Combat

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Combat, though it can easily be avoided in a typical day in Portia, is an essential part of the game if you are seeking items looted from enemies or if you want the story to progress. At the most basic level, the goal of combat is to defeat enemies without losing all of your HP (health points). You can view your current and maximum HP on the user interface at the bottom of the screen.

## Mechanics

To attack, select your desired weapon in the quickbar (or if you don't have a weapon, select an empty slot on the quickbar to use your fists). Approach the enemy and left click with the mouse to attack. Be ready to dodge roll with the right click mouse button to avoid taking damage. With most enemies, they have "tells", or predictable signs that they are about to attack, so learn these tells if you want to survive particularly difficult battles.

## Status Effects

Some enemies will inflict the player character with negative status effects when they attack. You can see the status effects that you currently have by looking for the following icons on your user interface:

 **Poison:** Gradual loss of HP over a period of time

## Weapons

There are a variety of weapons in the game, and each one is either **Melee** (close range weapon used to strike the enemy) or **Ranged** (weapon used to fire projectiles from a distance).

### Melee

* Practice Sword
* Enhanced Practice Sword
* Spiked Practice Sword
* Bronze Sword
* Enhanced Bronze Sword
* Blade of Malice
* Iron Sword
* Enhanced Iron Sword
* Nova Sword
* Umbrella
* War Hammer
* Corps' Hammer
* Rusty Iron Pipe
* Worn Gloves
* Racket
* Lion's Claws
* Knuckle
* Poisonous Knuckles
* Inflatable Hammer
* Salted Fish Sword.png

Salted Fish Sword
* Dev's Dagger.png

Dev's Dagger
* The Shredder.png

The Shredder

### Ranged

* Triple Barrel Snakebite
* Venom Dart
* Flamethrower.png

Flamethrower
* Musket.png

Musket
* Balloon

## Enemies

In Portia, there are both passive enemies (creatures that will only attack to defend themselves) and hostile enemies (creatures that will attack on sight). To engage with enemies, you will need to locate them and approach with a weapon (which includes bare hands if no weapon is available).

### Passive Creatures

* Colorful Llama
* Mr. Ladybug
* Sea Urchin
* Snaillob
* Madcrab
* Cotton Llama
* Illusion Bunny
* Screenshot Courteous Bunny.png

Courteous Bunny
* Panbat

### Hostile Creatures

* Screenshot Pinecock.png

Pinecock
* Desert Hopper
* Poppycock
* Slurpee
* Screenshot Jump Dancer.png

Jump Dancer
* Screenshot Pilerimp.png

Pilerimp
* Screenshot Bikini Flippers.png

Bikini Flippers
* Screenshot Bandirat.png

Bandirat
* Screenshot Redrat.png

Redrat
* Screenshot Backerat.png

Backerat
* Screenshot Miner Variant.png

Miner Variant
* Screenshot Lost Variant.png

Lost Variant
* Screenshot Flame Variant.png

Flame Variant
* Screenshot Cell Worm.png

Cell Worm
* Chief Honcho.png

Chief Honcho
* Screenshot Glorycroc.png

Glorycroc
* Screenshot Masked Fiend.png

Masked Fiend
* Screenshot Slow Gooey.png

Slow Gooey
* Screenshot Snake in a Box.png

Snake in a Box
* Screenshot The Tester.png

The Tester
* Screenshot Tunnel Worm.png

Tunnel Worm
* Screenshot Vampanda.png

Vampanda
* Screenshot Water Troll.png

Water Troll

### Bosses

* Rock-on.png

Rock-on
* TBD snail boss.png

TBD snail boss
* Rat Prince
* Rat King
* Chemical Dropout
* TBD seal boss.png

TBD seal boss
* TBD robot spinning boss.png

TBD robot spinning boss
* Piggy-Bot 002.png

Piggy-Bot 002
* Piggy-Bot 007
* Huss
* Tuss
* Sentidog T-45.png

Sentidog T-45

## Dungeons

Dungeons are areas remote from the outside world. Time does not pass as it normally does while inside, and many enemies await. There are a few things most dungeons have in common:

* Non-boss hostile creatures throughout the dungeon
* A boss enemy at the end of the dungeon
* A recommended player experience level; Multiple floors, each progressively more difficult; A preset amount of time that will pass while in the dungeon (Hazardous Ruins only)

Known dungeons include:

* Sewage Plant Ruins in the Collapsed Wasteland
* The Cave on Amber Island
* WOW Industries on the Bassanio Heights
* Ingall's Mine in the Eufaula Desert
* Computer Lab Ruins on the Western Plateau
* Starlight Island Ruins on Starlight Island