Editing Mutations

Starting from depth 11, some monsters can receive one '''mutation, '''including boss monsters. The mutations are:

* '''Explosive''': 0.5× HP, 0.5× defense. Monster is surrounded in an orange glow and [[explosion|explodes]] on death, much like [[Explosive bloat|explosive bloats]]. Will not appear on waterborne monsters.
* '''Infested''': 0.5× HP, 0.5× defense, releases [[creeping death]] (lichen) upon death. Will not appear on monsters which already have an on-death effect.
* '''Agile''': 2× move speed, 1.5× defense, flees when low on health, can blink. Will not appear on monsters which already blink or flee when low on health.
* '''Juggernaut''': 3× HP, 0.5× move speed, 0.5× attack speed, 0.75× defense. Will not appear on monsters which keep their distance.
* '''Grappling''': 1.5× HP, 0.5× defense, [[Seizing|seizes]] prey on attack. Will not appear on monsters which keep their distance or already seize their prey.
* '''Vampiric''': Has [[transference]]. Will not appear on monsters which keep their distance or already have transference. 
* '''Toxic''': 0.5× attack speed, simultaneously saps strength (like a [[centipede]]) and poisons (like a [[spider]]). Will not appear on monsters which keep their distance, already sap strength or poison.
* '''Reflective''': Reflects ½ spells; ¼ are reflected back to caster. Will not appear on spellcasters (as they are already hard to reach) and monsters which are already reflective.

[[Wand of Polymorphism|Polymorphing]] a monster will remove its mutation.

[[Negation|Negating]] a mutated monster will remove any extra abilities added from the mutation. This includes the explosion on death from explosive, the creeping death from infested, the blinking from agile, the seizing from grappling, the transference from vampiric, both effects from toxic, and the reflection from reflective. The sidebar will still show the mutation, but hovering over to display the monster's description show the qualities have been removed.

The following table gives the chance for a monster generated on a given depth to be mutated. All possible mutations are equally likely.
{| class="article-table" style="width: 200px;" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
|-
! scope="col" |'''Depth'''
! scope="col" |% Chance
|-
|11
|1
|-
|12
|2
|-
|13
|3
|-
|14
|4
|-
|15
|5
|-
|16
|6
|-
|17
|7
|-
|18
|8
|-
|19
|9
|-
|20-26
|10
|-
|27
|11
|-
|28
|13
|-
|29
|16
|-
|30
|18
|-
|31
|21
|-
|32
|25
|-
|33
|30
|-
|34
|35
|-
|35
|41
|-
|36
|48
|-
|37
|56
|-
|38
|65
|-
|39
|75
|-
|40
|75
|}
[[Category:Monster]]
[[Category:Monsters by trait]]