Beak Thing

Beak Things, also known as Gutters, are one of the most dangerous creatures in the world. They are found in Vain, the Leviathan Coast, The Crater, and Gut. They can also roam into the North-West Cannibal Plains from the Leviathan Coast at times. Their nests can have between 1 and 30 Beak Thing Eggs. These creatures are extremely fast, hit hard and eat unconscious prey, be they dead or alive. They can also spawn as very old (Age 1.9-2.1) Elders in the High Bonefields and Bonefields. Their movement speed and range of their attacks are determined based off their age, which makes the Elders capable of reaching the highest speeds in the game.
==Dealing with Beak Things==
One strategy to kill these creatures is by having one tank/attacker taking the hits, while other members shoot at it with crossbows. If the group lacks ranged weapons, it is wise to surround the Beak Thing from different sides in order to avoid its multiple enemy attack.
The only attack Beak Things have is by swinging their head downwards. It takes quite some time for their attack to strike someone due to their long attack animation, so if they can move away (NOT sideways, they can turn) from the Beak Thing, they will avoid the attack unharmed. Also, the attack can be blocked if the block is made for upwards attacks.
Like most animals in Kenshi, Beak Thing attacks mostly deal cutting damage, which is very dangerous to let stack up. On the upside, Skeletons can quickly fix the damage if they get hit.
Polearms and Naginatas are fantastic at dealing with Beak Things due to their +50% bonus damage to animals on top of their very fast attack animations. A Falling Sun will also make short work of Beak Things capable of clearing through waves of them provided you are able to wield it correctly.
== Health Statistics ==
Beak Things have a blood colour of 128 0 0 RGB.
* Hunger rate: 5
* Vision Range mult: 1
* Blood: 190-421
* Bleed rate: 1
* Heal rate: 1
* Extra attack slots: 2
=== Movement ===
* Speed: Scales dependent on their age. (Listing 0.0 to 1.0 to show the normal speed ranges, 1.9 to 2.1 as the Elders spawn between those ages)
** Age 0.0 = 19.0145 mph
** Age 0.5 = 28.52175 mph
** Age 1.0 = 38.029 mph
** Age 1.9 = 55.14205 mph
** Age 2.0 = 57.0435 mph
** Age 2.1 = 58.94495 mph
* Combat Move Speed Mult: 1
=== Anatomy ===
Body Part	Total Health	Chance of Hitting
Head 	75-267.5 	50
Chest 	120-428 	100
Stomach 	120-428 	100
Right Arm	120-428 	50
Left Arm 	120-428 	50
Right Leg	120-428 	50
Left Leg 	120-428 	50
==Damage Calculations==
These values are for when striking a target with 0% damage resistance. Animals can have one of three qualities for their "weapon". (Moving their position in a squad, saving and then reloading can change to another quality of the weapon) The 23 in the cut calculation is from the minimum cut damage (13) combined with 10 piercing damage which Beak Things have.
Variant 1
Cut = 23 + 0.8774025 (Martial Arts + Dex)
Blunt = Martial Arts (0.0039) + Strength (0.0117)
Variant 2
Cut = 23 + 0.89232 (Martial Arts + Dex)
Blunt = Martial Arts (0.0052) + Strength (0.0156)
Variant 3
Cut = 23 + 0.9072375 (Martial Arts + Dex)
Blunt = Martial Arts (0.0065) + Strength (0.0195)
== Spawns ==
=== Regions ===
* Bonefields
* Cannibal Plains
* Flats Lagoon
* Greenbeach
* Gut
* High Bonefields
* Purple Sands
* Shem
* Stormgap Coast
* Leviathan Coast
* The Crater
* The Unwanted Zone
* Vain
* Venge
=== Spawn Groups ===
* Squad of 1-3
* Squad of 2-6 (Bonefields)
* Nest with 1-3 Adults, 0-2 Pups
* Swarm of 6-14 (Bonefields)
* Elder squad of 1 (Bonefields + High Bonefields) Age 1.9-2.1.
=== Other Locations ===
== Trivia ==
* The typical length of a Beak Thing's neck is approximately 2 meters or 6'7".
* They can be easily kited due to their long attack animation.
* Like with all animals (Minus Gorillos, Garrus and Domesticated Bulls) Beak Things have insanely high damage output but are hard countered by armour.
* In older versions, Beak Things could grow larger than mountains due to a misplaced decimal, and had a crest-like membrane behind their heads. They could also speak.
Category:Characters
Category:Animals
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