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Void droid

Droïde arachnoïde · no. 228 in the monster list
Everything is read from the game's code, unless stated otherwise

They shoot showers of arrows, slice savagely with their swords, and use any means available to annihilate enemies.

Brainchild of a scientist who made many weapons before crowning his career with these massively murderous machines.

The essentials

  • Earliest in the story: Ruins, rank 12: 22% of visible monsters, 23% of battles (quality 181-200: floors 13-16; 201-220: floors 13-16; 221-248: floors 13-16)
  • Gives: 7,800 EXP, 156 G, Mythril ore (1/32), Brawling byrnie (1/128)
  • Weak to: lightning / blast ×2
  • Has no effect on it: dazzle, sleep, whack, drain magic, confusion, fizzle, poison, paralysis, charm

Family: machine — weapons dealing ×1.1: claws

Stats

HPMPAtt.Def.Agi.EXPGoldEvas.
1,32505756253487,8001562 %

HP from the game's record: in battle, each monster gets a roll between 80 and 100% of it (rounded); MP is full.

Resistances and actions

  • Elements (damage taken): lightning / blast ×2; fire, ice, wind, earth ×0.75
  • Effects (success rate): 75%: Blunt, Sap, Decelerate; 50%: stun, Divine Intervention; immune: Dazzle, sleep, Whack, Drain Magic, confusion, Fizzle, poison, paralysis, Charm
  • Actions: 2 actions per turn — Attack 33%, “makes a violent slashing attack!” 27%, “fires a volley of arrows into the air. Look out below!” 19%, “draws its bow all the way back and lets loose an arrow.” 15%, critical hit 6.6%. Only once per turn for its whole group: “makes a violent slashing attack!”, “fires a volley of arrows into the air. Look out below!”, “draws its bow all the way back and lets loose an arrow.”, critical hit

Items

Mythril ore 1/32Brawling byrnie 1/128

Habitat (in-game monster list)

Grotto

In the game, a defeated monster's entry names one of these places as soon as you have visited it, even if you never defeated that monster there; otherwise “?????????” (checked in game). The first two are named, “Etc.” for the third.

Grottoes (treasure maps)

  • Ruins, rank 12: 22% of visible monsters, 23% of battles (quality 181-200: floors 13-16; 201-220: floors 13-16; 221-248: floors 13-16)
Under the hood

Internal numbers (game records, one per variant): 229.

Drop codes (prm/mon_btldata, bytes +2 and +3; 0 = 100%, otherwise 1/2^(code + 2), 7 = none): Mythril ore : 3 ; Brawling byrnie : 5.

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