Shining eye

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

shining eye G
HP	38-71
HD	10
XP	548
Speed	7
AC	3
EV	1
Will	100
Resistances	rDrown, rWater, Asphyx
Vulnerabilities	Silver
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Plant
Uses	Uses nothing
Holiness	Natural
Size	Medium
Type	giant eyeball, shining eye
Flags	Glows Levitate See invisible

A huge and strangely deformed floating eyeball, pulsating with flesh-twisting energy. Beauty is certainly nowhere to be found in this beholder.

Useful Info

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.

Spells

Spell set
Slot1	Malmutate	Magical flag

Tips & Tricks

• Their attack requires a clear path to hit you. Mass Summonings spells like Demonic Horde or Shadow Creatures can shield you while your minions charge in to combat. Even Summon Butterflies can provide protection.
  • If you lack access to summons, keeping other monsters between you and the shining eye also works, though less effectively (as they'll be attempting to kill you).
• An amulet of resist mutation renders them almost harmless (90% mutation resistance). Try not to have them in LOS without one.
• Airstrike can take them out quickly from behind a meat shield using smite-targeting, as can Portal Projectile.