The Almost-a-Bull is a monster in Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy.
Description
Book of Sphinx Description
- "Almost-a-Bull is named so not only for the two horns atop its head, but also for its unnerving habit of charging and attacking anyone wearing the color red."
- ―Book of Sphinx
Abydos Museum Description
- "Often found in Heliopolis, the Almost-a-Bull’s defense mechanism sees it shrink in order to present a smaller target for any attacker. A unique breeding mistake led to one hand being replaced with a third horn; almost an evolutionary anomaly."
- ―Abydos Museum
Traits, Appearance, and Abilities
The Almost-a-Bull appears to be completely covered in bandages like a mummy. Whenever it is struck by the Blade of Osiris, its size reduces. When the monster goes near the gas vents, their size and health will replenish. Almost-a-Bulls use their claws to deliver brutal and dangerous attacks.
Strategy
- Strategy for Sphinx: Almost-a-Bulls tend to appear near gas vents. Slash at the shrinking monster until it is dead. Each time it is hit, it will reduce I size. However, if it gets back to the gas vent, it will regrow and heal. The best strategy for killing this monster is to stand on the gas vent, preventing it from returning to its safety marker.
Locations
- Great Wall Entrance I (Non-Respawning)
- Lost Temple of Heliopolis Template:Respawn
- Abydos Museum
Trivia
- Oddly enough, the museum description mentions evolution - something that was not even considered until Charles Darwin discovered it 5,000 years later.
| Monsters | |
|---|---|
| Capturable | Almost-a-Bull | Big Bull | Blade Scorpion | Chihuahua | Cobra | Crabhands | Cyclops | Dark Worshipper | Electric Armadillo | Exo-Piranha | Fire Armadillo | Green Giant Worm | Half Brute | Knives Cat | Mummy Chihuahua | Mummy Worm | Nose Needler | Piranha | Sharpbeak | Skeletal Axeman | Skeletal Spider | Skull Swordsman | Skull Worshipper | Slim Burble | Smiling Burble | Spike Spider | Sunflower | Tree Creature | Wasp Spider |
| Non-Capturable | Alert Spider | Electric Eel | Featherless Turkey | Geb | Goofy Lizard | Manta Ray | Mummy Bird | Mummy Eagle | Rat | Sea Turtle | Shell Critter | Shuttlecock Bird | Small Frog | Spinefish | Spitting Toad |