Glyphid Crassus Detonator

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Glyphid Crassus Detonator
Creature Details
Species	Glyphid
Biome	All
Category	Rare Boss Enemy
Combat
Attack(s)	Hellfire Golden Final Blow Cluster Bombs Dig
Base Health	6000
Resistance(s)	Explosive: 50%
Weakness(es)	None
Weakpoint	Bulbs: ×3
Armor	Medium
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

“

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 amounts 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.

Asides 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

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  The Crassus Detonator

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  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.