The Cinder Works · monster · floor 11 down

Slagdragger

119 HP and a bite of 11 on floor 11; 146 HP and 13 bite on floor 15. 7–10 basic swings fell one on floor 11 before gear.

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How it fights

The slagdragger drags a ladle of slag, and every 0.33 s it drops a patch of smouldering ground 0.42 tiles in radius. A patch is drawn 0.3 s before it burns and lasts 3.5 s; standing in one costs 3 base damage (7 on floor 11) at most every 0.5 s. Nearer than 3.2 tiles it circles you instead of chasing, so its trail fences the room in: kill it before the ring closes, or step across the trail while a patch is still only drawn. At most 4 are alive at once.

Base HP: 40
Base bite: 5
Bites at most every: 1 s
Base speed: 1.25 tiles/s
Body radius: 0.34 tiles
XP: 5 (elite 25)
Coin chance: 45%
Item drop chance: 10% × the floor’s loot

Floor by floor

The same slagdragger gets tougher each floor: the floor multiplies its HP, bite and speed. An elite slagdragger 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 slagdragger.

The slagdragger on each floor it appears on
Floor	HP	Elite HP	Bite	Slag burn	Speed	Share of waves	Item drop
11	119	357	11	7	1.55	6.0%	24.0%
12	126	378	11	7	1.56	8.1%	25.0%
13	133	399	12	7	1.58	10.2%	26.0%
14	140	420	12	7	1.59	12.3%	27.0%
15 boss	146	438	13	8	1.6	13.8%	28.0%
20 boss*	335	1005	20	12	1.75	13.8%	35.7%
25 boss*	766	2298	32	19	1.75	13.8%	45.6%
30 boss*	1753	5259	52	31	1.75	13.8%	58.2%

* Floors past 15 are not written out in the game’s tables: their numbers are the engine’s own extrapolation from floor 15 (HP and bite keep growing every floor).

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Stoker — 155 HP on floor 11
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