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Monsters

2013-12-13T11:21:19Z

Sidestepper:

{{Alphapage|Alpha:Monsters}}{{Stub}}

There are many different monster types you will encounter throughout Desktop Dungeons. They have a range of abilities and stats, and each present a unique difficulty to the player. There are two formulas to determine the base stats for every monster. For hp, you use (n(n+6)-1), where n is the monsters level, and for attack you use (n*(n+5))/2, where n is the monsters level. Monsters also have an attack and hp percent value. That indicates what percent of the base number provided below they have. For example, Bandits have 100% hp and 66% attack. Therefore a level 3 Bandit would do 8 damage and have 26 hp.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
|- style="background-color: #EEEEEE"
!Level
!Base Attack
!Base Health
|-
| 1 || 3 || 6
|-
| 2 || 7 || 15
|-
| 3 || 12 || 26
|-
| 4 || 18 || 39
|-
| 5 || 25 || 54
|-
| 6 || 33 || 71
|-
| 7 || 42 || 90
|-
| 8 || 52 || 111
|-
| 9 || 63 || 134
|-
| 10 || 75 || 159
|}

What kind of dungeon you are in also affects monster stats. Monsters in easy dungeons have 90% of way they would normally have, monsters in Normal dungeons have their normal stats, monsters in hard dungeons have 120% of what they would normally have, and monsters in vicious dungeons have 133% of what they would normally have.

Distribution 
Not counting bosses and special uniques, each dungeon contains 38 monsters, with the following level distribution
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
|- style="background-color: #EEEEEE"
!Level
!Number
|-
| 1st || 10
|-
| 2nd || 5
|-
| 3rd || 4
|-
| 4th || 4
|-
| 5th || 4
|-
| 6th || 3
|-
| 7th || 3
|-
| 8th || 3
|-
| 9th || 2
|} 
Or, in graphic form: 
[[File:MonsterRoster.jpg]]

== List of Monsters ==

See [[Traits#Monster traits|Traits]] for a full list of traits and what they do. Also see the list of [[Full:Bosses|bosses]].

===Basic Monsters===
Common monsters found in just about any dungeon.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="sortable"
|- style="background-color: #EEEEEE"
! Name
! Attack
! Health
! Traits
! Location
|-
|{{m | Bandit}}
|70%
|100%
|{{t| Cursed}}
|Any
|-
|{{m | Dragon Spawn}}
|100%
|125%
|{{t| Magical Attack}}
|Any
|-
||{{m | Goat}}
|100%
|90%
|{{t| Magic resist}} 25%
|Any
|-
|{{m | Goblin}}
|120%
|100%
|{{t| First Strike}}
|Any
|-
|{{m | Golem}}
|100%
|100%
|{{t| Magic resist}} 50%
|Any
|-
|{{m | Goo Blob}}
|100%
|100%
|{{t| Physical resist}} 50%
|Any
|-
||{{m | Gorgon}}
|100%
|90%
|{{t| First Strike}}, {{t|Death-gaze}} 50%
|Any
|-
|{{m | Meat Man}}
|65%
|200%
|
|Any
|-
|{{m | Serpent}}
|100%
|100%
|{{t| Poisonous}}
|Any
|-
|{{m | Warlock}}
|135%
|100%
|{{t| Magical Attack}}
|Any
|-
|{{m | Wraith}}
|100%
|75%
|{{t| Undead}}, {{t| Mana Burn}}, {{t| Magical Attack}}, {{t| Physical resist}} 30%
|Any
|-
|{{m | Zombie}}
|100%
|150%
|{{t| Undead}}
|Any
|}

===Advanced Monsters===
Stronger monsters found as you venture further outside the kingdom. This list does not include any variety of Plant.

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="sortable"
|- style="background-color: #EEEEEE"
! Image
! Name
! Attack
! Health
! Traits
! Boss
! Location
|-
|[[File:Acid_Blob.png|center]]
|[[Acid Blob]]
|
|
|{{t| Corrosive}}, {{t| Magical Attack}}
|
|Naga City, The Slime Pits
|-
|[[File:Animated_Armor.png|center]]
|[[Animated Armour]]
|160%
|55%
|{{t| Magical Attack}}, {{t| Death Protection}} (1 layer per level)
|
|Halls of Steel, Cursed Oasis
|-
|[[File:Berserker.png|center]]
|[[Berserker (Monster)|Berserker]]
|
|
|{{t| Berserks}} 50%
|
|Berserker Camp, Wizard Bronze
|-
|[[File:Burn_Viper.png|center]]
|[[Burn Viper]]
|
|
|{{t| Mana Burn}}, {{t| Blinks}}
|
|Berserker Camp, Naga City, Namtar's Lair
|-
|[[File:Blood_Snake.png|center]]
|[[Blood Snake]]
|
|
|{{t| Spawns}}, {{t| Poisonous}}
|
|Bloodmage Bronze
|
|-
|[[File:Cave_Snake.png|center]]
|[[Cave Snake]]
|70%
|160%
|{{t| Poisonous}}, {{t | Spawns}}
|
|Magma Mines
|-
|[[File:Changeling.png|center]]
|[[Changeling_(Monster)|Changeling]]
|
|
|Varies by class
|
|Shifting Passages
|-
|[[File:Cultist.png|center]]
|[[Cultist]]
|
|
|{{t| Cowardly}}, {{t| Revives}} (into Zombie)
|
|
|-
|[[File:Desert_Troll.png|center]]
|[[Desert Troll]]
|
|
|{{t| Cowardly}}, {{t| Fast regen}}
|
|Northern Desert
|-
|[[File:Djinn.png|center]]
|[[Djinn]]
|
|
|{{t| Magical Attack}}, {{t|Retaliate: Fireball}}
|
|
|-
|[[File:Doom_Armor.png|center]]
|[[Doom Armor]]
|
|
|{{t| Berserks}} 50%, {{t| Death Protection}} (1 layer per level)
|
|Demonic Library
|-
|[[File:Druid.png|center]]
|[[Druid]]
|
|
|{{t| Magical Attack}}, {{t| Death Protection}}
|
|Havendale Bridge, Dragon Isle, Western Jungle (Boss only)
|-
|[[File:Forest_Troll.png|center]]
|[[Forest Troll]]
|
|
|{{t| Cowardly}}, {{t| Fast regen}}, {{t| Magic resist}} 25%
|
|Dragon Isle
|-
|[[File:Frozen_Troll.png|center]]
|[[Frozen Troll]]
|
|
|{{t| Cowardly}}, {{t| Physical resist}} 50%, {{t| Magic resist}} 50%, {{t| Magical Attack}}
|
|
|-
|[[File:Gelatinous_Thing.png|center]]
|[[Gelatinous Thing]]
|100%
|100%
|{{t|Retaliate: Fireball}}
|
|The Slime Pit
|-
|[[File:Imp.png|center]]
|[[Imp]]
|
|
|{{t| Blinks}}
|
|Demonic Library
|-
|[[File:Illusion.png|center]]
|[[Illusion]]
|100%
|100%
|{{t| Physical resist}} 50%, {{t|Retaliate: Fireball}}, {{t| Weakening blow}}
|
|Halls of Steel
|-
|[[File:Minotaur.png|center]]
|[[Minotaur]]
|100%
|100%
|{{t| Knockback}} 50%, {{t| Berserks}} 50%
|
|Magma Mines, Shifting Passages, The Labyrinth (Boss only)
|-
|[[File:Muck_Walker.png|center]]
|[[Muck Walker]]
|100%
|100%
|{{t| Undead}}, {{t| Weakening blow}}
|
|The Slime Pit
|-
|[[File:Naga.png|center]]
|[[Naga]]
|100%
|85%
|{{t| Weakening blow}}
|
|Ick Swamp, Naga City
|-
|[[File:Rock_Troll.png|center]]
|[[Rock Troll]]
|
|
|{{t| Cowardly}}, {{t| Fast regen}}, {{t| Knockback}} 50%
|
|Rock Garden
|-
|[[File:Rusalka.png|center]]
|[[Rusalka]]
|100%
|100%
|{{t| Corrosive}}
|
|Havendale Bridge
|-
|[[File:Steel_Golem.png|center]]
|[[Steel Golem]]
|100%
|100%
|{{t| Physical resist}} 25%, {{t| Cursed}}
|
|Naga City
|-
|[[File:Shade.png|center]]
|[[Shade]]
|100%
|75%
|{{t| Physical resist}} 30%, {{t| Undead}}, {{t| Blinks}}, {{t| Life steal}} 40%
|
|Creeplight Ruins (after killing sacrificial goat), Cursed Oasis
|-
|[[File:Slime_Blob.png|center]]
|[[Slime Blob]]
|100%
|100%
|{{t| Cursed}}, {{t| Magical Attack}}
|
|The Slime Pit
|-
|[[File:Thrall.png|center]]
|[[Thrall]]
|100%
|110%
|{{t| Mana Burn}}, {{t| Poisonous}}, {{t| Undead}}
|
|Cursed Oasis, Demonic Library, Teeth Teeth Teeth Subdungeon
|-
|[[File:Tokoloshe.png|center]]
|[[Tokoloshe]]
|100%
|100%
|{{t| Cowardly}}, {{t| Physical resist}} 50%; Drops Tokoloshe Charm on death
|
|Havendage Bridge
|-
|[[File:Vampire.png|center]]
|[[Vampire (Monster)|Vampire]]
|
|
|{{t| Life steal}} 40%, {{t| Magical Attack}}
|
|Ick Swamp, Eastern Tundra (Boss only)
|}

{{MainNav}}

[[Category:Monsters|*]]

Monsters

2013-12-12T13:29:44Z

Sidestepper: Added Attack and Health data for many non-standard monsters, added entry for Thrall

{{Alphapage|Alpha:Monsters}}{{Stub}}

There are many different monster types you will encounter throughout Desktop Dungeons. They have a range of abilities and stats, and each present a unique difficulty to the player. There are two formulas to determine the base stats for every monster. For hp, you use (n(n+6)-1), where n is the monsters level, and for attack you use (n*(n+5))/2, where n is the monsters level. Monsters also have an attack and hp percent value. That indicates what percent of the base number provided below they have. For example, Bandits have 100% hp and 66% attack. Therefore a level 3 Bandit would do 8 damage and have 26 hp.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
|- style="background-color: #EEEEEE"
!Level
!Base Attack
!Base Health
|-
| 1 || 3 || 6
|-
| 2 || 7 || 15
|-
| 3 || 12 || 26
|-
| 4 || 18 || 39
|-
| 5 || 25 || 54
|-
| 6 || 33 || 71
|-
| 7 || 42 || 90
|-
| 8 || 52 || 111
|-
| 9 || 63 || 134
|-
| 10 || 75 || 159
|}

What kind of dungeon you are in also affects monster stats. Monsters in easy dungeons have 90% of way they would normally have, monsters in Normal dungeons have their normal stats, monsters in hard dungeons have 120% of what they would normally have, and monsters in vicious dungeons have 133% of what they would normally have.

Distribution 
Not counting bosses and special uniques, each dungeon contains 38 monsters, with the following level distribution
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
|- style="background-color: #EEEEEE"
!Level
!Number
|-
| 1st || 10
|-
| 2nd || 5
|-
| 3rd || 4
|-
| 4th || 4
|-
| 5th || 4
|-
| 6th || 3
|-
| 7th || 3
|-
| 8th || 3
|-
| 9th || 2
|} 
Or, in graphic form: 
[[File:MonsterRoster.jpg]]

== List of Monsters ==

See [[Traits#Monster traits|Traits]] for a full list of traits and what they do. Also see the list of [[Full:Bosses|bosses]].

===Basic Monsters===
Common monsters found in just about any dungeon.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="sortable"
|- style="background-color: #EEEEEE"
! Name
! Attack
! Health
! Traits
! Location
|-
|{{m | Bandit}}
|70%
|100%
|{{t| Cursed}}
|Any
|-
|{{m | Dragon Spawn}}
|100%
|125%
|{{t| Magical Attack}}
|Any
|-
||{{m | Goat}}
|100%
|90%
|{{t| Magic resist}} 25%
|Any
|-
|{{m | Goblin}}
|120%
|100%
|{{t| First Strike}}
|Any
|-
|{{m | Golem}}
|100%
|100%
|{{t| Magic resist}} 50%
|Any
|-
|{{m | Goo Blob}}
|100%
|100%
|{{t| Physical resist}} 50%
|Any
|-
||{{m | Gorgon}}
|100%
|90%
|{{t| First Strike}}, {{t|Death-gaze}} 50%
|Any
|-
|{{m | Meat Man}}
|65%
|200%
|
|Any
|-
|{{m | Serpent}}
|100%
|100%
|{{t| Poisonous}}
|Any
|-
|{{m | Warlock}}
|135%
|100%
|{{t| Magical Attack}}
|Any
|-
|{{m | Wraith}}
|100%
|75%
|{{t| Undead}}, {{t| Mana Burn}}, {{t| Magical Attack}}, {{t| Physical resist}} 30%
|Any
|-
|{{m | Zombie}}
|100%
|150%
|{{t| Undead}}
|Any
|}

===Advanced Monsters===
Stronger monsters found as you venture further outside the kingdom. This list does not include any variety of Plant.

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="sortable"
|- style="background-color: #EEEEEE"
! Image
! Name
! Attack
! Health
! Traits
! Boss
! Location
|-
|[[File:Acid_Blob.png|center]]
|[[Acid Blob]]
|
|
|{{t| Corrosive}}, {{t| Magical Attack}}
|
|Naga City, The Slime Pits
|-
|[[File:Animated_Armor.png|center]]
|[[Animated Armour]]
|160%
|55%
|{{t| Magical Attack}}, {{t| Death Protection}} (1 layer per level)
|
|Halls of Steel, Cursed Oasis
|-
|[[File:Berserker.png|center]]
|[[Berserker (Monster)|Berserker]]
|
|
|{{t| Berserks}} 50%
|
|Berserker Camp, Wizard Bronze
|-
|[[File:Burn_Viper.png|center]]
|[[Burn Viper]]
|
|
|{{t| Mana Burn}}, {{t| Blinks}}
|
|Berserker Camp, Naga City, Namtar's Lair
|-
|[[File:Blood_Snake.png|center]]
|[[Blood Snake]]
|
|
|{{t| Spawns}}, {{t| Poisonous}}
|
|Bloodmage Bronze
|
|-
|[[File:Cave_Snake.png|center]]
|[[Cave Snake]]
|70%
|160%
|{{t| Poisonous}}, {{t | Spawns}}
|
|Magma Mines
|-
|[[File:Changeling.png|center]]
|[[Changeling_(Monster)|Changeling]]
|
|
|Varies by class
|
|Shifting Passages
|-
|[[File:Cultist.png|center]]
|[[Cultist]]
|
|
|{{t| Cowardly}}, {{t| Revives}} (into Zombie)
|
|
|-
|[[File:Desert_Troll.png|center]]
|[[Desert Troll]]
|
|
|{{t| Cowardly}}, {{t| Fast regen}}
|
|Northern Desert
|-
|[[File:Djinn.png|center]]
|[[Djinn]]
|
|
|{{t| Magical Attack}}, {{t|Retaliate: Fireball}}
|
|
|-
|[[File:Doom_Armor.png|center]]
|[[Doom Armor]]
|
|
|{{t| Berserks}} 50%, {{t| Death Protection}} (1 layer per level)
|
|Demonic Library
|-
|[[File:Druid.png|center]]
|[[Druid]]
|
|
|{{t| Magical Attack}}, {{t| Death Protection}}
|
|Havendale Bridge, Dragon Isle, Western Jungle (Boss only)
|-
|[[File:Forest_Troll.png|center]]
|[[Forest Troll]]
|
|
|{{t| Cowardly}}, {{t| Fast regen}}, {{t| Magic resist}} 25%
|
|Dragon Isle
|-
|[[File:Frozen_Troll.png|center]]
|[[Frozen Troll]]
|
|
|{{t| Cowardly}}, {{t| Physical resist}} 50%, {{t| Magic resist}} 50%, {{t| Magical Attack}}
|
|
|-

|[[File:Gelatinous_Thing.png]]
|[[Gelatinous Thing]]
|
|
|{{t|Retaliate: Fireball}}
|
|The Slime Pit
|-
|[[File:Imp.png|center]]
|[[Imp]]
|
|
|{{t| Blinks}}
|
|Demonic Library
|-
|[[File:Illusion.png|center]]
|[[Illusion]]
|100%
|100%
|{{t| Physical resist}} 50%, {{t|Retaliate: Fireball}}, {{t| Weakening blow}}
|
|Halls of Steel
|-
|[[File:Minotaur.png|center]]
|[[Minotaur]]
|100%
|100%
|{{t| Knockback}} 50%, {{t| Berserks}} 50%
|
|Magma Mines, Shifting Passages, The Labyrinth (Boss only)
|-
|[[File:Muck_Walker.png|center]]
|[[Muck Walker]]
|
|
|{{t| Undead}}, {{t| Weakening blow}}
|
|The Slime Pit
|-
|[[File:Naga.png|center]]
|[[Naga]]
|100%
|85%
|{{t| Weakening blow}}
|
|Ick Swamp, Naga City
|-
|[[File:Rock_Troll.png|center]]
|[[Rock Troll]]
|
|
|{{t| Cowardly}}, {{t| Fast regen}}, {{t| Knockback}} 50%
|
|Rock Garden
|-
|[[File:Rusalka.png|center]]
|[[Rusalka]]
|
|
|{{t| Corrosive}}
|
|Havendale Bridge
|-
|[[File:Steel_Golem.png|center]]
|[[Steel Golem]]
|100%
|100%
|{{t| Physical resist}} 25%, {{t| Cursed}}
|
|Naga City
|-
|[[File:Shade.png|center]]
|[[Shade]]
|100%
|75%
|{{t| Physical resist}} 30%, {{t| Undead}}, {{t| Blinks}}, {{t| Life steal}} 40%
|
|Creeplight Ruins (after killing sacrificial goat), Cursed Oasis
|-
|[[File:Slime_Blob.png|center]]
|[[Slime Blob]]
|
|
|{{t| Cursed}}, {{t| Magical Attack}}
|
|The Slime Pit
|-
|[[File:Thrall.png|center]]
|[[Thrall]]
|100%
|110%
|{{t| Mana Burn}}, {{t| Poisonous}}, {{t| Undead}}
|
|Cursed Oasis, Demonic Library, Teeth Teeth Teeth Subdungeon
|-
|[[File:Tokoloshe.png|center]]
|[[Tokoloshe]]
|
|
|{{t| Cowardly}}, {{t| Physical resist}} 50%; Drops Tokoloshe Charm on death
|
|Havendage Bridge
|-
|[[File:Vampire.png|center]]
|[[Vampire (Monster)|Vampire]]
|
|
|{{t| Life steal}} 40%, {{t| Magical Attack}}
|
|Ick Swamp, Eastern Tundra (Boss only)
|}

{{MainNav}}

[[Category:Monsters|*]]

Monsters

2013-12-12T13:13:23Z

Sidestepper:

{{Alphapage|Alpha:Monsters}}{{Stub}}

There are many different monster types you will encounter throughout Desktop Dungeons. They have a range of abilities and stats, and each present a unique difficulty to the player. There are two formulas to determine the base stats for every monster. For hp, you use (n(n+6)-1), where n is the monsters level, and for attack you use (n*(n+5))/2, where n is the monsters level. Monsters also have an attack and hp percent value. That indicates what percent of the base number provided below they have. For example, Bandits have 100% hp and 66% attack. Therefore a level 3 Bandit would do 8 damage and have 26 hp.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
|- style="background-color: #EEEEEE"
!Level
!Base Attack
!Base Health
|-
| 1 || 3 || 6
|-
| 2 || 7 || 15
|-
| 3 || 12 || 26
|-
| 4 || 18 || 39
|-
| 5 || 25 || 54
|-
| 6 || 33 || 71
|-
| 7 || 42 || 90
|-
| 8 || 52 || 111
|-
| 9 || 63 || 134
|-
| 10 || 75 || 159
|}

What kind of dungeon you are in also affects monster stats. Monsters in easy dungeons have 90% of way they would normally have, monsters in Normal dungeons have their normal stats, monsters in hard dungeons have 120% of what they would normally have, and monsters in vicious dungeons have 133% of what they would normally have.

Distribution 
Not counting bosses and special uniques, each dungeon contains 38 monsters, with the following level distribution
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
|- style="background-color: #EEEEEE"
!Level
!Number
|-
| 1st || 10
|-
| 2nd || 5
|-
| 3rd || 4
|-
| 4th || 4
|-
| 5th || 4
|-
| 6th || 3
|-
| 7th || 3
|-
| 8th || 3
|-
| 9th || 2
|} 
Or, in graphic form: 
[[File:MonsterRoster.jpg]]

== List of Monsters ==

See [[Traits#Monster traits|Traits]] for a full list of traits and what they do. Also see the list of [[Full:Bosses|bosses]].

===Basic Monsters===
Common monsters found in just about any dungeon.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="sortable"
|- style="background-color: #EEEEEE"
! Name
! Attack
! Health
! Traits
! Location
|-
|{{m | Bandit}}
|70%
|100%
|{{t| Cursed}}
|Any
|-
|{{m | Dragon Spawn}}
|100%
|125%
|{{t| Magical Attack}}
|Any
|-
||{{m | Goat}}
|100%
|90%
|{{t| Magic resist}} 25%
|Any
|-
|{{m | Goblin}}
|120%
|100%
|{{t| First Strike}}
|Any
|-
|{{m | Golem}}
|100%
|100%
|{{t| Magic resist}} 50%
|Any
|-
|{{m | Goo Blob}}
|100%
|100%
|{{t| Physical resist}} 50%
|Any
|-
||{{m | Gorgon}}
|100%
|90%
|{{t| First Strike}}, {{t|Death-gaze}} 50%
|Any
|-
|{{m | Meat Man}}
|65%
|200%
|
|Any
|-
|{{m | Serpent}}
|100%
|100%
|{{t| Poisonous}}
|Any
|-
|{{m | Warlock}}
|135%
|100%
|{{t| Magical Attack}}
|Any
|-
|{{m | Wraith}}
|100%
|75%
|{{t| Undead}}, {{t| Mana Burn}}, {{t| Magical Attack}}, {{t| Physical resist}} 30%
|Any
|-
|{{m | Zombie}}
|100%
|150%
|{{t| Undead}}
|Any
|}

===Advanced Monsters===
Stronger monsters found as you venture further outside the kingdom. This list does not include any variety of Plant.

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="sortable"
|- style="background-color: #EEEEEE"
! Image
! Name
! Attack
! Health
! Traits
! Boss
! Location
|-
|[[File:Acid_Blob.png|center]]
|[[Acid Blob]]
|
|
|{{t| Corrosive}}, {{t| Magical Attack}}
|
|Naga City, The Slime Pits
|-
|[[File:Animated_Armor.png|center]]
|[[Animated Armour]]
|160%
|55%
|{{t| Magical Attack}}, {{t| Death Protection}} (1 layer per level)
|
|Halls of Steel, Cursed Oasis
|-
|[[File:Berserker.png|center]]
|[[Berserker (Monster)|Berserker]]
|
|
|{{t| Berserks}} 50%
|
|Berserker Camp, Wizard Bronze
|-
|[[File:Burn_Viper.png|center]]
|[[Burn Viper]]
|
|
|{{t| Mana Burn}}, {{t| Blinks}}
|
|Berserker Camp, Naga City, Namtar's Lair
|-
|[[File:Blood_Snake.png|center]]
|[[Blood Snake]]
|
|
|{{t| Spawns}}, {{t| Poisonous}}
|
|Bloodmage Bronze
|
|-
|[[File:Cave_Snake.png|center]]
|[[Cave Snake]]
|
|
|{{t| Poisonous}}, {{t | Spawns}}
|
|Magma Mines
|-
|[[File:Changeling.png|center]]
|[[Changeling_(Monster)|Changeling]]
|
|
|Varies by class
|
|Shifting Passages
|-
|[[File:Cultist.png|center]]
|[[Cultist]]
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|{{t| Cowardly}}, {{t| Revives}} (into Zombie)
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|
|-
|[[File:Desert_Troll.png|center]]
|[[Desert Troll]]
|
|
|{{t| Cowardly}}, {{t| Fast regen}}
|
|Northern Desert
|-
|[[File:Djinn.png|center]]
|[[Djinn]]
|
|
|{{t| Magical Attack}}, {{t|Retaliate: Fireball}}
|
|
|-
|[[File:Doom_Armor.png|center]]
|[[Doom Armor]]
|
|
|{{t| Berserks}} 50%, {{t| Death Protection}} (1 layer per level)
|
|Demonic Library
|-
|[[File:Druid.png|center]]
|[[Druid]]
|
|
|{{t| Magical Attack}}, {{t| Death Protection}}
|
|Havendale Bridge, Dragon Isle, Western Jungle (Boss only)
|-
|[[File:Forest_Troll.png|center]]
|[[Forest Troll]]
|
|
|{{t| Cowardly}}, {{t| Fast regen}}, {{t| Magic resist}} 25%
|
|Dragon Isle
|-
|[[File:Frozen_Troll.png|center]]
|[[Frozen Troll]]
|
|
|{{t| Cowardly}}, {{t| Physical resist}} 50%, {{t| Magic resist}} 50%, {{t| Magical Attack}}
|
|
|-

|[[File:Gelatinous_Thing.png]]
|[[Gelatinous Thing]]
|
|
|{{t|Retaliate: Fireball}}
|
|The Slime Pit
|-
|[[File:Imp.png|center]]
|[[Imp]]
|
|
|{{t| Blinks}}
|
|Demonic Library
|-
|[[File:Illusion.png|center]]
|[[Illusion]]
|100%
|100%
|{{t| Physical resist}} 50%, {{t|Retaliate: Fireball}}, {{t| Weakening blow}}
|
|Halls of Steel
|-
|[[File:Minotaur.png|center]]
|[[Minotaur]]
|
|
|{{t| Knockback}} 50%, {{t| Berserks}} 50%
|
|Magma Mines, Shifting Passages, The Labyrinth (Boss only)
|-
|[[File:Muck_Walker.png|center]]
|[[Muck Walker]]
|
|
|{{t| Undead}}, {{t| Weakening blow}}
|
|The Slime Pit
|-
|[[File:Naga.png|center]]
|[[Naga]]
|100%
|85%
|{{t| Weakening blow}}
|
|Ick Swamp, Naga City
|-
|[[File:Rock_Troll.png|center]]
|[[Rock Troll]]
|
|
|{{t| Cowardly}}, {{t| Fast regen}}, {{t| Knockback}} 50%
|
|Rock Garden
|-
|[[File:Rusalka.png|center]]
|[[Rusalka]]
|
|
|{{t| Corrosive}}
|
|Havendale Bridge
|-
|[[File:Steel_Golem.png|center]]
|[[Steel Golem]]
|100%
|100%
|{{t| Physical resist}} 25%, {{t| Cursed}}
|
|Naga City
|-
|[[File:Shade.png|center]]
|[[Shade]]
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|{{t| Physical resist}} 30%, {{t| Undead}}, {{t| Blinks}}, {{t| Life steal}} 40%
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|Creeplight Ruins (after killing sacrificial goat), Cursed Oasis
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|[[File:Slime_Blob.png|center]]
|[[Slime Blob]]
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|{{t| Cursed}}, {{t| Magical Attack}}
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|The Slime Pit
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|[[File:Tokoloshe.png|center]]
|[[Tokoloshe]]
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|{{t| Cowardly}}, {{t| Physical resist}} 50%; Drops Tokoloshe Charm on death
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|Havendage Bridge
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|[[File:Vampire.png|center]]
|[[Vampire (Monster)|Vampire]]
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|{{t| Life steal}} 40%, {{t| Magical Attack}}
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|Ick Swamp, Eastern Tundra (Boss only)
|}

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Animated Armour

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The animated armour is one of the game's most daunting foes. With massive attack damage and one layer of death protection per level, this monster is rightly feared as one of the most powerful in the game. Low-level animated armours have relatively few layers of death protection and can be reasonably handled so long as you act with caution, but high level ones require a massive expenditure of effort to take down and are stronger than many boss monsters. Their only weakness is that their attack damage degrades every time they lose a layer of death protection, but the fact remains that the amount of effort required to weaken this monster is comparable to the amount of effort required to kill other types of enemies outright.

Due to their massive damage, most characters without excessive magic resistance will not be able to survive a single attack from a higher-level animated armour. Combined with their relatively low hit point total, a spellcasting approach is much preferable. Reducing their hit points to zero is just the start, and you must also remove layers of death protection one by one. Because even one point of damage can strip a layer of death protection if the monster is otherwise out of hit points, there are several useful ways to knock out DP.

The easiest way is to use burning damage from fireballs. Igniting the burning damage by attacking a different monster will deal a small amount of damage, but if the animated armour has 1 HP then this will still knock out a layer of death protection. Knockback damage is also an effective approach; this technically qualifies as a separate attack from your main strike, and can allow you to remove two layers of death protection per hit. The {{c|Sorcerer}} has the mana shield special ability that technically counts as a separate attack, and it can also remove a layer of death protection. A Sorcerer with a {{i|Bear Mace}} and {{i|Whurrgarbl}} can potentially remove four layers of death protection per hit by combining each of these techniques. The {{s|PISORF}} glyph is another cost-effective approach to deal a small amount of damage and remove death protection.

Removing death protections by physical attacks can be difficult. Normally {{t|life steal}} effects are good at attrition battles like these, but due to how {{t|death protection}} works you are technically doing only 1 point of damage and effectively do not heal any damage from your attacks. In these cases, it can actually be ''beneficial'' to allow the animated armour to heal between attacks so it has more life to drain. Even when weakened, animated armours still deal large amounts of damage and finishing them off by physical means is difficult.

The {{c|Assassin}} is the only class in the game that has a trick up his sleeve to death with animated armours. His swift hand special ignores all forms protections and instantly kills the target, bypassing all layers of death protection in the process. The 9th level animated armour is a terrifying foe that most players will ignore outright and refuse to attack, but a 10th level assassin can make a mockery of it. The {{i|Slaying Wand}} can also be used to remove these monsters from play, but this will deprive you of the full XP amount in most cases.

The animated armour boss, the Indomitable, is one of the few bosses that is actually ''weaker'' than the base monster type. His damage is roughly half as much as you would expect from a 10th level animated armour, making him considerably easier to take down than a 9th level animated armour. However, if you should engage him in the Vicious Halls of Steel alternate level, he has a shocking 50 layers of death protection and a corrosive attack.

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Talk:Dracul

2013-03-07T16:47:26Z

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I don't understand the removal of gender from Dracul. Dracul is identified as being male right from his introduction. The hover text over his Worship button is "Follow Dracul the Undying 'He hates all of you your lives will end miserably'- Recruitment Flyer, The Cult of Dracul"

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Monsters

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There are many different monster types you will encounter throughout Desktop Dungeons. They have a range of abilities and stats, and each present a unique difficulty to the player. There are two formulas to determine the base stats for every monster. For hp, you use (n+3)²+10, where n is the monsters level, and for attack you use (n*(n+5))/2, where n is the monsters level. Monsters also have an attack and hp percent value. That indicates what percent of the base number provided below they have. For example, Bandits have 100% hp and 66% attack. Therefore a level 3 Bandit would do 8 damage and have 26 hp.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
|- style="background-color: #EEEEEE"
!Level
!Base Attack
!Base Health
|-
| 1 || 3 || 6
|-
| 2 || 7 || 15
|-
| 3 || 12 || 26
|-
| 4 || 18 || 39
|-
| 5 || 25 || 54
|-
| 6 || 33 || 71
|-
| 7 || 42 || 90
|-
| 8 || 52 || 111
|-
| 9 || 63 || 134
|-
| 10 || 75 || 159
|}

What kind of dungeon you are in also affects monster stats. Monsters in easy dungeons have 90% of way they would normally have, monsters in Normal dungeons have their normal stats, monsters in hard dungeons have 120% of what they would normally have, and monsters in vicious dungeons have 133% of what they would normally have.

Distribution 
Not counting bosses and special uniques, each dungeon contains 38 monsters, with the following level distribution
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
|- style="background-color: #EEEEEE"
!Level
!Number
|-
| 1st || 10
|-
| 2nd || 5
|-
| 3rd || 4
|-
| 4th || 4
|-
| 5th || 4
|-
| 6th || 3
|-
| 7th || 3
|-
| 8th || 3
|-
| 9th || 2
|} 
Or, in graphic form: 
[[File:MonsterRoster.jpg]]

== List of Monsters ==

See [[Traits#Monster traits|Traits]] for a full list of traits and what they do. Also see the list of [[Full:Bosses|bosses]].

===Basic Monsters===
Common monsters found in just about any dungeon.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="sortable"
|- style="background-color: #EEEEEE"
! Name
! Attack
! Health
! Traits
! Location
|-
|{{m | Bandit}}
|70%
|100%
|{{t| Cursed}}
|Any
|-
|{{m | Dragon Spawn}}
|100%
|125%
|{{t| Magical Attack}}
|Any
|-
||{{m | Goat}}
|100%
|90%
|{{t| Magic resist}} 25%
|Any
|-
|{{m | Goblin}}
|120%
|100%
|{{t| First Strike}}
|Any
|-
|{{m | Golem}}
|100%
|100%
|{{t| Magic resist}} 50%
|Any
|-
|{{m | Goo Blob}}
|100%
|100%
|{{t| Physical resist}} 50%
|Any
|-
||{{m | Gorgon (Monster)}}
|100%
|90%
|{{t| First Strike}}, {{t|Death-gaze}} 50%
|Any
|-
|{{m | Meat Man}}
|65%
|200%
|
|Any
|-
|{{m | Serpent}}
|100%
|100%
|{{t| Poisonous}}
|Any
|-
|{{m | Warlock}}
|135%
|100%
|{{t| Magical Attack}}
|Any
|-
|{{m | Wraith}}
|100%
|75%
|{{t| Undead}}, {{t| Mana Burn}}, {{t| Magical Attack}}, {{t| Physical resist}} 30%
|Any
|-
|{{m | Zombie}}
|100%
|150%
|{{t| Undead}}
|Any
|}

===Advanced Monsters===
Stronger monsters found as you venture further outside the kingdom. This list does not include any variety of Plant.

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="sortable"
|- style="background-color: #EEEEEE"
! Image
! Name
! Attack
! Health
! Traits
! Boss
! Location
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|[[File:Acid_Blob.png|center]]
|[[Acid Blob]]
|
|
|{{t| Corrosive}}, {{t| Magical Attack}}
|
|Naga City, The Slime Pits
|-
|[[File:Animated_Armor.png|center]]
|[[Animated Armor]]
|
|
|{{t| Magical Attack}}, {{t| Death Protection}} (1 layer per level)
|
|Halls of Steel, Cursed Oasis
|-
|[[File:Berserker.png|center]]
|[[Berserker (Monster)|Berserker]]
|
|
|{{t| Berserks}} 50%
|
|Berserker Camp, Wizard Bronze
|-
|[[File:Burn_Viper.png|center]]
|[[Burn Viper]]
|
|
|{{t| Mana Burn}}, {{t| Blinks}}
|
|Berserker Camp, Naga City, Namtar's Lair
|-
|[[File:Blood_Snake.png|center]]
|[[Blood Snake]]
|
|
|{{t| Spawns}}, {{t| Poisonous}}
|
|Bloodmage Bronze
|
|-
|[[File:Cave_Snake.png|center]]
|[[Cave Snake]]
|
|
|{{t| Poisonous}}, {{t | Spawns}}
|
|Magma Mines
|-
|[[File:Changeling.png|center]]
|[[Changeling]]
|
|
|Varies by class
|
|Shifting Passages
|-
|[[File:Cultist.png|center]]
|[[Cultist]]
|
|
|{{t| Cowardly}}, {{t| Revives}} (into Zombie)
|
|
|-
|[[File:Desert_Troll.png|center]]
|[[Desert Troll]]
|
|
|{{t| Cowardly}}, {{t| Fast regen}}
|
|Northern Desert
|-
|[[File:Djinn.png|center]]
|[[Djinn]]
|
|
|{{t| Magical Attack}}, {{t|Retaliate: Fireball}}
|
|
|-
|[[File:Doom_Armor.png|center]]
|[[Doom Armor]]
|
|
|{{t| Berserks}} 50%, {{t| Death Protection}} (1 layer per level)
|
|Demonic Library
|-
|[[File:Druid.png|center]]
|[[Druid]]
|
|
|{{t| Magical Attack}}, {{t| Death Protection}}
|
|Havendale Bridge, Dragon Isle, Western Jungle (Boss only)
|-
|[[File:Forest_Troll.png|center]]
|[[Forest Troll]]
|
|
|{{t| Cowardly}}, {{t| Fast regen}}, {{t| Magic resist}} 25%
|
|Dragon Isle
|-
|[[File:Frozen_Troll.png|center]]
|[[Frozen Troll]]
|
|
|{{t| Cowardly}}, {{t| Physical resist}} 50%, {{t| Magic resist}} 50%, {{t| Magical Attack}}
|
|
|-

|[[File:Gelatinous_Thing.png]]
|[[Gelatinous Thing]]
|
|
|{{t|Retaliate: Fireball}}
|
|The Slime Pit
|-
|[[File:Imp.png|center]]
|[[Imp]]
|
|
|{{t| Blinks}}
|
|Demonic Library
|-
|[[File:Illusion.png|center]]
|[[Illusion]]
|
|
|{{t| Physical resist}} 50%, {{t|Retaliate: Fireball}}, {{t| Weakening blow}}
|
|Halls of Steel
|-
|[[File:Minotaur.png|center]]
|[[Minotaur]]
|
|
|{{t| Knockback}} 50%, {{t| Berserks}} 50%
|
|Magma Mines, Shifting Passages, The Labyrinth (Boss only)
|-
|[[File:Muck_Walker.png|center]]
|[[Muck Walker]]
|
|
|{{t| Undead}}, {{t| Weakening blow}}
|
|The Slime Pit
|-
|[[File:Naga.png|center]]
|[[Naga]]
|
|
|{{t| Weakening blow}}
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|Ick Swamp, Naga City
|-
|[[File:Rock_Troll.png|center]]
|[[Rock Troll]]
|
|
|{{t| Cowardly}}, {{t| Fast regen}}, {{t| Knockback}} 50%
|
|Rock Garden
|-
|[[File:Rusalka.png|center]]
|[[Rusalka]]
|
|
|{{t| Corrosive}}
|
|Havendale Bridge
|-
|[[File:Steel_Golem.png|center]]
|[[Steel Golem]]
|
|
|{{t| Physical resist}} 25%, {{t| Cursed}}
|
|Naga City
|-
|[[File:Shade.png|center]]
|[[Shade]]
|
|
|{{t| Physical resist}} 30%, {{t| Undead}}, {{t| Blinks}}, {{t| Life steal}} 40%
|
|Creeplight Ruins (after killing sacrificial goat), Cursed Oasis
|-
|[[File:Slime_Blob.png|center]]
|[[Slime Blob]]
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|{{t| Cursed}}, {{t| Magical Attack}}
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|The Slime Pit
|-
|[[File:Tokoloshe.png|center]]
|[[Tokoloshe]]
|
|
|{{t| Cowardly}}, {{t| Physical resist}} 50%; Drops Tokoloshe Charm on death
|
|Havendage Bridge
|-
|[[File:Vampire.png|center]]
|[[Vampire (Monster)|Vampire]]
|
|
|{{t| Life steal}} 40%, {{t| Magical Attack}}
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|Ick Swamp, Eastern Tundra (Boss only)
|}

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[[Category:Monsters|*]]

File:MonsterRoster.jpg

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The Life Story of SMASH, worshiper of SMASH, God of SMASH, as told in his own words

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[[File:SMASH01.jpg]] 
Today is a good day for SMASHING 

[[File:SMASH001.jpg]] 
SMASH, god of SMASH, demands that SMASH go SMASHing 

[[File:SMASH03.jpg]] 
...smash?

[[File:SMASH04.jpg]] 
smash?

[[File:SMASH05.jpg]] 
SMASH SMASH!!

[[File:SMASH06.jpg]] 
oooogg

[[File:SMASH07.jpg]] 
hrmm

[[File:SMASH08.jpg]] 
Ah!

[[File:SMASHSMASH.jpg]] 
More SMASH for the SMASH God!

[[File:SMASH10.jpg]] 
Smash?

[[File:SMASH11.jpg]] 
...

[[File:SMASH12.jpg]] 

== SSSSMMMMMMMAAAAAAASSSSSHHHHH ==

[[File:SMASH13.jpg]] 
SMASH and SMASH

[[File:SMASH14.jpg]] 
SMASH

[[File:SMASH15.jpg]] 
All invited to SMASH's SMASH party mosh pit!

[[File:SMASH16.jpg]] 
SMASH SMASH SMASH SMASH SMASH ALL TOGETHER NOW

[[File:SMASH17.jpg]] 
smash

[[File:SMASHFIN.jpg]] 
smashed

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Whatever. Gnomes do it better

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The Life Story of SMASH, worshiper of SMASH, God of SMASH, as told in his own words

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Today is a good day for SMASHING 

[[File:SMASH02.jpg]] 
SMASH, god of SMASH, demands that SMASH go SMASHing 

[[File:SMASH03.jpg]] 
...smash?

[[File:SMASH04.jpg]] 
smash?

[[File:SMASH05.jpg]] 
SMASH SMASH!!

[[File:SMASH06.jpg]] 
oooogg

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hrmm

[[File:SMASH08.jpg]] 
Ah!

[[File:SMASHSMASH.jpg]] 
More SMASH for the SMASH God!

[[File:SMASH10.jpg]] 
Smash?

[[File:SMASH11.jpg]] 
...

[[File:SMASH12.jpg]] 

== SSSSMMMMMMMAAAAAAASSSSSHHHHH ==

[[File:SMASH13.jpg]] 
SMASH and SMASH

[[File:SMASH14.jpg]] 
SMASH

[[File:SMASH15.jpg]] 
All invited to SMASH's SMASH party mosh pit!

[[File:SMASH16.jpg]] 
SMASH SMASH SMASH SMASH SMASH ALL TOGETHER NOW

[[File:SMASH17.jpg]] 
smash

[[File:SMASHFIN.jpg]] 
smashed

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Whatever. Gnomes do it better

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Annotated Playthroughs

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==Annotated Playthroughs==

These annotated playthroughs were created and uploaded by fans, and describe successful runs under a variety of conditions.

[[Annotated Playthrough Magma Mines]]

[[Annotated Playthrough Slim Pit Purist]]

[[Annotated Playthrough Rock Garden]]

[[Annotated Gorgon Purist Run]]

[[Annotated Playthrough Demonic Library]]

[[Annotated Playthrough Shifting Passages Purist]]

[[Annotated Playthrough Venture Cave Monk]]

[[Annotated Playthrough Vicious Halls of Steel Sorcerer]]

[[Annotated Playthrough Western Forest]]

[[Annotated Playthrough: Rise of the Dorkling]]

[[The Life Story of SMASH, worshiper of SMASH, God of SMASH, as told in his own words]]

==Anyone Can Win Vicious, by The Avatar==

This mini-series of playthroughs shows basic strategies that can beat vicious dungeons, and strives to show you that you can beat them too, no matter your skill level. Each one explores a vicious dungeon as a human fighter.

[[Anyone Can Win Vicious Part 1: Naga City]]

[[Anyone Can Win Vicious Part 2: Dragon Isles]]

[[Anyone Can Win Vicious Part 3: Namtar's Lair]]

==How does Regenfighting work, by Nurator==

This annotated playthrough describes the power of regenfighting and shows many examples how to use it right

[[Annotated Playthrough: Regenfighting]]

== Forum Thread ==

There is ongoing discussion regarding annotated playthroughs on the forums[http://www.qcfdesign.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1841]

== Deprecated Guides ==

As of 49b [[Annotated Playthrough Vicious Halls of Steel]]

As of 49b [[Annotated Playthrough Dragon Isles]]

As of 49b [[Annotated Playthrough Naga City]]

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Annotated Playthrough: Rise of the Dorkling

2013-01-23T18:25:44Z

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The Dorkling is what happens when stick a Halfling, a Trisword, an Alchemist's Scroll, and a lot of gold into a bag and shake vigorously. For 80 conversion points, a Dorkling gets a Health Potion, +2 base attack, and +8 max health. The name comes from the fact that this character effectively has the racial traits of a dwarf, an orc, and a halfling, all at once.

Making a Dorkling requires a perfect storm of a prepped Trisword or Alchemist Scroll, the early discovery of the other item, and a substantial amount of starting gold. It is very rare to see this in natural play. If you have your heart set on doing this, you're going to have to scum. What follows is a just for laughs playthrough of a scummed Dorkling run.

For a dedicated Dorkling run, I recommend a Thief. Besides the obvious synergy between Halfling potions and the Survivor trait, the Thief also provides extra gold to keep the combo going and extra shops so that you have to scum less to get the combo in the first place.

The best place to run a Dorkling is probably the Demonic Library. The five mini-bosses provide you with lots of gold right at the point where your starting cash begins to run out. It's also a VICIOUS dungeon, which I find desirable when using such an over the top strategy. It's no fun using a howitzer to hunt rabbits.

In this run I eschewed all gods. I wanted this to be about Dorkling abuse, not divine hijinks.

[[File:DorkingRise1.jpg]] 
Locker: Trisword or Alchemist Scroll (essential) 
Thief: Black Market (almost essential) 
Church: None, but Extra Altar is always nice 
Mage: Extra Attack (highly recommended) 
Blacksmith: Shield (essential) 
Bazaar: Elite or Quest (depends on which item you had in your locker) 
Alchemist: Transmutation (essential) use this on the Shield to get your initial funding 
Potions: Whatever, but Quicksilver and Strength are a good starting kit 

[[File:DorkingRise2.jpg]] 
Ah, finally! After spending over a thousand gold on restarts, I can get down to business. Don't worry, I got that gold by shamelessly hacking my game, so it's all good.

[[File:DorkingRise3.jpg]] 
I got a little excited and forgot to take pictures for a while. Such is the intoxicating power of the Dorkling. I used Quicksilver + Strength to kill that Steel Golem-3, and then took out the Doom Armor-4 by using up a health potion. IMAWAL gave me a nice bit of bonus xp for both kills. Remember, you WANT to use a potion at least once per level, so don't hold back. Just try to avoid using too many potions on any one level. Your scroll only works once per ding.

[[File:DorkingRise4.jpg]] 
With all of my Dorkling advantages, I want to always be fighting at least two levels higher than myself. After a bit of thought, I realize that I can hit the Djinn, drink a Health potion, hit him again, and then Cydstep.

[[File:DorkingRise5.jpg]] 
I screwed up here. I after killing the Djinn, I picked off an Imp-6 and ended up leveling without drinking a potion. This small loss of health will end up being an irritating thorn for the rest of the game. Determined to not make the same mistake twice, plan on killing this Djinn using an attack/potion/attack/Cydstep combo.

[[File:DorkingRise6.jpg]] 
It's time to start thinking about taking on the Demonlords. With IMAWAL active, I can double Fireball that Demonlord to the south, attack/potion/attack-kill the Thrall, Cydstep into the Demonlord, and be one xp short of a ding. I'm irritated because I've already used a potion this level and if I had those 8 health I missed out on from before, I could have held off on the second potion. It's not a huge deal, I still get the Trisword bonus, but it's annoying.

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I can easily finish the Demonlord by dinging off of a popcorn monster. He poisons me with his parting shot, but that is of little consequence to a Halfling. The gold he drops guarantees smooth sailing from here on out. From here on, I want to dedicate my resources to killing Demonlords whenever possible.

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I choose to go after this guy next. Retaliate: Fireball isn't a dangerous trait against a Dorkling, but it is probably the most irritating trait when coupled with death protections. I should kill him now before he becomes a problem. I can take him down by attacking/Cystepping and then cleaning up popcorn. I have 12 mana that I can't spend on the Demonlord. I debate whether to spend those on a Succubus-8 or another Demonlord. I end up choosing to Fireball the Demonlord on the right, the one with Manaburn and Deathgaze.

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Like this.

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It was a mistake. I can't quite finish the second Demonlord. I should have invested those fireballs into the Succubus instead.

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So I explore a bit and then take him out. I'm strong enough now that I don't need mid-level tricks to win these fights, so long as I get to start at full resources.

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Case in point. Notice that I have so much gold now that I've even bought a pair of elven boots.

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I finally find the last Demonlord. This is the worst one for my character, but I'm not afraid. I've been saving that BLUDTOPOWA glyph in anticipation of meeting this guy. With my huge health pool and dual-natured potions can roast this guy. I could do it without BLUDTOPOWA, but this is just cooler. I have to convert the Alchemist Scroll to make room, but it's worth it. The fun thing about Thieves is that they can change their play style at the drop of a hat.

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After cleaning up the surface a bit, I head down to face the Avatar. I didn't document the fight, but after remembering that the Avatar has 75% magic resistance, I converted BLUDTOPOWA, spend all of my gold on conversion junk, and went back down with a stack of health potions. Not that I needed them. Just look at this girl.

Annotated Playthrough: Rise of the Dorkling

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The Dorkling is what happens when stick a Halfling, a Trisword, an Alchemist's Scroll, and a lot of gold into a bag and shake vigorously. For 80 conversion points, a Dorkling gets a Health Potion, +2 base attack, and +8 max health. The name comes from the fact that this character effectively has the racial traits of a dwarf, an orc, and a halfling, all at once.

Making a Dorkling requires a perfect storm of a prepped Trisword or Alchemist Scroll, the early discovery of the other item, and a substantial amount of starting gold. It is very rare to see this in natural play. If you have your heart set on doing this, you're going to have to scum. What follows is a just for laughs playthrough of a scummed Dorkling run.

For a dedicated Dorkling run, I recommend a Thief. Besides the obvious synergy between Halfling potions and the Survivor trait, the Thief also provides extra gold to keep the combo going and extra shops so that you have to scum less to get the combo in the first place.

The best place to run a Dorkling is probably the Demonic Library. The five mini-bosses provide you with lots of gold right at the point where your starting cash begins to run out. It's also a VICIOUS dungeon, which I find desirable when using such an over the top strategy. It's no fun using a howitzer to hunt rabbits.

In this run I eschewed all gods. I wanted this to be about Dorkling abuse, not divine hijinks.

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Locker: Trisword or Alchemist Scroll (essential) 
Thief: Black Market (almost essential) 
Church: None, but Extra Altar is always nice 
Mage: Extra Attack (highly recommended) 
Blacksmith: Shield (essential) 
Bazaar: Elite or Quest (depends on which item you had in your locker) 
Alchemist: Transmutation (essential) 
Potions: Whatever, but Quicksilver and Strength are a good starting kit 

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Ah, finally! After spending over a thousand gold on restarts, I can get down to business. Don't worry, I got that gold by shamelessly hacking my game, so it's all good.

[[File:DorkingRise3.jpg]] 
I got a little excited and forgot to take pictures for a while. Such is the intoxicating power of the Dorkling. I used Quicksilver + Strength to kill that Steel Golem-3, and then took out the Doom Armor-4 by using up a health potion. IMAWAL gave me a nice bit of bonus xp for both kills. Remember, you WANT to use a potion at least once per level, so don't hold back. Just try to avoid using too many potions on any one level. Your scroll only works once per ding.

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With all of my Dorkling advantages, I want to always be fighting at least two levels higher than myself. After a bit of thought, I realize that I can hit the Djinn, drink a Health potion, hit him again, and then Cydstep.

[[File:DorkingRise5.jpg]] 
I screwed up here. I after killing the Djinn, I picked off an Imp-6 and ended up leveling without drinking a potion. This small loss of health will end up being an irritating thorn for the rest of the game. Determined to not make the same mistake twice, plan on killing this Djinn using an attack/potion/attack/Cydstep combo.

[[File:DorkingRise6.jpg]] 
It's time to start thinking about taking on the Demonlords. With IMAWAL active, I can double Fireball that Demonlord to the south, attack/potion/attack-kill the Thrall, Cydstep into the Demonlord, and be one xp short of a ding. I'm irritated because I've already used a potion this level and if I had those 8 health I missed out on from before, I could have held off on the second potion. It's not a huge deal, I still get the Trisword bonus, but it's annoying.

[[File:DorkingRise7 - Copy (3).jpg]] 
I can easily finish the Demonlord by dinging off of a popcorn monster. He poisons me with his parting shot, but that is of little consequence to a Halfling. The gold he drops guarantees smooth sailing from here on out. From here on, I want to dedicate my resources to killing Demonlords whenever possible.

[[File:DorkingRise7 - Copy (4).jpg]] 
I choose to go after this guy next. Retaliate: Fireball isn't a dangerous trait against a Dorkling, but it is probably the most irritating trait when coupled with death protections. I should kill him now before he becomes a problem. I can take him down by attacking/Cystepping and then cleaning up popcorn. I have 12 mana that I can't spend on the Demonlord. I debate whether to spend those on a Succubus-8 or another Demonlord. I end up choosing to Fireball the Demonlord on the right, the one with Manaburn and Deathgaze.

[[File:DorkingRise7 - Copy (5).jpg]] 
Like this.

[[File:DorkingRise7 - Copy (6).jpg]] 
It was a mistake. I can't quite finish the second Demonlord. I should have invested those fireballs into the Succubus instead.

[[File:DorkingRise7 - Copy (8).jpg]] 
So I explore a bit and then take him out. I'm strong enough now that I don't need mid-level tricks to win these fights, so long as I get to start at full resources.

[[File:DorkingRise7 - Copy (9).jpg]] 
Case in point. Notice that I have so much gold now that I've even bought a pair of elven boots.

[[File:DorkingRise7 - Copy (10).jpg]] 
I finally find the last Demonlord. This is the worst one for my character, but I'm not afraid. I've been saving that BLUDTOPOWA glyph in anticipation of meeting this guy. With my huge health pool and dual-natured potions can roast this guy. I could do it without BLUDTOPOWA, but this is just cooler. I have to convert the Alchemist Scroll to make room, but it's worth it. The fun thing about Thieves is that they can change their play style at the drop of a hat.

[[File:DorkingRise7.jpg]] 
After cleaning up the surface a bit, I head down to face the Avatar. I didn't document the fight, but after remembering that the Avatar has 75% magic resistance, I converted BLUDTOPOWA, spend all of my gold on conversion junk, and went back down with a stack of health potions. Not that I needed them. Just look at this girl.

Annotated Playthroughs

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==Annotated Playthroughs==

These annotated playthroughs were created and uploaded by fans, and describe successful runs under a variety of conditions.

[[Annotated Playthrough Magma Mines]]

[[Annotated Playthrough Slim Pit Purist]]

[[Annotated Playthrough Rock Garden]]

[[Annotated Gorgon Purist Run]]

[[Annotated Playthrough Demonic Library]]

[[Annotated Playthrough Shifting Passages Purist]]

[[Annotated Playthrough Venture Cave Monk]]

[[Annotated Playthrough Vicious Halls of Steel Sorcerer]]

[[Annotated Playthrough Western Forest]]

[[Annotated Playthrough: Rise of the Dorkling]]

==Anyone Can Win Vicious, by The Avatar==

This mini-series of playthroughs shows basic strategies that can beat vicious dungeons, and strives to show you that you can beat them too, no matter your skill level. Each one explores a vicious dungeon as a human fighter.

[[Anyone Can Win Vicious Part 1: Naga City]]

[[Anyone Can Win Vicious Part 2: Dragon Isles]]

[[Anyone Can Win Vicious Part 3: Namtar's Lair]]

==How does Regenfighting work, by Nurator==

This annotated playthrough describes the power of regenfighting and shows many examples how to use it right

[[Annotated Playthrough: Regenfighting]]

== Forum Thread ==

There is ongoing discussion regarding annotated playthroughs on the forums[http://www.qcfdesign.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1841]

== Deprecated Guides ==

As of 49b [[Annotated Playthrough Vicious Halls of Steel]]

As of 49b [[Annotated Playthrough Dragon Isles]]

As of 49b [[Annotated Playthrough Naga City]]

Annotated Playthroughs

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==Annotated Playthroughs==

These annotated playthroughs were created and uploaded by fans, and describe successful runs under a variety of conditions.

[[Annotated Playthrough Magma Mines]]

[[Annotated Playthrough Slim Pit Purist]]

[[Annotated Playthrough Rock Garden]]

[[Annotated Gorgon Purist Run]]

[[Annotated Playthrough Demonic Library]]

[[Annotated Playthrough Shifting Passages Purist]]

[[Annotated Playthrough Venture Cave Monk]]

[[Annotated Playthrough Vicious Halls of Steel Sorcerer]]

[[Annotated Playthrough Western Forest]]

[[Annotated Playthrough: Rise of the Dorking]]

==Anyone Can Win Vicious, by The Avatar==

This mini-series of playthroughs shows basic strategies that can beat vicious dungeons, and strives to show you that you can beat them too, no matter your skill level. Each one explores a vicious dungeon as a human fighter.

[[Anyone Can Win Vicious Part 1: Naga City]]

[[Anyone Can Win Vicious Part 2: Dragon Isles]]

[[Anyone Can Win Vicious Part 3: Namtar's Lair]]

==How does Regenfighting work, by Nurator==

This annotated playthrough describes the power of regenfighting and shows many examples how to use it right

[[Annotated Playthrough: Regenfighting]]

== Forum Thread ==

There is ongoing discussion regarding annotated playthroughs on the forums[http://www.qcfdesign.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1841]

== Deprecated Guides ==

As of 49b [[Annotated Playthrough Vicious Halls of Steel]]

As of 49b [[Annotated Playthrough Dragon Isles]]

As of 49b [[Annotated Playthrough Naga City]]

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