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** The game features the greedy Pluton, which will swipe your arrows of strength if they touch you.

* The crows at the beginning of ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}'' steal food items from you. At least after they do so, they sit there with a smug grin on their face for several turns rather than attacking, and they drop cookies when defeated.

** Rust monsters are universally loathed by warrior types for their penchant for instantly destroying and eating anything metal that they strike or are struck by, such as prized magical swords and armor. Some crafty players have tried cutting off a rust monster's antennae so they could [[InvokedTrope inflict this trope upon their foes]]. 4th edition adds augmented rust monsters called dweomer eaters which decay magic items (even ranged weapons or implements), although there still no long-term risk as the magic item can still be reconstructed from residuum from the monster's stomach.

** Rust ''dragons'' take the above up a notch. Their bite attacks cause metal items to corrode and crumble into uselessness in an instant, and any metal weapon that so much as makes contact with their scales will suffer a similar fate. Worse, their secondary BreathWeapon is a line of corrosive red-brown liquid that can destroy ''any'' metallic item it hits, even the likes of gold, mithral and adamantine. Only enchanted metal items can attempt to resist the effect; everything else is destroyed with NoSavingThrow.

* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' has a few creatures that can do this including [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=209290 Acid Web Spider]] which destroys an equipment card when it comes into play and [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=230764 Manic Vandal]] which can destroy any artifact, equipment included.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': There are several types of monsters that love eating your equipment.
** Rust monsters are universally loathed by warrior types for their penchant for instantly destroying and eating anything metal that they strike or are struck by, such as prized magical swords and armor. Some crafty players have tried cutting off a rust monster's antennae so they could [[InvokedTrope inflict this trope upon their foes]]. 4th edition adds augmented rust monsters called dweomer eaters which decay magic items (even ranged weapons or implements), although there still no long-term risk as the magic item can still be reconstructed from residuum from the monster's stomach.
** Rust ''dragons'' take the above up a notch. Their bite attacks cause metal items to corrode and crumble into uselessness in an instant, and any metal weapon that so much as makes contact with their scales will suffer a similar fate. Worse, their secondary BreathWeapon is a line of corrosive red-brown liquid that can destroy ''any'' metallic item it hits, even the likes of gold, mithral and adamantine. Only enchanted metal items can attempt to resist the effect, everything else is destroyed with NoSavingThrow.

* ''VideoGame/AlternateReality'': The Devourer, which even has an in-game song about it. This creature appears when you have too many inventory items and eats them.

* ''VideoGame/DungeonCrawl'' has [[BlobMonster jellies]] that eat items left on the dungeon floor or even ''doors''. Feeding items to jellies is even necessary if you want to gain favor with Jiyva, the [[OddJobGods god of slime]].
* ''VideoGame/RagnarokOnline'' has the various species of Poring, that by and large like to munch on whatever items are on the floor. It's possible to kill them to retrieve whatever you lost, but if you somehow manage to drop something valuable, have that thing eaten, and are then killed by a high-tier Poring, those items are up for grabs to whomever takes the offending jelly-bulb down.

* ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar 3'': Feral Tickers.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'' features Bladebiters, who will eat your weapons if given the opportunity. Also, the Sniper class has several skills that can destroy pieces of armor. Luckily they're not that accurate, but you really don't want to take the chance of your [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity Plus One equipment]] vanishing completely. Fortunately nearly ever race has access to the Maintenace support ability, which will NoSell equipment destruction.
* Colibri, exotic pink birds added to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' in its 3rd expansion, ''Treasures of Aht'Urgan'', don't eat your armor weapon or items, but if you try fighting them with a food buff they will steal it from you. That's right, apparently these bird fly down your throat and rip food right out of you stomach.
* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' has quite a few examples, most involving [[HollywoodAcid Acid]]
** VideoGame/DarkSouls1 has the Gaping Dragon boss, certain enemies in the [[LethalLavaLand Demon Ruins]], and you yourself can weaponize it in the form of the Acid Surge pyromancy. All of which will reduce the condition of your gear dramatically. Hope you weren't using unrepairable crystal weapons.
** VideoGame/DarkSouls2 has returning acid hazards. They’re much more dangerous in [=DS2=] due to weapons breaking much quicker.
*** The [[DownloadableContent Lost Crowns Trilogy]] has 3 bosses that inflict this. Crown of the Sunken King has [[PoisonousPerson Sihn]] and Crown of the Ivory King has Alva and his two reskins at the end of the [[BrutalBonusLevel Frigid Outskirts]], each of whom inflicts much more weapon degradation when attacked than every other enemy.
*** The Covetous Demon actually has an attack where it swallows you whole then spits you out with all your items unequipped, but it's so exceedingly rare that a vast majority of players are unaware of it.
* ''VideoGame/KidIcarus''
** The game features the greedy Pluton, which will swipe your arrows of strength if they touch you.
** The Pluton returns in ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'', where it'll steal weapons and powers you've collected in the level. Thankfully, now you can kill them to claim your items back, but beware -- if you don't do it quickly, they will disappear with your re-appropriated loot.
* ''{{VideoGame/Eye of the Beholder}}'', being based on ''AD&D'', has one type of such monsters in each game:
** The rust monsters in ''[=EotB1=]'' will eat any metal item.
** The gelatinous cubes in ''[=EotB2=]'' can also destroy items on a hit.
** The black puddings in ''[=EotB3=]'' will eat your weapons if you attack them in melee.
* The Jestabocky Dream Eaters in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'' will steal any pick-ups that are on the ground if left unattended, whether they be HP balls, munny, or items. You can't get them back by defeating them, either. On the plus side, if you have them as allies, they'll gather the items for you.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Raft}}'' the ThreateningShark will munch squares of your raft and whatever happens to be on them.
* The objective in ''VideoGame/DefenseGridTheAwakening'' is to prevent the aliens from stealing your power cores. If any leave the map, which occurs most easily with flying enemies, they are [[PermanentlyMissableContent gone]] for that level.
* Iron Grazers in ''VideoGame/LandsOfLore: The Throne of Chaos'' can dissolve your armor if you don't kill them quickly enough. There are a few other enemies in the game that do the same thing, but the Iron Grazers are the only ones you get warned about.
* In ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonGatesToInfinity'', if an enemy Pokemon successfully damages you with Bug Bite or Pluck, they'll use a random edible item in your inventory, which can be extremely detrimental if they happen to target your Reviver Seeds. Not surprisingly, the toughest dungeons tend to have stretches that are swarming with Pokemon that know those moves for the sake of exhausting your supplies. These moves also exist in the main ''Pokémon'' [=RPGs=], where they consume the target's held berry if there is one.
* ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'' has enemies that grab your [[AttackDrone options]] and run off with them.
* ''VideoGame/RivieraThePromisedLand'' has the Slime [[PaletteSwap category]] of enemies. Most of their attacks will drain a point of durability from everything you bring into the battle. Frustratingly, this still applies in practice battles.
* ''VideoGame/DokaponKingdom'' has the Big Black Bug which can be forced onto you. As long as you have it, it randomly eats an item in your inventory. You can either wait for it to eventually disappear, eat the last item from your pack, or defeat another player and force them to pick it up.
* One dungeon in chapter 3 of ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights: Hordes of the Underdark'' featured a Mimic (living treasure chest monster) that would grab your armor at the beginning of the level (leading to much [[NakedPeopleAreFunny commentary from your allies]]) and then run off. In order to defeat it, you had to use piles of gemstones, which it also ate, to lure it into striking range. Fortunately, once you beat it up enough you could get your armor back.
* The old roguelike ''Moraff's World'' has white dragons, who breath acid which instantly dissolves your equipped armor. Thankfully, swapping out your +25 Titanium plate for your own (thankfully immune) skin is a free action.
* The crows at the beginning of ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}'' steal food items from you. At least after they do so, they sit there with a smug grin on their face for several turns rather than attacking, and they drop cookies when defeated.
* The mummies in ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'' can eat the Miis' weapons, severely reducing the offensive powers of the poor despoiled things. Thankfully, they spit the weapons out when defeated (the Miis comment that their weapon is all slimy, though).
* For a currency version, Brainsuckers from ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' drain your Insight points on a hit.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': A subverted example. Rock Octoroks inhale a bunch of debris, then compress it into a giant flaming boulder to spit at you. They also consume any weapons left on the ground when they inhale, and, after chewing them up a bit, hurl them back at you at high speed. However, when a Rusty weapon is inhaled, pink gas will be emitted from the Rock Octorok and it spits out your weapon, but cleaned and upgraded to either Traveler, Soldier, Knight or Royal rank (though what you actually get is [[RandomLootExchanger a crapshoot]]).

* Sukaritt from ''[[Videogame/MegamanLegends Megaman Legends 2]]'' would follow you around but not actually do anything to you. Once you blow up another Reaverbot, though, the bugger goes and tries to steal the refractor shards before you can.
* The Devourer, in ''VideoGame/AlternateReality'', even has an in-game song about it. This creature appears when you have too many inventory items and eats them.