Ghost with wand

[IceWitch11]

I found a ghost that looks like our character with a wand an info on it's stats and hp

[loppantorkel]

Yea, it killed me. I almost suspected it to be another player, but it floated and didn't need to land, and it seemed unkillable. Not sure about it. What's the deal with this guy?

[Shrinkshooter]

It's not unkillable, it just takes hundreds of damage. They're meant to be a kind of "player ghost" thing like the one you see in DCSS, but they don't seem to have any connection to your past lives. They sometimes don't even have wands on them, though that's rare.

They're easily distracted by other enemies, so if it hasn't spotted you and is just aimlessly drifting around, you can avoid it without much problem if there's another path open.

[Stafford's Bees]

If they spawn with a wand that can't do anything they will drop it and do a close range projectile attack that looks exactly like the one purple crystals have.

They are a lot slower than and less tenacious than a purple crystal, though.

[IceWitch11]

I think it's safe to say if the ghost can attack you then avoid it at all costs because every time I find one it kills me

[#1 Handsy Boy]

It can be worth it to fight the ghost because of the high-power wand it drops, I encountered one near the lava lake with a wand that shot saw blades with an always cast acid trail. It was a difficult fight, but after I killed it I used its wand to carry me to my first time beating the boss.

[Shrinkshooter]

The wands it carries are randomized, I've killed plenty of ghosts that have super weak wands. If you meet it early on, it's still worth it to kill the ghost even if its wand is garbage because it drops a respectable amount of gold for early game.

[Egui]

I've encountered this ghost too in the middle of the coal pits. Apparently it is called a "Kummitus" or "Specter." I was also wondering what this was. My guess is that this is the "very elusive" new enemy added in the snowy update.

Stafford's Bees, I haven't seen it use any kind of purple attack at all. It just dropped its wand and started to kick me instead.

[IceWitch11]

Originally posted by Egui:

I've encountered this ghost too in the middle of the coal pits. Apparently it is called a "Kummitus" or "Specter." I was also wondering what this was. My guess is that this is the "very elusive" new enemy added in the snowy update.

Stafford's Bees, I haven't seen it use any kind of purple attack at all. It just dropped its wand and started to kick me instead.

the ghost has appeared long before the update

[_Dust]

I know this is an old post but i'm answering it anyways on behalf of anyone who comes later and has the same question.

the ghost can spawn after youve died a certain amount of times, and it spawns carrying a wand you died with in a previous run. thats what led to all the confusion about its attacks. its a very dangerous enemy cause it can come after you with a strong wand you made a long time ago.

they drop their wand and will kick you if the wand is out of spells/cant attack.

as for stats they have 250 hp, but can heal to over 1000 if they have a healing wand. you can kick them to disarm them, but be very careful when doing so.

[Bullwark]

Originally posted by _Dust:

the ghost can spawn after youve died a certain amount of times, and it spawns carrying a wand you died with in a previous run. thats what led to all the confusion about its attacks.

Are you positive about this? Is there a possibility that this might have changed?

I know for certain, that the ghost doesn't always have wands with spells I previously held.
It provided me with a wand that had great digging spells + add mana, etc.. But I never had them before --> they even were marked as new.
Other times it often carries starting wands, or those I only butchered for spells.

Maybe something has changed, or the ghost sometimes carries randomized wands.
Is there a possibility that we sometimes get wands from other players? I know it's unlikely, but the digging wand I got back then, looked "made". I didn't need to change anything and it was going through rock like a rocket. But I'm sure that it was a new one.

[Carny Senpai]

You might have had that wand with the diggings spells and add mana but never used it, so these spells were not in you collection.

[Bullwark]

Makes sense.

[Proteus Ω]

I thought I heard something about them carrying old wands from previous runs being busted when you use mods, so maybe they do carry random ones when you play modded. There is a mod to make them still carry your old wands though, and you can configure it however you like.

[Bullwark]

That makes even more sense! Thanks a lot for that info!
I was experimenting with spelllab at this time!