Tyrian bestiary
The campaign levels use 1,204 enemy entries: 885 enemies and 319 boss parts. They are grouped here by the sprite bank they are drawn from, which usually matches a planet or a theme.
An enemy entry is one line of the game's enemy tables used by a campaign level: the same picture can appear in several entries with different armor or score. Boss parts are the pieces the game tracks with a boss health bar.
Named enemies
The game names only a handful of its regular enemies, in the data cubes that explain the two bonus games. Those names, matched to the game data by their score and look, have their own pages. For the big fights, see Bosses.
Blotte
Blood cell, worth 15 to 250 points.
Brussee Triangle
Trio of red drops, worth 25 to 50 points.
Clifts
Brown, round ship, worth 25 points.
Deeble
Gold mine, worth 75 points.
Garmon
Big spiky ball, worth 100 points.
Ignatz
Twirling u-ship, worth 15 points.
Meeble
Grey mine, worth 50 points.
Morble
Spinning o-ship, worth 20 points.
Rooble
Fireball, worth 25 to 75 points.
Tokkie
Little spiky ball, worth 50 points.
Tyco
Little red bubble, worth 15 points.
Widget
Big brown ship, worth 100 to 250 points.
William
Black v-shaped ship, worth 20 points.
Zeeblex
Blue mine, worth 100 points.
Zimble
Eyeball, worth 10 to 150 points.
Zoglo
Glowing red ball, worth 10 points.
Zoomer
Bomb, worth 2 to 20 points.
Bosses
The 24 named bosses, each with the picture of one of its fights. Their fights level by level are on Bosses.
Assassin Ship
5 fights · episodes 1, 3
Guard Dome
2 fights · episodes 1, 5
Thunder HX-21
1 fight · episode 1
Z-29 Central Defense Ship
7 fights · episodes 1, 3, 4, 5
T-29 Blimp
2 fights · episodes 1, 5
Dual Gun Ship
3 fights · episodes 1, 3, 4
Null Shield Ship
4 fights · episodes 2, 4
Great Stomach
1 fight · episode 2
Rock Ship
1 fight · episode 3
Oval Ship
1 fight · episode 3
Fleet Boss
1 fight · episode 3
Lava Core
1 fight · episode 4
Fireball Ship
4 fights · episode 4
Ice Ship
3 fights · episode 4
Brain Ship
1 fight · episode 4
Underdeli Defense Ship
3 fights · episode 4
Pong Ship
1 fight · episode 4
Dreadnought
5 fights · episode 4
Eye Ship
1 fight · episode 4
Nose of Zinglon
4 fights · episode 4
Satellite Ship
1 fight · episode 5
Drill Ship
1 fight · episode 5
Submarine Carrier
1 fight · episode 5
Pineapple Ship
1 fight · episode 5
About these names
The original game data gives enemies numbers, not names. OpenTyrian2000 Enhanced computes a stable technical name for each one from
its sprite bank and image, for example tech_corridor_32; modders use these names to tweak an enemy or place it in a level.
The bestiary shows a readable name first and the technical name below it:
- an official name (Ignatz, Morble…) when a game text or a well-sourced community name can be tied to that exact enemy;
- a boss part is named after its boss (Z-29 Central Defense Ship part);
- every other enemy gets a descriptive name built from its sprite bank and image number (Tech corridor enemy 31), marked as unofficial.
- Armor is the hit points at Normal difficulty. Easy lowers it, Hard and above raise it (see difficulty). An armor of 255 means the part cannot be destroyed by your shots.
- Score is what destroying the enemy adds to your score and to your credits in the campaign.
- Guns lists the enemy's weapons, how many frames it waits between shots and the damage of one shot.
- Episodes 1–3 and 4–5 use two different enemy tables. A technical name always refers to the same enemy in both.
Sprite banks
| Picture | Bank | Enemy types | Boss parts | Episodes | Known names |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Asteroid field | 91 | 0 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | |
 | Blade spinners | 8 | 4 | 3, 4 | Null Shield Ship |
 | Cargo depot | 52 | 13 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | Guard Dome, Drill Ship |
 | Crystal hangar | 12 | 0 | 5 | |
 | Cyber spheres | 60 | 42 | 4 | Eye Ship, Underdeli Defense Ship, Dreadnought |
 | Dark waterfall | 24 | 0 | 2, 5 | |
 | Dome city | 32 | 9 | 3 | Rock Ship |
 | Dragon boss | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
 | Fireball station | 42 | 1 | 3, 4, 5 | Oval Ship |
 | Fleet assault | 28 | 12 | 1, 3, 4, 5 | Dual Gun Ship |
 | Garden temple | 56 | 32 | 5 | Submarine Carrier, Pineapple Ship |
 | Gem minefield | 20 | 0 | 2 | |
 | Insect boss | 33 | 19 | 1, 3 | Assassin Ship |
 | Jungle fighters | 38 | 14 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | T-29 Blimp, Z-29 Central Defense Ship |
 | Jungle fortress | 21 | 4 | 1, 2, 4 | Null Shield Ship |
 | Lava centipede | 69 | 4 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | Brussee Triangle, Deeble, Tyco, Satellite Ship |
 | Mech walker | 4 | 2 | 3, 5 | Fleet Boss |
| No picture | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||
 | Ocean world | 33 | 15 | 1, 3, 4, 5 | Dual Gun Ship, Submarine Carrier |
 | Orbital weapons | 44 | 0 | 4, 5 | Blotte, Rooble, Tokkie, Widget, Zimble |
 | Organic horror | 29 | 19 | 2 | Great Stomach |
| Pickup items | 19 | 1 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | Meeble, Zeeblex, Zoglo, Pong Ship |
 | Pipe cannons | 44 | 3 | 2, 4, 5 | |
 | Rail platform | 34 | 4 | 1, 2, 3, 5 | Thunder HX-21 |
 | Rock caves | 35 | 0 | 3 | |
 | Skull fleet | 19 | 0 | 1, 3, 4 | |
 | Spike fortress | 48 | 18 | 4 | Ice Ship, Underdeli Defense Ship, Fireball Ship, Eye Ship, Nose of Zinglon |
 | Tech corridor | 52 | 0 | 1, 2, 3, 4 | Clifts, Ignatz, Morble, William |
 | Volcanic ruins | 53 | 15 | 4 | Lava Core |
 | Bank 03 | 19 | 3 | 3, 4 | Oval Ship |
 | Bank 06 | 25 | 25 | 3 | Oval Ship |
 | Bank 13 | 42 | 34 | 1, 3, 5 | T-29 Blimp |
 | Bank 20 | 40 | 0 | 1, 2, 3, 5 | |
 | Bank 33 | 68 | 26 | 4 | Garmon, Dual Gun Ship, Fireball Ship, Nose of Zinglon, Underdeli Defense Ship |