Glyphid Dreadnought

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Glyphid Dreadnought
Creature Details
Full Name	Glyphid Dreadnought
Species	Glyphid
Spawn Restriction	None
Spawn Pool	Boss Enemy
Combat
Attack(s)	Bite Slash Trembling Stomp Ignited Projectile Swarm Bladder Dig
Base Health	5000
Shell Health	1700
Resistance(s)	Health: Fire: 50% Frost: 20% Electricity: 60% Explosive: 40% Shell Fire: 30% Explosive: 40%
Weakness(es)	Health: None Shell None
Immunity	On Fire, Electrocution, Stun, Fear, Pheromone Aggro, L.U.R.E. Aggro
Weakpoint	Back: ×2 (Health)
Armor	Unbreakable
Creature Model
Status Immunity
On Fire Immunity	Yes
Freeze Immunity	No
Electrocution	Unknown
Stun
× ???
???s
Fear
Fear Immunity	Unknown
Courage	1
CC Pause Logic
Stun	No
Freeze	No
Aggro
Ignore Pheromone	Yes
Ignore L.U.R.E	Yes
Movement
Movement Speed	4 m/s
Movement Speed	4 m/s
Fear Speed mult.	×1
Fear Speed mult.	×1
Acceleration	6 m/s2
Acceleration	6 m/s2
Deceleration	3 m/s2
Deceleration	3 m/s2
Pathfinder Type	Walk
Pathfinder Type	Walk
Strafe Speed	3 m/s
Strafe Speed	3 m/s
Pathfinder Preference	Floor
Pathfinder Preference	Floor
Max. Strafe Distance	2 m
Max. Strafe Distance	2 m
Temperature
Max. T°	100°
Max. T°	100°
Min. T°	-490°
Min. T°	-490°
Burn T°	1000°
Burn T°	1000°
Freeze T°	-490°
Freeze T°	-490°
Douse Fire T°	100°
Douse Fire T°	100°
Unfreeze T°	-100°
Unfreeze T°	-100°
Cooling Rate	30°/s
Cooling Rate	30°/s
Warming Rate	520°/s
Warming Rate	520°/s
On Fire Heat Range	2 m
On Fire Heat Range	2 m
Warming Cooldown	1 s
Warming Cooldown	1 s
Max. Cold Slowdown	60% %
Max. Cold Slowdown	60% %
Update Time	1 s
Update Time	1 s
Die if Frozen	No
Die if Frozen	No
T° Change Scale	÷1
T° Change Scale	÷1
Frozen Dmg Bonus	×2.5
Frozen Dmg Bonus	×2.5

“

The Glyphid Dreadnought - the worst of the bunch, and arguably the worst thing Hoxxes has yet to throw at us. It's fast, smart, huge, and carries enough bio-weapons to fight a small war. It sports several preferred methods of attack, including firing actual fireballs at you, or sending cataclysmic shockwaves through the very ground you stand on. It has its abdomen exposed for heat dissipation like much of its kind, but unlike the rest this one has a tough outer shell that needs to be cracked before you can hit the weaker innards. And to make matters worse, it is capable of regenerating said shell within seconds. R&D's primary recommendation upon meeting a Dreadnought is simple: Run.

— Miner's Manual Description

The Glyphid Dreadnought is a hostile boss Creature on Hoxxes. It has a 1 in 3 chance to be found inside the first Glyphid Cocoon in the Elimination gamemode, where it will attack the Dwarves once its cocoon is broken. It can also appear very rarely in place of a Swarm.

The Dreadnought is an offensive and defensive powerhouse, with dark spiky chitin covering the majority of its body and a blood-red skin tone. It has a gigantic mouth with large, razor sharp fangs. Its overall body shape is quite similar to the Glyphid Praetorian, but it has greatly increased stats. Its entire body is covered in unbreakable armor, even the parts which appear to have no armor plating. The only place it can be damaged is its abdomen, which itself starts out covered in a tough shell. To actually kill the Dreadnought, the shell around its abdomen must be broken, then it will start taking damage to its main health bar. The abdomen's shell is able to regrow back after enough time passes, or instantly if the Dreadnought takes a substantial amount of damage in a short space.

When a Dreadnought appears, its health appears as a giant bar at the top of the screen. It has a red Health bar and a yellow Shell bar. The Health bar must be emptied completely to kill a Dreadnought. The shell can regrow an infinite amount of times, but the abdomen takes double damage from all sources. That said, the Dreadnought is impossible to kill without its shell regrowing at least twice, as the shell automatically regrows if a Dreadnought loses a third of its health at once.

Weakspot damage bonus modifications will increase damage to the abdomen but not the shell. Armor breaking will not increase damage to the shell nor will it pierce the Dreadnought's unbreakable armor.

The Dreadnought features a variety of attacks to use against the Dwarves. It uses common biting and claw swiping attacks used by other Glyphids, though with increased damage. It can also spew explosive fireballs which deal massive damage in a tight radius, and pheromone clusters which create Dreadnought-coloured Glyphid Spawn and apply the Pheromone effect to a Dwarf, making them more likely to be attacked by enemies.

Its signature attack, the Trembling Stomp, deals extremely high damage in a wide radius around the Dreadnought itself. It prepares this attack by roaring, causing rocks to levitate, and then stomping the ground which creates volcanic spikes that impale the Dwarves. The roaring animation is supposed to provide time to get out of the way, but with higher numbers of players this animation speeds up tremendously - as does the damage of the stomp on higher Hazard levels which can instantly kill full-health dwarves.

The Dreadnought chases one dwarf at a time while ignoring the others, but switches targets regularly.

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		1000	1500	2500	3500	3750		2500	3000		3500	3750	3750	Health
		2000	2000	2750	3750	4000		2750	3250		3750	4000	4000
		3000	3500	4500	5000	6000		4500	4750		5500	6000	6000
		4000	5000	6000	8000	8500		6000	7000		8000	8000	8500
Player Count		340	510	850	1190	1190		850	1020		1190	1190	1190	Shell
		680	680	935	1275	1360		935	1020		1190	1360	1190
		1020	1190	1530	1700	2040		1530	1700		1870	2040	1870
		1360	1700	2040	2720	2890		2040	2380		2720	2890	2720

Attacks

Bite

AoE Melee 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			Radius: 2.5 m Maximum Damage Radius: 2 m Minimum Area Damage: 50 %
Max. Angle		180°

Slash

AoE Melee 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			Radius: 2.5 m Maximum Damage Radius: 2 m Minimum Area Damage: 50 %
Max. Angle		180°

Trembling Stomp

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		42.5	59.5	102	170	238		102	127.5		195.5	238	255
		42.5	68	110.5	182.75	255		110.5	136		208.25	255	272
		42.5	76.5	119	195.5	272		119	144.5		221	272	289
		42.5	85	127.5	212.5	289		127.5	153		238	289	306
Details
Damage Type		Explosive			Radius: 6.75 m Maximum Damage Radius: 6 m Minimum Area Damage: 10 %
Knockback Force		Horizontal: 0 m Vertical: 1 m

Ignited Projectile

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		15	21	36	60	84		36	45		69	84	90
		15	24	39	64.5	90		39	48		73.5	90	96
		15	27	42	69	96		42	51		78	96	102
		15	30	45	75	102		45	54		84	102	108
Details
Damage Type		Explosive			Radius: 2.75 m Maximum Damage Radius: 1.5 m Minimum Area Damage: 20 %

Swarm Bladder

Projectile
Damage Amount		Hazard Level
		Normal Mission						DD			EDD
		1	2	3	4	5		3	3.5		4.5	5	5.5
Player Count		0.05	0.07	0.12	0.2	0.28		0.12	0.15		0.23	0.28	0.3
		0.05	0.08	0.13	0.215	0.3		0.13	0.16		0.245	0.3	0.32
		0.05	0.09	0.14	0.23	0.32		0.14	0.17		0.26	0.32	0.34
		0.05	0.1	0.15	0.25	0.34		0.15	0.18		0.28	0.34	0.36
Details
Damage Type		Typeless
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	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0
		0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0
		0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0
		0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0
Details
Damage Type		Typeless			Radius: 3 m Maximum Damage Radius: 3 m Minimum Area Damage: 100 %
Duration		10 s
Status Effect		Pheromones for 10 s

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		7.5	10.5	18	30	42		18	22.5		34.5	42	45
		7.5	12	19.5	32.25	45		19.5	24		36.75	45	48
		7.5	13.5	21	34.5	48		21	25.5		39	48	51
		7.5	15	22.5	37.5	51		22.5	27		42	51	54
Details
Damage Type		Melee			Attack Radius: 5 m
Max. Angle		180°
Carve Radius		2.5 m

Gallery

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  Ignited Projectile

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  Swarm Bladder

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  Trembling Stomp

Trivia

• Glyphid Dreadnoughts are implied to be able to "turn into something even worse" if left to pupate for too long, according to Mission Control. It is currently unknown what it would become in such a case.
• There used to be a glitch in which the Dreadnought would rotate during stationary phases, such as during a roar, when players tried to get behind it, covering its weakspot. This was later patched in Update 33: New Frontiers.