The Monk

Monk is one of the nine playable slugcats of Rain World, being one of the three first released with the game's launch. They are a peaceful and friendly slugcat, with their campaign serving as the easy mode. They are the sibling of Survivor, and have followed after them when the two were separated in a storm, looking for their sibling ever since.
== Appearance ==
Monk is a short yellow slugcat with large black eyes and a small black nose. During the ascension ending, they are shown to have small white pupils.
== Biography ==
Timeline-wise, Monk's campaign takes place between Survivor and Rivulet.
As a slugpup, Monk and their family lived within a slugcat colony in the Outer Expanse. However, the family was one day caught in a storm while the colony was migrating, resulting in Monk's sibling Survivor being swept away by the wester drainage system. Monk dove in after them, though the two still ended up separated, and the yellow slugcat spends an unknown amount of time in search of Survivor.
When visiting Five Pebbles for the first time, he'll instantly give Monk the mark of communication so they'll understand him, and expresses irritability at how slugcats are always finding their way into his facility. He then says that slugcats, like all other creatures in the cycle, are always searching for a way out, adding that it's unfortunate how Monk's kind have apparently all decided to come to him for an answer.
He then gives Monk the same advice he had given slugcats in the past, to go into the fissures past the Farm Arrays and reach the Depths, where from there they can enter the Void Sea and ascend, escaping the cycle. He then tells Monk to pass on a message from him to their kind to stop entering his facility, and adding that they should go through the access shaft on their way out.
When visiting Looks to the Moon for the first time, she will comment that Monk's shape is familiar to her, concluding she must have met another slugcat before, but her memory is failing. She then notes that Monk being able to understand her means they have been given the mark of communication from Five Pebbles. She laments that Pebbles is very sick from the Rot, wondering if the other Iterators are too, explaining that their inability to die drives them mad.
Should the player have not antagonized her by eating her neurons, she will greet Monk happily whenever they return, though says that she has nothing for them, but enjoys the company regardless. The player can bring colored pearls to her, which contain messages she'll read to them, as well as bringing neurons from Five Pebbles to replace the ones she lost, with her being grateful for the gesture. If the player hadn't already done so as Hunter, Gourmand or Survivor, Monk can also bring her a cloak to replace her old one, which she'll then wear for the rest of the campaign, as well as in Rivulet's and Saint's campaigns.
Upon reaching Karma 10, Monk is allowed into the Depths by the Guardians, where they can plunge into the Void Sea and ascend. During this ascension, Monk is shocked to be greeted by an ascended Survivor, and the two finally reunite.
When completing the Food Quest in Gourmand's campaign, the Outer Expanse is able to be accessed in Survivor's and Monk's campaigns. When going there as the latter, Monk will run into Survivor in their old home, discovering their sibling is now raising two adopted slugpups.
== Gameplay ==
Monk has the easiest campaign of all the slugcats, with predators being less common and aggressive, and reputation starting at 25, making social creatures like Scavengers and Lizards easier to befriend. Additionally, Karma Gates will stay open once used, Moon's Overseers will appear to guide the player more often and Lizard bites have a lowered chance to be fatal, among other miscellaneous changes.
Monk themself is very lightweight, as well as being stealthier with lower visibility and loudness. They have the lowest amount of food pips, with only three that need to be filled for hibernation, and two available to store for the next cycle. Monk will also always leave a Karma Flower behind upon death. However, they have a low lung capacity, causing them to drown faster, and their spear throws have less velocity and damage, making fighting difficult. However, Monk has a high reputation with almost all creatures, making befriending them easy.
Completing Monk's campaign will unlock Hunter, Gourmand and Artificer.
== Gallery ==
File:SurvivorMonkFamily.png|Slugpup Monk with their family in Survivor's intro
File:MonkDiving.jpg|Monk diving after Survivor
File:MonkHibernation.png|Monk hibernating
File:MonkAscension.png|Monk ascending
File:MonkReachingOut.png|Monk reaching out
File:MonkReunion.png|Monk reuniting with Survivor
File:MonkAscensionEnding.png|Menu art after the ascension ending
File:MonkOuterExpanse1.png|Monk returning to Outer Expanse
File:MonkOuterExpanse2.png|Monk spotting a slugcat family in a tree
File:MonkOuterExpanse3.png|Monk discovering Survivor with their slugpups
File:MonkOuterExpanseEnding.png|Menu art after the Outer Expanse ending
== Trivia ==
* Monk and Hunter are the only two slugcats without their own unique title card artwork.
== External links ==
Monk on the Rain World Wiki
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