The Sinking City 2 Enemies

Confirmed means store copy, not a wiki dump

Frogwares’ Steam about-text is the bar: Slither, Deep Ones, Shadows. “Fearsome foes” copy also says some fights are head-on and others are retreat-and-retune. That sentence is the whole combat philosophy. A longer Kickstarter list (Slither variants, Shoggoth, secret areas) is a funding document, not a spawn table.

Humanoids are still ammo

Arkham is not empty. Cultists and other humanoid threats show up in previews. They still die at weak points and still waste a magazine if you spray. Do not open a “PvE faction” fantasy. Pair the next fight with the weapon you can actually feed.

Once the roster split is clear, the first enemy this wiki will actually teach is Slither — because that is who walks the opening streets.

Puppets, then the worm

Slither animate the dead. Community and preview notes: eel-like bodies, and the infection can transfer to a fresh corpse. If you ignore the bodies on the floor, you are farming a second host. Clear the puppet in front of you, then do not stand in a pile of candidates. Exact transfer rules stay TBA.

Pustules first, torso last

Preview combat calls out organic weak points — glowing spots, exposed tissue, Slither pustules / red points. Community-observed opening math on the beginner guide: about six body shots versus about three if you hit the glows; each weak point is worth roughly two regular shots. HP stays TBA. Body-spray is a failed run, not a playstyle.

Dodge, then leave

Hosts telegraph swings. The window is generous. Community-observed: dodge i-frames feel short / unreliable, and standing in grab range still eats the grab. You are faster than most walking puppets. Weave scenery, hit a door, and let them lose interest at the threshold — they are often shy about new rooms (community-observed). A wipe that “cleared the street” and emptied the heal stack is still a wipe.

Water is the tell, not a boss bar

If the street is a canal, a flooded market, or a dock, assume Deep Ones can arrive from below or from the black. Foot plus skiff is how Calvin moves — locations. A fight you start in knee-deep water with an empty shotgun is a retreat that should have happened one alley earlier.

Same weak-point rule, different room

Frogwares’ combat pitch is not a new damage type per mythos name. Aim the organic weak points. Spend the weapon you can restock — shotgun insurance is for clumps, not for a Fish Market pride clear. Exact Deep One weak-point locations stay TBA until a recapture frames them; do not copy a Slither pustule diagram onto a fish-man and call it verified.

Do not farm the tide

Rising flood changes layouts when you return. That is an exploration fact, not a Deep One farm loop. Unlock a shortcut, stash at a Safe Room, and come back with shells if the market still owns you. Optional investigations can pay a safer route or an upgraded gun. They still never gate the story.

Space-bend is the warning label

If the room starts lying about distance, stop spraying. Re-orient, find a door, and decide whether this is a head-on or a rearm. Official copy already split those two outcomes. A Shadows encounter that eats the last clip because the camera felt wrong is a tips death, not a missing legendary gun.

Killable is TBA, retreat is not

Whether every Shadows can be fully killed, banished, or waited out stays TBA. Do not invent a “Shadows are immune to X” table. Do invent a plan to leave. Safe Rooms are stash / craft / save — survival. Spend Dream Essence after you are behind a door, not during a panic reload.

Nerves are a resource too

The line “test nerves” is flavour until you dump the pack. Then it is mechanical: you cannot aim pustules if you emptied the mag on a shape that was not the job. Pair Shadows with the handgun default on weapons, not with Tektite Tommy “because SMG.”

Wound display is feedback, not a DPS formula

Preview notes a wound-body system that shows skeletal / muscle damage. Use it as a “you hit the thing” tell. Do not reverse-engineer a hidden multiplier table from a gore pass. If the glow went dark and the host is still up, you missed a second point or the transfer already started — recapture that, do not guess a percentage.

The gun is a budget, the retreat is the refund

Soft drops adapt toward the ammo you are already missing. Spray Tommy at Shadows and the world feeds Tommy while the pistol starves. The weapons commit table and this weak-point table are the same decision: spend on the fight you can finish. When that loop is consistent, leftover questions are the FAQ — then the pack on survival and the first-hours route on the beginner guide.