Glyphid Bulk Detonator

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Glyphid Bulk Detonator
Creature Details
Species	Glyphid
Biome	All
Category	Disruptive Enemy
Combat
Attack(s)	Hellfire Final Blow Cluster Bombs Dig
Base Health	4000
Resistance(s)	Explosive: 50%
Weakness(es)	None
Weakpoint	Bulbs: ×3
Immunity	Stun
Temperature
Burn T°C	60°
Burn T°C	60°
Freeze T°C	-490°
Freeze T°C	-490°
Douse Fire T°C	30°
Douse Fire T°C	30°
Unfreeze T°C	-200°
Unfreeze T°C	-200°
Cooling Rate	10°/s
Cooling Rate	10°/s
Warming Rate	300°/s
Warming Rate	300°/s

“

The current theory is that the Glyphid Detonator is what happens when an Exploder manages to somehow not explode during its volatile, and usually short, life. They grow to enormous size, their skin hardening to a thickly calloused crust capable of withstanding most standard calibers to an astonishing degree. A number of pulsing, tumorous growths will usually be found along their back, which works in our favor - focusing fire on these tumors results in tremendous trauma to the beasts. But even when served with such weak spots, they rank in the absolute top list of threats Hoxxes throws at our operation. Take them, quickly, and from a distance - get too close and they release devastating shockwaves of fire. And true to their name, managing to kill one will results in a blast ranging on the kiloton scale.

— Miner's Manual Description

The Glyphid Bulk Detonator is a hostile Creature found on Hoxxes. It can be found in any region of the planet, though it is quite an uncommon sight to find one. It is implied through its design and its entry in the Miner's Manual that it is a Glyphid Exploder which has grown to tremendous size, and its explosive abilities have improved to boot. Its entire body is gnarled into a lumpy mess and its mouth is deformed, with many fangs jutting out in random directions. It also has three distinct yellow tumours bulging out of its abdomen. It is one of, if not the biggest creature in the entire game, even dwarfing the likes of the Glyphid Dreadnought.

The Bulk Detonator boasts extremely high offensive and defensive capability, and its presence in a firefight absolutely cannot be ignored. Wherever it moves, a halo of orange particles follows around it to indicate the radius of its Hellfire attack - this move consists of the Bulk Detonator stomping the ground with its forelegs, creating a fiery explosion which can deal substantial damage and can easily bring a Dwarf down to half of his health. On higher hazard levels, the attack can instantly kill a Dwarf in one blow, and the area-of-effect means it can potentially down an entire team in one strike. The Bulk can also use this Hellfire attack to dig through walls and terrain if it does not have a clear line of sight to any Dwarf or if it cannot fit through a tight enough chokepoint.

The Bulk also boasts an impressive 4000 base health, which scales rapidly with more players and higher difficulty. This allows it to resist an immense amount of gunfire whenever its weakpoints aren't being targeted. It is also completely immune to stuns and Fear Factor, and it can resist half of all explosive damage, rendering most grenades and satchel charges ineffective tools to bring a Bulk down. When a Bulk's HP is eventually fully drained, it will freeze in place for a moment before causing a gigantic explosion. The crater spans over 10m in diameter, and anything caught in the blast will be instantly killed. Furthermore, the Bulk launches several explosive orange globs when it dies which fly outwards and can injure or even kill whatever they land on, especially if it is a direct hit.

The Bulk is an incredibly dangerous enemy, but it has a major Achilles' heel in the form of speed - it is extremely slow, and can be outmaneuvered even without sprinting. It takes a very long time for the Bulk to close in on a target, and without any kind of projectile attacks it is completely at the mercy of ranged attacks. Its three tumours take 300% damage, though they will eventually break when focused for long enough. Furthermore while it resists explosive damage, it is not immune to any status effects, and those which can cause slowing such as Electrocution or Neurotoxin are particularly effective at slowing a Bulk's already pathetic movespeed to a crawl.

Combat

Health and Armor

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

Breakable Weakpoints

The Glyphid Bulk Detonator possess 3 Bulbs, unlike regular weakpoints, they are breakable.
The Bulbs have a base health of 200 that scale with Hazard Level.

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	140	200	220	240	240		220	220		240	240	240

When it comes to dealing damage to break the weakpoint itself the weakpoint damage multipliers do not apply.
For example a weakpoint with 200 effective HP and a multiplier of 3x being shot for by a gun that deals 15 direct damage with a 30% weakpoint bonus will only take 15 damage.
Any Area Damage can damage and potentially break them, which can be detrimental since they don’t benefit from weakpoint damage.
The CRSPR Flamethrower and the Cryo Cannon can’t damage breakable weakpoints.

Attacks

Hellfire

AoE Attack
Area Damage		Hazard Level
		Normal Mission						DD			EDD
		1	2	3	4	5		3	3.5		4.5	5	5.5
Player Count		40	56	96	160	224		96	120		184	224	240
		40	64	104	172	240		104	128		196	240	256
		40	72	112	184	256		112	136		208	256	272
		40	80	120	200	272		120	144		224	272	288
Details
Damage Type		Explosive			Radius: 8 m Maximum Damage Radius: 2.5 m Minimum Area Damage: 10 %
Status Effect		Set the dwarves on Fire unless they were frozen solid.

Final Blow

AoE Attack
Area Damage		Hazard Level
		Normal Mission						DD			EDD
		1	2	3	4	5		3	3.5		4.5	5	5.5
Player Count		10000	14000	24000	40000	56000		24000	30000		46000	56000	60000
		10000	16000	26000	43000	60000		26000	32000		49000	60000	64000
		10000	18000	28000	46000	64000		28000	34000		52000	64000	68000
		10000	20000	30000	50000	68000		30000	36000		56000	68000	72000
Details
Damage Type		Explosive			Radius: 8 m Maximum Damage Radius: 4 m Minimum Area Damage: 0.1 %
Carve Radius		15 m

Cluster Bombs

Projectile
Damage Amount		Hazard Level
		Normal Mission						DD			EDD
		1	2	3	4	5		3	3.5		4.5	5	5.5
Player Count		2.5	3.5	6	10	14		6	7.5		11.5	14	15
		2.5	4	6.5	10.75	15		6.5	8		12.25	15	16
		2.5	4.5	7	11.5	16		7	8.5		13	16	17
		2.5	5	7.5	12.5	17		7.5	9		14	17	18
Details
Damage Type
AoE Projectile
Area Damage		Hazard Level
		Normal Mission						DD			EDD
		1	2	3	4	5		3	3.5		4.5	5	5.5
Player Count		50	70	120	200	280		120	150		230	280	300
		50	80	130	215	300		130	160		245	300	320
		50	90	140	230	320		140	170		260	320	340
		50	100	150	250	340		150	180		280	340	360
Details
Damage Type		Explosive			Radius: 5 m Maximum Damage Radius: 3 m Minimum Area Damage: 20 %

Dig

Carving Attack
Area Damage		Hazard Level
		Normal Mission						DD			EDD
		1	2	3	4	5		3	3.5		4.5	5	5.5
Player Count		12.5	17.5	30	50	70		30	37.5		57.5	70	75
		12.5	20	32.5	53.75	75		32.5	40		61.25	75	80
		12.5	22.5	35	57.5	80		35	42.5		65	80	85
		12.5	25	37.5	62.5	85		37.5	45		70	85	90
Details
Damage Type		Melee			Attack Radius: 5 m
Max. Angle		180°
Carve Radius		3 m

Tips

• Bulk Detonators are more dangerous the smaller the space they are in, due to them being much more difficult to avoid. If you find one inside a narrow space, lure it to a more open place so you have more space to avoid its attacks.
  • This makes Bulks especially more difficult in Complexity 1 caves, as its few caverns are quite small, often not providing enough room to maneuver around a Bulk.
• Be careful where you detonate a Bulk. For example, if it explodes close to the Drop Pod during a Salvage Operation, the Fuel Cells may land in the resulting crater, which makes completing the refueling far more difficult due to having the low ground. The same applies to the Uplink, so avoid detonating a Bulk on top of it.
• Bulk craters in the Magma Core are hazardous, due to slag being able to damage dwarves that walk on it in that biome. You may want to use a zipline or platforms to bridge across it.
• Keep as much distance as possible from a Bulk Detonator, especially when low health. Be ready to turn and run when it is critically injured, as you won't have much time to clear the blast radius if up close.
• The Bulk Detonator is very resistant to Freezing, and will thaw out quickly. If it dies while frozen it will produce an explosion which deals no damage, doesn't fire orange globs and doesn't leave a crater but inflicts massive knockback - more than enough to catapult a Dwarf many metres.
• High damage precision weapons such as the M1000 Classic, Deepcore 40mm PGL with the Hyper Propellant overclock, and Heavy Revolver are best suited for taking out Bulks, as they can deal extremely high damage to the weak spots which already take much more damage from regular shots. The Breach Cutter and Subata 120 are also reasonable choices for damaging a bulk at a safe distance.
• As mentioned earlier, the Bulk is incredibly vulnerable to Electrocution. The IFG and the Voltaic SMG can slow a Bulk down to a crawl when used to electrocute it, which makes taking them out much easier as you will have more time to focus down the tumours.
• A Bulk Detonator can instantly wipe out an armor plate on the Drilldozer during an Escort Duty mission. Take extreme caution and lure it away from the Drilldozer before killing it to ensure it won't destroy the Drilldozer when it explodes.
• Bulk Detonators are extremely dangerous foes to face during a Salvage Operation, as the Dwarves are mostly forced to stay inside the uplink zones to progress the mission. When a Bulk is spotted while an uplink is active, it is imperative that it must be killed ASAP.
  • It may be necessary for a class with high mobility, such as Scout or Driller, to leave the uplink zone and grab the Bulk's aggro to lead it away from the uplink so the rest of the team can kill the bulk in relative safety and continue the uplink, since having the uplink progress go down to 0% will result in mission failure.

Trivia

• The Glyphid Bulk Detanator was added in Update 23: Horrors of Hoxxes.
• The Unknown Horror which appears in the Haunted Cave mutation shares the same stats as a normal Bulk Detonator (except health), including its weakness to status effects.