Continue melting the spiky metal balls and hurling the purple coresat the boss to deal damage.

The Treasure Traitor can use various abilities at once, so be mindful of your surroundings.

The Treasure Traitor is on its back, being pushed by Zoe and Mio.

Focus on teamwork and timing. With patience and coordination, you’ll successfully push Treasure Traitor into its second phase.

Phase Two

The second phase of the Treasure Traitor battle startswhen the boss’s HP drops to half. At this point,the armored tortoise leaps into the circular arenato face Mio and Zoe head-on.It’ll create a fire ringon impact, sojump to avoidit.

The Treasure Traitor then transforms into a spiked ball and spins around the arena, dealing damage and spawning metal spiked shells. You should run or dash out of its way.

Stay away from the arena walls. The spinning tortoise picks up speed when it gets close to them.

Just like in phase one,your main source of damage is the metal spiked shells. Once you’ve dealt enough damage, around two-thirds of its health bar,the Treasure Traitor will fall and become stunned.

This is your chance to strike. Mio shouldspit acid at the tortoise’s metal face armorto expose the pink crystallized head beneath. Then,Zoe needs toroll into the crystalto deal massive damage.

Once recovered, the Treasure Traitor will retract into its shell and spin in place,releasing rings of firethat spread across the arena. You shouldstay near the edge of the arenato give yourself more reaction time and jump over the fire rings to avoid damage.

After that, the tortoise will spin around the arena at higher speedwhile spawning more spiked balls. Use them as before to damage the boss.

Once you’ve dealt enough damage, the tortoise will fall once again. Melt its metal head and destroy the crystal just like you did earlier.The boss will be flipped onto its back, and its fate is now in your hands.

Approach the stunned tortoise and interact with itto push it into the giant cauldron of molten gold.

Watch the cutscene to claim your golden swords and unlock the final forms for your trusty dragons. With the fall of the Treasure Traitor, now you’re ready for the final boss of this chapter, Megalith!