Special Weapons Daleks are variants of Daleks which first appeared in the 1988 Doctor Who episode Remembrance of the Daleks, where an Imperial variant was allied with other Imperial Daleks against a group of Renegade Daleks. However, the originally planned Special Weapons Dalek design was to be that of Dalek Storm in the unreleased Doctor Who 30th anniversary special Lost in the Dark Dimension.
Nether and Ender Special Weapons Dalek variants were added to the mod in Update 7 and Update 8 respectively, but were removed in the transition from 1.6 to 1.7. However, the Ender variant was re-added along with a surprise new Time War variant in the 2019 Advent Calendar.
In the Mod[]
Special Weapons Daleks are equipped with a specialised laser which, on contact, will detonate and destroy blocks in a large area. They can kill the player in one hit because of this. However, as Special Weapons Daleks only have 40 health, they often unintentionally destroy themselves with their own explosion.
Upon death, Special Weapons Daleks will drop a SWD Statue block which players can place as a decorative "trophy" for killing one of these formidable Daleks.
Imperial Special Weapons Daleks also share the behavior of other Imperial Daleks in that they will attack any Renegade Daleks they come into contact with (See the Imperial Daleks page for more information).
Trivia[]
The SWDTeam, developers of the Dalek Mod, are named in honour of the Special Weapons Dalek.
In the current version of the mod giant SWD's can be spawned by naming the spawn item "SWD". This also works in the 1.6.4 versions of the mod by naming the spawn item "SWD" or "1WTC".
In Older Versions[]
It takes 12 hits with a Diamond Sword to kill a Special Weapons Dalek, and only 8 hits when using Ace's Baseball Bat (see Companions).
Version 1.6.4[]
An old version of an Imperial Special Weapons Dalek.
An old version of an Imperial Special Weapons Dalek on an old version of Skaro.