diff --git a/src/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/levels/Level.java b/src/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/levels/Level.java
index 43d5b7d62..4aeed0e12 100644
--- a/src/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/levels/Level.java
+++ b/src/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/levels/Level.java
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ public abstract class Level implements Bundlable {
 					Mob mob = Bestiary.mutable( Dungeon.depth );
 					mob.state = mob.WANDERING;
 					mob.pos = randomRespawnCell();
-					if (Dungeon.hero.isAlive() && mob.pos != -1) {
+					if (Dungeon.hero.isAlive() && mob.pos != -1 && distance(Dungeon.hero.pos, mob.pos) >= 4) {
 						GameScene.add( mob );
 						if (Statistics.amuletObtained) {
 							mob.beckon( Dungeon.hero.pos );