MONOCULUS

MONOCULUS
Kill Icon
Basic Information
Damage Done:	150
Affected By:	• Battalion's Backup: • Bonk! Atomic Punch: • Candy Cane: • Chargin' Targe: • Dead Ringer: • Gunboats: • Mini-crits: • ÜberCharge:
Found On:	Eyeaduct

“

...Everyone thinks I'm just a one-eyed bloody monster... Click to listen — The Demoman

”

MONOCULUS is the RED Demoman's missing eye, haunted by the Bombinomicon. It was summoned by Merasmus when the RED Soldier broke his staff.

In the Bombinomicon comic, it is depicted as a large floating eye that fires purple rocket-like eyeballs.

MONOCULUS will spawn out of Eyeaduct's control point at random intervals (when at least 10 players are on the server), after which the players have 1 minute 30 seconds to defeat it, or it will disappear. While MONOCULUS is alive, the point resets to neutral ownership and is unable to be captured, rendering the round temporarily unwinnable for either team. Monoculus's remaining health is displayed as a bar in a purple box near the top center of the screen. It fires eye-shaped projectiles that are guaranteed critical hits. When enraged, it shoots three of these projectiles in quick succession. Its projectiles can be deflected, similar to the Soldier's rockets.

At random intervals, it will teleport, leaving a swirling, purple vortex where it last was. Players are able to enter this vortex, and will be taken to the Underworld. Upon entering the Underworld, the player will spawn on an island taking continuous periodic damage. Another portal will be across from the player on another island. The first player who enters this portal will stun Monoculus for as long as it takes for him to reach the ground. Upon exiting the Underworld, a player is spawned at one end of the map, invulnerable, crit boosted, overhealed to 200% their maximum health, and having a speed buff as if hit by the Disciplinary Action. Damaging Monoculus while in this state will stun it.

Critical hits will anger MONOCULUS in a way that accelerates his rate of fire. In this mode, the eyeball projectiles' speed matches Liberty Launcher and MONOCULUS will flawlessly lead his targets until he calms himself. It is worth noting that critical hits only damage MONOCULUS for twice the weapon's base damage, unlike thrice the damage against other players. MONOCULUS also has a natural damage resistance against miniguns and flamethrowers. However, damage fall-off and ramp-up is completely ignored, meaning a successful hit will always deal the base damage of the corresponding weapon.

Upon MONOCULUS's defeat, it will first change into a massive Jarate explosion, covering any player nearby. An opened Bombinomicon will then spawn, surrounded by a red swirling vortex. This Bombinomicon will constantly point at the player who killed MONOCULUS, tilting and rotating to follow him or her. Players who enter this will be teleported to Loot Island in the Underworld, at the base of a hill. On top of the hill is a large skull and a cage which contains the Bombinomicon. The cage will slowly descend into the ground where players can collect the Bombinomicon, completing the "Dive into a Good Book" achievement. Some time after the book is available, the hill will be filled with explosions, killing any player standing still upon it.

Defeating MONOCULUS automatically grants the "Optical Defusion" achievement, and gives the player the MONOCULUS! hat.

Related achievements

Eye-chievements

Optical Defusion Kill MONOCULUS! Reward: MONOCULUS!

Update history

October 27, 2011 Patch (Very Scary Halloween Special)

• Introduced MONOCULUS to the game.

October 28, 2011 Patch

• Fixed a client crash that could occur while loading the map if MONOCULUS is killed or stunned

Bugs

• When shot with bullet-firing weapons, they leave the decals of impacting with concrete instead of blood.
• When shot with the Widowmaker, damage dealt will not return any ammo. Syringes from the Blutsauger also do not return health.
• The flavour line in the killcam is influenced by the last enemy other than MONOCULUS to damage the player. As a result, it can say "by the late MONOCULUS!", "again by MONOCULUS!", "by the Sentry Gun of MONOCULUS!", and so on.

Trivia

• Monoculus is Latin for "one eye".
• Surviving an attack from MONOCULUS as a Heavy will award the Crock Block achievement.
• MONOCULUS' voice clips are slowed down or low-pitched versions of those of the Demoman.
• MONOCULUS is very smiler to one of Terraria's bosses Eye of Cthulhu [1]

Gallery

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  Angry

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  Projectile

See also

• Very Scary Halloween Special