The Den Mother was an inhabitant of Boyd's mental neighborhood. She was the leader of the Rainbow Squirts, and the boss of the Milkman Conspiracy level in Psychonauts.
Appearance[]
The Den Mother has red hair styled in pigtails, yellow skin, red lips, and blue sunglasses with orange lenses. She wears blue jeans, a red scarf, orange-green bracelets with pin needles stuck inside, black shoes, a small blue hat, and a green coat. Her undershirt is blue with orange stripes. She has four fingers on each hand.
Psychonauts[]
–The Den Mother
Once Razputin manages to enter the Rainbow Squirts' base, he is immediately approached by the Den Mother, who thinks he has come to make a payment. Her happy facade is quickly lifted when the G-Men and Censors storm their neighborhood. She realizes Raz must have led them to the hideout, and orders her Squirts to fight off the threat. She then proceeds to jump into a doorway behind an ironing board that leads to the Milkman's secret location.
Razputin follows and drops down into a room where the Milkman lies under glass. It is here that Raz must fight the Den Mother. After the battle, the Milkman awakens and rises up out of his glass resting place. Raz leaves the Den Mother as she lies defeated on the floor, and exits the building to witness the Milkman using Molotov milk bottles to blow up every moving thing in sight. Shortly after, Raz is automatically ejected from Boyd's mind.
Strategy[]
–Ford Cruller first advice Raz from the bacon about Den Mother.
–Ford Cruller second advice Raz from the bacon about Den Mother when she turns off the lights.
The battle will take place in a basement-like area with three sets of branching stairs, and a circular area in the center, where the Milkman can be seen under a glass dome.
The Den Mother uses God's Eyes as shurikens and throws exploding cookie boxes at Raz. The player can either use PSI-blast or Telekinesis to attack, each dealing different amounts of damage.
Once half of her hit points are gone, the Den Mother dims the room -- which is not a problem for her, since she can see perfectly in the dark and can highlight objects with a red tint. However, Raz can't see in the dark and must use Clairvoyance on the God's Eye in order to continue fighting from her perspective. Once the Den Mother is defeated, the Milkman can be freed from his coffin.
Attacks and Health[]
- God's eye: the Den Mother will constantly throw an object made of yarn on a wooden cross, similar to a Shuriken. Because of its small size, the projectile is hard to see as it approaches Razputin. The best way to avoid this attack is by using Shield or dodging attacks by holding the camera reset input to focus on the boss and dodging in any direction with the Jump input. In total, the Den Mother fires 5 God's Eyes, and each attack deals 4 hit points (1 whole brain for Mental Health).
- Rainbow Treats: the Den Mother throws explosive cookie boxes in the air that land near Raz. The boxes will lie on the ground until Raz gets close, or after the Den Mother moves to a different position, before exploding. Raz can block the explosion by using his Shield. If he can't avoid the explosion, he takes damage worth 6 hit points. In total, the boss throws 3 boxes (5 if the the first 3 boxes explode).
- Super Jump: after executing her full set of attacks (or after taking damage), the Den Mother will jump from stair to stair, sometimes making two consecutive jumps. While doing this, she can't be damaged. This is an evasive move and deals no damage.
- Night Vision Sunglasses: this ability is only used when the Den Mother turns off the lights. Her sunglasses have night vision that highlights everything, including Raz, with a red tint.
Surprisingly enough, unlike most of the bosses in the game the amount of hit points she requires to be defeated varies on the PSI-Powers Raz is using. PSI-Blast requires the most quantity of hits being a total of 12 hits, pretty similar to Kochamara, followed by this goes PSI-punch with a total of 6 hits and lastly TK or Telekinesis only requires 4 hits to defeat her. With TK this could be the case by the fact raz is throwing the explosive cookies back at her.
God's Eye[]

The God's eye.
A God's eye is a spiritual and votive object made by weaving a design out of yarn upon a wooden cross. The God's Eye is an item found in the Den Mother's lair while Razputin is battling the Den Mother. When Clairvoyance is used on it, he can see through the eyes of the Den Mother from wherever he is standing. This allows him to fight the Den Mother even in complete darkness, as she is able to see in the dark with a bright red tint. Raz loses this item after the Den Mother is defeated.
Quotes[]
Before Battle[]
- "Oh, hello there. Have you come to pay for your Rainbow Treats? We knew you would."
- "Won't you join us in our Rainbow Squirt Pledge of Purpose?"
- "You brought them here!"
- "Go girls! Protect the milk!"
- "Hi-ya!"
- "Do not follow! The milk is not ready, and you are not ready for the milk!"
- "I told you not to follow. Now you must die!"
- "THAT IS THE WAY OF THE RAINBOW SQUIRTS!!!"
During Battle[]
- "God's Eye!"
- "No milk for you!"
- "Have some cookies!"
- "Hi-ya!"
- "Hy-yup!"
- "Ha!"
- "Treats for you!"
- "Die!"
- "This box is free!"
- "Ooh!"
- "Gak!"
- "Ah!"
- "Ah ha ha ha!"
- "BWAH HA HA HA!"
- "HA HA HA!"
- "Enough! It’s time for me to pluck out your eyes!"
- "Fine. Then I’ll do this."
- "Hope you can see in the dark."
- "Because I can! HA HA HA HA!"
- "How did you know where I was?"
- "You must have heard me breathing!"
- "Lucky shot!"
- "How can he see in the dark?"
- (Unused) "I made this myself"
- (Unused) "Deadly rainbow crafts."
- (Unused) "Over here."
- (Unused) "I can see you!"
- (Unused) "Hee-yah!"
- (Unused) "HIIEE-YAAH!"
- (Unused) "HOO!!!"
- (Unused) "Hoo!"
- (Unused) "HAA!!"
- (Unused) "Rawr!"
- (Unused) "Yah!"
- (Unused) "YAH!!"
- (Unused) "EEE-YUH"
- (Unused) "EII-YA!!"
- (Unused) "The Rainbow Squirts do not negotiate!"
- (Unused) "To Promote Niceness!"
- (Unused) "To Make The World Prettier!"
- (Unused) "To Share Candy With Everyone!"
- (Unused) "To Obfuscate the True Nature of the Milkman!"* (If Raz uses stop sign) "I will if you will. And then you will die!"
- (If Raz uses hedge trimmers) "Try it and die! Die quicker, I mean!"
- (If Raz uses watering can) "Your can is going to be full of yarn in a second!"
- (If Raz uses rifle) "Ha! That is the fakest-looking gun I've ever seen!"
- (If Raz uses phone) "They can handle themselves. So can I."
- (If Raz uses rolling pin) "I'd like to see you try!"
- (If Raz uses plunger) "Enough distractions. Time to die!"
- (If Raz uses flower) "All who disturb the Milkman must die!!!"
- (Unused) (If Raz uses crow feather) "No time for laughter, prepare to die!"
- (If Raz uses Invisibility) "I know you're in here somewhere!"
- (If Raz uses Telekinesis on the Den Mother) "Gah!"
- (If Raz uses Pyrokinesis on the Den Mother) "Ha ha ha! Nice try!"
- "When he wakes, there will be no afterwards!"
- "Ohhhh… oh…"
After Battle[]
- "What have you done? He wakes!"
- "And the seas...shall run white...with his rage..."
Trivia[]
- Using Clairvoyance, the Den Mother sees Raz as himself in his actual appearance, because this power is necessary to defeat her.
- This is one of the only bosses who Raz can talk to during battle. Though it is rare for her to finish her sentences as they are always interrupted by her sadistic exclaiming and laughing when she attacks.
- On April 25, 2019, Scott C. told on his Instagram account that Den Mother was inspired by his own mom.
Video Battle Walkthrough[]
Psychonauts - All Bosses -No Damage-
Gameplay by Gellot. (18:46 for the fight)