Burrowers and what is effective

[Wilson264]

So ...Burrowers suck to take on *Well at least two at a time one ain't so bad* and i'm curious as to what ranged weapon (I.E. Bullets and if so what caliber/energy or chem) does the most to them because i'm sick and tired of dealing with the camps problems as my own! haha :)

[Agitated]

A molotov in the middle of them seems to work great for me, by the time the spawns get to me they are dead and some of the adults panic. If you are not good at throwing, make sure you have antidotes so you can combat the poison and give you enough time to fight. I have not tried the green or red bullets to see which do more damage, so i can't tell you exactly.

[Grom]

First time playing the GMS warehouse nest & managed to kill most of them by first throwing a molotov and going back to the previous area (to recharge + heal as lvl 5), then going back to throw a grenade whilst they burned to crisp & being close together - repeated this twice, cleaning up the rest with my trusty sledgehammer. Didn't even bother with antidotes as I had +500 HP & mainly defensive feats

[revanbh]

I just tend to avoid them by going into stealth. But yeah, Molotovs can do great things if you are good with Throwing skill.

[mr-lockie]

Mental powers work well with Burrowers !

[Grom]

Originally posted by mr-lockie:

Mental powers work well with Burrowers !

Yet to try those, going 100% PSI tank on my next run

[exoduss123]

Green Bullets + Burst Fire works best especially if 2 burrowers are standing near each other so you can kill both of them with 1 burst fire attack ( 7-9 Bullets burst fire tho ) , Fire scares most of the wildlife as mentioned before , HE explosives works well too , Flashbang is godlike item for anything , Antidotes are helpful just use them early when you got 2-3 stacks . If you are doing Camp Hathor quest then you should aim to move towards the end of the cave as fast as possible to close the hole because if you spend a lot of time fighting burrowers the ones you killed will respawn if you leave the area at some points etc . Also Electroshock Pistol in offhand is crazy good against them because burrowers tend to move pretty close to you to start shooting their poison close enough for pistol to have very decent hit chance and it stuns one burrower and kills all spawns/eggs around him

[Ichthyic]

1. fire grenades (molotov or even bettter, Magnesium)
2. toss caltrops (they are immune to poison so just use regular); it slows them down so the burn up before they can get to you.
3. acid chemical gun works a treat. use the belt that gives bonus to acid damage, and if you have the aoe feat, that works great, taking down entire groups at a time, and putting yet more DOT on the enemies and on the ground.
4. laser pistol. energy is not resisted, and they are accurate, have decent range, and low ap.

defense:

dodge/evasion worked great for me here. I only got hit a couple of times, which the shield more than handled. only 1 antidote used.

I just stayed right at the entrance, and lobbed fire all around. hardly any of the spawn reached me, but I'd say I must have ended up killing a couple dozen of them before all the adults finally went down.

sadly, while a fun battle with decent experience, the only valuable loot in the whole cave is really if you got a decent drop on their shells. highest I got was rated 55, which didn't seem too bad. but given how much effort went into first getting INTO the cave, and then having to battle all these beasties, the loot seemed a tad on the feeble side. the stuff you find on the dead body is worthless.

[Jean-Luc]

It's been 4 years man. I'm pretty sure the OP either beat the Burrowers by now or died trying. :P

[harperfan7]

The heaviest anti-rifle tacvest or metal armor you can make.

Thermodynamic desabilization.

Toxic gas + HE grenades

[Ichthyic]

Originally posted by Jean-Luc:

It's been 4 years man. I'm pretty sure the OP either beat the Burrowers by now or died trying. :P

not the point.