Mactera Goo Bomber

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Frost

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The Mactera Bomber, the bloated, overweight cousin of the Mactera Spawn. It's a grotesque sack of flying slime, ponderously keeping itself aloft while only seeking to entrap any invaders in sickly, sticky goo before firing barbed, venomous darts at its stuck victims. Nothing good can be said about the Mactera Bomber, except for the fact that it has very obvious weak spots: The bulging and exposed slime sacks on its sides. Shoot these. Just...don't stand underneath when you do.

— Miner's Manual Description

The Mactera Goo Bomber is a hostile creature found on Hoxxes IV. It is found in every region of the planet (except in Glacial Strata, where it is replaced by the Mactera Frost Bomber).

A member of the Mactera family, the Mactera Goo Bomber is described by Miner's Manual as "bloated, overweight cousin of the Mactera Spawn". It can be distinguished from its brethren by the lack of jaw, larger wings, an over-developed abdomen with a pair of slime-filled sacs on either side, and four eyes in front of the head.

Combat

The Goo Bomber attacks by launching sticky goo at unsuspecting Dwarves, reducing their movement speed and leaving them vulnerable to attacks from other creatures. It will typically fly in a curved pattern, circling a potential target until it stops to begin its firing process.

The Goo Bomber is highly susceptible to damage from its two slime sacs, which serve as its critical weakpoints. Each sac can sustain a certain threshold of damage—depending on the mission's Hazard Level—before breaking, after which it will no longer serve as a weakpoint.

Upon dying, the Goo Bomber will swirl uncontrollably until it hits the ground, leaving behind a pool of sticky goo. This effect can be negated by ensuring all the slime sacs are destroyed.

Health and Armor

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		360	520	640	800	960	1440	1680		640	680		880	960	1040
		440	600	720	800	960	1440	1680		720	760		880	960	1040
		560	720	800	960	1120	1680	1960		800	880		1040	1120	1200
		680	800	880	1040	1200	1800	2100		880	960		1120	1200	1280

Breakable Weakpoints

The Mactera Goo Bomber possess 2 Sacs, unlike regular weakpoints, they are breakable.
The Sacs have a base health of 50 that scale with Hazard Level.

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	to	35	50	55	60	60	60	79.8		55	55		60	60	60

When it comes to dealing damage to break the weakpoints weakpoint damage don’t apply.
Any Area Damage can damage and potentially break them, which can be detrimental since they don’t benefit from weakpoint damage.
The CRSPR Flamethrower and the Cryo Cannon can’t damage breakable weakpoints.

Attacks

Blob Shot

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		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		Explosive					Radius: 0.8 m Maximum Damage Radius: 0.8 m Minimum Area Damage: 25 %

Goo Barrage moves forward releasing a trail of Goo.
Goo effect: ×0.3 Movement while in the Goo. The effect refresh every 1 s.

Variants

Glacial Strata Variant

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The Mactera have managed to find a niche for themselves even in the frigid permafrost layers of Hoxxes, and the Mactera Frost Bomber is one such adaptation. Rather than the sticky, hot mess left by its cousin, the Frost Bomber entraps you in freezing globs of rapidly hardening foam instead. It's theorized the foam is actually a mass of microscopic, burrowing larvae, but any organic activity within it ceases as soon as those covered in it return to normal temperatures.

— Miner's Manual Description

The Mactera Frost Bomber is a variant of the Mactera Goo Bomber exclusively found in the Glacial Strata. They appear nearly identical to Goo Bombers, but with blue colored body and eyes, and its slime sacs carry freezing foam instead of goo. They possess a higher resistance to frost damage, and are more resistant to being frozen, but are much weaker against fire damage.

Blob Shot

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		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		Explosive + Frost					Radius: 0.8 m Maximum Damage Radius: 0.8 m Minimum Area Damage: 25 %

Frost Barrage moves forward releasing a trail of freezing foam.
Freezing foam effect: ×0.35 Movement and 1.4 Cold /s while in the foam. The effect refresh every 0.25 s.

Gallery

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  Mactera Goo Bomber's Blob Shot
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  Goo Barrage
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  Goo Barrage with one sac remaining
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  Mactera Goo Bomber upon death with at least one sac remaining, leaving behind a trail of goo.
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  Trail of goo caused by the Mactera Goo Bomber's Goo Barrage.
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  Mactera Goo Bomber with both sacs destroyed, preventing it from using Goo Barrage.
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  Mactera Frost Bomber's Blob Shot
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  Impact of Mactera Frost Bomber's Blob Shot
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  Frost Barrage
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  Frost Barrage with one sac remaining
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  Mactera Frost Bomber upon death with at least one sac intact, leaving behind a trail of foam.
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  Mactera Frost Bomber with both sacs destroyed, preventing it from using Frost Barrage.

Trivia

• Although its Miner's Manual entry suggests the Goo Bomber being able to fire venomous darts, it never utilizes said attack during gameplay.