Excavators

Information
Name	Excavators
Categories	Extra
Player species	Gene-thief ant
Player units	Gene-thief ant worker Black ant soldier Wood ant shooter (mortar) Leafcutter ant media Army ant major
Surface	No
Features	Uber creatures Timed attacks
Music	New Home Theme
Remix	{{{remix}}}

Mole crickets slowly dig towards your colony, freeing packs of enemies as they go.

Objectives

• Eliminate 16 mole crickets.

• Eliminate all active enemies.

Rewards

• Uber mole crickets as freeplay enemies

Settings

Your gene-thief ant colony must survive attacks from mole crickets. You don't have access to the surface.

You have access to black ant soldiers, mortar wood ant shooters, leafcutter ant mediae and army ant majors. You start with 5 worker brood tiles.

Notable enemies

Enemies are on the same side.

Mole crickets enter your nest through the spawners on the edge of the map. They move through the soil toward your queen, connect nearby underground caverns and form larger groups of enemies. You are frequently alerted about their locations on the minimap.

• Cricket 1: Larval devil's coach horse beetles

• Cricket 2: Larval green rove beetles, tiny whip spiders

• Cricket 3: Tiny whip spiders

• Cricket 4: Larval blue rove beetles

• Cricket 5: Green rove beetles

• Cricket 6: Green rove beetles

• Cricket 7: Blue rove beetles

• Cricket 8: Spiny devil bush crickets

• Cricket 9: Beach tiger beetles

• Cricket 10: Beach tiger beetles

• Cricket 11: Beach tiger beetles

• Cricket 12: Hermit crabs

• Cricket 13: Devil's coach horse beetles, green rove beetles and leaf-mimic praying mantises

• Cricket 14: Hermit crabs, blue rove beetles and jumping spiders

• Cricket 15: Beach wolf spiders and spiny devil bush crickets

• The last cricket is an uber mole cricket.

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  Mole crickets

Trivia

(none)

Minimaps

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  Underground