The vault cat

Something hunts the Gnawers. Now and then it follows a player home.

Finding it

Each Gnawer slain in a battle you win gives one chance in 100 that the cat comes. It comes once, and then it is yours for good. A seed-code run never brings it, and going a long time without it does not make it likelier.

The fight it comes in plays out first. Then a meow, and a ginger cat trots in, pounces where the last Gnawer stood and sits down to wash. The run says "A stray cat followed the rats. It's coming home with you." and only then come the rewards.

Where it goes

• Hero select: it sits beside your hero. Tap it and it purrs, and little hearts rise.
• Fights seen side-on (views): it sits behind your hero, crouches while a boss stands, starts when your hero is hurt and stretches after a win. In first person it is out of sight at your feet.
• The title screen: asleep on the ledge.
• The Codex, Beasts: the last niche. Until the cat is yours it is a dark shape named "???": "Not yet found. Something hunts the Gnawers."

It changes nothing in a run: no stats, no gold, no help in a fight. It is kept with the rest of your progress, and cloud save carries it to a new phone.

Leaving it at home

Its card in the Codex has "Comes along". Turn it off and the cat stays home, off hero select, fights and the title, until you turn it back on. The Calm look (views) keeps it sat and still.

Where it came from

It came in 2.24.4. A viewer, @ЮрийСтражник-х5д, asked in a YouTube comment for a pet cat, so there is one now. It is rare on purpose.

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Written from the game's own rules, version 2.24.4. Spotted something wrong? Tell us on Discord.