Made more enemies, easier to kill, more slashy. You get passive health regen, health orbs. Little key bindings tooltip.

level/scripts/basic_enemy.gd

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class_name BasicEnemy
 @export var attack_damage: float = 15.0
 @export var attack_knockback: float = 10.0
 @export var attack_cooldown: float = 1.5
+@export var health_orb_drop_chance: float = 0.4  ## Chance (0-1) to drop a health orb on death
 @export_category("Attack Timing")
 @export var attack_startup: float = 0.3   # Wind-up before hit
 @export var attack_active: float = 0.4    # Hit window duration
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ func _enter_tree():
 func _ready():
 	super._ready()
 
+	# Wave lobsters die for good — no reviving (BaseEnemy defaults this to true)
+	can_respawn = false
+
 	# Find mesh, hitbox, and hurtbox
 	_mesh = get_node_or_null("Mesh")
 	_hitbox = get_node_or_null("HitBox")
@@ -255,6 +259,34 @@ func _reset_material():
 	if _mesh and _original_material:
 		_mesh.set_surface_override_material(0, _original_material.duplicate())
 
+## Handle death: drop loot, then despawn (server-authoritative, fires once per death)
+func _die(killer_id: int):
+	var already_dead = is_dead
+	super._die(killer_id)
+
+	if not multiplayer.is_server() or already_dead:
+		return
+
+	# Chance to drop a health orb
+	if randf() < health_orb_drop_chance:
+		var level = get_tree().get_current_scene()
+		if level and level.has_method("spawn_health_orb"):
+			level.spawn_health_orb(global_position + Vector3.UP)
+
+	# Non-reviving enemies remove their corpse on every client after a short beat
+	if not can_respawn:
+		_schedule_despawn()
+
+## Free this enemy on all peers a couple seconds after death
+func _schedule_despawn():
+	await get_tree().create_timer(2.0).timeout
+	if is_instance_valid(self):
+		rpc("_despawn")
+
+@rpc("any_peer", "call_local", "reliable")
+func _despawn():
+	queue_free()
+
 ## Death callback
 func _on_enemy_died(killer_id: int):
 	super._on_enemy_died(killer_id)