The Mutanous Malaise

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Dungeon Levels Layout Mobs Mobs Attack to Use
Mutanous Malaise L 1-4 Catacombs Divine Whiskers Ice Fades Poison
--Z'lash's Pad Cave. Poison Oroks Shadow Mutants Fire
--Dingbat Duhrill's Pad Elm Forest. Poison Oroks Shadow Mutants Fire
--Deadie VimPalen's Pad Cave. Poison Oroks Shadow Mutants Fire
Mutanous Malaise L 5-7 Library Poison Oroks Shadow Mutants Fire
--Toe-Knee-Eye-Ow-My-Eye's Pad Elm Forest. Divine Oroks Fire Fades Ice
--Jaymz Fatfilled's Pad Cave. Divine Oroks Fire Fades Ice
** Room of Creation Special Library Rotgut -- Resistant to Everything (??) Roadies and Groupies Demonspawn Fire, Shadow

The Mutanous Malaise is recommended for levels 30 to 50. It is the seventh dungeon in the normal sequence, proceeding from Frump's Misfortune. It is accessible through The Mutanous Malaise Mezzanine. This dungeon, being musically themed, has Champions in each branch named after famous guitarists: Z'Lash (Slash), Dingbat Duhrill (Dimebag Darrell), Deadie VimPalen (Eddie Van Halen), Daze Pustain (Dave Mustaine), Toe-Knee-Eye-Ow-My-Eye (Tony Iommi), and J'aymz Fatfilled (James Hetfield).

Level 1

Catacombs Layout. Contains Ice Fade Banshees, Ice Fade Footsoldiers, Divine Whisker Blademasters, and Divine Whisker Shaman.

Z'lash's Pad and Candy Vault are located off Level 1.

Z'Lash's Pad

Cave Layout. Contains Poison Grunt Moshers, Poison Mystic Moshers, Shadow Mutant Hulks and Shadow Mutant Pukers.

Champions

Z'lash is the namesake Champion, but the area also includes at least two Heroes who are more powerful and drop more loot than Z'Lash.

Z'lash's Pad also contains Gr'Aves, Chudd, D'Oyle, and Pvvnly, Poison Orok Champions who are quest objects.

Candy Vault

This is a single room containing the Keeper of the Candies, a giant floating candy Champion who will drop some small loot when killed. The room has numerous sacks that, when hit, release some aggressive candy mobs. Collecting the candy is the object of the Candy Run Quest given by the children Rose and, believe it or not, Dorcas. Note: Shadow Lightning has a chance of arcing to the sacks, opening them prematurely so you are fighting many candies at once.

Level 2

Catacombs Layout. Contains Divine Whisker Blademasters, Divine Whisker Shaman and Ice Fade Banshees, Ice Fade Footsoldiers and Ice Fade Devastator!s.

Level 3

Catacombs Layout. Contains Ice Fade Banshees, Ice Fade Footsoldiers and Divine Whisker Blademasters, Divine Whisker Shaman, and Divine Whisker Seers. Many Champions and a Hero named MC Whammy Bar live here. Tipper Gourd gives a quest to kill them.

Dingbat Duhrill's Pad is located off Level 3.

Dingbat Duhrill's Pad

Elm Forest Layout. Contains Shadow Mutant Hulks, Shadow Mutant Pukers and Shadow Mutant Twins and Poison Orok Moshers, Poison Mystic Moshers as well as Hood Rats. The Poison Mystic Moshers here seem particulary good at regeneration of Hit Points. There are a lot of Champions here, and someplace you will find Dingbat Duhrill.

Level 4

Catacombs Layout. Contains Divine Whiskers and Ice Fades of various types.

Deadie VimPalen's Pad and Candy Vault are located off Level 4.

Deadie VimPalen's Pad

Cave Layout. Contains Poison Grunt Moshers, Poison Mystic Moshers and Shadow Mutant Hulks and Shadow Mutant Pukers . Deadie VimPalen, the namesake Champion, is a huge barbarian with a big axe. This area also contains Blayde, Da Flayme, and Phreeze, three Poison Orok Runt Champions who drop stuff that is the object of a quest given by Tipper Gourd.

Candy Vault

Very similar to the one off Zlash's Pad on Level 1. However, here there are two Overthrown Keepers of the Candies who are behind grill doors until you begin killing Yummy Yums.

Level 5

Library Layout. Contains Poison Grunt Moshers, Poison Mystic Moshers and Shadow Mutant Hulks and Shadow Mutant Pukers Daze Pustain's Pad is located off Level 5.

A portal here leads to The Embercore Portal.

Daze Pustain's Pad

Elm Forest Layout. Contains Divine Orok Taskmasters,Divine Orok Hunters, and Divine Orok Clan Chieftain and Fire Fades of various sorts. Somewhere in the pad will be found the namesake Champion, Daze Pustain.

Level 6

Library Layout. Contains Poison Grunt Moshers, Poison Mystic Moshers, Poison Orok Juggernauts and Shadow Mutant Hulks, Shadow Mutant Unipsychos and Shadow Mutant Pukers.

Level 7

Library Layout. Contains Poison Grunt Moshers, Poison Mystic Moshers and Shadow Mutant Hulks and Shadow Mutant Pukers, as well as Divine Whisker Shaman and Divine Whisker Blademasters.

Toe-Tnee-Eye-Ow-My-Eye's Pad, J'aymz Fatfilled's Pad, Candy Vault and Room of Creation are located off Level 7

Toe-Knee Eye-Ow-My-Eye's Pad

Elm Forest Layout. Contains Divine Oroks and Fire Fades of various sorts. The Fire Fade Widow is prevalent here.

Toe-Knee Eye-Ow-My-Eye is a huge Demi-Human champion who will be found here, usually with a group of Orok Juggernauts guarding him.

J'aymz Fatfilled's Pad

Cave Layout. Contains Contains Divine Orok Warriors, Divine Orok Mystics and Divine Orok Juggernauts and Fire Fade Generals and Fire Fade Lichlords. J'aymz Fatfilled is the namesake Champion, and you will also find Bobby Pickaxe who is a quest object; he will be accompanied by several champion Fire Fade Generals and Fire Fade Lichlords, known collectively as Crypt Kickers.

Candy Vault

Exactly the same as the one on Level 4.

Room of Creation

Rotgut the Bloated, Boss of The Mutanous Malaise
Rotgut the Bloated, Boss of The Mutanous Malaise

In the entrance room will be found a large number of Rotgut's Roadies and Rotgut's Groupies. Following down a long hallway in the final room are more of both of those plus Rotgut the Bloated. When Rotgut has been killed the treasure room opens. A one-way portal here leads to The Embercore Path.

This is a very popular Boss for mid-level farming. A concerted attack, especially by a Pyromancer, will dispatch him quickly.

For tips on fighting Rotgut, see the Rotgut Boss Guide.