Arena of the Labors

Six labors reborn on sacred sand — without the hero who first won them.

Style: Stadium · 6 waves · reuses Hydra / Stymphalian / Boar centerpieces · no Heracles
Win: Clear six labors (capture/pen OK)
Lose: Dragged out or Chant Clock 3
QG: Melanthios · Ally: Thaleia · Maguffin: Olive-Resin Club

"Not the hero's name — the sand's…"

Waves

Nemean Lion — hide / pin
Lernaean Hydra — heads + fire (tracker)
Mares of Diomedes — recruit Thaleia
Stymphalian Birds — thunder / nets
Erymanthian Boar — capture preferred
Cretan Bull — Hard · stake club

Difficulty

Tier	Adjust
Easier	3-head hydra; fewer mares/birds; rest before Gate III
As Written ★	6×L8
Harder	Overlap Bull with Boar still up

ENC 1 — Lion & Hydra

Lion: bludgeon/club vs hide
Hydra: sever 25+ dmg; cauterize or double-regrow

ENC 2 — Mares & Birds

3–4 mares; free Thaleia; pen path
6 Stymphalians; gongs / skill herd / nets

ENC 3 — Boar & Bull

Boar: capture/pen preferred
Bull: plant club / pen / slay

STAT BLOCKS

Lion — AC 17 / 136
Hydra — AC 15 / 172 · 5 heads
Mare — AC 14 / 76
Stymphalian — AC 15 / 45 · flyby
Boar — AC 17 / 168
Bull — AC 18 / 210 · legendaries

Maguffin

Olive-Resin Club

Ignore lion hide; cauterize hydra stump with flame
Boar grapple adv; Bull stake redirect

NPC / ALLY

Archon Melanthios

No naming Heracles · Chant Clock

Thaleia of the Bit

Recruit during mares · lariat / nets

Remember

Heracles never appears. Labors I, II, VIII, VI, IV, VII.
Hydra / birds / boar may echo other Theronauts guides — fine to reuse.

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