Minecrawlers

Minecrawlers are large insectoid predators that infest the mines of Khorinis. Alkimia Interactive has publicly shown the remake's new minecrawler concept art as part of its development updates, confirming their return.

Role in the Mines

Minecrawlers are one of the main reasons digging in the Old Mine is lethal work rather than labour. Old Camp diggers are guarded against them by the camp's Templars, who have to escort any serious mining expedition into the deeper shafts.

Queens

Deeper parts of the mine network are said to contain minecrawler queens, and in the original Gothic those fights were the serious threshold tests of the mid-to-late game. The remake preserves the mine-based threat structure, so the Minecrawler concept art shown in pre-release material reflects the same basic design role.