They turn blue when hit.įor tips on destroying these tough enemies, see the Tips and Tricks. This allows opening the monolith inside the ancient structure, revealing a Glyph (or dark matter/energy once all glyphs are unlocked) and it will activate the warp gate which is directly above the monolith. Upon killing it, a red glow will surround the player's ship. They will also occasionally fire a temporarily blinding white light, as well as teleporting around the area, but usually not too far from the player. They fire off homing projectiles, similar to the Thermo Gun but significantly deadlier. They are difficult to fight, especially early game. They are the guardians, or wardens, of the structure.

This type of Ancient is only found in sectors marked with the Ancient Depot icon, and there is only one in each. They will even attack neutral ships like Grady & Brunt Prospects ships and Traders, but they will only be aggro towards the ancients, not the player. With the Ancient Friends Glyph equipped, Splitter Ancients will occasionally assist the player in a fight. If found in a zone with an Ancient Structure zone, killing them does not grant the ability to open the monolith in the center of an Ancient structure. They will continously chase and circle around their target until destroyed. Their attack is similar to Grey Goo in that it damages ships' hulls in an area of effect around itself, bypassing shields. Some random zones and Ancient structures also have 'splitter' Ancients spawned in (usually in groups of 1-3), which each split into three smaller versions of themselves once (instead of turning into a black hole, like the larger Ancients). However, they do not regenerate shield hitpoints. Their health works differently from any other enemy - they have no hull, with all of their health being 'shields'. There are only two types of Ancient enemies in the game. After you're done scanning the Grey Goo, find Throng again to get the achievement.Ancients in Everspace are an uncommonly encountered hostile faction. Be warned that you will have to get close to them and take considerable damage (Damage limiters are your friend). They can be found in sector 4 or later or during mission 3 from Elek (if you haven't completed that one yet). Grey Goo (2x) These are basically the same as the Ancient Splitters but consist of Nano bots. Your best bet would be to fly around the field and see if you can scan them without entering the field. The same goes for when your ship collects the plasma, they will die soon after. They tend to swim(?) out of the plasma and will die soon after. These guys live in Plasma Fields and are really fragile. These tentacle creatures can be found in ship wreckage. Also, they deal a lot of damage so be careful not to die to them (Damage limiters are your friend).

A note about these guys is that you will have to scan the original Splitter, the smaller ones wont count. The Ancient Structures Glyph is quite useful to find the Depots. The can be found in sector 4 or later or in Ancient Depots. These are the orange bubble things which split into 3 smaller ones if destroyed. These things look like a tentacle plant hybrid and can be found on rocky asteroids floating inside a lightning storm. You will have to follow it and complete the scan. If an Asteroid Crawler is inside it, it will fly away. You have to find a minable ore asteroid and slowly start to mine it. These are basically ice asteroids which glow, they are quite common. If you have the Goo Gun you can also get that achievement. These can be found on the giant asteroids with the holes in them (they usually contain minable crystal). A better sensor range will make it easier for HIVE to detect them. When you get close to a creature, HIVE will mark them with a white symbol. The scans that he requests will have to be done in order however, if you are lucky enough you can get a the requested scan in the same map as he is in, meaning that you can complete it immediately. After you scan a creature you will have to find Throng again to deliver the scans. It will take several runs to obtain this achievement since the spawns and maps are random. Throng is a scientist who will ask you to scan a variety of creatures.

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