Swarmbot

The swarmbot is a type of robot encountered in the Commonwealth in the Fallout 4 add-on Automatron.

Characteristics
Swarmbots are based on the robobrain frame, though capable of hovering due to the Mister Handy thruster mounted below them, and are frequently encountered in groups, as their name implies.

Largely armed with automatic weapons, they are quickly capable of tearing down an unaware player character. However, they are quite quick, and will frequently move into melee range while enjoying ranged support from the automated forces they travel alongside.

The Mechanist's automatrons are cobbled together from a wide variety of components taken from five different robot models. Swarmbots usually consist of a robobrain torso and an assaultron head mounted on a Mr. Handy's hover-chassis. Their arms come as varied as their armaments, which cover almost the entire spectrum of what an automatron can carry for ranged combat.

Locations

 * Several are present during the Mechanical Menace mission, alongside several junkbots and eyebots in the attack on Ada and her companions.
 * Many also spawn inside the General Atomics factory during A New Threat.

Bugs

 * Swarmbots' heads have abnormally high hit chances in VATS, often being 95% even at long ranges.

Appearances
Swarmbots appear only in Automatron.