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(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.
| 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
| Level | Number | Total XP |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 10 | 10 |
| 2nd | 5 | 10 |
| 3rd | 4 | 12 |
| 4th | 4 | 16 |
| 5th | 4 | 20 |
| 6th | 3 | 18 |
| 7th | 3 | 21 |
| 8th | 3 | 24 |
| 9th | 2 | 18 |
Or, in graphic form:
List of Monsters
See Traits for a full list of traits and what they do. Also see the list of bosses.
Basic Monsters
Common monsters found in just about any dungeon.
| Name | Attack | Health | Traits | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bandit
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70% | 100% |  Cursed
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Any |
 Dragon Spawn
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100% | 125% |  Magical Attack
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Any |
 Goat
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100% | 90% |  Magic resist 25%
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Any |
 Goblin
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120% | 100% |  First Strike
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Any |
 Golem
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100% | 100% | Magic resist 50%
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Any |
 Goo Blob
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100% | 100% |  Physical resist 50%
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Any |
 Gorgon
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100% | 90% | First Strike,  Death-gaze 50%
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Any |
 Meat Man
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65% | 200% | Any | |
 Serpent
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100% | 100% |  Poisonous
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Any |
 Warlock
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135% | 100% | Magical Attack
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Any |
 Wraith
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100% | 75% |  Undead,  Mana Burn, Magical Attack, Physical resist 30%
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Any |
 Zombie
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100% | 150% | Undead
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Any |
Advanced Monsters
Stronger monsters found as you venture further outside the kingdom. This list does not include any variety of Plant.
| Image | Name | Attack | Health | Traits | Boss | Location | |
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Acid Blob |  Corrosive, Magical Attack
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Naga City, The Slime Pits | ||||
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Animated Armour | 160% | 55% | Magical Attack,  Death Protection (1 layer per level)
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Halls of Steel, Cursed Oasis | ||
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Berserker |  Berserks 50%
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Berserker Camp, Wizard Bronze | ||||
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Burn Viper | Mana Burn,  Blinks
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Berserker Camp, Naga City, Namtar's Lair | ||||
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Blood Snake |  Spawns, Poisonous
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Bloodmage Bronze | ||||
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Cave Snake | 70% | 160% | Poisonous, Spawns
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Magma Mines | ||
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Changeling | Varies by class | Shifting Passages | ||||
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Cultist |  Cowardly,  Revives (into Zombie)
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Desert Troll | Cowardly,  Fast regen
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Northern Desert | ||||
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Djinn | Magical Attack,  Retaliate: Fireball
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Doom Armor | Berserks 50%, Death Protection (1 layer per level)
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Demonic Library | ||||
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Druid | Magical Attack, Death Protection
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Havendale Bridge, Dragon Isle, Western Jungle (Boss only) | ||||
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Forest Troll | Cowardly, Fast regen, Magic resist 25%
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Dragon Isle | ||||
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Frozen Troll | Cowardly, Physical resist 50%, Magic resist 50%, Magical Attack
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Gelatinous Thing | 100% | 100% | Retaliate: Fireball
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The Slime Pit | ||
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Imp | Blinks
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Demonic Library | ||||
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Illusion | 100% | 100% | Physical resist 50%, Retaliate: Fireball,  Weakening blow
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Halls of Steel | ||
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Minotaur | 100% | 100% |  Knockback 50%, Berserks 50%
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Magma Mines, Shifting Passages, The Labyrinth (Boss only) | ||
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Muck Walker | 100% | 100% | Undead, Weakening blow
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The Slime Pit | ||
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Naga | 100% | 85% | Weakening blow
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Ick Swamp, Naga City | ||
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Rock Troll | Cowardly, Fast regen, Knockback 50%
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Rock Garden | ||||
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Rusalka | 100% | 100% | Corrosive
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Havendale Bridge | ||
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Steel Golem | 100% | 100% | Physical resist 25%, Cursed
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Naga City | ||
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Shade | 100% | 75% | Physical resist 30%, Undead, Blinks,  Life steal 40%
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Creeplight Ruins (after killing sacrificial goat), Cursed Oasis | ||
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Slime Blob | 100% | 100% | Cursed, Magical Attack
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The Slime Pit | ||
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Thrall | 100% | 110% | Mana Burn, Poisonous, Undead
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Cursed Oasis, Demonic Library, Teeth Teeth Teeth Subdungeon | ||
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Tokoloshe | 100% | 100% | Cowardly, Physical resist 50%; Drops Tokoloshe Charm on death
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Havendage Bridge | ||
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Vampire | Life steal 40%, Magical Attack
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Ick Swamp, Eastern Tundra (Boss only) |
