Infected Creature

Infected Creature is one of the types of enemies in Arknights. They are Terran fauna that become Infected from their exposure towards Originium, which sometimes give them additional capabilities.

Subtypes

Originium Slugs

Pompeii, an Originium Slug

These gastropods are notably larger than those in Earth and abundant in number, typically utilized as "cannon fodder" by relying on sheer numbers to overwhelm the opposition although some have more specialized functions.

Originium Slugs are not actually Infected; they are named as such due to Originium ores embedded in their body and contact with one does not actually cause Oripathy, contrary to popular belief.

Normal	Originium Slug Originium Slug α Originium Slug β Acid Originium Slug Acid Originium Slug α Infused Originium Slug Infused Originium Slug α Infused Glacial Originium Slug Infused Glacial Originium Slug α Fluorescent Originium Slug Blackwater Originium Slug Blackwater Originium Slug α
Elite	"Shiny Pooloo"
Boss	"Milan" "Drifting Cabin" "Pompeii"

Interestingly, Infused Originium Slugs are considered to be in the same species as Originium Slugs, even though they are clearly arachnids instead of gastropods.

Hounds

These canines are utilized in a similar way to war dogs, whether for attack and reconnaissance duties, making good use of their high speed and deceptively strong bites.

Normal	Hound Hound Pro Rabid Hound Pro Frostfang Razorfrost Guerrilla Hound Guerrilla Hound Pro Winterwisp Hound Winterwisp Hound Pro Tactical Hound Tactical Hound Pro

Interestingly, Dublinn Sniffer Hounds and Dublinn Sniffer Hound Pros are not classified as Infected Creatures, even though other Hound derivatives are.

Originiutants

The "Essence of Evolution", an Originiutant

Originiutants (a portmanteau of "Originium" and "mutant") are mutants born from the fusion of Originium particles and radioactive mutagens, courtesy of Levi Klitschko's research after he was transported into Terra. These aberrations are notable for being able to parasitize other creatures and replicate themselves within their bodies, and release themselves upon the host's death with some are capable of releasing the "spawns" at will.

Originiutants use animals native to Sargon as their hosts; the only exceptions to this are Originiutant Puppets (which are corpses "zombified" by the parasite) and Originiutants (that appears to be either artificial, i.e. genetically engineered, or a result of extreme mutations).

Normal	Originiutant Puppet Mutant Sand Beast Mutant Sand Beast α Mutant Rock Spider Mutant Rock Spider α Originiutant Excrescence Originiutant Tumor
Elite	Mutant Giant Rock Spider Mutant Giant Rock Spider α Originiutant Originiutant α
Boss	"Essence of Evolution"

Gloompincers

These crustaceans have a body similar to that of scorpions, having strong claws that allows them to cause serious damage as well as thick hides which could resist incoming attacks.

Normal	Swamp Gloompincer Enraged Swamp Gloompincer Training Gloompincer Vicious Training Gloompincer Undertide Gloompincer Undertide Gloompincer α
Boss	"Fruit of Gluttony"

Metal Crabs

These crustaceans notably have thick scales which allows them to resist conventional and Arts attacks, but turned out to have a surprisingly low weight that can be exploited by displacing them into hazards.

Normal	Metal Crab

Lorewise, Beanstalk's Metal Crab Guard Teams are considered to be in the same species as enemy Metal Crabs.

Unidentified

Normal	Small Symbiont
Boss	"Nature's Compromise"

Interactions

Operator	Skill/talent	Interaction
Jaye	Anatomy Master	Jaye's attacks deal more damage against Infected Creatures: E1: 1.25× E2: 1.45× MER-X Stage 2: 1.5× MER-X Stage 3: 1.55× P5: +0.5×
Snowsant	Bug Catcher	Infected Creatures attacked by Snowsant are Silenced for a short time: E1/E2: 4 seconds HOK-X Stage 2: 6 seconds HOK-X Stage 3: 8 seconds P5: +4 seconds At Elite 2, Snowsant's skills have their shift force increased by 1 when used against Infected Creatures.

In Phantom & Crimson Solitaire, the Condensed Suppressant increases the damage dealt by friendly units when attacking Infected Creatures to 2.5× and causes the attack to Silence them for 3 seconds.