Wretched star

Useful Info

Wretched stars are the chaos-spewing embodiments of Lugonu's realm, inflicting temporary (transient) bad mutations on everything nearby. These mutations will go away on their own after you have killed a few monsters. They also occasionally blast you with non-elemental Conjurations. In addition to the Abyss, they can be found in Lehudib's Moon Base.

Tips & Tricks

• Unlike Malmutate, Corrupting Pulse doesn't require a line of fire. It affects all nearby opponents, so you cannot hide from the spell behind allies or other monsters.
• Make sure to check your mutations. Melee characters should watch out for a sudden Berserkitis, while any character should beware of No Unsafe Scrolls and No Unsafe Potions.
• The waves of bad mutations affect your allies too, reducing their speed, AC, and damage output.
• Undead will suffer temporary stat drain instead of mutations, with a coinflip chance of nothing happening. They should hence be careful of stat zero.

History

• In 0.28 only, wretched stars cast Corrupting Pulse less often, and it only gave 1 transient mutation. These changes were made as the Abyss no longer gave XP. These changes were reverted in 0.29, as the Abyss gave XP again.
• Prior to 0.25, wretched stars had Iskenderun's Mystic Blast instead of Force Lance.
• Prior to 0.19, wretched stars' Corrupting Pulse mutated everyone in LOS, even their allies.
• Wretched stars were added in 0.12.