Dropwig

Dropwigs are an upcoming predator designed for Rain World hard mode.

Appearance:
As its name suggests, it resembles a large earwig. It has a black coloration, offset with slightly glowing purple stripes.

Attack behavior:
Dropwigs are ambush predators, they attack by attaching themselves to the ceiling and waiting in ambush until an unsuspecting victim walks underneath them. At this point the wig drops unto its prey, catching it with its large pincers. They are quite intelligent creatures, often times taking an item from the ground (any item but mostly food like Blue Fruit). These items are intended to lure prey into pouncing range. The drop attack is somewhat dangerous but avoidable with good reflexes. Dropwigs are supposed to keep you always on your toes and never quite able to relax - every room is a potential danger and you need to be on your best game always!

Even on the ground Dropwigs are not to be trifled with, as they can perform an agile leap, similar to a Porcupine Spider. Spears are key to defeating a mobile Dropwig.



Trivia:

 * A Dropwig waiting in ambush will dim its purple stripes to be less easily spotted among hanging vines, chains or pipes.
 * Dropwig crawl.gifigs are new creatures coming in the first content release, any information on this page may be subject to further tuning or change.
 * These predators will only appear when playing as the red hardmode slugcat.