Enemies

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There are approximately two dozen different enemy types, in addition to many bosses and mini-bosses, in Atomicrops.

All biome-exclusive enemies (from the Plains, Desert, Jungle or Tundra) have a stronger version of themselves in the second area of that biome. Aside from their looks, the only differences between them is a considerable increase in their health, and sometimes the number of bullets they shoot.

Most Enemies have a chance to drop Fertilizer once defeated, with those in the four Biomes sometimes dropping seeds. Heart Beet seeds are rare drops from regular enemies.

# Regular Enemies

## Common Enemies

These are enemies found in multiple Biomes, not necessarily including the Farm.

(Names are unofficial)
Base HP is calculated via Tiny Thundercloud. The values given are from Year 1 with an error ≈ 4.

Yearly Health Scaling is the % increase of the enemy's health from their Base Health every year. (Ex: If an enemy's Yearly Health Scaling is 10% and their Base Health is 50, then their health would be 55 on Year 2, 60 on Year 3, and so on.) It is also an approximation

## Farm Enemies

These are enemies that appear on the Farm.

### Special Enemies

The following enemies only spawn on the Farm during boss fights or special events.

## Desert Enemies

These enemies are exclusive to the Desert areas.

## Plains Enemies

These enemies are exclusive to the Plains areas.

## Tundra Enemies

These enemies are exclusive to the Tundra areas.

## Jungle Enemies

These enemies are exclusive to the Jungle areas.

# Elite Enemies

Starting in Year 4, Special versions of regular **Enemies** may appear in some Camps. These enemies are tougher, with unique abilities, but drop more loot.

Later years have higher instances of elite enemies.

# Bosses

For every season except Nuclear Winter, one of the two available bosses will appear on the third and final night.

On defeat, they will drop Fertilizer, a Rose seed and a Heart Beet or an oregano seed if oregacrow is being played. If the relevant Home Improvements have been purchased, they will also drop Cornucopias and sometimes Scrolls.

## Spring

### Monstropod

The Monstropod is a giant snail, ridden by a bundit. The bundit constantly shoots bullets at the player, while Monstropod himself will periodically approach to try to eat your crops. After he takes enough damage on a given attempt to eat your crops, he will flee, leaving multiple Slugs behind that will try to eat your crops. Monstropod himself does not deal contact damage, but the bunny riding him will probably shoot you if you try to take advantage of that.

### Unfriendly Worm

The Unfriendly Worm flies through the air, dealing contact damage. It generally doesn't target the player, but its erratic and rapid movement can make it difficult to avoid damage. It does not attack your crops in any way. As the Worm is damaged, its body will shrink and it will charge at the player with increased speed.
The safest strategy with the Worm is to always avoid being near its head, so that its sudden changes in direction won't leave you too close to dodge it. Constantly running to attack it from behind is the best way to do this.

## Summer

### Sol Crusher

Sol Crusher is a huge sun with a rainbow around her. She will channel sunlight into crops, which will set them on fire. Flaming crops can be put out by watering them; cows can be of great assistance in keeping your crops safe while fighting her. She will occasionally enrage, spewing out bullets in all directions.
When her health depletes, she will enter a second form, looking much meaner, while the rainbow disappears. Her attacks generally remain the same, except that when she enrages, she will also throw bombs in all directions. Be warned that she does contact damage, and her hitbox gets much bigger as soon as she enters her second phase; be careful not to get hit by surprise by being too close upon her changing forms!

### U.F.B.

The U.F.B. occasionally shoots a fire beam at the player that tracks their position, forcing them to move constantly. The beam can also set crops on fire, and may focus on those instead. Only the flaming circle at the beam's end damages the player. It will also occasionally fly into the sky, and highlight an area around the player which will explode. It can also stop moving, and shoot rings of bullets out of itself. These rings have gaps in them, however two rings next to each other won't have gaps in the same places, forcing the player to strafe in between them.
The special Mini U.F.O. enemies can also be found during the boss battle, otherwise exclusively spawning at the Alien Moon events. Make sure to target the smaller U.F.O enemies quickly, as they will attempt to abduct your valuable Farm Animals.

## Fall

### Old Mech-Donald

Old Mech-Donald is a tractor with a face resembling a farmer. He has 3 attacks: firstly, he will stay in one place, spewing out a lot of smoke clouds in the general direction of the player. Secondly, he will charge in a square pattern around the crops, stopping at every corner for a second to shoot some more smoke clouds. Finally, he will sometimes disappear, summoning large tractor tires which will either travel from down to up, while moving from left to right, or from left to right while moving from down to up. His attacks have large hitboxes and can be difficult to avoid: stay on your toes!

### The Spore You Know

The Spore You Know is a giant Mushroom that shoots spore-shaped bullets everywhere. On death, it unloads a number of (non-bullet) spores. These spores will quickly hatch into smaller mushrooms which, on death, will spawn even smaller mushrooms, and theirs will spawn even smaller ones. Each mushroom will periodically release spores that will duplicate that size of mushroom if not destroyed, so the boss can effectively heal itself if the player does not aggressively hunt down the various spores and shrooms. The number of spore bullets can quickly become overwhelming if the mushrooms are ignored.
After the final mushroom is killed, the boss is defeated.

## Winter

### Bundertaker

The Bundertaker is a huge buff rabbit with a gun standing on a prop moon, which hangs from the sky on ropes. He shoots large bullets, which take a while to charge, and can also spawn moon craters around him. These craters spawn albino rabbits to chase the player and deal contact damage.
Occasionally, Bundertaker will go up into the sky, and start sleeping. During this time he cannot be damaged, and any rabbit minions will also sleep until he wakes up. This phase is intended so that the player can defeat any leftover minions, to not be overwhelmed.

### Itsy Bitsy

This giant spider will run around frantically with such incredible speed that she is nearly impossible to hit. She can leave strings of bullets as she's running, making it difficult to avoid her. She will also occasionally stop to fire arrow-shaped rings of bullets with gaps in them, quite similarly to the U.F.B.'s attack. This is a good opportunity to hit her, since she rarely stays still long enough to get shots in.
After certain damage thresholds, she will spawn smaller spiders that will behave similarly to the Desert Scorpions and must be killed. Turrets, and Drones, and especially Hogs are a huge help in this fight, as they will rarely miss with their attacks, allowing the player to let them do most of the damage while they focus on protecting themselves from her. Scarecrows are also useful for blocking her numerous bullet attacks.

## Nuclear Winter

### Corpse-a-Copia

Corpse-a-Copia is the final boss of the year, and the Nuclear Winter season consists exclusively of its boss fight, beginning as soon as you take the helicopter. The boss is a combination of fruits and vegetables forming a face and hands.
Unlike other enemies of the game, it can only be damaged by harvesting crops, so the fight consists mainly in dodging attacks and planting seeds.
It cycles through its attacks, which include:

* Repeatedly swiping at the player with its hands, forcing the player to move out of the highlighted area quickly
* Raising its hand over the player's crops and snapping, which lights all crops on fire
* Summoning nightmarish giant crops which slowly move across the map and deal contact damage, but which can be destroyed
* Moving across the map itself, dealing contact damage

It also summons various two types of crop enemies: one will shoot an array of bullets at the player, and one that will explode in a gargantuan area after a set time. Crop skulls will also spawn, slowly moving across the map and dealing contact damage. These cannot be destroyed, and more will appear the longer the fight lasts, making it tricky to move around.

# Trivia

* During the opening tutorial, a few of the enemies can be see as their normal animal counterparts. These animals are the bunnies and slugs, which both end up as the blunderbunny enemy and slug enemy. The bunnies can be seen next to the flower, and the slugs can be seen off-screen eating a bush.
* Monstropod is a portmanteau made from the words 'Monster' or 'Monstro' and 'Gastropod'.
* Sol Crusher is a pun made from the words 'Sol', meaning ‘sun’ in Latin, and 'Soul Crusher'.
* Old Mech-Donald is a pun made from the words 'Mech' and 'Old McDonald' from the nursery rhyme.
* Bundertaker is a pun made from the words 'Bun' or 'Bunny' and 'Undertaker'.
* One of Bundertaker's opening lines, "Its either the carrot or the stick, and I'm all out of carrots", is a reference to the 1988 movie *"They Live"*
* Corpse-a-Copia is a pun made from the words 'Corpse' and 'Cornucopia'.
* Unfriendly Worm's name is probably a reference to the item called Helpful Worms.
* U.F.B. is probably an abbreviation of Unidentified Flying Bunny, which is a reference to the abbreviation 'U.F.O', which stands for Unidentified Flying Object.
* The Spore You Know is a pun made from the words 'Spore' and 'The More You Know' which is probably a reference to an internet meme.
* Itsy Bitsy's name is probably taken from the nursery rhyme
* The sprites for Corpse-A-Copia refer to them as "VegBalrog". This is likely a reference to a Balrog from "The Lord of the Rings" by J. R. R. Tolkien.
* Beeson, Bundits, Moles, Lizards, and Wasps are the only confirmed enemy names.