Noctol

The Noctol is an entity added by the Anomaly DLC that only appears during the unnatural darkness event.

Occurrence[edit]

Noctols attack during the Unnatural Darkness event until all Noctoliths are destroyed or the darkness disappears on its own. Also, damaging a noctolith triggers an attack wave of noctols once per noctolith.

Summary[edit]

When exposed to light, Noctols receive a debuff that scales to the light's brightness^[Check], reaching full strength at 50% or brighter, where it gives +15% pain, +200% melee cooldown, and ×50% move speed.

Containment[edit]

A noctol yields 3 bioferrite per day and 200W of power when hooked up to an electroharvester.

Analysis[edit]

In darkness Noctols fight almost as well as Scythers and move much faster, but bright (50%) light inflicts a debuff that makes them barely more dangerous than unarmed humans. Their extraordinary move speed drops to below an ordinary pawn, their attacks still hit hard but are extremely slow, and their above-average health scale is balanced out by the +15% pain from light. With good light management they are one of the less threatening entities you can face.

Noctols spawn en-masse in dark areas around a Noctolith when it is attacked. Make sure you place lighting down prior to attacking them. Flood lights are ideal for areas in and around your own base, but any lighting will suffice. If facing them outside, such as around the Noctoliths themselves, disruptor flares and solar pinholes are portable and easy to deploy. In less advanced colonies, bringing wood to build torch lamps can also work.

Noctols are a good source of advanced anomaly research points since they're easier to contain and much less dangerous than chimeras or devourers so long as they're kept in well lit areas.

Health[edit]

Body parts[edit]

The body part table is collapsed due to length. Expand to view.

Body part	Health
Head	38
Skull	38
Brain	15
Nose	15
Neck	38
Jaw	30
Eye ^[1] (left, right)	15
Ear (left, right)	15
Body	60
Kidney^[2] (left, right)	23
Lung^[2] (left, right)	23
Liver^[2]	30
Heart^[2]	23
Spine^[2]	38
Stomach^[2]	30
Limbs (left, right, fore, hind)	45
Appendage (left, right, fore, hind)	30

↑ Located inside of Head.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Located inside of Body.

Armor[edit]

Armor

Attack table

Noctol
Attack (Damage type)	DPS^[1] (Post Hit Chance)^[2]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	Selection chance^[3]
Average	9.03 (5.6)	-	-	19%	-
FrontLeftClaw (Scratch)	9.84 (6.1)	12.3	1.25s	18%	37.5%
FrontRightClaw (Scratch)	9.84 (6.1)	12.3	1.25s	18%	37.5%
Teeth (Bite)	7.5 (4.65)	15	2s	22%	25%
HeadAttackTool (Blunt)	4.5 (2.79)	9	2s	13%	0%

↑ Note: This is the actual base average derived from the melee verb system updated in 1.1.2610, it may sometimes disagree with the listed value in the in-game infobox.
It may also change depending on the stats and the melee verbs available to the pawn.
↑ Assuming a melee hit chance of 62%
↑ Chance for attack to be selected. It may change depending on the melee verbs available to the pawn.