Editing Boomrat

{{Infobox main|animal
| name = Boomrat
| image = Boomrat east.png
| description = Either by deliberate genetic weaponization, or as an unusual defense mechanism, these rodent-like creatures create a powerful fire-starting explosion when killed.
| type = Animal
| movespeed = 4.6
| min comfortable temperature = -15
| max comfortable temperature = 40
| flammability = 0.7
| marketvalue = 100
| combatPower = 55
| bodysize = 0.2
| healthscale = 0.4
| hungerrate = 0.14
| diet = omnivorous grazer
| leathername = lightleather
| wildness = 0.75
| petness = 0.2
| manhuntertame = 0
| manhunter = 0
| trainable = none
| gestation = 5.661
| offspring = 1-3
| avg offspring = 1.75
| mateMtb = 8
| lifespan = 8
| juvenileage = 0.1
| maturityage = 0.2222
| tradeTags = AnimalUncommon, AnimalFighter
| attack1dmg = 5.4
| attack1type = Scratch
| attack1cool = 1.5
| attack1part = front left paw
| attack2dmg = 5.4
| attack2type = Scratch
| attack2cool = 1.5
| attack2part = front right paw
| attack3dmg = 4.9
| attack3type = Bite
| attack3cool = 2
| attack3part = teeth
| attack3chancefactor = 0.7
| attack4dmg = 3
| attack4type = Blunt
| attack4cool = 2
| attack4part = head
| attack4chancefactor = 0.2
| livesin_temperateforest = 0.4
| livesin_temperateswamp = 0.4
| livesin_aridshrubland = 0.5
}}
{{Info|'''Boomrats''' inhabit {{Habitats}}. Be careful of their powerful fire-starting explosion whenever they die, including when they are slaughtered.}}

== Summary ==
On death, boomrats explode, doing 10 [[Damage Types#Flame|Flame]] damage in a 1.9 tile radius. This explosion does not itself set fires nor create [[Filth#Chemfuel puddle|chemfuel puddles]] to burn but the Flame damage might ignite surrounding objects and pawns.

Boomrats have 90% [[Toxic Environment Resistance]] rendering them highly resistant to environmental effects such as [[rot stink]] and [[toxic buildup]] from non-attack sources.

== Tactics ==
They are a smaller version of the [[boomalope]] and spawn in areas where the ground is mostly flammable. Like the boomalope, they are a punishment for being in an area with a long or year round growing season, and are very dangerous to settle near for a [[permadeath]] settlement as a [[Mental break#Manhunter|manhunter]] pack of them can create a devastating fire with no hope of being stopped, that will eventually melt through steel. It is very hard for your colony to put the fire out until it rains. They will also eat your [[Domesticated Plants|crops]] if given the chance.

Consider avoiding them, and keeping them healthy. Boomrats are best hunted in the [[rain]], which will extinguish the fire. Alternatively, you can use a [[firefoam pop pack]], tame and sell them, or slaughter them in an area with no risk of fire, such as lake, or in a room of stone floors and walls.

=== As attack animals ===
Tamed boomalopes are considered [[pen animals]], meaning that raiders won't attack them. Boomrats, however, are not.

They can be used as an explosive weapon, especially when combined with [[transport pod]]s. Load a pod with some boomrats, some stronger explosives (like [[mortar shell]]s or a proper boomalope), and land it on top of stationary enemies. [[Siege]]s are prime targets, as you can set their own shells on fire.

== Training ==
{{TrainingTable}}

== Health ==
{{Animal Health Table}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Boomrat east.png|Boomrat facing east
Boomrat north.png|Boomrat facing north
Boomrat south.png|Boomrat facing south
Dessicated boomrat east.png|Boomrat decaying
</gallery>

== Lore ==
<onlyinclude>The origin of the boomrat has varied over time. In the initial release of the [[Lore#Longsleep_Revival_Briefing_.28Obsolete.29|Revival Briefing]], which is now considered non-canon, they were described as originating as a biological weapon that survived and bred after wars on the worlds they now inhabit. The [[Lore#Cryptosleep_Revival_Briefing|current version]] of the Revival Briefing states that they, along with the [[boomalope]], were originally engineered as a primitive renewable fuel source. While this holds true for boomalopes, boomrats cannot and could never be milked for [[chemfuel]] in-game.  Meanwhile, their current in-game description also disagrees with the current briefing and supports the now-obsolete original version, stating that their explosive tendencies are either a result of deliberate weaponization or intended as a defense mechanism.</onlyinclude>

== Trivia ==
Boomrat pizza is briefly mentioned in a backstory[[List_of_player_created_childhood_backstories_N_through_Z|.[1]]]

== Version history ==
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Boomrat Old.png|Old boomrat sprite
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