You search your bags for something to feed it but all you find is a strange assortment of currencies. Thankfully, it only seems interested in consuming gold.
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Metabolic Juice
Lvl 227500
Increases The Maw's DPS by 1e2100%.
As it eats more and more of your gold, The Maw begins mutate, leaking fluid everywhere. Don't breathe that!
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Chitinous Spines
Lvl 350000
Increases The Maw's DPS by 1e2200%.
It appears to be evolving. Gross! Yay!
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Apomorphic Wings
Lvl 478000
Increases The Maw's DPS by 1e2300%.
Pretty doubtful that The Maw can actually fly.
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Vestigial Legs
Lvl 612500
Increases The Maw's DPS by 1e2400%.
You have no idea if these count towards increasing the average limbs per hero.
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Progeny
Lvl 752500
Increases The Maw's DPS by 1e2500%.
As it ingests a large pile of gold, the sacks on The Maw's back pop to reveal that it's now The Ma.
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Notes
Heroes tend to have a lower DPS/Gold ratio at base (a.k.a. "efficiency") the stronger they get. However, The Maw has a higher efficiency than any other hero before it, making it incredibly useful.
Trivia
The Maw may be a reference to a video game of the same name.