The Shielded Brute is a powerful variant of gnolls that serves as a heavily armored heavy fighter in gnoll groups. It is based on the regular Brute but with additional protective equipment.

• HP: 40 (Hit Points)
• Attack Skill: 15 (Base attack skill)
• Defense Skill: 20 (Base defense skill)
• Damage: 8-18 (Min-Max damage)
• Defense Rating (DR): 8 (Reduces incoming damage)
• Exp for Kill: 8
• Max Level: 15 (Does not appear above level 15)
• Speed: 1 (Standard movement speed)

• High Health: More HP (40) than regular gnolls
• Strong Attacks: Inflicts significant damage (8-18 range)
• Shield Protection: Additional protection from its large shield
• Terror Immunity: Immune to the Terror status effect
• Group Tactics: Often found with other gnolls

• Gold - Drops gold coins
• Possible equipment or other items

• Found in the Prison level
• Part of the gnoll encampments in the Prison level

• Shielded Brutes are significantly stronger than regular gnolls with more HP and higher damage output
• Their Terror immunity makes fear-based tactics ineffective
• The shield provides additional protection, making them more difficult to defeat than regular Brutes
• Due to their high defense skill, accuracy may be an issue with low-level weapons

* Information source: Java class Shielded.java * Stats verification: Extracted directly from Shielded.java constructor * Special abilities: Based on implementation in code * Last updated: December 2025, source: Remixed Dungeon 1.9.3

* Java: Shielded.java * Related: Terror.java (Immunity) * Strings: Shielded strings

• Gnoll
• Brute
• Prison Level
• Mobs