Vulkin

Vulkin is an enemy that the human can encounter in Hotland. As its name implies, Vulkin resembles a volcano, with the conical structure that is a common characteristic of volcanoes. Lava can be seen leaking from its crown, and little puffs of smoke can be seen spewing out steadily. Vulkin usually has its eyes closed and a permanent blush. Due to its cheerful attitude, it is usually seen smiling.

Vulkin
Origin
Origin	Undertale
Creator	Toby Fox
First Appearance	Undertale
Characteristics
Species	Vulkin/Monster
Gender	Varies
Pronouns	Varies
Sexuality	Varies
Age	Varies
Birthday	Unknown
Height	Unknown
Weight	Unknown
Ethnicity	Unknown
Status	Alive
Alignment	Neutral Good
Archetype	Minion/Underling
Occupation	None
Time Period	201X
Language	English, Monster
Combat Style	Magical Combat
Homeworld	Earth
Relationships
Affiliations	Underground
Enemies	Humans (Formerly in True Pacifist Route)

Appearance

General Description: Vulkin resembles a volcano, with a conical structure common to volcanoes. Lava can be seen leaking from its crown, and little puffs of smoke spew out steadily.

Facial Features: Its eyes are usually closed. It has a permanent blush and is usually seen smiling due to its cheerful attitude.

Personality

• Happy-Go-Lucky: Vulkin is arguably the kindest enemy encountered by the human. It maintains a positive, happy-go-lucky nature and loves to support beings around it. Its innocent nature leads it to believe humans can be healed by its lava attacks, when it does the opposite.

• Positivity and Affection: Vulkin loves to see positivity and love spread around it. The "Encourage" and "Hug" options make it even happier, causing it to work harder to assist the human or express comfort. Using "Hug" turns its eyes into hearts.

• Vulnerable to Criticism: Vulkin's cheerfulness is severely vulnerable to sensitivity and guilt. Using "Criticize" causes it to become discouraged from attacking and display a frowning face. Further criticism by personally insulting its looks makes it cry, as it realizes it does not help the human but instead angers them.

• Forgiving: Should the human use "Encourage" or "Hug" afterward, Vulkin returns to its usual positivity as if the criticisms were not directed at it before.

General Information

Name: Vulkin

Origin: Undertale

First Appearance: Undertale

Company: N/A

Creator: Toby Fox

Actor: N/A

Gender: Varies

Sexuality: Varies

Pronouns: Varies

Handedness: Handless

Age: Varies

Birthday: Unknown

Time Period: 201X

Timeline: Undertale & Deltarune Timeline

Homeworld: Earth

Residence: Undeground

Story Role: Enemy

Legacy: Local Legacy

Influence: Personal Influence

Language: English & Monster

Ethnicity: Unknown

Religion: N/A

Classification: Volcano-like Monster

Species: Vulkin/Monster

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Monster Physiology

In-Universe Creator: Unknown

Occupation: None

Combat Style: Magical Combat

Affiliations: Underground

Enemies: Humans (Formerly in True Pacifist Route)

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Status: Alive in True Pacifist Route and some Neutral Routes, Deceased in some Neutral Routes and Genocide Route (Is killed by The Human in some of the neutral routes and the genocide route)

Alignment: Neutral Good (The Vulkin's are cheerful creatures, always smiling and blushing, with them only attacking if a human gets in their way)

Potential

• Type(s) of Potential: Fixed Potential
• Level of Potential: Fixed
• Description: Shows no notable potential statements or feats.
• Limitations: Nothing notable.

Archetype: Minion/Underling

Codex Statistics

Grade: B

Tier: 10-B, Higher with Magic

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Power Source: Magic

Attack Potency: Average Human level, Higher with Magic (Monsters enact in SOUL battles against humans due to humans in their physical forms being far stronger than monsters). Can ignore conventional durability with attacks to the SOUL (As they are attacking the SOUL; which is the very culmination of one's being)

Durability: Average Human level, Lower if not wanting to FIGHT or cruel intentions (Monsters weaken when they don't want to fight and one with more killing intent and crueller intentions will inflict more damage on them)

Striking Strength: Average Human Class

Lifting Strength: Average Human Class

Travel Speed: Average Human Speed

Attack Speed: Transonic (Can keep up with The Human, who can maneuver and dodge around the Greater Dog's barks, a sound based attack)

Reaction Speed: Transonic

Stamina: Unknown

Range: Standard Melee, Extended Melee with Magic

Intelligence: Below Average Intelligence (Belives its lava can heal people)

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Powers and Techniques

General Monster AbilitiesUnique Abilities

• Irregular Physiology (Monsters physiologies show they are mostly made of magic, noting that humans have a "physical form", along with having their SOUL directly attuned to their body)
• Magic (All monsters are made of magic and can use and express themselves through magic)
  • Curtain Fire (Monsters can use their magic to make bullet-pattern cards. Monsters are able to develop a large sum of magical attacks to overwhelm the opponent)
  • Creation (Monsters can make weapons, clothes and even food from magic)
  • Personal Domain & Battlefield Removal (When one encounters a monster they get into a fight, a FIGHT is an encounter in a monster's personal domain allowing them to fight humans, this has various rules such as turn-based combat)
• Limited Spatial Manipulation
  • 3-D: Monsters can at times influence the battle box)
  • Transmutation & Healing (Monsters can turn their attacks into healing projectiles)
• Absorption (Monsters and humans can absorb the SOUL as long as the person isn’t the same species as them)
• Non-Standard Interaction
  • Metaphysical Interaction: All monster attacks in Undertale are to the SOUL.

• Resistance to
  • Soul Manipulation (All monsters bodies are attuned to their SOUL thus they are effectively taking hits to their SOUL whenever attacked)

• Statistics Reduction (Hugging vulkin reduces defense)
• Electricity Manipulation (Vulkin attack using electricity which boost speed if harmed by it)
  • Statistics Amplification
  • Curtain Fire
• Fire Manipulation (Can form fire columns and shoot fire balls)
  • Magma Manipulation
  • Smoke Manipulation
  • Curtain Fire

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Equipment

Nothing notable.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Vulkin will normally initiate a SOUL box battle. Though they do not realize they're actually harming the enemy as they believe their lava heals people.

Weaknesses

• Monster Weaknesses: All monsters are weak to an attack with killing intent behind it and if a monster doesn't want to fight, they are weakened greatly.
• Unique Weaknesses: Vulkin is happy-go lucky and positive to a fault. If they are criticized they will become discouraged from attacking.

Explanations

Monster Check Stats

Monster's check stats are quite dubious for a couple of reasons:

• Monsters like Glyde give off the implication that monsters are the ones listing their statistics.
• Mad Dummy has a defense stat listed of -40 but notes because they're a ghost physical attacks will fail. One could say the -40 comes from the fact that the dummy's body is that weak, however, the regular Dummy's check stats just has their DEF as 0, there's really no reason why the Mad Dummy should have far lower DEF stats especially during a pacifist route.
• Characters like Napstablook have a defense stat listed but you actually aren't lowering his HP he was just lowering it for you to be nice.
• Toriel's stats are listed at 80 ATK and 80 DEF, the same as Asgore's stats. Yet in one of the endings Unydne with her strength as stated by Sans literally threw Toriel out of the castle. Despite Undyne's stats being 7 ATK and 0 DEF. This would also imply characters like Papyrus are stronger then her as he has an 8 ATK and 2 DEF, and while she does admit Papyrus is pretty tough, it's never really implied to be that Papyrus is stronger then Undyne. Royal Guard members are also shown to have higher stats then her through this logic.
• Undyne the Undying has stats of 99 ATK and 99 DEF yet due to Mettaton's Invulnerable Body, they have a defense stat of 999.

On top of these, genocide route has the check stats differ too with confusing changes, while the human's killing intent is a reason behind this, some characters have their defense stats raise such as Papyrus'. There's also inconsistencies even in these routes, for example The Human at a level 3 killing intent one-shots Toriel yet The Human at level 13 can still only chip damage Asgore.

It should also be noted, the argument that Toriel sent Asgore flying with her fire, has an issue it was an off guard hit which it has been shown off-guard/betrayal kills can one-shot monsters as they lowered their guard.

Magic vs. Physicality

Monsters are mostly made of magic while human beings are mostly made of water making humans with their physical forms far stronger then them. However humans have lost the ability to use magic by proxy.

Monsters bodies being made of magic has their body physically attuned to their SOUL. Due to this, monsters that don't want to fight have their defenses weaken and one with more killing intent and crueller intentions will inflict more damage on them. This is due to a monsters SOUL being made of love, hope, and compassion.

Monsters bodies being made of magic also makes it where they do not possess enough physical matter to take concentrations of determination.

In the Undertale 10th Anniversary Livestream Gerson reveals that humanity once had magic too but creating the barrier that separated humans and monsters caused them to use up all their magic.

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