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Crawlpendium: Monsters
By Pinhead Larry
An Up-to-date, detailed guide on all of crawl's 61+ playable Monsters
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Guide Index
Overview
Crawlpendium: Other Chapters 
Prelude 
Evolution Tree 
--LEVEL 1 MONSTERS-- 
Kevin The Destroyer 
Tadpole 
Spider 
Gnome 
Eyebat 
Rat 
Henchman 
Ghost Girl 
Gargoyle 
Plague Mushroom 
Skeleton 
--LEVEL 2 MONSTERS-- 
Spikewurm 
Greater Spider 
Greater Eyebat 
Eyebat Hatchlings 
Witch 
Goblin 
Shield Shaman 
Imp 
Snake 
Vermin Soldier 
Skeleton Archer 
Pirate Skeleton 
Hooded Haunt 
Satyr 
Slime Monk 
Blobfish 
--LEVEL 3 MONSTERS-- 
Dark Yurei 
Rodent Summoner 
Totem Shaman 
Beam Eyebat 
Eyebat Bomber 
Demon Mouth 
Scorpion 
Skeleton Sorcerer 
Flaming Archer 
Evil Princess 
Greater Spikewurm 
Ice Slime Monk 
Orc 
Minotaur 
Abomination 
Dark Executioner 
Sea Wizard 
Tentacled Prophet 
Faceless Shaman 
--LEVEL 4 MONSTERS-- 
Necromancer 
Mind Squid 
Dragon 
Skeletal Magelord 
Troll 
High Priestess 
Nameless Knight 
Demon Lord 
Scorpion Queen 
Horned Beast 
Bone Warden 
Eyeless Beast 
Beholder 
Gargantuan Blobfish 
Bird Abomination 
Objects 
Items 
Mimic 
Comments
Prelude
This guide will list information on all of Crawl's playable monsters.
All of the images in this guide and some of the information present in this guide are from the Crawl wiki, but we're added to the wiki by me (xnaut117).

Any place "???" is used where a number should be are numbers I have not properly measured yet, but these will be added soon.
Evolution Tree
This tree explains which monsters are able to evolve into which. The monsters' vertical position represents the level, top being level 1, bottom being level 4.
The colors underneath monsters represent which monsters they can originate from purple meaning they can be obtained with either monster.
--LEVEL 1 MONSTERS--
The following monsters listed are the monsters available at the start of the game. In between floors, you will be allowed to upgrade your monsters into one of two choices, each costing 10 wrath, with some exceptions.
Kevin The Destroyer


Kevin is the slowest monster, deals the least damage, and comes in second for lowest health, but can result in a tier 4 monster earlier than any other method.

0.35 dmg
Fires a slow moving bubble that bounces off walls, dealing damage
??? dps
Dashes, leaving a trail of brown squirt that slows and damages the hero
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
3.90 hp
22%
2.67 sec
------------------------------------
Starting Gods
Evolves Into
(60w)(10w)
  • Evolving Kevin directly into the Gargantuan Blobfish will cost only 60 wrath, any other path to a level 4 monster takes a total of 75 wrath
Tadpole


The tadpole is one of the best level 1 monsters, able to quickly evade melee attacks from the hero, and attack with an easy to aim, fast moving projectile.

0.75 dmg
Fires a fast moving spine dart in a straight line, dealing damage
0 dmg
Burrows undergound in a straight line, essentially teleporting forwards
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
3.90 hp
89%
2.07 sec
------------------------------------
Starting Gods
Evolves Into
(10w)(10w)
Spider

The spider is rapid to attack, but is only a real threat if to victims trapped in its web.

0.75 dmg
Quickly lunges forward, dealing damage. Can be repeated very fast
0 dmg
Leaves a trail of web that greatly slows the hero
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
3.90 hp
85%
2.07 sec
------------------------------------
Starting Gods
Evolves Into
(10w)(10w)
  • The webs will slow the hero when they are in the web, if the hero's magic is a dodge, the distance will be reduced to practically nothing, making it very hard to escape the web before it fades
  • The spider's primary attack will deal damage to the hero much much faster than the spider can take damage as long as the hero is in the web
Gnome

The Gnome is questionably the worst monster in the game, although Barney claims it can be overpowered, due to its ability to litter the dungeon full of traps.

1.00 dmg
Swings a pickaxe, dealing damage upon impact, occasionally pick-pocketing 1 gold
0.50 dmg
Lays a bear trap that will damage the hero on contact, the trap will disappear after 12.00 sec
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Health
Speed
Cooldown
3.65 hp
93%
2.07 sec
------------------------------------
Starting Gods
Evolves Into
(10w)(10w)
  • If the gnome pickpockets gold from the hero, the gnome is not able to collect the gold.
  • Pick-pocketing a total of 10 gold will earn you an achievement
Eyebat




The eyebat flies around quickly, firing short-ranged projectiles, but suffering heavily from recoil.

0.75 dmg
Fires a tear a medium distance, dealing damage
0 dmg
Dashes forwards quickly, is not invincible during this dodge
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
3.90 hp
89%
2.27 sec
------------------------------------
Starting Gods
Evolves Into
(10w)(10w)
Rat



The rat is tied for fastest monster of any level, able to move quickly and dodge or deal damage with its main attack.

0.75 dmg
Lunges into a forward bite, dealing damage
0.75 dmg
Fires a rat spirit that passes through walls, dealing damage
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
3.90 hp
119%
5.90 sec
------------------------------------
Starting Gods
Evolves Into
(10w)(10w)
Henchman




The henchman scoots around in his black cloak and attacks human ankles with a spear.

0.75 dmg
Jabs the spear forwards, dealing damage
0.60 dmg
Throws a spear forwards, dealing damage
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
4.40 hp
100%
2.27 sec
------------------------------------
Starting Gods
Evolves Into
(10w)
Ghost Girl




The ghost girl slings a magic flame and can heal other monsters will her health rune.

1.10 dmg
Brings the ghostly flame to life for 1.00 sec, damaging the hero upon contact
+0.50 hp/s
Places a health rune that stays for 5.50 sec, will slowly heal any monster inside
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
3.90 hp
107%
5.67 sec
------------------------------------
Starting Gods
Evolves Into
(10w)(35w)
  • The ghostly flame always follows loosely behind the girl, moving in a circular motion will allow her to sling it like a flail.
  • The Health rune will heal any monster, but does so slowly
Gargoyle




The Gargoyle is able to throw fireballs and turn itself to stone for defense.

0.75 dmg
Throws a fireball a short distance, never lights hero on fire
0 dmg
Turns into stone form for 3 sec. If attacked while a stone, the hero will be stunned for 1.3 sec
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
4.90 hp
96%
3.87 sec
------------------------------------
Starting Gods
Evolves Into
(10w)(10w)
  • If the Gargoyle successfully stuns the hero, the hero will be immobile long enough for the gargoyle to hit the hero with 1 fireball and escape, without any risk of taking damage from the hero. (unless the hero has a ranged weapon)
Plague Mushroom




The Mushroom spreads by skimming across the ground, leaving a trail of mycelium, and by launching a spore, which will self-fertilize into a new mushroom.

??? dps
Slides across the ground, leaving a trail of sludge that slows and damages the hero
0.75 dmg
launches a spore, If projectile does not hit the hero, another mushroom will sprout
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
3.90 hp
44%
4.87 sec
------------------------------------
Starting Gods
Evolves Into
(10w)

Spored Mushrooms




The spored mushrooms will wander around, leaving trails of mycelium behind, but can not produce more mushrooms. There is no limit to how many mushrooms can be spawned at once

Health
Speed
Damage
0.50 hp
44%
??? dps
Skeleton






The skeleton is a bare-bones melee and ranged monster, able to punch or throw bones at enemies.

0.60 dmg
Punches in a short forward motion
0.75 dmg
Throws a bone that falls after a medium length
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
4.90 hp
96%
1.67 sec
------------------------------------
Starting Gods
Evolves Into
(10w)(10w)(10w)
--LEVEL 2 MONSTERS--
The following listed monsters are the second level of monsters, these will be reached after upgrading your level 1 monsters. Generally, these are more powerful, quicker, and have more health than level 1 monsters.
Spikewurm


The spikewurm is almost identical to the tadpole, same health, speed, and damage, but the burrow move will leave a trail of spikes that can damage the hero.

0.75 dmg
Fires a spine dart forwards that fades after a medium distance
0.40+ dmg
Burrows undergound in a straight line, leaving behind a trail of spikes for 3 seconds
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
3.90 hp
89%
2.37 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(25w)(25w)
Greater Spider



The Greater Spider throws its webs rather than leaving a trail, able to hinder the hero from a distance.

0.75 dmg
Fast, rapid, short-ranged lunge
0 dmg
Throws line of web perpendicular to the spider's facing direction, slowing the hero
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
4.60 hp
89%
2.87 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(25w)(25w)
  • The webs will slow the hero when they are in the web, if the hero's magic is a dodge, the distance will be reduced to practically nothing, making it very hard to escape the web before it despawns
Greater Eyebat



The greater eyebat has more health and speed than its predecessor, and is able to attack and dodge much more effectively.

0.05-2.30 dmg
Fires 33 tears in succession, dealing ~0.07 dmg each
0 dmg
Dashes forwards quickly; no invincibility frames
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
4.90 hp
96%
2.27 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(25w)(25w)
Eyebat Hatchlings




The Eyebat hatchlings each have the very least health of any monster, but have some power in numbers, also able can heal each other.

0.75 dmg
Fires a single tear forward, recoil knocks back and immobilizes the hatching for 0.5 sec
+0.40 hp
Dashes quickly and heals any other eyebat hatchings passed over
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
2.90 hp (each)
100%
1.87 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(25w)(25w)
  • When spawned, the player will control 1 of the three eyebats, and the other two will be automatically controlled by the ai.
  • The player controlled bat can heal the ai controlled ones and vice versa
  • All 3 bats must be killed by the hero to pass the current room
Witch




The witch shoots spells from her staff, able to damage or transform her enemies ito toads.

0.75 dmg
Fires a slow, but reflective magic beam, dealing damage
6 sec
Fires a slower beam that turns the hero into a toad
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
4.80 hp
93%
5.87 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(25w)(25w)
  • When transformed into a toad, the hero can not attack and can only move around slowly; their health is greatly reduced, it is fairly easy to take all the hero's health by landing 5 hits before they turn back into a human. If the hero turns back into a human, their health reverts to its prior value, minus the amount they lost while being a toad
Goblin





The goblin is fairly slow to attack, but has long ranged knives and a very high damaging bomb.

0.75 dmg
Throws a long-ranged knife, can be held to aim precisely
1.50 dmg
Drops a bomb which detonates when touched, or when the fuse runs out
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
4.90 hp
96%
3.87 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(25w)(25w)
Shield Shaman




The shield shaman can be a real annoyance, able to rapidly block the heroes attacks and deal poison damage from a long range.

0.70 dmg
Fires a long-ranged poison dart
0 dmg
Places a shield in front of the shaman, if attacked, the hero will be stunned for 1.3 sec
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
4.80 hp
93%
1.40 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(25w)(25w)
Imp





The Imp is slow and has no direct attack, making it very useless on its own, but can place a lot of slime and pull the hero to block and stop attacks to other monsters.

??? dps
Places a pool of slime that damages and greatly slows the hero
0 dmg
Pulls the hero in with a vacuum force, used to force hero onto slime
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
6.80 hp
85%
2.87 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(25w)(25w)
Snake





The snake is able to attack effectively from long or short ranges, dealing much easier high damage at close range, but easily dodging the hero at far.

0.63 dmg (x2)
Fires 2 venom shots in a "V" pattern, bouncing off walls, fades after a medium reach
1.10 dmg
Fires a quick, long-ranged bolt that damages and stuns the hero
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
6.80 hp
85%
2.87 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(25w)(25w)
Vermin Soldier




The vermin soldier is possibly the best level 2 monster, excelling in speed, damage, and range.

0.90 dmg
Slashes its halberd in a forward lunge, a medium range melee attack
1.20 dmg+
0.75 dmg
Slashes in front,
then throws a halberd, reaching a long distance
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
5.85 hp
104%
2.83 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(25w)(25w)
Skeleton Archer






The skeleton archer is a very average, ranged fighter; average speed, average health with a simple ranged and melee attack, that both deal average damage.

0.75 dmg
Fires an arrow that slightly knocks the hero back, can be held as long as desired to aim precisely
0.75 dmg
Fires the bow at the ground, dealing damage and knockback in a radius around the skeleton
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
4.90 hp
100%
3.57 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(25w)(25w)
Pirate Skeleton






Another one of the best level 2 monsters, the pirate skeleton is able to block the heroes attacks very effectively and lunge from a distance.

1.00 dmg
Lunges forward with a sweep of the sword
0 dmg
Blocks with the shield, if attacked by the hero, the hero will be stunned
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
5.85 hp
107%
1.37 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(25w)(25w)
  • The shield block will interrupt and reset the cooldown for the sword lunge. This means that you can slash, shield, and immediately slash again in a very short time
Hooded Haunt







A very useful level 2 monster, the hooded haunt is very dodgy and high damaging from long ranges.

0.60 dmg (x3)
Throws 3 eldritch flames in succession with unlimited range
0 dmg
Quickly dashes a medium distance, is briefly invincible during this dodge
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
4.55 hp
96%
2.90 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(25w)(25w)
Satyr





The satyr may seem weak because of its low damage but, as it turns out, the low damage is more than made up for by its ability to dodge more effectively than almost any other monster.

0.55 dmg
Fires an arrow that slightly knocks the hero back, can be held as long as desired to aim precisely
0 dmg
Quickly dashes a long distance, but is not invincible during this
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
4.90 hp
81%
2.37 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(25w)(25w)
Slime Monk





The slime monk leaves a trail of slime behind and fires medium ranged, high damaging runes.

??? dps
Leaves a medium trail of slime, damaging and slowing the hero if they enter
1.50 dmg
Fires a medium ranged rune, damaging the hero
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
4.90 hp
89%
3.87 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(25w)(25w)
Blobfish




The blobfish is very slow, but able to deal high damage and leave a barrier of slime on the ground. However, a methodical dodge and attack technique by the hero will easily leave the blobfish defeated.

1.50 dmg
Lunges a short distance, damaging and briefly stunning and the hero
??? dps
Leaves a thin, but medium-lenghted trail of slime, damaging and slowing the hero if they enter
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
6.80 hp
37%
3.87 sec
------------------------------------
Starting Gods
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(25w)(25w)
  • The blobfish is the only level 2 monster that can also be a starting monster
  • If obtained by taunting Glub, the blobfish can not be upgraded at all
--LEVEL 3 MONSTERS--
These following monsters are the third level of monsters will be reached only after upgrading your level 2 monsters, with some exceptions. Most games only go on long enough to get only 1 level 4 monster, so you should consider that most upgrades to level 3 will be the last for that monster during the game
Dark Yurei




The Dark Yurei's primary attacks acts like its predecessor's, but providing a barrier that the hero can not cross. From behind this barrier, a lightning bolt can be shot to deal a lot of damage.

0.40 dmg
Slings a flame, leaving a trail that deals 0.40 dmg on impact and provides knockback
0.60-2.40 dmg
Fires a lightning bolt that splits and can hit up to 4 times at once, dealing 0.60 for each
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
4.80 hp
107%
2.87 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(40w)(40w)
  • The Dark Yurei is the only level 3 monster that can be evolved directly from a level 1 monster, but this costs 35 wrath. This is not any cheaper than if there was in intermediate level 2 monster, so this is likely to balance the evolution tree with lack of an intermediate form
Rodent Summoner




The rodent summoner is a master of sorcery, able to fire rat spirits and summon living rats to aide in combat.

0.75 dmg
Fires a medium-ranged rat spirit
0 dmg
Summons a rat that stays and attack the hero until killed
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
5.85 hp
107%
3.07 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(40w)(40w)

Summoned Rats



The summoned rats will wander around and lunge at the hero if they get close. There is no limit to how many rats can be summoned at once

Health
Speed
Damage
1.20 hp
???%
0.60 dmg
Totem Shaman




The totem shaman actually deal less damage than the shield shaman, but is able to place totems that can deal rapid damage, although these can be difficult to place effectively.

0.60 dmg
Fires a poison dart, can be held as long as desired to aim precisely
0.60 dmg (x9)
Places a totem that fires 9 poison darts in the direction it was placed, then disappears
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
5.85 hp
93%
4.87 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(40w)(40w)
Beam Eyebat





The beam eyebat is a quick to dodge monster that fights best at a medium range.

0.20-1.60 dmg
Shoots a beam that hits up to 8 times, each hit dealing 0.20 dmg
0 dmg
Dashes a medium distance, but can be damaged during the dodge
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
5.80 hp
100%
2.27 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(40w)(40w)
Eyebat Bomber






The Eyebat bomber is the only fixed-range fighter, making it fairly difficult to land hits, but can always quickly dodge to get another shot.

0.90 dmg
Shoots a projectile that only explodes after a fixed distance, dealing damage in a radius
0 dmg
Dives forward quickly across a medium distance, providing brief invincibility
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
4.90 hp
111%
2.27 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(40w)(40w)
  • If the bomb collides with the hero before impact, it does no damage and does not stop, but will push the hero slightly towards the explosion
Demon Mouth





The demon mouth can quickly cover the floor and slime and reproduce, but has literally no range in attacks.

0.90 dmg+
??? dps
Lunges forward dealing damage,
leaves a trail of slime in the path of the lunge that damages and slows the hero
0 dmg
Places an egg with ??? hp that will hatch into another demon mouth after ??? sec
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
5.85 hp
78%
3.87 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(40w)(40w)

Hatched Mouths






The hatched mouths will wander around and lunge at the hero if they get close. There is no limit to how many mouths can be produced at once.

Health
Speed
Damage
1.00 hp
78%
??? dmg+
??? dps
Scorpion






The scorpion behaves similar to the spiders, dealing heavy damage to its trapped victims, but it is also able to also damage the hero with the venom.

0.75 dmg
Rapidly jabs a very short distance
0.95 dmg+
??? dps
Launches a slime ball that damages the hero,
The slime ball is trailed by a stream of goop that damages and slows the hero
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
5.80 hp
104%
3.00 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(40w)(40w)
Skeleton Sorcerer






The skeleton sorcerer is a ranged barrier fighter, able to place an arch of black slime to hide behind.

0.75 dmg
Repeatedly fires long-ranged magic bolts, but a longer delay is initiated after 4 successive shots
??? dps
Summons a semi circle of black slime in front of itself that damages and slows the hero
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
5.85 hp
85 %
4.4 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(40w)(40w)
Flaming Archer







The flame archer is quick on its feet and quick to draw, standing at a good advantage over a hero with a melee weapon, but can fall easily to a ranged hero.

0.80 dmg
Fires an arrow that slightly knocks the hero back, can be held to aim precisely
0.90 dmg (x2)
Fires 2 arrows in a "V" pattern that damage, stun, and ignite the hero
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
5.85 hp
115%
4.00 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(40w)(40w)
Evil Princess






The evil princess fires long ranged magic bolts and is able to boost the damage dealt by herself and by other monsters.

0.95 dmg
Fires a quick, long-ranged magic bolt that bounces of walls and penetrates objects
??? sec
Places a large rune that doubles the damage dealt by any monster inside including herself
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
5.80 hp
119%
4.27 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(40w)(40w)
Greater Spikewurm



The greater spikewurm crawls quickly, but has even more mobility with the burrow move, leaving a trail of deadly spikes.

0.75 dmg
Quickly jabs a medium distance with its tongue, retracting immediately after
0.75 dmg
Quickly borrows forward, surfacing a medium distance away,
leaving 5-6 spikes in the path that stay for 2 sec and damage the hero upon contact
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
4.90 hp
111%
2.87 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(45w)(40w)
Ice Slime Monk





The ice slime monk is the only monster with ice powers, these are ustilized by laying a trail of ice and by launching ice runes.

??? dps
Speeds up, leaving a long trail of ice, damaging and slowing the hero if they enter
0.90 dmg
Fires a medium ranged rune, damaging the hero
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
5.85 hp
89%
2.87 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(40w)(40w)
  • The only monster that can deal ice damage
  • the trail from the primary attack will always freeze the player, meaning they are slowed for a period of time even after they leave the ice
  • The rune will only occasionally freeze the player
Orc






The orc plays almost exactly like a starting hero, having a simple 2 part melee attack and a dodge.

0.90 dmg
Slices the axe forwards, succeed by an uppercut motion if pressed again. Both deal equal damage
0 dmg
Dodge-rolls forwards a short distance, is invincible during this dodge
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
6.80 hp
107%
2.37 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
EVOLUTION_LEFT(40w)EVOLUTION_RIGHT(40w)
  • The first part of the primary attack is a short lunge, providing some reach, the second part (activated by attacking again) comes quickly after, but is and uppercut, so it has very little range. A longer delay is initiated after the uppercut is used
Minotaur







The minotaur is is a very slow fighter, the primary and secondary attacks have a delay to start and end, he deals high damage but much more easily takes damage.

1.10 dmg
Swings the axe in a forward lunge, but takes a bit to recover
0.58-2.30 dmg
Charges a long distance, hitting up to 4 times, dealing damage for each landed hit
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
6.80 hp
93%
3.53 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(40w)(40w)
Abomination







The abominated mass of tentacles floats, dashing into or biting its enemies to deal damage.

0.75 dmg
Dashes a short distance, dealing damage if the hero is passed over
1.85 dmg
Slowly bites close in front, damaging and stunning the hero
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
4.90 hp
107%
4.36 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(45w)(40w)
Dark Executioner







With high health, high ranged and melee damage, and just under 100% speed, the dark executioner is a brute of a monster.

1.50 dmg
Slashes its axe forward, stunning and damaging the hero, but has to wait a second to attack again
1.10+ dmg
Throws the axe, which returns after a second, the axe can hit many times during its movement
------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
7.85 hp
96%
2.33 sec
------------------------------------
Evolves From
Evolves Into
(40w)(40w)
  • The thrown axe will travel a small distance then return to the executioner. During this movement, it can hit multiple times, it is common it will hit once on the way out and again on the way back
  • If timed and placed properly, the thrown axe can hit the hero right on the tip of the axe's arch (the point it turns around) and hit several times in less than a second, dealing truly massive damage
Sea Wizard






The sea wizard is a fish and only attacks with more fish, able to throw fish or summon fish from the ground to fill the room with bubbles.

0.75 dmg
Throws a fish to fly across the room like a projectile, dealing damage
1.50 dmg
Summons a fish head to emerge from the ground. Upon emerging, the fish head deals damage
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Health
Speed
Cooldown
5.85 hp
119%
3.87 sec
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Evolves From
Evolves Into
(40w)(40w)

Fish Heads






The fish heads that emerge from the ground are invincible, but descend back into the ground after shooting 6 bubbles.

Health
Time
Damage
invincible
??? sec
0.55 dmg (x6)
Tentacled Prophet







The tentacled prophet unleashes his tentacles out from under his robe to deal physical and psychological damage to his enemies.

1.50 dmg
Lashes a tentacle from under its robe, has a medium reach
0 dmg
Transforms into a shadow briefly, traveling very fast. Will reform at shadow's location afterwards
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Health
Speed
Cooldown
6.80 hp
100 %
2.37 sec
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Evolves From
Evolves Into
(45w)(40w)
Faceless Shaman








The faceless shaman can dodge better than any other monster, and fires orbs at a quick rate, which are difficult to dodge, making it one of the best monsters of any level.

0.60 dmg+
0.90 dmg
Launches a blasting orb dealing damage on impact
on impact or after time, the orb will explode in a vertical line, dealing more damage*
0 dmg
Teleports backwards a medium distance
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Health
Speed
Cooldown
7.30 hp
107%
1.37 sec
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Evolves From
Evolves Into
(40w)(40w)
  • If the orb hits the hero directly, it will deal two hits at once, for a total of 1.50 dmg
--LEVEL 4 MONSTERS--
The following monsters listed are the level 4 monsters; These are the peak evolutions from each chain. In most cases, each level 4 monster will total 75 wrath spent and usually only one level 4 monster per player will be obtained per game.
Necromancer






Able to summon and heal zombies with poison that lingers for a long time, and able to move quickly, the necromancer is a very powerful monster that should always be immediately targeted.

0.80 dmg+
??? dps
Throws a green blotch of slime that can damage the hero
upon impact, the ball leaves a puddle of posion for ??? sec that damages and slows the hero
0 dmg
Summons a zombie
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Health
Speed
Cooldown
10.75 hp
100%
4.1 sec
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Evolves From
  • If the shot slime ball impacts a player, it will only create a small puddle of poison, if it simply runs out of range and lands on the ground, the puddle is larger

Zombies





The zombies will wander around and slash at the hero if they get close. While standing in the necromancer's goop, each zombie will heal 0.25 hp/s. There is no limit to how many zombies can be summoned at once.

Health
Speed
Damage
2.00 hp
???%
0.60 dmg
Mind Squid






Floating, lashing, and summoning tentacles, the mind squid can deal a lot of damage quickly, but has little to show for defense.

1.30 dmg
Lashes a tentacle from under its mouth, has a medium reach
0.65+ dmg
Summons a barrier of tentacles in a line in front of the squid, lasts for 4 sec and damages the hero
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Health
Speed
Cooldown
12.65 hp
115%
1.87 sec
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Evolves From
Dragon






The dragon can easily ignite the hero and deal high damage from close or afar, but can not cancel the flamethrower attack and can be vulnerable for periods of time.

0.90 dmg
Fires a single, long-ranged firebolt
6.75 dmg
Breathes a broad flamethrower attack over ??? sec, which direction can not be changed during
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Health
Speed
Cooldown
12.65 hp
115 %
5.87 sec
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Evolves From
Skeletal Magelord








The skeletal magelord sports a pope hat and has two long ranged projectile attack, both leaving barriers and homing onto the hero.

0.75 dmg+
0.30 dmg
Launches an awoken skull, that tracks the player, dealing damage on impact and
leaves a trail of gas that also damages the player, however the gas can only hit once per skull
1.00 dmg+
??? dps
Launches a larger awoken skull, this one only slightly tracks the player, but
leaves a trail of gas that stays for ??? sec and damages the hero
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Health
Speed
Cooldown
11.60 hp
107%
5.87 sec
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Evolves From
Troll








The troll throws rocks and stomps the ground; slow to attack, but deals very high damage.

1.15 dmg+
1.50 dmg
Throws a rock that damages the player on impact
on impact, the rock deals more damage in a large radius
0 dmg
Stomps on the ground, stunning the player if they are close in radius
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Health
Speed
Cooldown
12.65 hp
81%
3.87 sec
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Evolves From
  • If the rock lands directly on the hero, it will deal to hits at once, for a total of 2.65 dmg
  • If the hero is successfully stunned, this will always provide enough time to land a rock directly on their head
High Priestess









The high priestess is a quick dodger, and can have 3 homing projectiles active at a time.

1.25 dmg
Throws a rune that tracks onto the player, stunning and dealing damaging on impact
the rune will linger and continue to follow the player, fading after ??? sec if it does not hit
0 dmg
Teleports forwards a medium distance
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Health
Speed
Cooldown
11.70 hp
119%
2.27 sec
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Evolves From
Nameless Knight









The nameless knight deals decently high damage, but has no form of dodge and has attacks that are difficult to land.

0.75 dmg (x4)
A 4-hit combo attack, the fourth hit has a medium radius of impact
1.35-5.40 dmg
Summons two hands from the ground, in a line in front. Each has the potential to hit twice
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Health
Speed
Cooldown
12.65 hp
93%
3.87 sec
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Evolves From
Demon Lord








The demon lord flies around very quickly, able to swoop in and stun the hero. He also has the highest damaging attack of any monster.

0.65 dmg (x3)
Begins to fly, boosting his speed to 137%
if pressed while in the air, he will land, which impacts a radius, stunning and dealing damage
4.00 dmg
Lunges in attempt to grab the hero. if landed, the hero is violently slammed into the ground
-------------------------------------
Health
Speed
Cooldown
12.65 hp
78%
6.07 sec
-------------------------------------
Evolves From
  • Successfully stunning the hero will always provide enough time to land the secondary attack
  • The primary attack has a cooldown after being used to attack, but the fly can be immediately re-initiated after a normal landing
Scorpion Queen









Fastidious and precise, she's a killer queen. Gunpowder, gelatin, dynamite with a laser beam, guaranteed to blow your mind anytime.

0.75 dmg
(x2)
Throws a magic bolt, can be pressed twice to fire a second successive shot,
but two in a row will leave her momentarily out of action
0.95 dmg (x4)
Launches 4 bolts in a line in front of herself, each dealing damage
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Health
Speed
Cooldown
12.65 hp
119%
3.37 sec
-------------------------------------
Evolves From
Horned Beast







A high damaging monster able to slash, smash, stun, and trample the hero; making it one of the most powerful monsters.

0.45 (x5) dmg
A 5-hit combo attack, the fifth hit has a medium radius of impact, also stunning the hero
0.95-3.80 dmg
Bull-charges forwards, dealing four hits of damage. Easy to land all 4 if the hero is stunned
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Health
Speed
Cooldown
9.70 hp
119%
5.87 sec
-------------------------------------
Evolves From
  • Although the charge works very similar to the minotaur's, it is much easier to land hits, and this beast will recover a lot faster afterwards
Bone Warden






A quick monster with 3 moves, the bone warden can dodge or use a shield to block incoming attacks, but the shield is not useful when fighting alone, and any missed attack will leave the warden vulnerable for a short period of time.

1.25 dmg
Slashes the sword forward in a slight lunge, dealing damage and stunning the hero
1.05+ dmg
Throws the sword, which continues to travel quickly around the room, bouncing off walls,
does not stop even after hitting the hero, meaning it can hit many times
Idle
0 dmg
While not moving, holds up its shield, stunning the hero if they try to attack
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Health
Speed
Cooldown
12.65 hp
119%
3.87 sec
-------------------------------------
Evolves From
Eyeless Beast







The eyeless beast is followed by its disembodied eye, which does all the attacking, while the body holds the vitality. Extremely effective against heroes with melee weapons, but stands little chance if the hero has a ranged weapon.

0.55 (x6) dmg
Fires 6 beams from the eyeball facing forwards, direction can not be changed during
0 dmg
Swoops forwards to dodge, is invincible during this dodge, the eyeball is unaffected
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Health
Speed
Cooldown
10.75 hp
111%
2.67 sec
-------------------------------------
Evolves From
  • The eyeball will always slowly move directly towards the body
  • The eyeball's direction of fire is determined by the direction the controller is pointing
  • The eyeball can not take damage, as the body can not attack. The eyeball only deals damage and the body only takes damage
  • The eye's fire is rapid enough and has enough knockback to repeatedly hit the hero and trap them in the line of fire while fleeing as the body
Beholder








The beholder fires large beams and deals significant damage by chomping on the hero, also able to use the chomp lunge as a dodge.

0.38-2.25 dmg
Fires a pink sun ray from its eye, fixed in the direction it started, can hit up to 6 times
1.50 dmg
Lunges forwards with a chomp, damaging and stunning the hero
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Health
Speed
Cooldown
12.65 hp
107%
3.87 sec
-------------------------------------
Evolves From
Eye of the Beast
Occasionally, when killed, the Eyebeast will drop its eyeball on the ground. The hero can pick this up to use it until the next battle (GIF borrowed from Ballazard[crawl.wikia.com])
Gargantuan Blobfish







The slowest moving level 4 monster, the gargantuan blobfish has a very powerful bite lunge, and a quick, long-distance dodge roll, rumbling the floor on every movement.

1.80 dmg
Lunges forward, biting to stun and deal damage to the hero
0 dmg
Rolls forwards, also resetting the delay on the primary attack
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Health
Speed
Cooldown
12.65 hp
44%
2.87 sec
-------------------------------------
Evolves From
Bird Abomination










By far the largest monster in size and with the most health, the bird abomination angrily smashes shock waves into the ground and chews on its victims' heads, throwing them on the ground afterwards.

0.90 dmg+
0.40 dmg (x4)
Smashes the gound, creating a shock wave in front consisting of a line fo 5 radii of impact
The first impact deals 0.90 dmg and stuns the hero, while the other 4 simply deal 0.40 dmg
0.60 dmg+
1.80 dmg
Charges forwards and grabs at the hero, the beginning of the charge deals damage,
if the hero is successfully grabbed, they will get their head bitten and thrown on the ground
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Health
Speed
Cooldown
13.60 hp
81%
6.07sec
-------------------------------------
Evolves From
Objects
The are the objects that, when interacted with, will affect your monsters. Ectoplasm can be spent to taint a headstone, providing an effect to the next monster you take control of, but only that monster. These apply to all monsters obtained from pentagrams, statues, and mimics, but never slimes or bosses. Having two effects on one monster will earn you an achievement.

Headstone
Description
Stat

Bladesmiths Marker
Taint it with your ectoplasm to draw on its power. Swords fall from the sky with your next monster's attacks
+0.75 dmg

Bookmans Gravestone
Taint it with your ectoplasm to draw on its power. Your next monster will recharge its magic faster
3x faster cooldown

Chandlers Memorial
Taint it with your ectoplasm to draw on its power. Your next monster's attacks will be boosted with flame
+0.75 dmg

Mason's Tombstone
Taint it with your ectoplasm to draw on its power. Your next monster will be extra strong
1.8x dmg

Messengers Tablet
Taint it with your ectoplasm to draw on its power. Your next monster will be extra fast
1.4x speed

Woodsmans Grave
Taint it with your ectoplasm to draw on its power. A magical axe will follow and assist your next monster
1.10 dmg
Items
These are the items that can be purchased from the blacksmith that will affect your monsters. Once an item has been purchased, it will hold effect for every monster for the rest of the game, besides bosses and blobs. Multiple of the same item can be purchased to stack the stat change.

Item
Description
Stat

A Monster Heart
Devour this heart and your monsters all get 1 extra health
+1.00 hp

Monster Toe
Swallow this toe to increase the speed of your monsters
+22% speed

Monster Hand
Clutch this hand and your monsters' special attacks all recharge faster
unknown

Monster Fang
Stab your palm with the point of this tooth, and all your monsters gain strength
+13% dmg
Mimic







Occasionally, a chest will be able to be possessed, the player who possesses the chest will control a mimic

0 dmg
Throws a single piece of gold on the ground as bait
??? dmg
Lunges into a bite, dealing massive damage and stunning the hero
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Health
Speed
Cooldown
0.01 hp
???%
1.37 sec
18 Comments
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Spaghett Pasta 14 Jul @ 2:34pm 
Could you update this to include Gaben and the Tax Man? I know it’s rare for them to show up, but it would be nice to have some information on them. Also from what I’ve seen Mimic deals 50% of the hero’s max HP, though that’s just from my experience so take it with a grain of salt.
EnderSoul123 22 May @ 1:26pm 
does anyone just kinda look at the beast and think of the names Stumpt gave them. if you don't know who is that their YouTube channel that played this game from beta and gave most of them names.
IDK_Ok? 28 Dec, 2023 @ 1:26am 
Hey i'm not seeing a lot of the secret statue monsters. Think ya could add a segment about what monsters can spawn as statues as well as the secret JEB statue?
Pinhead Larry  [author] 24 Feb, 2022 @ 7:58pm 
I seem to remember that only the center of the demon lord's attack will stun
Pinhead Larry  [author] 24 Feb, 2022 @ 7:56pm 
@ThatOneOtherIdiot, when many monsters in the game attack (with area of effect), you can breifly see white rings on the ground. Some rings will instead be red, and being hit by a red ring will always stun
ThatOneOtherIdiot 24 Feb, 2022 @ 6:35pm 
I know that I'm commenting on a really old guide, but I feel that it should be noted that for the Demon lord enemy, the drop attack seems to only stun if it hits more than once, so they have to be kinda close to where you are when you drop.
watermelon enjoyer 14 Jun, 2020 @ 3:21pm 
the Horned Beast is literally the Capra Demon from DS. even the movesets are quite similar
omegahax0r 15 Jan, 2020 @ 12:05am 
Nameless Knights special attack resets his basic attack cooldown if it lands as well.
Pinhead Larry  [author] 3 Sep, 2019 @ 8:27pm 
go to the wiki page on monsters https://crawl.fandom.com/wiki/Monsters , I re did that entire page my myself before making this guide, and I added citations to where I found monster names, Only 1, the Nameless Knight, had no name I could find.
Flip 2 Sep, 2019 @ 10:20am 
Did you make those names up or are they the actual names for the monsters? If those are official, where did you get them? (Great guide btw)