Monster

Monsters are creatures which can be found on nearly all planets. Monsters can either be procedurally generated or unique, and may be either aggressive or neutral towards the player (except for critters, which are always passive). Aggressive monsters will attack on sight, but neutral monsters will only become hostile if provoked. Killing monsters will usually yield pixels and other resources.

Procedurally Generated Monsters

Many monsters that players encounter throughout the game are procedurally generated, meaning they are assembled 'randomly' from a characteristic set, like a planet. Monster attacks, physical features, and color are all assembled based on the seed of the planet, which allows coordinate sharing to include monster locations.

Generated monsters are separated into classes of monsters based on three characteristics:

• Size: monsters are either large or small
• Aggression: monsters are either aggressive (attack on sight) or passive (attack only when attacked)
• Locomotion: monsters are bipedal (standing on two legs only), quadrupedal (standing on four legs), or flying (uses wings to move around)

Theoretically, 12 classes of monsters can exist based on these separate characteristics. However, large bipedal and large quadrupedal monsters are always aggressive, so there are only 10 classes of generated monsters in practice:

Flying Monsters

• Passive Small Flying Monster: 14.4 Health, 12 Melee Damage @ Tier 1
• Aggressive Small Flying Monster: 14.4 Health, 12 Melee Damage @ Tier 1
• Passive Large Flying Monster: 32.4 Health, 15 Melee Damage @ Tier 1 (can use ranged attacks)
• Aggressive Large Flying Monster: 32.4 Health, 15 Melee Damage @ Tier 1 (can use ranged attacks)

Bipedal Monsters

• Passive Small Biped: 21.6 Health, 10 Melee Damage @ Tier 1
• Aggressive Small Biped: 21.6 Health, 10 Melee Damage @ Tier 1
• Aggressive Large Biped: 33.75 Health, 15 Melee Damage @ Tier 1

Quadrupedal Monsters

• Passive Small Quadruped: 14.4 Health, 10 Melee Damage @ Tier 1
• Aggressive Small Quadruped: 14.4 Health, 10 Melee Damage @ Tier 1
• Aggressive Large Quadruped: 33.75 Health, 15 Melee Damage @ Tier 1 (only generated monster type that can drop Raw Ribs when killed with hunting weapons)

(Note: Large flying monsters used to be able to use ranged attacks; however, this functionality was removed in Version 1.2.0. Apparently this was actually a bug, however, because the ranged attacks came back in Version 1.2.2.)

Each planet that is not a Barren planet generates 1 passive small flying monster, 1 large flying monster (either passive or aggressive), 2 passive ground creatures (passive small bipeds and quadrupeds), 3 night terrors (aggressive small flying creatures and aggressive large bipeds and quadrupeds), and 2 aggressive ground creatures (aggressive small bipeds and quadrupeds) for use in its various regions. Most surface biomes use all of the generated monsters except for the large flying creature (which only appears in the planet's atmosphere layer); however, Garden surface biomes do not use any aggressive ground creatures, and they only use 2 night terrors, 1 passive small flying creature, and 1 passive ground creature.

If the planet in question is an Ocean, Toxic or Arctic planet, it also generates Fish to populate its liquid layer. Some of the small fish are unique critters, but other small fish and both passive and aggressive large fish are procedurally generated in a similar manner to ground and flying monsters. Large fish have 32.4 health and deal 15 damage at tier 1.

Due to night terrors appearing to harass the player, surface traversal is much more difficult at night, forcing unprepared players to seek protection when the sun begins to set.

Unique Monsters

Unique monsters are those that are pre-designed rather than being made through the procedural generation engine. They can be found on planets, specific to biomes or dungeons, as part of quests, as bosses or as boss minions.

Many unique monsters award progress toward the Pets Collection after being captured in a Capture Pod. These monsters have their collection entry number listed below.

In update 1.4 recolored rare variants of almost all Collection monsters were added. These rare monsters appear in bounty missions and have a very rare chance to appear in the wild. Capturing these monsters earns progress towards the Rare Pets Collection.

Biome Monsters

Biome monsters are only found in specific planetary biomes. They spawn alongside other procedurally generated monsters, so finding a biome does not necessarily mean the monster will be there. Many of these monsters are found in more than one biome.

Gleap
01

Nutmidge
02

Nutmidgeling
03

K. Nutmidgeling
04

Poptop
05

Adult Poptop
06

Crustoise
07

Tintic
08

Batong
09

Spookit
10

Peblit
11

Iguarmor
12

Scaveran
13

Voltip
14

Fennix
15

Lilodon
16

Petricub
17

Paratail
19

Wisper
20

Skimbus
21

Pulpin
22

Capricoat
23

Scandroid
25

Bobot
26

Monopus
28

Snaggler
29

Oculob
30

Miasmop
31

Agrobat
33

Squeem
35

Snaunt
36

Pteropod
37

Crutter
38

Snuffish
39

Crabcano
40

Pyromantle
41

Ignome
42

Smoglin
43

Bobfae
57

Erchius Ghost

Mini Biome Monsters

Mini Biome monsters are only found specific mini biomes. They spawn alongside other procedurally generated monsters, so finding a mini biome does not necessarily mean the monster will be there. These monsters are unique to these biomes and are not found anywhere else.

Quagmutt
18

Ringram
24

Pipkin
27

Sporgus
32

Anglure
44

Lumoth
45

Oogler
46

Narfin
47

Toumingo
48

Trictus
49

Mandraflora
50

Bulbop
51

Hypnare
52

Yokat
53

Orbide
54

Taroni
55

Hemogoblin
56

Dungeon Monsters

Dungeon monsters are aggressive monsters found inside dungeons and microdungeons. Many enemies in dungeons are NPCs, there aren't procedurally generated monsters. These monsters can only be found in their corresponding dungeons.

Apex Mutant

Gosmet
34

Ixoling

Kluex Sentry

Kluex Totem

Mini Drone

Mother Poptop

Moontant

Po

Po Golem

Punchy

Swarpion

Tentabomb

Tentaclam

Tentacrawler

Tentaghost

Tentagnat

Tentaspawner

Triplod
58

Parasprite
59

Cosmic Intruder
60

Farm Animals

Farm Animals are a type of unique monster hatched from eggs purchased at Terramart. They allow players to harvest monster drop materials without killing any creatures. Each egg type hatches a different animals, each with unique resources for harvest. These animals cannot be captured, and can be killed by lava and monsters.

Chicken

Electric Fluffalo

Fire Fluffalo

Fluffalo

Ice Fluffalo

Mooshi

Poison Fluffalo

Robot Chicken

Space Monsters

Space monsters are monsters which are designed to operate in zero gravity space encounters. These monsters were added in update 1.3.0, and none are captureable using Capture Pods.

Most of these monsters are best countered with mechs.

Astrofae

Chiropterror

Cosmostache

Heavy Drone

Masteroid

Omnicannon

Rustick

Spinemine

Trifangle

Twigun

Disabled Monsters

These monsters were either in game at one time and removed or exist in the assets but have not yet been implemented. They may or may not be added back in the future.

Brain Mutant Cleaning Bot Glitch Spider Heck Blob Nautileech Repair Bot Serpent Droid Sewer Fly Toxic Fly Toxic Golem

Unique Monster Table

This table breaks down major details of each unique monster including known locations, base damage and HP (before level multiplier).

Health Damage Found In Agrobat 35 10 Toxic Biome, Hylotl Ruined Castle, Slime Caves, Underground 0d, Electric Vaults, Fire Vaults, Ice Vaults, Poison Vaults Allergen 9 15 Anglure 80 13 Bioluminescence Mini Biome, Ice Vaults Apex Brain Mutant 72 15 Apex Mutant 60 30 Apex Test Facility, Miniknog Stronghold Astrofae 65 10 Space Encounters Avian Sentry 72 15 Batong 50 8 Desert Biome, Forest Biome, Midnight Biome, Savannah Biome, Great Sovereign Temple, Glitch Dungeon Crawler, Mines, Stone Caves, Underground 0a, Underground 0c, Underground 1b, Underground 3a, Electric Vaults, Fire Vaults, Ice Vaults Bobfae 65 10 Forest Biome, Jungle Biome, Snow Biome, Tundra Biome, Underground 0a, Underground 1b, Underground 3a, Ice Vaults, Poison Vaults Bobot 70 12 Desert Biome, Snow Biome, Tundra Biome, Mini Village, Underground 5b, Electric Vaults, Fire Vaults Bulbop 35 11 Giant Flower Biome, Poison Vaults Capricoat 75 13 Alpine Mini Biome, Arctic Biome, Snow Biome, Tundra Biome, Ice Vaults Chest Trapper 12 20 Chicken 250 Hen Egg Cleaning Bot 32 15 USCM Bunkers Cosmostache 110 40 Space Encounters Crabcano 60 10 Decayed Biome, Magma Biome, Ocean Biome, Volcanic Biome, Underground 5d, Fire Vaults Crustoise 50 8 Decayed Biome, Desert Biome, Forest Biome, Jungle Biome, Magma Biome, Midnight Biome, Savannah Biome, Volcanic Biome, Desert Subsurface, Stone Caves, Underground 0a, Underground 1d, Underground 3b, Underground 5a, Underground 5d, Electric Vaults, Fire Vaults, Poison Vaults Crutter 65 10 Forest Biome, Jungle Biome, Toxic Biome, Wilderness, Cell Caves, Underground 1b, Underground 3a, Poison Vaults Fire Fluffalo 250 0 Gleap 48 8 Garden, Underground 0a, Underground 5c, Poison Vaults Glitch Knight 75 15 Glitch Evil Fortress Gosmet 40 10 *Hylotl Ruined Castle Heck Blob 2 12 Heck mini-biomes Hemogoblin 30 12 Flesh Mini Biome, Flesh Caves Hypnare 48 10 Spring Mini Biome Ignome 50 10 Desert Biome, Magma Biome, Decayed Biome, Volcanic Biome, Underground 3d, Underground 5d, Fire Vaults Iguarmor 70 9 Desert Biome, Wilderness, Underground 1b, Poison Vaults Ixoling 15 10 Ceremonial Hunting Caverns King Nutmidgeling 30 3 Garden Kluex Sentry 60 10 Great Sovereign Temple Kluex Totem 250 10 Great Sovereign Temple Lilodon 60 11 Arctic Biome, Ocean Biome, Snow Biome, Tundra Biome, Ice Caves, Underground 0c, Underground 3c, Underground 5c, Ice Vaults Lumoth 30 10 Steamspring Mini Biome, Underground 1c, Underground 5b, Electric Vaults, Ice Vaults Mandraflora 120 14 Giant Flower Biome, Poison Vaults Masteroid 80 35 Space Encounters Miasmop 55 10 Ocean Biome, Toxic Biome, Luminous Caves, Slime Caves, Underground 0c, Underground 0d, Underground 5c, Poison Vaults Mini Drone 48 12 Apex Miniknog Base, Miniknog Stronghold Monopus 48 10 Arctic Biome, Ocean Biome, Ice Vaults Moontant 60 13 Erchius Mining Facility Mooshi 250 0 Mother Poptop 500 13 Mines Narfin 50 12 Prism Mini Biome, Ice Vaults Nutmidge 100 10 Garden, Poison Vaults Nutmidgeling 25 3 Garden Oculob 65 11 Alien Biome, Toxic Biome, Glitch Sewer, Slime Caves, Underground 0d, Underground 3b, Underground 5a, Fire Vaults, Poison Vaults Omnicannon 125 10 Space Encounters Oogler 70 15 Bones Mini Biome, Bone Caves Orbide 48 8 Hive Mini Biome Parasprite 50 8 USCM Derelict Ships Paratail 50 8 Mutated, Savannah, Underground 0b, Electric Vaults Peblit 48 9 Savannah Biome, Desert Biome, Forest Biome, Magma Biome, Decayed Biome, Volcanic Biome, Desert Subsurface, Stone Caves, Underground 0a, Underground 0b, Underground 1b, Underground 1d, Fire Vaults, Poison Vaults Petricub 65 12 Alien Biome, Midnight Biome, Underground 3a, Underground 3c, Underground 5a, Electric Vaults, Ice Vaults Pipkin 70 11 Steamspring Mini Biome, Ice Vaults Po 2 9 - 15 Sewer Dungeons Po Golem 72 15 Sewer Dungeons Poptop 60 14 Garden, Jungle, Electric Vaults, Poison Vaults Pteropod 48 9 Swamp Mini Biome, Midnight Biome, Toxic Biome, Poison Vaults Pulpin 40 9 Arctic Biome, Snow Biome, Tundra Biome, Ice Caves, Cell Caves, Underground 0c, Underground 3c, Underground 3d, Underground 5c, Ice Vaults Punchy 50000 0 Hylotl Underwater City Pyromantle 48 8 Magma Biome, Decayed Biome, Volcanic Biome, Underground 3d, Underground 5d, Fire Vaults Quagmutt 65 14 Swamp Mini Biome, Poison Vaults Ringram 50 11 Alpine Mini Biomes, Ice Vaults Robot Chicken 250 Glitch Villages, Robot Hen Egg Rustick 150 10 Space Encounters Scaveran 48 8 Alien Biome, Arid Biome, Forest Biome, Jungle Biome, Midnight Biome, Poison Vaults Serpent Droid 72 15 Skimbus 55 11 Arctic Biome, Alien Biome, Snow Biome, Tundra Biome, Asteroids, Cell Caves, Underground 3c, Underground 5c, Ice Vaults Small Shroom 48 12 Agaran Villages Smoglin 65 10 Alien Biome, Magma Biome, Midnight Biome, Savannah Biome, Decayed Biome, Volcanic Biome, Underground 3a, Fire Vaults Snaggler 65 9 Ocean Biome, Toxic Biome, Desert Subsurface, Luminous Caves, Underground 0b, Underground 0d, Underground 1d, Poison Vaults Snaunt 65 10 Forest Biome, Jungle Biome, Toxic Biome, Desert Subsurface, Underground 0c, Underground 0d, Underground 1b, Underground 1d, Poison Vaults Snuffish 25 3 Grand Pagoda Library, Ocean Biome, Electric Vaults, Ice Vaults, Poison Vaults Spookit 45 8 Forest Biome, Midnight Biome, Desert Subsurface, Underground 0b, Underground 1d, Underground 5a, Electric Vaults, Poison Vaults Sporgus 75 12 Mushroom Mini Biome, Mushrooms Squeem 40 10 Jungle Biome, Toxic Biome, Geode Biome, Luminous Caves, Underground 0d, Fire Vaults, Poison Vaults Swarpion 16 12 Avian Temples, Avian Tombs, Great Sovereign Temple Taroni 80 13 Tar Mini Biome, Tarpit, Electric Vaults Tentacle Clam 5 3 Tentacle Biome Tentacle Gnat 5 3 Tentacle Biome Tintic 55 10 Arid Biome, Underground 0b, Underground 5a, Underground 5b, Electric Vaults, Poison Vaults Toumingo 55 16 Oasis Mini Biome Toxic Golem 72 15 Trictus 90 13 Colourful Mini Biome Trifangle 100 10 Space Encounters Triplod 48 8 Space Encounters and Advanced Test Drive Twigun 125 20 Space Encounters Voltip 65 11 Alien Biome, Desert Biome, Underground 0b, Underground 3b, Underground 5b, Electric Vaults Wisper 30 9 Arctic Biome, Snow Biome, Tundra Biome, Underground 0c, Underground 1a, Underground 3c, Underground 3d, Ice Vaults Yokat 80 14 Eyepatch Mini Biome

Boss Monsters

Bosses are very powerful enemies that require skill and strategy to defeat. They come in two types;

• Sub-Bosses (Procedurally generated) - Sub-bosses will appear on planets and in dungeons and will be different based on the location the player encounters them in. This type of boss drops unique equipment.
• Bosses (Premade) - Premade Bosses will be at the end of missions, and key story points in the game.

See the bosses page for a full listing.

Monster Mechanics

Monsters have a specific list of mechanics associated with them. This includes where they can spawn, their attack style, physical attributes, et cetera. Each world has a specific height limit for monster spawning. Ground based monsters on the planet surface spawn only a certain distance above the surface layer, while aerial monsters spawn until the start of upper atmospheric asteroids. Monsters will spawn where background blocks are placed, but appear to not spawn where background blocks and lights are placed. However, light alone does not prevent their spawning.

Monster Stat Scaling

Monster power and durability is determined not only by base stats, but also by multipliers which are applied based on planet Tier and any tier bonuses which may be applied on top of planet tier.

Tier	Health Multiplier	Damage Multiplier
0	0.15	0.5
1	0.45	1.0
2	0.9	2.25
3	1.5	4.0
4	2.25	6.25
5	3.15	9.0
6	4.2	12.25
7	5.4	16.0
8	6.75	20.25
9	8.25	25.0
10	9.9	30.25

Monster Skills

Name	Damage Type	Monster Type	Attack type	Note
Acid Splatter	Poison	Ground	Range	Shoots a glob of acid
Acidic Spit	Poison	Ground	Range	Shoots a glob of acid
Air Chomp	Physical	Flying	Range	Flying Melee attack
Ancient Flames	Fire	Ground	Range	Blue colored flamethrower
Barb Spray	Physical	Flying	Range	Shoots a line of barbs
Beam Burst	Electric	Ground	Range
Beetle Swarm	Poison	Flying	Range
Blob Shot	Poison	Ground	Range
Bloody Vomit	Poison	Ground	Range	Shoots a stream of blood
Blue Plasma Burst	Ice	Ground	Range
Body Slam	Melee	Ground	Melee	Jump attack
Bone Rain	Poison	Ground	Range
Bubble Blast	Ice	Ground	Range
Burning Halo	Fire	Ground	Range
Burning Oil	Fire	Ground	Range
Cell Shock	Electric	Ground	Range
Charge	Melee	Ground	Melee	Ram attack
Dark Plasma	Physical	Flying	Range	Fires a rectangular star shape
Dive	Melee	Flying	Melee	Falls directly on the enemy and retreats upon completion
Double Barb Spray	Physical	Flying	Range	Shoots two lines of barbs
Dragonbreath	Fire	Flying	Range	Shoots a large Fireball
Explosive Phlegm	Poison	Ground	Range
Fireswirl	Fire	Ground	Range	Shoots a swirl of flame
Flame Burst	Fire	Flying	Range	Shoots a line of flames
Flesh Spatter	Physical	Moontant	Range
Fly Swarm	Poison	Flying	Range	Shoots a swarm of flies
Frozen Gravity Ball	Ice	Ground	Range
Gas Belch	Poison	Ground	Range
Goo Roller	Poison	Ground	Range
Ice Blast	Ice	Ground	Range
Ice Shard Spray	Ice	Ground	Range
Iceshot	Ice	Flying	Range
Ink Spray	Poison	Flying	Range
Leafy Gust	Poison	Ground	Range
Light Ball	Electric	Ground	Range
Optic Blast	Poison	Ground	Range
Orb of Zots	Fire	Ground	Range
Plasma Sweep	Electric	Ground	Range
Plasma Torpedo	Electric	Ground	Range	Fires medium length beams of plasma
Putrid Pelt	Poison	Ground	Range
Putrid Wave	Poison	Ground	Range
Shock Ball	Electric	Ground	Range	Fires a large ball of Electricity, dissipates quickly
Shocking Wave	Electric	Ground	Range
Shodowy Vapors	Poison	Flying	Range
Sniper's Eye	Poison	Ground	Range
Sonic Wave	Poison	Flying	Range	Fires a green wave of energy
Spark Spray	Electric	Ground	Range
Spice Cloud	Fire	Flying	Range
Spin Slash	Physical	Flying	Range
Static Discharge	Electric	Ground	Range
Stone Cold	Ice	Ground	Range
Swoop	Melee	Flying	Melee	Flying charge
Tobold's Revenge	Fire	Ground	Range
Toxic Regurgitation	Poison	Ground	Range
Toxic Seed	Poison	Ground	Range
Twisting Pulse	Physical	Flying	Range	Shoots swirling red energy
Water Gun	Ice	Ground	Range	Shoots a stream of water
Wheezy Bubble	Poison	Ground	Range
Wyrmling Breath	Fire	Ground	Range