Swamp Monster

The **Swamp Monster** is a character in EvoWorld.io and the 30th character a player can achieve. You can spawn in as this character with a level 29 account or higher. It was added on January 8, 2019.

## Food Chain Status

*The EXP values listed below assume the player has no Bonus Codes or other boosters. If the player does have one, multiply the value shown by the EXP bonus (as a decimal, not a percent) to find how much XP will be gained.*
*Note: '\*' means the Swamp Monster can either eat or be eaten by that Character and '%' means that the entity will only get a fraction of its EXP.*

* **It can eat:**
	+ Dung (200 EXP)
	+ Dead Fish (500 EXP)
	+ Frog (500 EXP)
	+ Woodpecker (700 EXP)
	+ Parrot (1600 EXP)
	+ Stork (1650 EXP)
	+ Pigeon (1500 EXP)
	+ Duck (1600 EXP)
	+ Blue Bird (1700 EXP)
	+ Hen (1725 EXP)
	+ Red Bird (1750 EXP)
	+ Pelican (1800 EXP)
	+ Turkey (1800 EXP)
	+ Bat (1850 EXP)
	+ Seagull (1900 EXP)
	+ Blackbird (2000 EXP)
	+ Vulture (1800 EXP)
	+ Owl (2400 EXP)
	+ Maroon Bird (2500 EXP)
	+ Falcon (2800 EXP)
	+ Snowy Owl (3500 EXP)
	+ Eagle (3500 EXP)
	+ Hawk (4000 EXP)
	+ Raven (5000 EXP)
	+ Mad Bat (7000 EXP)
	+ Demonic Imp\* (15000 EXP)

* **It can be eaten by:**
	+ Demonic Imp\* (8000 EXP)
	+ Dragon (8000 EXP)
	+ Phoenix (8000 EXP)
	+ Cosmic Bat (8000 EXP)
	+ Ghostly Reaper% (varies)
	+ Pumpkin Ghost% (varies)
	+ Grim Reaper% (varies)
	+ Crocodile
	+ Mummy
	+ Black Widow
	+ Tyrannosaurus
	+ Yeti
	+ Cosmic Big Insect
	+ Mammoth
	+ Piranha
	+ Shark
	+ Zombie

## Skill

Poisoning

**TYPE:** Passive

**DESCRIPTION:** You have a 100% chance to poison a prey (players and alive prey only). If a prey is poisoned then every second it loses 3% of max health. The only way to be detoxified is to drink water.

## Strategy & Tips

### As a Swamp Monster

* You can choose several hot spots for your food: the Swamp is the most known with the most abundant food, plus all your essentials are located there (Frogs, Dead Fish and Owls, Pelicans, Ravens and Vultures coming to eat the Frogs and Dead Fish), it is recommened to go there. If you don’t want to go to the Swamp biome, try to find a place with more players or more Dead Fish. If you want more players to eat, the City is a great choice. If you rather eat non-playable food, there's the Arctic and the Desert, with quite a few Dead Fish that can help you evolve and further from the Graveyard than the Swamp, and some Ravens, Mad Bats, Snowy Owls and Hawks also come to the Arctic.
* You can either eat Dead Fish and Frogs, both have an acceptable amount of experience, and you can even eat them in ONLY TWO BITES (and it used to be one)! This is especially good for those who want to eat faster.
* You can also move faster in the mud, which is great for hunting Characters who got stuck in the swamp or are farming there (Storks). The damage output you have is very low, about the same as a Phoenix. However, your ability to poison a player in a 100% chance makes hunting in the swamp effortless.
* You quench your thirst in the mud faster than other players do, and also swim faster than other players, so if your water level is low, don’t fear the swamp, just go into it. It doesn’t mean that you won’t lose oxygen, however, so do not linger in the mud too long.
* Just make sure there are no reapers and other predators around you — they can eat you. You can trap them in the mud, however, if you are good enough to do this.
* Also, you can be eaten by the Crocodile, so make sure to stay clear from it when you are hunting for Dead Fish and Frogs.
* If you spot a Demonic Imp, ignore it — you may be the killed one if you chase it! However, it is benefical to kill a greatly damaged Demonic Imp who healthbar is low, but this is very rare (and since your body damage is greater than the one of a Demonic Imp, and your ability is more reliable than the Demonic's Imp burn, if you make one of them collide with you, it's more possible that the Imp is the only one truly damaged). Also note that while swamp mud extinguishes fire, it does not neutralize poison, use this to your advantage.
* You can use bushes and clouds as spots to poison/ambush prey- just enter the refuge, then click to get outside of it. In the case of the bushes, you can hide behind the bush but not inside it so prey don't notice you or their poisoning until they leave the bush. Just be careful of predators doing the same thing.
* You can team with a Pterodactyl. The Pterodactyl will eat the Crocodiles while you can eat the Frogs that are protected by the Crocodile. That way, it will result in a quick evolution for both of you.
* If you see a Dragon or Phoenix, run away immediately, as either of them could kill you pretty easily. It is recommended to hide in a cloud or bush until the Dragon or the Phoenix leaves. If they are being persistent, then wait until they go out of sight, then fly in the opposite direction.
* A useful strategy is to stay near water, poison prey then go under them and push them up whenever they try to go in the water. This is a useful strategy for any Character that can inflict a damaging effect on players.
* When you see a prey near a flower, try to trap it between you and the flower. Since you are the same height as the flower, this will make the prey unable to escape, so you will kill it easily. Just be careful of your predators and water levels, and make sure to hold A/Left arrow key (if the prey is facing left) or D/Right arrow key (if the prey is facing right). If you don't hold the aforementioned keys, the prey will escape, especially if you are near water, since it will detox itself with the water.

### As a Demonic Imp

* It may harm you, and you may be the killed one due to its ability to poison you! Ignore it.
* If you spot a greatly damaged Swamp Monster, however, it is the best opportunity to kill it. Beware it will poison you, so quickly head to the water after you kill it.
* If you light it on fire, which you have a 33.33% chance of doing, it'll take more damage than you will.

### As a prey of Swamp Monster

* Be wary of the Swamp Biome when you spot a Swamp Monster in the leaderboard. In the Swamp Biome, there is no clean water to detox you (the mud in the swamp cannot detox you, and the only available water is protected by a Zombie in the Graveyard).
* If you are in the Swamp Biome and you spot a Swamp Monster, run! If it hits you, you are going to be poisoned, and you'll have to go for a long way for clean water to detox you.
* Don’t try to save yourself by trapping it to the mud — it moves quickly in the mud, like you in clean water. You will get poisoned too, and it may kill you before you can escape from the mud if you happen to fall in!

### As a predator of Swamp Monster

* Given a large hitbox, you can chase one if it in a tower or other building rather than in Swamp Biome.
* If it is in the Swamp Biome, it's in its native biome, and will be harder to kill — it may even kill you by trapping you in the mud! Be careful.
* While difficult, it is possible to trap a Swamp Monster in the mud. DON'T fly on top of it and trap it, you could fall in and get stuck yourself. However hover above it, you're still faster than it in the air than it is in the swamp. It'll have to come out and you can kill it.

## Gallery

The Swamp MonsterA damaged Swamp Monster eating a Dead FishA Swamp Monster eating a Snowy Owl
## Trivia

* It is one of the few Characters that can eat or be eaten by another Character. This includes reapers, the Maroon Bird and the Hornet, and the Demonic Imp. Notably, it is the first of this type (an Character that's not in real life).
* The Swamp Monster is one out of three Characters that can poison other players and non-playable entities along with the Hornet and the Wasp.
* It is one of the biggest Characters.