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Black Cat

Black Cat

Description

The Black Cat is a neutral NPC found in the Fortune Teller's house in town. It behaves like a regular cat, wandering around and occasionally making cat-like sounds. The cat is friendly and can be interacted with by petting it.

Behavior

  • AI Actions: Seeks out edible food items to eat (Fried Fish, Chargrilled Meat)
  • Raw Food Conversion: Will cook raw food items (Mystery Meat, Raw Fish) using Wand of Firebolt
  • Disgusting Food: When finding rotten food, may summon a Rat to deal with it
  • Movement: Wanders around looking for food items

Interaction

  • Players can interact with the Black Cat by petting it
  • When pet, the cat will make a random sound: “Prrrrrrr”, “Meow…”, or “Meow!”
  • When approached by the player, the cat will sleep and make a sound

Special Properties

  • Death Curse: When the Black Cat dies, it reduces the player's Strength by 1 (minimum of 1)
  • Curse Visual: Reduces strength with a shadow particle effect and shows red “Strength -1” status
  • Sound Effect: Plays a “cursed” sound when dying

Location

  • Found in the Fortune Teller's house in town (Fortune level)
  • May wander within the house but generally stays in the room with the Fortune Teller

Notes

  • Despite being called “Black” Cat, its actual color may vary based on sprite
  • The cat represents a common Pixel Dungeon reference - black cats were traditionally thought to bring bad luck
  • The cat has a gender of feminine in most localizations

Content Verification

  • Information source: Lua Script (scripts/npc/BlackCat.lua and scripts/ai/BlackCat.lua)
  • Behavior and mechanics: Extracted directly from Lua code
  • Effect descriptions source: Code analysis and string resources
  • Last updated: Based on Remixed Dungeon source code
  • Source code: BlackCat.lua NPC
  • AI code: BlackCat.lua AI

Code References

Configuration Files

String Resources

See Also

rpd/blackcat_npc.txt · Last modified: by 127.0.0.1