Macrophage

The Macrophage is a swarm creature from Genesis: Part 2. It cannot be tamed, ridden or bred, but its swarms matter because every hit drains stamina and can stop you from sprinting at the worst moment.

Where to find it

It lives only on Genesis: Part 2, where it is one of the more frequent spawns in its areas.

Tips

• Behavior: it mostly leaves you alone until you damage something near it, hit the swarm or grab a Mutagen bulb.
• Danger: its damage is tiny, but the stamina drain can also shut off sprint and the Tek Sprint of Tek Leggings, which leaves you slow near bigger threats.
• Counter: it is weak to fire. A torch handles one or two swarms, a flamethrower clears big groups, and a campfire kills swarms that linger next to it.