Monk

The Monk standing near Lantern Mice.

Weak of body but strong in spirit. In tune with the mysteries of the world and empathetic to it's creatures, your journey will be a significantly more peaceful one.

The Monk serves as Rain World's easy mode, and begins the game in Outskirts after the opening cutscene, which implies that they dove after their sibling, the Survivor.

For the main Slugcats page, see Slugcat.

Food

3 food pips are required to hibernate, while up to 2 may be stored for the next cycle.

Opening

The Monk's opening cutscene is near identical to that of the Survivor, with the ending diverging slightly to show the Monk diving after the Survivor when the latter slips and falls.

General Changes

• Predators are less common and slightly less aggressive.
• Karma gates have their Karma level requirements removed permanently after the first use.
• The yellow Overseer can light up dark areas within the Shaded Citadel.
• Creatures are much quicker to befriend or forgive.
• Thrown Spears do less damage and have a lower velocity.
  • This reduced velocity prevents Monk from performing slide spears.
• Breath capacity and weight are both lowered.
• Colored Pearls are replaced with dark gray "blank" Pearls.
  • This is not the case if the More Slugcats Expansion is enabled.
• Monk always leaves a Karma Flower on death.
• Monk is less visible to creatures, is quieter and gets a larger stealth bonus when crouching.

Stats

Lung Capacity (lungsFac)[*]	1.2 (0.83x standard)[*]
Throwing Skill[†]	0
Spear Damage	0.6 - 0.9[‡]
Speed	1
Mass	0.95
Loudness	0.75
Visibility Bonus	-0.1
Crawling Stealth	0.6 (1.2x standard)

[*] lungsFac determines how much air is drained per frame. This means lower values grant a larger lung capacity. When the Remix option 'Monk Extended Breath' is enabled, their lung capacity increases to 0.8 (1.25x standard).

[†] Throwing skill affects velocity and trajectory.

[‡] Damage value is randomized on throw between 0.6 and 0.9, with an average of 0.66.

World Changes

• Unfortunate Development is more difficult.
• One more Shelter is available in upper eastern Shoreline (SL_S11).
• Significantly more Bubble Weed in Drainage System and Shoreline.
• One extra white Pearl in top central Filtration System (SB_C06).
• Five additional Blue Fruit:
  • Two in lower right Chimney Canopy (CC_C11).
  • Three in the indoor room of Sky Islands' eastern hub (SI_A27).
• One less Beehive in upper left central Industrial Complex (HI_B03).

Gallery

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  The Monk being highlighted.

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  The Monk going after their sibling.

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