Gene-thief Ant

Information
Common name	Gene-thief ant
Scientific name	Formica ereptor
Environment	Formicarium
Castes	Queen Worker
Traits	Customization
Playable colony	Yes

Gene-thief ants (Formica ereptor) are playable as complete colonies in story levels, extra levels and freeplay. They are the main characters of the story mode.

Abilities

Gene-thief ants are entirely fictional. They were created in a laboratory by scientists who researched on gene-splicing. By consuming Royal Jelly that was infused with genetic materials of other species, the queen could select and pass down desirable traits to her broods.

Gene-thief ants use basic attack by biting enemies. Royal guards are uncontrollable and can only attack enemies.

You can unlock new units and adaptations for your gene-thief ants using Royal Jelly in the main story.

Appearances

You can play as a gene-thief ant colony in:

• The First Experiment
• The Second Experiment
• Possibly the Final Experiment
• The Final Experiment
• The REAL Final Experiment
• Aggrandise
• Extremis
• The Other Foot
• Excavators
• Tug of War
• Enemy of My Enemy
• Tug of War 2
• Critters
• The Nest
• Hold Out
• Surrounded

You can also encounter non-player gene-thief ants in:

• Festive Spider

Notable stats

Gene-thief ant queen
Common stats	Health: 600 Score: 700 Healing speed: 1
Damage modification	Physical resistance: 50% Venom resistance: 50% Maximum taken damage: 25
Immunity	Immune to stun/ confusion/ fleeing Immune to pickup/ execution/ knockback

Gene-thief 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 modification	None
Immunity	None
Basic attack	Damage (physical): 0.6/ 0.8/ 1 Attack speed: 1/ 1/ 1

Gene-thief ant royal guard
Common stats	Health: 200 Movement speed: 400 Vision radius: 400/ 400/ 400
Damage modification	None
Immunity	Immune to stun/ confusion/ fleeing Immune to pickup/ execution/ knockback
Basic attack	Damage (physical): 10 Attack speed: 1.6

Trivia

• Myrmecia ereptor was an exclusive reward for backers who supported over 35£. It is purely cosmetic.

• The original story of the game involved a scientist who followed an Formica ereptor queen on its migration. The story was meant to be based on an island with a variety of environment and ant species that shouldn't exist in the same place. The gene-thief ant colony expanded through the island, killing rival ant colonies and gaining their desirable traits.