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Cold Blood
| Information | |
|---|---|
| Name | Cold Blood |
| Categories | Story Documentary |
| Environment | swamp |
| Player species | Fire ant |
| Player units | Fire ant worker Fire ant soldier (either) |
| Surface | Yes |
| Features | Challenge mode AI colonies Titans Circadian rhythm Timed attacks Bridge building Aphid relocation |
Carving out an existence at the edge of a swamp will not be easy for this fire ant colony.
Objectives
- Eiminate the bullfrog.
- Survive the final invaders.
Rewards
- Base value: 6 territory, 475 food, 17 Royal Jelly
- Difficulty bonus: 230%/ 260%/ 300%/ 350%/ 420%
- First-time bonus: + 1100%
- Challenge bonus: + 100%
- Completion bonus: + 200%
Settings
A fire ant colony must defeat an American bullfrog and the local amphibians that are waiting for its demise. Your nest is located on a small hill. Nest entrance will be excavated automatically when the little black ants are about to invade.
The level starts during the day.
You have access to a milkweed plant with 3 aphids. There are 50 aphids on the map.
You can find magnolia saplings and carnivorous plants across the map. Milkweed seeds frequently land on the map and disappear after 90 seconds.
You must choose either pervasive or vigorous soldiers before playing the level.
Enemy colonies
The enemy big-headed ant colony and little black ant colony are hostile to each other.
Both colonies gather food within their territories. They leave you alone for specific number of days but will engage you immediately if you attack them first. They only conduct raids during the day and retreat at night.
They stay inside after you have eliminated the bullfrog.
Little black ant colony
The little black ant colony gains free food every 60 seconds.
It starts taking your aphids or invading your nest from the third day on easy, medium and hard, from the second day on extreme and from the first day on impossible.
Big-headed ant colony
The big-headed ant colony gains free food only when it has no food left and 90% of its broods have been incubated. It only has access to supersoldiers after you have attacked it. Supersoldiers are kept around the queen and are only deployed to invade your nest or to escort an aphid gathering group.
It starts taking your aphids from the fourth day on easy, from the third day on extrme and from the second day on impossible. It will only invade your nest if you don't have any aphids and only after it has unlocked supersoldiers.
Notable enemies
Other enemies are on the same side and are hostile to the ants.
Checkered beetles live in your nest. Narrow-mouthed toads appear underground and dig around at night. They increase in number after each invasion. They will disappear in the morning if you don't dig into their paths. Nightly toad invasion will stop after the bullfrog has been eliminated.
Surface enemies don't invade your nest. They occasionally fight among themselves to keep their own number in check.
Red velvet ants, checkered beetles, six-spotted tiger beetles and magnolia green jumpers only appear on the surface during the day.
Bombardier beetles, false bombardier beetles, narrow-mouthed toads and dwarf salamanders only appear on the surface at night.
Green lynx spiders can swallow climbing ants one at the time when they are hiding on pitcher plants. They switch places every 5 minutes.
Wasp mantidflies can heal when they hide on pitcher plants and only attack when you approach.
60 seconds after the bullfrog has been eliminated, dwarf salamanders and narrow-mouthed toads appear on the surface and enter your nest through the 2 hillside spawners. You must survive for 2 minutes and not keep any active enemies in your nest afterward to complete the final objective.
American bullfrog
The bullfrog is hostile to everything. It sits on the hill to the north of your nest. At the beginning of the mission, it only has 1/6 of its maximum health. It swallows smaller amphibians, which come from nearby spawners, to regain health throughout the mission. It will jump out of the map if you fail to kill it within 30 seconds after it has been reduced to 25% of its health.
Challenge
Six-spotted fishing spiders gather around accessible notches and attack when you are building bridges.
Achievements
| Achievements | ||
| Icons | Name | Requirements |
    
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Cold Blood | Beat the level on designated difficulty. |
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Grab the Bull by the Horns | Beat the level without eliminating the enemy queens. (medium) |
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Toad in the Hole | Dig out all underground food before the second night then beat the level. (hard) |
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Toad-al Annihilation | Eliminate both enemy queens then beat the level. (extreme) |
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Raise the Alarm | Engage both enemy colonies within the first 5 minutes then beat the level. (impossible) |
Trivia
- The queen chamber of little black ant colony has 8 tiles.
- In real life, Pheidole morrisii don't naturally produce supersoldiers. It can be inferred that the first encounter with fire ants has caused an unusual surge of juvenile hormone in the local the big-headed ant colony.
- Toad in the hole is a dish in the UK, which has sausages buried in Yorshire pudding. The respective achievement requires you to dig out buried food.
Minimaps
Surface
Underground - player
Underground - blue
Underground - yellow
