Mech Rider

The Mech Rider can spawn on the surface and cavern layers.

It has 25,000 HP and serves as a mini-boss. If it can't reach the player, it will use a laser drill similar to that of the Drill Containment Unit[1] to move through blocks and a Jetpack to reach higher. Very rare spawn.

Weaponry:

Melee: If it touches you it deals 100 DPS.

Hooks: the Mech Rider can shoot a flurry of hooks that grab the player and bring them to the mech. Said hooks break blocks if they land on them. 50 damage.

Lasers: The mech can fire lasers similar to that of the Laser Machine Gun, or the Charged Blaster cannon, but bigger.

80 damage.

Missiles: Fires 4 random chanced Mark 1, 2, 3 and 4 missiles from a shoulder rocket pod. 50% chance MK1, 25% chance MK2, 15% chance MK3, and 10% chance MK4. 30-60 damage

Jetpack Ram: The mech will roll up in a ball and ram (Through blocks) to damage the player. Lasts 50 tiles.

150 damage.

Ground Slam: If under 45% HP, it enters a second phase and slams the ground in addition to charged attacks. Deals 1.5 times damage.

Missiles fire 8 at a time and are always MK-3 or MK-4, fires 3 sweeping Charged blaster cannon lasers, and will fire hooks in all direction in an attempt to kill the player. Jetpack Rams last 75 blocks and have a homing ability.

Upon death the Mech Rider drops: The Mechanical Backpack 100% chance, Laser machinegun after Martian event along with Charged Blaster 25% each, the Jetpack wing accessory, the special rocket launcher Shoulder Pod, which fires 4 rockets at the cost of one at 20%, and a small chance to drop the drill containment unit at 5% chance.