Stronger enemies appear as the Stranger gains experience levels.
If a non-evil enemy is killed, the Stranger loses virtue points. Carry a stock of slings, in order to weaken such enemies without killing them, until they flee.
In the NES remake, the distiction between evil, undead, and non-evil enemies was omitted: the companions should defeat all enemies, and never flee.
The sprites for the MS-DOS are similar to those for Amiga & Atari ST, but with slightly different colors.
Land enemies
Undead enemies will flee when the "Undead spell" is successfully cast. This spell was omitted from the NES remake.
The NES-only "Reflect" spell fully protects from the physical ranged attacks by Trolls, Ettins, and Cyclops (as well as sea Nixies).
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Python | 4 | NON-EVIL! Attack: poison shot | ||
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Headless | 5 | |||
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Wisp | 5 | Teleports | ||
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Orc | 6 | |||
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Rogue | 6 | Attack: steals gold | ||
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Skeleton | 4 | Undead | ||
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Ghost | 6 | Undead | ||
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Phantom | 9 | Undead | ||
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Liche | 13 | Undead. Attack: magic | ||
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Troll | 7 | Attack: missile | ||
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Ettin | 8 | Attack: missile | ||
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Cyclops | 9 | Attack: missile | ||
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Lava lizard | 7 | Shoots before combat. Attack: fire breath | ||
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Daemon | 8 | Attack: magic | ||
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Mage | 12 | Attack: magic | ||
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Hydra | 14 | Shoots before combat. Attack: fire breath | ||
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Dragon | 15 | Shoots before combat. Attack: fire breath | ||
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Zorn | 16 | Attack: "negate magic" | ||
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Gazer | 16 | Attack: "sleep" spell | ||
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Balron | 16 | Attack: "sleep" spell, magic | ||
Sea enemies
Sea enemies leave no gold after combat. Pirates leave their ship.
Pirate ships start appearing when the Stranger reaches level 4 (800 experience points).
| Amiga Atari ST |
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Seahorse | 9 | NON-EVIL! Attack: magic | ||
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Pirate ship | 0 | Shoots before combat; carries rogues and pirates. |
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Rogue/Pirate | 6 | Spoils: ship. | ||
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Nixie | 5 | Attack: physical missile | ||
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Giant squid | 9 | Attack: poison shot | ||
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Sea serpent | 9 | Shoots before combat. Attack: fire breath |
Dungeon enemies
Reapers become harmless if the companions cast the "Negate" spell.
In the NES remake, enemies labeled as "non-evil" simply cease to appear when the party level is sufficiantly high. Furthermore, all enemies can move.
| Amiga Atari ST |
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Giant spider | 5 | NON-EVIL! Attack: poison shot | ||||
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Gremlin | 4 | Attack: steals food | ||||
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Mimic | 13 | Motionless. Attack: poison shot | ||||
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Reaper | 16 | Motionless. Attack: "sleep" spell, magic |