Class 1 Drone

First Appears

Level 1

Size

3 meters

Weapon

2 pulse rock cutters

Threat

Low

Points

100

Often Drops

Energy Boost

Doesn't fire very fast except on higher difficulties. Almost always travels in groups. Occasionally seen dropping Proximity Bombs (first seen on Level 11); these are distinguished by their camouflage texture.

Game: Developer: Publisher: Released: Website: Demo: Descent 3 Outrage Entertainment Interplay June 2000 Descent3.com Here: The complete first mission from 'Descent 3', played with a keyboard/mouse layout.
After completing your mission, you are ready to go home but instead the warp core malfunctions, sending you to an unknown location. This story now continues in Descent 3 - B) Setup & Run: When you are done with the installation, try running the game.

Descent 3 offers only ten slots for save games. Once all ten slots have been used, subsequent saves need to overwrite previous saves. Some players reuse save slots in a rolling fashion, so that the most recent save game may be in any one of the ten slots. This can make it difficult to find the save game where the player has progressed the furthest. It installs about 3 GiB of Descent 3 stuff (but no promo and fan-made game movies). The package is highly compressed, which means you only need to download about 1.1 GiB. Here's an (incomplete) list of what the Descent 3 package contains: Descent 3 version 1.4 in English. The Descent 3 1.4 - 1.5 Version Switcher. Mercenary add-on. If you plan on playing multiplayer games, make sure to update your network settings on the Network tab. When you are done click OK and then you can launch the game with the Play button. NOTE: If you get an OpenGL warning, ignore it. Modern video cards are much more compatible with OpenGL than when D3 originally came out.

Class 2 Drone

First Appears

Level 1

Size

4 meters

Weapon

2 argon welding lasers (LL3)

Threat

Low

Points

200

Often Drops

Shield Boost

Slightly more dangerous.

Small Hulk

First Appears

Level 1

Size

5 meters

Weapon

2 heavy argon lasers (LL4)

Threat

Low

Points

500

Often Drops

Shield Boost

Seems a lower threat than even the C1D's, but there's usually 2-3 of them at one time.

Medium Hulk

First Appears

Level 3

Size

7 meters

Weapon

2 missile launchers (Concussion)

Threat

High

Points

500

Often Drops

Concussion Missiles

Don't let these guys surprise you, or you'll be sorry.

Medium Lifter

First Appears

Level 4

Size

5 meters

Weapon

2 diamond plated swingarms

Threat

Medium

Points

500

Often Drops

Shield Boost

Travel in packs, and screech just like C1D's.

Cloaked Lifter

First Appears

Level 4

Size

4 meters

Weapon

2 diamond plated swingarms, cloaking device

Threat

Low

Points

1000

Often Drops

Cloaking Device

Annoying, but they often drop Cloaking Devices.

Super (Heavy) Hulk

First Appears

Level 5

Size

7 meters

Weapon

2 missile launchers (Homing)

Threat

Very Very High

Points

1500

Often Drops

Homing Missiles

Your nemesis. DO NOT let one of these get on your blind side! They increase in quantity with every level, and often guard the reactor.

Class 1 (Vulcan) Driller

First Appears

Level 6

Size

5 meters

Weapon

Uranium mass drivers (Vulcan Cannon)

Threat

Very High

Points

1000

Often Drops

Vulcan Cannon / nothing

Their screech will surely send shivers down your spine (or you flinching away from the screen) on higher difficulties. With the Vulcan Cannon (which fires VERY fast), they can take 20-30 of your shields in seconds. You should catch them by surprise if at all possible (preferably with a Homing Missile).

'Spider' Processing Robot

First Appears

Level 6

Size

8 meters

Weapon

3 mass driver rifles (rock cutters)

Threat

Medium

Points

600

Often Drops

Baby Spiders

This unique robot often spawns Baby Spider robots (or even clones of itself!) when it's destroyed.

Baby Spider

First Appears

Level 6

Size

2 meters

Weapon

Laser (LL1)

Threat

Medium

Points

100

Often Drops

nothing

Quite an annoyance if you lose one in your blind spot.

Boss #1 (Level 7)

Size

28 meters

Weapon

Smart Missiles, cloaking device, teleport

Threat

Very Very High

Points

5000

Do not take this boss lightly! Its Smart Missiles are very damaging, and will kill if they hit you directly. See the Level 7 walkthrough.

Advanced Lifter

First Appears

Level 8

Size

5-6 meters

Weapon

4 tungsten swingarms

Threat

Medium

Points

800

Often Drops

Shield Boost

More dangerous than Medium Lifters, as they are nearly silent and have twice as many claws.

Secondary Lifter

First Appears

Level 8

Size

4 meters

Weapon

1 heavy laser (LL1)

Threat

Medium

Points

400

Often Drops

nothing

More dangerous than either of the other Lifters. These Crows always travel in groups of two or three.

Class 2 Supervisor Robot

First Appears

Level 8

Size

4 meters

Weapon

None

Threat

Low

Points

400

Often Drops

Varies

These appear rarely, but if you're lucky, you may get a nice powerup (or some robots, if you're not so lucky) for destroying it. Supposedly, the Supervisors are programmed to increase the awareness of nearby robots, but I don't recall seeing that really happen.

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Cloaked Hulk

First Appears

Level 10

Size

7 meters

Weapon

2 missile launchers (Concussion), cloaking device

Threat

Very High

Points

700

Often Drops

Concussion Missiles

Slightly more heavily armored than their visible counterparts, and thus much more dangerous.