Kat

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Kat
An example of a Kat
Taxonomy

Gate Icon-Undead.png Undead Family, Grunt Class

Defenses of the Undead family:

Weak to Elemental damage

Resistant to Shadow damage

Neutral to Normal & Piercing damage

The Kat is a monster.

Traits

Most of the time, higher tier monsters have all the abilities of preceding tiers, with increased intensity.

Kat Traits by Tier

All Tiers

General cuteness until spotting a living creature. Things turn ugly afterward.

All Kats are immune to Icon status curse.png Curse.

Kats become progressively more terrifying as knights delve deeper into the Clockworks. T

Attacks more frequently in deeper Tiers.

Tier 2

  • Can shoot a single bullet.

Tier 3

  • Can shoot a three shot spread.
  • Their scream upon defeat is much deeper to match their scarier appearance.


Strategy

The topic of this article or section is subject to personal opinion, and does not represent any one absolute truth. If you disagree, discuss your concerns on the the talk page before editing. Guide: Kat Combat

There are a few ways you can manage these monsters:

  • Shock will also make Kats substantially less dangerous, as it tends to interrupt their lunges, deals elemental damage (which Kats, being undead, are vulnerable to), and is easily passed from Kat to Kat due to their habit of grouping together.
  • Wait for an opening after they charge forward, turn and attack.
  • Relentlessly strike them into a wall or corner and take them out quickly.
  • Run towards the Kat if it quickly flies in your direction. This is a signal that Kats will bite you.
  • Back away about 6-8 tiles and leave a bomb for when they charge.

The "cooldown" between attacks gets shorter and shorter the deeper you go, so short-ranged strategies become slightly less effective, while traps (such as leaving a bomb for them to fly through) become slightly better since they move around more.

Black Kats can be very dangerous if not taken care of quickly. They can sustain roughly twice the damage of their smaller brethren, and rapidly summon Carnavons, which both protect the Black Kat from attacks and can be dangerous with their curse attacks. However, it is very difficult for sword attacks to roll off them due to their size and knockback resistance; a Warmaster Rocket Hammer can kill them quickly.

When dealing with Grimalkins, while you can't kill them, you can get rid of them. As you should notice, they disappear after having bitten a knight. What you may not know is that they do not have to bite the knight to disappear. If you run from one side of it to the other, passing in front of it, it will try to bite you and miss, disappearing even though it doesn't hit anything. NOTE: If you run toward a Grimalkin from the front and then run away again, you will get hurt. Another strategy is if you are in a party and someone happens to be K.O.ed, run them into the K.O.ed player.

Grimalkin Rules:

  • A Grimalkin spawns after a player is not within the radius of a candle for 3 seconds.
  • For every 3 seconds after, another spawns, up to a maximum of the number of party members.
  • If a knight dashes or shield bashes through a Grimalkin, they will remain unharmed and the Grimalkin will go away.
  • A Grimalkin will disappear if it has not encountered a player or a candle within a certain amount of time.
  • If a Grimalkin disappears when a player is not within a candle's radius, another Grimalkin will spawn immediately.
  • Grimalkins can still damage knights within a candle! Be very careful even when you think you are safe.

Quick Glance Gear:

Pending

Grimalkin chasing an unlucky knight

Notes

Even though the Grimalkin's bite cannot be blocked, the Grimalkin can be shield bumped and knocked back by any gun of the Pulsar line's expanded shots.

One more Grimalkin can appear for each allied NPC following the party (Mecha Knight Kit, NPC Knights, Recon Rangers).

Because Black Kats have a small chance of appearing in place of any other Kat, they can appear in unexpected places such as Interface-icon-PvE.png Dangerous Mission: Legion of Almire or Gloaming Wildwoods.

Black Kats are known to spawn over mewkats, which causes a bug to make the mewkat drop Ancient pages, or the Black Kat to drop normal loot.

History

  • This monster has been encountered since release 2011-04-04 when the game officially launched.

List

Spookat

Monstrous Profile
Tier 1
Monster-Spookat.png 		Tier 2
Monster-Spookat 2.png 		Tier 3
Monster-Spookat 3.png 		Description

A swift pink Kat that prefers to attack from behind.

Notes

This monster behaves like the others. See above strategy for combat and equip effective gear.

Combat
  • Bite Attack normal icon.png Attack shadow icon.png
  • Bullets Attack shadow icon.png (Normal Difficulty: Attack normal icon.png Attack shadow icon.png)
Loot is dropped when the monster is defeated. The loot that drops is random. Sometimes loot isn't dropped at all. This list is simply a pool of possible loot.
Loot

Depth and Material Drops:

Depth 1 and below:

Depth 4 and below:

Depth 8 and below:

Depth 13 and below:

Depth 18 and below:

As well as Crowns, Hearts, Heat, a Vitapod, and/or a Pickup.

Random spawns also apply to missions with floors that have geography similar to the relevant arcade area. The normal version of a monster can sometimes spawn instead of the status version in areas themed with a status, unless the spawn is guaranteed. See Gate Maps for details.
Encounter

Random Spawn

This monster has a very high chance to spawn in these areas:

Guaranteed Spawn

This monster can always be found in these areas:

Restless Railroad
End of the Line
Necropolis Grounds
Inner Sanctum

Pepperkat

Monstrous Profile
Tier 1
Monster-Pepperkat.png 		Tier 2
Monster-Pepperkat 2.png 		Tier 3
Monster-Pepperkat 3.png 		Description

Its seemingly adorable face is difficult to see, but that is probably for the better. When it senses a knight's presence, its eyes and jaws open revealing an inner hellfire before it sinks its teeth into its victim.

Notes

Like other Icon status fire.png Fire themed monsters, this enemy is immune to fire.
It behaves like the others. See above strategy for combat and equip effective gear.

Combat
  • Bite Attack normal icon.png Attack shadow icon.png Icon status fire.png
  • Bullets Attack shadow icon.png Icon status fire.png (Normal Difficulty: Attack normal icon.png Attack shadow icon.png Icon status fire.png)
Loot is dropped when the monster is defeated. The loot that drops is random. Sometimes loot isn't dropped at all. This list is simply a pool of possible loot.
Loot

Depth and Material Drops:

Depth 1 and below:

Depth 4 and below:

Depth 8 and below:

Depth 13 and below:

Depth 18 and below:

As well as Crowns, Hearts, Heat, a Vitapod, and/or a Pickup.

Random spawns also apply to missions with floors that have geography similar to the relevant arcade area. The normal version of a monster can sometimes spawn instead of the status version in areas themed with a status, unless the spawn is guaranteed. See Gate Maps for details.
Encounter

Random Spawn

This monster has a very high chance to spawn in these areas:

Guaranteed Spawn

This monster can always be found in these areas:

Bloogato

Monstrous Profile
Tier 1
Monster-Bloogato.png 		Tier 2
Monster-Bloogato 2.png 		Tier 3
Monster-Bloogato 3.png 		Description

A frosty blue Kat that can give knights a bad case of frostbite.

Notes

Like other Icon status freeze.png Freeze themed monsters, this enemy is immune to frezee.
It behaves like the others. See above strategy for combat and equip effective gear.

Combat
  • Bite Attack normal icon.png Attack shadow icon.png Icon status freeze.png
  • Bullets Attack shadow icon.png Icon status freeze.png (Normal Difficulty: Attack normal icon.png Attack shadow icon.png Icon status freeze.png)
Loot is dropped when the monster is defeated. The loot that drops is random. Sometimes loot isn't dropped at all. This list is simply a pool of possible loot.
Loot

Depth and Material Drops:

Depth 1 and below:

Depth 4 and below:

Depth 8 and below:

Depth 13 and below:

Depth 18 and below:

As well as Crowns, Hearts, Heat, a Vitapod, and/or a Pickup.

Random spawns also apply to missions with floors that have geography similar to the relevant arcade area. The normal version of a monster can sometimes spawn instead of the status version in areas themed with a status, unless the spawn is guaranteed. See Gate Maps for details.
Encounter

Random Spawn

This monster has a very high chance to spawn in these areas:

Guaranteed Spawn

This monster can always be found in these areas:

Sinful Steps
Sinful Steps II
Spiral Court
Spiral Court II

Hurkat

Monstrous Profile
Tier 1
Monster-Hurkat.png 		Tier 2
Monster-Hurkat 2.png 		Tier 3
Monster-Hurkat 3.png 		Description

Ill-looking members of the Kat family.

Notes

Like other Icon status poison.png Poison themed monsters, this enemy is immune to poison.
It behaves like the others. See above strategy for combat and equip effective gear.

Combat
  • Bite Attack normal icon.png Attack shadow icon.png Icon status poison.png
  • Bullets Attack shadow icon.png Icon status poison.png (Normal Difficulty: Attack normal icon.png Attack shadow icon.png Icon status poison.png)
Loot is dropped when the monster is defeated. The loot that drops is random. Sometimes loot isn't dropped at all. This list is simply a pool of possible loot.
Loot

Depth and Material Drops:

Depth 1 and below:

Depth 4 and below:

Depth 8 and below:

Depth 13 and below:

Depth 18 and below:

As well as Crowns, Hearts, Heat, a Vitapod, and/or a Pickup.

Random spawns also apply to missions with floors that have geography similar to the relevant arcade area. The normal version of a monster can sometimes spawn instead of the status version in areas themed with a status, unless the spawn is guaranteed. See Gate Maps for details.
Encounter

Random Spawn

This monster has a very high chance to spawn in these areas:

Guaranteed Spawn

This monster can always be found in these areas:

Cravat Hall
Cravat Hall II
Cravat Hall III
Spiral Court
Spiral Court II

Statikat

Monstrous Profile
Tier 1
Monster-Statikat.png 		Tier 2
Monster-Statikat 2.png 		Tier 3
Monster-Statikat 3.png 		Description

These statically charged Kats cling to knights with their teeth.

Notes

Like other Icon status shock.png Shock themed monsters, this enemy is immune to shock.
It behaves like the others. See above strategy for combat and equip effective gear.

Combat
  • Bite Attack normal icon.png Attack shadow icon.png Icon status shock.png
  • Bullets Attack shadow icon.png Icon status shock.png (Normal Difficulty: Attack normal icon.png Attack shadow icon.png Icon status shock.png)
Loot is dropped when the monster is defeated. The loot that drops is random. Sometimes loot isn't dropped at all. This list is simply a pool of possible loot.
Loot

Depth and Material Drops:

Depth 1 and below:

Depth 4 and below:

Depth 8 and below:

Depth 13 and below:

Depth 18 and below:

As well as Crowns, Hearts, Heat, a Vitapod, and/or a Pickup.

Random spawns also apply to missions with floors that have geography similar to the relevant arcade area. The normal version of a monster can sometimes spawn instead of the status version in areas themed with a status, unless the spawn is guaranteed. See Gate Maps for details.
Encounter

Random Spawn

This monster has a very high chance to spawn in these areas:

Grimalkin

Monstrous Profile
All Tiers
Monster-Grimalkin.png 		Description

A huge Spookat. It cannot be blocked or killed, so run while you can! Grimalkins appear within 3 seconds after a knight enters a dark area. It cannot dash toward you like other kats. Instead, they trail behind the nearest knight and will bite any knight who gets too close! Grimalkins can move though walls and areas outside the navigable map (similar to a phantom,) but they will not enter an area lit by a candle.

 Notes

A maximum of 4 Grimalkins can appear at any given time. The larger your party size, the more Grimalkins spawn! Beware!

Combat
  • Bite Attack normal icon.png

(Bite cannot be blocked, and ignores the shield entirely.)

Loot is dropped when the monster is defeated. The loot that drops is random. Sometimes loot isn't dropped at all. This list is simply a pool of possible loot.
Loot

This monster does not drop loot.

Random spawns also apply to missions with floors that have geography similar to the relevant arcade area. The normal version of a monster can sometimes spawn instead of the status version in areas themed with a status, unless the spawn is guaranteed. See Gate Maps for details.
Encounter

This monster can always be found in these areas:

Black Kat

Monstrous Profile
Tier 2
Monster-Black Kat 2.png 		Tier 3
Monster-Black Kat 3.png 		Description

Big Kats with curse attacks summoned into the Clockworks by someone or something. They are really hungry for books of ancient grimoires.

Notes

(Predetermined Black Kats will drop nothing)

Combat
Loot is dropped when the monster is defeated. The loot that drops is random. Sometimes loot isn't dropped at all. This list is simply a pool of possible loot.
Loot

Depth and Material Drops:

Depth 1 and below:

Depth 4 and below:

Depth 8 and below:

Depth 13 and below:

Depth 18 and below:

As well as Crowns, Hearts, Heat, a Vitapod, and/or a Pickup.

Random spawns also apply to missions with floors that have geography similar to the relevant arcade area. The normal version of a monster can sometimes spawn instead of the status version in areas themed with a status, unless the spawn is guaranteed. See Gate Maps for details.
Encounter

Random Spawn

This monster has a low chance of appearing in place of any other Gate Icon-Undead.png Kat during the Kataclysmic Confrontation event.

Guaranteed Spawn

This monster can always be found in these areas:

Mewkat

Monstrous Profile
All Tiers
Monster-Mewkat.png 		Description

A cute little harmless Kat. As much as you may provoke it, this tiny Kat will never lose its cool. Ask yourself, are a few crowns really worth killing this peaceful little thing?

Notes

This monster behaves like the others. See above strategy for combat and equip effective gear.

Combat

This monster has no known abilities.

Loot is dropped when the monster is defeated. The loot that drops is random. Sometimes loot isn't dropped at all. This list is simply a pool of possible loot.
Loot

Depth and Material Drops:

Depth 1 and below:

Depth 4 and below:

Depth 8 and below:

Depth 13 and below:

Depth 18 and below:

As well as Crowns, Hearts, Heat, a Vitapod, and/or a Pickup.

Random spawns also apply to missions with floors that have geography similar to the relevant arcade area. The normal version of a monster can sometimes spawn instead of the status version in areas themed with a status, unless the spawn is guaranteed. See Gate Maps for details.
Encounter

This monster has a low chance to appear in place of any normal size Gate Icon-Undead.png Kat.

Other

  • Margrel: A massive Grimalkin-like creature, summoned accidentally by the Konjuring Kat's dark ritual using the Book of Dark Rituals. Margrel was originally the great Kat Tribe hero who opened the Book of Grey Feathers, causing about the Kataclysm destroying both the Kat-tribe and the Owlites. Margrel is the unluckiest Kat to have ever lived. The Cursed Summon is only used on Margrel's initial summon.

See Also

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