Lancer beetle
Overview
HP1,100
Exp780
Melee0–220
Arm35
Speed338
- earth poison bomb 40–90 (around itself, radius 1)
- lifedrain life drain 60–120 (spell, range 4, heals it)
HP3,300
Exp2,340
Melee0–440
Arm35
Speed422
- earth poison bomb 80–180 (around itself, radius 1)
- lifedrain life drain 120–240 (spell, range 4, heals it)
- death nightmare pulse 146–292 (around itself, radius 1)
A Nightmare lancer beetle (white skull) comes back one time in two hundred - when it respawns, or rising where one just died. Its blows and spells hit twice as hard, and a pulse of death goes round it; its drops come 3% more often; 1 Warden mark to everyone who brings it down.
HP6,600
Exp4,680
Melee0–660
Arm35
Speed456
- earth poison bomb 120–270 (around itself, radius 1)
- lifedrain life drain 180–360 (spell, range 4, heals it)
- death nightmare pulse 219–438 (around itself, radius 1)
- fire hellfire 330–660 (around itself, radius 2)
- lifedrain soul drain 219–438 (spell, range 4, heals it)
A Hell lancer beetle (red skull) - one mutation in ten is Hell. Its blows and spells hit three times as hard, two attacks at once, with a burst of hellfire and a drain that heals it; its drops come 5% more often; 2 Warden marks to everyone who brings it down.
Weak tofire +10%
Resistsdeath -50%
Immune toearth lifedrain
Task: 25 kills → 9,750 exp or 5,850 gold all amounts
Loot
| Loot | Chance | Count |
|---|---|---|
 gold coin | 85% | 1–80 |
 lancer horn | 35% | 1 |
 platinum coin | 10% | 1 |
 strong health potion | 5% | 1 |
 strong mana potion | 4% | 1 |
 wyvernhide vest | 0.8% | 1 |
 orcish cleaver | 0.6% | 1 |
 chitin helm | 0.6% | 1 |
 chitin leggings | 0.6% | 1 |
 wyrmbite axe | 0.3% | 1 |
 skyforge hammer | 0.3% | 1 |
 storm wand | 0.3% | 1 |
 sunsteel greataxe | 0.3% | 1 |
≈ 208 gold a kill (coins 44 + items at NPC prices)
Where
How common it is in each place: a few, some, many or swarms. Click a place to see it on the map.
