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Space is a dangerous place. Earth is, too, as are the corporations that sent you shuttling off into the unknown only to lay you off once you woke up. That’s a pretty big societal threat, but the various vicious alien creatures ofRevenge of the Savage Planetare posing something of a more immediate, existential threat. So you should maybe deal with those first.
For the most part, you can avoid many battles, or even beat them handily with the many tools at your disposal. Some are just a bit bigger. A lot bigger. Wormzilla big. Which is very big. And defeating Wormzilla will take quite a bit of tact. So let’s check into destroying this worm and finally retrieving all your gear.
When Is Wormzilla Fought?
Wormzilla is the very first boss in the game, and you will fight them on the second planet, Xephyr. They are a giant burn that burrows beneath the sand to catch you by surprise. You will see their devious acts as soon as you land on Xephyr. As you approach the container holding the Mag Fork, they make it sink beneath the sand. So it becomes your task to hunt it down.
When you do finally find it and gain the ability to deflect projectiles, you’ll have to come face-to-face with Wormzilla.Defeat them here, and they cause the container to sink once again. And yes, that’s not the end of Wormzilla either. At thefinal location in the depths, you will face off against Wormzilla one final time, and this time acquire your Mag Fork.
How To Beat Wormzilla
The Wormzilla fight takes places across multiple phases, though you also fight them twice. The first time you fight them is fairly simple and only has a single phase. As such, we’ve split the fight into four distinct phases, with the second fight in the depths beginning at phase two. Each of those phases are detailed below.
Phase One
After you’ve unlocked theability to deflect projectiles, head on back to where the Mag Fork container has been brought. You must deflect the projectiles from the eggs around the area to summon Wormzilla, and you must then use your deflection ability to defeat Wormzilla itself.
During this section of the fight, Wormzilla has a very limited moveset.They will breathe a beam of fire at you, fire a single projectile, and burrow beneath the sandand chase you, popping out to deal damage to you. All you have to do isdeflect those projectiles back at Wormzilla, and dodge the other attacks.
There is a trick to deflection in the game.The closer the projectile is to hitting you, the more accurate your deflection will be. However, the projectile also deflects back at where you’re looking, somake sure you’re actually looking at Wormzillawhen you deflect their attacks. After three or four successful deflections, they will be defeated. Sadly, your Mag Fork gets dragged away once again.
Phase Two
Before you can access this section of the depths to reach your Mag Fork container, you need to have obtainedthe Goo Ingestor upgrade for the Water Hose. This requires two parts which are found in purple containers around Xephyr. Once acquired, you can construct it back at base to allow you to suck up other types of goo, such as Ferrous Goo.
Ferrous Goo is needed to beat this phase of Wormzilla. Once you enter the arena, they will reappear. Most of their moves are the same as before, though their fire-breathing attack can now attack both horizontally and vertically, so make sure you’re staying on the move.
Throughout the room there will be plants you may ingest Ferrous Goo from, and multiple electric mushrooms. The goal is topaint the Ferrous Goo from the electric mushroom into a path surrounding Wormzilla. If they walk into the path of the Ferrous Goo, they will be instantly electrified. This will deplete the entire first section of their health bar, and seemingly defeat them entirely.
Phase Three
After defeating the previous phase of Wormzilla,you will finally be free to acquire the Mag Forkthat you have been so desperately searching for. This lets you pick up certain metal objects and fling them around. This specifically lets you use the crystalline pillars you might have seen around the place, such as in Wormzilla’s own arena.
However, after picking up the Mag Fork, Wormzilla brings back to life and consumes you. This is the perfect chance to try out your new tool. Inside Wormzilla’s stomach are thesecrystal spikes, which must be fired into the weak points around Wormzilla. After you’ve destroyed each weak point, Wormzilla will puke you back out, letting you move onto it’s final phase.
Phase Four
In this final phase,Wormzilla is more aggressive than any previous one, and many of the old tactics no longer work. They won’t fire projectiles for you to deflect, while the Ferrous Goo will no longer damage them. This section of the fight is reliant entirely on the Mag Fork.
That said, getting Wormzilla to slither intothe electrified Ferrous Goo will still stun themtemporarily if you need more time aiming at them.
Around the arena will be more of those crystal pillars you used inside of Wormzilla. Like before, you just have to grab them with the Mag Fork and chuck them right at Wormzilla. The goal is toaim them at the fleshy mouth, which Wormzilla opens periodically to roar. Around three or four of these and, finally, Wormzilla will actually be defeated. For real this time.
