Spitball Infector

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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 called the "Spitballer" by the dwarves) is a hostile Creature found on Hoxxes IV. 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.

Combat

The Spitball Infector is a completely immobile enemy and is spawned via cave creation, meaning that the only Infectors seen in a mission are those which can be discovered, and 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 Infector will unfurl itself into its base height - in this state is it easily amongst the biggest creatures in the game. Once an Infector wakes up it will not go back to sleep.

The creature compensates for its immobility with a somewhat large health pool and a very deadly attack, that being to fire acidic globs. It telegraphs this attack by swelling up for a second and then spewing the glob at the nearest dwarf. These globs have unlimited range, as does the Infector's capacity for aiming them. When an Infector swells up it conceals its weakspots slightly by sucking them inwards, making them harder to hit. The Infector 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 weapon fire.

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

Attacks

• Acid Mortar: The Spitball Infector fires a large green glob from its mouth, causing massive area damage.

Acid Mortar

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		12.5	17.5	30	50	70	105	140		30	37.5		57.5	70	75
		12.5	20	32.5	53.75	75	112.5	150		32.5	40		61.25	75	80
		12.5	22.5	35	57.5	80	120	160		35	42.5		65	80	85
		12.5	25	37.5	62.5	85	127.5	170		37.5	45		70	85	90
Details
Damage Type		Poison + Explosive					Radius: 2 m Maximum Damage Radius: 1.5 m Minimum Area Damage: 20 %

Gallery

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  Sleeping Spitball Infector render.
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  Acid Mortar.
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  Spitball Infectors can occasionally spawn in the air. What actually happens here is post-generation of terrain and enemies, the terrain is destroyed by being detached, leaving the Infector floating, as seen in this screenshot.