Glyphid Dreadnought Hiveguard

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The Dreadnought Hiveguard is an interrupted progression in the Dreadnought metamorphosis. Currently R&D is not in agreement on what the final form would be like but everyone agrees that it is bad enough. Besides its own attacks, the Hiveguard is able to summon reinforcements to aid it in battle. Previously unknown to us, these new Glyphids have been dubbed the Sentinels and they are very mobile and aggressive. The Hiveguard is slower than the basic Dreadnought but it has even better survivability, exposing its vulnerable areas only occasionally and being completely immune to damage at all other times. Engage with extreme caution and plenty of ammunition.

— Miner's Manual Description

The Glyphid Dreadnought Hiveguard is a hostile boss Creature encountered on Hoxxes. It has a 1 in 3 chance to spawn when the first Glyphid Cocoon is broken in the Elimination gamemode, and a 1 in 2 chance for each subsequent cocoon, unless it was spawned by the previous cocoon. It will begin attacking the Dwarves once it spawns. It also has a very rare chance to spawn in place of a Swarm in Mining Expedition, Point Extraction, and On-Site Refining mission types.

The Hiveguard has a very spiky appearance, with a unique feature of dual claws on each front leg. It is slightly larger than the standard Dreadnought, and has 4 huge teeth as part of its mouth.

Similarly to its other Dreadnought counterparts, the Hiveguard is heavily armored and has a variety of means to combat the Dwarves. However, it differs in the fact that it is not nearly as aggressive or fast, but features a larger number of obstacles that the Dwarves must deal with in order to damage its main health pool. These obstacles include a sizeable number of hostile minions called Glyphid Sentinels that assist the Hiveguard in combat.

Combat

The Hiveguard itself has a few basic combat moves including Slash and Bite, along with some ranged attacks. Its Fire Mortar launches a damaging fireball toward its target in an arc, while the Rock Burst creates several explosive rocks that are launched radially outward. As with the regular Dreadnought variant, the Hiveguard is capable of digging through terrain in order to reach the Dwarves more easily. Also like the other Dreadnoughts, the Hiveguard takes 2.67x damage when frozen unlike most other enemies taking 3x.

When it spawns, the Hiveguard soon roars and and summons several Glyphid Sentinels to attack the Dwarves. Sentinels are slightly faster than a Glyphid Grunt and are intermediate in size and health between a Grunt and a Glyphid Praetorian. Their melee attacks affect an AOE, and they are also able to dig through terrain. Sentinels spread a temporary pool of sticky goo when killed, which slows players caught in it.

Once all the Sentinels have been killed, the Hiveguard roars and exposes three glowing protrusions that can be attacked. During this phase, it also gains x1.4 movement speed, and its Fire Mortar Attack changes to shoot a rapid barrage of three projectiles instead of just one.

After all three protrusions have been destroyed, the Hiveguard stops moving (though it can still turn in place) and produces a distinctive roar. Its rear armor shell opens to reveal its main abdomen, which allows its main health pool to be attacked. This phase is also when the Rock Burst attack is used. The abdomen's shell closes back up after a certain amount of time has passed or a certain amount of damage has been dealt, at which point the Hiveguard summons another group of Sentinels, thus repeating the cycle of three phases.

The Hiveguard targets one player at a time, switching targets at semi-regular intervals. A new target is picked randomly, but the choice is affected by distance from the dreadnought to potential targets and by how many other creatures are attacking them. There is no explicit "aggro" meter that players can directly affect.

Health and Armor

Dreadnought Hiveguard

Effective Health Scaling		Hazard Level
		Normal Mission								DD			EDD
		1	2	3	4	5	TE 1	TE 2		3	3.5		4.5	5	5.5
Player Count		1000	1500	2500	3500	3750	5625	6562.5		2500	3000		3500	3750	3750
		2000	2000	2750	3750	4000	6000	7000		2750	3250		3750	4000	4000
		3000	3500	4500	5000	6000	9000	10500		4500	4750		5500	6000	6000
		4000	5000	6000	8000	8500	12750	14875		6000	7000		8000	8000	8500

Glyphid Sentinel

Effective Health Scaling		Hazard Level
		Normal Mission								DD			EDD
		1	2	3	4	5	TE 1	TE 2		3	3.5		4.5	5	5.5
Player Count		202.5	292.5	360	450	540	810	945		360	382.5		495	540	585
		247.5	337.5	405	450	540	810	945		405	427.5		495	540	585
		315	405	450	540	630	945	1102.5		450	495		585	630	675
		382.5	450	495	585	675	1012.5	1181.25		495	540		630	675	720

Protrusions

During one of the fight stages, the Hiveguard will expose 3 protrusions that has a 50% resistance to Area damage.

Effective Health Scaling		Hazard Level
		Normal Mission								DD			EDD
		1	2	3	4	5	TE 1	TE 2		3	3.5		4.5	5	5.5
Player Count		40	60	100	140	150	225	262.5		100	120		140	150	150
		80	80	110	150	160	240	280		110	130		150	160	160
		120	140	180	200	240	360	420		180	190		220	240	240
		160	200	240	320	340	510	595		240	280		320	320	340

Attacks

Dreadnought Hiveguard

Bite

AoE Melee Attack
Area Damage		Hazard Level
		Normal Mission								DD			EDD
		1	2	3	4	5	PV 1	PV 2		3	3.5		4.5	5	5.5
Player Count		12.5	17.5	30	50	70	105	140		30	37.5		57.5	70	75
		12.5	20	32.5	53.75	75	112.5	150		32.5	40		61.25	75	80
		12.5	22.5	35	57.5	80	120	160		35	42.5		65	80	85
		12.5	25	37.5	62.5	85	127.5	170		37.5	45		70	85	90
Details
Damage Type		Melee					Radius: 2.5 m Maximum Damage Radius: 2 m Minimum Area Damage: 50 %

Fire Mortar

AoE Projectile
Area Damage		Hazard Level
		Normal Mission								DD			EDD
		1	2	3	4	5	PV 1	PV 2		3	3.5		4.5	5	5.5
Player Count		10	14	24	40	56	84	112		24	30		46	56	60
		10	16	26	43	60	90	120		26	32		49	60	64
		10	18	28	46	64	96	128		28	34		52	64	68
		10	20	30	50	68	102	136		30	36		56	68	72
Details
Damage Type		Explosive + Fire					Radius: 2.5 m Maximum Damage Radius: 1.5 m Minimum Area Damage: 20 %

Rock Burst

Projectile
Damage Amount		Hazard Level
		Normal Mission								DD			EDD
		1	2	3	4	5	PV 1	PV 2		3	3.5		4.5	5	5.5
Player Count		5	7	12	20	28	42	56		12	15		23	28	30
		5	8	13	21.5	30	45	60		13	16		24.5	30	32
		5	9	14	23	32	48	64		14	17		26	32	34
		5	10	15	25	34	51	68		15	18		28	34	36
Details
Damage Type		Kinetic
AoE Projectile
Area Damage		Hazard Level
		Normal Mission								DD			EDD
		1	2	3	4	5	PV 1	PV 2		3	3.5		4.5	5	5.5
Player Count		25	35	60	100	140	210	280		60	75		115	140	150
		25	40	65	107.5	150	225	300		65	80		122.5	150	160
		25	45	70	115	160	240	320		70	85		130	160	170
		25	50	75	125	170	255	340		75	90		140	170	180
Details
Damage Type		Explosive					Radius: 1.2 m Maximum Damage Radius: 0.5 m Minimum Area Damage: 25 %

Glyphid Sentinel

Bite

AoE Melee Attack
Area Damage		Hazard Level
		Normal Mission								DD			EDD
		1	2	3	4	5	PV 1	PV 2		3	3.5		4.5	5	5.5
Player Count		10	14	24	40	56	84	112		24	30		46	56	60
		10	16	26	43	60	90	120		26	32		49	60	64
		10	18	28	46	64	96	128		28	34		52	64	68
		10	20	30	50	68	102	136		30	36		56	68	72
Details
Damage Type		Melee					Attack Radius: 1.5 m

Stab

AoE Melee Attack
Area Damage		Hazard Level
		Normal Mission								DD			EDD
		1	2	3	4	5	PV 1	PV 2		3	3.5		4.5	5	5.5
Player Count		7.5	10.5	18	30	42	63	84		18	22.5		34.5	42	45
		7.5	12	19.5	32.25	45	67.5	90		19.5	24		36.75	45	48
		7.5	13.5	21	34.5	48	72	96		21	25.5		39	48	51
		7.5	15	22.5	37.5	51	76.5	102		22.5	27		42	51	54
Details
Damage Type		Melee					Attack Radius: 1.5 m

Slash

AoE Melee Attack
Area Damage		Hazard Level
		Normal Mission								DD			EDD
		1	2	3	4	5	PV 1	PV 2		3	3.5		4.5	5	5.5
Player Count		7.5	10.5	18	30	42	63	84		18	22.5		34.5	42	45
		7.5	12	19.5	32.25	45	67.5	90		19.5	24		36.75	45	48
		7.5	13.5	21	34.5	48	72	96		21	25.5		39	48	51
		7.5	15	22.5	37.5	51	76.5	102		22.5	27		42	51	54
Details
Damage Type		Melee					Attack Radius: 1.5 m

Gallery

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  Hiveguard's Rock Burst (Rocks)
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  Hiveguard's Rock Burst (Explosion)
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  Hiveguard's Fire Mortar

Trivia

• This creature was added to the game in Update 33: New Frontiers.