Burrkin

How it fights

The burrkin is the Root Hollow’s spitter, the only monster in that chapter that hurts you from a distance. It keeps its range: nearer than 4 tiles it backs off, further than 6 it comes in. With you within 7.5 tiles it spits a row of three burrs along the line from itself through you: one ring on the spot you stand on, one 2.3 tiles nearer the burrkin and one 2.3 tiles beyond you. The three red rings of 0.8 tiles radius are drawn at once and fill together; 0.95 s later all three land for 5 base damage each (17 on floor 16) on any hero inside. The rings are far enough apart that no hero is ever inside two. The row points at the burrkin, so backing straight away from it keeps you in the row: step sideways, across the line, and you are clear (0.27 s at the Warrior’s full speed from a ring’s middle). 179 HP on floor 16, 10–15 basic swings, a bite of 10. It spits again 4 s plus up to 1 s later. It joins the waves and packs on floor 16, about 15% of the monsters there, up to floor 19, never in the Mournroot’s room. At most 3 are alive at once, and a pack holds 3 at most.

Base HP

38

Base bite

3

Bites at most every

1.08 s

Base speed

1.3 tiles/s

Body radius

0.3 tiles

XP

6 (elite 30)

Coin chance

50%

Item drop chance

10% × the floor’s loot

Floor by floor

The same burrkin gets tougher each floor: the floor multiplies its HP, bite and speed. An elite burrkin has 3× the HP, gives 5× the XP and always drops at least a magic item plus 5 coins. “Share of waves” is the part of the floor’s wave monsters that roll as a burrkin.

In the same band

• Delver — 207 HP on floor 16
• Cleavecap — 216 HP on floor 16
• Wardbark — 179 HP on floor 16
• The Mournroot, the band’s boss on floor 20 — how to beat him
• Every monster