Rotten Bracken - Dungeon Siege 2 melee creature

Template name: bracken_02_stats

Created from the magic of the enchanted forest, the Bracken were once creatures of peace, working in unison with the trees, caretakers of the vast forest. With the stirring of the Vai'kesh and the accompanying corruption, the Bracken's role became twisted.

The start of the game’s own Bestiary text.

Game: Base Dungeon Siege II and Broken World (Broken World can play the base campaign)
Type: Melee
Family: Bracken
Habitat: Encanted Forest
Act: Act 2
Rank: Weak

Drops

Weak monster drop table. Chance per kill, before Magic Find:

Drops
Drop	Chance	Item level vs. creature level
Gold	14%
Health potion	4.0%	-10 to 0
Mana potion	2.4%	-10 to 0
Item	5.0%	-6 to 0
Rare item	0.45%	-5 to +1
Unique item	0.15%	-40 to +2
Set item	0.15%	-50 to +2

Confidence: Medium Read from the drop table named in the creature’s template. Fixed rewards of story bosses, quest items and what a placed monster carries are not read here. Not tested in game.

Base Dungeon Siege II

Level and strength

Worked out from the creature’s template, per difficulty
	Mercenary	Veteran	Elite
Level	24	51	73
Life	227	849	1,647
Damage	41 to 69	125 to 209	226 to 377
Defense	82	177	265
Experience	181	1,693	12,359

These are the base game’s numbers. Broken World changes them: see its version below.

Confidence: Medium Worked out from the formulas in the creature’s template, for the levels the template gives. Not compared with the game’s own Bestiary screen; spawn spots may change a monster’s level.

Weaknesses and resistances

Resistances (negative = weakness), percent of damage
	Mercenary	Veteran	Elite
Fire	-50%	-25%	-10%

Confidence: Medium As written in the template. A negative number means it takes more damage of that kind. Values of 100% and more are shown as given; the effect of going past 100% has not been tested.

What it can drop: Base game

468 different items can drop (the best are shown) Confidence: computed from data, not measured

Weapons, armor, shields, rings and amulets this creature can drop in Base game (best first)
Gear	Mercenary	Veteran	Elite
Silver Ring	0.14% (0.11 to 0.14)	0.21% (0.17 to 0.21)	<0.001%
Gold Ring	0.003%	0.21% (0.17 to 0.21)	0.0016%
Adorned Ring	-	<0.001%	0.21% (0.17 to 0.21)
Gilded Ring	-	<0.001%	0.21% (0.17 to 0.21)
Spell Book	0.089% (0.078 to 0.099)	0.18% (0.16 to 0.2)	-
Jeweled Ring	0.15% (0.13 to 0.15)	0.0024%	0.0024%
Elaborate Ring	0.15% (0.12 to 0.15)	0.014%	0.015%
Heater Shield	0.078% (0.07 to 0.1)	0.11% (0.1 to 0.14)	-
Small Shield	0.078% (0.07 to 0.1)	0.11% (0.1 to 0.14)	-
Ceremonial Shield	-	-	0.11% (0.1 to 0.14)
Tower Shield	-	-	0.11% (0.1 to 0.14)
Cryptic Cestus	-	0.09% (0.042 to 0.14)	0.096% (0.048 to 0.14)
Spirit Cestus	-	-	0.096% (0.048 to 0.14)
Elven Staff	0.092% (0.044 to 0.14)	-	0.096% (0.048 to 0.14)
Arcane Cestus	0.092% (0.044 to 0.14)	0.09% (0.042 to 0.14)	-
Ritual Staff	0.092% (0.044 to 0.14)	0.09% (0.042 to 0.14)	-
Ironwood Bow	-	0.078% (0.07 to 0.1)	0.091% (0.082 to 0.12)
Stalker Bow	0.0087%	-	0.091% (0.082 to 0.12)
Ballista	-	-	0.091% (0.082 to 0.12)
Heavy Crossbow	-	-	0.091% (0.082 to 0.12)
Glaive	0.0087%	-	0.091% (0.082 to 0.12)
Throwing Star	0.078% (0.069 to 0.1)	0.078% (0.07 to 0.1)	0.091% (0.082 to 0.12)
Ritual Book	-	-	0.089% (0.078 to 0.099)
Etched Tome	0.089% (0.078 to 0.099)	-	0.089% (0.078 to 0.099)

Potions, reagents and spells it can drop (best first)
Consumables	Mercenary	Veteran	Elite
Colossal Health Potion	-	-	4.0%
Health Potion	4.0%	-	-
Super Health Potion	-	4.0%	-
Colossal Mana Potion	-	-	2.4%
Super Mana Potion	-	2.4%	-
Large Mana Potion	1.2%	-	-

The chance is for one kill of this creature (level 24 / 51 / 73 in Mercenary / Veteran / Elite) with magic find at 0: the chance that its drop table rolls an item of this kind, times this item’s share of the items that can come out at that level. Items with the same name are added up. Creatures of the same kind that the Bestiary lists under other names share the same drop table at their own level. Computed from the game’s drop tables, not measured. A source rolls the entries of its drop table; an entry asks the game’s item table for one item of the right class inside a level window; every matching item is equally likely (the game picks a random row, there is no rarity weight). Chance is per kill or per opening, with magic find at 0.

Where it is found

Places the map files put it in (the numbers can be 100 or more)
Place	Placed	Spawned	Random encounters
Southern Vai'lutra Forest			3
The Vai'kesh Forest			3

Confidence: Medium From the game’s map files. How many random encounters you meet is a roll the data does not fix.

Does it count for the Bestiary?

Random encounter only

Only random encounters bring them, so how many you meet depends on the game’s rolls.

Base game book: No. 189
Kills needed: 5 kills

Comes from random encounters, so how many you meet depends on the game's rolls.

Confidence: High the audit of the data files, confirmed by the in-game kill test

In-game kill test: unlocked after 5 kills (agrees with the data audit)

Natural spawn census: seen in 10 of 10 runs, most in one region: 43. A lower bound; a run only loads the areas near the party.

Kill counts are kept separately for Mercenary, Veteran and Elite. See how the Bestiary works.

Broken World

Level and strength

Worked out from the creature’s template, per difficulty
	Mercenary	Veteran	Elite
Level	24	57	83
Life	227	1,041	2,096
Damage	41 to 69	150 to 250	282 to 470
Defense	82	200	309
Experience	181	2,883	31,320

These are Broken World’s numbers: Broken World raises the levels of Veteran and Elite monsters.

Weaknesses and resistances

Resistances (negative = weakness), percent of damage
	Mercenary	Veteran	Elite
Fire	-50%	-25%	-10%

What it can drop: Broken World

7 different items can drop (the best are shown) Confidence: computed from data, not measured

Potions, reagents and spells it can drop (best first)
Consumables	Mercenary	Veteran	Elite
Colossal Health Potion	-	-	2.0%
Health Potion	2.0%	-	-
Super Health Potion	-	2.0%	-
Colossal Mana Potion	-	-	2.0%
Super Mana Potion	-	2.0%	-
Large Mana Potion	1.0%	-	-

The chance is for one kill of this creature (level 24 / 57 / 83 in Mercenary / Veteran / Elite) with magic find at 0: the chance that its drop table rolls an item of this kind, times this item’s share of the items that can come out at that level. Items with the same name are added up. Creatures of the same kind that the Bestiary lists under other names share the same drop table at their own level. Computed from the game’s drop tables, not measured. A source rolls the entries of its drop table; an entry asks the game’s item table for one item of the right class inside a level window; every matching item is equally likely (the game picks a random row, there is no rarity weight). Chance is per kill or per opening, with magic find at 0.

Where it is found

Places the map files put it in (the numbers can be 100 or more)
Place	Placed	Spawned	Random encounters
Southern Vai'lutra Forest			3
The Vai'kesh Forest			3

Confidence: Medium From the game’s map files. How many random encounters you meet is a roll the data does not fix.

Does it count for the Bestiary?

Random encounter only

Only random encounters bring them, so how many you meet depends on the game’s rolls.

Base game book: No. 189
Kills needed: 5 kills

Comes from random encounters, so how many you meet depends on the game's rolls.

Confidence: High the audit of the data files, confirmed by the in-game kill test

In-game kill test: unlocked after 5 kills (agrees with the data audit)

Natural spawn census: seen in 10 of 10 runs, most in one region: 43. A lower bound; a run only loads the areas near the party.

Kill counts are kept separately for Mercenary, Veteran and Elite. See how the Bestiary works.