Newly Hatched Zoea

Stat
 Charge time
 Max allies

The **Newly Hatched Zoea** is a void item in Risk of Rain 2, added in the *Survivors of the Void* update. It is the corruption of all boss items (excluding ) and is dropped by the .

Every 60 seconds (*-50% per stack*), the holder gets a friendly void ally, which is either a , , or (rarely) . The holder may only have up to 1 (*+1 per stack*) void ally summoned this way at a time.

## Notes

* Correction: The rate of cooldown is not -50% exponentially per stack, as the actual formula is 60/stacks. So while going from 1 to 2 stacks the cooldown increases by 50%, this does not follow the same pattern for any other stack number.
* Since the  cannot normally spawn as a teleporter boss, the only way to obtain this item from the teleporter event is during a void Family Event, which makes it possible for it to spawn as a teleporter boss.
	+ Alternately, one may acquire this item from a resurrection via , as long as a boss item was taken beforehand.
		- Obtaining this item by corrupting a boss item with the  will not unlock the Newly Hatched Zoea's logbook entry. To unlock its logbook entry, it has to be picked up as an item dropped by a .
	+ Another option is using a  on a Void Devastator that can spawn within a Void Seed. However, this will probably not happen in the first few stages as the difficulty coefficient will not be high enough to afford the spawn (see Camp Director for more information).
* This item will also corrupt the  and , since they have the Boss rarity.
* Umbrae from the Artifact of Vengeance will inherit the item and spawn Void allies, but will *never* drop the Newly Hatched Zoea, even if it was the Umbra's only item.
* The void ally types to spawn are added to a pool, with 15 copies of , 15 copies of , and 1 copy of . This gives probabilities of roughly 3.2% for a Devastator, and 48.3% for either a Reaver or Jailer.
* If the Artifact of Chaos is enabled, any  spawned from the item cannot target allies, even when aggravated. However, allies can still be damaged by their basic attack if it hits them when it's hitting an enemy.
* The void implosion created by allied void enemies can kill the player and their allies.
* The  is the only enemy that can drop Newly Hatched Zoea, even with Artifact of Command.

## Tips

* turrets *do* inherit the Newly Hatched Zoea, allowing for 2 additional void allies per item stack.
	+ On top of that, respawning the turrets will allow for even more void allies. This is because the reference to the deployable count of the replaced turret disappears, even though the void allies it spawned are not affected.
	+ If  has  and any boss item, turrets will gain Newly Hatched Zoea upon dying and being resurrected even though the Engineer will not. This is the only indirect way of spawning void allies without the player holding the item.
* Void implosions from void allies are still lethal to the player and their other void allies. Be mindful that one ally's death may lead to avalanching instant-kill explosions.
	+ Notably, these void implosions cannot kill either of the final bosses,  and the .
* There is a global ally limit of 20 at a time. This includes void allies, drones, squid turrets, or any other ally that appears on the left side of the screen. This means the ally spawn scaling of Newly Hatched Zoea hard caps at 20 stacks without any other allies. The cooldown however will be 3s, and will continue to decrease with further stacks.

## Lore

```
Lab Dissection Analysis File
Subject: Newly Hatched Zoea
Technician: X. Shun
Table Spec: BioSaf, spectroscopic hood enabled
Notes:

- Taking a moment to contain myself.
- It's been quite a while since we've received a sample--INTACT sample--so I am being abundantly cautious.
- Sample is in excellent condition.  I am pleased with the care Jiminez took compared to her predecessor.
- Sample appears to be an undocumented carcinized species.  Perhaps a juvenile?
- Attempting to biopsy epidermis
- Exterior of the sample is too hard for my scalpel
- I believe I have found the oral cavity.  Attemping oral biopsy.
- //--AUTO-TRANSCRIPTION FAILED --//
- //--AUTO-TRANSCRIPTION FAILED --//
- Help
End Of File
```

## Version History

PC Patch v1.2.2.0
* (Undocumented) Fixed incorrect ally-cap stacking behavior

Survivors of the Void
* (Undocumented) Added New Item: Newly Hatched Zoea

## Trivia

* In biology, the term "zoea" refers to a larval stage in development experienced by many ten-legged crustaceans, especially crabs.
	+ This is in keeping with the crab-like appearance of the boss tied to the item, the , which seems to imply that the item itself is some form of the boss's offspring.
		- Furthermore, the item's ability to summon a  or , as opposed to just the  which dropped it in the first place, might suggest that all three monsters are directly related to one another in some way.