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Lichen are a type of enemy encountered in the Clockworks.
Traits
Unlike its cubic cousins, Lichens tend to ooze along towards the player. They also move faster than Jelly Cubes, and some Lichens develop a projectile attack in later tiers.
Lichens can inflict normal and piercing damage.
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As a basic member of the slime family, a Lichen is not a particularly threatening monster. Lichens often appear in packs, which is when they can become more difficult to deal with. These slimes have the ability to meld together, healing themselves and eventually becoming so large that they develop into a Lichen Colony.
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- Oil Slick
- Heals when burned
- Stops flaming when frozen
- Increased elemental resistance while burned
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These slick Lichens have a tendency to leave a mess of oil on the ground. Not only do the Oilers camouflage well against the spilled oil, the oil slicks on the ground can also be set aflame by monsters or players, making the Oilers much more dangerous.
When set on fire Oilers gain elemental resist.
- Tier 1: A normal Oiler Lichen.
- Tier 2: Has short spikes around its body, causing it to resemble a Lichen Colony.
- Tier 3: Has still more spikes around its body, causing it to resemble a Giant Lichen Colony.
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A Lichen that can inflict poison.
- Tier 1: A dark green Lichen.
- Tier 2: Darker green than in Tier 1.
- Tier 3: Acquires several spikes around its body, and can use a Spin Attack to release them and deal damage at long range. Spikes have a chance to inflict poison. Its attacks also deal piercing damage instead of normal on Tier 3.
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Void (absolutely nothing)
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This dark monster is Swarm-Infested, so it offers absolutely no Crowns, Heat, Materials, or Vials, and seemingly never stops spawning. Its defenses are enhanced on a Swarm Seed.
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- These monsters used to be found through Monster Cages. They no longer exist ingame any more.
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This oozing Lichen can put players to sleep if they let their guard down.
- Tier 1: It looks like a Lichen marked with a Z.
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- Tier 3: Acquires several spikes around its body, and can use a Spin Attack to release them and deal damage at long range. Spikes have a chance to inflict sleep. Its attacks also deal piercing instead of normal on Tier 3.
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Strategy
- Defeating non-elemental Lichens is very simple, but you must keep in mind that when they merge:
- The resulting Lichen has full health and is cured of status effects
- The bigger they get, the harder they hit you
- For more skilled players, it may be beneficial to let them form into giant colonies before attacking so you will get increased heat
- Don't let Red Rovers take notice of you when there are Oilers or Toxoils around, and don't use weapons that inflict fire or they will be set aflame.
- Oilers slide around for a bit after they stop moving, meaning they can charge up an attack and still hit you as you run away.
- A frozen Oiler or Toxoil will lose its "aflame" status, and elemental damage will do normal damage to it instead of reduced damage. They can be relit quite easily however from fire traps, shadow fire, red rovers and other lit oilers.
- If a Quicksilver has been shocked, it can damage or kill other enemies (including other Quicksilvers, which can be useful when there are a large number of Quicksilvers in the vicinity) but will heal itself.
Notable Lichens
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This monster has the chance to appear in place of a Lichen.
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An incredibly rare member of the slime family, Soul Jellies are not often seen by Knights within the Clockworks. They are more durable than the others within the Lichen family, taking only about 3/4ths of the damage that any other Lichen would within the same stratum. Soul Jellies are also unique in that they cannot be shield-bumped by Knights that are fortunate enough to encounter one, and are also unable to merge into a Lichen Colony of any kind. The core resembles the Phantom's head, and after being defeated, its core head does a backflip and remains for a few seconds before disappearing.
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This monster's drop table is pending.
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Trivia
- According to the mission: Alien Ooze (Rank 3-1), Lichens are an alien species of the slime family thought to have come to the Clockworks via a meteor that crashed on to the surface of Cradle. A specific Scenario Room shows a meteor crashed into the Clockworks with some Lichens nearby.
- The mission: A Pinch of Salt states that Lichens hate rock salt; that stuff makes them dissolve.
- Toxoils and Giant Toxoils were created by Herex but apparently formed an intelligence well beyond the scope of a standard bio-toxin. Herex ordered the facility destroyed seeing that those experiments could endanger the Order.
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