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Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer Hints

Monsters

Instead of listing every attribute of every monster here, I have made "collections" of data that I feel are the most interesting and useful. For instance, it's useful to know which monsters have special attacks that Protection from Magic (a Body Magic spell) can protect you from. I also list all other special attack categories, and alphabetize the monster names under those categories. I also include a list of all the monsters that give the highest-level treasure, meaning you can actually get artifacts from them.

Monsters that can cause Poisoned, Diseased, Paralyzed, Stoned, and Weak:
Animalist, Shapeshifter, Lycanthrope (Diseased)
Basilisk, Elder Basilisk (Stoned)
Bestial Animalist, Bestial Shapeshifter, Bestial Lycanthrope (Diseased)
Brass Gorgon (Paralyze)
Bronze Gorgon, Iron Gorgon (Stoned)
Crystal Walker, Crystal Sentry, Crystal Guardian (Paralyzed)
Cyclops, Cyclops Hunter, Cyclops Warrior (Paralyzed)
Naga, Naga Warrior, Naga Queen (Poisoned)
Ratman, Wererat, Greater Wererat (Diseased)
Serpentman, Serpentman Leader, Serpentman Warrior (Poisoned)
Vampire Minion (Diseased)
Wyvern, Horned Wyvern (Poisoned)
Young Basilisk (Paralyzed)
Young Couatl, Couatl, Winged Serpent (Poisoned)

Monsters that can cause Dead and Eradicated:
Ancient Wyvern (Dead)

Monsters that can cause Afraid, Cursed, and Insane:
Bone Dragon (Cursed)
Dark Path Journeyman, Necromancer, Master Necromancer (Afraid)
Fear (Afraid)
Ogre Mage, Ogre Magi (Cursed)
Pack Leader (Cursed)
Skeletal Dragon (Afraid)
Terror, Nightmare (Insane)
Undead Dragon (Insane)

Monsters that can break your equipment and/or items:
Boulders (Break Armor)
Charger (Break Weapon)
Dragon Hunter, Crusader (Break Armor)
Dragonslayer (Break Weapon)
Juggernaut, Demolisher (Break Armor)
Ogre Brawler, Ogre Warrior, Ogre Warleader (Break Weapon)
Regnan Arbalester (Break Armor)
Regnan Bandit (Break Item)
Regnan Brigadier (Break Weapon)
Regnan Crossbowman (Break Item)
Regnan Lieutenant (Break Weapon)
Regnan Pirate (Break Armor)

Monsters that drain spell points:
Vampire, Greater Vampire

Monsters that are immune to physical damage:
Fear, Terror, Nightmare

Monsters that yield the best treasure:
Chaos Overlord (Item, 30% chance)
Crystal Guardian (Item, 30% chance)
Dragon, Dragon Flightleader, Great Wyrm (Item)
Emerald Dragon, Sapphire Dragon, Ruby Dragon (Item)
Plane Overlord (Item, 40% chance)

Note that monsters that yield the best treasure don't always give artifacts or even top-notch non-artifacts. It's always best to save your game right before raiding the body of a dead best-treasure monster and restore if what you get isn't something you can use (or at least sell for big bucks if you're short of cash).

Also, on very rare occasions, a monster that yields an item (whether best-level or not) will give an item without the body disappearing. That means you can raid him for more gold and items! The chances of that happening are very low, so if you want to "pump" a best-treasure monster for a stream of artifacts and other cool gear, you're going to have to have a LOT of patience and restore your saved game many, many times.

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