Corrosive Bolt

Version 0.29: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.

Fires a penetrating bolt of acid.

Corrosive Bolt launches a piercing bolt of acid that does heavy damage and causes corrosion. It is largely used by monsters, though players may cast it using a wand of acid (and thereby base their spell power off of Evocations).

The following enemies cast Corrosive Bolt:

• L Ancient lich (3d34 damage)
• e Deep elf sorcerer (3d21 damage)
• T Moon troll (3d25 damage)
• D Serpent of Hell (Tartarus) (3d24 damage)
• Q Tengu reaver (3d24 damage)

The following enemies may be able to cast Corrosive Bolt, depending on their spell set:

• & Pandemonium lord (5.2% chance)

History

• In 0.29, Corrosive Bolt's damage was slightly nerfed overall; low HD monsters with a wand of acid deal much less.
• Prior to 0.28, Corrosive Bolt did less base damage, but had an "acid splash" (4d5 against players).
• Wands of acid were added in 0.18.
• This spell was added in 0.17.