Scamper

Scampers belong in the Unknown tier. It is a failed evolution of Infected, being very slow and having short vision. They are technically considered as Evolved.

Spawning

• Has a 10% chance to spawn instead of an Evolved mob when an Infected mob evolves.

Evolution

When reaching 7 kills and waiting for the 10-minute age timer to finish, the Scamper will evolve into a Gastgeber. It also has a 30% chance to evolve into a Gastgeber if it is linked when the age timer finishes, regardless of how many evolution points it has.

Unique Behavior

• As soon as the Scamper spawns in, its 10-minute age timer will begin. Once the timer finishes, the Scamper will explode and spawn one Mound with a max age of 4 and one to two more Mounds with a random max age of 1 - 3. Will also spawn a Scent and place down a Human Remains block.

• Have a chance to place a Mycelium Infection II for 10 seconds area effect cloud when hitting other mobs.

• Is completely ignored by the despawning system.

• The Scamper has two variants, both depending on what the Scamper evolves from.

  • The Villager Scamper occurs when an Infected Villager, Infected Wandering Trader, Infected Witch, or Infected Pillager evolves into a Scamper. This variant is able to open doors.

  • The Drowned Scamper occurs when an Infected Drowned evolves into a Scamper. This variant has enhanced swimming and is able to breath underwater.

Behavior

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

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

• Has a follow range of 8 blocks.

• Scampers 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.

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

• Infected will follow Scampers, 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

• Dubious Critter

Drops

• Armor Fragment

• Mutated Fibre

• Mutated Heart

• Tumor