Creatures

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The Creatures of Hoxxes

Hoxxes IV is home to a variety of flora and fauna, and many of them pose a great threat to invaders. They are part of the reason why Deep Rock Galactic is the only mining corporation willing to operate on Hoxxes IV.

Most notable is a species known as Glyphids. They are similar to arachnids in appearance, have a variety of subspecies, and are extremely hostile. Glyphids can be encountered in small groups while roaming the caves, and periodically build up to attack in concentrated waves. When they decide to swarm the Dwarves, Mission Control will warn the players of the attack in advance.

Along with Glphyids there are various other species found on Hoxxes IV. Macteras are a winged species that primarily use ranged attacks while airborne. Naedocyte are a species similar to jellyfish, and serve as the airborne counterpart to Glyphid Swarmers. There are also a variety of creatures on Hoxxes IV that do not belong to any of the more commonly encountered species such as the Spitball Infector, Xynarch Charge-Sucker, Q'ronar Shellback, and Nayaka Trawler. While most of these creatures are hostile, there are a few that remain passive around the Dwarves.

Hostile creatures will only attack Dwarves, LUREs, tamed grunts, pheromoned enemies, or Doretta, ignoring Bosco, M.U.L.E., BET-C, sentries, and the Minehead.

Scaling & Hazard Levels

In addition to increasing the number of enemies during the mission and swarms, the hazard level also increases:

• their health
• the damage they inflict on the player
• their movement speed
• their attack frequency
• the speed of projectiles from ranged attacks (on higher difficulties)

Furthermore, additional players in the game will increase:

• the number of enemies
• their resistance
• the damage they deal

The increased resistance of each enemy to damage is represented here as eHP, or effective Health Point, simplified as Health in this page. In reality, the creatures' actual health will not change, but their resistance to all damage increases with hazard level and the number of players. eHP is thusly used as it’s more convenient to consider the creature having more health than the weapons doing less damage.
You can see the base health of each creature directly displayed in the tables below, by clicking on the health number, you’ll be able to see the full scaling for that creature.

For more information on scaling, see Hazard Level.

Hostile Creatures

Much of the fauna and some of the flora on Hoxxes IV poses a threat to players.

Note that enemy damage and health varies based on a mission's Hazard Level and number of players.

Land Creatures

Glyphid

Glyphids are the most common enemies found in Hoxxes IV. They appear in every biome, and their weaker variants will make up the majority of most swarms. They loosely resemble arachnids, all possessing eight legs, exoskeletons, and bodies split into three main segments. All Glyphids have a significantly larger pair of front legs as compared to the rest, lack any visible eyes, and (excluding the Glyphid Menace) have a large mouth with jagged, pointed teeth, and a lower jaw which can split along the middle. All Glyphids are capable of climbing along or hanging onto walls and ceilings, and the majority burrow up out of natural terrain when they spawn.

Icon	Name	Base Health	Variants	Resistances	Armor Weakpoints
	Glyphid Spawn	5 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count to 3.5 5 5.5 6 6 5.5 5.5 6 6 6	No variant	No Resistances	None No weakpoint
	Glyphid Swarmer	12 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count to 8.4 12 13.2 14.4 14.4 13.2 13.2 14.4 14.4 14.4	Common	No Resistances	None No weakpoint
			Glacial Strata	-25% 25%
			Radioactive Exclusion Zone	100%
	Glyphid Grunt	90 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count to 63 90 99 108 108 99 99 108 108 108	Common	No Resistances	Light Mouth: x2
			Glacial Strata	-25% 25%
			Radioactive Exclusion Zone	50%
	Glyphid Grunt Slasher	148 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count to 103.6 148 162.8 177.6 177.6 162.8 162.8 177.6 177.6 177.6	Common	-30%	Light Mouth: x2
			Glacial Strata	-25% 25% -30%
			Radioactive Exclusion Zone	-30% 50%
	Glyphid Grunt Guard	270 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count to 189 270 297 324 324 297 297 324 324 324	Common	25% 30% 30%	Light Heavy Mouth: x2
			Glacial Strata	-25% 25% 30%
			Radioactive Exclusion Zone	30% 50%
	Glyphid Praetorian	750 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count 337.5 487.5 600 750 900 600 637.5 825 900 975 412.5 562.5 675 750 900 675 712.5 825 900 975 525 675 750 900 1050 750 825 975 1050 1125 637.5 750 825 975 1125 825 900 1050 1125 1200	Common	No Resistances	Heavy Back: x1
			Glacial Strata	No Resistances
			Radioactive Exclusion Zone	100%
	Glyphid Warden	800 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count 360 520 640 800 960 640 680 880 960 1040 440 600 720 800 960 720 760 880 960 1040 560 720 800 960 1120 800 880 1040 1120 1200 680 800 880 1040 1200 880 960 1120 1200 1280	No variant	No Resistances	Heavy Spherical Spore-emiter organ: x3 Mouth: x2
	Glyphid Oppressor	900 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count 405 585 720 900 1080 720 765 990 1080 1170 495 675 810 900 1080 810 855 990 1080 1170 630 810 900 1080 1260 900 990 1170 1260 1350 765 900 990 1170 1350 990 1080 1260 1350 1440	No variant	66% 50% 25% 66% -50%	Unbreakable Back: x1
	Glyphid Dreadnought	5000 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count 1000 1500 2500 3500 3750 2500 3000 3500 3750 3750 Health 2000 2000 2750 3750 4000 2750 3250 3750 4000 4000 3000 3500 4500 5000 6000 4500 4750 5500 6000 6000 4000 5000 6000 8000 8500 6000 7000 8000 8000 8500 Player Count 340 510 850 1190 1190 850 1020 1190 1190 1190 Shell 680 680 935 1275 1360 935 1020 1190 1360 1190 1020 1190 1530 1700 2040 1530 1700 1870 2040 1870 1360 1700 2040 2720 2890 2040 2380 2720 2890 2720	Shell phase	No Resistances	Unbreakable Back: x2 (Health phase only)
			Health phase	60% 40%
	Dreadnought Hiveguard	5000 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count 1000 1500 2500 3500 3750 2500 3000 3500 3750 3750 2000 2000 2750 3750 4000 2750 3250 3750 4000 4000 3000 3500 4500 5000 6000 4500 4750 5500 6000 6000 4000 5000 6000 8000 8500 6000 7000 8000 8000 8500	Shell phase	No Resistances	Unbreakable None
			Health phase	No Resistances
	Glyphid Dreadnought Twins	4500 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count 900 1350 2250 3150 3375 2250 2700 3150 3375 3375 1800 1800 2475 3375 3600 2475 2925 3375 3600 3600 2700 3150 4050 4500 5400 4050 4275 4950 5400 5400 3600 4500 5400 7200 7650 5400 6300 7200 7200 7650	Shell phase	No Resistances	Heavy None
			Health phase	No Resistances
	Glyphid Exploder	20 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count to 14 20 22 24 24 22 22 24 24 24	Common	-25%	None Mouth: x2
			Radioactive Exclusion Zone	-25%
	Glyphid Bulk Detonator	4000 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count 1800 2600 3200 4000 4800 3200 3400 4400 4800 5200 2200 3000 3600 4000 4800 3600 3800 4400 4800 5200 2800 3600 4000 4800 5600 4000 4400 5200 5600 6000 3400 4000 4400 5200 6000 4400 4800 5600 6000 6400	No variant	50%	None Bulbs: x3
	Glyphid Crassus Detonator	6000 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count 2700 3900 4800 6000 7200 4800 5100 6600 7200 7800 3300 4500 5400 6000 7200 5400 5700 6600 7200 7800 4200 5400 6000 7200 8400 6000 6600 7800 8400 9000 5100 6000 6600 7800 9000 6600 7200 8400 9000 9600	No variant	50%	Medium Bulbs: x3
	Glyphid Web Spitter	40 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count to 28 40 44 48 48 44 44 48 48 48	No variant	No Resistances	Light Mouth: x2
	Glyphid Acid Spitter	120 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count to 84 120 132 144 144 132 132 144 144 144	No variant	-10%	Light Mouth: x2
	Glyphid Menace	700 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count 315 455 560 700 840 560 595 770 840 910 385 525 630 700 840 630 665 770 840 910 490 630 700 840 980 700 770 910 980 1050 595 700 770 910 1050 770 840 980 1050 1120	No variant	No Resistances	Heavy Mouth: x2 Side Sacks: x2

Other

These creatures lack any broad group of species they can be sorted into, but they present a threat to the player all the same. Many of them happen to be somewhat rare, being limited to particular biomes or mission modifiers, or simply having a low chance to spawn in any mission.

Icon	Name	Base Health	Variants	Resistances	Armor Weakpoints
	Carnivorous Larva	10 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count to 7 10 11 12 12 11 11 12 12 12	No variant	No Resistances	None No weakpoint
	Nayaka Trawler	300 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count to 210 300 330 360 360 330 330 360 360 360	No variant	No Resistances	None Abdomen: x3
	Q'ronar Youngling	100 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count 45 65 80 100 120 80 85 110 120 130 55 75 90 100 120 90 95 110 120 130 70 90 100 120 140 100 110 130 140 150 85 100 110 130 150 110 120 140 150 160	When rolling or standing up	30% 30% 75% 75%	Medium Eyes: x2 Tail’s tip: x2
			When standing up with its mouth opened	-50% -70%
	Q'ronar Shellback	450 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count 202.5 292.5 360 450 540 360 382.5 495 540 585 247.5 337.5 405 450 540 405 427.5 495 540 585 315 405 450 540 630 450 495 585 630 675 382.5 450 495 585 675 495 540 630 675 720	When rolling	30% 30% 100% 80%	Heavy Eyes: x2 Mouth: x2 Tail’s tip: x2
			When standing up	-50% -70%
	Xynarch Charge-Sucker	1300 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count 260 390 650 910 975 650 780 910 975 975 520 520 715 975 1040 715 845 975 1040 1040 780 910 1170 1300 1560 1170 1235 1430 1560 1560 1040 1300 1560 2080 2210 1560 1820 2080 2080 2210	No variant	20% 80%	None No weakpoint
	Korlok Sprout	550 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count 247.5 357.5 440 550 660 440 467.5 605 660 715 302.5 412.5 495 550 660 495 522.5 605 660 715 385 495 550 660 770 550 605 715 770 825 467.5 550 605 715 825 605 660 770 825 880	No variant	-30% -30% 20% 20% -100%	None Head: ×2
	Korlok Healing Pod	250 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count 112.5 162.5 200 250 300 200 212.5 275 300 325 137.5 187.5 225 250 300 225 237.5 275 300 325 175 225 250 300 350 250 275 325 350 375 212.5 250 275 325 375 275 300 350 375 400	No variant	20% 20% -50%	None No weakpoint
	Korlok Tyrant-Weed	3000 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count 600 900 1500 2100 2100 1500 1800 2100 2100 2100 1200 1200 1500 2100 2100 1500 1800 2100 2100 2100 1800 2100 2700 3000 3000 2700 3000 3300 3000 3300 2400 3000 3300 3900 3900 3300 3600 3900 3900 3900	No variant	50% 30% -20%	Unbreakable No weakpoint

Air Creatures

Mactera

Macteras are flying insectoids, and are generally the most common breed of hostile creatures other than Glyphids. Macteras that enter the mission area after the Drop Pod arrives, by means of swarm or otherwise, will do so by simply appearing wherever there is enough room to fly.

Icon	Name	Base Health	Variants	Resistances	Armor Weakpoints
	Mactera Spawn	223 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count to 156.1 223 245.3 267.6 267.6 245.3 245.3 267.6 267.6 267.6	No variant	-100% -50% -100% -100%	None Abdomen: x3
	Mactera Grabber	500 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count 225 325 400 500 600 400 425 550 600 650 275 375 450 500 600 450 475 550 600 650 350 450 500 600 700 500 550 650 700 750 425 500 550 650 750 550 600 700 750 800	No variant	No Resistances	None Abdomen’s Tip: x3
	Mactera Goo Bomber	800 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count 360 520 640 800 960 640 680 880 960 1040 440 600 720 800 960 720 760 880 960 1040 560 720 800 960 1120 800 880 1040 1120 1200 680 800 880 1040 1200 880 960 1120 1200 1280	Mactera Goo Bomber	-20% -50%	None Sacs: x3
			Mactera Frost Bomber	-20% -50%
	Mactera Tri-Jaw	350 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count to 245 350 385 420 420 385 385 420 420 420	No variant	-100% -50% -100% -100%	None Abdomen: x3
	Mactera Brundle	600 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count to 420 600 660 720 720 660 660 720 720 720	No variant	-100% -50% -100% -100%	Heavy Abdomen: x3

Naedocyte

Naedocytes make up a small caste of floating creatures, split between the Naedocyte Breeders and their Roe and Hatchlings, as well as the naturally spawning Naedocyte Shocker. The Naedocyte Hatchlings and Shockers are small, fragile, jellyfish-like creatures which flock to players in groups before stinging them. Like Macteras, the Naedocytes Shockers can show up mid-mission by appearing as a cluster near the players. The Naedocyte Hatchlings hatch out of the Roe lain by the Naedocyte Breeders.

Icon	Name	Base Health	Variants	Resistances	Armor Weakpoints
	Naedocyte Shocker	5 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count to 3.5 5 5.5 6 6 5.5 5.5 6 6 6	No variant	No Resistances	None No weakpoint
	Naedocyte Hatchling	5 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count to 3.5 5 5.5 6 6 5.5 5.5 6 6 6	No variant	No Resistances	None No weakpoint
	Naedocyte Roe	120 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count to 84 120 132 144 144 132 132 144 144 144	No variant	No Resistances	None No weakpoint
	Naedocyte Breeder	1500 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count 675 975 1200 1500 1800 1200 1275 1650 1800 1950 825 1125 1350 1500 1800 1350 1425 1650 1800 1950 1050 1350 1500 1800 2100 1500 1650 1950 2100 2250 1275 1500 1650 1950 2250 1650 1800 2100 2250 2400	No variant	No Resistances	None Mouth: x3

Stationary Threats

While many of the threats on Hoxxes IV are mobile, there are also several stationary threats on Hoxxes IV.

Icon	Name	Base Health	Variants	Resistances	Armor Weakpoints
	Cave Leech	100 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count to 70 100 110 120 120 110 110 120 120 120	No variant	No Resistances	None No weakpoint
	Deeptora Honeycomb	400 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count to 280 400 440 480 480 440 440 480 480 480	No variant	-100%	None No weakpoint
	Spitball Infector	800 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count 360 520 640 800 960 640 680 880 960 1040 440 600 720 800 960 720 760 880 960 1040 560 720 800 960 1120 800 880 1040 1120 1200 680 800 880 1040 1200 880 960 1120 1200 1280	No variant	-100%	None Bulbs: x2
	Glyphid Brood Nexus	1800 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count 810 1170 1440 1800 2160 1440 1530 1980 2160 2340 990 1350 1620 1800 2160 1620 1710 1980 2160 2340 1260 1620 1800 2160 2520 1800 1980 2340 2520 2700 1530 1800 1980 2340 2700 1980 2160 2520 2700 2880	No variant	No Resistances	None Eyes: x2
	Stabber Vine	300 Health	No variant	No Resistances	None Base of Claw:
	Deeptora Bough Wasp Nest	400 Health	No variant	No Resistances	None None

Passive Creatures

While a large part of Hoxxes IV's wildlife is hostile or dangerous, there are some passive creatures within the caves.

Icon	Name	Base Health	Variants	Resistances	Armor Weakpoints
	Loot Bug	100 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Any Mission 1 to 5.5 Player Count to 100	No variant	No Resistances	None No weakpoint
	Golden Loot Bug	200 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Any Mission 1 to 5.5 Player Count to 200	No variant	No Resistances	None No weakpoint
	Huuli Hoarder	1500 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Normal Mission DD EDD 1 2 3 4 5 3 3.5 4.5 5 5.5 Player Count 675 975 1200 1500 1800 1200 1275 1650 1800 1950 825 1125 1350 1500 1800 1350 1425 1650 1800 1950 1050 1350 1500 1800 2100 1500 1650 1950 2100 2250 1275 1500 1650 1950 2250 1650 1800 2100 2250 2400	No variant	80%	None No weakpoint
	Maggot	1 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Any Mission 1 to 5.5 Player Count to 1	No variant	No Resistances	None No weakpoint
	Naedocyte Cave Cruiser	35 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Any Mission 1 to 5.5 Player Count to 35	No variant	No Resistances	None No weakpoint
	Cave Vine	100 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Any Mission 1 to 5.5 Player Count to 100	No variant	No Resistances	None No weakpoint
	Silicate Harvester	250 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Any Mission 1 to 5.5 Player Count to 250	No variant	No Resistances	None No weakpoint
	Mobula Cave Angel	100 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Any Mission 1 to 5.5 Player Count to 100	No variant	No Resistances	None No weakpoint
	Hexawing Gniffer	80 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Any Mission 1 to 5.5 Player Count to 80	No variant	No Resistances	None No weakpoint
	Fester Flea	80 Health Effective Health Scaling Hazard Level Any Mission 1 to 5.5 Player Count to 80	No variant	No Resistances	None No weakpoint

Trivia

• Before Slashers and Guards were added, an elite version of the Glyphid Grunt called a "Veteran Warrior", existed from update 19 to 22. It had 50% more health than a Grunt and was almost identical aside from its reflective spike studded armor.
• Before update 24 hotfix 7, Praetorian abdomen used to be designed to take 150% damage, but wasn't registered as a weakpoint for the purpose of weapon modifications (such as Hollow Point Bullets).
• Naedocyte Shockers went through several different iterations. Shockers were originally introduced as the passive Cave Jellies in the Dense Biozone in Update 12, they were reworked and reintroduced as Naedocyte Shockers in Update 21, then were given new models in Update 23, and then passive Cave Jellies were reintroduced as a separate creature sometime between Update 23 and 24.
• The Glyphid Crassus Detonator is a reference to Roman general and politician Crassus, who was known as one of the most wealthy men of his time. When his body was recovered by his enemies after a battle resulting in his death, they poured liquid gold into his mouth to taunt his wealth and greed.