Crawler
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“The Crawler. Interesting attempt to merge human and arachnid genes. Sort-of worked, too - these little nasties have a habit of appearing in all sorts of strange places!” —Loading screen tip
The Crawler is a weak specimen that often becomes annoying. It makes its first appearance in the second wave of the game, spawning in unusual places, and is generally faster than the player. The Crawler usually finishes off those who are lacking in health due to their speed and agility, as severely wounded players are more likely to panic and run. Crawlers usually come in groups of two to four, which can make them even more dangerous.
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[edit] Biology
[edit] Appearance
The Crawler appears as a black-colored creature with white dots. It has six eyes, no nose, and a mouth similar to a leech. It also appears to have two antennas, human-like arms with clawed hands on the end, and various long growths which could be assumed to be starts of arachnid legs.
[edit] Events
During the Twisted Christmas update, the Crawler was re-skinned as a mutated reindeer. For the Summer Sideshow event the Crawler was re-skinned as the girl with two heads. This skin depicts a young female conjoined twin, with four arms, two heads and four legs, with the twins being conjoined at the back. The creature wears a pink floral dress and each head has a pink flower in its hair. The Halloween sideshow event featured the Crawler in a skin based on its skin from summer event, but with one of the conjoined twins dressed as a devil, the other as an angel.
[edit] Behaviour
Whenever the Crawler gets close enough to its target, it pounces towards its target, inflicting minor damage if it lands on its victim. The Crawler will then attack the target by biting continuously at close range until either the Crawler or the victim is killed. Sometimes, a player is not even aware that Crawlers are attacking them due to their dark skin, small size and the fact that The motion blur that occurs upon sustaining damage also makes it harder to see them. Some classes do not even experience the motion blur when attacked by it, as 4-6 Medic' armor will fully absorb all of the minor damage caused by them. This may also be true for the class Berserker as well. It is also worth noting that players have to may have to literally aim downwards to kill them. Even though the Crawler has low health and is one of the weakest of the specimens, it has speed and agility to compensate for those downsides. The Crawler is extremely dangerous to low-health players, as they can jump and damage you even as you are running away.
[edit] Background
The Crawler was an experiment in fusing species. In this specific case, human was one half and an arachnid was the other. Much like the Clot, it is one of the few who valiantly defend the Patriarch during the final wave, and also makes mention in the midst of its garbled dialogue that "We love our father".
[edit] Extermination
The Crawler's total health is 70, and its head health is 25 on normal difficulty. These figures are then multiplied by 0.5 on beginner, 1.35 on hard, and 1.75 for suicidal. The base bounty value is £10, which is multiplied by 2 for beginner, 0.85 on hard, 0.65 on suicidal and rounded down to the nearest pound.
| Beginner | Normal | Hard | Suicidal | Hell on Earth | |
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| Total health | 35 | 70 | 95 | 109 | 123 |
| Head health | 13 | 25 | 34 | 39 | 44 |
| Bounty | £20 | £10 | £8 | £6 | |
Having the lowest health of all specimens, the Crawler can be easily killed with any of the available weapons. When conserving ammo for more powerful weapons, the 9mm tactical pistol can be used to kill the Crawler in 1-4 hits, depending on the difficulty level. Head-shots are not as critical on these Specimens as with others due to their low health. The Crawler's small size and dark skin help it blend in with the environment, so the 9mm pistol's flashlight can also be useful.
Because of the Crawler's size and dexterity, it can often be be hard to hit or even spot and are rarely found alone. It is especially troublesome for the Berserker, as he usually must look down in order to kill a Crawler and then aim upwards again to continue killing the rest of the specimens. In some positions, the Berserker must crouch in order to kill them. On Normal difficulty, the Crawler can be killed in one hit with a machete. On any difficulty, it can be killed in one hit with a machete in the hands of a level 5 or 6 Berserker, or with a katana.
[edit] Gallery
Menu splash screen of the Crawler during the summer sideshow event.
The second splash screen from the summer sideshow event.
Menu splash screen from the Halloween sideshow event.
Menu splash screen from the Halloween sideshow event.
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| Humans | Character packs (Original · Outbreak · Nightfall · Postmortem · London's Finest · Steampunk · Steampunk 2 · Promotional) · Trader |
| Specimens | Clot · Crawler · Gorefast · Stalker · Bloat · Husk · Siren · Scrake · Fleshpound · Patriarch |
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