Terraformers: Rollerrats
 
 
  Organization: Individuals
Behavior: Aggressive
Frequency: Common
Size: Small

Individual Species:
Rollerrat
Diseased Rollerrat
Contagious Rollerrat
Scourge Rollerrat
Pestilence Rollerrat
Epidemic Rollerrat
Plague Rollerrat
Rollerrat Queen
Rollerrat Matriarch
Frightened Rollerrat
 

 
Nearly every zone
10-60,
Frightened 1-200+
 
 

  3.2s/3.2s each 2 m          
Melee Damagex1 Chemical Damagex1              
 
 

  Calms Charms Snares Roots Blindness  

Calms
0%
 

Charms
0%
Snares
0%
Roots
0%
Blindness
0%
Divest & Plunder Debuff (NanoSkills) Debuff (Offensive) Debuff (Initiative) Soothes
Divests & Plunders
0%
NanoSkill Debuffs
0%
Offensive Debuffs
0%
Initiative Debuffs
0%
Soothes
0%
 
 

 

None

         
 

 
 

Almost every settler will encounter a rollerrat at some point during their careers. The familiar scream of an attacking rollerrat is a haunting, fearsome sound at first, but as you encounter swarms of these strange beasts, it becomes less a threat and more of an annoyance. Rollerrats serve little purpose in the ecological community beyond that of a filler animal, used in plant pollination and control for the smaller, bushy growths. They tend to aggregate in colonies, and are technically a genetic cross of a naked mole rat and a hedgehog.

A special note: recently, dormant rollerrats have begun to appear in secured buildings as defensive mechanisms. The dormant rats will be suddenly awakened by the opening of a door or a chest and will attack the invaders on site. These "Frightened Rollerrats" can be a significant and dangerous challenge to lone settlers, or those attempting a mission in teams, so caution is recommended.