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Rock monsters attacked adventurers between July 23rd and September 10th, 2009 as part of the  [[Unexplained Tremors]] event. Five types were encountered:
{{Combat|name=rock snake|note1=Appeared on July 23rd, 2009. Initially appeared everywhere, but after July 29 only in low level zones.}}
{{Combat|name=rock homunculus|note1=from July 29th on in mid-high level zones}}
{{Combat|name=clod hopper|note1=from August 5th on in high level zones}}
{{Combat|name=rockfish|note1=from August 5th on in [[The Sea]]}}
{{Combat|name=Crys-Rock|note1=First encountered August 26th}}

==Notes==
*Rock Monsters have been removed from the game. The [[rockfish stomach]], [[control crystal]], [[crystallized memory]], and [[floaty inverse geode]] are now relatively [[Rare Items#Special Items|rare]] items; floaty sand can be dropped by [[Rock Lobster]]s or from using a relatively rare [[floaty inverse geode]].
*Initially only the [[rock snake]]s appeared. On July 29th, the [[rock homunculus]] replaced the snakes in higher-level zones. Later, on August 5th, [[clod hopper]]s replaced the homunculi in high-level zones, leaving them the middle ones. Strange [[rockfish]] were also seen in [[The Sea]].
*The rock homunculus, clod hopper and rockfish are all copyable (and can thus be currently obtained via various means including pocket wishes, faxes, Rain Man, Deck of Many Things, and so on.) For some reason, the rock snake is not copyable and there is no way to encounter it.
*Since the event (2009) predated [[Monster Manuel]] (2012), these monsters obviously did not originally have factoids: they were added later. Thus, all their factoids are only available if you have a means of fighting copied monsters - which means it is currently impossible to obtain the factoids for the non-copyable rock snake, although it has been somehow revealed that they exist.
*[[Crys-Rock]] appeared on August 26th in place of other Rock Monsters. Once defeated, he would not reappear, and the [[control crystal]] he dropped could be used to stop Rock Monster attacks entirely. 
*Originally, [[rock snake]]s would show up every 25-35 adventures.
*After the appearance of the [[rock homunculus]], rock monsters would attack every 45-55 adventures and only appeared in zones where you had already spent 30 adventures. However, equipping a [[charged magnet]] would return the encounter rate to its original level.
*Note that the [[rock scorpion]] is not a rock monster -- it predates their arrival, and simply shares a similar name.
*According to [[Jick]], the [[He-Boulder]] familiar was adapted from an encounter that was originally supposed to be a rock monster.  The image for that monster was to be the following:
*:[[File:rock_beholder.gif]]

[[Category:Rock monsters]]