Bloater

Bloaters are the evolution of Infected Drowned, belonging in the Evolved tier. They are essentially underwater Griefers.

Spawning

• Spawned when an Infected Drowned gets an evolution point by killing a mob and its evolution timer begins. If the evolution succeeds, they will become a Bloater.

• Spawned from Arena Tendrils during the third wave of a raid.

• Spawned from Vigils during the second and third waves of a Vigil raid.

• Spawned from Verwahrungs.

• Spawned from a Howitzer's large Flesh Bomb.

Unique Behavior

• Whenever hitting mobs, the Bloater has a 50% chance per hit to explode one of its tumors. It takes 2.5 seconds to explode, and when it does, it will release a puff of spores and give nearby enemies Mycelium Infection III and Blindness for 10 seconds. (It will not apply these effects to spore mobs.) When exploding, one of the groups of tumors on its back will disappear. It has four charges and takes 20 seconds to regain one charge.

• When hitting targets in water, the Bloater will drag them down under the water. It does this by adding -1.0 Y velocity (blocks per tick) to the target.

• Enhanced swimming: the Bloater can move much quicker in water than other mobs.

• Able to breath underwater.

Behavior

• Bloaters are melee combatants, attacking mobs with Infected forms, golems, and most hostile mobs.

• Bloaters inflict Mycelium Infection for 30 seconds when dealing melee damage.

• Has a follow range of 28 blocks.

• Bloaters have a 5% chance to drop a Scent upon death.

• When killed, have a chance to place a small short-lived Mycelium Infection area effect cloud.

• Bloaters will attempt to group together in hordes with other Evolved.

• Infected will follow Bloaters, who themselves will follow Hyper Evolved and Calamities.

• Can perform low leaps/dashes to chase prey quickly through water.

• Able to use kill points to give themselves buffs, such as strength or speed if the target is running away. They can also give themselves regeneration if they are low on health.

• Capable of breaking glass and leaves.

• Have a damage cap of 1/3 of their health on hard mode.

• Present a weakness to the cold, like all spore mobs.

Related Advancements

• Meet the Team

• It's Just Water Weight!

Drops

• Mutated Fibre

• Mutated Heart

• Tumor

• Copper Ingot