Mactera Grabber

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The Mactera Grabber is among the most aggressive of the Mactera, seeking to swoop in unseen and rapidly scoop up an unsuspecting victim in its long, clawed limbs, only then to drop them from a great height onto the rocks below. Somehow this behavior is more endearing when performed by terrestrial birds, using nuts. Many employees report a spectacular hatred for this particular breed, and with good reason - dwarves are not nuts!
— Miner's Manual Description

The Mactera Grabber is a hostile creature found on Hoxxes IV. It can be located on every region of the planet.

It is a member of the Mactera family, a species of flying enemies who make use of evasive hit-and-run tactics. The Grabber features the same impressively large wings found on other Macteras, but its eight limbs are much more developed compared to the others, somewhat resembling a spider given the amount and the formation on the Grabber's body. Unlike most creatures on Hoxxes, it has visible eyes, which glow in the dark as it flies around.

Combat

The Mactera Grabber's only attack is to grab a dwarf and steal them away. It does not feature any direct attacks such as melee or projectiles. In its idle state, the Grabber flies around with its limbs hanging in a relaxed manner. There is a grace period that prevents grabbing of players for 5 seconds after they are revived, and during the first 3 seconds after the Grabber spawns.

Once the Grabber chooses a target, it raises its limbs and flies toward the target, making loud screeching noises which can clearly be heard even above other creature sounds - this serves as a warning to the dwarves that a Grabber is on approach. Upon contact, the target will be instantly grabbed.

A grabbed player is incapable of taking any action. Similar to a Cave Leech or a Nayaka Trawler, captured dwarves must rely on their teammates to break them free. It is possible to shout for help with the [Shout] key (default X) while grabbed, and the player's class portrait will glow green while grabbed.

While holding a player, the Mactera Grabber attempts to carry them away, and flies around randomly with the captive dwarf until they find a high place to drop the dwarf to their doom. The potential fall damage taken from being dropped from extreme heights can often be lethal, but if a Grabber cannot find a height suitable enough to do lethal damage, it will drop the dwarf at random after about fifteen to twenty seconds. Compounding this, a grabbed dwarf can still be freely attacked by other creatures while the Grabber itself remains unharmed.

Once its prey is released, the Grabber returns to an idle hover until it chooses a new target.

It is possible to break a dwarf free early by dealing 25 damage (affected by scaling) to the Mactera Grabber within any 4 second window, which will force it to release the dwarf and fly away quickly with a distinctive shriek. Alternatively, damage inflicted before the Grabber successfully grabs its target will also cause it to cancel its approach and flee. Once it flees, it will soon choose another target to grab.

The Mactera Grabber can be attracted by a L.U.R.E. and will attempt to pick it up, but is unable to do so. It will instead hover over the L.U.R.E. until the hologram expires.

Players can break free from the Grabber by using the Heightened Senses perk (should they have at least one use remaining), killing the Grabber in the process. It is also possible to escape by grabbing a nearby zipline.

Health and Armor

Effective

Health Scaling

Hazard Level
Normal Mission Icons Difficulty ToughEnemies.png DD EDD
1 2 3 4 5 TE 1

TE 2

3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5
Player Count Dwarfcount1.png 225 325 400 500 600 900 1050 400 425 550 600 650
Dwarfcount2.png 275 375 450 500 600 900 1050 450 475 550 600 650
Dwarfcount3.png 350 450 500 600 700 1050 1225 500 550 650 700 750
Dwarfcount4.png 425 500 550 650 750 1125 1312.5 550 600 700 750 800

Attacks


Elite Variant

The Elite Mactera Grabber is the elite version of the regular Mactera Grabber. Like all Elite enemies, the Elite Mactera Grabber looks almost identical to its regular counterparts; being only distinguished by its aura of distinct vertical red lines with the words 'elite' above their healthbar when scanned and looked at.

Attacks

Elite Mactera Grabbers are incredibly dangerous due to both its increased health and resistance allowing the Grabbers to tank enough damage to snatch an unsuspecting or even suspecting player away from a team. The Elite variant also has a faster movement speed, giving players less time to react.


Effective

Health Scaling

Hazard Level
Normal Mission Icons Difficulty ToughEnemies.png DD EDD
1 2 3 4 5 TE 1

TE 2

3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5
Player Count Dwarfcount1.png 600 900 900 1100 1300 1950 2275 900 950 1150 1300 1350
Dwarfcount2.png 750 1100 1100 1100 1300 1950 2275 1100 1150 1150 1300 1350
Dwarfcount3.png 850 1100 1300 1300 1500 2250 2625 1300 1350 1350 1500 1550
Dwarfcount4.png 1100 1300 1300 1500 1650 2475 2887.5 1300 1350 1550 1650 1700

Sound Effects

Mactera Grabber Sound Effects
Sound Variation Audio
Scream 1
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3


Gallery

Trivia

  • The sound effect for the Grabber is said to have came from a bird.