Treasure Eater
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The Treasure Eaters are enemies found in Keen 4, in the Shadowlands of Gnosticus IV.
Treasure Eaters can only be found in the Pyramid of the Gnosticene Ancients. They are large, red and quite spherical. They cannot walk and prefer to hop about. When they need to move larger distances they will teleport themselves, often with a shrill giggle. They live mostly off of candy that they will go to any lengths to steal.
If Keen doesn't kill any Treasure Eaters in the Pyramid of the Gnosticene Ancients, they will end up stealing the green gem needed to rescue the Council Member, and Keen will have to start the level over again.
As these creatures are not listed in the in-game help, they have also been known as Smirky (for their constant smiling and giggling) and Gnosticene Ancients (for the level name where they can be found), but Tom Hall has stated: [1]
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I believe they are Treasure Eaters.... I'd have to locate my original drawing... Not my best name in the series, but that's what they were there for! |
See also List of Keen 4 Creatures.
Modding info
It is not known what directs a Treasure Eater to a specific piece of candy; there seems to be no pattern in what they chose, though they will consume the same candy in the same sequence each time a level is played. They will not consume all candy, far from it, and will disappear when their 'special' candy is all gone, either retrieved by Keen or others. If Keen is given the power to teleport (by patching with CKPatch) he too will steal the same candy and will disappear when it is removed.
