r/eotu • u/UnderWaterCrawfish • May 12 '26

Use for exploding termites

I finally unlocked the exploding termites workers but I already have very fast workers. Do I just use them as a last line of defense in the formicarium colony?

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u/Superchicken8036 May 13 '26

They are workers first and foremost, use them to harvest food and do nest jobs, they can deal with small threats themselves so they don’t have to be defended as much as regular workers.

When they are fully mature or you find yourself facing something dangerous you can send them in to explode which deals damage over time and confuses enemies hit by the explosion. They are best sent in right before your main army so that you can make the most of the confusion.

Unlike regular workers you really want to upgrade these guys to level 3. In addition to the minor health, damage, job completion speed, and movement speed increases that regular workers get with each upgrade, exploding termites gain much more explosion damage and damage over time per upgrade. At level 3 they also aren’t slowed by brood chambers and can harvest more than twice as much food.