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Common foe

Cellar Rat

Cellar Rat portrait

A gutter-born swarm-beast grown bold and hungry in the dark beneath the doors — quick, simple, and the very first thing a newcomer learns to read.

Common foe 49 HP hits for up to 7 3 damage per turn on average
Its move kitNumbers re-derived from the engine, not the authored text.
MoveTypeValueApplies
nibbles for 7attack7—
cowers behind its haunches (+3 Guard)defend3—
frenzies for 5attack5—
hauls the cellar hatch down behind you (Sealed In 2)debuff2Sealed-In
How it scalesFloors 0–2, the band its biome owns.

On the shallowest floor it appears on it has 49 HP and its attacks carry +0. On the deepest, 68 HP and +1. The printed move text never changes — the number does.

Keywords on this page
🛡 Guard
Absorbs incoming damage. Resets at the start of its turn.
Where you meet it
Others behind the same doors
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