Dreadmeld
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Dreadmeld
A gargantuan amalgamation of dozens of smaller fleshbeasts linked together by a loosely shared central nervous system. It uses its massive claws to dig tunnels through solid rock. Fleshbeast dreadmelds are rarely seen above ground, instead sheltering in caverns built from living flesh. They share a psychic connection with the flesh used to create their burrow.
Base Stats
Pawn Stats
- Combat Power
- 650
- Move Speed
- 1.5 c/s
- Health Scale
- 1000% HP
- Body Size
- 5
- Mass
- 300 kg
- Filth Rate
- 1
- Diet
- none
- Life Expectancy
- 50 years
- Trainable Intelligence
- None
- Psychic Sensitivity
- 50%
- Toxic Resistance
- 80%
- Comfortable Temp Range
- -40 °C – 60 °C (-40 °F – 140 °F)
Production
- Meat Yield
- 70
Twisted meat
Melee Combat
- Attack 1
- Left spike (Spike)
14 dmg (Stab)
21 % AP
2 second cooldown - Attack 2
- Right spike (Spike)
14 dmg (Stab)
21 % AP
2 second cooldown - Attack 3
- Head
3 dmg (Blunt)
4 % AP
2 second cooldown
0.2 chance factor - Average DPS
- 4.34
- Destroy yield
- 3
+ 30 
Containment
- Gets Cold Bonus
- true
- Escape Interval
- MTB 60 days
- defName
- Dreadmeld
The dreadmeld is an entity added by the Anomaly DLC. It is the largest of the fleshbeasts and can be considered the "boss battle" of the pit gate.
Occurrence
Only spawns in a Pit Gate. Only one spawns in each Pit Gate.
Summary
The dreadmeld is some sort of huge fleshbeast. Being made out of many smaller fleshbeasts it spawns them regularly when taking damage. When it dies (dropping 3 shards) the pit it lived in collapses, closing the pithole for good after 12 in game hours.
Analysis
The Dreadmeld is slow and lumbering, while only chasing the closest attacker. Barraging it with gunfire while having another pawn kite it is safe, save for the fingerspikes, trispikes, and toughspikes that spawn from it when significantly damaged. If you can manage the additional fleshbeasts, the Dreadmeld itself is largely harmless, so have a fast runner run it in circles while your gun-wielding pawns take it down.
Another strategy consists of locating a tight corner or tunnel, the entrance of which is to be fully blocked by melee pawns, protecting ranged-pawns behind them. That way everybody behind the protective front is safe from the released fleshbeasts once the dreadmeld is damaged. To make this strategy even more effective, close-range firearms like chain shotguns or heavy SMGs and tools for crowd-control like the vertigo pulse should be utilized to reduce damage taken by melee-pawns.
While strategy one ensures that the player is not getting overwhelmed as easily with the amount of spawned fleshbeasts, the second strategy ensures a quick and controlled kill without giving the dreadmeld a chance to use its quick-healing abilities to regenerate health.
Optionally, if you want to use the Pit Cave for some other purpose, don't unleash the Dreadmeld in the first place. This can be avoided by paying attention - a message will appear when a colonist approaches its location, so make a note and stay away from that spot while you build.
Version history
- Anomaly DLC Release - Added.