Creatures

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The Creatures of Hoxxes

Hoxxes IV Bracken 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 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 as eHP or effected Health Point, simplified as Health in this page. In reality, the creature’s health doesn’t change, but their resistance to damage increases with hazard level and the number of players. eHP is used instead 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 difficulty level played in game.

Land Creatures

Glyphid

The Glyphid are arachnid creatures, all of them able to crawl along the walls and ceilings of caves. Thus, players are advised to not only look around them for threats but above them as well.

Icon	Name	Base Health	Variants	Resistances	Armor Weakpoints
	lipid 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 1.5 3.5 5 7.5 8.5 5 6 8 8.5 10	No variant	No Resistances	None No weakpoint
	lipid 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 3.6 8.4 12 18 20.4 12 14.4 19.2 20.4 24	Common	No Resistances	None No weakpoint
			Glacial Strata	-25%  25%
			Radioactive Exclusion Zone	100%
	lipid	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 27 63 90 135 153 90 108 144 153 180	Common	No Resistances	Light Mouth: x2
			Glacial Strata	-25%  25%
			Radioactive Exclusion Zone	50%
	lipid 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 44.4 103.6 148 222 251.6 148 177.6 236.8 251.6 296	Common	-30%	Light Mouth: x2
			Glacial Strata	-25%  25%  -30%
			Radioactive Exclusion Zone	-30%  50%
	lipid 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 81 189 270 405 459 270 324 432 459 540	Common	25%  30%  30%	Light Heavy Mouth: x2
			Glacial Strata	-25%  25%  30%
			Radioactive Exclusion Zone	30%  50%
	lipid 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 187.5 375 825 975 1125 825 1162.5 1350 1275 1725 577.5 1125 1425 1500 2400 975 1462.5 1575 1650 2475 577.5 1125 1425 1500 2400 975 1462.5 1575 1650 2475 1387.5 1500 1725 1950 2175 1725 1950 2100 2100 2700	Common	No Resistances	Heavy Back: x1
			Glacial Strata	No Resistances
			Radioactive Exclusion Zone	100%
	lipid 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 200 400 880 1040 1200 880 1240 1440 1360 1840 616 1200 1520 1600 2560 1040 1560 1680 1760 2640 616 1200 1520 1600 2560 1040 1560 1680 1760 2640 1480 1600 1840 2080 2320 1840 2080 2240 2240 2880	No variant	No Resistances	Heavy Spherical Spore-emiter organ: x3 Mouth: x2
	lipid 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 225 450 990 1170 1350 990 1395 1620 1530 2070 693 1350 1710 1800 2880 1170 1755 1890 1980 2970 693 1350 1710 1800 2880 1170 1755 1890 1980 2970 1665 1800 2070 2340 2610 2070 2340 2520 2520 3240	No variant	66%  50%  25%  66%  -50%	Unbreakable Back: x1
	lipid Dreadnought	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 45 3150 4050 4950 6750 90 3600 5400 7875 12375 Health 4500 4500 4500 4500 4500 4500 4500 4500 4500 4500 4500 4500 4500 4500 4500 4500 4500 4500 4500 4500 8550 9900 10800 12600 14400 9900 10350 10800 11250 13500 Player Count 10 200 300 400 500 300 350 1000 400 1700 Shell 20 400 600 800 1000 600 700 2000 2000 3400 30 600 900 1200 1500 900 1050 1100 1500 1750 40 800 1300 1400 2000 1300 1350 1800 2000 2600	Shell phase	No Resistances	Unbreakable Back: x2 (Health phase only)
			Health phase	60%  40%
	lipid 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 6 14 20 30 34 20 24 32 34 40	Common	-25%	None Mouth: x2
			Radioactive Exclusion Zone	-25%
	lipid 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 1000 2000 4400 5200 6000 4400 6200 7200 6800 9200 3080 6000 7600 8000 12800 5200 7800 8400 8800 13200 3080 6000 7600 8000 12800 5200 7800 8400 8800 13200 7400 8000 9200 10400 11600 9200 10400 11200 11200 14400	No variant	50%	None Bulbs: x3
	lipid 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 1500 3000 6600 7800 9000 6600 9300 10800 10200 13800 4620 9000 11400 12000 19200 7800 11700 12600 13200 19800 4620 9000 11400 12000 19200 7800 11700 12600 13200 19800 11100 12000 13800 15600 17400 13800 15600 16800 16800 21600	No variant	50%	Medium Bulbs: x3
	lipid 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 12 28 40 60 68 40 48 64 68 80	No variant	No Resistances	Light Mouth: x2
	lipid 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 36 84 120 180 204 120 144 192 204 240	No variant	-10%	Light Mouth: x2
	lipid 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 175 350 770 910 1050 770 1085 1260 1190 1610 539 1050 1330 1400 2240 910 1365 1470 1540 2310 539 1050 1330 1400 2240 910 1365 1470 1540 2310 1295 1400 1610 1820 2030 1610 1820 1960 1960 2520	No variant	No Resistances	Heavy Mouth: x2 Side Sacks: x2

Other

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 3 7 10 15 17 10 12 16 17 20	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 90 210 300 450 510 300 360 480 510 600	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 25 50 110 130 150 110 155 180 170 230 77 150 190 200 320 130 195 210 220 330 77 150 190 200 320 130 195 210 220 330 185 200 230 260 290 230 260 280 280 360	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 112.5 225 495 585 675 495 697.5 810 765 1035 346.5 675 855 900 1440 585 877.5 945 990 1485 346.5 675 855 900 1440 585 877.5 945 990 1485 832.5 900 1035 1170 1305 1035 1170 1260 1260 1620	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 13 910 1170 1430 1950 26 1040 1560 2275 3575 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 2470 2860 3120 3640 4160 2860 2990 3120 3250 3900	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 137.5 275 605 715 825 605 852.5 990 935 1265 423.5 825 1045 1100 1760 715 1072.5 1155 1210 1815 423.5 825 1045 1100 1760 715 1072.5 1155 1210 1815 1017.5 1100 1265 1430 1595 1265 1430 1540 1540 1980	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 62.5 125 275 325 375 275 387.5 450 425 575 192.5 375 475 500 800 325 487.5 525 550 825 192.5 375 475 500 800 325 487.5 525 550 825 462.5 500 575 650 725 575 650 700 700 900	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 3000 4950 5700 6300 8100 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 4200 4200 4500 5100 5100 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 4200 4200 4500 5100 5100 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 9000 9600 10200 10800 15000 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A	No variant	50%  30%  -20%	Unbreakable No weakpoint

Air Creatures

Mactera

Mactera are flying creatures that have dangerous abilities, can be difficult to hit and are tough to kill.

Icon	Name	Base Health	Variants	Resistances	Armor Weakpoints
	Spitting thing	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 66.9 156.1 223 334.5 379.1 223 267.6 356.8 379.1 446	No variant	-100%  -50%  -100%  -100%	None Abdomen: x3
	P diddy	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 125 250 550 650 750 550 775 900 850 1150 385 750 950 1000 1600 650 975 1050 1100 1650 385 750 950 1000 1600 650 975 1050 1100 1650 925 1000 1150 1300 1450 1150 1300 1400 1400 1800	No variant	No Resistances	None Abdomen’s Tip: x3
	TJ cream	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 200 400 880 1040 1200 880 1240 1440 1360 1840 616 1200 1520 1600 2560 1040 1560 1680 1760 2640 616 1200 1520 1600 2560 1040 1560 1680 1760 2640 1480 1600 1840 2080 2320 1840 2080 2240 2240 2880	Mactera Goo Bomber	-20%  -50%	None Sacs: x3
			Mactera Frost Bomber	-20%  -50%

Naedocyte

Naedocyte are flying jellyfish-like creatures that usually attack in swarms and can cause major damage if not dealt with at a distance.

Icon	Name	Base Health	Variants	Resistances	Armor Weakpoints
	Annoying fuck	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 1.5 3.5 5 7.5 8.5 5 6 8 8.5 10	No variant	No Resistances	None No weakpoint
	Annoying fuck 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 1.5 3.5 5 7.5 8.5 5 6 8 8.5 10	No variant	No Resistances	None No weakpoint
	Annoying fuck 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 36 84 120 180 204 120 144 192 204 240	No variant	No Resistances	None No weakpoint
	Annoying fuck 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 375 750 1650 1950 2250 1650 2325 2700 2550 3450 1155 2250 2850 3000 4800 1950 2925 3150 3300 4950 1155 2250 2850 3000 4800 1950 2925 3150 3300 4950 2775 3000 3450 3900 4350 3450 3900 4200 4200 5400	No variant	No Resistances	None Mouth: x3

Stationary Threats

Whilst many of the threats on Hoxxes IV are mobile, there are also several stationary hazards on Hoxxes IV. Stationary creatures tend to have higher health than all other creatures.

Icon	Name	Base Health	Variants	Resistances	Armor Weakpoints
	Scout's nightmare	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 30 70 100 150 170 100 120 160 170 200	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 120 280 400 600 680 400 480 640 680 800	No variant	-100%	None No weakpoint
	Poggers	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 200 400 880 1040 1200 880 1240 1440 1360 1840 616 1200 1520 1600 2560 1040 1560 1680 1760 2640 616 1200 1520 1600 2560 1040 1560 1680 1760 2640 1480 1600 1840 2080 2320 1840 2080 2240 2240 2880	No variant	-100%	None Bulbs: x2
	Fat fuck	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 450 900 1980 2340 2700 1980 2790 3240 3060 4140 1386 2700 3420 3600 5760 2340 3510 3780 3960 5940 1386 2700 3420 3600 5760 2340 3510 3780 3960 5940 3330 3600 4140 4680 5220 4140 4680 5040 5040 6480	No variant	No Resistances	None Eyes: x2

Passive Creatures

Whilst the vast majority of Hoxxes IV' fauna are hostile and dangerous, there are some non-aggressive 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 375 750 1650 1950 2250 1650 2325 2700 2550 3450 1155 2250 2850 3000 4800 1950 2925 3150 3300 4950 1155 2250 2850 3000 4800 1950 2925 3150 3300 4950 2775 3000 3450 3900 4350 3450 3900 4200 4200 5400	No variant	80%	None No weakpoint
	Insignificant fuck	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

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.