Creatures · Creature
Shadow
A creature of Pluto's eternal night, visible only in light. A light on it shows it and burns it: the lantern is the weapon.
In the game
How to get it
Lives in Pluto's dark, a few at a time, away from any light.
What it is for
Hold a torch, a lantern or a glowing weapon within 8 m of it, or set a light down: it shows, burns and flees. Unseen, your blows pass through it. It drops ectoplasm, and one time in twenty a hadesite shard.
Why it exists
A danger that turns light into a weapon: on Pluto, carry your own day.
The same text the game shows in its progress tree and on the item's sheet (I).
Tips
Lights set down keep a camp safe: shades flee any light.
How to farm it
Shades only appear in the dark, more than 10 m from a light: camp in the dark with a grid under your feet, let them come and lift your lantern. What they drop falls into your machines, now and then a hadesite shard -- a slow second source beside the guardians.