Termite

Information
Common name	Fungus-growing termite
Scientific name	Macrotermes bellicosus
Environment	Savannah
Castes	Queen King Minor worker Major worker Minor soldier Major soldier
Traits	Fungus farming Confusion Speed debuff Resistance debuff Speed buff
Playable colony	Yes

Fungus-growing termites (Macrotermes bellicosus) are playable as complete colonies in story missions, extra missions and custom games.

Abilities

Fungus-growing termites attack mostly by biting.

Major workers are counted toward soldier population and can't do nest jobs.

Minor soldiers can confuse, slow enemies down and make them take more damage.

Major soldiers can increase attack speed of nearby allies after each hitting attack. The effect can be stacked in value and reverts to normal over time. The maximum value is + 125%. This ability can only be used while major soldiers are on the ground.

Food processing

Fungus-growing termites can only feed on fungus.

Fungus-growing termites have to gather lignocellulose on the surface and underground. Lignocellulose storage tiles can hold 10/ 40/ 100 lignocellulose. Queen tiles can't hold any resources.

Minor workers eat and process lignocellulose in their bodies. Minor workers can process 10 lignocellulose every 20/ 15/ 10 seconds. You will lose lignocellulose if the processing termites are dead.

Minor workers will expel the waste in fungus storage to cultivate fungus. Level 3 minor workers can process lignocellulose into 50% more food.

Fungus storage tiles can hold 20/ 30/ 40 food and cultivate 1 food every second. The first lignocellulose storage tile and the first fungus storage tile are free. Later storage tiles cost 5 food to build.

You can disable lignocellulose processing to make minor workers stop eating lignocellulose. They still have to finish ongoing digestion. Lignocellulose processing is the second least prioritized nest job.

You receive 66.67% of the building cost as lignocellulose from deleting tiles. Fungus can only exist on fungus storage tiles so lignocellulose is left on the ground instead.

Appearances

You can play as a fungus-growing termite colony in:

• Last Mound Standing

You can play with termite minor soldiers in:

• Main story

• Tug of War 3

You can play with termite major soldiers in:

• Main story

• Tug of War 3

You can also encounter fungus-growing termites in:

• Triage

• Drive Them Back

Notable stats

Termite queen (colony)
Common stats	Health: 1400 Food amount: 800 [8] Score: 700 Healing speed: 1
Damage modifications	Physical resistance: 50% Venom resistance: 50% Maximum taken damage: 25
Immunities	Immune to stun/ confusion/ fleeing Immune to pickup (strong)/ knockback (strong) Immune to execution

Termite queen (swarm)
Common stats	Health: 250 Movement speed: 300 Food amount: 100 [3] Score: 18 Healing speed: 0.1 Vision radius: 400
Damage modifications	Piercing: 20%
Immunities	Immune to pickup (strong)
Attack	Damage (physical): 15 Attack speed: 0.9

Termite king
Common stats	Health: 150 Movement speed: 300 Food amount: 50 [2] Score: 18 Healing speed: 0.1 Vision radius: 1300
Damage modifications	Piercing: 20%
Immunities	None
Attack	Damage (physical): 5 Attack speed: 2.7

Termite minor worker
Common stats	Cost: 20 [2] Health: 30/ 45/ 60 Movement speed: 300/ 320/ 340 Food amount: 20/ 22/ 24 Score: 5/ 8/ 12 Harvest amount: 4/ 5/ 6 Healing speed: 0.1/ 0.1/ 0.1 Vision radius: 400/ 400/ 400 Encumbered
Damage modifications	None
Immunities	None
Attack	Damage (physical): 1/ 2/ 3 Attack speed: 1.5/ 1.5/ 1.5

Termite major worker
Common stats	Cost: 30 [3] Health: 40/ 55/ 70 Movement speed: 300/ 340/ 380 Food amount: 24/ 26/ 28 Score: 5/ 8/ 12 Harvest amount: 15/ 30/ 45 Healing speed: 0.1/ 0.1/ 0.1 Vision radius: 400/ 400/ 400
Damage modifications	None
Immunities	None
Attack	Damage (physical): 1/ 2/ 3 Attack speed: 1.5/ 1.5/ 1.5

Termite minor soldier
Common stats	Cost: 50 [6] Health: 70/ 80/ 90 Movement speed: 300/ 300/ 300 Food amount: 24/ 26/ 28 Score: 12/ 16/ 20 Harvest amount: 6/ 8/ 10  Healing speed: 0.1/ 0.1/ 0.1 Vision radius: 400/ 400/ 400
Damage modifications	Piercing: 20%/ 20%/ 20%
Immunities	None
Attack	Damage (physical): 3/ 4/ 5 Attack speed: 1.5/ 1.5/ 1.5
Cripple	Trigger: User isn't mounting. Chance: 20%/ 20%/ 20% Damage (physical): 2/ 5/ 8 Cooldown: 13/ 11/ 9	Confusion Duration: 2.5/ 3/ 3.5
		Speed debuff Movement speed: - 90%/ - 90%/ - 90% Duration: 2.5/ 3/ 3.5
		Resistance debuff Physical resistance: - 40%/ - 50%/ - 60% Duration: 2.5/ 3/ 3.5

Termite major soldier
Common stats	Cost: 110 [11] Health: 140/ 160/ 190 Movement speed: 300/ 300/ 300 Food amount: 26/ 28/ 30 Score: 22/ 27/ 29 Harvest amount: 8/ 10/ 12 Healing speed: 0.1/ 0.1/ 0.1 Threat: 0.3/ 0.3/ 0.3 Vision radius: 400/ 400/ 400
Damage modifications	None
Immunities	None
Attack (mounting)	Trigger: User is mounting. Damage (physical): 5/ 6/ 7 Attack speed: 1.5/ 1.5/ 1.5
Attack (grounded)	Trigger: User isn't mounting. Damage (physical): 4/ 5.2/ 6 Attack speed: 1/ 1/ 1	Speed buff (flash) Attack speed: + 7%/ + 10%/ +13% after each hitting attack Reverting speed: ? Radius: 200/ 250/ 300

Trivia

• Fungus-growing termite colonies have nineteen-tiled queen chambers and must start with some lignocellulose storage tiles and some fungus storage tiles in custom games.

• Formicarium adaptations are applied to both minor workers and major workers.

• Formossan termites (Coptotermes formossanus) won over European wasps (Vespula germanica) to be rewards for reaching the third kickstarter stretch goal (£17500). The chosen termite species was eventually decided to be Macrotermes bellicosus.

• In real life, fungus-growing termite soldiers can bite off legs or cling on to raiding ants after their death to permanently hinder their movement. In the game, the effects are temporary.

• In real life, fungus-growing termite soldiers send alarm vibration between each other throughout the nest by rapidly hitting the nest wall. The signal attracts more soldiers to the perilous area and recalls workers back inside. It is even loud enough to be detected by human.