Sons of the Forest Enemies & Mutants

The basic humanoid enemy. Travels in tribes, throws rocks, rushes with melee and builds effigies to intimidate you. Grows more aggressive the longer you survive.

Lean cannibals that hide in mud and grass piles and ambush you — fast, evasive and easy to miss until they pounce.

Bulky, high-health cannibals that hit hard but move slowly. Kite them and punish between swings.

Covered in fluorescent body paint that only shows in the dark — dangerous in caves and at night when you can't see them coming.

Sets itself alight and charges, dealing fire damage. Keep your distance and use ranged attacks.

Wears a head-mounted flashlight and hunts after dark — the light gives away its approach.

A cannibal that throws up to three spears at range before closing in. Break line of sight or rush him down.

A gold-masked tribe leader that rallies and emboldens nearby cannibals. A priority kill — the tribe scatters without it.

A pale crawling mutant with long finger-like limbs. Fast, unsettling and hits hard up close — keep moving and use ranged weapons.

A conjoined twin mutant with extra limbs — high health and heavy melee. Traps and firearms make short work of it.

A towering, many-armed mutant and one of the deadliest regular enemies. It tears through structures and lashes with its arms — use ranged weapons, traps and open space.

A many-legged mutant that skitters fast and is hard to pin down. Bait its lunge, then punish.

A small, fast mutant fetus that lunges at you. Weak alone, but startling and dangerous in groups.

A multi-limbed female mutant (no relation to the companion Virginia) that skitters and strikes fast.

Two mutants fused back-to-back that move by cartwheeling — flipping one torso over the other. A fast, unsettling surface mutant, known informally as “John 2.0” or “Worm 2.0”.

Pale, eyeless mutants that infest the caves and attack in packs in the dark. Bring a strong light and a fast weapon.

A tougher, bioluminescent cave-mutant that glows blue in the dark — a mini-boss of the deeper caves.

A cave-dwelling demon from the deepest caverns — extremely dangerous in melee. The cross repels them, and fire helps.

The mutated form of Edward Puffton — a story boss encountered as the mystery of the island unravels.

The mutated form of Barbara Puffton — a story boss encounter.

A much larger demon — a powerful boss of the caves.

The final boss of the game — the climax of the story.