Does the Cloak spell work on lizard / weeping angel statues?

[Snake]

Ok, folks! I hope I can finally make my winning run in the game. I first did Cthulhu world with no gear, basically just dodging and collecting while I can. I had stocked up a few coins from previous games and I just did Dagon world, I'm pretty well stocked on health, ammo and coin. I have the silenced boots and I also chanced on a Cloak shrine in Dagon, so I'm about as well stacked as ever to tackle World 2 / Nyarhathotep.

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I just have no idea if the Cloak spell works on the lizard statues and if I can turn back on them when cloaked? I really don't want to experiment ingame as this run is almost perfect up to this point and I don't want to mess it up. Anyone know if cloak can get you past some annoyingly placed statues? Thanks in avdance!

[Wazat1]

You answered this question in the other thread by experimentation (sorry about your loss btw), but I'll repeat it here for anyone who reads this thread hoping for the answer.

Yes, cloaking will protect you from statues. I'm almost certain it doesn't matter whether they've seen you before or not, being cloaked is a solid defense.

Going further:
I suspect statues are deaf, ignoring all sound and working by sight alone. That's unconfirmed though -- I need to cloak and sprint past a statue while my stealth boots are off to make certain. My tests did confirm that once a statue "wakes up", it can see you turn your back even if you're behind it (eyes on the back of its head, so to speak, once it wakes). I believe the cloaking spell protects against this as well.

For the price of 10 artifacts for (I think) 6 seconds of cloaking, you can stay perma-cloaked for 1 minute per 100 artifacts. I recommend more strategic use of the spell, but for all intents and purposes it can really trivialize bypassing those statues. This is especially so given how much cash a fastidious or hoarding player can accumulate. ;)

Sneaking, strategic cloaking, and a medkit for emergencies -- that is my main survival technique for book 2. And that's when I'm exploring it wall to wall, instead of just shortcutting my way to the end.

[Snake]

The sad part is, I was down to Book 2, Floor 2, midway into it. I had over 200 artifacts on me. I could have just spammed perma-cloak and made it all the way to the book, but I was completely sure I was safe from that statue. :D