Slimes

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Not to be confused with Slime, the drop from this monster.

Slimes are enemies that can be found in various locations, including The Mines and the Secret Woods. They come in three different variations, all based on the same sprite and code (a color hue is added to the grey sprite shown in the portrait). Slimes can be raised in Slime Hutches, or raised outdoors through the use of a Slime Incubator

Green Slimes

Green Slime	HP	Damage	Location	Drops
	24	5	Cave 1-39	Slime, Sap
	Behaviour:	Charge attacks
	Strategies:	Attack when not charging, otherwise, block.

Frost Jellies

Ice Slime File:Blue Slime (male).png	HP	Damage	Location	Drops
	106	7	Cave 60-90	Slime, Sap
	Behaviour:	Charge attacks
	Strategies:	Attack when not charging, otherwise, block.

Sludges

Sludge File:Magma Slime.png	HP	Damage	Location	Drops
	205	16	Cave 91-119	Slime, Sap, Coal
	Behaviour:	Charge attacks
	Strategies:	Attack when not charging, otherwise, block.

Purple Slimes

Ice Slime	HP	Damage	Location	Drops
	410	28	Skull Cavern	Slime, Sap, Diamond(Rare), Iridium Ore(Very rare), Iridium Bar(Extremely rare)
	Behaviour:	Large ones split into 2-5 more.
	Strategies:	Kill near a wall to prevent the little ones from charging after knockback

Giant Slimes

Giant Slimes have the same attack behavior as the smaller slimes. When killed they'll often split into a number of smaller slimes which will attack the player.

Ice Slime	HP	Damage	Location	Drops
	???	??	The mines, Skull Cavern	Slime, Sap
	Behaviour:	Large ones split into 2-5 more.
	Strategies:	Kill near a wall to prevent the little ones from charging after knockback

Mating

Sometimes, a Female slime might mate with a Male slime (which have the round antenna). If both slimes show a heart, they will create a baby slime (same HP as the parents, half the size). One might have a heart and the other an exclamation mark, which means the latter refused the advances of the former.

Cute Slimes

At random, one slime might be considered "cute". A cute slime boasts an antenna with a small yellow star. It has 25% more health over the base HP and will do 1pt more damage per attack to the player. It has a chance to drop a rare item.

Additional Information

Attacks

Slimes attack in two ways. Either they bounce slowly at you, or they "charge" to jump at you from a distance. The charging animation resembles the slime becoming almost flat to the ground. If there is an obstacle in the way, the charge jump will cause them to bounce off the object (sometimes multiple times if they're in a tight spot).

Strategy

When a slime is hit, it will be knocked back a short distance, out of range of melee weapons. The best strategy to kill slimes is to quickly reach them to striking distance to prevent their charge attack, and corner them against a wall or, ideally, in a corner (of walls, rocks, or both). Both the charged and regular attacks may be avoided by using a defensive move (such as the block of the regular sword). Otherwise, offense is the best defense.