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NPC


These goons have been stealing for years, and it's made them very muscular and strong. Constantly hiding from the public have made them pale. Their attacks are harder to dodge, and they will try to steal your items instead of cents.

Overview[]

Burglars are an enemy encountered in the Hidden Woods alongside the Bandit. Burglars are in essence a stronger variation of the Bandit, with better raw stats they also start with DEF1 Defense.

Skills[]

  • Punch (SP0) - Does 4 Damage and can be faked out. Dodgeable, Blockable.
    • (Corruption1) - Damage increased to POW6.
    • (Corruption2) - Damage increased to POW8.
    • (Corruption3) - Damage increased to POW10.
  • Shoplift (SP1) - Deals no Damage; steals one random item. Partially Dodgeable and Unblockable.
  • (Corruption2+) Savage Hit (SP2) - Deals POW12 Damage , Pierces 1 DEFDefense and inflicts StunStun for two turns. Dodgeable, Blockable.
    • (Corruption3) - Damage increased to POW14.
  • (Corruption3) Barrage (SP2) - Deals POW17 Damage with 8 hits total and Piercing 1 DEFDefense, first hit dealing 10 POWDamage and the rest dealing 1 POWDamage. Partially Dodgeable, Blockable.

Items[]

As a Humanoid enemy, the Burglar is capable of using items. Before the Overgrown Grotto Update, Burglars used to have Milk.

Stats[]

Corruptionlvl. POWPOW. DEFDEF. HPHP SPSP CentCents XPPowerXP
0 3 1 7 1/6 6 4
1 5 2 12 1/6 9 6
2 7 3 17 2/8 13 9
3 9 4 27 3/10 18 12

Strategy[]

Fighting Burglars may prove difficult for newer players due to them being the first enemies introduced with DEFDefense, leaving them with miscalculations in POWDamage. In addition, their Shoplift skill is extremely difficult to avoid, almost always resulting in the loss of an Item, and they aren't afraid to use Cheeseburgers, BBQ Sauce, or Juice to stay alive longer. Burglars are always fought in groups of one or more alongside with Bandits.

The ideal skill would be to use Fiery Explosion to severely injure the Burglars and eliminate all Bandits. Alternatively, Barrage can eliminate a single Burglar at a time. With a partner, an additional skill can be used to finish off the Burglars in a single turn. A 'Critical!' Stunning Giant Crowbar is an excellent way to one-shot non-corrupted Burglars. Alternatively, the threat of Shoplift can be lifted entirely with Ice Armor.

Against CorruptionCorruption 1 Burglars, they will have even higher DEFDefense, making the Dull Rapier a better choice for its piercing after disposing of the accompanying enemies.

Against CorruptionCorruption 2+ Burglars, they gain Savage Hit and/or Barrage, even with using Spore Spray + Ice Armor CorruptionCorruption 2+ Burglars can still Shoplift you regardless.

Against CorruptionCorruption 3 Burglars, they gain Barrage which is a serious problem even if the first hit isn't dodged. Thanks to their high POW and DEFDefense, players will need a diverse array of skills to take them out before the worst happens.

Trivia[]

  • Burglars are the first enemies encountered to have DEFDefense when non-corrupted.
  • Burglars used to have Milk when CorruptionCorruption 1 or lower, but got nerfed in a newer version.
  • Shoplift is unblockable unless you have enough defense with skills like Ice Armor and/or with items like BBQ Sauce.
  • Defeating 15 Burglars is required to complete the Burglar Bashing Mission.
  • Burglar, alongside Bandit are the only enemies to not have any ranged or multi-target skills.
Enemies
Woodlands Bandit-2 Bandit - Daiseye-2 Daiseye - Lileye-2 Lileye - Burglar-2 Burglar - Tangler-2 Tangler - Druid-2 Druid - Dweller-2 Dweller - Fungeye-2 Fungeye - Golem-2 Golem
Bosses Thebanditking-2 The Bandit King - Bedrock-2 Bedrock
Events Wraith-2 Wraith - Snowman-2 Snowman
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