Bestiary — Every Creature & How to Fight
The Valley of Mines holds 63 creatures across two dozen families, from the harmless meat bug to temple guardians. Read threat by the HP / XP / tier in the table below, then match the listed damage type — most deaths come from bringing edge to a skeleton or greed to a shadowbeast. New here? Jump to the boss guide, best weapons or the walkthrough.
How to read threat
Threat is a function of three things, all of them in the table: how much HP a creature soaks, the damage type it resists, and whether it comes alone or in a pack. Scavengers are trivial one-on-one and lethal in fours; skeletons have modest HP but shrug off your sword edge.
- Skeletons & golems resist edged weapons — bring a blunt hammer.
- Lizards are armored — heavy 2H or blunt swings only.
- Zombies are slow and tough but fire melts them.
- Demons & guardians want magic or a Master-tier 2H with ore armor.
Full creature table
Sort by any column — tap HP to find what your level can handle, sorted weak → strong by default. Use the filter box to jump straight to a family or type.
| Creature | Type | HP | XP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Undead Orc | orc | 0 | 250 |
| Meat Bug | beast | 10 | 10 |
| Young Scavenger | beast | 35 | 40 |
| Green Goblin Club | beast | 40 | 60 |
| Green Goblin Sword | beast | 40 | 60 |
| Molerat | beast | 40 | 50 |
| Scavenger | beast | 40 | 50 |
| Young Molerat | beast | 40 | 40 |
| Bloodfly | beast | 50 | 70 |
| Biter | beast | 80 | 120 |
| Black Goblin | beast | 80 | 120 |
| Lizard | beast | 80 | 80 |
| Wolf | beast | 80 | 90 |
| Dam Lurker | beast | 90 | 200 |
| Lurker | beast | 90 | 170 |
| Minecrawler | beast | 90 | 120 |
| Goblin Warrior | beast | 105 | 150 |
| Fire Golem | magical | 150 | 1000 |
| Ice Golem | magical | 150 | 1000 |
| Bloodhound | beast | 160 | 220 |
| Orc Hound | beast | 160 | 120 |
| Snapper | beast | 160 | 220 |
| Fire Lizard | beast | 200 | 200 |
| Harpy | beast | 200 | 200 |
| Minecrawler Warrior | beast | 200 | 200 |
| Orc Hunter | orc | 200 | 200 |
| Orc Hunter Cemetery | orc | 200 | 180 |
| Orc Shaman | orc | 200 | 500 |
| Orc Slave | orc | 200 | 150 |
| Razor | beast | 200 | 200 |
| Shadowbeast | beast | 200 | 400 |
| Orc Fighter | orc | 210 | 250 |
| Orc Warrior | orc | 230 | 300 |
| Apocalyptic Templar | human | 250 | 1000 |
| Bridge Golem | magical | 250 | 500 |
| Fanatic Templar | human | 250 | 500 |
| Lesser Demon | demon | 250 | 600 |
| Orc Clan Warrior | orc | 250 | 350 |
| Possessed Novice | human | 250 | 300 |
| Stonehenge Guardian | undead | 250 | 1500 |
| Zombie | undead | 250 | 200 |
| Grash Varrag Arushat | undead | 300 | 10000 |
| Orc Temple Warrior | orc | 300 | 400 |
| Skeleton | undead | 300 | 250 |
| Skeleton Mage | undead | 300 | 500 |
| Skeleton Scout | undead | 300 | 250 |
| Skeleton Stonehenge | undead | 300 | 250 |
| Skeleton Warrior | undead | 300 | 300 |
| Swamp Shark | beast | 300 | 400 |
| Temple Minecrawler | beast | 300 | 250 |
| Xardas Demon | demon | 300 | 500 |
| Demon Lord | demon | 400 | 1000 |
| High Temple Guardian | undead | 400 | 400 |
| Minecrawler Queen | beast | 400 | 2000 |
| Temple Guardian | undead | 412 | 250 |
| Stone Golem | magical | 600 | 1000 |
| Young Troll | beast | 600 | 1000 |
| Sleeper | demon | 1000 | 0 |
| Troll | beast | 1000 | 2000 |
| Varrag Hashor | undead | 1000 | 8000 |
| Varrag Kasorg | undead | 1000 | 8000 |
| Varrag Ruuushk | undead | 1000 | 8000 |
| Varrag Unhilqt | undead | 1000 | 8000 |
Creatures by tier
The same roster, grouped by where it sits in your playthrough. Clear the early tier to grind levels, respect the mid tier, and don't touch the late tier without Master skill and heavy armor.
Early / low tier
Scavenger
40 HPPack hunter — back to a wall, fast 1H.
Molerat
40 HPYour sparring partner: block, sidestep, punish.
Wolf
80 HPOne is practice; four is a reload.
Mid tier
Snapper
160 HPGive space, then punish its recovery.
Lurker
90 HPFight it ranged near the water.
Harpy
200 HPBow it down; time the dive.
Minecrawler
90 HPBlunt weapons and a healing stack.
High / late tier
Shadowbeast
200 HPLong reach — hit once, retreat. Greed kills.
Skeleton
~300 HPResists edge — bring blunt.
Zombie
250 HPSlow and tough; fire works.
Orc Warrior
230 HPReal skill check — block, read, counter.
If an enemy isn't dying in 3–4 hits, you're underleveled or using the wrong damage type — disengage. "One wolf is practice. Four wolves is a reload." Against a shadowbeast, put your back to a wall and trade single left/right slashes; against anything armored, switch to blunt before you commit.
Early combat in action
Bestiary FAQ
How many creatures are in Gothic 1 Remake?
The colony guides count 63 creatures; some databases list 65. Either way it's over two dozen creature families — scavengers, molerats, shadowbeasts, orcs and more across the Valley of Mines.
What's the hardest non-boss creature?
The Demon is the toughest regular enemy — bring magic or a Master-tier 2H with ore armor. Orcs are the real skill check: you have to block, read the stance and counter rather than trade.
Why won't my sword hurt skeletons?
Skeletons resist edged damage. Swap to a blunt weapon such as a hammer or mace and they fall normally. The same logic applies to golems and armored lizards.
Are the HP and XP numbers exact?
They're the verified Gothic-1 baseline reused by these creature databases. They may differ slightly in the shipped Remake, so treat them as authoritative-but-verify.
