Containment Bot

The Containment Bot is a GATE security automaton found in Cascade Laboratories and related facilities. It is an upgraded variant of the Security Robot, built on the same base architecture but fitted with immurement protocols and purple-accented armor. In practice, it is a tougher, more dangerous patrol unit that is designed to capture targets alive and imprison them rather than simply destroy them.

Like the Security Robot, a Containment Bot remains inside a Charging Pod during the day and begins patrolling at night. Unlike its predecessor, it activates immediately if anything approaches its pod, which is marked by purple hazard stripes on the floor. It is hostile to the player, Order soldiers, other entities, and deployable objects placed near its patrol route. Its melee kit is limited, but its mobility and durability make it a serious threat: it can sprint to close distance quickly, and it will try to capture targets whenever possible.

Its attacks are the Thunder Fist, a taser-arm strike that can stun a player blocking with a shield, and Capture Target, which attempts to grab a target. Once grabbed, players and enemies cannot use items or weapons. Being captured will always break a player’s leg unless it is already broken. If a player is taken by the bot, landing enough damage to stagger it before the capture completes can cause the target to be dropped.

The bot’s armor and health make it significantly more durable than the Security Robot. Its torso is not the true weak point: when torso health reaches zero, further damage is applied to the head instead. This gives it an effective torso health of 800, so focusing the eye, which counts as its head, is the most efficient way to kill it. Its built-in shoulder and thigh armor also breaks away as it takes damage.

Because of its durability and sprint, Containment Bots should be treated as high-priority threats. Ranged weapons and explosives are effective for quickly removing them, and deployable base defenses placed near a Charging Pod can destroy one with relatively little risk. Equipment that reduces the danger from Tesla Coils is also valuable, and wearing the proper gear can cause the bot to ignore the player, allowing safe passage across the purple-striped hazard zone near its pod without triggering it.

Containment Bots can also be exploited through their capture behavior: they cannot grab non-human entities, so against those targets they will simply keep attacking until one side is dead.

Drops from the Containment Bot include a Jailbroken CPU, Vit, Fizz Bang, Rootbear, Pop Snarkle, and Kizz Cola, all listed as guaranteed drops. Harvesting yields Metal Scrap, Glass Scrap, Tech Scrap, Coil, and Robot Oil, with Metal Scrap, Glass Scrap, Tech Scrap, and Coil all dropping in fixed quantities and sometimes in larger amounts.

Known locations include the area before the Vacuum Chamber Door leading to the Security Sector in Cascade Laboratories, the Wildlife Pens Lobby by the tram in the Aquarium, the Adjustment Wing of Cascade Laboratories, and Containment Block Dirac at the security checkpoint before Containment Block Anning.