Glyphid Nitrus Detonator

Glyphid Nitrus Detonator
Creature Details
Species	Glyphid
Biome	All
Category	Extremely Rare Boss Enemy
Combat
Attack(s)	Hellfire Nitrous 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 Bulk 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 Nitrus Detonator turns to nitra. Incredible.

— Miner's Manual

The Glyphid Nitrus 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 Nitrus Detonator is commonly referred to as a Nitrus or a Nitrus Detonator.
*Nitrus 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 Nitrus is very similar in appearance and behavior. The biggest and most obvious difference is its whole body being covered in a layer of Nitra - this nitra serves as a type of armor which reduces Direct Damage by 60% and cannot be broken.

The Nitrus 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 Nitra, which can be mined and deposited. The amount of Nitra 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 Nitra. Killing the Nitrus while it is near the back wall of a driller or pickaxe tunnel will yield a near-maximal amount of Nitra. If the Nitrus Detonator dies while it is frozen or burning, its death explosion will not produce a crater of Nitra.

Aside from these differences, the Nitrus 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 Nitrus 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		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 Nitrus 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 Nitra 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.

Nitrous 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		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		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

Elite Variant

Elite Glyphid Nitrus Detonator
Creature Details
Species	Glyphid
Biome	All
Category	Disruptive Enemy
Combat
Attack(s)	Hellfire Final Blow Cluster Bombs Dig
Base Health	4000
Resistance(s)	Stun: 100% Explosive: 50%
Weakness(es)	None
Weakpoint	Bulbs: ×3
Immunity	Courage: 1.0 Stun Duration: ×0 Stun Immunity Window: Stun Pause Logic: Frozen Pause Logic:
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 Glyphid Nitrus Detonator is the elite version of the regular Bulk Detonator. Like all Elite enemies, the Elite Glyphid Bulk Nitrus Detonator looks almost identical to its regular counterparts; being only distinguished by its aura of distinct vertical red lines with the words 'elite' above their healthbar when scanned and looked at.

Attacks

In addition to all the benefits that all Elite enemies receive (I.e. substantially increased health, attack damage and resistances), Elite Glyphid Nitrus Detonators have one additional enhancements:

• The "Nitrous Final Blow" crater is decreased from 12m to 8m on the inside and the crater on the outside is extremely significantly increased from 8.5 to 30m.

Effective Health Scaling		Hazard Level
		Normal Mission						DD			EDD
		1	2	3	4	5		3	3.5		4.5	5	5.5
Player Count		70000	80000	110000	150000	210000		190000	125000		215000	230000	235000
		5000	110000	130000	140000	250000		100000	150000		150000	250000	300000
		5000	110000	130000	140000	250000		100000	150000		150000	250000	300000
		210000	200000	330000	300000	450000		230000	230000		250000	250000	370000

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	95	570	1140	1444		760	1330		760	1444	1520
	{{#ifeq: Explosive | Cold | |	0	646	874	1265.4	1520		0	646		874	1265.4	1520
	{{#ifeq: Explosive | Cold | |	0	646	874	1265.4	1520		0	646		874	1265.4	1520
	{{#ifeq: Explosive | Cold | |	0	1026	1102	1645.4	1900		0	1026		1102	1645.4	1900
Details
Damage Type		Kinetic			Radius: 24 m Maximum Damage Radius: 5.5 m Minimum Area Damage: 5 %
Status Effect		Set the dwarves on Fire unless they were frozen solid.

Nitrous 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	2250000000	13500000000	27000000000	34200000000		18000000000	31500000000		18000000000	34200000000	36000000000
	{{#ifeq: Explosive | Cold | |	0	15300000000	20700000000	29970000000	36000000000		0	15300000000		20700000000	29970000000	36000000000
	{{#ifeq: Explosive | Cold | |	0	15300000000	20700000000	29970000000	36000000000		0	15300000000		20700000000	29970000000	36000000000
	{{#ifeq: Explosive | Cold | |	0	24300000000	26100000000	38970000000	45000000000		0	24300000000		26100000000	38970000000	45000000000
Details
Damage Type		Kinetic			Radius: 30 m Maximum Damage Radius: 8.5 m Minimum Area Damage: 0.01 %
Carve Radius		30 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	12.5	75	150	190		100	175		100	190	200
	{{#ifeq: | Cold | |	0	85	115	166.5	200		0	85		115	166.5	200
	{{#ifeq: | Cold | |	0	85	115	166.5	200		0	85		115	166.5	200
	{{#ifeq: | Cold | |	0	135	145	216.5	250		0	135		145	216.5	250
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	169.75	1018.5	2037	2580.2		1358	2376.5		1358	2580.2	2716
	{{#ifeq: Explosive | Cold | |	0	1154.3	1561.7	2261.07	2716		0	1154.3		1561.7	2261.07	2716
	{{#ifeq: Explosive | Cold | |	0	1154.3	1561.7	2261.07	2716		0	1154.3		1561.7	2261.07	2716
	{{#ifeq: Explosive | Cold | |	0	1833.3	1969.1	2940.07	3395		0	1833.3		1969.1	2940.07	3395
Details
Damage Type		Kinetic			Radius: 9.9 m Maximum Damage Radius: 5 m Minimum Area Damage: 7.5 %

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	25	150	300	380		200	350		200	380	400
	{{#ifeq: Melee | Cold | |	0	170	230	333	400		0	170		230	333	400
	{{#ifeq: Melee | Cold | |	0	170	230	333	400		0	170		230	333	400
	{{#ifeq: Melee | Cold | |	0	270	290	433	500		0	270		290	433	500
Details
Damage Type		Kinetic			Attack Radius: 5.2 m
Max. Angle		180°
Carve Radius		2.5 m

The cluster bombs hitting any parts of the terrain turns into Nitra as well. Freaking awesome!

Gallery

• 
  The explosion left by the Nitrus Detonator

Trivia

• The Nitrus Detonator is tied with the Crassus Detonator for 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 a Nitrus Detonator 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 Nitra, leaving some portion of a 0.25-meter-thick spherical shell of Nitra.
• The cluster bombs released by a Nitrus Detonator as it explodes will break any terrain they hit, as well as chunks of the Nitra crater. This Nitra is not destroyed and can be picked up by players.
• The Nitrus Detonator was added in Season 05: Drilling Deeper as "A new threat which handsomely repays Miners for their time... and bullets."
• It is suggested that Deep Rock Galactic uses Nitra in the manufacturing of explosives and munitions.
• The typical yield from a Nitrus Detonator blast produces enough Nitra for 5 resupply pods, which more than repays for the ammunition spent defeating it and often negates the need for Nitra mining for the rest of the mission.
• If BET-C is on the team, your luck of luring the Nitrus Detonator into the perfect spot to blow it up in reduces especially when you are playing on a lower difficulty level, because BET-C’s weapons are very powerful and strong, and they attack anything, even if it has unbreakable armor on, so be really careful if you hear that pulsating sound as well as the Nitrus Detonator roaring noises. Good luck!