Fire ant (Fallout 3)

Fire ants are creatures living in the Capital Wasteland in 2277.

Gameplay attributes
If their antennae are crippled, they will become frenzied. Once a fire ant becomes frenzied, it will attack other nearby fire ants and other non-player characters. Once attacked by another ant, the attacked ant will defend itself, damaging the attacking ant. When the frenzied ant kills something, the player character gains the appropriate Experience Points for that kill. Due to their high resistance to fire, fire damage based weapons like the flamer and the Shishkebab will have little effect on them.

Fire ant soldier
Fire ant soldiers are the second lowest ranked ant in a fire ant colony. Their job is to protect their area from intruders. They are very aggressive and will attack other creatures on sight. They are relatively easy to defeat at medium levels or with a well-equipped low level character.

Fire ant warrior
Fire ant warriors are the predominant variety of ant the Lone Wanderer may encounter in Grayditch and in the Marigold station at higher levels. They have a high amount of HP and high attack damage.

Fire ant worker
They will attack intruders if they are threatened. They are much weaker than any other variant.

Fire ant nest guardian
Fire ant nest guardians are unique versions of fire ant warriors. There are only five of these ants protecting the queen. Doctor Lesko refers to these ants as "The Queen's Quintet."

Marigold ant queen
This ant queen is found in the queen ant's hatchery. Like the others in the game, she is slow and has a ranged acid spitting attack that does a fair amount of damage.

A flaming version of the globs of spit, exclusively for the Marigold fire ant queen.

Related quests

 * Those!
 * Nectar Collecting for Fun and Profit

Appearances
Fire ants appear in Fallout 3.