Märkiäinen
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Märkiäinen (listen 
) (also known as the Swampling or the Shaman in the game's files) is a rare enemy encountered in the Mines, Collapsed Mines, and Underground Jungle. It casts Cursed Spheres that quickly accelerate towards you and bounce off of walls, dealing 15 damage as well as summoning the Rain Cloud or Thundercloud spell on contact.
This enemy is immune to fire.
Combat Tips
- This enemy, while rare, can be dangerous to newer or less experienced players, much like the Stendari.
- Unlike the Stendari, it is fairly slow and not an aggressive chaser, so players should find it easier to choose when to fight it and take cover when it attacks.
Trivia
- Its name is the Finnish word "märkiä" (verb: emitting pus), from the word "märkä" (adjective: wet, noun: pus). The suffix -inen can be translated as 'being or having something' in English, like with the Finnish words: karva, karvainen (hair, hairy) or tietää, tieto, tietoinen (to know, knowledge/information, conscious (of something)). The name also sounds similar to "mäkäräinen", which refers to insects living in wet areas.
- It appears to occasionally eat corpses, similar to Hämis.
- The water that comes from its body is called water_fading in the code, and doesn't interact with Concentrated Mana.
- It will spawn more frequently with the "Flooded" biome modifier.
History
- Jun 24 2020: Added to the game.
