Ghouls are hostile mobs that randomly spawn on the map. They are much faster and stronger during the nighttime, which means players should properly equip themselves during nighttime expeditions. According to a comment by LapaMauve on the Devast.io Discord servers, the ghouls will begin to attack you after 16 minutes (1 in-game day and 1 night exactly), but a type of ghoul will immediately target you if hit it
There is also another mode called Ghoul mode where players can play as ghouls.
Overview[]
There are five types of ghouls: Normal Ghoul, Fast Ghoul, Explosive Ghoul, Radioactive Ghoul, and Armored Ghoul. (Pumpkin Ghoul was removed from the game). Normal ghouls will be aggressive towards you after only 16 minutes since you spawn, so remember to have a solid base (Using stone walls is a better strategy due to their toughness.) by then so you can camp out at nights. Note that ghouls can deal relatively great damage to structures. Eventually every type of ghoul will be aggressive towards you. Some types of ghouls will take damage in the day, and also deal less damage during the day. Ghouls cannot spawn on floors, so flooring your base in a necessity.
| Image | Name | HP | Lifespan |
Damage per hit Day/Night |
Speed movement
Day/night |
Ability |
Become Hostile
after |
Drop | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Normal Ghoul | 160 | 1 day | 8/20 | 12/22 | No special capabilities | 1 day (16 min) or if hit | Animal Fat | 750 |
|
Fast Ghoul | 100 | 1 day | 3/7 | 18/28 | Fast | 2 days(32 min) or if hit | Ghoul Blood | 625 |
|
Explosive Ghoul | 100 | 1 day | 6/20 | 12/23 | Explode at death | 3 days (48 min) or if hit | Sulfur, Junk, Animal Fat | 312 |
|
Radioactive Ghoul | 160 | 1 day | 5/15 | 12/23 | Give off radiation | 4 days(64 min) or if hit | Uranium | 937 |
|
Armored Ghoul | 800 | 1 day | 20/50 | 12/23 | Lots of life/damage | 5 days (80 min) or if hit | Alloys, Shaped metal x3 | 3125 |
|
Pumpkin Ghoul (removed) | 160 | ? | 20/30 | 4/4 | Deals damage to enemy ghouls | N/A | Pumpkin | ? |
Pumpkin Ghouls were exclusive to the Halloween event and were removed from the game shortly after their addition. Moderators can still use Pumpkin Ghouls and their corresponding seeds, however.
Here's a little tip: craft 2 or 3 spears of you are moving(or more if you really can't aim) or bow and tree farm for arrows if you are low wall camper. spears are very effective against Ghouls since they deal 80 damage but remember they will try to dodge projectiles in hand of dodging is bow much better but it still eats plenty of arrows.
Ghouls can be an extremely valuable source of XP. Once Normal Ghouls start attacking, they can be hunted down and the player is sure to level up at least a few times.
The best way to avoid them is staying at an abandoned house at night. They don't attack if you're in a house, but they will attack if you're in a built base and near is no one who would distract them.
Trivia[]
- The ghouls in the eyes is not tears, but teeth
- Ghouls have no ability to regenerate health (except ghouls in ghoul mode)
- in ghoul mode fast ghoul and explosive ghoul have X health = 100<X<104 because you can kill them with 4 swings of axe (104 damage) but not with 1 shot of laser sniper (100 damage)
- Fun fact: You can kill fast and explosive ghouls with a shoot of a laser sniper and a punch