A Mud Man is a monster from the Castlevania series. It is usually found in the swamp settings of the games they appear. They are essentially animated mud.
The monsters come into being and don't attack directly, as they exhibit the qualities of a mindless creature. Usually when one Mud Man is encountered, an infinite number of Mud Men will be summoned to aimlessly walk the swamp.
Mud Men are known for the relative ease by which they can be destroyed, but are a deadly threat to anybody unlucky enough to fall into the swamps from which they are born, as they can be conjoured from any point in the swamp, and will deal damage when a player comes into contact with them. Sometimes they break off a little at a time when struck and the mud may coalesce to form smaller mud-men.
In Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, a Mud Man can only be encountered if it is summoned by the Lesser Demon fought in the Long Library.
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Drop: Half Heart (day), Big Heart (night) |
Belasco Marsh/Denis Marsh |
Abil: Fireball | |
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| ' | HP: 3 Atk: 1 |
Castle stage |
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| ' | HP: 4 Exp: 200 Atk: 1 |
2. Cave |
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| ' | 4. Swamp |
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| ' | Rock Castle, Plant Castle, Entrance |
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| ' | HP: 10 H Exp: 100 Atk: 3 |
3. Underground Passage |
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| ' | HP: 4 Exp: 500 |
3. Courtyard |
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| ' | HP: 2 Exp: 100 |
3'. Caves |
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| ' | HP: 1 |
4'. Caves |
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| Animated mud golem. | Level: 15 HP: 15 Exp: 50 |
Long Library |
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| ' | HP: 40 |
Drop: Usually Red Jewel, Gold, or PowerUp; Frequently Knife |
Villa (Cornell-only) |
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| ' | Strong: Earth HP: 25 Exp: 2 Atk: 79 Def: 30 |
Common Drop: Cotton Clothes (2.5%) Rare Drop: Mind Restore (0.5%) |
Catacomb |
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| The evil spirit of a man who drowned in a marsh. | HP: 200 MP: 10 Exp: 400 Atk: 50 Def: 1 |
Soul: Mud Ball |
Forbidden Area |
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| A good-looking demon formed out of dirt. | Strong: Dark Weak: Holy HP: 100 MP: 120 Exp: 198 Atk: 61 Timestop: Affected |
Soul: Sand Free (1.95%) |
The Abyss |
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| A figure made of mud, imbued with a tormented soul. | HP: 20 Exp: 8 Skill Pt: 1 |
Buried Chamber |
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| A zombie-like creature that can rise and sink into the mud of which it is made.(*) | 1. Castle Bridge |
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Game-Specific Information
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
The Mud Demon appears in the sandy parts of The Abyss. It behaves much like the Procel enemy, being that it is a head made out of the material it resides in, and uses attacks made out of the material it resides in. The soul it drops is an Ability Soul that unhinders movement in sand. It's not technically a useful soul, but it makes traveling through The Abyss much faster.
Castlevania: The Adventure
Mud Man (mispelled as "Mad Man" in the manual) falls from the top of the screen as mud and takes the form of a human to chase the player.
Dawn of Sorrow
In DoS, Mudman is the last ability soul. He lets you move through mud freely.
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin / Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
In some games such as Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, Mud Men have a technique where if they get close enough to a hero, they will burst open their chest and stick out what appears to be large metal spikes with which to pierce them. Whether or not they are metal spikes has yet to be determined, but it is an interesting ability for the Mud Men.
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