Rival Patrol Bot

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Rival Patrol Bot

Species

Rival Tech

Location

Biome

All

Missions with Mutator

Rival Presence Warning

Spawn Restriction

Spawn in Industrial Sabotage Missions.
Spawned by Caretaker and Prospector Drone.

Basic Information

Attacks

Plasma Laser Shot
Focus Shot
Missile Attack

Health

900 base (Special Scaling)

Weaknesses

weakpoint

Head: ×3 multiplier

Resistance

 -100%

 -30%

 -200%

 100%

 -100%

Creature Model

Caption

Weakpoint

Status Immunity

On Fire Immunity

No

Freeze Immunity

No

Electrocution Immunity

No

Mov. Speed Penalty Reduction

0%

Stun and Freeze

Stun Duration

× 0

Stun Immunity Window

0 s

Stun Pause Logic

No

Freeze Pause Logic

No

Fear

Fear Immunity

yes

courage

0

Aggro

Ignore Pheromone Aggro

No

Ignore L.U.R.E. Aggro

No

Movement

Movement Speed

Fear Speed mult.

8 m/s

× 1.5

Acceleration

Deceleration

5.1 m/s²

1.7 m/s²

Pathfinder Type

Pathfinder Preference

Fly

None

Strafe Speed

Max. Strafe Distance

3 m/s

0 m

Effective Temperature

Max. eTemp.

Min. eTemp.

250 °

-375 °

Burn eTemp.

Freeze eTemp.

250 °

-375 °

Douse Fire eTemp.

Unfreeze eTemp.

0 °

-325 °

Cooling Rate

Warming Rate

20 °/s

40 °/s

Die if On Fire

Warming Cooldown

Yes

1 s

On Fire Heat Range

Max. Cold Slowown

1.5 m

10%

Update Time

Die If Frozen

1 s

No

Temp. Change Scale

Frozen Damage Bonus

÷ 0.4

× 3

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The Patrol Bot is a defensive drone from a Rival Company, with versatile traversal options in combat covering both ground and air. It shoots a plasma laser from the particle accelerator placed inside its "head" - which is also its weakspot. Its metal exterior makes this a durable, tough enemy, but the firewall protecting its AI software is easy to bypass, making it a perfect target for your state-of-the-art Hacking Device.

— Miner's Manual Description

The Rival Patrol Bot is a hostile enemy found on Hoxxes IV. It has very distinct circuitry lining across its body, with the glowing orange circuitry being most noticeable on its "head". The head has a barrel on the front of it which is used to deliver shots. The body structure consists of several rings in the middle, a sphere used for ground movement and legs similar to the M.U.L.E.’s, but with small engines, used for flight.

The Patrol Bot only appears in Industrial Sabotage missions, missions with the Rival Presence mutator and missions containing a Prospector Drone, a Prospector Data Deposit and/or a Rival Communications Router.

Combat

The Patrol Bot is fairly mobile and will fly up to attack dwarves like a Mactera Spawn. It alternates between bursts of fire and aiming single fire shots at players from its head turret. If damaged enough it will fly around erratically and reposition itself. It is capable of using the sphere under it to perform a quick evasive roll across the ground.

If the killing blow is landed on the Patrol Bot's head, the head will combust, and the Patrol Bot's body will drop to the ground and roll around randomly, exploding after a short delay (unless it becomes hackable).

When its health is depleted, there is a chance the Patrol Bot will cease combat and float to the ground, the orange circuitry on its head turning white while emitting a greenish glow. If this happens, players have 30 seconds to use their Hacking Device to hack it and turn it into an ally. In this state, it will fly around and target enemies. Should it remain unhacked for longer than 30 seconds, the Patrol Bot will explode and die. Patrol Bots spawned by the Caretaker cannot become hackable.

A hacked Patrol Bot is always airborne and can only attack using its Focus Shot. Even though its airborne nature gives it a great advantage against most enemies, it still has health and can be destroyed - which is pertinent since ranged enemies such as Macteras, hostile Patrol Bots or stationary Rival turrets will prioritize hacked Patrol Bots over the dwarves. In addition, a hacked Patrol Bot constantly loses health at a slow rate, which naturally limits its lifespan.

There is no hard limit to how many allied Patrol Bots there can be at the same time during a mission, but the more of them the team has, the lower the chances are that another Patrol Bot will become hackable.

Health and Armor

The Patrol Bot possesses a high health pool and is extremely resistant to poison damage, the only weakpoint being its head, which can often be difficult to hit due to the Patrol Bot's mobility. It also cannot be frozen, though it will still take damage from sources such as the Cryo Cannon.

Although it cannot be set on fire, the Patrol Bot will instantly die if its heat meter is filled.

Effective Health Scaling	Hazard Level
	Normal Mission					DD		EDD
	1	2	3	4	5	3	3.5	4.5	5	5.5
Player Count	405	585	720	900	1080	720	765	990	1080	1170
	495	675	810	900	1080	810	855	990	1080	1170
	630	810	900	1080	1260	900	990	1170	1260	1350
	765	900	990	1170	1350	990	1080	1260	1350	1440

Attacks

Bump: The Patrol Bot rams itself into a dwarf during its evasive roll.

Bump
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	3	4.2	7.2	12	16.8	7.2	9	13.8	16.8	18
	3	4.8	7.8	12.9	18	7.8	9.6	14.7	18	19.2
	3	5.4	8.4	13.8	19.2	8.4	10.2	15.6	19.2	20.4
	3	6	9	15	20.4	9	10.8	16.8	20.4	21.6
Details
Damage Type	Melee

Plasma Laser Shot: The Patrol Bot fires a quick burst of lasers at dwarves, commonly in conjunction with its evasive roll.

Plasma Laser Shot
Projectile
Damage Amount	Hazard Level
	Normal Mission					DD		EDD
	1	2	3	4	5	3	3.5	4.5	5	5.5
Player Count	2	2.8	4.8	8	11.2	4.8	6	9.2	11.2	12
	2	3.2	5.2	8.6	12	5.2	6.4	9.8	12	12.8
	2	3.6	5.6	9.2	12.8	5.6	6.8	10.4	12.8	13.6
	2	4	6	10	13.6	6	7.2	11.2	13.6	14.4
Details
Damage Type	Kinetic

Focus Shot: Similar to the Sniper Turret, the Patrol Bot takes aim at a dwarf using an orange laser before firing a singular high precision area-damaging shot. The Patrol Bot's variation of this attack is relatively stronger, though shorter in range compared to the Sniper Turret. The Patrol Bot can only use this attack while airborne.

Focus Shot
Projectile
Damage Amount	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	Kinetic

AoE Projectile
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	Explosive			Radius: 1.5 m Maximum Damage Radius: 1 m Minimum Area Damage: 50 %

Missile Attack: The Patrol Bot fires a volley of 4 homing missiles at the dwarves. These missiles can be destroyed in midair if enough damage is dealt. The Patrol Bot can only use this attack while airborne and is immobile while doing so.

Missile Attack
Projectile
Damage Amount	Hazard Level
	Normal Mission					DD		EDD
	1	2	3	4	5	3	3.5	4.5	5	5.5
Player Count	1.5	2.1	3.6	6	8.4	3.6	4.5	6.9	8.4	9
	1.5	2.4	3.9	6.45	9	3.9	4.8	7.35	9	9.6
	1.5	2.7	4.2	6.9	9.6	4.2	5.1	7.8	9.6	10.2
	1.5	3	4.5	7.5	10.2	4.5	5.4	8.4	10.2	10.8
Details
Damage Type	Typless

AoE Projectile
Area Damage	Hazard Level
	Normal Mission					DD		EDD
	1	2	3	4	5	3	3.5	4.5	5	5.5
Player Count	1.5	2.1	3.6	6	8.4	3.6	4.5	6.9	8.4	9
	1.5	2.4	3.9	6.45	9	3.9	4.8	7.35	9	9.6
	1.5	2.7	4.2	6.9	9.6	4.2	5.1	7.8	9.6	10.2
	1.5	3	4.5	7.5	10.2	4.5	5.4	8.4	10.2	10.8
Details
Damage Type	Explosive			Radius: 1 m Maximum Damage Radius: 0.5 m Minimum Area Damage: 25 %