Spineling

Spineling
Stats Health 50 Armor None Weakpoints Head: x2 Armored Points N/A Speed Walking N/A Swimming 6 slow (12 fast) Behavior Aggressive? Always Can Enter Submarine? No Sight 2 Hearing 2 Drops only 1 of the items marked with an asterisk * may drop at a time Item(s) Chance None N/A

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The Spineling is a small creature of impressive agility and marksmanship, and the only creature with a ranged attack.

Description

The Spineling is small and spindly, appearing similar to a dark dragonfly thanks to its twelve metallic-white spines and scales on its rear. But is more so a fin-less eel, capable of twisting on the spot to get the best shot with its plethora of natural harpoons.

In-game

Spinelings are incredibly quick and capable of turning on the spot, making it challenging to hit them with Coilgun and Railgun weapons. The Spineling's only means of attack is to launch its spines akin to a Harpoon Gun, most often at submarines or unfortunate divers. The main danger of these spines is that they can easily penetrate multiple decks of a submarine, and reliably hit the crew on the inside, inflicting heavy bleeding and panic. A spineling will most often fire 1-2 spines at a time, but can easily fire up to 6 in rapid succession should it choose to do so. A spineling's spines regenerate slowly, so its impossible to "disarm" one.

However, this is offset by their lack of armor and bulk, resulting in them dying in just a few shots from a Coilgun. It is also not uncommon to see friendly fire between Spinelings in swarms. The head of a Spineling is incredibly vulnerable, and will take 2x Internal Damage and Bleeding damage.

Damage Values

Item	Target Type	Context	Afflictions	Structure Damage	Attack Duration	Cooldown
Spike	Any	Any	Lacerations 10 Bleeding 10 Stun 0.25 sec.	10	0.1 sec	1 sec

Item	Spike
Target Type	Any	-	Context	Any
Structure Damage	10
Attack Duration	0.1 sec
Cooldown	1 sec

Gallery

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  A huge swarm of Spinelings attacking a submarine.

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  A Spineling attacking a submarine.

Audio

• Idle 1

• Idle 2

• Idle 3

• Idle 4

• Attacking 1

• Attacking 2

• Attacking 3

• Taking damage 1

• Taking damage 2

• Taking damage 3

• Taking damage 4

• Taking damage 5

• Taking damage 6

• Death 1

• Death 2

• Death 3

• Death 4