Wendigo

Wendigos are the Hyper Evolution of Stalkers, belonging in the Hyper Evolved tier. They are highly mobile, stealth-focused melee combatants that use biological camouflage to their advantage.

Spawning

• Hyper Evolved from a Stalker when it obtains at least 7 Evolution Points and its 10 minute Evolution timer expires. Once it does, it will Hyper Evolve into a Wendigo.

• Can be spawned by Challenge Watchers as a special mob during a Challenge Raid.

• Can be spawned by Vigils during the third wave of a Vigil Raid.

• Can be spawned by the Reinforcement System.

• Spawned naturally in a Military Camp Structure when it first generates.

Unique Behavior

• Upon a Wendigo having a target that is farther than ~17.32 blocks and isn't currently looking at the Wendigo, said Wendigo will begin to stalk the target. A Wendigo does this by slowly crawling on the ground, in addition to changing its texture to be covered in patches of grass that matches the color of the biome it's currently in. While a Wendigo stalks its target, it'll periodically make Villager, Wandering Trader, Enderman, or Pillager idle noises at the location of the target to confuse or lure it. Once the Wendigo gets within ~17.32 blocks of its target or the Wendigo enters the target's line of sight, it will stop crawling and remove its camouflage, as well as gaining a powerful speed boost for 20 seconds that allows it to sprint towards its target.

• When a Wendigo deals damage to an entity that's wearing Armor, it has a 2% chance per armor slot to remove that Armor and drop it on the ground (8% chance total to rip off any Armor). Armor dropped as items are instantly able to be picked up by players.

• Wendigos have a step up height of 1, meaning they don't have to jump to go up blocks that are 1 block tall.

• Wendigos are able to climb blocks, similarly to Spiders.

• When eaten by a Womb, the resulting Calamity will have the Grinding Attribute (one additional level per applicable Mob eaten). This is in relation to the Womb Crafting System.

• Used to obtain Berserk Blood Samples via Syringes.

Behavior

• Wendigos are hostile to most non-Spore mobs, with the exceptions being Animals and Fish (unless Should attack Animals is enabled via the Config) and mobs included in the Mobs Not Targeted blacklist within the Config.

• Wendigos inflict Mycelium Infection I for 30 seconds when dealing melee damage.

• Capable of breaking blocks with a hardness of 3 or lower.

• Cannot ride Boats.

• Can perform short dashes in liquids to pursue a target.

• Wendigos have a 5% chance to drop a Scent upon death unless they are freezing.

• Wendigos will create Nests.

• Can fall from up to 8 blocks before taking fall damage.

• Wendigos have 1.0 knockback resistance, meaning they can't be knocked back by attacks.

• Melee attacks of Wendigos have an AOE.

• Wendigos can see targets through walls if they are closer than 10 blocks.

• Able to utilize Kill Points to grant themselves buffs.

• Present a weakness to the cold.

• Wendigos are not influenced by Horde Mentality; they are lone hunters. However, Infected, Evolved (excluding Chargers), Bairns, Scampers, and Gastgebers will attempt to pair up with them.

• Wendigos can be Linked.

• Are affected by the Despawning System.

• Will despawn during Proto World Modifier if they are at least 256 blocks away from a player.

• Are not affected by Vanilla Despawning.

• In regards to Frostbite, have a Body Heat of 3 and Enum Percentage of 5%.

Related Advancements

• Meet the Team

• Go Back to Canada

Drops

• Altered Spleen (70% chance for 1 - 2)

• Armor Fragment (80% chance for 7 - 12)

• Cerebrum (20% chance for 1)

• Claw Fragment (80% chance for 5 - 15)

• Fang (50% chance for 1 - 3)

• Mutated Fibre (70% chance for 5 - 9)

• Mutated Heart (50% chance for 1)

• Spine Segment (15% chance for 1 - 3)

• Experience Points (5)