RimWorld – Monster Attack Types (Anomaly Expansion)

New Monster Attack Types

Shamblers

All Shamblers: Always die as rotten corpses. Careful of rot stinks.

Assault Shambler

• Run straight into walls and attack. Like extra dumb breachers.
• May chase colonists. Bash walls if no people nearby.
• May appear in one group or several.

Swarm Shambler

• Can be ignored.
• Walk from one part of map to another.

Animal Shambler

• Behave like Shambler swarm.
• Wander for a few days then leave.

Other New Monsters

Fleshbeast Attack

• Appear from Pit Burrows.
• The pits can spawn in any unroofed area.
• Floor does not matter.
• No waves of Flesh Beasts from these burrows after initial.
• Can be filled in after.
• Several fleshbeasts break into smaller fleshbeasts upon damage.
• Their splits can be flung about 10 cells away.

Gorehaulk

• Have spike launch attack at range. Will try to kite your melee fighters.
• May look terrifying but take surprisingly little damage to kill.

Chimera

• Like smarter manhunter packs.
• Can switch from aggressive to passive mode.
• Much faster in aggressive mode.

Devourer

• Leap and swallow attack.
• Slow – use kiting strategy.
• Can Water emerge.

Sightstealer

Disruptor flares: Short-lived bioferrite beacons which stun psychic creatures and reveal invisible ones – useful for sightstealers and revenants.

• Pick a doorway and melee block.
• Throw flares some distance.
• Be careful of ballooning issue.
• Dont trigger spike traps

Infographic by MortalSmurph.