Cave Story/Enemies

Enemies
These are the enemies you encounter throughout the game. They are divided up depending on what area you first find them in. Enemies that have slight variations in them (Like say the black and red bat) will be found in the category of which you first encountered one of them (so black and red bat would be in Start Cave).

Start Cave
The earlier bats are largely useless as they fly in up and down patterns only. Grasstown and Plantation bats however use "dive bombing" techniques along with flying in somewhat unpredictable patterns. Red bats are found only in the final cave and in one of the last boss battles. While they don't do the dive bombing tactic, they fly in unpredictable patterns and are faster than the average bat.
 * Bat[[Image:bat.gif|thumb|left]]
 * Damage: 1-2 HP
 * Health: 1 HP
 * Found In: Start Cave, Grasstown, Plantation, Balcony

More or less the most common enemy in the game, these guys shouldn't give you too much trouble. Be wary of the flying versions later on. Once again, the red versions of the critter are only found in the final cave, but they do not fly so just pick them off from afar.
 * Critter[[Image:cscritter.gif|thumb|left]]
 * Damage: 1-6 HP
 * Health: 2-6 HP
 * Found In:Start Cave, Egg Corridor, Grasstown, Labryinth, Plantation

Mimiga Village
These guys should give you no trouble at all. They do not actively seek you out so the only way you will get hurt by them is if you accidentally run into one of them. They are only found in the graveyard section of the mimiga village.
 * Pignon[[Image:cspignon.gif|thumb|left]]
 * Damage: 1 HP
 * Health: 2 HP
 * Found In: Mimiga Village

Watch out for this guy! The grave keeper will walk towards you and strike with his knife, causing quite a lot of damage to your character. Luckly you cannot be hurt by just walking into him. To defeat him, you must strike him from behind. The easiest way to do so is to jump over him as he is raising his knife.
 * Grave Keeper[[Image:csgravekeeper.gif|thumb|left]]
 * Damage: 10 HP
 * Health: 20 HP
 * Found In: Mimiga Village

The giant pignon is basically the exact same as the normal pignon. It will not actively seek you out so the only way to get hurt is by running into it. The only real noticeable difference is that when shot, the giant pignon tends to "bounce" around a lot more than the normal one, so be careful of that. The giant pignon is found only in the graveyard section of the mimiga village.
 * Giant Pignon[[Image:csgpignon.gif|thumb|left]]
 * Damage: 1 HP
 * Health: 12 HP
 * Found In: Mimiga Village

Quite possibly the easiest enemy in the whole game. The chin fish (there is only one) does absolutely nothing but float; it doesn't even bother to move. To kill it, just shoot it however you want, it doesn't matter. The chin fish is only found in the resevoir section of the mimiga village.
 * Chin Fish[[Image:cschinfish.gif|thumb|left]]
 * Damage: 1 HP
 * Health: 2 HP
 * Found In: Mimiga Village

Bosses
Balrog (Shack) Damage Just shoot him and jump over him when he charges at you. Be wary of when he jumps in the air because he could connect with you as you are jumping. The reward for fighting Balrog is 5 experience points for your weapon.
 * Jumping attack: 2 HP
 * Running attack: 2 HP

Igor Damage Use the same tactics that you used for the first fight against Balrog. The only real difference is that he may occasionally open his mouth, in which you should either jump over him immediately or run away. If you have a level 3 polar star this battle will not be hard.
 * Energy Balls: 2 HP
 * Contact with him: 2 HP