Red Soldier Ant

* Max
* Pete
* Willow
* Hoops

* Central Grasslands
* Central Grasslands MIX.R

* Red Ant Head (0-1)
* Red Ant Mandibles (1)
* Red Ant Part (1-2)

**Rare Drop**

* Acid Gland (0-1)
* Red Ant Mandibles (0-1)
* Red Ant Part (0-2)

## Stats

* **3-Combo Bite**: 25
* **Charged Bite**: 55

## Inflicts

The **Red Soldier Ant** is a hostile insect found in the Grasslands and the Oak Hill biomes. However, a player wearing a full set of Red Ant Armor is treated neutrally. An abundance of Red Soldier Ants inhabit the Red Anthill. A sparse amount are found in the Old Ant Hill. It is slightly larger than a Red Worker Ant, making it a little larger than the player. It also has higher health and deals more damage than a Red Worker Ant. A Red Soldier Ant is easily distinguished by its large mandibles, spiky legs, and thicker body.

## Behavior

Red Soldier Ants move relatively slowly on the ground. They rarely leave their anthill, but will rush out to defend nearby threatened Red Worker Ants or to patrol the area. If the number of Red Soldier Ants is reduced enough, Red Worker Ants will lay Red Ant Eggs in the deeper chambers of the Westerly Anthill. They have 3 attacks, a normal bite, a three bite combo, and charged bite that deals extra damage.

### Interactions With Player

The Red Soldier Ant is hostile toward the player unless the player is wearing a full set of Red Ant Armor, which make it becomes neutral toward the player unless attacked. It will continue to attack the player after being attacked regardless if the player is wearing the armor set. It also attacks if the player is spotted taking Ant Eggs. Players should be wary if they choose to climb up blades of grass whilst Red Soldier Ants are on the ground, as Red Soldier Ants are capable of cutting Grass Planks down with their mandibles if they can't reach them.

### Interaction With Other Creatures

Red Soldier Ants are passive to and will defend Red Worker Ants when they are threatened by other creatures. They are aggressive to all creatures that come near their anthills and will defend it at all costs. If a Red Worker Ant is hurt, they may travel to the area were it was attacked to investigate the area, so it is recommended to kill Red Worker Ants when attacking to avoid this.

Red Soldier Ants, as previously mentioned, are found in large quantities around the Red Anthill, which is in close proximity to the following: Multiple Ladybugs, multiple Stinkbugs, an Orb Weaver, and a Bombardier Beetle. These are all dangerous threats early game, but by acquiring the Red Ant Armor, players can lure these threats to the anthill to cause the ants to target the larger bugs without the risk of being swarmed. The sheer quantity of Soldier Ants, coupled with the bugs' tendency to laser-focus on one ant at a time, usually results in the utter annihilation of any bug present, allowing for the crafting of things like Insect Axes, Gas Masks, Gastro Goo, Ladybug Armor, Insect Hammers, and many other useful items much earlier than you could normally. This is due to the Soldier Ants' unlisted, but still present, resistance to Gas damage (at least in tests) and their listed Spicy damage resistance. Even Wolf Spiders and, if you have the patience, faraway or Upper Yard bugs such as Sickly Roly Polys, Black Ox Beetles, Green Shield Bugs, Roly Polys, Wasps, or Ladybirds fall prey to the aggression and overwhelming numbers of the ants. However, luring late-game creatures to the anthill is a tremendous waste of time, and should only be done for fun. Clever players will also utilize the anthill itself as a cover point should things go south. In one test involving spawning cheats, they were able to take out the Broodmother, although obviously this is impossible in-game.

## Advanced Loot Table

This is a more advanced covering of the loot-table of Red Soldier Ant. Each item has an independent chance and count, in which the chance is the chance it can drop and the count is the amount of items that have that chance. If a count larger than 2 is in one section, then each item has an independent chance from one another (EX: Instead of getting say 1-2 of a resource, you can get 1 with a 70% chance and another with an additional 70% chance). In terms of Stealing, it can take one item from every section of the loot table, so even if a item count is say 5, the player will only steal one from that section.

Creature Loot Tables also tend to have large amounts of 1% items, which is intended to make stealing more rare items harder, as the player is more likely to steal the large amounts of 1% items than a singular 50% item.

### Raid Variant

  Red Ant Part | 1
  Red Ant Part **x3** | 1

## Strategy

A lone Red Soldier Ant can easily be tackled with a tier 1 weapon and any armor, though a large swarm such as the ones found in the Red Anthill should be tackled with a tier 2 weapon such as the Red Ant Club or Stinger Spear. But for a new player, a Pebblet Spear will quickly kill the Red Soldier Ant. All of their attacks can be blocked, with their normal bite being tricky due to the short attack speed and little sound queues.