Arras:Nest Keeper

Design

The Nest Keeper has a pentagon body with 5 Twin auto turrets, one in each corner on the outside of its body, with each having the same body color. It also has 5 drone Spawners, one on each side of its body. In the center of its body it has one Boomer turret.

Technical

As described in the infobox, the Nest Keeper has:

• 5 Gunner Auto Turrets
• 1 Boomer Auto Turret
• 5 Drone Spawners

Strategy

What to do

• Be mindful of its drones, they’re fairly strong.
• You won’t stand a chance by yourself - team up if possible. Whether they're on your side or not, someone else nearby can provide a much-needed diversion that can be used to your advantage. You may need more than one as it has five Twin Auto Turrets and Drones
• It has a chance to spawn with a Rogue Palisade, a Summoner and/or an Elite Skimmer. If this is the case, do NOT fight all at once, they can make a very deadly combo (especially with the Elite Skimmer), instead, try getting them to move away from each other (if the other boss is a Rogue Palisade, make the Nest keeper move away from the Rogue Palisade) before fighting them.

What not to do

• Try ramming it when it has high health as is has more health than a max-health Smasher.
• Fight it alone (unless skilled) as although the twin turrets and drones are weak the boomer cannon is powerful enough to two-shot a glass build tank.
• Try to use a drone tank without a team as the drone tank may be strong against regular tanks the drone tank will be easily killed by the Nest Keeper (especially Underseer branch)

Trivia

• This boss was a suggestion by Whert.
• Its the first boss to use the Pentagon shape.
• It is the first (and currently the only) boss to use boomerangs.
• Along with Rogue Palisade, Summoner and Elite Skimmer, before spawning, the message "A strange trembling..." will show up.
• The Nest Keeper was added along with the Elite Battleship in the March 18th, 2020 Update.
• This boss is the largest in the game.
• The Nest Keeper's Drones can push it around, giving it some kind of speed boost sometimes.

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