Spitball Infector

OverviewCreatures Stationary Spitballer

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Spitball Infector
Species	Other
Location
Biome	All
Spawn Pool	Stationary Enemy
Spawn Restriction	Can only spawn at map creation
Basic Information
Attacks	Acid Mortar
Health	800 base (Special Scaling)
Weaknesses
weakpoint	Bulbs: ×2 multiplier
Armor	Blue base: Damage × 0
Resistance	-100%
Creature Model
Caption	Weakpoint Unbreakable Armor
Status Immunity
On Fire Immunity	No
Freeze Immunity	No
Electrocution Immunity	No
Fear
Fear Immunity	Yes
courage	0
Aggro
Ignore Pheromone Aggro	Yes
Ignore L.U.R.E. Aggro	Yes
Effective Temperature
Max. eTemp.	100 °
Max. eTemp.	100 °
Min. eTemp.	-50 °
Min. eTemp.	-50 °
Burn eTemp.	30 °
Burn eTemp.	30 °
Freeze eTemp.	-50 °
Freeze eTemp.	-50 °
Douse Fire eTemp.	0 °
Douse Fire eTemp.	0 °
Unfreeze eTemp.	0 °
Unfreeze eTemp.	0 °
Cooling Rate	10 °/s
Cooling Rate	10 °/s
Warming Rate	10 °/s
Warming Rate	10 °/s
Die if On Fire	No
Die if On Fire	No
Warming Cooldown	2 s
Warming Cooldown	2 s
On Fire Heat Range	1.5 m
On Fire Heat Range	1.5 m
Max. Cold Slowown	25%
Max. Cold Slowown	25%
Update Time	1 s
Update Time	1 s
Die If Frozen	No
Die If Frozen	No
Temp. Change Scale	÷ 1
Temp. Change Scale	÷ 1
Frozen Damage Bonus	× 3
Frozen Damage Bonus	× 3

“

The Spitball Infector has proved impossible to classify as either fauna or flora. What is known however, is that it does not appreciate visitors, and will fire volatile balls of corrosive bile at anything it deems an unwelcome guest once roused from slumber. Immobile and stuck to the cave floor by extensive root-like limbs, they should pose little threat to any experienced dwarf. That said, they should never be underestimated - they do pack a punch.

— Miner's Manual Description

The Spitball Infector (also known as the Spitballer by the Dwarves) is a hostile Creature on Hoxxes. It can be found in any region of the planet. A seemingly grey line between flora and fauna, the Spitball infector defies traditional classifications and is a hard creature to describe, other than that it is fully organic. The Spitballer's towering body is comprised of green "flesh", and it has a blue carapace on its base and head. It does not appear to have any organs besides its large, gaping mouth and two glowing bulbs on its body - one in its center (or neck) while the other on the back of its head. It can also make various grunting noises when waking or attacking.

The Spitballer is a completely immobile enemy and is spawned via level creation, meaning that the only Spitballers seen in a level are those which can be discovered, no more will spawn in once they are killed. They will always spawn rooted to the floor and are surrounded by "Infector Bulbs", purely cosmetic lumps of an organic material similar in color to the Infector itself. It starts out in a "sleeping" state, curled up in a ball. When approached or shot at, the Spitballer will unfurl itself into its base height - in this state is it easily amongst the biggest creatures in the game. Once a Spitballer wakes up it will not go back to sleep.

Its only attack is to fire acidic globs. It telegraphs this attack by swelling up for a second and then spewing the glob at the nearest Dwarf target. These globs have unlimited range, as does the Spitballer's capacity for aiming them. When a Spitballer swells up it conceals its weakspots slightly by sucking them inwards, making them harder to hit. The Spitballer will continue to fire these acid globs for as long as it lives, and has a visible target. The globs can be shot down with weapons fire.

Combat

Health and Armor

Effective Health Scaling		Hazard Level
		Normal Mission						DD			EDD
		1	2	3	4	5		3	3.5		4.5	5	5.5
Player Count		360	520	640	800	960		640	680		880	960	1040
		440	600	720	800	960		720	760		880	960	1040
		560	720	800	960	1120		800	880		1040	1120	1200
		680	800	880	1040	1200		880	960		1120	1200	1280

Attacks

The Spitballer's only attack is to spit globs of acid at players.

Acid Mortar

Projectile
Damage Amount		Hazard Level
		Normal Mission						DD			EDD
		1	2	3	4	5		3	3.5		4.5	5	5.5
Player Count		5	7	12	20	28		12	15		23	28	30
		5	8	13	21.5	30		13	16		24.5	30	32
		5	9	14	23	32		14	17		26	32	34
		5	10	15	25	34		15	18		28	34	36
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		12.5	17.5	30	50	70		30	37.5		57.5	70	75
		12.5	20	32.5	53.75	75		32.5	40		61.25	75	80
		12.5	22.5	35	57.5	80		35	42.5		65	80	85
		12.5	25	37.5	62.5	85		37.5	45		70	85	90
Details
Damage Type		Explosive			Radius: 2 m Maximum Damage Radius: 1.5 m Minimum Area Damage: 20 %

Gallery

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  Sleeping Spitballer render

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  Acid Mortar

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  Spitballers can occasionally appear to spawn in the air. What actually happens here is post-generation of terrain and enemies, the terrain is destroyed by being detached, leaving the spitballer floating, as seen in this screenshot.