Glyphid Exploder

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Glyphid Exploder
Creature Details
Variant Name	Glyphid Exploder
Species	Glyphid
Biome	All
Category	Special Enemy
Combat
Attack(s)	Self-combustion
Base Health	20
Resistance(s)	None
Weakness(es)	Melee: 25%
Weakpoint	Mouth: ×2?
Weakpoint
Temperature
Hot	Cold
Burn T°C	Freeze T°C
10°	-10°
Douse Fire T°C	Unfreeze T°C
0°	0°
Cooling Rate	Warming Rate
6°/s	12°/s

Glyphid Exploder
Creature Details
Variant Name	Radioactive Glyphid Exploder
Species	Glyphid
Biome	Radioactive Exclusion Zone
Category	Special Enemy
Combat
Attack(s)	Irradiated Self-combustion
Base Health	20
Resistance(s)	None
Weakness(es)	Melee: 25%
Weakpoint	Mouth: ×2?
Weakpoint
Temperature
Hot	Cold
Burn T°C	Freeze T°C
10°	-10°
Douse Fire T°C	Unfreeze T°C
0°	0°
Cooling Rate	Warming Rate
6°/s	12°/s

“	The Glyphid Exploder is a curious and deadly beast, and R&D remain torn on the subject of whether their behavior is caused by an invasive pathogen or through natural evolution. Every inch of the Exploder's outer layers is covered in fragile bladders of highly volatile fluids. These fluids combust violently when mixed, meaning a close encounter can result in both 3rd degree burns from the resulting explosion, as well as severe laceration by chitin shrapnel. R&D heartily advises to take them out from a safe distance - it is well-known to attempt to rush intruders.	„
	~ Miner's Manual Description

The Glyphid Exploder is an explosive variant of the Glyphid Grunt with dark red skin and orange bulging tumors and veins which emit a slight glow. Exploders are much faster than most enemies and make little to no noise which they will often use to easily sneak up behind players and detonate before the player has time to react. The only recognizable noise they make is a distinct inflating and hissing sound they make before they explode. When an exploder gets close enough to a player or it takes enough damage, it will freeze in place and then detonate, leaving behind a crater coated in Slate or Hot Rock if in the Magma Core. Exploders have very little health, so they can be easily disposed of as they approach. Exploders always explode on death unless killed with a critical shot to the head or frozen before killed such as with a freezing weapon like the Cryo Cannon or the Cryo Grenade.

This creature has a Radioactive Exclusion Zone variant, which explodes into a cloud of radiation instead of making a normal explosion.

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	to	14	20	22	24	24		22	22		24	24	24

Attacks

The Glyhpid Exploder will move towards players at a run. Once they get within a certain radius, they will stop and make a sizzling sound, and explode. This deals a significant amount of damage, and explodes a patch of terrain leaving behind slag on all biomes besides Magma Core, where the explosion leaves behind hot rock in the place of slag. Body parts are also occasionally left over after the explosion.

Self-combustion

AoE Attack
Area Damage		Hazard Level
		Normal Mission						DD			EDD
		1	2	3	4	5		3	3.5		4.5	5	5.5
Player Count		25	35	60	100	140		60	75		115	140	150
		25	40	65	107.5	150		65	80		122.5	150	160
		25	45	70	115	160		70	85		130	160	170
		25	50	75	125	170		75	90		140	170	180
Details
Damage Type		Explosive			Radius: 3.5 m Maximum Damage Radius: 1.5 m Minimum Area Damage: 25 %

When a Glyhpid Exploder see a dwarf that is not full health it will rush to him, moving at ×1.5 Speed for 3 s.

Variants

Radioactive Exclusion Zone Variant

Attacks

Irradiated Self-combustion

AoE Attack
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: 3.5 m Maximum Damage Radius: 1.5 m Minimum Area Damage: 25 %
Cloud
Damage per Tick		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		Radiation			Cloud Radius: 2.75 m
Interval		0.5-1.0 s
Lifetime		7 s

Tips

Since the Glyphid Exploder tends to come in groups, it is usually best to focus on the closest. The resulting explosion will also effectively kill the others before they can approach. Note that since exploders will die upon a critical hit to the head, you should not seek critical shots for this tactic to work.

If Glyphid Exploders are close, it is generally advised to deploy slowdown tactics such as Cryo Grenade or Inhibitor-Field Generator to allow yourself and your teammates to distance yourselves. If that fails, you can close the distance to the exploders to force them to explode and then quickly backtrack before they can overwhelm you and your team.

Gallery

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  Radioactive Exclusion Zone appearance

Trivia

• In Update 32: Roughnecks At Work, Glyphid Exploders gained a 25% melee damage vulnerability so that they could be reliably defused with a single Pickaxe attack to the mouth across all Hazard Levels. Prior to the update, a single Pickaxe attack would not consistently kill them on Hazard 4 and 5.