Glyphid Crassus Detonator

Creature Details

Species

Glyphid

Biome

All

Combat

Attack(s)

Hellfire
Golden Final Blow
Cluster Bombs
Dig

Base Health

6000

Resistance(s)

Explosive: 50%

Weakness(es)

None

Weakpoint

Bulbs: ×3

Immunity

Stun

Temperature

Douse Fire T°C

Unfreeze T°C

30°

-200°

Cooling Rate

Warming Rate

10°/s

300°/s

“

A close cousin of the Glyphid Detonator, but displaying an exceptionally thrilling mutation. It is every bit as lethal as its cousin, releasing the same devastating shockwaves and blowing up with a blast in the kiloton range, but - instead of glassing the surrounding environment on account of the tremendous heat released, a most peculiar chemical reaction occurs. Everything caught in the blast radius of an exploding Crassus Detonator turns to gold. Incredible.

— Miner's Manual

The Glyphid Crassus Detonator is a hostile Creature. It can spawn in any region of the planet, but its spawn is tied to level generation. It has a 3%* chance to spawn at the beginning of the mission and roams around the caves towards the Dwarves. Take note that only one will spawn. The Glyphid Crassus Detonator is commonly referred to as a Crassus or a Crassus Detonator.
*Crassus Detonators will not appear on missions until the Conquer Hoxxes IV Assignment has been completed.

Described by the Miner's Manual as a mutation of the original Bulk Detonator, the Crassus is very similar in appearance and behavior. The biggest and most obvious difference is its whole body being covered in a layer of Gold - this gold serves as a type of armor which reduces Direct Damage by 60% and cannot be broken.

The Crassus will also explode violently in the same manner as the Bulk Detonator does, but with a key difference. The 13 meter crater it leaves behind will be coated in a layer of solid Gold, which can be mined and deposited. The amount of Gold created depends on how much terrain is caught at the edge of its blast radius - catching the Bulk within a narrow tunnel will result in a larger amount of Gold. Killing the Crassus while it is near the back wall of a driller or pickaxe tunnel will yield a near-maximal amount of gold: about 1230 (without Pots O' Gold). If the Crassus Detonator dies while it is frozen, its death explosion will not produce a crater of gold.

Aside from these differences, the Crassus Detonator behaves in the exact same way as a regular Bulk Detonator does, so any strategies that work for the Bulk can also tame a Crassus quite effectively.

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	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

Breakable Weakpoints

The Glyphid Crassus Detonator possess 3 Bulbs, unlike regular weakpoints, they are breakable.
The Bulbs have a base health of 300 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	210	300	330	360	360	330	330	360	360	360

When it comes to dealing damage to break the weakpoints weakpoint damage don’t apply.
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[]

Massive ~15 meter explosion upon death that releases several additional flying explosive globs
Explosive damage to terrain can leave behind layers of Gold when killed
Explodes with a non-damaging shock-wave, when killed while frozen
Stomps on nearby Dwarves, creating a very large blast that deals 100 fire damage
Digs through the dirt towards Dwarves using explosive slams

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.

Golden 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	6.5 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

Gallery[]

The Crassus Detonator
The explosion left by the Crassus Detonator

Trivia[]

The Glyphid Crassus Detonator is a reference to Roman general and politician Crassus, who was known as one of the wealthiest men of his time. According to legend, 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.
The Crassus has the highest amount of base health of any creature in the game, at 6000 HP. This can scale all the way up to 9000 HP on a Hazard 5 mission with four players.
When the Crassus explodes, all terrain and platforms in a 6.5 meter radius are destroyed. All terrain and platforms between 6.5 meters and 6.75 meters away are turned to gold, leaving some portion of a 0.25-meter-thick spherical shell of gold.
Ignoring the effects of Pots O' Gold, the theoretical maximum gold yield of a Crassus Detonator explosion is 1271 gold, but this has yet to be experimentally confirmed. This is only achievable if the region intersecting the spherical shell described above is completely filled with terrain or engineer platforms. This is extremely difficult to achieve, as completely enclosing the Crassus will cause it to teleport.
The cluster bombs released by a Crassus as it explodes will break any terrain they hit, as well as chunks of the gold crater. This gold is not destroyed and can be picked up by players, but it will not benefit from Pots O' Gold.
In earlier builds of Deep Rock Galactic, there was a cut attribute to the Golden Final Blow. All properties were the same as the current iteration, with the only difference being that instead of the explosion being made of standard gold, a special version of the gold would be created instead, known as "Melted Gold". It would grant the same amounts of gold as its counterpart, except that it would take only a single pickaxe hit to mine and harvest. This special cut version of gold can be assumed to take only a single hit due to how large and oddly structured the golden explosion can be, making the mining process much more easier and streamlined. However, due to Melted Gold being its own unique resource, it was not affected by Pots O' Gold.