Hunter Droid

Hunter Droids are hostile droids  that are first encountered in  Mount Whirl / Stone Sanctuary  and can be found in most other worlds. It is quite common in Lush Canopy.

Appearance
Hunter Droid 1.0s has light green skin, brown torso and a dark green, leaf textured helmet. It wears a black bandana which covers its mouth. Its bandana stays the same throughout its variants.

Each upgraded variant will have a darker skin tone than the previous.

Behavior
A Hunter Droid spawns with average and. However, 1.5 seconds after it spawns, the Hunter Droid will triple its and increase its  significantly, charging at the nearest player in its sight.

Combat Tips

 * Hunter Droids have ludicrously low but can potentially deal a lot of, so it is best to be wary whenever they spawn. Hunter Droids play a distinct "revving-up" sound before they accelerate, which can alert you to their presence if you cannot see them  (especially in Lush Canopy and Crystalline Caves) .
 * Backpedaling as Hunter Droids approach will increase the time they take to reach you. Time your attack such that you lunge right before the Hunter Droid enters your sword's range. Jumping can also reduce or outright ignore the you take from them. If you have a high jumping speed, jumping will cause the Hunter Droid(s) to stop moving while you are in the air.
 * Using any ranged weapon of any tier can instantly kill a Hunter Droid due to them having a.
 * However, their weakness can be replaced if they have a Flammable, Freezable, Sullen, or their weakness was removed using the Bubble Tea.
 * Protected Hunter Droids can be countered simply by jumping on its head, as the helmet does not deal unlike other droids.
 * Hunter Droids can be slowed down significantly with the Neutralizer, making them easy to deal with.
 * Avoid wasting it on Hunter Droid 1.0s. They can be killed very easily without slowing them down.
 * Environmental objects like trees or rocks and other environmental objects or items like Droid Jammers can halt their movement and render them vulnerable. Peek and lunge using a strong sword or a ranged weapon from behind the object or once they are stunned.

Trivia

 * Unlike most droids, Hunter Droid helmets cannot hurt the player.
 * When a Hunter Droid accelerates, its eyes fade into red and then back to black and a special sound effect is played.
 * Hunter Droids  (when accelerated)  are the fastest Droids in the game.
 * A mystery button can spawn a Hunter Droid with and a forcefield that lasts for 5 seconds.
 * It can also spawn with one other modifier.
 * It used to spawn with the Protected modifier in 1.1, but since stacked modifiers were removed in 1.2, they now naturally have a forcefield.
 * An accelerated Hunter Droid can be quite funny to look at when it is slipping on ice trying to get you, while also making it easier as the Hunter Droid cannot run toward you properly. Still, try not to jump on its head.
 * Hunter Droids are the only non-world-exclusive droids to not have a linear HP scale between its upgraded counterparts, mainly 1.0's and 2.0's.
 * You can get a badge from defeating a Hunter Droid before it speeds up! It is called "Off Guard".