Midas

**Midas** is an NPC in *Cult of the Lamb* found in his cave.

## Description

Midas is a blue starfish with a cyan spot around his mouth. He wears a gold crown with a red crystal protruding from it. He wears a brown and yellow robe, only showing his hands and head. He has an upside-down cross between his eyes.

### Midas' Cave

Midas greets the Lamb when they first enter Midas' Cave, inviting them to spend their gold for (the chance of) higher rewards. Midas has the ability to turn creatures into gold and to teleport at-will around his domain.

If the Lamb chooses to sacrifice a follower before Midas' throne and add them to his collection, Midas will praise the Lamb for their donation and reward them with a Holy Talisman fragment. The Lamb can sacrifice up to 4 Followers. Note that the Followers cannot be resurrected if sacrificed to Midas.

### Crusades (Postgame)

During a random encounter, the Lamb will find Midas scavenging through the corpse of a desiccated follower and distracts them. He immediately rams towards the Lamb, taking away 60% of their current Coin available before vanishing.

This pattern will occur with the first encounter in Darkwood and the second one in Anchordeep, but with the third encounter in the Silk Cradle, Midas will continue to stay where he is even after stealing the Lamb's coins. This leaves him wide open for the Lamb to attack him and steal back their gold. Doing so will net the player the "Shake Down" achievement.

## Dialogues

### Midas's Cave

#### Introduction

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> "Welcome! Welcome! Look everyone, we have a visitor! Oh, stop laughing! Our guest may not look like much, but Fortune favours the gold... I mean bold! My dear new friend, Midas's Cave serves a certain class of clientele. If you can meet those standards, welcome! If not... Please, look around. You are my guest here. I will leave you to peruse. Should you have any questions, Midas is here to help!"
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#### Donation well

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> "This is where we trust our precious Gold to the Gods. Sometimes in their benevolence they give back more. Other times, it is lost. But it is not for us mere mortals to question... present company excluded, of course. But for the use of such a service, the organisation would require a... let's call it a donation. For someone of your talents, shall we say 10  Gold Bars?"
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##### After you paid 10  Gold Bars:

> "Oh, you are so generous! I would have taken half that amount. You really don't know how to negotiate, are you? The well is at your disposal, make as much use of it as you will. May Fortune be kind!"
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#### Devotion vending machine

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> "Now I'm sure great Leaders such as yourself get plenty of Devotion from your Followers for free. But surely a visionary like you could always use... more? We can offer you our Devotion for a great price! The price goes up the more you want it, and down the longer you leave it. The question, really, is how long can you resist?"
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#### Sacrifice Followers

**1st Follower:**

> "Wonderful! Wonderful! Yes, much better! I have a few more of these, if you are willing to help me grow my collection."
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**2nd Follower:**

> "Another addition to my gallery - how wonderful! I have a few more of these, if you are willing to help me grow my collection."
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**3rd Follower:**

> "Oh, this one has turned out particularly well! This has become a most agreeable arrangement!"
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**4th Follower:**

> "Magnificent! Bravo! BRAVO! Sadly, this is the last piece I have. Thank you for helping me to grow my little collection here. You are indeed a most generous and gracious Lamb."
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### Combat Rooms (Postgame)

#### **1st Encounter** (Darkwood)

> "Ohoho! Hello there, valued client. My, such tatty clothing! It's been an age since I've left home, but I was compelled. What a rich world! Sinister and vibrant and RICH! And isn't charity the greatest virtue?"
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> *[Midas takes 60% of the Lamb's Coin and vanishes]*
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#### **2nd Encounter** (Anchordeep)

> "Esteemed patron, what a small world! Fancy seeing you again. What is that smell? Do you never wash? Ohoho! Take care not to get lost. Things seem to get lost around here all the time...so easy to misplace one's Gold!"
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#### **3rd Encounter** (Silk Cradle)

> "Cherished customer, what are the chances we'd run into each other again? I do admire how you don't care for appearances. Ohoho! I, on the other hand, am respectable, elegant, and at all times beautiful! Now I'll just take care of some business..."
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> *[Midas takes 60% of the Lamb's Coin]*
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##### When attacked

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> * "Ah! Stop that!"
> * "Eek! Ouchie! Ow!"
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## Trivia

* He is named after the Greek myth of King Midas, who could turn everything he touched into pure gold.