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Chapter: 5-1 · Underground Garden and Experimental Facility
Where: Experimental Facility: the revolving elevator platform. Checkpoint on arrival. On arrival: handgun and machine-gun ammo, a Hand Grenade and shells; on the platform, a Herb (Green) and more shells.

Weak point

The red fleshy parts of the legs near the joints, and the open mouth. Aim at the upper part of the exposed flesh: the lower part sometimes absorbs shots as if it were armour.

A Tricell base-defence B.O.W. built from several arthropods (mostly crustaceans); its shell withstood anti-tank rockets in testing. It carries flying Drones in its abdomen.

It arrives with a dodge QTE: fail it and you die. Then circle the platform, shoot the legs until it collapses and drop a Hand Grenade into its mouth. Its pincer grab is game over.

Reward

Nothing. Figurine: 10 BSAA Emblems and Chapter 5 cleared.

IGN: with a maxed M3 the fight takes about 60 seconds and grenades are optional.

When it rams the platform you are stunned. A shotgun is the best weapon against the Drones.

Step by step

Keep your hands ready for the QTE in the opening cutscene.
Keep to the edge of the platform, away from its front (most of its attacks are frontal). Circling the central pole avoids some hits.
When it pauses, shoot the orange leg joints (shotgun, machine gun, magnum or rifle) or the open mouth.
It collapses onto the platform with its mouth open: run to its head and use the prompt to drop a Hand Grenade into its mouth. Keep shooting the head just above the mouth.
Repeat. One source counts 3 grenades to kill it. With no grenades, shoot into the mouth and the exposed head.
Low on ammo or out of grenades? Wait for it to release Drones and kill them: they drop ammo, herbs and grenades.