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'''Shining eyes''' are dangerous floating monsters that deal no damage, but aggressively blast you with [[mutation]]-inflicting gaze attacks. Although these give you [[good mutations]] roughly 5% of the time, [[bad mutations]] are much, much more common. They are found in [[the Slime Pits]], and can be summoned by a few enemies through the [[Summon Eyeballs]] spell.
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'''Shining eyes''' are dangerous floating monsters that deal no damage, but aggressively blast you with [[contamination]]-inflicting gaze attacks. They are found uncommonly in [[the Slime Pits]], and can be summoned by a few enemies through the [[Summon Eyeballs]] spell.
  
 
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==Tips & Tricks==
 
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*Their attack requires a clear line of fire to hit you. Prevent this as much as possible.
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*Since you will receive a lot of contamination being in Shining eyes' LOS, quickly getting rid of them or leaving line of sight is advisable. It usually takes them about three or four casts to get you to dangerous levels.
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** Block their malmutate by shielding yourself with other monsters, hostile or friendly. [[Summon]]s, like from [[scroll of butterflies]], [[Haunt]], or [[Summon Horrible Things]], work well. Conjurations users can use [[Fulminant Prism]] to block their line of fire.
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**Mutagenic Gaze is a smite-targeted spell, so you can't hide behind allies to avoid it!
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** You can also block their [[line of sight]] with a [[scroll of fog]].
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: Once you block their line of fire, you can use [[piercing]], [[smite-targeted]], or AOE attacks. Examples include [[silver]] [[javelin]]s (which are especially effective against malmutators), [[LRD]], [[Airstrike]], and [[Portal Projectile]].
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==History==
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*Prior to [[0.34]], shining eyes moved slowly and casted [[malmutate]].

Latest revision as of 01:30, 3 June 2026

Version 0.34: This article is up to date for the latest stable release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.

For a list of all eyeballs, see list of eyeballs.

shining eye G Shining eye.png
HP 38-78
HD 10
XP 548
Speed 10
AC 3
EV 1
Will 100



Resistances rAcid+++
Vulnerabilities Silver
Habitat Land
Intelligence Brainless
Uses Uses nothing
Holiness Natural
Size Medium
Type floating eye, shining eye
Flags See invisible
Flying
No skeleton
Cautious
A strangely deformed floating eyeball, pulsating with flesh-twisting energy.

Useful Info

Shining eyes are dangerous floating monsters that deal no damage, but aggressively blast you with contamination-inflicting gaze attacks. They are found uncommonly in the Slime Pits, and can be summoned by a few enemies through the Summon Eyeballs spell.

Spells

Spell set I
Slot1 Mutagenic Gaze Magical flag,
Instant flag

Tips & Tricks

  • Since you will receive a lot of contamination being in Shining eyes' LOS, quickly getting rid of them or leaving line of sight is advisable. It usually takes them about three or four casts to get you to dangerous levels.
    • Mutagenic Gaze is a smite-targeted spell, so you can't hide behind allies to avoid it!

History

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