Corrosive Bolt
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Version 0.34: This article is up to date for the latest stable release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.
 Corrosive Bolt
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| Casting noise | 6 |
| Spell noise | 0 |
| Range | 5 |
| Flags | Dir or target, Needs tracer |
| Fires a penetrating bolt of highly-corrosive acid. |
Corrosive Bolt launches a piercing bolt of acid that does heavy damage and may cause corrosion. It is largely used by monsters, though players have access to a similar spell with wand of acid.
Corrosive Bolt has a 75% chance to corrode the player for -6 (-3 with corrosion resistance), compared to most acid sources having a 50% chance to corrode for -4.
The following enemies cast Corrosive Bolt:
- L
Ancient lich (3d39 damage) - e
Deep elf sorcerer (3d23 damage) - T
Moon troll (3d27 damage) - D
Serpent of Hell (Dis) (3d27 damage) - Q
Tengu reaver (3d27 damage)
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The following enemies may be able to cast Corrosive Bolt, depending on their spell set:
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Pandemonium lord (5.2% chance)
History
- Corrosive Bolt was buffed in 0.34; it now has a 75% chance to apply 6 stacks of corrosion.
- In 0.29, monsters now deal less damage with Corrosive Bolt. Monsters with the spell were only slightly nerfed, but monsters with a wand of acid deal much less damage.
- Prior to 0.28, Corrosive Bolt did less base damage, but had extra "acid splash" damage (4d5 against players, 2d4 against monsters).
- Wands of acid were added in 0.18.
- This spell was added in 0.17.