Slumbering Beetle

Monster
Health
86/89 HPAlways 86. 89 from Ascension 8.
Gold
1511 goldAny amount from 10 to 20, rolled when the fight ends. 7 to 15 from Ascension 3.Any amount from 7 to 15, rolled when the fight ends. 10 to 20 below Ascension 3.
Found in
Hivethe Slumber Party fight, 1 in 10 from the normal pool.
See fight
Part of
Slumber Party fightOne of its opening enemies.
Starts with
15 Plating
3 Slumber
sleep
Slumbering Beetle86/86/89/89Slumbering BeetlePlating15Slumber3

Left asleep ·Turn 1

How to beat Slumbering Beetle

  • Left alone: sleeps three turns and rolls on turn four. Plating keeps about 15 Block on it while it sleeps, so chip damage barely gets through and each unblocked hit hastens the wake-up.
  • Clean line: kill the two Bowlbugs during the sleep window and face the beetle fresh, with no Plating left.
  • Waking it: three unblocked hits from a multi-hit attack end the sleep and buy a Stunned turn, leaving an awake beetle with no Block.
  • Only do that if 86 HP is within reach, because Roll Out grows by 2 every turn.

Notes

  • HP is fixed at 86 (89 at Ascension 8+).
  • Hive normal pool, in Slumber Party behind a Bowlbug Rock and a Bowlbug Silk.
  • Its Ascension 8+ Plating bump comes from Tough Enemies rather than the damage tier.

Changes by version

  1. 29 Jan 2026NumberInternal playtest
    HP changed from 83(86)-88(92) to 86(89) and Plating now scales with Ascension increased from 15 to 18
  2. 8 Jan 2026SoundInternal playtest
    Slumbering Beetle (snoring)
  3. 23 Oct 2025NerfPlatingInternal playtest
    Now loses all Plating when he wakes up
All 15 patch notes12 older
  1. 16 Oct 2025Plating1015Internal playtest
    Plating increased from 10 to 15
  2. 6 Feb 2025BlockPlatingFrog KnightInternal playtest
    Enemies with Plating like Frog Knight now start with Block equal to their plating, similar to Slumbering Beetle
    Bug fixInternal playtest
    Starter Flare relic no longer triggers before Slumbering Beetle gains block
  3. 12 Dec 2024Slumber23Internal playtest
    Slumber amount increased from 2 to 3
  4. 5 Dec 2024Starting Slumber32Internal playtest
    Starting Slumber decreased from 3 to 2
  5. 21 Nov 2024Bug fixInternal playtest
    Slumbering Beetle now properly gains 10 Block at combat start
  6. 9 Aug 2024ChangeInternal playtest
    Simplified Slumbering Beetle encounter
  7. 12 Jul 2024ChangeInternal playtest
    Changed Toxic Goop Bowlbug: can no longer spawn with the Slumbering Beetle
  8. 7 Jun 2024ChangeSlumberInternal playtest
    Slumber Party encounter now has the Slumbering Beetle in the back of the fight instead of the front and the type of Bowlbugs that can be encountered in this fight has been adjusted
  9. 17 May 2024Bug fixPlatingInternal playtest
    Slumbering beetle no longer gives player Plating instead of itself
  10. 4 May 2024Bug fixInternal playtest
    Fixed Slumbering Beetle's slumber: now properly procs on Lightning orb and doesn't proc on blocked damage
  11. 15 Sep 2023Bug fixInternal playtest
    Fixed Slumbering Beetle being too big
  12. 9 Jun 2023ArtInternal playtest
    New Slumbering Beetle animations

Internal playtest notes are from before the Early Access release. Names and numbers in them can differ from the game today.

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