Rhinoceros Beetle

The Rhinoceros Beetle is a one of the various beetles featured in The Erebus. It is hostile and can only be found in the Ulterior Outback. It has 60 health points (30 hearts) and shall knock the player back, into the air, if the player were to come close to it, as well as inflicting the player with the Slowness effect.

When killed, it shall drop 1-3 Exoskeleton Plates.

Taming
It can be tamed, using a Beetle Taming Amulet, but is hard to do so simply because it knocks the player back when too close. Because of this it is recommended that the player is at an advantage point that is high enough that the beetle cannot knock the player back, but no too far that the player cannot reach the Beetle.

When successfully tamed, the beetle shall receive an extra 20 health points, giving it a maximum of 80 health points (40 hearts). It can be healed by being fed Bamboo Shoots.

If the player succeeds at taming the beetle, they can add a Beetle Riding Kit onto the beetle by right-clicking whilst holding it, the riding kit is simply a Saddle that allows the player to mount and control the beetle. To mount the beetle, simply right-click the mob, to dismount, simply hold 'Shift'.

When ridden, the beetle shall race up 1 high block steeps and shall climb like a Spider up steeps higher than 1 block.

The player can hold 'R' whilst riding the beetle to charge up the Ram Bar, shown as the green bar above the experience bar. Holding this while ramming into mob shall knock that mob back causing them to take damage from falling, it shall also inflict the Slowness effect them. Note that the longer this is charged, the more powerful the ram is. This can also be done in rapid succession.

Also note that mobs shall only be knocked back and inflicted with Slowness if they are fairly large, mobs such as Beetle Larvae shall not be affected, there are some exceptions to this rule. And that most mobs rammed shall attack back, and can potentially kill the player's beetle.

Breeding
Rhinoceros Beetles can be bred using Turnips, as well as being attracted to them in which they shall follow the player when held. The Beetle Larva produced shall have a horn on its head, and if grown, shall become a Rhinoceros Beetle. IT shall also be fully tame but shall only have 60 health points (30 hearts).