Toughspike

Toughspikes are entities, and type of fleshbeast, added by the Anomaly DLC.

Occurrence[edit]

Toughspikes can occur in most instances that fleshbeasts generally do, including Fleshbeast attacks, in the Undercave, erupting from a Bulbfreak or Dreadmeld, as the result of Draw fleshbeasts, present at Distress call quest sites, and as a result of the twisted obelisk's random mutations of wildlife.^[Which?]

Summary[edit]

The most robust fleshbeast. Their ranged attack is strongest so it's best to engage in melee if you can't outrange them. They don't split into smaller fleshbeasts and they are the only fleshbeast that will leave a corpse when killed.

Analysis[edit]

The closest thing that fleshbeasts have to a tanky unit, toughspikes are relatively robust in physiology compared to any other fleshbeast that isn't a dreadmeld, about on par with a human.

Their damage output isn't very high, so most melee-focused pawns can fight a toughspike one-on-one. However, as is the case when engaging in melee with any fleshbeast, colonists that suffer any injury from it will become vectors for a new metalhorror infection to start.

Among entities, Toughspikes are unique for the ease with which they can be permanently immobilized for risk-free bioferrite collection. See the Bioferrite page for further details.

Health[edit]

Body parts[edit]

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

Body Part	HP	N°	C^[1]	TC^[2]	Parent	Capacity^[4]	Effect if Destroyed/Removed	FV^[5]
Torso	40	1	100%	30.6%	N/A^[6]	-	Death
Spine	25	1	2.5%	2.5%	Torso	Moving	−100% Moving^[7]
Stomach	20	1	2.5%	2.5%	Torso	Digestion	−50% Digestion
Heart	15	1	2%	2%	Torso	Blood Pumping	Death
Lung	15	2	2.5%	2.5%	Torso	Breathing	−50% Breathing. Death if both lost.
Kidney	15	2	1.7%	1.7%	Torso	Blood Filtration	−50% Blood Filtration. Death if both lost.
Liver	20	1	2.5%	2.5%	Torso	Digestion	Death
Neck	25	1	7.5%	1.5%	Torso	Eating Talking Breathing	Death
FleshbeastHead	25	1	80%	3.48%	Neck	-	Death
Skull	25	1	18%	0.216%	FleshbeastHead	-	Cannot be destroyed Increasing Pain based on damage.
Brain	10	1	80%	0.864%	Skull	Consciousness	Death Always scar.
Eye	10	2	7%	0.42%	FleshbeastHead	Sight	−25% Sight. −100% if both lost. Always scar. 0% Hit Chance against Blunt damage.
Jaw	20	1	10%	0.6%	FleshbeastHead	Eating Talking	−100% Talking −90% Eating
Shoulder	30	2	12%	2.76%	Torso	Manipulation	−50% Manipulation. −100% if both lost.
FleshbeastSpike	40	2	77%	9.24%	Shoulder	Manipulation	−50% Manipulation. −100% if both lost. Never scars	0.1
FleshbeastLeg	30	2	10%	10%	Torso	Moving	−50% Moving. −100% if both lost.	0.1

↑ Coverage determines the chance to hit this body part. It refers to the percentage of the super-part that this part covers. before its own sub-parts claim their own percentage. For example. if the base coverage of the super-part is 100%. and the coverage of the part is 20%. 20% of hits would hit the part. and 80% the super-part. If the part had its own sub-part with 50% coverage. the chances would be 10% sub-part. 10% part. 80% super part.
↑ Target Chance is the actual chance for each part to be be selected as the target when each part's coverage has been taken into account(I.E. Neck covers 7.5% of Torso but Head covers 80% of Neck so it actually has only a 1.5% chance to be selected). This is not pure hit chance. as different damage types propagate damage in different ways. See that page for details.
↑ Inside. A flag used for some combat calculations. Usually meant for parts inside another one rather than merely attached.
↑ Note that capacities can affect other capacities in turn. Only the primary effect is listed. See specific pages for details.
↑ Frostbite Vulnerability
↑ This is the part that everything else connects to to be considered 'connected'.
↑ If Moving drops below 16% a pawn cannot move.

Armor[edit]

Armor

Attack table

Toughspike
Attack (Damage type)	DPS^[1] (Post Hit Chance)^[2]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	Selection chance^[3]
Average	3.5 (2.17)	-	-	10%	-
LeftSpike (Stab)	3.5 (2.17)	7	2s	10%	50%
RightSpike (Stab)	3.5 (2.17)	7	2s	10%	50%
HeadAttackTool (Blunt)	1.5 (0.93)	3	2s	4%	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.

Version history[edit]

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

Related
Fleshmass: Flesh • Fleshbulb • Fleshmass neural lump • Flesh sack • Fleshmass spitter • Nerve bundle

[1] Coverage determines the chance to hit this body part. It refers to the percentage of the super-part that this part covers. before its own sub-parts claim their own percentage. For example. if the base coverage of the super-part is 100%. and the coverage of the part is 20%. 20% of hits would hit the part. and 80% the super-part. If the part had its own sub-part with 50% coverage. the chances would be 10% sub-part. 10% part. 80% super part.

[2] Target Chance is the actual chance for each part to be be selected as the target when each part's coverage has been taken into account(I.E. Neck covers 7.5% of Torso but Head covers 80% of Neck so it actually has only a 1.5% chance to be selected). This is not pure hit chance. as different damage types propagate damage in different ways. See that page for details.

[3] Inside. A flag used for some combat calculations. Usually meant for parts inside another one rather than merely attached.

[4] Note that capacities can affect other capacities in turn. Only the primary effect is listed. See specific pages for details.

[5] Frostbite Vulnerability

[6] This is the part that everything else connects to to be considered 'connected'.

[7] If Moving drops below 16% a pawn cannot move.

[Actual-8] 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.

[Hit_Chance-9] Assuming a melee hit chance of 62%

[Selection_Chance-10] Chance for attack to be selected. It may change depending on the melee verbs available to the pawn.

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