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The sightstealer is an entity added by the Anomaly DLC. It is likely to be one of the first anomalous entities a colony will encounter.

Occurrence

Sightstealers appear in the sightstealer arrival event.

Summary

For further detail about howling and multi-wave sightstealer attacks, see Sightstealer arrival.

Sightstealers are ambush predators, entering a map invisible^{[Notification details]} and remain so until they get close to a target.^{[When is invis broken?]}^[Targets?] Sightstealers are also revealed when they take damage, get hit by firefoam or an EMP explosion, or they are affected by a disruptor flash.^{[Re-invisibilize?]} Invisible sightstealers will trigger proximity detectors when in range, however they will not be revealed by it. Additionally, they will make a howling sound effect even when invisible, you can listen for this sound to narrow down their location instead of using a proximity detector.

Sightstealers do not trigger traps regardless of their current visibility.

They are relatively weak entities in terms of both DPS and HP, feel pain and bleed and have a high psychic sensitivity of 200% - instead the primary risk comes from ambush and numbers.

Containment

The Sightstealer is fairly weak, requiring only 30 containment strength. This means you can use wooden walls and a basic holding spot to contain it with minimal risk.

Contained sightstealers yield 1.6 bioferrite per day when attached to a Bioferrite harvester.

Analysis

A sightstealer is one of the easiest anomalies to capture and contain that could be technically considered dangerous. Effectively a blessing to most colonies, providing an easy source of beginning research. Their weakness and stealth give them practically no defensive application.

Sightstealers are extremely vulnerable to fire. A pawn armed with an incendiary launcher, molotov cocktails, or incinerator can easily cripple even a pack of sightstealers. If the colony contains a mechanitor, scythers, scorchers, tesserons, and centipede burners are effective counters. If a sightstealer howls, drafted mechanoids are valid targets for the sightstealers, and they will reveal themselves to attack. This can be used to force sightstealers to become visible before they draw close to colonists.

Version history

Anomaly DLC Release - Added.

Entities

Basic: Void monolith • Harbinger tree • Fleshbeast (Fingerspike, Trispike, Toughspike, Bulbfreak) • Sightstealer • Shambler • Ghoul • Gorehulk • Death pall

Advanced: Pit gate • Dreadmeld • Fleshmass heart • Fleshmass nucleus • Chimera • Devourer • Noctolith • Noctol • Revenant • Metalhorror • Nociosphere • Blood rain • Twisted obelisk • Corrupted obelisk • Warped obelisk • Golden cube • Unnatural corpse

Ultimate: Void structure • Void node

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 == Occurrence ==
-Sightstealers appear in the [[sightstealer arrival]] event. After being downed, they can be captured for other uses.
+Sightstealers appear in the [[sightstealer arrival]] event.
 == Summary ==
-Sightstealers are ambush predators, entering a map [[invisible]]{{Check Tag|Notification details}} and remain so until they get close to a target.{{Check Tag|When is invis broken?|Just proximity to another pawn or do they have to be targetting them? How close? Colonists only or NPCs? If NPCs, friendly or raiders too? Mechs, enemy and friendly? etc.}}{{Check Tag|Targets?|Who do they target?}} Sightstealers are also revealed when they take damage, get hit by [[firefoam]] or an [[EMP]] explosion, or they are affected by a [[Disruptor flare pack#Summary|disruptor flash]].{{Check Tag|Re-invisibilize?|Are there any circumstances that sightstealers regain invisibility once visible? Even if not, note explicitly that they don't.}} Invisible sightstealers will trigger [[proximity detector]]s when in range, however they will not be revealed by it.
+{{For|further detail about howling and multi-wave sightstealer attacks|Sightstealer arrival}}
+Sightstealers are ambush predators, entering a map [[invisible]]{{Check Tag|Notification details}} and remain so until they get close to a target.{{Check Tag|When is invis broken?|Just proximity to another pawn or do they have to be targeting them? How close? Colonists only or NPCs? If NPCs, friendly or raiders too? Mechs, enemy and friendly? Reports of them walking through tamed animals without detection etc.}}{{Check Tag|Targets?|Who do they target?}} Sightstealers are also revealed when they take damage, get hit by [[firefoam]] or an [[EMP]] explosion, or they are affected by a [[Disruptor flare pack#Summary|disruptor flash]].{{Check Tag|Re-invisibilize?|Are there any circumstances that sightstealers regain invisibility once visible? Even if not, note explicitly that they don't.}} Invisible sightstealers will trigger [[proximity detector]]s when in range, however they will not be revealed by it. Additionally, they will make a howling sound effect even when invisible, you can listen for this sound to narrow down their location instead of using a proximity detector.
-Sightstealers also do not trigger [[traps]] regardless of their current visibility.
+Sightstealers do not trigger [[traps]] regardless of their current visibility.
- They will make a howling sound effect even when invisible, you can listen for this sound to detect them instead of using a proximity detector.
 They are relatively weak entities in terms of both {{DPS}} and {{HP}}, feel [[pain]] and [[bleeding|bleed]] and have a high [[psychic sensitivity]] of {{%|{{P|Psychic Sensitivity}}}} - instead the primary risk comes from ambush and numbers.