Bombardier Beetle

* Max
* Pete
* Willow
* Hoops

* Grasslands

* Bombardier Part (0-4)

**Rare Drop**

* Boiling Gland (0-1)
* Bombardier Part (0-4)

## Stats

* **Close-Range Spray**: 20
* **Ranged Shot**: 35
* **3 Upwards Shot**: 35

## Inflicts

The **Bombardier Beetle** is a hostile insect found in very specific spawn locations strewn across the maps and commonly in large groups of 2-3. It's a little larger than the player and is easily identifiable by the green shell on their back.

## Behavior

Bombardier Beetles semi-randomly patrol on the ground within a small defined area. If a perceived threat is spotted, they break from this route and chase. Bombardier Beetles move relatively slowly and are easily outrun. When engaged, their eyes glow and they hunch down slightly. They bite threats while at close range. Bombardier Beetles may also spray boiling acid at threats further away and in the center of their vision and while preparing to spray, they raise their back-ends. Their attacks include a normal bite and three acid attacks. Their acid attacks include a wide, closer range spray, a single projectile long range spray, and a acid ball bombardment when they shoot three balls in the air and rain it down on foes.

### Interaction With Player

The Bombardier Beetle is immediately hostile toward the player. When the player is spotted, it charges until within distance and may spray boiling acid or continue charging. It prefers to bite at close range but it may still occasionally spray acid.

### Interaction With Other Creatures

Bombardier Beetles are neutral to other creatures and will not attack them unless directly provoked.

## Advanced Loot Table

This is a more advanced covering of the loot-table of Bombardier Beetle. 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 1 is in one section, then each item has an independent chance from one another (EX: Instead of getting say 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.

**Note**: For consistency sake, all duplicate categories have a multiplier next to them, but function as unique loot types when say using Stealing.

### Normal

  Boiling Gland | 1
  Bombardier Part | 4
  Bombardier Part **x4** | 1

### Raid Variant

  Boiling Gland **x3** | 1
  Bombardier Part | 3

## Spawn Locations

* 1 in Trowel Gulch
* 1 by the tipped paint can in the Dry Grasslands
* 2 behind the log fence in the eastern portion of the Flower Bed
* 1 by the Leaning Shovel
* 2 by the Frankenline
* 2 under a rock south of the Jabby Cola
* 3 near the power plug in the west of the Hedge

## Strategy

The Bombardier Beetle is a formidable foe and should be fought with at least a tier 1 armor and a upgraded tier 1 or tier 2 weapon. Their bites are reasonably easy to block, but their acid attacks are more tricky. If using a shield, the player can block them with a shield, but if not it is recommended to try to avoid it as much as possible. When acid lands on the ground, do not stay in proximity of the acid for a short while to avoid its burning effect. If the player has Fresh Defense, the damage of the acid can be heavily negated.

## Trivia

* Despite the Bombardier Beetles seen in *Grounded* using their spray offensively, real-life Bombardier Beetles commonly use it as a defense mechanism and not as a offensive weapon.
	+ Further more, Bombardier Beetles in real-life commonly spray lower rather then lifting their backsides up to spray targets as seen in *Grounded*. They probably spray by lifting up their back in the game to prevent their backs from clipping through the ground if they were to spray the real way.