Hivetumor

Hivetumors belong in the Organoid tier. They are crude, weaker versions of Proto Hiveminds.

Spawning

• Every minute when a Brain Remnant placed by a Proto Hivemind on death (that hasn't been picked up or destroyed) exists, there is a 5% chance it will check in an 8x8x8 area for at least 3 other Brain Remnants. If it finds them, all Brain Remnants will disappear within the range and spawn a Hivetumor in their place, after which the message "Regrowth..." will be sent in chat.

Evolution

• After 1200 seconds (20 minutes) have passed, Hivetumors will evolve into a Proto Hivemind.

  • If there is a Proto Hivemind within 300 blocks, it will instead despawn and give 1000 biomass points to the nearest Proto Hivemind.

Unique Behavior

• Can see all players and sapient mobs (players, Villagers, Illagers, etc.) through walls unless they have Symbiosis. Also capable of seeing entities through walls if they have Marker or a max HP greater than 30.

• Every 5 minutes, the Hivetumor will infect blocks within a 40 block range. She will transform normal blocks into their infested form if they have one. The following are all the foliage blocks Hivetumors can place:

  • Big Mycelium Growths (normally and 50% chance for generic foliage blocks)

  • Big Wall Growths (only on walls)

  • Bile Lump

  • Biomass Bulb

  • Cancerous Claw (only on ceilings)

  • Cancerous Lungs (only on ceilings)

  • Corrosive Tumor (only on ceilings)

  • Decayed Branch (30% chance for leaf blocks touching a Decayed Log block)

  • Decayed Bush (50% chance for generic foliage blocks)

  • Decayed Fern (100% chance for ferns)

  • Decayed Grass (100% chance for short grass)

  • Drowned Lump (only underwater)

  • Fang Lump

  • Fleshy Growths (only on walls)

  • Fungal Roots (only on ceilings)

  • Fungal Stem Sapling

  • Glowshroom (only on ceilings)

  • Mycelium Growths

  • Mycelium Veins

  • Popped Bloomed Mycelium (floors and ceilings)

  • Rotten Crops (10% chance for generic crop blocks)

  • Small Mycelium Growths

  • Underwater Fungal Stem Top (only underwater)

  • Unpopped Bloomed Mycelium (floors and ceilings)

  • Vocal Growth (only on walls)

  • Wall Growths (only on walls)

    • When infesting blocks, if the block she is trying to infest is a CDU, it will be clogged, meaning it no longer works. It can be fixed by breaking it and placing it back down.

• Is completely ignored by the despawning system.

• Biomass Points

  • Hivetumors passively gain one biomass point every 10 seconds.

  • With biomass, the Hivetumor can spawn Organoids. 5 biomass points are needed for each Organoid she spawns.

• Organoids

  • For defensive purposes, the Hivetumor is able to summon a few types of Organoids, including Mounds, Umarmers, Usurpers, and Braureis. The Organoid can only spawn on blocks of hardness 3 or below. There also has to be at least three blocks under it (four in total), and mentioned blocks must meet the previously stated hardness requirement.

    • The Hivetumor will not spawn Organoids at the target if said target already has 5 or more Organoids within 12 blocks of the target.

• Panic Behavior

  • If the Hivetumor's target has more than 100 HP or 20 armor, she will panic for 5 minutes. Alternatively, she'll start panicking if her health is at 50%.

    • While panicking, multiple physical changes occur. Her pupil is shrunk by 0.75, her animations run 20% faster, she shivers,  and she emits smoke particles.

    • When she first starts panicking, she will call all allies in a 128 block range to attack her current target. Additionally, she generates one biomass point every one second instead of every 10 seconds.

• Linking

  • Every minute, the Hivetumor will attempt to link all mobs in a 128 block range. Linked mobs explained on the Proto Hivemind page.

• Madness

  • Every 150 seconds, the Hivetumor will spread Madness for 5 minutes with particles hidden to all sapient mobs (players, Villagers, Illagers, etc.) within a 128 block range.

    • Wearing a Living Helmet MK2 will block the Hivetumor from giving Madness to the target.

• Lost Abilities

  • The following listed mechanics are things that the Hivetumor can't do, but the Proto Hivemind can.

    • Doesn't have a damage cap.

    • Doesn't load the current chunk she is in.

    • Doesn't summon Scents.

    • Doesn't gain Weakness when taking cold damage.

    • Doesn't gain Resistance when below 50% health.

    • Doesn't gain Fire Resistance when on fire.

    • Doesn't do anything upon death (sending a signal to nearby Calamities, giving Wither to allies, and placing down block remains).

    • Doesn't start with any biomass points.

    • Doesn't despawn spore mobs for biomass.

    • Doesn't build a biomass wall.

    • Doesn't spawn Vigils to raid.

    • Doesn't spawn Verwahrungs containing Hyper Evolved to defend herself when damaged.

    • Doesn't have a neural network.

    • Doesn't receive signals to spawn Wombs and Calamities.

    • Doesn't affect the Proto World Modifier.

Behavior

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

• Has a follow range of 64 blocks.

• Hivetumors are incapable of movement.

• Hivetumors will not attempt to despawn due to overcrowding, unlike other Organoids (explained on the Organoids page.)

• Able to breath underwater.

• Hivetumors have a type of passive regeneration. This is disabled while they are under the effects of the cold.

Related Advancements

• Meet the Team

• I Always Come Back!

Drops

• Cerebrum

• Mutated Fibre

• Mutated Heart

• Organoid Membrane

Lore

• Due to Hivetumors being less developed than Proto Hiveminds, they are unable to stay calm and focused in some situations, causing them to be able to panic.

  • The smoke is caused by their brains overheating.