Cacodemon

Version 0.34: This article is up to date for the latest stable release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.

cacodemon 2
HP	64-130
HD	13
XP	1139
Speed	10
AC	11
EV	10
Will	160
Attack¹	22 (hit: vulnerable)
Attack²	22 (hit: vulnerable)
Resistances	rElec rPois+ rMiasma rN+++ rTorm
Vulnerabilities	Holy
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Human
Uses	Open doors
Holiness	Demonic
Size	Large
Type	cacodemon, cacodemon
Flags	See invisible Flying Evil

A maniacal demon, brimming with accursed power. Its gleeful laughter rarely ceases, even in the heat of battle.

“We’ll call him Cacodemon, with his black Gib there, his Succuba, his Devil’s Seed, his Spawn of Phlegethon, that o’ my Consience was bred o’ the Spume of Cocytus.”
-John Fletcher, _The Knight of Malta_. 1647.

Useful Info

Cacodemons are extremely dangerous tier-2 demons. They possess a wide variety of debilitating hexes, can halve your willpower with their melee attacks, and fire powerful bolts of Doom. They are found in the Abyss, Pandemonium, and the Hells, and can be summoned by certain monsters through the Summon Greater Demon spell.

Spells

Name	Damage	Range	Flags
Doom Bolt	3d20	LOS	Magical flag
Vitrify	—	LOS	Magical flag
Slow	—	LOS	Magical flag
Dig	—	LOS	Magical flag

Tips & Tricks

A source of high willpower will protect you from most (but not all) of their attacks; kill them quick to avoid accumulating too much Doom.

History

Prior to 0.34, cacodemons had Malmutate and Bolt of Devastation instead of Slow and Doom Bolt. Additionally, their melee attacks had no attack flavour.
Prior to 0.31, cacodemons had Slow and Confuse instead of Vitrify. Also, they had Energy Bolt instead of Bolt of Devastation, which did not apply vulnerability.
Prior to 0.30, cacodemons had fast regeneration.
Prior to 0.10, they were tier-1 demons. They also used to be fairly pathetic, as their energy bolt, slow, and confuse spells all used to be the near-worthless Call Imp.