How to Get a Issachar Rifle Early
Legendary creatures or Heroes are a rare type of creatures that can be encountered through out Caves of Qud.
The key changes to a legendary creature to that of a normal creature of the same type is:
- Their main color is now magenta
- Their names will be unique and be colored magenta, usually ending with "Legendary (creature)"
- They will have an extra 0-2 physical mutations and 0-2 mental mutations, each at level 1-4, if they are not Robots or True Kin
- They will be able to be Water Ritualed with the primary faction based on their main faction.
- They will be loved, liked, hated, disliked by random factions.
Aside from generic boosts, there are more specific hero templates that are used.
Unspecified
- +1 to all attributes
- Double HP
- 1.5 level multiplier
- Level * 250 XP
Legendary Villagers
| Type | Bonuses | Self Preservation Threshold |
|---|---|---|
| Governer | +3 in +3 will +3 ego | 60% |
| Mayor | +3 in +3 will +3 ego | 40% |
| King/Queen | +3 in +3 will +3 ego | 30% |
| Viceroy | +3 in +3 will +3 ego | 20% |
| Councillor | +1 int +1 will +1 ego | 40% |
| Senator | +1 int +1 will +1 ego | 60% |
| Parliamentarian | +1 int +1 will +1 ego | 70% |
Factions
(to add on their own faction page, but should be listed here too)
| Faction | Boost |
|---|---|
| All Old factions/beasts | +6 int |
| Barathrumites | +1 int |
| Humanoid factions | no bonus |
Specific Legendary Creature generation
- Eyeless king crab
- chrome idol
- glow-wight cultist of Agolgut
- hulking baboon
- glow-wight cultist of Bethsaida
- goatfolk shaman
- snapjaw warrior
- all of the trolls
See also: Wraith-Knight Templar for legendary putus generation within 
Templar phylacteries.