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 typically spawns 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.

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 damage and cannot be broken. This on top of the extremely high 6000 health the Crassus boasts makes it a very resilient enemy. Targeting the tumorous bulbs on its backside is a necessity to deal larger amounts of damage to it.

The Crassus will also explode violently in the same manner as the Bulk Detonator does, but with a key difference. The 10 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 space is caught within the radius of the blast - catching the Bulk within a narrow tunnel will result in the largest amounts of Gold possible.

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. It retains the same slow movement speed and extremely high damage. It still has the same stomp attack, but the explosions caused by this attack will not produce any Gold. While the massive amounts of Gold produced by the Crassus is an alluring prize, don't forget that it's still a very lethal enemy.

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		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

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	90	210	300	450	510		300	360		480	510	600

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

• 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		0	20	120	240	304		160	280		160	304	320
	{{#ifeq: Explosive | Cold | |	0	136	184	266.4	320		0	136		184	266.4	320
	{{#ifeq: Explosive | Cold | |	0	136	184	266.4	320		0	136		184	266.4	320
	{{#ifeq: Explosive | Cold | |	0	216	232	346.4	400		0	216		232	346.4	400
Details
Damage Type		Kinetic			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		0	5000	30000	60000	76000		40000	70000		40000	76000	80000
	{{#ifeq: Explosive | Cold | |	0	34000	46000	66600	80000		0	34000		46000	66600	80000
	{{#ifeq: Explosive | Cold | |	0	34000	46000	66600	80000		0	34000		46000	66600	80000
	{{#ifeq: Explosive | Cold | |	0	54000	58000	86600	100000		0	54000		58000	86600	100000
Details
Damage Type		Kinetic			Radius: 8 m Maximum Damage Radius: 4 m Minimum Area Damage: 0.1 %
Carve Radius		13 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		0	1.25	7.5	15	19		10	17.5		10	19	20
	{{#ifeq: | Cold | |	0	8.5	11.5	16.65	20		0	8.5		11.5	16.65	20
	{{#ifeq: | Cold | |	0	8.5	11.5	16.65	20		0	8.5		11.5	16.65	20
	{{#ifeq: | Cold | |	0	13.5	14.5	21.65	25		0	13.5		14.5	21.65	25
Details
Damage Type		Kinetic
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		0	25	150	300	380		200	350		200	380	400
	{{#ifeq: Explosive | Cold | |	0	170	230	333	400		0	170		230	333	400
	{{#ifeq: Explosive | Cold | |	0	170	230	333	400		0	170		230	333	400
	{{#ifeq: Explosive | Cold | |	0	270	290	433	500		0	270		290	433	500
Details
Damage Type		Kinetic			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		0	6.25	37.5	75	95		50	87.5		50	95	100
	{{#ifeq: Melee | Cold | |	0	42.5	57.5	83.25	100		0	42.5		57.5	83.25	100
	{{#ifeq: Melee | Cold | |	0	42.5	57.5	83.25	100		0	42.5		57.5	83.25	100
	{{#ifeq: Melee | Cold | |	0	67.5	72.5	108.25	125		0	67.5		72.5	108.25	125
Details
Damage Type		Kinetic			Attack Radius: 5 m
Max. Angle		180°
Carve Radius		3 m

Tips

• Try to lure Crassus Detonators into enclosed spaces before finishing them off for the highest quantity of gold
• If the Crassus Detonator dies while it is frozen, it's death explosion will not produce a crater of gold
• Shooting any of the three "bulbs" deals 3x the damage of shooting the body

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.