Armored Scarab
A rock-hard beetle with powerful mandibles and a nearly impenetrable shell.
A beetle the size of a hunting hound, its carapace a dome of interlocking chitin plates that gleam like polished obsidian in the desert sun. Armored scarabs are living fortresses — their shells can turn aside sword blows and arrows with equal ease. Only blunt force seems to crack them reliably. They are territorial rather than predatory, guarding the ruins and rocky outcroppings where they build their nests. Disturb one and it will clamp down with mandibles strong enough to shear through leather and chainmail alike.
Stats
Hitpoints
350
Melee attack
18
Magic attack
0
Ranged attack
0
Attack speed
0.8
Attack range
2 m
Defences
Slash defence
25
Stab defence
25
Crush defence
-15
Ranged defence
20
Magic resistance
5
Poise
100
Movement & awareness
Move speed
5 m/s
Movement speed
2.5 m/s
Aggro range
6 m
Leash range
25 m
Abilities
2Clamps down with crushing mandibles.
- Damage
- 20% of attack
- Range
- 2 m
- Wind-up
- 0.2 s
- Cooldown
- 3.5 s
Shell Retreatweight 40
Withdraws into its armored shell, greatly reducing damage taken.
- Damage
- 0% of attack
- Range
- 0 m
- Cooldown
- 12 s
- Effects
- Damage Reduction — duration 4
How it fights
- Behaviour
- Melee Aggressive
- Patrol
- Wander · 6 m
- Aggressive on sight
- Yes
Ability preference
| Ability | Weight | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mandible Snap | 100 | 71% |
| Shell Retreat | 40 | 29% |
Drops
Rolls on Armored Scarab Drops.
Guaranteedalways drops · guaranteed
| Drop | Quantity | Weight | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarab Shell Interlocking shell plates — heavy armor component | 1–2 | — | 100% |
Drops1 roll · weighted
| Drop | Quantity | Weight | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nothing | — | 35 | 35% |
| Beetle Shell | 1–3 | 25 | 25% |
| Scarab Chitin | 1–2 | 20 | 20% |
| Coins Copper | 2–6 | 15 | 15% |
| Sacred Scarab Amulet Accessory — minor curse resistance | 1 | 5 | 5% |
Movement & spawning
Spawn
- Max Instances
- 6
- Respawn Time
- 100
- Respawn Variance
- 25
Sounds
- Aggro
sfx/creatures/beast/scarab_hiss- Ambient
sfx/creatures/beast/scarab_idle- Attack
sfx/creatures/beast/scarab_snap- Death
sfx/creatures/beast/scarab_death- Footsteps
sfx/footsteps/chitin- Hurt
sfx/creatures/beast/scarab_hurt
Referenced by
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- Abilities
- Inline
- Ability Ref
- —
- Active Frames
- none
- Animation
- attack_bite
- Base Damage
- 20
- Cast Time
- 0.2
- Channel Duration
- —
- Channeled
- —
- Condition
- —
- Cooldown
- 3.5
- Cooldown Ms
- —
- Damage
- —
- Damage Shape
- —
- Damage Type
- crush
- Description
- Clamps down with crushing mandibles.
- Effects
- none
- Hitbox
- —
- Hurtbox Shapes
- none
- Id
- Mandible Snap
- Name
- Mandible Snap
- Parryable
- —
- Priority
- 1
- Projectile
- —
- Range
- 2
- Root Motion
- —
- Sound
- sfx/creatures/beast/scarab_snap
- Telegraph
- —
- Timeline
- —
- Timing
- —
- Ability Ref
- —
- Active Frames
- none
- Animation
- shell_retreat
- Base Damage
- 0
- Cast Time
- 0
- Channel Duration
- —
- Channeled
- —
- Condition
- —
- Cooldown
- 12
- Cooldown Ms
- —
- Damage
- —
- Damage Shape
- —
- Damage Type
- —
- Description
- Withdraws into its armored shell, greatly reducing damage taken.
- Effects
- Chance
- —
- Dps
- —
- Duration
- 4
- Max At Hp Pct
- —
- Min Duration
- —
- Radius
- —
- Type
- damage_reduction
- Hitbox
- —
- Hurtbox Shapes
- none
- Id
- Shell Retreat
- Name
- Shell Retreat
- Parryable
- —
- Priority
- 1
- Projectile
- —
- Range
- 0
- Root Motion
- —
- Sound
- sfx/creatures/beast/scarab_shell
- Telegraph
- —
- Timeline
- —
- Timing
- —
- Refs
- none
- Aggression
- —
- Ai
- Ability Conditions
- —
- Ability Weights
- Creature Mandible Snap
- 100
- Creature Shell Retreat
- 40
- Behavior Overrides
- Aggro On Sight
- yes
- Auto Heal
- —
- Call For Help
- no
- Flee At Hp Percent
- 0
- Heal Delay
- —
- Help Range
- —
- Show Damage Numbers
- —
- Track Dps
- —
- Behavior Tree
- Melee Aggressive
- Disengage After Secs
- —
- Evasion
- —
- Patrol
- Radius
- 6
- Type
- wander
- Waypoints
- none
- Pursuit
- —
- Audio
- Aggro
- sfx/creatures/beast/scarab_hiss
- Ambient
- sfx/creatures/beast/scarab_idle
- Attack
- sfx/creatures/beast/scarab_snap
- Death
- sfx/creatures/beast/scarab_death
- Footsteps
- sfx/footsteps/chitin
- Hurt
- sfx/creatures/beast/scarab_hurt
- Behavior Tree
- —
- Category
- common
- Combat Level
- 20
- Description
- A rock-hard beetle with powerful mandibles and a nearly impenetrable shell.
- Examine
- A beetle the size of a hunting hound, its carapace a dome of interlocking chitin plates that gleam like polished obsidian in the desert sun. Armored scarabs are living fortresses — their shells can turn aside sword blows and arrows with equal ease. Only blunt force seems to crack them reliably. They are territorial rather than predatory, guarding the ruins and rocky outcroppings where they build their nests. Disturb one and it will clamp down with mandibles strong enough to shear through leather and chainmail alike.
- Fish
- —
- Hitbox
- —
- Icon
- icons/creatures/armored_scarab
- Id
- Armored Scarab
- Impact
- —
- Inheritance
- —
- Loot
- Loot Table
- Armored Scarab Drops
- Xp Rewards
- Combat
- 0
- Hp
- 0
- Skills
- none
- Venery
- 35
- Loot Table
- —
- Mechanics
- none
- Metadata
- Added Version
- 0.1.0
- Notes
- High slash/stab defense (25), weak to crush (-15). Shell Retreat halves damage for 4 seconds. Slow but tough.
- Tags
- insect, armored, desert, tank
- Venery Category
- beast
- Zone
- desert, ruins
- Model
- models/creatures/beast/armored_scarab
- Movement
- —
- Name
- Armored Scarab
- Phases
- —
- Recovery
- —
- Resistances
- —
- Respawn
- —
- Spawn
- Max Instances
- 6
- Respawn Time
- 100
- Respawn Variance
- 25
- Spawn Animation
- —
- Spawn Sound
- —
- Stats
- Aggro Range
- 6
- Attack
- 18
- Attack Range
- 2
- Attack Speed
- 0.8
- Crush Defense
- -15
- Immunities
- none
- Leash Range
- 25
- Magic Attack
- 0
- Magic Resistance
- 5
- Max Hp
- 350
- Move Speed
- 5
- Movement Speed
- 2.5
- Poise
- 100
- Ranged Attack
- 0
- Ranged Defense
- 20
- Slash Defense
- 25
- Stab Defense
- 25
- Status Immunities
- —
- Variation
- —
- Visuals
- —
- Xp Rewards
- —
Designer's note
High slash/stab defense (25), weak to crush (-15). Shell Retreat halves damage for 4 seconds. Slow but tough.
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