Gene-thief Ant

Information
Common name	Gene-thief ant
Scientific name	Formica ereptor Myrmecia ereptor
Environment	Lab
Castes	Queen Worker Royal guard Larry
Traits	Customization
Playable colony	Yes

Gene-thief ants (Formica ereptor) are playable in story missions, extra missions and custom games. You can change your gene-thief ant species if you have the Supporter's Pack DLC.

Settings

Gene-thief ants are entirely fictional. In the main story, gene-thief ants were created in a laboratory by some scientists who researched on gene-splicing. The queen could select and pass down desirable traits to her broods by consuming Royal Jelly that was infused with genetic materials of other species.

Abilities

Gene-thief ants attack by biting.

Royal guards and Larry are special units that can't gather resources or mount enemies. Royal guards are uncontrollable.

Appearances

You can play as a gene-thief ant colony in:

• Main story

• Aggrandise

• Extremis

• The Other Foot

• Excavators

• Tug of War

• Enemy of My Enemy

• Tug of War 2

• Tug of War 3

• Critters

• The Nest

• Hold Out

• Surrounded

You can also encounter gene-thief ants in:

• Festive Spider

Notable stats

Gene-thief ant queen
Common stats	Health: 600 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

Gene-thief ant worker
Common stats	Cost: 20 [2] Health: 25/ 35/ 45 Movement speed: 300/ 340/ 380 Score: 5/ 8/ 12 Harvest amount: 15/ 15/ 15 Healing speed: 0.1/ 0.1/ 0.1 Vision radius: 400/ 400/ 400 Worker
Damage modifications	None
Immunities	None
Attack	Damage (physical): 0.6/ 0.8/ 1 Attack speed: 1.5/ 1.5/ 1.5

Royal guard
Common stats	Health: 200 Movement speed: 400 Vision radius: 400/ 400/ 400
Damage modifications	None
Immunities	Immune to stun/ confusion/ fleeing Immune to pickup (weak)/ knockback (weak) Immune to execution
Attack	Damage (physical): 10 Attack speed: 2.5

Larry
Common stats	Health: 100000 Movement speed: 300 Score: 2 Healing speed: 0.1 Vision radius: 400
Damage modifications	Piercing: 80% Thorn resistance: 90%
Immunities	Slow resistance: 90% Immune to stun/ confusion/ fleeing Immune to pickup (strong)/ knockback (strong) Immune to execution
Attack	Damage (physical): 300 Attack speed: 3

Trivia

• Myrmecia ereptor was originally an exclusive reward for backers who supported over 35£. It is purely cosmetic.

• The original story of the game involved a scientist who followed a Formica ereptor queen on its migration. The story was meant to be based on an island with a variety of environment and ant species that shouldn't exist in the same place. The gene-thief ant colony expanded through the island, killing rival ant colonies and gaining their desirable traits.

• Solstitium, a beta-tester, put a normal worker against a large enemy during his testing stream and playfully named it Larry. The developers found this amusing so they added it in the game as a secret cheat code. You can also spawn Larry similar to uber creatures in Battle Arena.

• Larry has an enlarged health bar like titans.