Beetle Queen

Beetle Queen
Swarm Mother
Health	2100 (+630 per level)
Damage	25 (+5 per level)
Speed	6 m/s
Armor	20

The Beetle Queen is a Boss Monster introduced in Risk of Rain 2, and is part of the Beetle
HP: 80 (+24 per level)
Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
Class: Melee
Speed: 6 m/s
Armor: 0 Beetle Guard
HP: 480 (+144 per level)
Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
Class: Melee / Ranged
Speed: 17 m/s
Armor: 0 Beetle Queen
Swarm MotherHP: 2100 (+630 per level)
Damage: 25 (+5 per level)
Class: Ranged
Speed: 6 m/s
Armor: 20 Beetle monster family. Being a Boss, the Beetle Queen may be encountered after initiating a stage's Teleporter Event. She can otherwise spawn naturally during higher difficulties.

Environments

• Abandoned AqueductAbandoned Aqueduct (Stage 2)
  Origin of Tar
  You dream of sand beneath your feet.
  
  Massive skeletons and pools of tar are littered around, and a towering aqueduct pouring down tar dominates the area.
• Survivors of the Void - DLC Content
  Aphelian Sanctuary is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
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  Click for more info.Aphelian Sanctuary (Stage 2)
  Cleansing Center
  You dream of clarity.
  
  
• Distant RoostDistant Roost (Stage 1)
  Ground Zero
  You dream of waves, crashing on cliffsides.
  
  Spires of earth jut through the fog and unknown avian creatures circle far peaks guarding their broods.
• Survivors of the Void - DLC Content
  Siphoned Forest is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
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  Click for more info.Siphoned Forest (Stage 1)
  Ground Zero
  You dream of fire and ice.
  
  The map is blanketed in a layer of snow, with large trees surrounded by platforms spanning multiple levels.
• Survivors of the Void - DLC Content
  Sulfur Pools is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
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  Click for more info.Sulfur Pools (Stage 3)
  Pungent Spring
  You dream of brimstone.
  
  Tiered lakes of shallow sulfur pools. Arcing bridges and underground caves connect the map together.
• Titanic PlainsTitanic Plains (Stage 1)
  Ground Zero
  You dream of rolling hills.
  
  Gigantic stone arches bracket the skyline, while the main play-field overlooks a vast fractured tectonic lowland.
• Wetland AspectWetland Aspect (Stage 2)
  Rehabilitation Zone
  You dream of twisting roots.
  
  Full of ruined stone structures and swampy areas filled with water.
• Beetle Family Event only:
  • Siren's CallSiren's Call (Stage 4)
    Ship Graveyard
    You dream of wind.
    
    
• Other Environments with the Artifact of Dissonance enabled

Skills & Behavior

Primary: Acid Shot

The Queen readies the attack for 2 seconds (scales with attack speed) and then shoots 6 acid balls that spread out in a 30° arc. Each ball travels at 50m/s and upon impact with the terrain it explodes in radius of 6m and linear damage falloff. Upon exploding, each ball also leaves behind lingering pool of acid that continuously damage players standing in them. Both the acid balls and pools can be deleted by Captain's Defensive MicrobotsDefensive Microbots (Passive)Passively gain Microbots that shoot down nearby enemy projectiles. Drones are also given Microbots.
Survivor: Captain.

Each ball deals 130% damage with a proc coefficient of 1.0, whereas the lingering acid pools have a proc coefficient of 0.1, tick for 26% damage every 0.5s, and last for 15 seconds.

The skill has 3 charges, has a cooldown of 10 seconds, and has an end lag of 2 seconds (scales with attack speed).

Secondary: Beetlejuice Spawn

The Queen launches flying beetles that home in to all nearby players. These beetles deal no damage, but inflict the stacking Beetle JuiceBeetle Juice (Debuff)
Reduce movement speed, character damage, and attack speed by 5%.
(stackable) debuff in a 5m sphere around them, once per second. The debuff lasts 2 seconds, but all stacks are refreshed when a new stack is applied. Players with beetle juice on them have their movement speed, attack speed, and damage reduced by 5% per stack of beetle juice.

These beetles have 80 health and can be destroyed, activating any on-kill effects the player has. They will naturally expire after 20 seconds.

This skill has a cooldown of 20 seconds and an animation duration of 6 seconds (scales with attack speed).

Special: Summon Beetles

The Queen spawns 2 Beetle GuardsBeetle Guard
HP: 480 (+144 per level)
Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
Class: Melee / Ranged
Speed: 17 m/s
Armor: 0. If she is an Elite, these Guards will be the same Elite type as her. The summoned Beetle Guards do not drop any gold or experience when killed.

This skill has a cooldown of 28 seconds and an animation duration of 9 seconds.

Behaviors

1. Use special: the Queen must be within 10-130m from its target.
2. Use secondary: the Queen must be within 80m from its target and have less than 75% health.
3. Use primary: the Queen must be within 80m from its target and have line of sight. The Queen will spend at least 2 seconds in this behavior, even if it has sufficient attack speed to execute it faster.
4. Chase: the Queen must be at least 20m away from its target. Given the long range of all of the Queen's skills, it is extremely likely they will be used the moment any of them come off cooldown. Due to their long animations and number of charges, the Queen will effectively rotate them almost constantly and will therefore mostly chase the player if they are more than 130 meters away.

Loot

Main Article: Queen's GlandQueen's Gland
Recruit a Beetle Guard.
Every 30 seconds, summon a Beetle Guard with bonus 300% damage and 100% health. Can have up to 1 (+1 per stack) Guards at a time.

If the Beetle Queen is the Teleporter Boss, there is a 15% chance for the Uncommon item (that drops as a reward for defeating the Beetle Queen) to be replaced by her Boss item, the Queen's GlandQueen's Gland
Recruit a Beetle Guard.
Every 30 seconds, summon a Beetle Guard with bonus 300% damage and 100% health. Can have up to 1 (+1 per stack) Guards at a time..

Tips

• The Beetle Queen is most deadly at close range. Her only directly damaging attack, Acid Shot, serves as a shotgun-style attack and can inflict incredible damage if the player is hit by multiple acid balls at once. Try to keep a safe distance whenever possible.
• Make use of area-of-effect attacks and items, as the Queen's summoned Beetle Guards can quickly gang up on the player if not dealt with.
• If the player cannot kill the summoned Beetle Guards quickly enough between respawns, the best course of action is to focus on the Beetle Queen and then clean up the Guards afterwards.

Lore

Welcome to DataScraper (v3.1.53 – beta branch)
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This is the logbook entry of D. Furthen, naturalist for the UES [Redacted] in conjunction with the UES Research and Documentation of Outer Life. I am joined by my good friend Tharson, who is keeping me safe through this journey.

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Just like standard Earth insects, the Worker Beetles and Beetle Guards all serve a Queen, which we recently discovered during an archeological dig.

I will describe her properties below. I have assigned her common name as “Beetle Queen”.

* Just like other insect queens, the Beetle Queen dwarves her subjects. However, her size is much greater than it should be for an insect queen. Does this mean that the Queen herself hunts rather than sending her drones?

* The Beetle Queen issues orders via pheromone emission. Merely being in the presence of the Queen gave the air a sickly sweet aroma, and Tharson reported light-headedness and trouble thinking clearly.

* The Queen’s bile is incredibly acidic, clocking in at a whopping 0.05 on the pH scale. Immediately upon exposure to a test sample of steel, it began to dissolve and spew noxious fumes. Tharson is OK from this encounter.

* The Queen is able to summon unique Beetle specimens that can fly. These drones do not appear anywhere else on the planet – do these drones act as attendants to the Queen? Observing these flying drones is challenging – they only seem to last for a few seconds before expiring.

Version History

Anniversary Update

• Major Content
  • Added New Lore Entry: Beetle Queen
• Gameplay Changes
  • Summon Beetles
    • Beetle Count: 5 ⇒ 2
    • 🌧 Now summons Beetle GuardsBeetle Guard
      HP: 480 (+144 per level)
      Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
      Class: Melee / Ranged
      Speed: 17 m/s
      Armor: 0 instead of BeetlesBeetle
      HP: 80 (+24 per level)
      Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
      Class: Melee
      Speed: 6 m/s
      Armor: 0

Early Access Hidden Realms Content Update

• Bug Fixes
  • Reduce particle count on Beetle Queen spit FX