Exploding Ant

Information
Common name	Exploding ant
Scientific name	Cobolopsis explodens
Environment	DLC
Castes	Queen Worker Minor soldier Major soldier
Traits	Autothysis
Playable colony	Yes

Exploding ants (Cobolopsis explodens) are playable as complete colonies in extra missions and custom games if you have the first DLC.

Abilities

Exploding ants attack mostly by biting.

Minor soldiers can explode and knock enemies back.

Major soldiers take less damage coming from the front. They can make nearby allies take less damage when they are fighting underground.

Appearances

You can play as an exploding ant colony in:

• Firebreak

Notable stats

Exploding ant queen
Common stats	Health: ? Food amount: ? Score: ? Healing speed: ?
Damage modifications	Physical resistance: ? Venom resistance: ? Maximum taken damage: ?
Immunities	Immune to stun/ confusion/ fleeing Immune to pickup (weak)/ knockback (strong) Immune to execution

Exploding ant worker
Common stats	Cost: ? Health: ? Movement speed: ? Food amount: ? Score: ? Harvest amount: ? Healing speed: ? Vision radius: ?
Damage modifications	None
Immunities	None
Attack	Damage (physical): ? Attack speed: ?

Exploding ant minor soldier
Common stats	Cost: ? Health: ? Movement speed: ? Food amount: ? Score: ? Harvest amount: ? Healing speed: ? Vision radius: ?
Damage modifications	None
Immunities	None
Attack	Damage (physical): ? Attack speed: ?
Explode	Trigger: ? Damage (physical): ? Radius: ?	Knockback Distance: ?

Exploding ant major soldier
Common stats	Cost: ? Health: ? Movement speed: ? Food amount: ? Score: ? Harvest amount: ? Healing speed: ? Vision radius: ?
Damage modifications	Armor (front): ?
Immunities	None
Attack	Damage (physical): ? Attack speed: ?
Boost	Trigger: User is underground. Cooldown: ?	Armor buff Armor: + ? Radius: ? Duration: ?
		Stun (self) Duration: ?

Trivia

• In real life, exploding ants are arboreal. In the game, they have to live underground due to map limitation.

• In real life, exploding ants have 2 castes: minors and majors. In the game, the developers split the minors into workers and minor soldiers, probably to differentiate them from exploding termites.