I've been in a months-long campaign right now to rescue my trapped expedition in Mongrel. The city itself has been overrun and what's worse is that the Arachnids and the Mist Ghouls I added in hopes of thinning them out turned out to be ALLIED with each other.

Is there any way to change their specific factions so the Mist Ghouls and Arachnids fight each other and resolve this apocalyptic scenario. They're slowly making their way towards my main outpost...

Forgot I had this installed and it ruined my play through

I don't know how "lite" the lite version is, but this version is 100% impossible for the Holy Nation to hold. I've tried 4x squads and 4x squad size with 0.5x nests to give the holy nation an edge, removed any attackslot mods because HN have big weapons that are great for crowds, they lost every single time.

I did the opposite too and they actually died faster. Every setting you can think of gets the HN decimated.

I even added some mods to beef towns up like crazy with better gear, unique defenders with over 100 stats in STR DEX and Toughness, they still die. The amount of arachnids is absolutely ludicrous. I've never had my game lag more than when I stood in Stack for more than 2 minutes, check outside, there's more spiders than visible terrain, they overtake everything...

It's beautiful...

I loved this at first but sadly they don't handle buildings well and constantly get stuck. They attack EVERYTHING on sight too and are unmanageable. It really was fun decimating 5 towns with them before they all finally wound up stuck in random buildings along the way and starving to death. I had to uninstall this mod because the swarms were just too big and unmanageable.

As a heads up to anyone who is curious;

-The arachnid swarms are massive and will take over cities. Not "might" take over, they WILL take over.

-The squad sizes are dozens and dozens, and each nest will show roaming population of 150+ arachnids.

-They also scale with nest multiplier so if you slide that up, it gets even nuttier. The age of the arachnids are also skewed towards elder so they're very deadly, in addition to being very difficult for archers to hit.

-On top of everything, the eggs that sit inside the nests are economy breaking. Each egg is 4k caps and you can loot something like 20 to 25 eggs from a single source.

-Its fun to try but if you're starting a new save but the arachnids have a cataclysmic impact where they roam, so be aware of that if you're starting in an area where they don't roam, only for you to walk into holy nation areas and see that the zones are entirely untenable.

I would like to know more.... do you have the starship trooper armor set? ;D

For some reason I couldn't play anymore due to a spider infestation, I found out that I subscribed to your mod, who in their right mind would want a mod that makes everything even harder than it already is? Only a psychopathic mind with hate in their heart would be able to appreciate a mod as difficult as this one. Someone who grew up without the love of a father and a mother, someone who never discovered what happiness is, someone who doesn't know the sounds, colors and music. Someone who has nothing left to lose and is willing to risk everything.
Joking aside, man this mod makes things much more complicated, it's definitely not for a beginner like me.

*desire to know more intensifies..*

funny mod, but their hitbox is too small for their size. They are very difficult to kill with ranged weapons besides turrets.

When the bugs spawn, they spawn everywhere. The bugs took over Mongrel! I really like this mod, but it is OP. LOL..

Wow man. This is a gem. Talk about Kenshi Troopers! I went to attack, raid Bad Teeth and they are getting swarmed! So much for that joint! This should have been advertised as a overhaul mod because it takes an army and extremely well defended base to stand a chance. You need to add turrets for ARACHNID control. Otherwise, wonderful mod!

@angrytrex: That is indeed a strange 'bug' and one I had not encountered..I once recorded Conan and Valaria defend themselves against 100 of them though :p

@Aryman: Glad you like Planet P :D x

They are great addition, thank You!

https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2792953272
can beetles be recruited?

I've noticed a strange bug (no pun intended) with these in that they occasionally become intangible where you cannot target them anymore. I fought a group of about 30 of them earlier, and 4 of them were functionally invincible as they could not be targeted by melee or xbow, but could still attack. It's not really common as I can fight a couple hundred of these things on a long play session and only seen it occur twice now.

Is there a way to make a nest with queen?

hehe nice qworld ending event i meen evryting died around them literly evryting citys wiped out no mater the strenght

Что главное в игре? Главное, чтобы в нее можно было поиграть. А с этим модом поиграть в игру не получится. Жуки невероятно сильны, их невероятно много, так они еще и поедают чудом выживших. В кенши и так не много живых неписей, а с этим модом их вообще не будет. Жуки сносят любой город за пару минут без шансов. Не знаю, кто накрутил моду 5 баллов. Я благодарен за проделанную работу, но, при всем уважении, играть с ним не представляется возможным.

Is it possible to play against the arachnids? I started the game near the ashlands, reached Hub and did't see them at all.

I'd pitch in for a brain bug.

@Uncle Sam: Better? Thanks for the FB, took me a while to figure it out but I got there in the end :) x

@Dynamiez: Yes you are :) x

@Xeonzs: Yes. I created this mod to create more late game challenge and an awesome vision of miserable fates befalling all..combined with my MOBILE INFANTRY mod I hope it recreates the awesome sense of colonies beyond the rim invaded by arachnidz!

This mod is one of only 4 of mine to achieve the vaunted 5 stars and so I will leave it as is..

However your feedback is welcome, polite, informative, as well as appreciated and you are not alone in your suffering! I will work on an arachnidz lite for you guyz, just a few commissions to nail between now and then..x

@chrisque1: Yeah, they are a real nightmare :D xxx

Yay!! 5 stars foor the arachnidz!! Well done everyone :D Arachnidz join the Witcher mod and Alienz at the much vaunted 5 star accolade! :D Many thanks all xxx

there are countless, attack my army from each corner.

Love the mod, but its killing everything. Maybe a lite version.

Like Evil said, great mod, except they wipe out all the towns they get near, leaving nothing to interact with.

Great idea, but should perhaps be limited to an area, for example they wiped out the flotsam ninja town in like less than 5 mins.

I bet even if you have an established base they do so much dmg that the gate will break in no time.

Mod could use some rebalancing, they are stronger than beakthings, spawn everywhere and in greater groups.

None of the vanilla starts will survive with this mod, cause 1 unfortunate encounter and your crew is dead and the towns are dead so wont be there to help you.

I'M DOING MY PART!

these things r awesome but they wipe out whole towns so im gonna have to remove the mod :(

Sorry to bother you but I'm pretty sure its "Buenos Aires" since it stands for "Good" and "Air"(plural),not that I care just wanted to say good mod bro keep it on (??

When I maximize the number of nests, the HN farm like a zombie apocalypse, there are limbs everywhere and no one survived, my screen is full of ARACHNIDS, that is sooooo terrible.

Agree with MassDivide - suggest reducing the number that spawn... was very fun to see them pretty much take over cities though

Loved the mod. 10/10 would uninstall again.

Too many in the world though.

I noticed that issue with crossbows as well, terrifying to go melee vs max population sliders, actually looks like I'm watching the movie when they run en mass across okrans pride.

was super excited when i saw this mod but after 100 shots of arrows only 2 hit them...they need a bigger hit box

LOL use the 40K mods and it will thin out a lot. there are 40K roaming squads that will counter attack them and does help to keep pop down so you can move a bit more

ZOMG! Nests X4... HALP!

i love this mod but they are too many. damn disaster

hi rikaius, ive been too scared to add them to my existing (low tech) game, but i think if you add this along with other mods with futuristic guns etc, like mabey Noble Six, and Gears of War, and others from the mopkinster, it might be more balanced for you :)

unplayable, the damn bugs go through the walls, they're too strong, even the holly nation can't beat them. They generally go in huge hordes.

@fluvius i dont think you can recruit them, bugmaster or not, gonna have to ask for a patch

Great mod, as a long time fan of Starship troopers, this makes me smile.
Was wondering how you recruit the bugs as the bugmaster?

This is downright my favorite mod. If there's ever a overhaul that makes the game more like ST. They have to use this. I've need been more impressed. And the only good bug is a dead bug.

oh ok, maybe the tameable mod can add a patch if easier from there?

My god , there everywhere it's close to a Horror survival kenshi with this, Idea! Try surviving as hiver's lol

We were in some desert and just wanted to swing by the local waystation for some supplies. The carnage that ensued was unbelievable. They came into the buildings, wave after wave. Only 2 of my guys made it onto the roof of the bar and watched the huge groups of them moving in the distance as the sun went down...How are we going to get out of here LOL

Awesome mod ! Looking forward to new bugs ( big AA bug, brain bug ... )
ITS AFRAID !!!

for tameable beasties to work with this it would require a patch