Creature spawner

A Creature spawner is a destructible entity that continuously spawns hostile creatures. These come in various types, each having their own unique enemies they spawn. They can usually be identified by a dark purple or green smoke that floats above them.

List of Creature Spawners

• Greydwarf nest
  • Greydwarf
  • Greydwarf shaman
  • Greydwarf brute
• Evil bone pile
  • Skeleton
• Body pile
  • Draugr
  • Draugr elite
• Monument of Torment
  • Charred Twitcher
  • Charred Warrior
  • Charred Marksman
• Monument of Torment (elite)
  • Charred Twitcher
  • Charred Warrior
  • Charred Marksman
  • Charred Warlock
• Effigy of Malice
  • Charred Twitcher
  • Charred Warrior
  • Charred Marksman
  • Charred Warlock

Spawning Mechanics

Below is the step-by-step process for spawning. The exact numerical value depends on the type of spawner.

• Become active if there is a player within 20 or 60 meters.
• Try to spawn every 6 or 12 seconds.
• Skip spawning if there is 2 or 3 enemies within 20 meters. Only counts enemies that the spawner can spawn.
• Skip spawning if there is 100 enemies within 1000 meters. Only counts enemies that the spawner can spawn.
• Try 10 times to find a valid spawn point within 2.28, 3 or 4 meters.
• Valid spawnpoint requires ground. Greydwarf nest also requires that the ground is not covered.
• Randomly select the spawned enemy type (chances depend on the weight).
• Randomly level up the spawned enemy (15% chance per level up), up to 2 stars.

For example Greydwarf nest has 5 weight for Greydwarf, 1 weight for Brute and 1 weight for Shaman. These end up as 72% chance for Greydwarf, 14% chance for Brute and 14% chance for Shaman.

Type	Spawn weights	Active distance	Max near	Interval	Spawn radius	Only ground
Evil bone pile	Skeleton	20 m	2	6 s	2.28 m
Greydwarf nest	Greydwarf 5, Brute 1, Shaman 1	60 m	3	12 s	4 m	Yes
Body pile	Draugr 4, Elite 1, Ranged 2	20 m	2	6 s	3 m

• Spawn weights: Enemy types to spawn and their relative spawn weight.
• Active distance: Distance to activate the spawner.
• Max near: Maximum amount of units within 20 meters.
• Interval: How many seconds per spawn.
• Spawn radius: Spawn location max distance from the spawner.
• Only ground: Requires uncovered ground. If you build roof then the spawning fails (floor should work too).

Notes

• Creature spawners are not suppressed by Player base structures unlike spawn zones and spawn points.
• Fire geysers are not a creature spawner, as they are not destructible and their spawning works a little differently. They are a spawn point.