A landmine is a stationary map hazard in Lethal Company that blows up when an employee steps on and off it, teleports off it, or hits it with a shovel (or similar weapon). Although inconsistent, it is possible to detonate a mine by dropping a scrap or other item on it. The blast from a triggered landmine kills or injures employees and entities alike.
Like other map hazards, landmines can be disarmed temporarily from the ship's terminal by keying in their special codes.
Employees standing within a radius of 5.7 units (4 m) of the detonation will die immediately, while employees standing within a radius of 5.7–6.4 units will take 50 damage instead.
Any other landmines that are placed within a radius of 6 units (5 m) of a detonating landmine can also be set off, sometimes leading to huge chain reactions in landmine clusters.
Occurrences[]
Landmine spawn chance varies from moon to moon and is not linear. A custom curve defines the distribution of the random values. The curves are different for every moon and can be found on the moon's individual pages.
| Moon | Min Landmines | Max Landmines | Average Landmines |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41-Experimentation | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| 220-Assurance | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| 56-Vow | 0 | 20 | 4 |
| 21-Offense | 0 | 16 | 5 |
| 61-March | 0 | 15 | 6 |
| 20-Adamance | 0 | 15 | 3 |
| 85-Rend | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 7-Dine | 0 | 35 | 8 |
| 8-Titan | 0 | 23 | 9 |
| 5-Embrion | 0 | 16 | 5 |
| 68-Artifice | 0 | 35 | 10 |
| 44-Liquidation | 0 | 35 | 13 |
Strategy[]
- A landmine will beep every couple of seconds and flash red. If an employee steps on a mine, it will make a click noise. If the said employee does not move, they can remain safely on the landmine - during this time, another employee on ship duty can deactivate it using the Terminal, or safely teleport the employee back to the ship. In the case of teleportation, the ensuing explosion is capable of killing both employees and entities if they're within the blast range.
- Make sure to be on the landmine when asking a fellow employee on the Terminal to deactivate it, as passing through one that has been "deactivated" will still explode due to its very short deactivation period.
- Extension ladders, used Stun grenades, Soccer Balls and Easter eggs can be used as item alternatives to safely detonate landmines from a distance.
Notes[]
- Although entities are not able to detonate landmines on their own, they will also die if they happen to be within the kill radius of one going off. Despite that, entities that are carrying a player body, such as Hoarding Bugs and Brackens, can also set off landmines as player bodies also trigger landmines.
- The landmine is visually based off the 90mm M12 series of inert practice anti-tank landmines.
History[]
Version 45[]
- Bug: Landmines now explode instantly once touched.
Version 47[]
- Bug Fix: Landmines no longer explode instantly.
Version 50[]
- Adjusted landmine spawn probabilities on Dine.