Red Centipede



The Red Centipede is one of the variants. As a hard-mode enemy, they are only found in a few locations as, and may be lineaged as or.

Appearance
Red Centipedes are long black and red insects with segmented bodies covered by hard, protective shells. Each segment has four shells, and each top shell has a protruding spike. They have many legs and two sets of antennae on both ends of the body.

Combat
Due to their shielded segments and fast, aggressive behavior, Red Centipedes pose a large threat in close-quarters combat. Before a segment can be damaged, its shield must first be removed by use of s. Red Centipedes do not flinch when a shielded segment is hit, allowing them to quickly home in on their target. Once their shells have been removed, Red Centipedes are vulnerable to stunning via spears or. Red Centipedes take extra damage from explosives, making s and s useful assets. s startle them, preventing them from grabbing for a short duration and causing them to let go of held creatures. As with all other arthropod-like creatures, Red Centipedes are extremely vulnerable to s. A single Spore Puff is capable of killing a Red Centipede, provided it hits enough segments.

Stealth
Sneaking around Red Centipedes can be challenging as their sharp hearing vision makes it easy for them to pinpoint creatures. Avoiding making noise or passing by one of their heads can prevent detection. Their vision is significantly reduced by crouching and crawling. They can not see when in an idle crouch, idle on poles, or within a transition or shortcut pipe. However, once they've noticed their prey, they are difficult to distract.

Evasion
It is safest to keep a long distance from Red Centipedes, as they are fast enough to outpace Slugcat. Due to their rarity, it is normally possible to avoid them altogether by taking an alternative route. Throwing Rubbish can lure Red Centipedes to a different location if there is no other way around. Advanced movement such as slidepouncing can put distance between Slugcat and Red Centipedes.

Grabbing
Red Centipedes can grab on to creatures from one end. If they connect both ends, they deliver a lethal shock that can kill most creatures. Red Centipedes may shock multiple times. When injured and near its den, Red Centipedes can latch on to creatures and pull them into the den, killing them.

Vision
Red Centipedes have movement-based vision. Their vision greatly increases when a creature moves nearby. When moving, their vision worsens. They are only able to see out of one head at a time, but alternate between heads every frame.

Hearing
Similarly to most other Centipedes, Red Centipedes can only hear when stationary.

Variants & Attributes
Unlike most creatures, Red Centipedes do not have much variation. Red Centipedes always have eighteen segments- sixteen body segments and two head segments. They have two legs per segment, for a total of thirty-six legs. Their shell color may be affected by a room's darkness.

Trivia

 * does not do enough spear damage to remove Red Centipedes' shielded segments in one hit. However, there is still a random chance that it might still make the shell fall off; this chance varies depending on the amount of shields already removed from the Red Centipede, but averages close to 40%.
 * Red Centipedes take only 1/29th of base damage when shielded segments are hit.
 * Even when uninjured, throwing Rubbish at a de-shelled segment stuns Red Centipedes.