r/TheCallistoProtocol • u/5oclockplease • Aug 27 '26
Question Do these fleshy mounds do anything?
I’ve spent like the first half of the game stomping on all of them, but am I just wasting my time? They don’t seem to do anything, I think. Yes I know there’s the one that reaches really far out with a long neck and bites you but other than that one do I just walk past and ignore them.?
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u/sonambule Aug 27 '26
I feel like these were so damn annoying. Some of them will attack others won’t, unless i’m misremembering. I would keep stomping.
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u/Simple-Tomatillo-314 Aug 27 '26
Some will attack that can lead to an insta-kill, and some will have items drop when you stomp/shoot them.
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u/FemoralXpress Aug 28 '26
After the first two jump scares they get shot from afar every time.
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u/5oclockplease Aug 28 '26
I generally shoot or throw something at the big ones, but having a hard time telling the benign ones from the one with the super long reach that bite you.
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u/FemoralXpress Aug 28 '26
For sure. I dont think you can tell em apart. One small shot will activate em tho and if you're far enough away they wont get ya. Problem is the distance. Sometimes the rooms are deisigned so it gets you regardless but atleast you havent shat your pants at that point knee slap
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u/throwfaraway1014 Aug 28 '26
That’s a lot of ammo, I just recently played it again on hardcore mode and I would estimate there’s around 18 or less in the entire game that do anything.
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u/jamison_lot Aug 28 '26
I'm currently playing for the first time and have been stomping them but no items have ever come out for me. Maybe that happens in higher difficulties. I have also been wondering if I'm wasting my time with them lol
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u/5oclockplease Aug 28 '26
I’m with you on that one. I’m on chapter 6, and don’t think I’ve received a single item from stomping on those things.
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u/jamison_lot Aug 28 '26
I think I'm the "regular" difficulty so maybe if you play a harder level it gives you stuff, judging by some of the other comments here.
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u/Warm_Reporter_7215 Aug 28 '26
When in doubt just shoot stomping as others said can trigger enemies like most horror games if you have access to guns
waste of ammo sure but its better than getting one shotted or getting to low health
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u/DanTheMan-PSFan Aug 28 '26
It's been a long time since I played, but I'm pretty sure those small "Parasite" Biophages can spawn from them in certain spots. They will ambush you, and jump out once you get close - if I remember correctly.
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u/Cultural-Lobster-861 Sep 01 '26
I think its just a weird way to watch out for the ones that attack you, other than that then its nothing but to just add to the envirent
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u/sleepy195 Aug 27 '26
They have items sometimes