Alien Stats (TFTD)

For the Enemy Unknown version, see Alien Stats.

Numbers, numbers, numbers. These numbers are lifted from Zombie's research.

Core Stats

Alien Race/Rank	TU	Sta	He	Br	Rea	FA	TA	Str	MCStr	MCSk	Armor				EnR	VPS	Agg	Mel	Int
											Fr	L/R	Re	Un
Aquatoid Soldier	54	90	30	80	63	52	58	30	35	0	4	3	2	2	30	10	2	76	3
Aquatoid Squad Leader	54	90	35	80	63	52	58	30	35	0	4	3	2	2	30	10	2	76	4
Aquatoid Technician	54	90	35	80	63	52	58	30	40	25	4	3	2	2	30	10	2	76	5
Aquatoid Medic	54	90	35	80	63	52	58	35	40	0	4	3	2	2	30	10	2	76	6
Aquatoid Navigator	54	100	35	80	63	52	58	40	45	30	4	3	2	2	30	10	1	76	7
Aquatoid Commander	54	100	35	80	63	52	58	40	50	50	4	3	2	2	30	10	0	76	8
Gillman Soldier	40	80	45	90	45	45	50	47	30	0	15	12	14	12	30	15	2	54	2
Gillman Squad Leader	45	80	50	80	45	49	54	47	30	0	15	12	14	12	30	17	2	54	2
Gillman Technician	45	80	55	80	50	54	58	50	30	0	15	12	14	12	30	20	2	54	3
Gillman Commander	50	80	60	80	53	58	65	52	35	50	15	12	14	12	30	20	1	54	4
Tasoth Soldier	56	100	125	60	80	54	62	70	30	0	20	20	20	10	35	18	2	78	4
Tasoth Squad Leader	66	100	135	80	80	65	62	70	50	40	20	20	20	10	35	22	2	78	8
Lobster Man Soldier	56	90	90	90	60	54	62	70	35	0	20	20	15	10	35	20	2	78	2
Lobster Man Squad Leader	66	90	110	80	65	54	62	70	35	0	20	20	15	10	40	25	2	78	3
Lobster Man Technician	70	95	115	80	70	54	62	70	35	0	20	20	18	10	40	30	2	78	4
Lobster Man Navigator	74	95	120	80	75	54	62	70	40	0	20	20	18	10	40	35	1	78	6
Lobster Man Commander	76	100	125	80	80	54	62	70	50	0	22	22	20	12	40	40	1	78	8
Deep One Terrorist	50	90	35	90	55	50	58	40	50	0	8	6	4	12	30	12	2	70	4
Triscene	72	90	158	90	69	80	80	120	100	0	120	110	110	8	40	25	2	80	3
Xarquid Terrorist	40	80	114	90	50	65	50	70	100	0	50	50	50	5	40	30	2	50	4
Calcinite Terrorist	68	96	55	90	75	74	80	110	90	0	35	35	35	10	40	20	2	85	5
Tentaculat	99	140	96	110	90	50	50	100	100	0	45	25	15	5	40	25	2	80	8
Hallucinoid	62	90	120	100	90	80	80	90	90	0	35	35	35	25	50	35	2	90	7
Bio-Drone	80	120	140	100	40	90	0	120	90	0	25	15	10	5	40	25	2	0	7
Zombie	40	110	84	110	40	0	0	120	90	0	4	4	4	4	20	18	2	80	3
Civilian	35	65	30	80	30	30	50	20	5	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	50	1

Key

• TU: The number of Time Units the alien has per turn.
• Sta: Stamina (or Energy).
• He: Health.
• Br: Bravery.
• Rea: Reactions.
• FA: Firing Accuracy.
• TA: Throwing Accuracy.
• Str: Strength
• MCStr: M.C. Strength.
• MCSk: Psionic Skill.
• Fr, L/R, Re, Un: Front, Left/Right, Rear and Under armor.
• EnR: Energy Recharge. This number represents how fast a unit will recover Energy lost due to movement.
• VPS: The number of Victory Points X-COM will get for killing that alien.
• Agg: Aggression is a number between 0 and 2. The larger the value, the more aggressive the alien will be. High ranking aliens usually prefer to stay concealed, rather than get involved in a raging fire-fight.
• Mel: (Also known as CCBA or Close Combat Base Accuracy). This number acts as the accuracy for hand-to-hand combat attacks.
• Int: Intelligence of the alien ranked from 2-8. This number correponds to the number of turns the alien will remember the location of your troops.

Calculating Statistics

Statistic Parameter Health 0 Bravery 0 Throwing Accuracy 0 Energy Recharge 0 Victory Points 0 Aggression 0 Intelligence 0 Standing 0 Kneeling Height 0 Time Units 0.08 Stamina/Energy 0.08 Reactions 0.06 Firing Accuracy *** Strength 0.04 M.C. Strength 0.04 M.C. Skill 0.04 Melee (aka CCBA) 0.08 Armour *** NOTE: Statistics with 0 percentage are constant and therefore do not change with difficulty level

To find a statistic which increases by a proportional amount, the game adjusts the core value by a percentage which is dependent upon a skill level "multiplier". Generally, the Beginner skill level numbers match the core group exactly so no modification is necessary. They are reproduced to the right. Difficulty SLM Beginner 0 Experienced 1 Veteran 2 Genius 4 Superhuman 6 Equation This equation gives the statistic for any of the statistics to the left. The core values are in the table above. Credit goes to Zombie (the user, not the unit) for discovery of this (and about everything on this page). Skill Value = floor(Core Value * (1 + (Parameter * SLM)) Firing Accuracy* Alien Firing Accuracy uses the following formula: FiringAccuracy = coefficient * (BaseFiringAccuracy + 6 * difficulty * BaseFiringAccuracy / 100) / 100; where the coefficient values are Beginner:40, Experienced:70, Veteran:100, Genius:110, and Superhuman:120, and difficulty values are 0, 1, 2, 4, or 6 respectively. Armor Armour also follows a ratio, but although more rational than the Firing Accuracy one it's still different to the ratios for the other stats. The core values are multiplied by 0.4 for Beginner, 0.7 for Experienced, 1 for Veteran, 1.1 for Genius, and 1.2 for Superhuman.

Other Notes

• Zombie stats are not listed in the executable where the normal aliens are situated. Not only that, but their stats do not change as the skill level increases. For more information on this oddity, see the Editing Alien Stats heading on this page.
• Civilian stats are also constants and do not change.
• Tentaculats which are spawned in a mission by the game have stats modified in the normal way. However, Tentaculats which hatch from Zombies have all their stats set to their core, regardless of current difficulty level.

See Also

• Alien Life Forms (TFTD)
• Overviews of Aliens (TFTD)
• Terror Units (TFTD)
• Category:Soldiers - Category containing more information on what each statistic does
• Saved Game Files / Category:Game Files
• Damage Modifiers (TFTD)