Carnivorous Larva

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Carnivorous Larva
Species	Other
Location
Biome	All
Missions with Mutator	Parasites Warning
Basic Information
Attacks	Suicide Jump
Health	10 base (Common Scaling)
Status Immunity
On Fire Immunity	No
Freeze Immunity	Partial
Electrocution Immunity	No
Stun and Freeze
Stun Duration	× 1
Stun Immunity Window	0 s
Stun Pause Logic	No
Freeze Pause Logic	No
Fear
Fear Immunity	No
courage	0
Aggro
Ignore Pheromone Aggro	No
Ignore L.U.R.E. Aggro	No
Movement
Movement Speed	3 m/s
Movement Speed	3 m/s
Fear Speed mult.	× 1.5
Fear Speed mult.	× 1.5
Acceleration	5 m/s2
Acceleration	5 m/s2
Deceleration	2 m/s2
Deceleration	2 m/s2
Pathfinder Type	Walk
Pathfinder Type	Walk
Pathfinder Preference	None
Pathfinder Preference	None
Strafe Speed	1.5 m/s
Strafe Speed	1.5 m/s
Max. Strafe Distance	2 m
Max. Strafe Distance	2 m
Effective Temperature
Max. eTemp.	100 °
Max. eTemp.	100 °
Min. eTemp.	-50 °
Min. eTemp.	-50 °
Burn eTemp.	30 °
Burn eTemp.	30 °
Freeze eTemp.	-50 °
Freeze eTemp.	-50 °
Douse Fire eTemp.	0 °
Douse Fire eTemp.	0 °
Unfreeze eTemp.	0 °
Unfreeze eTemp.	0 °
Cooling Rate	10 °/s
Cooling Rate	10 °/s
Warming Rate	10 °/s
Warming Rate	10 °/s
Die if On Fire	Yes
Die if On Fire	Yes
Warming Cooldown	2 s
Warming Cooldown	2 s
On Fire Heat Range	1.5 m
On Fire Heat Range	1.5 m
Max. Cold Slowown	25%
Max. Cold Slowown	25%
Update Time	1 s
Update Time	1 s
Die If Frozen	No
Die If Frozen	No
Temp. Change Scale	÷ 1
Temp. Change Scale	÷ 1
Frozen Damage Bonus	× 3
Frozen Damage Bonus	× 3

“

It's everyone for themselves on Hoxxes, and life is cheap. Whatever foul mind dreamt up these things is truly deranged, though. These invasive larvae will burrow into practically anything biological given half a chance, and will multiply aggressively once they do find a nice nest. Take out the carriers and larvae themselves with extreme prejudice. The stories we've heard from our predecessors on Hoxxes are not for children.

— Miner's Manual Description

The Carnivorous Larva, also known as Parasite, is a hostile creature found during missions in any region with the Parasites Warning. These tiny enemies burst out of killed bugs and flail around, gnashing at the Dwarves.

The HP of the Larva is not linked with its host, meaning that overkilling the host will not kill the Larvae along with the host.

Combat

When killing a medium or larger enemy, a pile of blackish goo will form, and some Larvae will spawn in a group (1-3 for a medium enemy, 3-5 for larger) and leap out of the goo. After landing again, they slither rapidly towards their target. Larvae attack by leaping at a target to deal contact damage, as well as exploding on contact to deal additional damage in a small area.

Health and Armor

Effective Health Scaling		Hazard Level
		Normal Mission						DD			EDD
		1	2	3	4	5		3	3.5		4.5	5	5.5
Player Count	to	7	10	11	12	12		11	11		12	12	12

Attacks

Suicide Jump

Direct Attack
Damage Amount		Hazard Level
		Normal Mission						DD			EDD
		1	2	3	4	5		3	3.5		4.5	5	5.5
Player Count		1	1.4	2.4	4	5.6		2.4	3		4.6	5.6	6
		1	1.6	2.6	4.3	6		2.6	3.2		4.9	6	6.4
		1	1.8	2.8	4.6	6.4		2.8	3.4		5.2	6.4	6.8
		1	2	3	5	6.8		3	3.6		5.6	6.8	7.2
Details
Damage Type		Poison
AoE Attack
Area Damage		Hazard Level
		Normal Mission						DD			EDD
		1	2	3	4	5		3	3.5		4.5	5	5.5
Player Count		4	5.6	9.6	16	22.4		9.6	12		18.4	22.4	24
		4	6.4	10.4	17.2	24		10.4	12.8		19.6	24	25.6
		4	7.2	11.2	18.4	25.6		11.2	13.6		20.8	25.6	27.2
		4	8	12	20	27.2		12	14.4		22.4	27.2	28.8
Details
Damage Type		Poison			Radius: 1 m Maximum Damage Radius: 0.5 m Minimum Area Damage: 25 %

Trivia

• Although Larvae will spawn when killing a Glyphid Bulk Detonator or Glyphid Crassus Detonator, they are not fast enough to avoid the Detonator's death explosion and will always die.