Plagueheart

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Plagueheart

Resource Details
Type	Bonus Resource
Hardness	0 (Not mined directly)
Rarity	Event
Value	250 per unit

Plaguehearts are a bonus item introduced with the Season 03: Plaguefall update. For every 6 Plaguehearts collected 1 can be claimed at the Season Terminal on the Space Rig. When deposited, they will give 300 to the team upon mission completion (85 if the mission fails), as well as 250 per Plagueheart deposited for a total of around 750, which is further amplified by Hazard Bonus.

Events[]

Plaguehearts are only obtained by locating a Lithophage meteorite during a Lithophage outbreak event. There are currently two ways in which a Player can retrieve a Plagueheart. These are:

Meteor Impact[]

“	Heads up, team! A meteor is about to impact your area! Clear the impact zone, immediately
	— Mission Control

The Meteor Impact event can randomly happen once to twice in most normal Missions, but will not occur in missions with the Lithophage Outbreak warning. It will kill or heavily damage anything in the impact zone with diminished damage to the dwarves the further of the center and turn the surface around it into hot rock.

After the crash, two Rock Cracker Modules can be called down and connected to the meteorite. Once started, the machines will deplete the meteorite's integrity (shown as a bar along the top of the screen) and will need maintenance and protection as they attract waves of creatures. Note that it is slightly more efficient to fix the pods before they fall to 0% "health" than to fix them from a broken state. Upon completion, 3 to 4 Plaguehearts can be found inside the meteor. Mission Control will give off a response when all Plaguehearts from the meteorite were deposited.

Meteor Shower[]

“	Lithophage meteorite fragments are about to impact in your vicinity! Stay alert!
	— Mission Control

The Meteor Shower event can randomly happen once to twice in any Missions. 4 to 7 fragments will arrives and kill anything in the impact zone and turn the surface around it into hot rock.

After the crash, compared to the larger Lithophage meteor in Meteor Impact, these meteors are much smaller and weaker, as they can be cracked open with a values of 5 melee hits from your Pickaxe, each fragments have a chance to have 0 to 2 Plaguehearts found inside.