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 may drop equipment 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. Therefore, it is always advisable to pick the weapon with the highest strength value possible regardless of element.

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 $CombatLevel+20$.

As with all passive activities, there is a brief preparation phase upon initiating the activity during which the player must not disconnect. Once this preparation phase is over and the activity has started, the player may then safely log off.

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, equivalent to an 11 by 11-tile square centered around them.

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 will gain 30 seconds of immunity. However, this will not begin ticking down until the player moves or otherwise performs any action (including sorting their inventory). Moving the camera or the mouse in any other way that does not result in player movement or inventory sorting (including opening in-game menus) will not trigger the countdown.

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

For a more comprehensive list of all monsters and their variants, please refer to their respective episode's combat professions.

Hopeport

Main article:  Guard

Hopeport Monsters - Active
Name	Rooms	Aggressive	Attack type	Immunity	Vulnerability
Sparring Guard	Sparring Area	No	Impact	None	None
Deathcrow	Town Gates, Old Street East	No	Necromae	Necromae	Cryonae
Thief	Tim's Alley, Limpet Lane	Yes	Cryonae	Cryonae	Arborae
Goblin Soldier	North Walls	Yes	Infernae	Infernae	Tempestae
Goblin Chief	South Walls	Yes	Infernae	Infernae	Tempestae
Hairbeast	Overgrown Road, Rubble Road	No	Tempestae	Tempestae	Necromae
Carnivorous Plant	Overgrown Field, Fallen Monument	No	Arborae	Arborae	Cryonae
Ghoul	Collapsed Hovels, Wasteland	Yes	Necromae	Necromae	Arborae

Hopeport Monsters - Passive
Name	Rooms
Street Louse	Wilhope Passage
Thug	Murk Close
Crab	East Beach
Bugman	Overgrown Pond
Jellyfish	Jellyfish Landing
Giant Ant	Crater
Pirate	Pirate Hideout
Punkupine	Rocky Road

Hopeforest

Main article:  Scout

Hopeforest Monsters - Active
Name	Rooms	Aggressive	Attack type	Immunity	Vulnerability
Outlaw	Forest Path, Forest Clearing	No	Impact	None	Arborae
Goblin	Goblin Camp	Yes	Infernae	Infernae	Tempestae
Bear	Bear Behind, Bear Clearing	No	Impact	None	Cryonae
Wendigo	Ivy Trail, Ivy Junction	Yes	Cryonae	Cryonae	Infernae
Viper	Snakes Clearing, Snakes Path	Yes	Tempestae	Tempestae	Cryonae
Spriggan	Treeway Trail, Treeway Junction	No	Arborae	Arborae	Infernae
Bramblelith	Rising Trail, Wooded Clifftop	No	Arborae	Arborae	Tempestae
Shade	Twisted Road, Twisted Junction	Yes	Necromae	Necromae	Arborae

Hopeforest Monsters - Passive
Name	Rooms
Wild Boar	Huntsman's Clearing
Wildman	Leafy Junction
Moss Monster	Stump Clearing
Aboredon	Tree Lined Trail
Giant Fly	Mine Road East
Tree Cat	Cliffside Junction
Satyr	Secluded Dead End
Wolf	Wolves' Den

Mine of Mantuban

Main article:  Minefighter

Mine of Mantuban Monsters - Active
Name	Rooms	Aggressive	Attack type	Immunity	Vulnerability
Minecrawler	Rugged Tunnel, Mine Back Entrance	No	Cryonae	Cryonae	Necromae
Goblin Miner	Goblin Sleeping Area 2, Communal Goblin Area	Yes	Infernae	Infernae	Tempestae
Floor Tentacle	Moderate Mineshaft, Gassy Cave	Yes	Tempestae	Tempestae	Infernae
Fire Toad	Outside Hollow, Strange Junction	No	Infernae	Infernae	Cryonae
Skeleton Miner	Forsaken Mine Workings, Wretched Excavation	Yes	Necromae	Necromae	Arborae
Metalith	Rock Strewn Tunnel, Damp Tunnel	No	Cryonae	Cryonae	Necromae
Stonewurm	Crumbling Passage, Stonewurm Nests	Yes	Tempestae	Tempestae	Arborae
Cockroach	Cockroach Lair, Mutant Cockroaches	No	Impact	None	Infernae
Wraith	Mysterious Cave, Tormented Chamber	Yes	Necromae	Necromae	Tempestae
Blob	Grimy Tunnel, Slime Pool	Yes	Arborae	Arborae	Cryonae

Mine of Mantuban Monsters - Passive
Name	Rooms
Beastman	Rat Infested Junction
Giant Rat	Ratty Terminus
Corrupted Miner	Big River Cavern
Giant Bat	Bat Cave
Electric Snail	Purpladium Vein
Kobold	Kobold Cavern
Dread Shell	Upper Bridge
Rockling	Rockling Cave

Crenopolis

Main article:  Watchperson

Crenopolis Monsters - Active
Name	Rooms	Aggressive	Attack type	Immunity	Vulnerability
Sabertooth Tiger	Stony Canyon, Stony Gorge	Yes	Cryonae	Cryonae	Tempestae
Street Hag	Dawkin Lane, Dawkin Court	No	Infernae	Infernae	Arborae
Mawchest	Sewer Entrance, Dismal Drainage	No	Tempestae	Tempestae	Cryonae
Giant Wasp	Vestere Drive, Hamila Jimore's Garden	No	Arborae	Arborae	Necromae
Sewer Fiend	Southwest Sewer, Sewer Pipes	Yes	Impact	None	Cryonae
Zombie	Dusty Alley, Dusty Corner	Yes	Necromae	Necromae	Infernae
Spectral Stalker	Southeast Sewer, Sewer Pool	Yes	Necromae	Necromae	Arborae
Spiky Ball	Quibble Lane	Yes	Cryonae	Cryonae	Tempestae

Crenopolis Monsters - Passive
Name	Rooms
Gremlin	Shrubby Canyon
Rockbird	Rockbird Clearing
Ratman Grunt	Rat Alley
Brute	Dusty Nook
Trash Heap Monster	Ratmore Rise
Ratman Chief	Ratmen Den
Street Brawler	Snag Alley
Giant Slug	Smuggler's Cove

Update History

This information has been manually compiled. Some updates may not be included yet.

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