Arachnotron

**Arachnotron** is the Boss of Stage 9 and the secret Boss of Sky Force Anniversary, with the same AI that controls the Omega from Sky Force Reloaded.

## Appearance

Arachnotron is a 4-legged walker that controlled by a sentient AI program. The Boss battle against Arachnotron is extremely hard. It's equipped with several very deadly weapons.

## Armaments

* 1x Unbreakable Tesla Coil

When trying to hover near the Boss, the Player will take automatic damage when not shielded.

* 6x Homing Energy Launcher

A never before seen weapon (a theme of Arachnotron) that fires six homing spheres of dangerous energy. Occasionally, it will shoot four on one side and two on another instead of an even three. These fire even during the obliteration phase.

**Phase 1**

* 1x Super Cannon

This gun will fire bullets at the player until it's destroyed. Simple on paper, but beware, it shoots very quickly and never paused to reload.

**Phase 2**

* 2x Flamethrowers

These weapons will shoot fire in a straight line in an attempt to box in the Player. The flamethrowers also won't aim at the Player, as they only shoot straight for a while and then stop.

**Phase 3**

* 1x Gatling Cannon

This gun fires powerful high velocity projectiles at an extremely high fire rate. It's pretty easy to destroy the gatling gun, but be careful as the bullets do a lot of damage. There are long intervals after each firing, so it might be a good idea to take this opportunity and damage it.

**Phase 4**

* 1x Giga Laser

When the gatling gun is destroyed, the machine guns will be blown off to reveal a large, intimidating laser cannon. It fires a light blue laser. **This is the only weapon in the game that can pierce through Energy Shields.** It will either shoot straight forward or sway 60 degrees to either side during firing. On mobile, it can also swing 360 degrees, with questionable possibility.

## Combat Routine

The Homing Energy and Tesla Coil can not be destroyed until after obliteration, when Arachnotron is fully defeated.

**Phase** **1**

This weapon fires unstoppable volleys in straight vertical lines at the center. There is nothing hard about first Phase (with the exception of Homing Energy which can be surprising).

**Phase 2**

Similar to the previous Phase, but with two flames on the side. The only issue is when the Homing Energy becomes undodgeable when boxes in.

**Phase 3**

A common theme of Arachnotron is never before seen weapons. The Gatling Cannon is not a big issue, but it does actually aim at the Player. Combined with the Homing Energy, this can be deceptively tricky.

**Phase 4**

The Giga Laser promotes a huge issue. The limited amount of space due to the enormous coverage of the beam and the Homing Energy seeking constantly leaves many tight situations during the fight. During obliteration, the Homing Energy keeps firing as well, which can be the most crushing death ever concieved.

## Difficulty

The Arachnotron is one the hardest Bosses of Sky Force Anniversary. Although the simple nature of the weapons is exploitable, the sheer length of the fight and great damage is quite a challenge. This also compounds on the several brand new weapons that aren't used anywhere else in the game.

## Trivia

* Before fighting the Boss, the player can see Arachnotron hanging in the hook near the start of the cave. Later, when the mysterious AI says "Release the Arachnotron." it will walk below and go up over the canyon waiting for the fight.
* The AI's portrait in the mobile version of the game depicts a mysterious creature with a mouth instead of the PC version's mouthless alien.

* Arachnotron has the biggest on-screen explosion of all Bosses, topping the Mantis Heavy Tank. The Nasty Owl is technically bigger, but it only appears during the credits.

* At Stage 5 of Sky Force Reloaded, the Player can see the wreckage of the Arachnotron.
	+ However, although the Boss was completely broken apart in Sky Force 2014, its legs and weapons are still somehow attached to the body in Reloaded.
* Chronologically, the fight against Arachnotron is actually the beginning of the event in Sky Force Reloaded. The Player can even see the wreckage when starting the Prologue.