Because of this heavy armoring it is usually best to concentrate fire on the only unarmored part of a Gonarch, which is the large soft sac that hangs from the underside of the creature.Ī baby headcrab coming directly from the Gonarch's sac Heavily armored with an exoskeleton, they can take massive amounts of projectile and explosive damage, taking even more explosive damage to kill than a Gargantua.

Gonarchs are easily one of the largest and toughest known creatures from Xen. Standing at several meters tall, they dominate Gordon in size and power. Gonarchs are supported by four razor sharp limbs. While appearing very similar to a headcrab's anatomy there are a few differences. What is known is that a Gonarch is the last stage of a female headcrab's life and that like most Terran non-human organism with a high mortality rate, very few female headcrabs reach this stage. Very little is known about a Gonarch's life cycle.