Wildfrost: What Is The Naked Gnome, And How To Unlock Them
Roguelikes have a long history of having unusual things hidden away. This is often in the form of secret endings or easter eggs. Wildfrost is no different and has its fair share of odd interactions and secret unlockables. One of the earliest you can find is the Naked Gnome.
The Naked Gnome encounter is, as far as we can tell, rather random. He only seems to show up in the early parts of a run, and his purpose is not entirely clear. However, he does have a purpose and we are here to reveal what secrets hide underneath this gnomes modesty-maintaining beard. Let’s have a gander.
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The Naked Gnome is one of the weirdest inclusions in Wildfrost. Gnomes are a well-established faction in Wildfrost, but a random naked person running around a perpetually frozen hellscape is less common, to say the least. He exclusively found the Naked Gnome within the first two battles in any given Wildfrost run, and even once you have uncovered his secrets, he will still spawn from time to time.
The Naked Gnome is an enemy by game standards. He spawns on the enemy’s side of the battlefield, he has stats, and he can die. The difference between the Naked Gnome and the rest of the enemies in Wild Frost is that the Naked Gnome doesn’t actually attack. It doesn’t do anything.
In fact, his ability text reads:
“Does absolutely nothing…”
Being an enemy means the Naked Gnome can die. Having only 1HP and no offensive stats to speak of (he can’t even activate), the Naked Gnome is incredibly easy to kill. So easy that you will probably kill him by accident. This will grant you the regular reward for killing an enemy, and you can use this to build a combo. If the stars align just right, you
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