An engineer in combat with a "Fluffy-tailed Hog"
Engineers can choose to engage in combat with creatures found in the world, in order to access resources they are nesting on[1] and will need to defend themselves from hostile wildlife while exploring.[1] Creatures will never attack structures built by engineers,[2] only targeting the engineers. The engineer will die if the health drops to zero. Dead creatures drop loot on death and leave their corpses on the ground that despawn after a short amount of time if not in sight.
All creatures except for Stingers ignore engineers riding vehicles, not even targeting the vehicle.
Weapons
Creature respawn mechanism
- There are spawn points for hostile creatures such as Hogs and Spitters, scattered around the map, particularly nearby Resource Nodes or collectibles.
- If creatures were killed, they will attempt to respawn within 3 game days, and only if engineer is within 300 meters of the spawn point.
- At the start of the game, (or upon game updates / balancing) the hostile creatures will be present around their spawn point by default.
To prevent hostile creature respawn, the following must be fulfilled:
- There are at least 5 player-built buildings within the 300 meters radius of the hostile spawn point.
- One of the building must be powered factory and is running smoothly. Note that power pole does not count as a factory, but is counted as a building. Same applies to a stopped factory due to lacking or saturation of material.
- The existing creatures around their spawn point, if present, must be killed first.
Combat capable creatures
Fluffy-tailed Hog
Alpha Hog
Spitter
Alpha Spitter- Flying Crab Hatcher
- Flying Crab
- Crab Boss
- Stinger
- Tiny Stinger
- Large Stinger
- Elite Stinger
- Walker
References
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