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Soulless

Analysis

Health
100

Speed
Slow-Fast

Combat Style
Melee

Threat
Low

The reanimated remains or replicas of former island staff and the previous expeditionary crew, the Soulless make up the majority of the hostiles encountered by the Volunteers. Upon encountering Volunteers a Soulless will let out a distorted scream, alerting other nearby Soulless to their presence before quickly swarming them. Like other enemies, Soulless will emit loud radio interference when close by but are otherwise entirely silent while idle.

## Abilities

Individually, the Soulless are unremarkable and only a low to moderate threat due to their slow speed, lack of ranged attacks, and shallow health pool. Their strength primarily comes from their attack speed, sheer numbers, and multitude of variants, some of which are unexpectedly fast and capable of keeping up with a Volunteer in a full sprint. While some appear to wear the same protective suit the Volunteers have, they do not appear to have any extra durability compared to their unarmoured counterparts.

## Variants

### Shambler

Slow and often missing limbs, they are the weakest of the Soulless variants and are easily put down.

### Runner

Extremely quick and relentless, they can keep up with sprinting Volunteers and will single-mindedly rush and attack them.

### Tentacle Head

Hybridized with an unknown orgaism, Tentacle Heads come in Shambler and Runner forms as well and are much more durable as well, capable of absorbing more than twice the amount of punishment that other standard Soulless can.

## Combat Strategy

* A lone Soulless can easily be killed with one to three strikes of a melee weapon or a few shots from most weapons. As melee attacks will briefly stun and block attacks from Soulless, consider using melee only and conserving ammo when faced with slow or individual ones.
* Swarms are most easily dealt with by backpedalling and kiting and shooting or attacking with melee as they lack any way to harm the player at a distance.
* While drones, turrets, and explosives will kill large numbers of Soulless easily, consider saving these for emergencies or for when faced with swarms of Tentacle Heads in later stages of the game.

The reanimated remains or replicas of former island staff and the previous expeditionary crew, the Soulless make up the majority of the hostiles encountered by the Volunteers. Upon encountering Volunteers a Soulless will let out a distorted scream, alerting other nearby Soulless to their presence before quickly swarming them. Like other enemies, Soulless will emit loud radio interference when close by but are otherwise entirely silent while idle.

## Abilities

Individually, the Soulless are unremarkable and only a low to moderate threat due to their slow speed, lack of ranged attacks, and shallow health pool. Their strength primarily comes from their attack speed, sheer numbers, and multitude of variants, some of which are unexpectedly fast and capable of keeping up with a Volunteer in a full sprint. While some appear to wear the same protective suit the Volunteers have, they do not appear to have any extra durability compared to their unarmoured counterparts.

## Variants

### Shambler

Slow and often missing limbs, they are the weakest of the Soulless variants and are easily put down.

### Runner

Extremely quick and relentless, they can keep up with sprinting Volunteers and will single-mindedly rush and attack them.

### Tentacle Head

Hybridized with an unknown orgaism, Tentacle Heads come in Shambler and Runner forms as well and are much more durable as well, capable of absorbing more than twice the amount of punishment that other standard Soulless can.

## Combat Strategy

* A lone Soulless can easily be killed with one to three strikes of a melee weapon or a few shots from most weapons. As melee attacks will briefly stun and block attacks from Soulless, consider using melee only and conserving ammo when faced with slow or individual ones.
* Swarms are most easily dealt with by backpedalling and kiting and shooting or attacking with melee as they lack any way to harm the player at a distance.
* While drones, turrets, and explosives will kill large numbers of Soulless easily, consider saving these for emergencies or for when faced with swarms of Tentacle Heads in later stages of the game.