Insta-kill

This page is in need of content. Basic outline of a mechanic that's touched on but not really explained; also - does sharpened hubcap apply?

Having trouble with a monster? You might be able to perform an insta-kill, an action that immediately destroys a monster regardless of how many hit points it has. Be warned though, these attacks won't kill Bosses, although some of them deal some damage instead.

Disintegration

Disintegration will automatically kill enemies and force all of their (non-conditional) items to drop. None of these can be used as an insta-kill while you have the Everything Looks Yellow effect. Sources of disintegration:

• Use the Point at your opponent skill while your He-Boulder's eye-beams are yellow
• Use a unbearable light (combat item)
• Use a pumpkin bomb (combat item)
• Use a Golden Light (combat item)
• Use the Unleash Nanites skill while you have 40+ turns of Nanoballsy
• Use a pulled yellow taffy while underwater (combat item)
• Use a yellowcake bomb (combat item; KOLHS only)
• Use the Flash Headlight skill with the ultrabright yellow bulb installed (Avatar of Sneaky Pete only)
• Use the Ball Lightning skill (Heavy Rains only)

See yellow ray strategy for more detail.

Combat Items

Using these items doesn't force item drops like disintegration, but they do not have any cooldown period. Most of these items will instead deal damage when used against enemies it can't insta-kill.

• The Bomb blows up anything.
• Sharpened hubcaps have a small (perhaps 25%) chance of insta-kill.
• Bobcat grenades tear Beasts to shreds.
• 4:20 bombs annihilate Hippies.
• Boxes of hammers destroy Constructs.
• Boozebombs take care of Orcs.
• Holy bombs, batman obliterate the Undead.
• A scroll of ancient forbidden unspeakable evil eliminates some physically-resistant monsters.
• The world's most dangerous birdhouse renders anything less cohesive, including tower monsters. (KOLHS only)
• A Handsome Devil takes your opponent to Hey Deze and grants a +100% item drop bonus
• A space invader will steal all your opponent's quarters.

Monster-specific Items

The following items only work on specific monsters or in a single location.

• An antique hand mirror shatters The Guy Made Of Bees.
• A glark cable fries any enemy in The Red Zeppelin at no Adventure cost.
• A plus-sized phylactery vanquishes the Gargantulihc.
• A dumb mud will dummy out tower monsters.
• Each of the Sorceress' tower monsters can be insta-killed by a specific combat item. See this page for a full list of tower monsters and their associated items.
• A drone self-destruct chip dissolves a liquid metal bugbear. (Bugbear Invasion)
• A quantum nanopolymer spider web removes a bugbear scientist. (Bugbear Invasion)

Combat Skills

Similar to insta-kill items, these skills do not force item drops like disintegration. Some of these skills (Release the Boots and Carbohydrate Cudgel) destroy the monster so thoroughly that neither items nor meat will drop.

Release the Boots

A skill granted by the Pair of Stomping Boots familiar, can smash an enemy into delicious paste (see Release the Boots for paste details).

Bifurcating Blow (Avatar of Boris only)

This is a combat skill available to players who achieve the maximum rank in the Fighting skill tree as an Avatar of Boris. Costs 10 MP and has a 20 adventure cooldown counter between uses. However, the counter is a removable effect.

Bear Hug (Zombie Slayer only)

Feeling low-down? Unappreciated? Want to make a lot of friends? Using this skill in combat will instantly kill your opponent and add him to your ever-growing horde of the undead. (Instant kill only works ten times per day.)

Carbohydrate Cudgel

After learning this combat skill from The Machine, you can use it to convert one handful of dry noodles into a massive club that obliterates your foe.

Walk Away From Explosion (Avatar of Sneaky Pete only)

Maxing out the Dangerous Rebel rank as an Avatar of Sneaky Pete lets you casually walk away from your opponent as it gets obliterated by an explosion. However, you'll get Bored With Explosions for 30 adventures afterwards.

Lightning Strike (Heavy Rains only)

Drinking some lightning milk from a storm cow can give you the knowledge to insta-kill your foe for 20 bolts of Lightning, vaporizing them in a flash. In fact, it vaporizes the enemy so fast that you save an Adventure!