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Demons are one of the enemies you'll find in Sons of the Forest, and are aptly named because they dwell unharmed in magma-filled caves and are damaged by crosses.
Appearance
The mutants are slender, pale skinned humanoid figures who look in a way similar to a human, with abnormaly enlogated legs, multiple joints and unique head shape, with blank, white eyes, sharp teeth and flattened facial features, giving it a somewhat vampire bat-like appearance. Demons are very skinny, to the point that their rib cage and spine visibly protrude. They are quadrupedal and have sharp "hooves" for feet that they can use to attack opponents with.
Behavior and Tactics
At a distance they attack by arcing their backs and launching their hind legs over their heads to stab their opponent with their sharp hind feet, similar to the motion of a stinging scorpion. In close-combat they let loose a volley of stabs with their front arms, causing significant damage. Golden Armor is the optimal gear for protecting yourself from their attacks, since it provides more protecion from them in comparasion to other enemies. During cave combat, they will leap to the cave ceiling at intervals and crawl along above the player's head for a while before leaping back down, trying to land on top of the player. When alone demons will be far more catious, usually taunting the player rather than actually fighting and overall being "more bark than bite". When in groups however they will often actively attempt to flank the player, attacking from sides, back and (in caves) the ceiling.
To fend off these creatures, you can use the holy cross. This will stun them, set them on fire, and even scare them off for a short time. It takes three strikes from the cross to kill a demon. But caution is to be advised since while a player is busy burning one demon the others can flank and attack from behing
They let out high pitched screeches simmilar to those of Mutant Babies or the feminine half of the Twins
They mostly are seen only in the deep caves in the luxury bunker but around day 50-60 they can be found attacking the player's base/wandering the surface
Gallery
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Demon: dead
Trivia
- While the game was in early access, before reaching the magma tunnels a note could be found telling the player that crosses can burn demons.
- It is unclear whether demons were created from humans, since they are not as disfigured as other mutants despite having been in closest proximity to the cube during its activation, and the fact they are resistant to fire. Another possibility is that they might have simply migrated into the Hell Cave, possibly atracted to heat and/or solafite. This could explain why demons may be found wandering the surface even when the doors to the bunker are not open. Another theory is that they may have been "birthed" by the Giant demon (similairy to how the presence of mutant babies can be explained by creepy virginia possesing multiple sex organs
- Demons are the first Creepy mutants in the game that posses exposed (not skin wrapped like puffies) eyes, with the second being the Giant demon and third Jianyu Zhang in his mutant form.