diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/levels/Level.java b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/levels/Level.java
index 801f78465..24e7f881d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/levels/Level.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/levels/Level.java
@@ -950,12 +950,13 @@ public abstract class Level implements Bundlable {
 		return distance( a, b ) == 1;
 	}
 	
-	public int distNoDiag( int a, int b){
+	//uses pythagorean theorum for true distance, as if there was no movement grid
+	public float trueDistance(int a, int b){
 		int ax = a % width();
 		int ay = a / width();
 		int bx = b % width();
 		int by = b / width();
-		return Math.abs( ax - bx ) + Math.abs( ay - by );
+		return (float)Math.sqrt(Math.pow(Math.abs( ax - bx ), 2) + Math.pow(Math.abs( ay - by ), 2));
 	}
 
 	//returns true if the input is a valid tile within the level
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/levels/traps/DisintegrationTrap.java b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/levels/traps/DisintegrationTrap.java
index d8f6ce22b..611270ff8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/levels/traps/DisintegrationTrap.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/levels/traps/DisintegrationTrap.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class DisintegrationTrap extends Trap {
 			for (Char ch : Actor.chars()){
 				Ballistica bolt = new Ballistica(pos, ch.pos, Ballistica.PROJECTILE);
 				if (bolt.collisionPos == ch.pos &&
-						(target == null || Dungeon.level.distNoDiag(pos, ch.pos) < Dungeon.level.distNoDiag(pos, target.pos))){
+						(target == null || Dungeon.level.trueDistance(pos, ch.pos) < Dungeon.level.trueDistance(pos, target.pos))){
 					target = ch;
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/levels/traps/GrimTrap.java b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/levels/traps/GrimTrap.java
index b41b4bb36..6810bdc79 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/levels/traps/GrimTrap.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/levels/traps/GrimTrap.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class GrimTrap extends Trap {
 			for (Char ch : Actor.chars()){
 				Ballistica bolt = new Ballistica(pos, ch.pos, Ballistica.PROJECTILE);
 				if (bolt.collisionPos == ch.pos &&
-						(target == null || Dungeon.level.distNoDiag(pos, ch.pos) < Dungeon.level.distNoDiag(pos, target.pos))){
+						(target == null || Dungeon.level.trueDistance(pos, ch.pos) < Dungeon.level.trueDistance(pos, target.pos))){
 					target = ch;
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/levels/traps/PoisonDartTrap.java b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/levels/traps/PoisonDartTrap.java
index c4d48fe4d..2b878fcd3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/levels/traps/PoisonDartTrap.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/levels/traps/PoisonDartTrap.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class PoisonDartTrap extends Trap {
 			for (Char ch : Actor.chars()){
 				Ballistica bolt = new Ballistica(pos, ch.pos, Ballistica.PROJECTILE);
 				if (bolt.collisionPos == ch.pos &&
-						(target == null || Dungeon.level.distNoDiag(pos, ch.pos) < Dungeon.level.distNoDiag(pos, target.pos))){
+						(target == null || Dungeon.level.trueDistance(pos, ch.pos) < Dungeon.level.trueDistance(pos, target.pos))){
 					target = ch;
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/levels/traps/WornDartTrap.java b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/levels/traps/WornDartTrap.java
index eb913f883..4150158dc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/levels/traps/WornDartTrap.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/levels/traps/WornDartTrap.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class WornDartTrap extends Trap {
 			for (Char ch : Actor.chars()){
 				Ballistica bolt = new Ballistica(pos, ch.pos, Ballistica.PROJECTILE);
 				if (bolt.collisionPos == ch.pos &&
-						(target == null || Dungeon.level.distNoDiag(pos, ch.pos) < Dungeon.level.distNoDiag(pos, target.pos))){
+						(target == null || Dungeon.level.trueDistance(pos, ch.pos) < Dungeon.level.trueDistance(pos, target.pos))){
 					target = ch;
 				}
 			}