Biovore
Biovores Tyranid creatures who are bred to launch Spore Mines towards the enemy, they are the equivalent of the artillery of other species.
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Overview
Biovores are sluggish, bloated Tyranid creatures whose only task is to grow and launch Spore Mines towards the enemy.3 Spore Mines grow deep inside a Biovore's body, and are then launched via a powerful muscle spasm through the Biovore's dorsal aperture and hurled across the battlefield. An internal gas bladder in the Spore Mines inflates allowing them to drift down towards the ground, where they do not detonate upon impact but when they sense the proximity of a non-Tyranid lifeform.3 A Biovore and can fire three types of Spore Mines: fragmentation, bio-acid or poison.
Biovores are relatively rare amongst the Tyranid horde, as the Hive Mind prefers combat that involves a bloody melee. However, as the Tyranid invasion pressed deeper into the Galaxy, Biovores were created by the Hive Mind as a means to neutralise the long range weaponry used by its enemies.3 Biovores supposedly contain genes assimilated from Orks.1
Basic Info
| Ordo Xenos Departmento Analyticus Record 2 | |||
| Designation | Biovore | ||
| Common Title | Gunbeast | ||
| Species Name | Tyranicus patris-boletus | ||
| Average Height | 2m | ||
| Average Weight | 2 tonnes | ||
| First encountered | Ichar IV | ||
| Role | Indirect fire support | ||
| Threat evaluation | Low | ||
Images
thumb|center|Biovore miniature (4th edition) with Spore Mines
Triovore card(Warhammer 40,000 CCG)
Protovore card(Warhammer 40,000 CCG)
Biovore card(Warhammer 40,000 CCG)
See also
Sources
- 1: Codex: Tyranids (3rd Edition)
- 2: Imperial Armour Volume Four - The Anphelion Project
- 3: Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition), p.48
| HQ | Hive Tyrant • Tyrant Guard Brood • Tervigon • Tyranid Prime |
|---|---|
| Elites | Hive Guard Brood • Lictor Brood • Venomthrope Brood • Zoanthrope Brood • Pyrovore Brood • Ymgarl Genestealers |
| Troops | Tyranid Warrior Brood • Genestealer Brood • Termagant Brood • Hormagaunt Brood • Ripper Swarm Brood Transport: Mycetic Spore |
| Fast Attack | Tyranid Shrike Brood • Ravener Brood • Sky-slasher Swarm Brood • Gargoyle Brood • Harpy • Spore Mine Claster |
| Heavy Support | Carnifex Brood • Biovore Brood • Trygon • Trygon Prime • Mawloc • Tyrannofex |
| Unique Tyranids | The Swarmlord (HQ) • The Parasite of Mortrex (HQ) • Deathleaper (Elites) • The Doom of Malan'tai (Elites) • Old One Eye (Heavy Support) |
