Deep Rock Galactic Creatures — All 80 of Hoxxes IV

The Barrage Infector is a hostile Creature found on Hoxxes IV. It can be found in any region of the planet. A mutated variant of the Spitball Infector, the Barrage Infector resembles a large tree stump in its brown-green colors, and sporting a large mouth tinted in blue. The back of its "head" is ad…

The BET-C (Breakpoint Explosives Transport - Combat-Specification) (pronounced as "Betsy") is a rare enemy found on Hoxxes IV. It is a large, quadrupedal robot loosely resembling the M.U.L.E., but with a lime color scheme, much like that of a Mini-M.U.L.E. It possesses a large machine gun turret on …

The Bha Barnacle is a passive Creature found on Hoxxes. It is only found in missions with the "Exterminate Bha Barnacle" Secondary Objective. The Dwarves can kill 16 Bha Barnacles to be rewarded with a bonus payout of Credits and Experience upon mission completion. Completing the objective gives 700…

Boss enemies are Creatures that pose a significant challenge and have a boss-style health bar which appears at the top of the screen. They tend to have large amounts of Health and the ability to cause large amounts of Damage or other disruptions to players. Some must be defeated in order to complete…

The , also known as Parasite, is a hostile creature found during missions in any region with the Parasites Warning. These tiny enemies burst out of killed bugs and flail around, gnashing at the Dwarves. The HP of the Larva is not linked with its host, meaning that overkilling the host will not kill …

The Cave Leech is hostile creature found on Hoxxes. It can be found in every region of the planet. It appears as a pink, fleshy half-sphere attached to a small crevice in the ceiling, with three small sharp-clawed tentacles for tearing captured prey apart, and one larger central clawed tentacle mean…

The Cave Vine is a passive mob that spawns exclusively in the Radioactive Exclusion Zone. It hangs from the roof of the cave and reaches its tendril feelers down to the ground, lazily hanging there. When no dwarves are nearby, the Cave Vine will just hang directly down and sway slightly. When approa…

The Core Spawn Crawler (often shortened to Crawler) is a hostile creature found on Hoxxes IV. It exclusively appears during Core Stone events and in any mission with the Core Corruption warning. Unusual in appearance for a creature of Hoxxes, the Crawler bears a rough, purple, humanoid body with pin…

The Deeptora Bough Wasp Nest is an organic structure that houses Bough Wasp swarms. When approached, the Wasps will swarm out of the nest to attack the player. It is found exclusively on Hollow Bough. Using a weapon that lights enemies on fire - such as the CRSPR Flamethrower, will kill the wasp swa…

The Deeptora Honeycomb is an organic structure that houses bee swarms. When approached, bees will swarm out of the Honeycomb to attack the player. It is found exclusively on Sandblasted Corridors. If the Deeptora Honeycomb is detached from terrain it will get instantly destroyed. Using a weapon that…

Escort the Drilldozer while it makes its way to the Ommoran Heartstone. Escort Duty involves escorting a Drilldozer (also known as the Dozer, and affectionately named "Doretta" by the Dwarves), a large automated drilling machine, protecting it from attacking Creatures and repairing damage done to it…

The Fester Flea is a passive Creature found on Hoxxes. It is only found in missions with the "Exterminate Fester Flea" Secondary Objective. The Dwarves can kill 10 Fester Fleas to be rewarded with a bonus payout of Credits and Experience upon mission completion. Completing the objective gives 700 an…

The Glyphid Acid Spitter is a hostile creature on Hoxxes IV. It can be found in any region of the planet. It is a member of the Glyphid family, though it is quite a unique Glyphid compared to its brethren. Most notable is the orange-red chitin growing on its abdomen and front legs, and the creamish-…

s are ranged Glyphid enemies that cannot perform melee attacks. Similar to Glyphid Web Spitters, Acid Spitters are exclusively ranged enemies that will crawl on the walls or ceilings, usually avoiding close combat, before stopping and firing several acid projectiles that deal a good amount of damage…

The (also called a "Spawner" by the dwarves) is a hostile creature found on Hoxxes IV. It appears as a large, brown mass of pulsating organic matter with what appears to be a "mouth" of sorts on its topside. It is rooted to the ground by numerous thin appendages jutting out the sides of its bottom. …

The Glyphid Bulk Detonator is a hostile creature found on Hoxxes IV. It can be found in any region of the planet, though it is quite an uncommon sight to find one. A member of the Glyphid family, the Bulk Detonator is speculated to be a Glyphid Exploder that has managed to live long enough to the po…

The Glyphid Crassus Detonator is a hostile creature found on Hoxxes IV. It can spawn in any region of the planet, but its spawn is tied to level generation. It has a 3% chance to spawn at the beginning of the mission and roams around the caves towards the dwarves. The Glyphid Crassus Detonator is co…

The Glyphid Dreadnought is a hostile boss Creature on Hoxxes. It has a 1 in 3 chance to be found inside the first Glyphid Cocoon in the Elimination gamemode, and a 1 in 2 chance for each subsequent cocoon unless it was spawned by the previous cocoon. It will attack the Dwarves once its cocoon is bro…

The Glyphid Dreadnought Hiveguard is a hostile boss Creature encountered on Hoxxes. It has a 1 in 3 chance to spawn when the first Glyphid Cocoon is broken in the Elimination gamemode, and a 1 in 2 chance for each subsequent cocoon, unless it was spawned by the previous cocoon. It will begin attacki…

The "" are a pair of Dreadnoughts encountered as bosses in the Elimination mission type. They have a 1 in 3 chance to spawn when the first Glyphid Cocoon is broken in the Elimination gamemode, and a 1 in 2 chance to spawn from each subsequent cocoon, unless they were spawned by the previous cocoon. …

The Glyphid Exploder is a hostile creature on Hoxxes IV. It can be found in any region of the planet except Radioactive Exclusion Zone (where they are replaced by Glyphid Radioactive Exploder). It is member of the Glyphid family, and they are characterized by dark red skin and volatile fluids-filled…

The Glyphid Grunt is a hostile creature found on Hoxxes. It is the most common member of the Glyphid species, and is found in every region of the planet. Individually they are quite weak, so they are often seen travelling and hunting in packs. It has no visible eyes, and likely gets around via echol…

Glyphid Grunt Guards are a stronger variant of the typical Glyphid Grunt. They have the same general body shape, but have a more prominent head structure, larger forelegs, and thicker armor. While normal Grunts simply charge their targets, Guards will attempt to protect themselves while attacking. O…

The Glyphid Grunt Slasher is a hostile Creature and a variant of the normal Glyphid Grunt. While sharing a body shape, the Grunt Slasher is covered in sharp white growths, and possesses much longer forelimbs which have completely over-developed into razor sharp claws. Their mouths are also larger an…

The Glyphid Menace is a hostile Creature found on Hoxxes. It can be found in any region of the planet. It is a member of the Glyphid family, though its appearance is quite radical compared to its brethren. It has the same body shape compared to most Glyphids but is colored a bright cyan all over its…

The Glyphid Oppressor is a hostile creature found on Hoxxes IV. It can appear in any biome on any mission type. It is a "mutated" Glyphid Praetorian, larger in size and with black, pointed, chitinous armor encasing every inch of its body save for a small, green abdomen found on its back. Two large, …

The Glyphid Praetorian is a hostile creature found on Hoxxes IV. It is found in every region of the planet, though some biomes (the Radioactive Exclusion Zone and the Glacial Strata) have unique variants. They are similar in body shape to Glyphid Grunts, being an arachnid creature with two overly de…

The Glyphid Septic Spreader is a hostile creature found on Hoxxes IV. It can be found in any region. Their appearance is very different to that of other common ranged Glyphids, possessing an enlarged bright red abdomen filled with septic goop, and a green colored exoskeleton. They are exclusively ra…

The Glyphid Spawn is a hostile creature found on Hoxxes IV. It is a miniscule, infantile Glyphid loosely resembling the Glyphid Swarmer, distinguished from the latter by its slightly smaller size and its body always being mint green in color regardless of biome. Glyphid Spawns are exclusively spawne…

The Glyphid Stingtail is a hostile creature on Hoxxes IV. It can be found in any region. It is a member of the Glyphid family, although with physical features distinct from the rest of the genus. The Stingtail possesses a long and flexible tail with a five-pronged claw that curls up over its body. I…

The Glyphid Swarmer is a hostile creature found on Hoxxes IV. It is a miniscule, infantile version of the common Glyphid Grunt and often swarm the dwarves in large groups, serving as a distraction or overwhelming them with sheer numbers. They are one of the most agile of all Glyphid creatures, and w…

The Glyphid Warden is a hostile Creature found on Hoxxes. It is a member of the Glyphid family, and can be found on every region of the planet. It is somewhat similar in appearance to the Glyphid Grunt Guard; it features heavy chitinous plating covering the majority of its body, mainly on the abdome…

The Glyphid Web Spitter is a hostile creature on Hoxxes IV. It can be found in any region of the planet except Glacial Strata (where they are replaced by Frost Grunts). A member of the Glyphid family, the Web Spitter is closely related to the Glyphid Acid Spitter. Its appearance is mostly identical …

The Halloween Skull is a special creature found in all regions and mission types during the Halloween event. When defeated and deposited, it grants players a Performance Points multiplier, doubling the Performance Points received from mission completion. A single Halloween Skull will spawn in every …

The Hexawing Gniffer is a completely passive flying creature found exclusively in Azure Weald. It will be found wandering with no apparent purpose, and attempts to stay clear of other creatures. You can pet a nearby Gniffer by pressing the [USE] ("E" by default) key. The Hexawing Gniffer has behavio…

The Huuli Hoarder (also known as a Mineral Hoarder by the Dwarves) is a passive Creature on Hoxxes. It can be found in every region of the planet. It is a large, six-legged creature with two yellow eyes mounted on the stalks from the sides of the head, two antennae on the top of the head, and over-d…

The Korlok Tyrant-Weed is a mini-boss found in any biome and on any mission type except Point Extraction. There is a 5% chance per mission for the Tyrant-Weed to spawn, and only 1 will spawn per mission. The Tyrant-Weed is found surrounded by Korlok Sprouts, which have a spit attack similar to the S…

This is a list of terms and definitions that can be found in game. This is a non-exhaustive list of the most common acronyms and abbreviations used by the community in discussions about the game. In discussions of weapon builds it's common to see notations like 21232 or BABCB, often followed by an o…

The Lithophage Corruptor or the Rockpox Corruptor is a large creature that can sometimes be found roaming missions. It must be noted that the Corruptor does not spawn in Lithophage outbreaks like typical Rockpox enemies. Rather, it is only encountered on Meteor Shower encounters where it may have a …

The (alternately spelt Lootbug) is a passive Creature on Hoxxes. It can be found in every region of the planet. It is a large, grub-like creature with many eyes and a chubby body. They are capable of scaling walls and ceilings, similarly to Glyphids. As the Loot Bug moves around, it makes squeaking …

The Mactera Brundle is a rare hostile creature encountered on Hoxxes IV. It is a part of the Mactera family and closely related to the Mactera Spawn with the ability to fly. It sports 4 sharp, pink wings and dark scale plating all around its body. The Brundle can be found flying around idly in caves…

The Mactera Goo Bomber is a hostile creature found on Hoxxes IV. It is found in every region of the planet (except in Glacial Strata, where it is replaced by the Mactera Frost Bomber). A member of the Mactera family, the Mactera Goo Bomber is described by Miner's Manual as "bloated, overweight cousi…

The Mactera Grabber is a hostile creature found on Hoxxes IV. It can be located on every region of the planet. It is a member of the Mactera family, a species of flying enemies who make use of evasive hit-and-run tactics. The Grabber features the same impressively large wings found on other Macteras…

The Mactera Spawn is a hostile creature found on Hoxxes IV. It is the most common member of the Mactera species, and a semi-familiar sight down in the caves. It takes flight by four large wings found on its abdomen, and is always found flying. Like Glyphid Grunts, they can sometimes be found idly wo…

The Mactera Tri-Jaw is a hostile creature found on Hoxxes IV. It is a rarer member of the Mactera species which is not seen as commonly as the Mactera Spawn. It is always flying when idle or in combat, and is propelled by 4 sharp, curved wings along its back. It can be distinguished from the Mactera…

The Maggot is a passive creature that spawns in any biome. Magma Core, Azure Weald, Hollow Bough, and Fungus Bogs all have specific variants, while the rest of the biomes have the normal Maggot. The Maggot is a passive, non-combat creature. However, its biome-specific counterparts have hazardous on-…

The Mobula Cave Angel is a completely passive flying creature found exclusively in Azure Weald. It mindlessly flies around in the air at a slow pace, ignoring everything in its surroundings. If a Dwarf interacts with a Cave Angel, the Dwarf will grab onto the claws of the creature and will be able t…

The Naedocyte Breeder is a hostile creature found on Hoxxes IV. It can spawn in any region of the planet. This enemy is considered a Stationary Enemy, meaning it will already be present when a cave is first entered, and will not spawn again afterward. The Naedocyte Breeder is one of the most alien-l…

The Naedocyte Cave Cruiser is a passive creature found exclusively on Dense Biozone. It floats around aimlessly, occasionally raining a substance that has no effect. Naedocyte Cave Cruisers cannot directly damage the player in any way.

The Naedocyte Hatchling (also known as Jellies by the Dwarves) is a hostile creature found on Hoxxes IV. It is a small, floating, spherical creature with an appearance akin to that of the Naedocyte Shocker, differing by being primarily purple in color and possessing numerous spikes on its four appen…

The Naedocyte Roe is a special creature, created only by Naedocyte Breeders. It will never appear if a Breeder is not present in a level. The Roe is technically not an enemy, more of an entity which can be destroyed. It has no attacks of any kind, nor can it even move once it is spawned. It is perio…

The Naedocyte Shocker is a hostile Creature found exclusively in the Dense Biozone and Glacial Strata biomes. It is a small, flying jellyfish-like creature which can create electrical currents around itself as an attack. Some strange unknown liquid dribbles from its underside. It is among the smalle…

The Nayaka Trawler (also known as the Sand Shark by the Dwarves) is a hostile Creature on Hoxxes IV. It is found exclusively in the Sandblasted Corridors biome. It appears to be a reptilian creature with a scaly body adorned with spikes. Its body is primarily a salmon color, but its underbelly is a …

The OMEN Modular Exterminator is a powerful stationary defense emplacement, sent by Deep Rock Galactic during their initial landing and exploration of Hoxxes. The OMEN Modular Exterminators were to clear out any hostile infestations in mineral-rich deposits, to make mining far safer for the Dwarves …

The Ossiran Bone Collector is a passive creature added in Season 06: Relics of Hoxxes. The Ossiran Bone Collector has a higher chance of spawning during longer missions. If attacked, it will flee, leaving behind a trail of small ossium particles and bones that lead to a dirt patch where it burrows a…

The Ossiran Pit Jaw is a hostile Ossiran found exclusively in their home biome, the Ossuary Depths, as well as in any mission featuring the Pit Jaw Colony Warning. They remain immobile, hidden underground with only the tip of their head and mandibles exposed until they snap out of the earth to catch…

The Ossiran Scrab is a hostile Creature on Hoxxes IV. It is found exclusively in their home biome, the Ossuary Depths, though they also appear in other biomes on any mission featuring the Scrab Nesting Grounds Warning. It resembles large [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_beetle Hercules beetle…

The (also known as a Space Lobster by the Dwarves) is a hostile creature found on Hoxxes IV. It can appear in any biome except for the Salt Pits and the Sandblasted Corridors. The Q'ronar Shellback is quite the abnormal resident of Hoxxes, and is unlike any other species on the planet. Described by …

The Q'ronar Shellback/WIP is a hostile creature found on Hoxxes IV. It can appear in any biome except for the Salt Pits and the Sandblasted Corridors. The Q'ronar Shellback is quite the abnormal resident of Hoxxes, and is unlike any other species on the planet. Described by the Miner's Manual as a "…

The Q'ronar Youngling is a hostile creature found on Hoxxes IV. It is found exclusively in the Salt Pits biome. As its name suggests, the Q'ronar Youngling is a juvenile form of the Q'ronar Shellback. It retains the same body shape but is much smaller and differs in color. The chitinous plating on i…

The Rival Burst Turret is a defensive emplacement from Rival Tech. Several of them will appear exclusively in Industrial Sabotage missions and rival presence missions. They start mounted on the ground with an orange directional shield in front of them, but if a dwarf steps in range they will drop th…

The Rival Caretaker is a sentient construct which exists to protect a Data Rack. Stealing it is the main objective in Industrial Sabotage. The Caretaker appears to be a floating upside-down pyramid. It has four intakes on its top corners and a closed eye on each of its sideways faces. It will lie in…

The Rival Nemesis is a rare enemy found on Hoxxes IV. It appears as a large, armored, octahedron-shaped robot kept aloft by an exhaust port located on its underside. It possesses two long, mechanical claws on its topside, each projecting a red light, and a circular optic with a triangular pupil ador…

The (also known as a Patroller by the Dwarves) is a hostile enemy found on Hoxxes IV. It has very distinct circuitry lining across its body, with the glowing orange circuitry being most noticeable on its "head". The head has a barrel on the front of it which is used to deliver shots. The body struct…

The Rival Prospector Drone is a relatively passive rival tech drone that can be encountered wandering on Hoxxes. If attacked it will attempt to flee in distress, and will call in Patrol Bots and Shredders. It has no means of attack other than summoning rival tech bots to attack the Dwarves. Whenever…

The Rival Repulsion Turret is a stationary defense from Rival Tech. They appear on Industrial Sabotage and in missions with the Rival Presence mutator. If a dwarf comes in range and also enters its Line of Sight (LoS), it will activate and begin to rotate erratically both clockwise and counter clock…

Shredders are very small rival tech bots. They can appear if a Prospector Drone has been attacked along with Patrol Bots, can appear in Industrial Sabotage missions, or during rival waves in the Rival Presence mutator. They will primarily quickly fly around looking for targets to slam into. An indiv…

The Rival Sniper Turret is a point defense emplacement from Rival Tech. A small number will appear exclusively on Industrial Sabotage missions guarding the Power Stations, mounted to the ceiling. The Caretaker is also able to spawn several at a time on the cave ceiling above it in its second and thi…

The has 2 blisters. Destroying a blister deals 50 damage to the . Destroying all blisters kills the target.

The has 3 blisters. Destroying a blister deals damage to the . Destroying all blisters kills the target. The Rockpox Goo Bomber charges forward similarly to a Mactera Goo Bomber’s goo barrage attack to drop down a carpet of Rockpox on the ground beneath it, infecting any dwarf caught under the attac…

The Rockpox Larvae is a hostile Rockpox creature that only spawns around Contagion Spikes. They are often seen emerging out of infected Rockpox terrain when a contagion spike is disturbed and attempts are made to clean up the Rockpox by Dwarves. Rockpox Larvae appear as oblong shaped clumps of organ…

Rockpox Naedocyte Breeders are the largest flying Rockpox-infected creature that is known, akin to a floating Rockpox Praetorian. It also has the highest base-health out of any Rockpox-infected creature save for the Lithophage Corruptor. Likewise, its large health pool is only matched by its rarity.…

The has 3 blisters. Destroying a blister deals 200 damage to the . Destroying all blisters kills the target.

The Silicate Harvester is a passive mob found in the Dense Biozone, Fungus Bogs, and Radioactive Exclusion Zone. It makes its way slowly across the map using its tentacle-like arms to sift through the terrain. It is used to complete two Achievements. It was introduced in Update 14: Feature Creep. Th…

The Spitball Infector (also called the "Spitballer" by the dwarves) is a hostile Creature found on Hoxxes IV. It can be found in any region of the planet. A seemingly grey line between flora and fauna, the Spitball infector defies traditional classifications and is a hard creature to describe, other…

The Spring Bunny is a special creature found only during the The Great Egg Hunt event. When defeated and deposited, it grants players a Performance Points multiplier, doubling the Performance Points received upon mission completion. The Spring Bunny resembles a pink mechanical rabbit with a wind-up …

The Stabber Vine is a hostile Creature on Hoxxes IV. It is found exclusively in the Hollow Bough biome. It is an aggressive and much more dangerous form of its stationary brethren and actively attacks dwarves. Stabber Vines spawn in clusters of 3 in the same spot and have quite a large range. If a p…

The most notable of these creatures is a species known as Glyphids. They are similar to arachnids in appearance, have a variety of subspecies, and are extremely hostile. Glyphids can be encountered in small groups while roaming the caves, and periodically build up to attack in concentrated waves. Wh…

The Vartok Scalebramble is a hostile creature found on Hoxxes IV. It can appear in any biome on any mission type. The Vartok Scalebramble is a ceiling-bound, completely immobile enemy which spawns when a cave is first approached, and therefore is not a naturally reappearing enemy. Its Vartok Nodules…

The Yuletide Elf is a special creature found only during the Yuletide event. When defeated and deposited, it grants players a Performance Points multiplier, doubling the Performance Points received upon mission completion. The Yuletide Elf's appearance strongly resembles that of a player, though muc…