Beetle Queen

The  is a Boss Monster introduced in Risk of Rain 2. Being a Boss, the Beetle Queen may be encountered after initiating a stage's Teleporter Event. She can otherwise spawn naturally during higher difficulties.

Acid Shot
The Beetle Queen shoots several acid balls in a cone shape, which suffer from default projectile falloff. When they hit terrain, they leave behind lingering pools of acid that continuously damage players standing in them.

The acid balls have a proc coefficient of 1.0, whereas the lingering acid pools have a proc coefficient of 0.1.

Beetlejuice Spawn
When the Queen's health is below 50%, she launches flying beetles at the player. These beetles deal no damage, but inflict the stacking debuff in a 5m sphere around them, once per second. The debuff lasts 2 seconds, but all stacks are refreshed when a new stack is applied. Players with beetle juice on them have their movement speed, attack speed, and damage reduced by 5% per stack of beetle juice.

These beetles have their own health and can be destroyed, activating any on-kill effects the player has.

Summon Beetles
The Queen can periodically spawn 2. If the Queen is an Elite, these Guards will be the same Elite type as her. The summoned Beetle Guards do not drop any gold or experience when killed.

Loot
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If the Beetle Queen is the Teleporter Boss, there is a 15% chance for the Uncommon item (that drops as a reward for defeating the Beetle Queen) to be replaced by her Boss item, the.

Tips

 * The Beetle Queen is most deadly at close range. Her only directly damaging attack, Acid Shot, serves as a shotgun-style attack and can inflict incredible damage if the player is hit by multiple acid balls at once. Try to keep a safe distance whenever possible.
 * Make use of area-of-effect attacks and items, as the Queen's summoned Beetle Guards can quickly gang up on the player if not dealt with.

Version History

 * Anniversary Update
 * Major Content
 * Added New Lore Entry: Beetle Queen
 * Gameplay Changes
 * Summon Beetles
 * Beetle Count: 5 ⇒ 2
 * 🌧 Now summons instead of


 * Early Access Hidden Realms Content Update
 * Bug Fixes
 * Reduce particle count on Beetle Queen spit FX