Field Enemies

The 12 field enemies encountered while exploring the map. Each belongs to a difficulty pool and scales across three tiers.

Tunnel Rat

Easy

T1 5 1 0 3 1

T2 7 2 0 4 1

T3 9 3 1 5 2

On Hit (once/turn): steal 1 Gold

Cave Bat

Easy

T1 6 1 0 3 1

T2 8 2 0 4 1

T3 10 3 0 5 2

Every other turn: restore 1 HP

Frost Wisp

Easy

T1 7 1 0 4 1

T2 10 2 0 5 1

T3 13 3 0 6 2

If it acts first on Turn 1: apply 1 Chill

Coin Slug

Easy

T1 7 1 2 1 1

T2 10 2 3 1 1

T3 13 3 4 2 2

Battle Start: gain Armor equal to floor(your Gold/10), cap 3

Blood Mosquito

Easy

T1 6 1 0 3 1

T2 9 2 0 4 1

T3 12 3 0 5 2

On Hit (once/turn): apply 1 Bleed

Spore Slime

Medium

T1 7 1 2 0 1

T2 10 2 3 0 1

T3 13 3 4 0 2

Battle Start: apply 1 Chill to you

Rust Mite Swarm

Medium

T1 6 1 0 3 2

T2 9 2 0 4 2

T3 12 3 0 5 3

On Hit (once/turn): apply 1 Rust

Powder Tick

Medium

T1 6 1 0 2 1

T2 9 2 0 3 1

T3 12 3 0 4 2

Countdown(3): deal 3 damage to you and itself (non-weapon)

Shard Beetle

Medium

T1 8 1 2 1 2

T2 11 2 3 1 2

T3 14 3 4 2 3

Battle Start: gain 1 Shrapnel

Collapsed Miner

Hard

T1 7 1 0 1 3

T2 11 2 0 2 3

T3 15 3 1 3 4

Wounded: gain +2 ATK (this battle)

Tunnel Warden

Hard

T1 8 2 2 2 2

T2 11 3 4 3 2

T3 14 4 6 4 3

First strike each turn: remove 1 Armor from you before damage

Burrow Ambusher

Hard

T1 6 2 0 4 2

T2 9 3 0 5 2

T3 12 4 0 6 3

Battle Start: deal 1 damage ignoring Armor

Difficulty Pools

Every field enemy belongs to one of three difficulty pools that govern where and when it can appear. Pools determine both stat scaling and encounter probability based on map distance.

Identifying Enemy Tiers

In-game, higher-tier enemies carry a small hand-inked tag in the corner of their sprite, printed with the tier's roman numeral on a dark paper background. Tier 1 enemies show no tag at all; Tier 2 shows II; Tier 3 shows III. This lets you quickly assess threat level before engaging.

Gold Rewards

Defeating a field enemy awards gold based on its tier. Higher-tier enemies yield more gold, incentivizing riskier engagements.

Level Scaling

The stats shown above are the base values for each tier at campaign level 1. Beyond that, field enemies get tougher as you climb: HP grows a little with every campaign level, and ATK ticks up every 12 levels, with an extra flat ATK point layered on in Acts 2 and 3. This is on top of the tier a tile rolls — a Tier 1 enemy encountered at level 30 hits harder than the same Tier 1 enemy at level 1, even though it is still nominally “Tier 1.” ARM and SPD are not affected by level scaling.

Tier Distribution by Act

Enemy tiers scale with act progression. Earlier acts feature predominantly T1 enemies, while later acts shift toward T2 and T3. This is the default roll for tiles at a middling distance from spawn — see Pool Distribution by Distance below for how close and far tiles override it.

Pool Distribution by Distance

The probability of encountering enemies from each difficulty pool shifts based on the tile's distance from the player's spawn point, measured as a percentage of the map's maximum possible distance. Tiles closer to spawn are dominated by Easy pool enemies, while tiles farther out increasingly draw from the Medium and Hard pools. Tiles in the nearest band also default to mostly T1 enemies, and tiles in the farthest band skew toward T2/T3, regardless of which act you are in.

Night Behavior

During the night phase, all field enemies on the map begin moving toward the player's position. Enemies move one tile per turn in the direction of the player, making it dangerous to remain stationary or linger in open corridors. This creates pressure to either engage enemies strategically or retreat to a Mole Den or Rest Alcove.

Biome Weighting

Each biome emphasizes certain enemies, increasing their spawn weight relative to other enemies in the same difficulty pool. This makes biome-specific builds more relevant as you learn which threats to expect.