Locust

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Locusts are a mostly-underground hazard, noted for their ability to climb walls and ceilings.

Bronze Locust
Type	Land, mechanical
Behavior	Hostile[[::Category:Hostile_creatures| ]]

Spawning

Locusts spawn from cages and nests found in cave ceilings where light from the sky is less than 3, they respawn sometime after.

Variants

Corrupt Sawblade Locust
Health	40
Base Attack	16
Damage Tier	3
Abilities	Climb walls
Drops
Rusty gear	1*
Metal Parts	0.25 - 0.75*
Metal Scraps	0.25 - 1.25*
Jonas parts	1*
Mobs

Corrupt Locust
Health	12
Base Attack	4
Damage Tier	3
Abilities	Climb walls
Drops
Nothing
Mobs

Bronze locust
Health	6
Base Attack	1.5
Damage Tier	2
Abilities	Climb walls
Drops
Nothing
Mobs

Harvesting

The remnants of locusts cannot be harvested like animal corpses. Sawblade locusts drop loot upon death, without the need to harvest with a knife. Bronze and corrupt locusts drop nothing. Instead, break the locust nests to obtain loot and stop more locusts from spawning there.

Nests can be destroyed with a pickaxe and yield: metal parts, flax twine, metal scraps and Jonas parts.

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  Cage nest

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  Main stalactite nest

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  Small stalactite nest

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  Small metallic stalactite nest

Behavior

Locusts are found underground in large groups along with their nests.

Attacking the Player

Locusts tend to stay as a group in the same area. When a player comes within 15 blocks of a Locust, it will begin to glow and seek out the player, sometimes bringing other locusts with it. Bronze Locusts have a melee attack that does 1.5 damage, Corrupt ones deal 4. They attack by leaping, sometimes taunting the player.

Helping the Player

Hacked Corrupt Locust
Health	36
Base Attack	4
Damage Tier	3
Abilities	Climb walls Defend the player
Mobs

Hacked Bronze Locust
Health	18
Base Attack	1.5
Damage Tier	2
Abilities	Climb walls Defend the player
Mobs

If your character's class is Clockmaker , you have the exclusive ability to craft and use a Tuning spear . This weapon allows you to hack a bronze locust or a corrupt locust by hitting it once.

• You cannot have several hacked locusts at the same time.
• The hacked locust will follow you and defend you from any creature that attacks you.
• If you right click on the hacked locust, you can order it to wait or to follow. You can see its status in its infobox.
• The hacked locust can teleport to you if you ran too fast, if it was in follow mode.
• If the hacked locust is lost or dies, you can hack another one.
• The hacked locust has the same attack power as the normal locust but much more health.
• You can hurt your hacked locust if you hit it.
• The hacked locust does not get hurt if it falls from a great height.
• The hacked locust can "swim".
• The hacked locust will not follow you through a translocator.
• The hacked locust has the ability to regenerate its health over time.
• The hacked locust sometimes emits some light when it is dark.
• If you reconnect to the game, the hacked locust will still be there.

Gallery

Lore

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Locusts are depicted in one of the Schematic tapestries, as shown to the right. The description of the tapestry describes them as "a device to dig and organize materials," and "a little helper."

A device to dig and organize materials. Think of it as a little helper. One of his first automatons. They were precocious little things, always jittering about. Many of us took them as pets: a jolly companion for the workshop or the dig.

The locusts may have been created by inventor Jonas Falx. It is not yet known why they rebelled against humans.

Jonas Falx is a very important character in the game's story. Several Lore Books mention his name, but most important of all is the five-part narrative entitled Reflection .