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Plaguehearts are a bonus item introduced with the Season 03: Plaguefall update. For every 6 Plaguehearts collected 1 can be claimed at the Season Terminal on the Space Rig, up to a maximum of 15 , so long as seasons 3 or 4 were active when collected. When deposited, they will give 300  (Performance Points) to the team upon mission completion (85  if the mission is failed) regardless of which season is active, also rewarded with 250  per heart, which is multiplied by the Hazard Bonus.

If a mission is failed, as long as the Plaguehearts were deposited, players will still be able to claim their Scrip progression, as well as some of the experience and credits they grant.

Events

Three types of events can randomly happen during missions: Meteor Impacts, Rockpox Corruptors and Meteor Showers. The game rolls for them in two ways. It will roll once for a meteor impact or a corruptor with 25% to 33% chance depending on missions length. If successful, it will choose one or the other with a 50% chance. It will also try for a meteor shower with 25% to 33% chance depending on missions length, making those possible in conjunction with the other events.

Impacts can open Dreadnought eggs during Elimination, or damage the Drilldozer during Escort Duty.

Meteor Impact

“	Heads up, team! A meteor is about to impact your area! Clear the impact zone, immediately!
	— Mission Control

Impact of a Lithophage meteorite

The Meteor Impact event can randomly happen once to twice in any mission, barring those with the Lithophage Outbreak warning. It will kill anything in the impact zone with diminished damage to the dwarves the further of the center and turn the surface around it into hot rock.

After the crash, two Rock Cracker pods can be called down and connected to the meteorite. Once started, the machines will deplete the meteorite's integrity (shown as a bar along the top of the screen) and will need maintenance and protection as they attract waves of creatures. Note that it is slightly more efficient to fix the pods before they fall to 0% "health" than to fix them up from a broken state.

Upon completion, the meteor explodes, revealing 3 to 4 Plaguehearts inside. Mission Control will give a response when all Plaguehearts from the meteorite are deposited.

Meteor Impact Event (Large Meteor)

Impact Damage	Death Explosion
Area Damage: 2250 Melee Damage Radius: 22m Max Damage Radius: 7m Minimum Damage: 10% Friendly Fire: 10%	Area Damage: 2500 Explosive Damage Radius: 30m Max Damage Radius: 30m Friendly Fire: 0%

 •  The objective is to crack the Lithophage meteorite.

Meteor Shower

“	Lithophage meteorite fragments are about to impact in your vicinity! Stay alert!
	— Mission Control

Impact of Lithophage meteorite fragments

The Meteor Shower event can randomly happen once to twice in any mission. 4 to 7 fragments will arrive, killing everything in the impact zone and turning the surface around them into hot rock.

After the crash, they can be cracked open with 5 pickaxe hits. One of the fragments is guaranteed to have 1 Plagueheart inside; the rest of them have a 2% chance of having one.

Unlike the larger impact event, meteor showers can happen in missions with the Lithophage Outbreak warning.

Meteor Fragment

Impact Damage
Area Damage: 1500 Kinetic Damage Radius: 8m Max Damage Radius: 2m Minimum Damage: 15% Friendly Fire: 15%

 •  The objective is to crack the Lithophage meteorite fragments.

Rockpox Corruptor

“	Cleansing Pod is on-site! Direct all of your focus to the Lithophage Corruptor, Team!
	— Dwarf Shout

A Rockpox Corruptor being cleansed

The Rockpox Corruptor has a 50% chance to replace a Meteor Impact whenever one happens. It's a hostile roaming creature that slowly wanders around leaving a trail of Rockpox infested terrain, which is capable of spawning Rockpox Larvae.

When located, a Cleansing Pod can be called by interacting with it. Similar to the Lithophage Outbreak mutator, it is necessary to apply foam on the creature's yellow Rockpox boils and then vacuum. When repeated, this process destroys plates of heavy armor, allowing players to start dealing damage. When first hit with the cleansing tools, its boss healthbar appears, and it begins to occasionally attack players. Its initial attack is a telegraphed AoE slam. Eventually it adds a second attack where it sends out a sequence of three damaging Rockpox tendrils that travel along the ground toward players.

Beneath each heavy armor plate is a blue x5 weakpoint that has 160 base health. When broken, each weakpoint deals additional damage to the Corruptor, sufficient to kill it if all three weakpoints are destroyed.

When eliminated, it drops multiple Plaguehearts for collection.

 •  The objective is to eliminate the Rockpox Corruptor.

Rockpox Corruptor

Effective Health Scaling		Hazard Level
		Normal Mission
		1	2	3	4	5	TE 1	TE 2
Player Count		3240	4680	5760	7200	8640	12960	15120
		3960	5400	6480	7200	8640	12960	15120
		5040	6480	7200	8640	10080	15120	17640
		6120	7200	7920	9360	10800	16200	18900

The Rockpox Corruptor has 50% Kinetic resistance, 50% Explosive resistance, and 70% Electric resistance.

Slam

AoE 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		17.5	24.5	42	70	98	147	196		42	52.5		80.5	98	105
		17.5	28	45.5	75.25	105	157.5	210		45.5	56		85.75	105	112
		17.5	31.5	49	80.5	112	168	224		49	59.5		91	112	119
		17.5	35	52.5	87.5	119	178.5	238		52.5	63		98	119	126
Details
Damage Type		Melee					Radius: 5 m Maximum Damage Radius: 3 m Minimum Area Damage: 40 %

Subterranean Tendrils

AoE 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		9	12.6	21.6	36	50.4	75.6	100.8		21.6	27		41.4	50.4	54
		9	14.4	23.4	38.7	54	81	108		23.4	28.8		44.1	54	57.6
		9	16.2	25.2	41.4	57.6	86.4	115.2		25.2	30.6		46.8	57.6	61.2
		9	18	27	45	61.2	91.8	122.4		27	32.4		50.4	61.2	64.8
Details
Damage Type		Melee					Radius: 1.2 m Maximum Damage Radius: 0.7 m Minimum Area Damage: 50 %
Status Effect		+28% Rockpox Infection Progress every 0.8s for 0.7s

Trivia

• Season 04: Critical Corruption added the Rockpox Corruptor encounter.