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==Useful Info==
 
==Useful Info==
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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 [[magic contamination]]-increasing gaze attacks. They are found in [[the Slime Pits]], and can be summoned by a few enemies through the [[Summon Eyeballs]] spell.
  
 
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==Tips & Tricks==
 
==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.
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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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**You can also block their [[line of sight]] with a [[scroll of fog]].
 
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*If you block their line of fire, you can then use [[piercing]], [[smite-targeted]], or AOE attacks to safely attack the eye. Examples include [[silver]] [[javelin]]s (which are especially effective against malmutators), [[LRD]], [[Airstrike]], and [[Portal Projectile]].
 
 
*Shining eyes are slow. If one appears from the edge of [[LOS]], you can walk away to reposition, buff, and/or summon.
 
*Shining eyes are slow. If one appears from the edge of [[LOS]], you can walk away to reposition, buff, and/or summon.
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===History===
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* In [[0.34]] Shining eyes gained [[Mutagenic Gaze]] instead of [[Malmutate]].

Revision as of 21:39, 2 June 2026

Version 0.30: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.

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 magic contamination-increasing gaze attacks. They are found 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.
  • Shining eyes are slow. If one appears from the edge of LOS, you can walk away to reposition, buff, and/or summon.

History

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