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Mad Cat-Lon is the exiled last ruler of the Second Empire, and one of the most powerful characters in the game. He can be found sitting on his throne in one of the domes at Cat-Lon's Exile. Upon seeing a player character, he will say the following and attack:
| “ | Has my judgement come so soon?
I had to thrall them all! Traitors siding with the humans! Treason! Now we are nothing! What was the point of it all? Have you tried looking after humans? They're monsters! As they grow in number, so does their capacity for evil, and they won't even notice as they do it. I was not the monster. WREEEEEEEEEEE! |
” |
–Cat-Lon, shortly before the waves of thralls rush in to battle | ||
When in battle, the 120 Stormthralls from the other dome will rush to his aid. If they are taken out before engaging Cat-Lon he will be fighting alone.
They wear [Specialist] armour (5% chance of [Masterwork]) and have weapons manufactured by Cross.
| Attributes | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Strength | 85 | |
| Toughness | 100 | |
| Dexterity | 60 | |
| Perception | 100 | |
| Weapon Skills | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Blunt, Hackers, Heavy, Katanas, Polearms, Sabres | 100 | |
| Combat Skills | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Melee Attack, Melee Defence | 100 | |
| Dodge, Martial Arts | 60 | |
| Ranged Skills | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Turrets | 100 | |
| Crossbows | 100 | |
| Precision Shooting | 100 | |
| Thievery Skills | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Stealth, Lockpicking, Thievery | 1 | |
| Assassination | 50 | |
| Athletic Skills | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Athletics, Swimming | 100 | |
| Science Skills | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Field Medic | 100 | |
| Engineer, Robotics, Science | 1 | |
| Trade Skills | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Weapon Smith, Armour Smith, Labouring, Farming, Cooking | 1 | |
Skills will be multiplied by the racial multiplier. Players should also be aware that non-player characters also level up while fighting.
World States[]
(Requires Mad Cat-Lon to be killed/imprisoned)
If Mad Cat-Lon is killed/imprisoned, static Iron Spiders will cease to spawn in Ashlands, while patrols of "skeleton legion force- pre" (7 Legion (melee) and 2 Legion scouts) will all cease to spawn and replaced with a larger patrol of "skeleton legion force (post)" (12 Legion (melee) an 2 Legion scouts) with a "force speed" "RUN" instead of "GROUPED" and doubled relative chance of spawn(relative to other squads, for example: it will be twice as common as "Robot spider group" or "legion thrall unit" and four times as common as cleanser squads or "screamer unit").
The death/capture of Mad Cat-Lon will also allow the player to have dialogues to intimidate Emperor Tengu as a response to being called a servant when allied with the United Cities.
Tips/Info[]
- Due to Cat-Lon's race bonus he has an impressive 120 Heavy Weapon Skill. Thankfully his Ancient Samurai Armour reduces the damage he deals by 15% along with his combat speed by a considerable amount.
- Cat-Lon and his StormThralls lack any repair kits. As such any cut damage over 20 to a vital will eventually (Very slowly in Cat-Lon's case as he has 0.03x Wound Degeneration Speed due to his 100 Toughness) take them down.
- Catlon prioritizes reigning over attacking intruders (Unless he finishes his speech) so you can attack him, quickly sit in his chair and he will stop attacking to find a new spot in his building the guard. Not very useful but funny nonetheless.
- If you save and load the save during Cat-Lon's dialogue you can skip it. Thus, preventing him from trying to attack you and calling his Stormthralls in. You can use this to your advantage to simply assassinate him without any resistance.
- Extra tip, if you spam Assassination fast enough you will not even need to save and load. You can start with 1 Assassination and knock him out before his speech finishes. (Tactic used for the current WR Hardcore Catlon speedrun)
Trivia[]
- Kenshi's monetary system is very likely named after Cat-Lon.
- Bugmaster might be aiming to encounter Cat-Lon, the evidence being his Bugmaster's Map that reveals the location of Cat-Lon's Exile.
- It appears that robotic patrols instead of only increasing in number, scales up activity immediately after Cat-Lon is taken down with all patrols 'On the run', evidenced by the fact that all of them move faster and static patrols are removed.
- Rather than causing an invasion when the leader is taken down such as the cases of Esata (causes SK to invade HN) and Hive Queen (Southern Hive invading a significant portion of the world) or a diaspora such as the cases of Phoenix (Strayed Paladin), Tengu (Samurai Rogue) and Hive Queen (Lost Hiver/Hive Bandit), they simply patrol the same area more fervently than ever. The could either indicate them going berserk, or trying to hunt down the one who took down their leader. Either way, it's going to be much harder to get out of the area unnoticed than when you got in.