Magma Duggy
| Magma Duggy | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Monster |
| Location | Volcano Dungeon |
| HP | 380 |
| Damage | 16 |
| Speed | 2 |
| XP | 18 |
The Magma Duggy is the Volcano Dungeon's version of the burrowing nuisance from the Mines, and it is a far heavier animal than the one that pops up on floor five. It hides in dirt patches, senses a farmer from a couple of tiles away, and punches up through the ground at whoever walks over it. The reason to go looking for one is the loot: Mega Bombs come off two kills in five, Taro Tubers off half of them, and Cinder Shards arrive on top. Thirty Duggies of any kind complete the Adventurer's Guild bounty that Gil pays with the Hard Hat, and a volcano Duggy counts the same as a mine one, so the harder animal shortens the same list.
Behaviour
A Magma Duggy lives in the loose dirt rather than on the floor. Nothing is visible until it rises, and it only rises when a farmer comes within about two tiles, so the whole fight happens on the dirt itself. Walking straight across a patch is what gets people hit, because a Duggy that surfaces underneath the farmer lands its blow before anything can be done about it.
The reliable way to fight one is to make it come out where it can be seen. Standing on the edge of a patch, stepping one tile in and immediately stepping back out baits a Duggy to the spot that was just vacated. It surfaces into open ground, and a swing from behind connects while it is still coming up.
After that, keep moving. A Duggy that is left alone will burrow and reappear, and standing still invites it to choose the tile underfoot. One hit, one step, one more hit is slower than standing and swinging, but it costs nothing.
A sword's block absorbs the hit outright. Holding the block as a Duggy surfaces turns an unavoidable punch into nothing, which matters more here than in the Mines because this version hits harder than the original.
Location
Magma Duggies appear in the Volcano Dungeon on Ginger Island, in the patches of dirt the dungeon scatters across its floors. They share the place with Magma Sprites, Magma Sparkers, Hot Heads, Dwarvish Sentries, False Magma Caps, Lava Lurks and Tiger Slimes, which is a busier cast than any single floor of the Mines.
The dungeon gives no elevator, so every visit starts at the entrance and works upward. That makes Duggy hunting a side activity rather than a trip of its own: a farmer climbing towards the Forge passes dirt patches on the way, and clearing them costs a few seconds each. Farmers chasing the Hard Hat usually fill most of the count on the shallow floors of the Mines, where a Duggy dies in one or two swings, and let the volcano add the last few.
The dirt patches are worth a hoe whether or not a Duggy lives in them, since the same ground gives up Cave Carrots, clay, ore and the occasional artefact.
Drops
Mega Bombs are the headline. The Dwarf sells them for a serious sum, and the Desert Trader wants five Iridium Ore apiece, so pulling them out of the dirt for free changes how a Skull Cavern run is planned. A pocket of Mega Bombs is what turns a dive into a descent: each one clears a wide circle of rock, finds ladders without touching a pickaxe, and finishes downed Mummies that no sword can.
Taro Tubers drop just as often and are the quiet favourite. A Taro Tuber planted within three tiles of water counts as a paddy, which means it needs no watering at all and matures faster than it would on dry soil. A handful of tubers from a volcano run fills a patch beside a Farm Pond that then looks after itself, and the Taro Roots it gives feed Poi and the Island Trader. The same tuber can be bought from the Island Trader for a pair of Bone Fragments, so the Duggy simply saves the trade.
Cinder Shards come through less often here than from the flying magma monsters, but they stack with everything else gathered on the climb, and the Forge takes twenty of them for a ring combination or a random enchantment.
Items this monster can drop when it is defeated, with the chance of each.
| Item | Image | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Cinder Shard | 
|
40% |
| Cinder Shard |
|
15% |
| Mega Bomb | 
|
40% |
| Taro Tuber | 
|
50% |
| Taro Tuber |
|
50% |
| Diamond | 
|
0.05% |
| Prismatic Shard | 
|
0.05% |
Notes
The Hard Hat is a plain cosmetic piece with no combat bonus, so the Duggy bounty is chased for the reward list and the Protector of the Valley achievement rather than for the hat itself. Marlon sells spares once Gil has handed the first one over.
Monster Musk is the drink that matters: under it a floor holds twice as many Duggies, and twice as many Mega Bombs with them.
Duggies in the volcano hit through the same mechanic as their mine cousins, which means practice in the Mines transfers directly. A farmer who already reads dirt patches well will find the volcano version only harder to survive, not harder to understand.
All Monsters
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Location | HP | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armored Bug | 
|
Skull Cavern | 1 | 8 |
| Armored Bug (dangerous) | 
|
Skull Cavern | 250 | 20-27 |
| Bats | 
|
The Mines & Skull Cavern | 24, 36, 80, 300,; 268, 277 | 06, 07, 15, 30, 13, 14 |
| Blue Squid | 
|
The Dangerous Mines | 310 | 18 |
| Bug | 
|
The Mines | 1 | 8 |
| Bug (dangerous) | 
|
Dangerous Mines | 250 | 15-16 |
| Carbon Ghost | 
|
Skull Cavern; The Dangerous Mines | 190 | 25 |
| Cave Fly | 
|
The Mines | 22 | 6 |
| Cave Fly (dangerous) | 
|
Dangerous Mines | 266 | 13-15 |
| Duggy | 
|
The Mines | 40 | 6 |
| Duggy (dangerous) | 
|
Dangerous Mines | 280 | 8 |
| Dust Sprite | 
|
The Mines | 40 | 6 |
| Dust Sprite (dangerous) | 
|
The Mines | 280 | 13-15 |
| Dwarvish Sentry | 
|
Volcano Dungeon | 300 | 18 |
| False Magma Cap | 
|
Volcano Dungeon | 290 | 15 |
| Ghost | 
|
The Mines | 96 | 10 |
| Grub | 
|
The Mines | 20 | 4 |
| Grub (dangerous) | 
|
Dangerous Mines | 265 | 12-13 |
| Haunted Skull | 
|
Quarry Mine; The Mines random dungeon floors | 160 | 15 |
| Haunted Skull (dangerous) | 
|
Dangerous Mines | 310 | 19-26 |
| Hot Head | 
|
Volcano Dungeon | 215 | 18 |
| Iridium Crab | 
|
Skull Cavern | 240 | 15 |
| Iridium Golem | 
|
Wilderness Farm | 430 | 15 |
| Lava Crab | 
|
The Mines | 120 | 15 |
| Lava Crab (dangerous) | 
|
Dangerous Mines | 340 | 19-26 |
| Lava Lurk | 
|
Volcano Dungeon | 220 | 15 |
| Magma Duggy | 
|
Volcano Dungeon | 380 | 16 |
| Magma Sparker | 
|
Volcano Dungeon | 310 | 15 |
| Magma Sprite | 
|
Volcano Dungeon | 220 | 15 |
| Metal Head | 
|
The Mines | 40 | 15 |
| Metal Head (dangerous) | 
|
Dangerous Mines | 280 | 19-26 |
| Mummy | 
|
Skull Cavern | 260 | 30 |
| Mummy (dangerous) | 
|
Skull Cavern | 445 | 38-55 |
| Mutant Fly | 
|
Mutant Bug Lair, Skull Cavern | 66 | 12 |
| Mutant Grub | 
|
Mutant Bug Lair | 100 | 12 |
| Pepper Rex | 
|
Skull Cavern | 300 | 15 |
| Putrid Ghost | 
|
The Dangerous Mines | 500 | 25 |
| Rock Crab | 
|
The Mines | 30 | 5 |
| Rock Crab (dangerous) | 
|
Dangerous Mines | 272 | 13 |
| Royal Serpent | 
|
Skull Cavern | 150 + (50 × tail segments) | 32-48 |
| Serpent | 
|
Skull Cavern | 150 | 23 |
| Shadow Brute | 
|
The Mines | 160 | 18 |
| Shadow Brute (dangerous) | 
|
Dangerous Mines | 370 | 22-32 |
| Shadow Shaman | 
|
The Mines | 80 | 17 |
| Shadow Shaman (dangerous) | 
|
Dangerous Mines | 310 | 21-30 |
| Shadow Sniper | 
|
The Mines | 300 | 18 |
| Skeleton | 
|
The Mines | 140 | 10 |
| Skeleton (dangerous) | 
|
Dangerous Mines, Quarry Mine | 655 | 16-18 |
| Skeleton Mage | 
|
Dangerous Mines, Quarry Mine | 355 | 20-25 |
| Slimes | 
|
The Mines, Skull Cavern, Quarry Mine, Secret Woods, Tiger Slime Grove, and Volcano Dungeon | Varies | Varies |
| Spider | 
|
The Mines (Shrine ON) | 200 | 15 |
| Squid Kid | 
|
The Mines | 1 | 18 |
| Squid Kid (dangerous) | 
|
The Dangerous Mines; Skull Cavern | 250 | 22-32 |
| Stick Bug | 
|
The Dangerous Mines | 700 | 20 |
| Stone Golem | 
|
The Mines | 45 | 5 |
| Stone Golem (dangerous) | 
|
Dangerous Mines | 283 | 13 |
| Truffle Crab | 
|
The Farm | 30 | 5 |
| Wilderness Golem | 
|
The Farm | 30 | 5 |