06 Jan 2025 - Today Santa returned to his home on Vega. Christmas trees are also gone and cannot be bought from NPCs anymore. Along with these changes, several minor map fixes have been applied (e.g. a missing stalagmite in the dragon lair was re-added, it is now not possible to levitate in that spot).
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Slimes were popular back in the day but they have very low defences so are killed quick leading to high attention needed and often idle time. Many prefer monsters like minotaurs or kobolds which have better defences and last longer.
In terms of lower attack the crowbar would have a huge inpact on time taken to kill slimes.