Monsters

Monsters are creatures in Brighter Shores that can be attacked, and can be active or passive. They can be fought with their respective episode combat profession using armor, weapons, and potions.

Monsters can drop armor, weapons, and items for the purpose of becoming stronger, making money, gathering profession materials (such as potion reagents), or completing quests.

Monsters in Brighter Shores scale in comparison to a player's combat skill in their respective episode as variants. Once a player meets the unlock level of a stronger variant, it automatically becomes the default monster and previous variants can be accessed by selecting “Past Action”.

Monsters are usually immune to the element that they attack with, with the exception of Impact monsters, which have no immunity.

Passive monsters

Certain monsters in Brighter Shores can only be attacked passively. These monsters will always have the same combat level as the profession level required to unlock them, and do not possess elemental vulnerabilities. Although the information cards of passive monsters suggest they have elemental immunities and attack styles, in practice this is irrelevant as they cannot physically harm the player, and the player's damage type will be converted into Impact regardless of the actual element of the weapon that was chosen. For this reason an Impact weapon is recommended when fighting them, as these weapons do not suffer elemental strength penalties.

Upon initiating combat, the player will continue attacking them, even while offline, until they decide to stop. Killing passive monsters will accumulate experience and money while the player is offline until they log back into the game, up to a maximum of 24 hours. However, the rate of experience and money gained is much less than fighting active monsters. It is recommended only to begin fight passive monsters immediately before logging off.

Passive monsters must be fought using a weapon with a minimum strength rating of their $CombatLevel+20$.

Aggressive monsters

Certain active monsters are aggressive and will attack the player on sight. This is indicated by their red name. When aggressive monsters spot the player, a white exclamation mark '!' will appear above their heads, giving the player a brief moment before they attempt to fight. Aggressive monsters have an aggression radius of five tiles in any direction.

When entering an aggressive room, it is recommended to cast the Immunity spell as soon as possible if the player is unwilling to engage in combat. Alternatively, players can drink a Fear Potion before entering aggressive rooms to prevent themselves from being targeted.

When defeating an aggressive monster, the player gains immunity for a brief period of time before they can be re-targeted. Aggressive monsters are a good choice of combat for semi-AFK (Away From Keyboard) activities, whereby the player can still pick up loot from defeating the monsters but does not wish to fully log out.

Boss monsters

Boss monsters are unique named enemies, currently only found as one-off encounters within some quests. Bosses may possess increased HP compared to a normal monster of the same level, and may also have access to mechanics that the player will need to deal with appropriately to avoid taking significant damage.

Boss monsters are indicated as such at the bottom of their information card, below their attack style.

Monster types

Hopeport

Hopeport Monsters
Name	Rooms	Passive	Aggressive	Attack type	Immunity	Vulnerability
Sparring Guard	Sparring Area	No	No	Impact	None	None
Deathcrow	Town Gates, Old Street East	No	No	Necromae	Necromae	Cryonae
Thief	Tim's Alley, Limpet Lane	No	Yes	Cryonae	Cryonae	Arborae
Goblin Soldier	North Walls	No	Yes	Infernae	Infernae	Tempestae
Goblin Chief	South Walls	No	Yes	Infernae	Infernae	Tempestae
Hairbeast	Overgrown Road, Rubble Road	No	No	Tempestae	Tempestae	Necromae
Carnivorous Plant	Overgrown Field, Fallen Monument	No	No	Arborae	Arborae	Cryonae
Ghoul	Collapsed Hovels, Wasteland	No	Yes	Necromae	Necromae	Arborae
Street Louse	Wilhope Passage	Yes	No	Impact	None	None
Thug	Murk Close	Yes	No	Impact	None
Crab	East Beach	Yes	No	Impact	None
Bugman	Overgrown Pond	Yes	No	Impact	None
Jellyfish	Jellyfish Landing	Yes	No	Impact	None
Giant Ant	Crater	Yes	No	Impact	None
Pirate	Pirate Hideout	Yes	No	Impact	None
Punkupine	Rocky Road	Yes	No	Impact	None

Hopeforest

Hopeforest Monsters
Name	Rooms	Passive	Aggressive	Attack type	Immunity	Vulnerability
Outlaw	Forest Path, Forest Clearing	No	No	Impact	None	Arborae
Goblin	Goblin Camp	No	Yes	Infernae	Infernae	Tempestae
Bear	Bear Behind, Bear Clearing	No	No	Impact	None	Cryonae
Wendigo	Ivy Trail, Ivy Junction	No	Yes	Cryonae	Cryonae	Infernae
Viper	Snakes Clearing, Snakes Path	No	Yes	Tempestae	Tempestae	Cryonae
Spriggan	Treeway Trail, Treeway Junction	No	No	Arborae	Arborae	Infernae
Bramblelith	Rising Trail, Wooded Clifftop	No	No	Arborae	Arborae	Tempestae
Shade	Twisted Road, Twisted Junction	No	Yes	Necromae	Necromae	Arborae
Wild Boar	Huntsman's Clearing	Yes	No	None	None	None
Wildman	Leafy Junction	Yes	No	None	None
Moss Monster	Stump Clearing	Yes	No	Arborae	Arborae
Aboredon	Tree Lined Trail	Yes	No	None	None
Giant Fly	Mine Road East	Yes	No	None	None
Tree Cat	Cliffside Junction	Yes	No	None	None
Satyr	Secluded Dead End	Yes	No	None	None
Wolf	Wolves' Den	Yes	No	None	None

Mine of Mantuban

Mine of Mantuban Monsters
Name	Rooms	Passive	Aggressive	Attack type	Immunity	Vulnerability
Minecrawler	Rugged Tunnel, Mine Back Entrance	No	No	Cryonae	Cryonae	Necromae
Goblin Miner	Goblin Sleeping Area 2, Communal Goblin Area	No	Yes	Infernae	Infernae	Tempestae
Floor Tentacle	Moderate Mineshaft, Gassy Cave	No	Yes	Tempestae	Tempestae	Infernae
Fire Toad	Outside Hollow, Strange Junction	No	No	Infernae	Infernae	Cryonae
Skeleton Miner	Forsaken Mine Workings, Wretched Excavation	No	Yes	Necromae	Necromae	Arborae
Metalith	Rock Strewn Tunnel, Damp Tunnel	No	No	Cryonae	Cryonae	Necromae
Stonewurm	Crumbling Passage, Stonewurm Nests	No	Yes	Tempestae	Tempestae	Arborae
Cockroach	Cockroach Lair, Mutant Cockroaches	No	No	Impact	None	Infernae
Wraith	Mysterious Cave, Tormented Chamber	No	Yes	Necromae	Necromae	Tempestae
Blob	Grimy Tunnel, Slime Pool	No	Yes	Arborae	Arborae	Cryonae
Beastman	Rat Infested Junction	Yes	No	Impact	None	None
Giant Rat	Ratty Terminus	Yes	No	Impact	None
Corrupted Miner	Big River Cavern	Yes	No	Infernae	Infernae
Giant Bat	Bat Cave	Yes	No	Impact	None
Electric Snail	Purpladium Vein	Yes	No	Tempestae	Tempestae
Kobold	Kobold Cavern	Yes	No	Impact	None
Dread Shell	Upper Bridge	Yes	No	Arborae	Arborae
Rockling	Rockling Cave	Yes	No	Tempestae	Tempestae

Crenopolis

Crenopolis Monsters
Name	Rooms	Passive	Aggressive	Attack type	Immunity	Vulnerability
Sabertooth Tiger	Stony Canyon, Stony Gorge	No	Yes	Cryonae	Cryonae	Tempestae
Street Hag	Dawkin Lane, Dawkin Court	No	No	Infernae	Infernae	Arborae
Mawchest	Sewer Entrance, Dismal Drainage	No	No	Tempestae	Tempestae	Cryonae
Giant Wasp	Vestere Drive, Hamila Jimore's Garden	No	No	Arborae	Arborae	Necromae
Sewer Fiend	Southwest Sewer, Sewer Pipes	No	Yes	Impact	None	Cryonae
Zombie	Dusty Alley, Dusty Corner	No	Yes	Necromae	Necromae	Infernae
Spectral Stalker	Southeast Sewer, Sewer Pool	No	Yes	Necromae	Necromae	Arborae
Spiky Ball	Quibble Lane	No	Yes	Cryonae	Cryonae	Tempestae
Gremlin	Shrubby Canyon	Yes	No	Impact	None	None
Rockbird	Rockbird Clearing	Yes	No	Tempestae	Tempestae
Ratman Grunt	Rat Alley	Yes	No	Impact	None
Brute	Dusty Nook	Yes	No	Impact	None
Trash Heap Monster	Ratmore Rise	Yes	No	Impact	None
Ratman Chief	Ratmen Den	Yes	No	Tempestae	Tempestae
Street Brawler	Snag Alley	Yes	No	Impact	None
Giant Slug	Smuggler's Cove	Yes	No	Arborae	Arborae

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• update 6 November 2024 (Update):
  • Monsters were included in the first public early-access release of the game.