The Hitchhiker: the walking seed head of the jungle worlds

What it is

A spiky seed head ten metres up on three long stilts, striding through the jungle worlds. It is based on burdock burrs, which hook onto fur so well they gave us Velcro.

Where and when it comes

Only on jungle worlds, among the coil-thickets and the spore meadows.
It strides in from 45 to 60 metres from someone walking on the ground.
After one is slain, another cannot come for about 30 minutes. The Codex hint is "Hooked seeds on everything".

How it works

Burrs. It flings hooked burrs. A burr that hits you sticks and slows you down.
Bramble. Now and then a burr drops off and grows a Hookbramble bush where you stand. The bramble creeps over the ground and tears at anyone who pushes through it. This happens on any world you go to, home too.
Pods. Six seed pods armour it. Strike them out, and each bursts in a spray of burrs.
Stooping. After each volley it stoops to sniff where the burrs fell. That is when its head is in reach.
Stamping. Never stand under it.

Stats

Thing	Value
Health	900
Head height	About 9.5 metres standing
Pods	Six, 90 health each
Burrs carried	Up to 12
Stamp	24 damage in a 2.4 m circle beneath it
Signature: Burr Barrage	Three marks round you, 2.1 m across, 10 damage, about every 10 seconds

Tips

Wash the burrs off in water before you go home, or they will grow there.
Burn the bramble with fire.
Keep moving, and never stand directly under its head.
Strike the pods first. The head is only in reach when it stoops.

What it drops

Drop	Amount
Hookbramble	10 to 15 (to burn, or to plant a hedge no one gets through)
Gold pieces	3 to 5
Emerald	1 to 2
Phosphene	2 to 3
Trophy	Hitchhiker Burr-Seed

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