Wood Ant

Information
Common name	Red wood ant
Scientific name	Formica rufa
Environment	Beach
Castes	Queen Worker Soldier Shooter
Traits	Speed debuff
Playable colony	Yes

Wood ants (Formica rufa) are playable in story levels, extra levels and custom games.

Abilities

Wood ants use basic attack by biting. Shooters can only use basic attack while mounting enemies.

Shooters can only shoot formic acid while on the ground. You must choose either mortar or rapid-fire shooters before playing.

• Mortar shooters can shoot slower and further. They can inflict damage on multiple enemies at once at level 3.

• Rapid-fire shooters can shoot faster and more accurately. They slow enemies down at level 3.

You can unlock adaptaions for wood ant shooters using Royal Jelly in the main story.

Appearances

You can play as a wood ant colony in:

• Rising Tide (either)
• Queen of the Hill (either)
• Babysitting (rapid-fire)
• Occupation (mortar)
• Hibernation (rapid-fire)

You can play with wood ant soldiers in:

• Extremis
• Tug of War

You can play with wood ant shooters in:

• The Second Experiment (either)
• Possibly the Final Experiment (either)
• The Final Experiment (either)
• The REAL Final Experiment (either)
• Aggrandise (mortar)
• Extremis (either)
• Excavators (mortar)
• Tug of War (rapid-fire)
• Tug of War 2 (mortar)
• New Year's Feast (mortar)

You can also encounter non-player wood ants in:

• The Other Foot
• Enemy of My Enemy
• Beetles Rise Up!
• Hungry Spider
• Festive Spider

Notable stats

Wood ant queen
Common stats	Health: 600 Score: 700 Healing speed: 1
Damage modifications	Physical resistance: 50% Venom resistance: 50% Maximum taken damage: 25
Immunities	Immune to stun/ confusion/ fleeing Immune to pickup/ execution/ knockback

Wood ant worker
Common stats	Cost: 20/ 2 Health: 25/ 35/ 45 Movement speed: 300/ 340/ 380 Score: 5/ 8/ 12 Harvest amount: 15/ 15/ 15 Healing speed: 0.1/ 0.1/ 0.1 Vision radius: 400/ 400/ 400
Damage modifications	None
Immunities	None
Basic attack	Damage (physical): 0.6/ 0.8/ 1 Attack speed: 1/ 1/ 1

Wood ant soldier
Common stats	Cost: 50/ 5 Health: 85/ 100/ 120 Movement speed: 320/ 320/ 320 Score: 8/ 12/ 18 Harvest amount: 15/ 15/ 15 Healing speed: 0.1/ 0.2/ 0.3 Vision radius: 400/ 400/ 400
Damage modifications	AOE resistance: 30%/ 30%/ 30% Armor: 0.2/ 0.4/ 0.6 Physical resistance: 0%/ 10%/ 20%
Immunities	None
Basic attack	Damage (physical): 0.6/ 1.2/ 1.8  Attack speed: 1/ 1/ 1

Wood ant shooter (mortar)
Common stats	Cost: 60/5 Health: 20/ 25/ 30 Movement speed: 280/ 280/ 280 Score: 10/ 14/ 18 Harvest amount: 15/ 15/ 15 Healing speed: 0.1/ 0.1/ 0.1 Vision radius: 500/ 500/ 500
Damage modifications	None
Immunities	None
Basic attack	Damage (physical): 2/ 2/ 2 Attack speed: 1/ 1/ 1
Acid spray	Range: 500/ 500/ 500 Damage (venom): 8/ 10/ 12 Radius (splash): --/ --/ 70 Attack speed: 1/ 1/ 1 Projectile

Wood ant shooter (rapid-fire)
Common stats	Cost: 60/5 Health: 20/ 25/ 30 Movement speed: 280/ 280/ 280 Score: 10/ 14/ 18 Harvest amount: 15/ 15/ 15 Healing speed: 0.1/ 0.1/ 0.1 Vision radius: 400/ 400/ 400
Damage modifications	None
Immunities	None
Basic attack	Damage (physical): 2/ 2/ 2 Attack speed: 1/ 1/ 1
Acid spray	Range: 400/ 400/ 400 Damage (venom): 2/ 2.5/ 3.5 Attack speed: 1/ 1.2/ 1.4 Projectile	Speed debuff Movement speed: --/ --/ - 50% Attack speed: --/ --/ - 28% Duration: --/ --/ 0.3

Trivia

• In real life, a young wood ant queen may choose to assassinate a black ant queen and take over its colony using black ant pheromones. Black ant workers are under its control until its own brood is ready to venture outside. In Rising Tide, you start with 4 black ant workers and a dead black ant queen nearby. This was requested to be in the game by Serafine, a kickstarter backer.