You need a gas mask to fight the stinkbug but to get a gas mask you need stinkbug parts

[Crayzus]

Who thought this was a good idea?

[VonFIDDE]

The whole point is to have a tricky fight, get pieces then upgrade and contiune with new foes. Easiest way is to pull stuff to the red ants, with full red ant-armor and see them kill everything.

[Padgey]

lure them to ant hill, let the ants kill them, use a bow and the indestructible plants to cheese kill them, hit the web sacks they have stink bug parts in, get the trinket in the pond that gives you gas protection, sorted!

[blackphoenixx]

You don't need a gas mask. All you need is an eyepatch and 5-6 unupgraded pebblet spears.
If you have maxed javelineer or better spears you can do it with less.

Throw the spears while walking backwards. At the absolute most the stinkbug will get one attack off - you'll survive that even if you fail to block it, just carry some smoothies.

The hardest part about doing it is picking up your spears afterwards since unlike arrows you have to do it by hand.

[Jaggid Edje]

You don't need a gas mask to fight them, as people above have mentioned.

You also can get stink bug parts without fighting them. I got the gas mask before ever encountering a live one as I got their parts from egg sacs, and also because there's a spot where there is almost always a couple dead ones at the very edge of the Haze in the direction of the Red Ant Hill.
Honestly, I have nearly a full stack of their parts at this point from walking past that spot where I see dead ones all the time. I always loot 'em as I go past.

[kirara209]

Stinkbugs are weak against stabbing weapons such as spears and arrows. Both can be used at range.

[Nokturnal]

Egg Sacks.

The game points you to the Hedge Maze lab as the first Lab you should do. You'll need the Spider Webbing from sacks as well to make long Ziplines anyway.

BTW Silk Farming is super easy once you get the Fire Candy Staff, it can 1 shot AoE kill all the spiderlings.

[Yliax]

Unless they have changed something, there is a free gas mask in the hedge lab too if I recall correctly.

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by Yliax:

Unless they have changed something, there is a free gas mask in the hedge lab too if I recall correctly.

There used to be according to some things I read, but it's not there anymore, if you mean the one in the room with the BURG.L Chip.
The lever was moved, and the gas mask is just gone.

[Bigfoot]

Dude you have less than an hour on record and you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Just go away

[Penguito]

Literally 4 spear throws and your golden.

[Princess]

There's a badge in the pond that gives you immunity while it's equipped.

[D. Edwards]

Originally posted by Princess:

There's a badge in the pond that gives you immunity while it's equipped.

^
This is why you do the pond area first.