Burrowers

## Behavior and Background

Burrowers are unique monsters, found generally in the underground caves of any planet high in ore and gem deposits. It is unclear what first created these creatures, however each variety has striking similarities. Every variety of Burrower is composed of long body segments that have utilized the materials the creature devours so fully that the body segments themselves seem to have integrated the preferred minerals and ores. Each Burrower is lead by a "head" segment, in which each "body" segment is attached. Destruction of the head, or severe enough damage to the several body segments will eventually lead to the death of the creature. At this point, there is a total of 40 known Burrowers, each composed of one unique material or ore, in which the creature most commonly eats.

The introduction of a Burrower into an area can cause catastrophic damage and in many cases collapses of entire ecosystems. Digging vast networks in search of their favorite ore, Burrowers destroy and tunnel with reckless abandon in search of their preferred meals, only stopping long enough to attack any living organism encountered, or devour entire veins of ore. It is clear that Burrowers are not native, nor natural to the any of the environments they have been reportedly found in. As such, it is believed that these creatures were developed as a means of aggressive mining - for once released, they will accumulate ore within themselves, making these creatures quite valuable to those in search of the precious materials that the creatures themselves devour, and in turn are composed of.

All varieties of Burrowers primarily attack in a rather straightforward pattern of charging the nearest living organism and slamming their dangerously jagged and steely bodies into them. Within each type of Burrower however, lies vastly different capabilities.

**Burrowers** are found in almost any planets underground. The type will vary depending on depth and location. For more information on the location and spawns of certain burrowers, visit their page respectively.

## Types

There are currently 40 known varieties of Burrowers. Each type shares the similarity of being composed of three distinct parts - a single head entity that serves as the creatures mouth and guide - each other segment type will follow this entity. The second part is the body segments, which can be comprised of several different looking body types. It is typical for there to be a range of 5 - 15 body segments comprising the creatures body. The last distinct part is the creatures tail, which can be composed of high damaging, unique looking segments ranging from 1 - 5 parts in length.

See below for examples of each variety.

Aegisalt Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of aegisalt

Copper Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of copper

Core Fragment Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of core fragments

Densinium Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of densinium

Diamond Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of diamond

Direstone Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of direstone

Dirt Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of dirt

Doowyrm (Mega Burrower): A massive, deadly worm. Definitely not natural.

Durasteel Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of durasteel

Ferozium Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of ferozium

Gold Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of gold ore

Iron Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of iron ore

Irradium Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of irradium ore

Isogen Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of isogen ore

Koanite Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of koanite

Lead Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of lead ore

Lunari Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of lunari shards

Magnesium Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of magnesium

Mascagnite Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of mascagnite

Moonstone Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of moonstone

Neptunium Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of neptunium

Penumbrite Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of penumbrite

Platinum Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of platinum ore

Plutonium Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of plutoniuma

Prisilite Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of prisilite

Protocite Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of protocite

Pyreite Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of pyreite

Quietus Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of quietus

Silver Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of silver ore

Solarium Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of solarium ore

Stone Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of stone

Sulfur Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of sulfur

Thorium Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of Thorium

Titanium Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of Titanium

Trianglium Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of trianglium

Tungsten Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of tungsten

Uranium Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of uranium

Violium Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of violium

Xithricite Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of xithricite ore

Zerchesium Burrower: A camouflaged worm burrowing through the earth composed of zerchesium ore

## Luna's Lab Notes

~ Each type of Burrower is quite complex made up of three separate monster types - A "head", several "body" segments (usually 5-15), and a "tail" which can also be composed of multiple segments. Additionally, there are several unique body segments that are chosen at random when generating a burrower, leading to varied, and good looking wyrms. Additionally, the health pool is linked for these creatures, so dealing damage to the body can technically kill the whole creature - however it seems the head is significantly more susceptible to critical hits.

~ In the files this creature is coded to be capture, however there is not a proper input for the creatures name upon capture. Additionally, the "head" and "body" spheres existing as different monsters, yet also being linked in the coding, leads to neither the "head" or "body" being tangibly captureable until the moment one type dies, at which point they are all considered dead.... Which results in the monster being uncapturable even with use of admin commands.

 **Source:**

https://github.com/sayterdarkwynd/FrackinUniverse/tree/master/monsters/segmented/burrowers