Fractal Guardian

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Fractal Guardian Variant 1
Stats
Health 80	Sight: 1
	Hearing: 2
Armor None	Weakpoints N/A
Immunities N/A	Vulnerabilities N/A
Behavior
Walk speed N/A	Swim speed 3 slow (4.5 fast)
Aggressive? Always (Humans) Never (Submarines)	Can Enter Submarine? No
Drops only 1 of the items marked with an asterisk * may drop at a time
Items	Chance
None	N/A

Fractal Guardian Variant 2
Stats
Health 100	Sight: 1
	Hearing: 2
Armor None	Weakpoints N/A
Immunities N/A	Vulnerabilities N/A
Behavior
Walk speed N/A	Swim speed 1 slow (1.5 fast)
Aggressive? Always (Humans) Never (Submarines)	Can Enter Submarine? No
Drops only 1 of the items marked with an asterisk * may drop at a time
Items	Chance
None	N/A

The Fractal Guardian is a Europan creature.

Description

Two variations of the Fractal Guardians exist. The first has three spike-like limbs that allow it to swim, two on the sides of its head and one at the end of its segmented body. Its body consists of four segments, including its head. Each segment appears to have two holes.

The second type possess an orb-like carapace with two spike-like limbs on its underside. Due to their heavy torso and the fact they only possess two limbs, they are much slower than their worm-like siblings but can withstand more damage.

In-game

Rather uniquely, Fractal Guardians will attack and kill crew members, but will ignore submarines. However, they only spawn in Alien Ruins, meaning one must confront them in person. The Fractal Guardians will not attempt to enter maintenance vents found in the ruins.

While multiple Fractal Guardians can spawn in any given Alien Ruin, they typically do not spawn in close proximity.

As Fractal Guardians possess an extremely small attack delay, it is prudent to bring medical support on ruin expeditions, and vital to bring some means of defense.

When under 30% of its maximum health, the Fractal Guardian's head will flash red and emit a siren-like sound. It will attempt to retreat to a Guardian Pod and enter it for a short while. While in a pod, the guardian is slowly treated with Vigor.

Fractal Guardians can't bleed, and are completely immune to Stun.

Damage Values

Fractal Guardian attack:

Item	Target Type	Afflictions on Hit	Cooldown
Head	Any	Bite Wounds 10	8 sec
Spike	Any	Bite Wounds 5 Bleeding 10	8 sec

Trivia

An NPC conversation mentions that fractal guardians are, quote, "not organic - closer to a robot than an animal". This could explain how they survived the presumed extinction of the alien species behind ruins.

Gallery

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  Note the Fractal Guardian's limbs propelling it through the water.

Audio

• Idle 1

• Idle 2

• Attack 1

• Damage 1

• Death 1

• Panic loop