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Antlion
From HalfLife 2 Knowledge Base
First Seen: Chapter 7, Highway 17
- Located in chapter(s): 7-9
- Health: 30
- Attack Damage: Mandible (5), land from jump (5)
Description
Antlion lives in underground colonies, typically situated in sandy areas such as beaches. It usually hides under the sand, waiting for anything unlucky to cross its path and then quickly surface and tear it apart. Antlion senses a victim's presence via vibrations transmitted through loose soil or sand; this makes it possible to safely venture through antlion territories by walking solely over foreign items placed on the sand, or by walking across rocks. If unlucky enough to disturb a swarm of them, temporary refuge may be sought in water, since Antlions quickly die when they come into contact with it. Antlion also possesses the ability to fly short distances.
Antlions are a constant and lethal pest to people living in areas near them, though both the Resistance and the Combine have different ways of dealing with them. The resistance uses pheropods, or "bugbait", containing Antlion pheromones to control and tame the Antlions. The Combine, however, use "thumpers" - large machines that repeatedly pound the ground and form "safe zones" that Antlions will not cross.
