What is confirmed about creatures
Malignus fills its caves with wild creatures. Mossbomb says there are more than 30, with nine lair types. You can tame them as pets, build them a lair, or hunt them for food. The official press kit names 21 creatures and provides art for many of them.
The creature system
Confirmed
- More than 30 wild creatures live in the caves.
- Nine lair types exist.
- Creatures can be tamed as pets or hunted for food.
- Ember Pit and Cairn are the two lair types named in official media.
- The Stone Golem has a published stat line and a Max Yield of ×10.
Not announced
- The full 30+ creature roster.
- The seven lair types not named in public material.
- Taming requirements, food chains and habitat rules.
- Combat stats for every creature except the Stone Golem.
- Whether any creature is unique, legendary or map-specific.
Creature compendium
The cards below are limited to creatures with official art and a confirmed name. Use the filter to find one quickly. Every card is a visual reference; “no stats published” means exactly that.
12 shown
Bulette
Official art and gameplay still
Official screenshots show the bulette bursting up through the floor to ambush an adventurer. No stats are published.
Stone Golem
Official art and in-game UI
A Construct that lives in a cairn lair. The official UI lists Battle 9, Hunt 1, Occult 6, Cruelty 0 and Max Yield ×10. It leaps into a party and slams the floor in official footage.
Giant Toad
Official art and gameplay still
Official screenshots show its tongue snatching an adventurer from across a lair and down a corridor. No cooldown or range is published.
Fire Elemental
Official art and gameplay still
Associated with an ember pit lair in an ember cavern. Official screenshots show it erupting in a burst of flame when it dies.
Basilisk
Official art
Named and illustrated in the official press kit. No ability, lair type or stat data has been published.
Hydra
Official art
Named and illustrated in the official press kit. No mechanics have been published.
Slime King
Official art
Named and illustrated in the official press kit. Whether it is tameable, huntable or a lair guardian is not stated publicly.
Gelatinous Cube
Official art
Named and illustrated in the official press kit. No mechanics have been published.
Cave Bear
Official art
Named and illustrated in the official press kit. No lair or stat data has been published.
Troll
Official art
Named and illustrated in the official press kit. No mechanics have been published.
Wraith
Official art
Named and illustrated in the official press kit. No mechanics have been published.
Giant Snake
Official art
Named and illustrated in the official press kit. No mechanics have been published.
No creature in this list matches that name. The full roster has not been published.
Other named creatures
These creatures are named in the official art set but do not have a published stat line or a dedicated card in our current image set. We list them so the compendium does not pretend the 12 cards are the whole game.
The press kit art set also includes a skeleton, spider and other variants used by the Dread Lich and Spider Trap. Their appearance as art does not confirm they are tameable cave creatures.
Lairs and taming
Nine lair types exist. Only two are named in the official material: the Ember Pit for fire elementals and the Cairn for the Stone Golem. The other seven are part of the 30+ creature system but have not been catalogd publicly.
| Lair | Known creature | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ember Pit | Fire Elemental | The official press kit's ember cavern screenshot labels an ember pit lair for fire elementals. |
| Cairn | Stone Golem | The official in-game screenshot shows a Stone Golem beside its cairn in the Stair Vault. |
| Seven unnamed lairs | Unknown | Mossbomb states nine lair types exist but has not named the rest in the public kit. |
The store description says you can build a lair, tame a creature as a pet, or hunt it for food. What that means operationally — whether a lair attracts a creature, claims one, or upgrades a tamed pet — is not explained in the public material. The phrase “build one of nine lair types” suggests construction, but the exact loop is unconfirmed.
Do not treat the Stone Golem as a template
The Stone Golem's Battle 9 and Max Yield ×10 are real data from one creature panel. They do not establish that every construct is a high-Battle, high-yield creature, or that other creatures follow the same stat ranges. It is one data point, not a formula.
What is missing from the public bestiary
- The names and art of the remaining 9+ creatures in the 30+ roster.
- Seven of the nine lair types.
- Taming requirements and whether creatures can be bred, fed or equipped.
- Combat stats for every creature except the Stone Golem.
- Whether lair creatures count against the minion population or a separate cap.
- How hunting for food interacts with the kitchen and food storage.
Sources
Sources for this page
- 01Malignus press kit and fact sheet — Mossbomb
Fact sheet, development history, feature list, character and creature art, screenshot captions, and permission for press and content creators to use the kit's media in coverage of Malignus.
- 02Official Malignus interface screenshots — Mossbomb
The press kit's 'Screenshots with the interface' set documents the New Dungeon flow, boss select, minion stats, duties, grumbles, behavior settings, trap build menu, wiring, Dark Arts, boss upgrades, prisoners, altar and overworld map. Used for observations that are not spelled out in the store copy.
- 03Malignus on Steam — Valve / Mossbomb
Store description, Early Access Q&A, tags, supported languages, features, system requirements and the storefront's November 12, 2026 date display.
- 04Mossbomb — the studio making Malignus — Mossbomb
Developer site. Confirms the November 13, 2026 Early Access date, $19.99 Early Access price, $29.99 planned 1.0 price, monthly updates, demo status, platforms, co-op and headline features.
- 05Malignus — Demo Launch Trailer (2026) — Mossbomb
Official trailer used only for visual observations such as the Cinder Demon's fire effects and the Sunken Horror's tentacles.
Accessed 1 November 2026. Full source log and verification notes: Malignus Wiki sources.