Matkija
The Matkija (listen 
) (also known as Mimic) is a rare enemy that looks exactly like a normal chest. It cannot move and it will not attack you until you are touching it.
The Jalkamatkatavara (listen ) (also known as Leggy Mimic) is a rare variant which will grow limbs when awakened and use them to attack you. It will drop the Leggy Mutation perk when killed. It has a 5% chance to replace a regular mimic.
Strategies
There are several ways to distinguish between a chest and a mimic:
- If there is no 'Treasure chest' tooltip displayed when hovering over a chest with the mouse, then it is a mimic.
- If you attack it and it displays a damage value, it is a mimic.
- It's generally safer to just shoot chests open since there's no known penalty compared to opening one by interacting with it. One possible risk, however, is that Treasure Chests may drop flasks, which may accidentally become shattered or broken in the process, especially with wands that shoot projectiles rapidly.
- If it is floating in water, it is a mimic.
- If it is not perfectly level, it is not a mimic.
- If a stain indicator appears on top of the chest, then it is a mimic.
Note: None of the above strategies will help you identify a Leggy Mimic. Their disguises are significantly more sophisticated, and they will not awaken until you approach them and press the interact key to "open" the chest. Once you do, they will sprout legs and try to attack.
Also, mimics do not appear from ground level to the 3 chunks (first holy mountain) underground.
"Not A Mimic" signs
NOT
A
MIMIC
Mimics of both types have a 1/30 chance to spawn with a sign. The glyphs on the sign read: "NOT A MIMIC". Ordinary chests also have a 1/300 chance to spawn with a sign. Combined with the 10% chance for chests to be mimics, this means that these signs are only correct about half of the time.
Tips
- A mimic stained with Pheromone will drop gold nuggets of varying size and rarely Potions and Extra Max Health, while slowly losing health.
- By putting a friendly mimic in a pool of Ambrosia, you can take advantage of this mechanic to get infinite gold and potions (albeit very slowly).
| Drop | Chance |
|---|---|
10  |
79.9% |
| 50 |
12.5% |
| 200 |
6% |
| Regular Potions | 1.5% |
| Extra Max Health | 0.1% |
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History
- Apr 8 2024: Added holy damage multiplier of 2.0 for leggy mimic.
