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'''Mechanoids''' are deadly autonomously intelligent robots that form a [[faction]] called a '''Mechanoid Hive'''.
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A  '''Mechanoid Hive''' is a permanently hostile [[faction]] composed entirely of [[mechanoids]], deadly autonomously intelligent robots.
  
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== Summary ==
 
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Mechanoid forces are specialized by their unit types, with each unit performing a single role. Basics summaries are available here, see the individual pages for further details and analysis.
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All [[mechanoid]]s from a mech hive are permanently hostile to the colony. They do not eat and are immune to [[toxic fallout]] and temperature extremes, despite having a Comfortable Temperature range. As machines, they are vulnerable to [[EMP]] attacks, though will "Adapt" for {{ticks|2200}} (regardless of source), making them immune to all further EMP strikes. Hostile mechanoids do not fear for their life, unable to feel [[pain]] and will not seek to take [[cover]].
  
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===Scyther===
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Mechanoids can be found sealed in ancient ruins in all biomes, which spawn inside mountains or outside on the landscape. They may also raid the player's base through [[events]] and can also be found in most [[Crashed Ship Part#Poison Ship|poison ships]], [[Crashed Ship Part#Psychic Ship|psychic ships]], and [[mech cluster]]s{{RoyaltyIcon}}. They may sometimes appear dormant in Ancient Complex and guarding any relic with [[Ideology DLC]]{{IdeologyIcon}}.
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{{Main|Scyther}}
 
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The melee boogeymen of Mechanoids. As they're fast and extremely dangerous up close, large numbers can and will surround and overwhelm single enemies. Melee blocking, use of chokepoints, and focus fire while they close are useful tactics. Mechanoid raids consisting entirely of large numbers of scythers are fairly common - this can be a boon to prepared colonies as significantly simplifies defensive needs, but devastating to the unprepared.  
 
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===Lancer===
 
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Armed with [[charge lance]]s, they make up for modest DPS with the chance to insta-kill pawns by destroying body parts. This is fairly rare, but long term presents a significant risk. Thus exposure should be limited and lancers eliminated with extreme prejudice. As they fight best against pawns at medium to long range and cannot fire when engaged in melee, melee combat is very effective if the distance can be safely closed.
 
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===Centipede===
 
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{{Main|Centipede}}
 
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Centipedes are tanks and crowd controllers. They are extraordinarily durable and their heavy charge blasters do respectable damage in massive bursts, while inferno cannon light fires and force ignited pawns out of cover.  Having your pawns spread apart and behind cover is a great strategy to dealing with their blaster. Mortar Fire and melee combat are decent options for actually damaging the centipede due to it's slow movement speed and large size. Alternatively, a [[psychic insanity lance]] against a charge blaster centipede turns a danger into a significant asset, likely to both get killed itself and take several other mechanoids down with it. Don't target inferno cannon wielders for this however, as they will not be able to damage their fire-immune brethren.
 
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===Pikeman===
 
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Acting as the sniper, they aren't terribly good at their job. Their main role is to allow mechanoids to engage at range - use bends in chokepoints to force them into range, or simply advance and kill them.
 
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===Termite===
 
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{{Main|Termite}}
 
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While not particularly dangerous on their own, their thump cannon can destroy most walls in a single shot, leaving your colonists open to damage from other mechanoids. Depending on the exact strategy employed against the raid as a whole, these might be the highest priority, or of negligible concern.
 
  
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== Lore ==
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Hostile mechanoids are not bound by [[power]] limits. While [[mechanitor]]s can create their own [[allied mechanoid]]s in the [[Biotech DLC]] {{BiotechIcon}}, they are unable to tame or convert hostile ones. Friendly mechs may become feral and join a mech hive if left Uncontrolled (such as having too little [[bandwidth]]) for too long, and can't be re-converted.
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{{See also|Lore}}
 
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Killer machines of unknown origin. Hidden in ancient structures, under mounds of dust, or at the bottom of the ocean, mechanoids can self-maintain for thousands of years. This group of mechs seems to be unified in purpose, but not well-coordinated in action. While local scholars believe they're autonomous weapons left over from an ancient war, tribal legends describe them as the demonic servants of a sleeping god. - Faction description.
 
  
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In the [[lore]], Mechanoids are autonomous intelligent robots built for a variety of purposes. The technologies required to build them vary based on the complexity of the resultant mechanoid, with [[Lore#Tech_levels|Spacer-level]]<includeonly><ref name="Cryptosleep Revival Briefing"/></includeonly><noinclude><ref name="Cryptosleep Revival Briefing">[[Lore#Cryptosleep Revival Briefing|Cryptosleep Revival Briefing]]</ref></noinclude> urbworlds<includeonly><ref name="Keuneke"/></includeonly><noinclude><ref name="Keuneke">Backstory of Markus 'Keuneke' Keuneke</ref></noinclude> being able to construct more simple mechanoids for companionship, combat and labor use, while only glitterworlds are capable of constructing the more advanced, quasi-conscious versions.<ref name="Cryptosleep Revival Briefing"/> Others still are constructed and utilized by [[Lore#Archotech|archotechs]]. <ref>Backstory of Ang 'Codex' Gao</ref><ref>[[Quest]] descriptions</ref>
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== Pawns ==
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=== Pawn Groups ===
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! Pawn Groups !! Commonality !! Options
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|- <!-- 10+10+10+10+20+2+1+1 = 64 -->
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| '''Combat:''' All types
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| 100
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| {{#expr:10/64 * 100 round 1}}% [[File:Scyther_east.png|x32px|Scyther]] [[Mechanoids#Scyther|Scyther]]<!--
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--><br />{{#expr:10/64 * 100 round 1}}% [[File:MechanoidPikeman.png|x32px|Pikeman]] [[Mechanoids#Pikeman|Pikeman]]<!--
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--><br />{{#expr:10/64 * 100 round 1}}% [[File:MechanoidLancer.png|x32px|Lancer]] [[Mechanoids#Lancer|Lancer]]<!--
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--><br />{{#expr:10/64 * 100 round 1}}% [[File:Centipede_east.png|x32px|Centipede blaster]] [[Mechanoids#Centipede blaster|Centipede blaster]]<!--
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--><br />{{#expr:20/64 * 100 round 1}}% [[File:Militor_east.png|x32px|Militor]] [[Mechanoids#Militor|Militor]] {{BiotechIcon}}<!--
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--><br />{{#expr:2/64 * 100 round 1}}% [[File:Centurion_east.png|x32px|Centurion]] [[Mechanoids#Centurion|Centurion]] {{BiotechIcon}}<!--
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--><br />{{#expr:1/64 * 100 round 1}}% [[File:Warqueen_east.png|x32px|War queen]] [[Mechanoids#War queen|War queen]] {{BiotechIcon}}<!--
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--><br />{{#expr:1/64 * 100 round 1}}% [[File:Apocriton_east.png|x32px|Apocriton]] [[Mechanoids#Apocriton|Apocriton]] {{BiotechIcon}}
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| '''Combat:''' Ranged only
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| {{#expr:10/33 * 100 round 1}}% [[File:MechanoidPikeman.png|x32px|Pikeman]] [[Mechanoids#Pikeman|Pikeman]]<!--
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--><br />{{#expr:10/33 * 100 round 1}}% [[File:MechanoidLancer.png|x32px|Lancer]] [[Mechanoids#Lancer|Lancer]]<!--
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--><br />{{#expr:5/33 * 100 round 1}}% [[File:Scorcher_east.png|x32px|Scorcher]] [[Mechanoids#Scorcher|Scorcher]] {{BiotechIcon}}<!--
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--><br />{{#expr:5/33 * 100 round 1}}% [[File:Tesseron_east.png|x32px|Tesseron]] [[Mechanoids#Tesseron|Tesseron]] {{BiotechIcon}}<!--
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--><br />{{#expr:2/33 * 100 round 1}}% [[File:Legionary_east.png|x32px|Legionary]] [[Mechanoids#Legionary|Legionary]] {{BiotechIcon}}<!--
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--><br />{{#expr:1/33 * 100 round 1}}% [[File:Diabolus_east.png|x32px|Diabolus]] [[Mechanoids#Diabolus|Diabolus]] {{BiotechIcon}}
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| '''Combat:''' Melee only
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| 70
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| 100% [[File:Scyther_east.png|x32px|Scyther]] [[Mechanoids#Scyther|Scyther]]
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|- <!-- 10+5+5 = 20 -->
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| '''Combat:''' Centipede only
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| 30
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| {{#expr:10/20 * 100 round 1}}% [[File:Centipede_east.png|x32px|Centipede blaster]] [[Mechanoids#Centipede blaster|Centipede blaster]]<!--
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| '''Combat:''' militor only
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| 30
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| 100% [[File:Militor_east.png|x32px|Militor]] [[Mechanoids#Militor|Militor]] {{BiotechIcon}}
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| {{#expr:10/61 * 100 round 1}}% [[File:MechanoidPikeman.png|x32px|Pikeman]] [[Mechanoids#Pikeman|Pikeman]]<!--
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--><br />{{#expr:10/61 * 100 round 1}}% [[File:MechanoidLancer.png|x32px|Lancer]] [[Mechanoids#Lancer|Lancer]]<!--
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--><br />{{#expr:1/61 * 100 round 1}}% [[File:Termite.png|x32px|Termite]] [[Mechanoids#Termite|Termite]]<!--
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--><br />{{#expr:20/61 * 100 round 1}}% [[File:Militor_east.png|x32px|Militor]] [[Mechanoids#Militor|Militor]] {{BiotechIcon}}
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In-game however, only combat mechanoids from a single, somewhat mysterious source are ever seen. There are some indications that the Mechanoids seen in game may have been built by, or otherwise allied with, an ancient army, perhaps that of the [[Ancients]] faction.<ref>[[Orbital mech cluster targeter]] description</ref>. Whatever the case however, they have since lost any allegiances they may have had and are now hostile to every other faction.
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[[Crashed ship parts|Defoliator ship parts]] are usually associated with orbital-drop mechanoid armies.<ref>[[Crashed ship parts|Ship part (defoliator)]] description</ref>
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== Analysis ==
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Mechanoid forces are specialized by their unit types, with each unit performing a single role. Basics summaries are available here, see the individual pages for further details and analysis.
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[[Insectoid]] ecosystems were genetically engineered to fight Mechanoid invasions<ref name="Megascarab Description">[[Megascarab]] description</ref> and thus the two factions are always hostile to one another.
 
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== Pawns ==
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* [[Scyther]] - The melee boogeymen of Mechanoids. Fast and extremely dangerous up close, large numbers can and will overwhelm single enemies. Melee blocking, use of chokepoints, and focus fire while they close in are useful tactics. Mechanoid raids consisting entirely of large numbers of scythers are fairly common.
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* [[Lancer]]- Armed with [[charge lance]]s, they have medium range and modest overall DPS. However, their high shot damage presents a modest, but serious risk of one-shot-killing pawns by destroying body parts. Therefore, exposure should be limited and lancers prioritized as threats. Like many non-scythers, melee combat is very effective if a pawn can get close enough.
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* [[Pikeman]] - Acting as the sniper, their [[needle gun]] doesn't do too much damage. Their main role is to allow mechanoids to engage at range - use bends in chokepoints to force them into range, or simply advance and kill them.
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* [[Centipede]] - Centipedes are tanks and crowd controllers. They are incredibly durable, but rather slow. They can wield [[heavy charge blaster]]s or [[minigun]]s for raw, inaccurate damage, or [[inferno cannon]]s to light fires and force ignited pawns out of cover. Mortar Fire and melee combat are decent options for actually damaging the centipede due to it's slow movement speed and large size, and avoid bunching against any of their weapons. Alternatively, a [[psychic insanity lance]] against a centipede turns a danger into a significant asset, though note that other mechanoids are immune to inferno cannons.
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* [[Termite]] - While not particularly dangerous on their own, their thump cannon can destroy most walls in a single shot, leaving your colonists open to damage from other mechanoids. Depending on the exact strategy employed against the raid as a whole, these might be the highest priority, or of negligible concern.
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* [[Militor]]{{BiotechIcon}} - A small combat mechanoid armed with a low power, 12 range mini-shotgun. One of the weakest mechanoids, they serve as earlygame threats and support other mechanoids. They can be scary through sheer numbers - large mechanoid raids comprised only of militors occasionally spawn.
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* [[Scorcher]]{{BiotechIcon}} - A mechanoid that specializes in incendiary attacks. Its flame burst attack has little reach, but once it closes on a group of defenders it can ignite and disrupt them with blasts of searing flame.
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* [[Legionary]]{{BiotechIcon}} - A combat support mechanoid with a wide range bullet shield and long-range needle gun. Designed to support other mechanoids from long range, the legionary is vulnerable to anyone who can get inside its shield.
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|[[File:MechanoidLancer.png|50px]] || 150 || 100 || Normal || - || 9999 || '''[[Charge lance]]''' || Any || -
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* [[Tesseron]]{{BiotechIcon}} - A medium-range combat mechanoid. The tesseron's sweeping beam attack pierces shields, ignites pawns, and deals great damage, but can't be fired up close.
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* [[Centurion]]{{BiotechIcon}} - An incredibly durable ultra-heavy mech, with a large shield capable of defending allies. It also has point-defense turret, which can fire while moving.
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* [[Tunneler]]{{BiotechIcon}} - A large, somewhat durable melee mechanoid with a natural shield and smokepop. While mostly made for mining, some [[apocriton]] summon groups will arrive with tunnelers. Does not seem to appear in regular mech raids.
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* [[Diabolus]]{{BiotechIcon}} - An ultra-heavy mechanoid with an ultra-powerful hellsphere cannon. It takes time to charge up, but devastates everything including buildings and walls in a large radius. Also has a flame burst for use against nearby foes, and a general purpose turret.
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* [[War queen]]{{BiotechIcon}} - An ultra-heavy mech with a built-in mech gestator. Fed with appropriate resources, the war queen can form small [[war urchin]] combat mechs within its massive carapace and deploy them into combat.
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* [[ Apocriton]]{{BiotechIcon}} - A mechanoid commander designed to coordinate and motivate other mechs during long extermination campaigns. Its most obvious power is its ability to resurrect recently-killed mechs by supercharging their self-repair processes. Less obviously, it is intelligent and psychically present, radiating hatred into the minds of anyone in a wide radius.  While all mechanoids have a dim psychically-present intelligence, only the apocriton and a few others truly feel hatred for their victims and understand the suffering they inflict.
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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
 
* Although all mechanoid-only weapons are 'Spacer' in terms of tech level; the hidden mechanoid faction itself is actually 'Ultra' tech level - one above 'Spacer', and the second highest tech level in the game, below 'Transcendent'.
 
* Although all mechanoid-only weapons are 'Spacer' in terms of tech level; the hidden mechanoid faction itself is actually 'Ultra' tech level - one above 'Spacer', and the second highest tech level in the game, below 'Transcendent'.
  
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== Version History ==
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== Version history ==
 
* [[Version/0.4.460|0.4.460]] - Mechanoid raids added.
 
* [[Version/0.4.460|0.4.460]] - Mechanoid raids added.
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Mechanoids - Autonomous intelligent robots built for domestic, industrial or military purposes. Only available to advanced cultures because such complex AI is needed to control them.

— RimWorld Universe Quick Primer

A Mechanoid Hive is a permanently hostile faction composed entirely of mechanoids, deadly autonomously intelligent robots.

Summary[edit]

All mechanoids from a mech hive are permanently hostile to the colony. They do not eat and are immune to toxic fallout and temperature extremes, despite having a Comfortable Temperature range. As machines, they are vulnerable to EMP attacks, though will "Adapt" for 2,200 ticks (36.67 secs) (regardless of source), making them immune to all further EMP strikes. Hostile mechanoids do not fear for their life, unable to feel pain and will not seek to take cover.

Mechanoids can be found sealed in ancient ruins in all biomes, which spawn inside mountains or outside on the landscape. They may also raid the player's base through events and can also be found in most poison ships, psychic ships, and mech clustersContent added by the Royalty DLC. They may sometimes appear dormant in Ancient Complex and guarding any relic with Ideology DLCContent added by the Ideology DLC.

Hostile mechanoids are not bound by power limits. While mechanitors can create their own allied mechanoids in the Biotech DLC Content added by the Biotech DLC, they are unable to tame or convert hostile ones. Friendly mechs may become feral and join a mech hive if left Uncontrolled (such as having too little bandwidth) for too long, and can't be re-converted.

Pawns[edit]

Pawn Groups[edit]

Pawn Groups Commonality Options
Combat: All types 100 15.6% Scyther Scyther
15.6% Pikeman Pikeman
15.6% Lancer Lancer
15.6% Centipede blaster Centipede blaster
31.3% Militor Militor Content added by the Biotech DLC
3.1% Centurion Centurion Content added by the Biotech DLC
1.6% War queen War queen Content added by the Biotech DLC
1.6% Apocriton Apocriton Content added by the Biotech DLC
Combat: Ranged only 80 30.3% Pikeman Pikeman
30.3% Lancer Lancer
15.2% Scorcher Scorcher Content added by the Biotech DLC
15.2% Tesseron Tesseron Content added by the Biotech DLC
6.1% Legionary Legionary Content added by the Biotech DLC
3% Diabolus Diabolus Content added by the Biotech DLC
Combat: Melee only 70 100% Scyther Scyther
Combat: Centipede only 30 50% Centipede blaster Centipede blaster
25% Centipede gunner Centipede gunner
25% Centipede burner Centipede burner
Combat: militor only 30 100% Militor Militor Content added by the Biotech DLC
Combat: breach raids 1 16.4% Pikeman Pikeman
16.4% Scyther Scyther
16.4% Lancer Lancer
16.4% Centipede blaster Centipede blaster
1.6% Termite Termite
32.8% Militor Militor Content added by the Biotech DLC

Pawn Kinds[edit]

  • Pawn Type Combat Power Armor (S/B/H) Weapons Age Range Move Speed Additional Info
    Scyther
    Scyther     		150 40% / 20% / 200% Melee (Blades) Any 4.7 c/s -
    Lancer
    Lancer     		180 40% / 20% / 200% Charge lance Any 4.7 c/s -
    Centipede blaster
    Centipede blaster     		400 72% / 22% / 200% Heavy charge blaster Any 1.9 c/s -
    Centipede burner
    Centipede burner     		400 72% / 22% / 200% Inferno cannon Any 1.9 c/s -
    Centipede gunner
    Centipede gunner     		400 72% / 22% / 200% Minigun Any 1.9 c/s -
    Pikeman
    Pikeman     		110 40% / 20% / 200% Needle gun Any 2.5 c/s -
    Termite
    Termite     		110 56% / 22% / 200% Thump cannon Any 2.1 c/s -
    MilitorContent added by the Biotech DLC
    Militor     		45 20% / 10% / 200% mini-shotgun Any 3.8 c/s -
    LegionaryContent added by the Biotech DLC
    Legionary     		150 40% / 20% / 200% Needle launcher Any 4.3 c/s AoE shield
    TesseronContent added by the Biotech DLC
    Tesseron     		150 40% / 20% / 200% Beam graser Any 4.7 c/s -
    ScorcherContent added by the Biotech DLC
    Scorcher     		75 40% / 20% / 200% Mini-flameblaster Any 4.5 c/s -
    TunnelerContent added by the Biotech DLC
    Tunneler     		250 80% / 40% / 200% Melee (Power claws) Any 1.9 c/s Personal shield
    CenturionContent added by the Biotech DLC
    Centurion     		250 75% / 25% / 200% Charge blaster turret Any 1.6 c/s AoE shield
    DiabolusContent added by the Biotech DLC
    Diabolus     		500 75% / 25% / 200% Hellsphere cannon Any 2.4 c/s Flame burst ability
    War queenContent added by the Biotech DLC
    War queen     		600 75% / 25% / 200% Charge blaster turret Any 1.6 c/s Produces war urchins
    ApocritonContent added by the Biotech DLC
    Apocriton     		600 75% / 40% / 200% Toxic needle gun Any 3.2 c/s Various[Add these]
    War urchinContent added by the Biotech DLC
    War urchin     		10 20% / 10% / 200% Spiner Any 4.2 c/s -

    • Analysis[edit]

    Mechanoid forces are specialized by their unit types, with each unit performing a single role. Basics summaries are available here, see the individual pages for further details and analysis.

    • Scyther - The melee boogeymen of Mechanoids. Fast and extremely dangerous up close, large numbers can and will overwhelm single enemies. Melee blocking, use of chokepoints, and focus fire while they close in are useful tactics. Mechanoid raids consisting entirely of large numbers of scythers are fairly common.
    • Lancer- Armed with charge lances, they have medium range and modest overall DPS. However, their high shot damage presents a modest, but serious risk of one-shot-killing pawns by destroying body parts. Therefore, exposure should be limited and lancers prioritized as threats. Like many non-scythers, melee combat is very effective if a pawn can get close enough.
    • Pikeman - Acting as the sniper, their needle gun doesn't do too much damage. Their main role is to allow mechanoids to engage at range - use bends in chokepoints to force them into range, or simply advance and kill them.
    • Centipede - Centipedes are tanks and crowd controllers. They are incredibly durable, but rather slow. They can wield heavy charge blasters or miniguns for raw, inaccurate damage, or inferno cannons to light fires and force ignited pawns out of cover. Mortar Fire and melee combat are decent options for actually damaging the centipede due to it's slow movement speed and large size, and avoid bunching against any of their weapons. Alternatively, a psychic insanity lance against a centipede turns a danger into a significant asset, though note that other mechanoids are immune to inferno cannons.
    • Termite - While not particularly dangerous on their own, their thump cannon can destroy most walls in a single shot, leaving your colonists open to damage from other mechanoids. Depending on the exact strategy employed against the raid as a whole, these might be the highest priority, or of negligible concern.
    • MilitorContent added by the Biotech DLC - A small combat mechanoid armed with a low power, 12 range mini-shotgun. One of the weakest mechanoids, they serve as earlygame threats and support other mechanoids. They can be scary through sheer numbers - large mechanoid raids comprised only of militors occasionally spawn.
    • ScorcherContent added by the Biotech DLC - A mechanoid that specializes in incendiary attacks. Its flame burst attack has little reach, but once it closes on a group of defenders it can ignite and disrupt them with blasts of searing flame.
    • LegionaryContent added by the Biotech DLC - A combat support mechanoid with a wide range bullet shield and long-range needle gun. Designed to support other mechanoids from long range, the legionary is vulnerable to anyone who can get inside its shield.
    • TesseronContent added by the Biotech DLC - A medium-range combat mechanoid. The tesseron's sweeping beam attack pierces shields, ignites pawns, and deals great damage, but can't be fired up close.
    • CenturionContent added by the Biotech DLC - An incredibly durable ultra-heavy mech, with a large shield capable of defending allies. It also has point-defense turret, which can fire while moving.
    • TunnelerContent added by the Biotech DLC - A large, somewhat durable melee mechanoid with a natural shield and smokepop. While mostly made for mining, some apocriton summon groups will arrive with tunnelers. Does not seem to appear in regular mech raids.
    • DiabolusContent added by the Biotech DLC - An ultra-heavy mechanoid with an ultra-powerful hellsphere cannon. It takes time to charge up, but devastates everything including buildings and walls in a large radius. Also has a flame burst for use against nearby foes, and a general purpose turret.
    • War queenContent added by the Biotech DLC - An ultra-heavy mech with a built-in mech gestator. Fed with appropriate resources, the war queen can form small war urchin combat mechs within its massive carapace and deploy them into combat.
    • ApocritonContent added by the Biotech DLC - A mechanoid commander designed to coordinate and motivate other mechs during long extermination campaigns. Its most obvious power is its ability to resurrect recently-killed mechs by supercharging their self-repair processes. Less obviously, it is intelligent and psychically present, radiating hatred into the minds of anyone in a wide radius. While all mechanoids have a dim psychically-present intelligence, only the apocriton and a few others truly feel hatred for their victims and understand the suffering they inflict.

    Trivia[edit]

    • Although all mechanoid-only weapons are 'Spacer' in terms of tech level; the hidden mechanoid faction itself is actually 'Ultra' tech level - one above 'Spacer', and the second highest tech level in the game, below 'Transcendent'.

    Version history[edit]

    Mechanoids
    Mechanoids | Core
    Centipede (Blaster, Burner, Gunner) • Lancer • Pikeman • Scyther • Termite
    Combat
    Centurion Content added by the Biotech DLC • Legionary Content added by the Biotech DLC • Militor Content added by the Biotech DLC • Scorcher Content added by the Biotech DLC • Tesseron Content added by the Biotech DLC
    Command
    Apocriton Content added by the Biotech DLC • Diabolus Content added by the Biotech DLC • War queen Content added by the Biotech DLC (War urchin Content added by the Biotech DLC)
    Labor
    Agrihand Content added by the Biotech DLC • Cleansweeper Content added by the Biotech DLC • Constructoid Content added by the Biotech DLC • Fabricor Content added by the Biotech DLC • Lifter Content added by the Biotech DLC • Paramedic Content added by the Biotech DLC • Tunneler Content added by the Biotech DLC
    Cluster Content added by the Royalty DLC | Buildings
    Condition causer Content added by the Royalty DLC • Count-down activator Content added by the Royalty DLC • Mech assembler Content added by the Royalty DLC • Mech capsule Content added by the Royalty DLC • Mech drop beacon Content added by the Royalty DLC • Mech high-shield Content added by the Royalty DLC • Mech low-shield Content added by the Royalty DLC • Mech node Content added by the Royalty DLC • Proximity activator Content added by the Royalty DLC • Unstable power cell Content added by the Royalty DLC
    Turrets
    Auto charge turret Content added by the Royalty DLC • Auto inferno turret Content added by the Royalty DLC • Auto mortar Content added by the Royalty DLC • Mini-slugger turret Content added by the Royalty DLC
    Creation Content added by the Biotech DLC | Pawn
    Mechanitor Content added by the Biotech DLC
    Buildings
    Mech gestator Content added by the Biotech DLC • Large mech gestator Content added by the Biotech DLC • Mechband antenna Content added by the Biotech DLC • Mechband dish Content added by the Biotech DLC

    Factions
    Human | Ancients
    Neutral ancients • Hostile ancients
    Tribes
    Gentle tribe • Fierce tribe • Savage tribe • Cannibal tribe Content added by the Ideology DLC • Nudist tribe Content added by the Ideology DLC • Fierce neanderthal tribe Content added by the Biotech DLC • Savage impid tribe Content added by the Biotech DLC
    Outlanders
    Civil outlander union • Rough outlander union • Rough pig union Content added by the Biotech DLC
    Pirates
    Pirate gang • Cannibal pirate gang Content added by the Ideology DLC • Yttakin pirates Content added by the Biotech DLC • Waster pirates Content added by the Biotech DLC
    Temporary
    Outlander refugee group Content added by the Royalty DLC • Beggars Content added by the Ideology DLC • Pilgrims Content added by the Ideology DLC • Sanguophages Content added by the Biotech DLC
    Player
    New Arrivals • New Tribe • Research Expedition Content added by the Anomaly DLC
    Other
    Shattered empire Content added by the Royalty DLC • Horax cult Content added by the Anomaly DLC
    Non-human
    Insect geneline • Mechanoid hive • Entities Content added by the Anomaly DLC
    Related
    Faction base • Raider

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