Moloch

Moloch
Stats
Health 100	Sight: 1
	Hearing: 1
Armor N/A	Weakpoints None
Immunities N/A	Vulnerabilities N/A
Behavior
Walk speed 1	Swim speed 1
Aggressive? Always	Can Enter Submarine? No
Drops only 1 of the items marked with an asterisk * may drop at a time
Items	Chance
N/A	N/A

The Moloch are enormous crustacean-like creatures that manifest Europa's seas in Barotrauma.

In-game

The moloch are slow, and large creatures that the player will encounter in Barotrauma. They are giant in size, and can cause catastrophic damage to your submarine if not handled properly. If one does have contact with your submarine, the moloch will bust holes in the hull where it hits. If a moloch dies and lands on a part of the sub, it will also cause leaks there.

Moloch's have a protective shell-like layer protecting them from the top. If the player uses the Railgun, it will take three to four shots to kill it. If a player manages to shoot it under it's shell, it will usually be an instant-kill. If not, shooting it again will kill it.

Trivia

• Before version 0.3.2.0, Moloch were unable to damage players, but tried to regardless. This resulted in the popularity of a 'rush' strategy to deal with them: divers would swim to the moloch and strike it with even the less efficient weapon, distracting the creature from the comparatively vulnerable submarine and slowly wearing out the monster. The issue was fixed in 0.3.2.0, and the strategy abandoned.