The Bile Spewer is a moderately armored, medium-sized Terminid that appears starting from Medium difficulty and higher. It resembles a mature Bile Spitter, distinguished by its enlarged abdomen.
Bile Spewers possess Medium armor on their head, making their weak spot resistant to most primary weapons.
Spawning
Bile Spewers spawn on Medium difficulty and above, appearing in various mission types. On Extreme difficulty and beyond, they become even more dangerous, gaining the ability to fire a bile volley into the air, similar to a mortar, significantly increasing their attack range and lethality.
Behavior
Bile Spewers attack by spraying streams of bile, which slow Helldivers and can prove fatal if exposed to a full blast. When preparing to spit bile, they rear their heads back, providing a brief window to dodge before the attack lands. At Extreme difficulty and above, Bile Spewers gain a mortar-like bile attack, allowing them to fire volleys of bile into the air, making them even more effective at long-range engagements.
Tactics
- Avoid shooting or rupturing Bile Spewer abdomens, including their corpses, as they explode on death, damaging nearby organisms.
- Headshots are their primary weak spot, but on Extreme difficulty and higher, Medium armor-penetrating weapons are required to effectively damage them.
- Spinal plates and the abdomen can be targeted with explosives for an efficient takedown.
- Ballistic weapons can damage their bile sack, but it requires sustained fire due to its durability.
- Their mouth is unarmored, making it vulnerable to any weapon, though its small size makes it difficult to hit. Weapons like the SG-8 Punisher or JAR-5 Dominator are effective in hitting this weak point.
- Bile Spewers are commonly encountered in Launch ICBM missions but may also appear in other mission types, including Retrieve Valuable Data, Blitz Search and Destroy/Terminid, and Eradicate Terminid Swarm.