Difference between revisions of "Noctol"

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The Noctol is an Entity added by the Anomaly DLC that only appears during the Unnatural Darkness event.

Occurrence

Noctols attack during the Unnatural Darkness event until all Noctoliths are destroyed or the darkness disappears on its own.

Summary

Yield

A Noctol yields 3 bioferrite and 200W per day.

Analysis

Noctols spawn en-masse in dark areas around a Noctolith when it is attacked. While extremely fast and dangerous, they receive massive penalties of +15% pain, +200% melee cooldown, and -50% movement speed when exposed to light. Make sure you place torches, lamps, solar pinholes, and disruptor flares around noctoliths prior to attacking them.

Noctols are a good source of advanced anomaly research since they're easier to contain and much less dangerous than chimeras or devourers so long as they're kept in well lit areas. However, gorehulks generate just as much bioferrite and are more feeble in combat, so consider executing your noctols to replace them with gorehulks if you get the opportunity.

Trivia

The Noctol's name likely comes from the Latin word "noctis", meaning night.

Version history

Anomaly DLC Release - Added.

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 == Analysis ==
-While extremely fast and dangerous in the dark they are slower and got less hitchance when exposed to light. When covered in darkness only their yellow glowing eyes can be seen. This makes it imperative to fight them in the light.
+Noctols spawn en-masse in dark areas around a Noctolith when it is attacked.  While extremely fast and dangerous, they receive massive penalties of +15% pain, +200% melee cooldown, and -50% movement speed when exposed to light. Make sure you place torches, lamps, solar pinholes, and disruptor flares around noctoliths prior to attacking them.
-They aren't really worth containing for farming as they only yield as much bioferrite as a gorehulk but are much more dangerous. However they can be kept for advanced anomaly research.
+Noctols are a good source of advanced anomaly research since they're easier to contain and much less dangerous than chimeras or devourers so long as they're kept in well lit areas.  However, gorehulks generate just as much bioferrite and are more feeble in combat, so consider executing your noctols to replace them with gorehulks if you get the opportunity.
 == Trivia ==