The Man in the Moon

Boss · Native to the Cheese Rock

This article is about the creature. For the region, see the Cheese Rock.

The Man in the Moon is a boss creature found in the Cheese Rock. It has 5,800 hitpoints and hits for up to 88, placing it in the middle of the bestiary by hitpoints (#84 of 511).

It drops Helium-3 and 3 other items, and yields 2,600 experience and 3,000 coins on death. As a boss it attacks on the shortened 0.7-second cadence and announces its arrival in the message log.

Combat statistics

HIT POINTS

5,800

DAMAGE

88

DPS

~126

SPEED

9 / 19.8

EXPERIENCE

2,600

COINS

3,000

At 0.7 seconds a swing for 88, sustained contact costs roughly 126 health per second. The charge multiplier takes it from 9 to 19.8 while closing.

Behaviour

Charges

Multiplies its movement speed while closing mid-range distance, then drops back to base speed on contact. Freezing effects are the only reliable brake.

Boss

Attacks on a 0.7-second cadence instead of the standard 1.1, and announces itself in the message log on spawn. One instance may be alive in its region at a time.

Drops

Coins and experience are awarded separately and are not part of the drop table.

Location

The Man in the Moon spawns inside the Cheese Rock, a region of radius 20 centred on -110, 330. It occupies slot 3 of 3 on that spawn table, and being a unique boss it clears only 0.6% of rolls — and only when no other instance is alive. It shares the table with 3 other creatures.

Others on this spawn table

• Regolith Crawler 200 HP
• Lost Moonwalker 180 HP
• Moon Hopper 140 HP

Strategy

• Fight in contact or from well outside its approach band; the middle distance is where it doubles speed.
• Only one may be alive in the region at a time — clear the trash first so nothing adds mid-fight.
• At 88 a hit, two connected swings will end most unarmoured players. Armour matters more than damage here.