Mutant



The mutant is an enemy in Ion Fury. Mutants are slow, weak, and fire an organic projectile that deals little damage. While they're looking eerie, they're also very weak compared to Heskel's cybernetic henchmen you encountered before. They appear to be failed attempts of clones for Heskel's army. They tend to appear from shallow bodies of water, blood pools or toxic waste remaining hidden to rise straight forward once player sets foot close enough. Some mutants can be seen in experimental tubes with life support just to break free later.

A clear headshot from Loverboy or Disperser will gib their entire body mass cause them to leave armor shard bonuses with less effort. Particularly Chain gun and explosive weapons such as Clusterpucks are also effective against them to get rewarded by armor shards but that could be a waste unless they're in a pack. Incendiary flechettes of Penetrator bodyshots light them on fire and cause them to lash out high pitched screams of agony until they burn out and falter.

Mutants are first encountered in the Countryside Carnage chapter.