Exploding Ant

Information
Common name	Exploding ant
Scientific name	Cobolopsis explodens
Environment	Rainforest
Castes	Queen Worker Minor soldier Major soldier
Traits	Autothysis Speed debuff Armor buff
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 to damage and slow enemies down. Enemies are only knocked back when they are reduced to 0 HP by explosions.

Major soldiers can hunker down and increase armor of nearby allies when they are fighting underground. This ability is used continuously until the target is eliminated or has moved away.

Exploding

You can disable attacking to make minor soldiers only explode when they are attacked. You can disable exploding to make minor soldiers attack normally.

Appearances

You can play as an exploding ant colony in:

• Firebreak

You can play with exploding ant minor soldiers in:

• Main story

You can play with exploding ant major soldiers in:

• Main story

Notable stats

Exploding ant queen
Common stats	Health: 500 Score: 700 Healing speed: 3
Damage modifications	Physical resistance: 40% Venom resistance: 60% Maximum taken damage: 25
Immunities	Immune to stun/ confusion/ fleeing Immune to pickup (strong)/ knockback (strong) Immune to execution

Exploding ant worker
Common stats	Cost: 20 [2] Health: 25/ 35/ 45 Movement speed: 300/ 340/ 380 Score: 2/ 4/ 5 Harvest amount: 15/ 15/ 15 Healing speed: 0.1/ 0.1/ 0.1 Vision radius: 400/ 400/ 400
Damage modifications	None
Immunities	None
Attack	Damage (physical): 0.6/ 0.8/ 1 Attack speed: 1.5/ 1.5/ 1.5

Exploding ant minor soldier
Common stats	Cost: 60 [6] Health: 45/ 56/ 67 Movement speed: 300/ 300/ 450 Score: 10/ 14/ 19 Harvest amount: 15/ 15/ 15 Healing speed: 0.1/ 0.2/ 0.3 Vision radius: 400/ 400/ 400
Damage modifications	Maximum taken damage: 50/ 50/ 50
Immunities	None
Attack	Damage (physical): 3/ 4/ 5 Attack speed: 1.5/ 1.5/ 1.5
Explode	Trigger: User isn't mounting. Chance: 70%/ 70%/ 70% Damage (venom): 70/ 90/ 110 Radius: 200/ 200/ 200	Speed debuff Movement speed: - 40%/ - 40%/ - 40% Duration: 3/ 3/ 3

Exploding ant major soldier
Common stats	Cost: 85 [8] Health: 100/ 115/ 130 Movement speed: 310/ 320/ 330 Score: 12/ 14/ 16 Harvest amount: 20/ 24/ 30 Healing speed: 0.1/ 0.2/ 0.3 Threat: 0.3/ 0.3/ 0.3 Vision radius: 400/ 400/ 400
Damage modifications	Front resistance: 50%
Immunities	None
Attack	Damage (physical): 4/ 4.5/ 5 Attack speed: 1.5/ 1.5/ 1.5
Hunker	Trigger: User is in its nest and isn't mounting. Chance: 30%/ 30%/ 30% Damage (physical): 2/ 2.5/ 3 Radius: 500/ 500/ 500 Attack speed: 1.2/ 1.2/ 1.2	Armor buff Armor: + 1/ + 1.5/ + 2 Duration: 500/ 500/ 500 Radius: 500/ 500/ 500

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.

• In real life, major soldiers block nest entrances with their plug-shaped heads. Outside exploding ants must raise their gasters to be recognized as colony members and let in.