History NighInvulnerability / VideoGames

** [[http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Absolute_Virtue Absolute Virtue]] from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' is a type of BonusBoss that has the ability to regenerate instantly, and will do so constantly. It also hits like a semi running over a tin can, will cast the most damaging spells in the entire game (often instantly and repeatedly), and possesses all the {{Eleventh Hour Superpower}}s of most job classes in the game. Oh, and it can summon baby dragons. Repeatedly. That cast devastating Area of Effect spells. And blow up. The only way the playerbase has ever beaten this mob [[http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=ffxi&message.id=227935 is through a exploit]], or more recently, a ZergRush, both of which were patched quite a while ago. And this thing has been around for years. Maybe the developers just wanted an unbeatable monster, and won't admit it. And now we have [[http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Pandemonium_Warden Pandemonium Warden]], which at first almost took a day to defeat (they gave up), but was ''finally'' beaten [[http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/story.html?story=16768 by Apathy]], an endgame group. The reason this is astonishing isn't simply the win, '''but the fact Square actually approves of the win and didn't patch Pandemonium Warden.''' They seem to be comfortable with only AV giving them a stiffy.

*** [[DragonsAreDemonic Draconic]] BigBad BeastOfTheApocalypse, Alduin, literally cannot be harmed under normal circumstances. He can only be damaged while under the effects of the "[[BrownNote Dragonrend]]" [[LanguageOfMagic Thu'um]] [[MakeMeWannaShout Shout]].

** The ContinuitySnarl that is the Zelda timeline makes reconciling each of Ganon's appearances rather difficult, but it is explicitly known that the one from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' is the same being as the ones from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess''. Previous WordOfGod has also stated that ''Ocarina'''s Ganon reappears in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' and the original ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'', but the stories of those games contradict each other on a number of points.

* Chance, TheMole and FinalBoss of ''VideoGame/SyphonFilter2'', wears a special advanced full body armor suit that is not only ImmuneToBullets, but also apparently to even the shockwave of grenade explosions at impact, and its weight doesn't seem to slow him down, either. His AchillesHeel? The spinning helicopter tail rotor.

* The Beast from ''VideoGame/InFamous 2''. To the extent that it can survive a direct hit from a nuclear missile.

* ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'' has the Hunter, a Necromorph who can regenerate any lost body parts and is damn near impossible to kill. [[spoiler:He is only killed when Isaac lures him into the path of the engines of a shuttle and test fires them, roasting the Hunter]].

* High-level characters in ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' are very durable. Krieg the Psycho in ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'', as [[MagikarpPower payoff for his openly self-destructive early game]], is much more durable than that -- a burning Hellborn Krieg with a nasty elemental weapon, for example, is quite possibly healing faster than the mixture of fire damage and bullets is killing him. This is actively lampshaded in the ''Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt'' DLC where BigBad Professor Nakayama breaks down in a panic before the final confrontation after his bioweapon fails to defeat you and you start coming for him. He even refers to the Vault Hunter as a "Walking Apocalypse".

** Notably, being ''literally'' MadeOfAir in ''Dwarf Fortress'' does ''not'' mean this, alternate name of the trope aside. Some Forgotten Beasts and other procedurally generated monsters are made of things like fire, smoke, or snow, and they are extremely easy to destroy (the fire ones will do some serious damage to your fort first). The ''real'' NighInvulnerable ones are made out of some tough material; weapons-grade if you're unlucky, steel if the RandomNumberGod has put a hit out on you. Like most things, the recommended solution is magma.

* High-level characters in ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' are very durable. Krieg the Psycho in ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'', as [[MagikarpPower payoff for his openly self-destructive early game]], is much more durable than that -- a burning Hellborn Krieg with a nasty elemental weapon, for example, is quite possibly healing faster than the mixture of fire damage and bullets is killing him.