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:''If you were looking for the "Brainless" status condition caused by having 0 [[Intelligence]], see [[Stat zero#Brainless (Intelligence)|Stat zero]].''

All monsters have a level of intelligence that determines certain behaviours, such as tracking the player, avoiding danger, and cooperating with allies. In general, a monster's intelligence is a secondary consideration compared to its physical and magical abilities, but it does have a number of effects, mostly in fairly specific situations.

== Levels of Intelligence ==
There are three levels of monster intelligence:
# [[:Category: Brainless intelligence | Brainless intelligence]]: Plants, zombies, jellies, golems, elementals. ("Mindless")
# [[:Category: Animal intelligence | Animal intelligence]]: Animals, insects, some non-zombie undead.
# [[:Category: Human intelligence | Human intelligence]]: Humanoids, some other powerful/magical monsters. ("Intelligent")

== Effects of intelligence ==

The following is a non-exhaustive list of effects of monster intelligence.

'''Brainless'''
* Brainless monsters are immune to [[Anguish]] and [[Mindburst]], cannot be [[pacify|pacified]], and are unable to be bound by [[Yredelemnul]].
* Brainless monsters will blunder into [[shallow water]], [[shaft]]s, and dangerous [[clouds]] (except [[miasma]]). Intelligent monsters will avoid clouds unless they are resistant, though a strong enough intelligent monster may charge through clouds if there's no better path.
* Non-brainless monsters will retreat if they can't reach you or shoot at you.
* Non-brainless monsters will often try to make space for their allies to attack you.

'''Intelligence'''
* Intelligent monsters search and travel more effectively, and will continue to hunt for you longer after hearing [[noise]] or losing sight of you.
* Intelligent ranged monsters will attempt to regain [[line of sight]] rather than charging directly at you.
* Intelligent monsters may be able to guess your location even when you are [[invisibility|invisible]].
* Only human intelligence monsters can be [[bribe]]d or activate [[net trap]]s.

==History==
*Prior to [[0.28]], the monster intelligence of your allies determined avoidance of [[traps]] (no effect on hostile).
*Prior to [[0.26]], butchering intelligent creatures would anger [[Zin]].
*Prior to [[0.17]], there were 6 categories of intelligence: plant, insect, reptile, animal, human and high.
*Prior to [[0.13]] reptile intelligence and insect intelligence were one value, and Elyvilon could thus pacify insects. Also, friendly dumb monsters wouldn't turn hostile when damaged by ranged attacks.

[[Category:Monster intelligence]]

Monster intelligence - Revision history

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