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Brooding Mawlek

Ferocious but extremely social creature. Becomes aggressive if not able to mingle with its own kind.

Hunter’s notes

I hear this beast crying out sometimes as I prowl the caverns, although I’ve never actually laid eyes on it. Who or what is it calling for? As far as I can tell, its voice is never answered.

The notes unlock after 1 kill.

Nail hits to kill

Its 300 HP over the nail's damage per hit at each upgrade, plain and with Fragile or Unbreakable Strength (×1.5, rounded the game's way).

NailDamageHitsWith Strength
Old Nail56038 (8 a hit)
Sharpened Nail93422 (14 a hit)
Channelled Nail132415 (20 a hit)
Coiled Nail171812 (26 a hit)
Pure Nail211510 (32 a hit)
  1. Brooding Mawlek300
  2. Gruz Mother90
  3. Husk Guard70
  4. Furious Vengefly40
  5. Violent Husk40
  6. Volatile Gruzzer40
  7. Slobbering Husk30
  8. Aspid Mother20
  9. Aspid Hunter15
  10. Husk Bully15
  11. Husk Warrior15
  12. Leaping Husk15
  13. Wandering Husk15
  14. Gruzzer8
HP of the enemies found mostly in Forgotten Crossroads, highest first (top 14 of 17).

In Godhome

HP as the arena's own HealthManagers set it (the Attuned fight), and the nail hits that takes at each upgrade, plain and with Strength (×1.5). Track Godhome.

Brooding Mawlek · Lonely god of the nest

In the Hall of Gods and in Pantheon of the Master, Pantheon of Hallownest.

NailMawlek Body · 1050 HP
Old Nail (5 a hit)210 · 132 with Strength
Sharpened Nail (9 a hit)117 · 75 with Strength
Channelled Nail (13 a hit)81 · 53 with Strength
Coiled Nail (17 a hit)62 · 41 with Strength
Pure Nail (21 a hit)50 · 33 with Strength

Brooding Mawlek · Lonely god of the nest

In the Hall of Gods and in Pantheon of the Master, Pantheon of Hallownest.

NailMawlek Body · 750 HP
Old Nail (5 a hit)150 · 94 with Strength
Sharpened Nail (9 a hit)84 · 54 with Strength
Channelled Nail (13 a hit)58 · 38 with Strength
Coiled Nail (17 a hit)45 · 29 with Strength
Pure Nail (21 a hit)36 · 24 with Strength
  1. White Defender1,600 #3
  2. Nightmare King1,250 #4
  3. Grey Prince Zote1,200 #5
  4. Lost Kin1,200 #6
  5. Brooding Mawlek1,050 #7
  6. Oro & Mato1,000 #8
  7. Paintmaster Sheo950 #9
  8. Hornet Protector900 #10
  9. Soul Tyrant900 #11
The Hall of Gods fights closest in HP to Brooding Mawlek (#7 of 46 by HP), each by its strongest enemy.

Where it is, its HP and Geo there 1

HP and Geo are per scene, so they’re exact for that place. Geo with Fragile Greed follows the game’s rule: each coin size gets 20% more coins, rounded up.

AreaHPGeoWith GreedPlacedMap
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Overview

HP
300
Kills for the Hunter’s notes
1
Placed copies
1
Kind
Enemy

Also mostly in Forgotten Crossroads 16