Coniferon/Legacy

== Description ==
=== Behavior ===
* s smell fresh like actual pine trees.
* The green "feathers" on are actually leaves, which they use to photosynthesize with.
* Their ribbon-like appendages can be used as "hands".
* s absolutely love the company of other creatures, especially smaller ones. They interact with them very playfully and even guide them to unseen parts of the tundra.
* During the night, it is unknown why they are so extremely interested in the stars: a theory could be that they were once spirits among the stars that descended onto the pine trees in the tundra.
* They prefer peace, stopping any chaos in their territory by interfering, stepping right in between the commotion.
* If any visitor passes their territory, s will gift them berries or pinecones as a sign of peace while jingling the bells on their necks excitedly.
** The ribbons on represent "presents", as it uses these ribbons to give "gifts" (berries and healing) to others.
* If they are tired, can absorb water from their feet instead of using their mouth, although this takes longer.
== Appearance ==
The is a quadrupedal, long-necked creature. It has a short tail that, along with its neck, is adorned with greenery similar to that of an evergreen tree. Its stomach and legs seem to replicate wood, with brown colors and swirled patterns. It has a clump of fur or leaves/needles on each foot. Its head is similar to that of a bird's, bearing an ornamental golden crest consisting of two horn-like structures with floating crystals at their tops, along with a golden ribbon found on either side of its head. Two of the same ribbons can be found on its tail. On each of its legs, it has a "frill" similar to the other greenery covering the majority of its body.
=== Males ===
Males have small orange crests on their legs and shoulders.
=== Females ===
Females have two multicolored bells on each side of their neck.
== Abilities ==
== Gameplay ==
=== Pros ===
The is a terrestrial photovore with a decent appetite stat, which means that even in the rare case of water not being available, it can survive for a while. Additionally, no food is required to sustain itself, and males are capable of providing food for others using their storage. It is the first photovore to receive the ambush ability, which gives it an extreme advantage when running away from a predator or chasing a patient to heal.
Its Keen Observer ability has several advantages: knowing who to protect/heal, knowing if someone is suffering hypothermia/hunger/dehydration, knowing if someone is invisible and/or with hidden scent, and knowing which target is the weakest/most debuffed in order to act in consequence.
It is quite a powerful HP healer; defensive status effects won't kick in or affect the upon biting, and it has the standard HP healer package of the Keen Observer and Negative Attack abilities, along with the addition of Unbridled Rage. This can be used to get a temporary boost in healing even the heaviest targets as long as it still has stamina left. It can AFK farm in a far more extended area and even AFK in pairs anywhere, as well as deal massive damage to NPCs and objects.
All of the above tend to be used as leverage to bargain protection from other creatures. Even if that fails, the still has decent HP, HP regeneration, and weight that lets it tank hits and ensures its Thorns/Defensive Bleed has a chance to badly affect the attacker. Its 100% Bleed Defense prevents melee bleeders from blocking its HP regeneration, and its partial Poison Defense helps it resist the effects of poisonous and radioactive creatures once fully grown.
With its average stamina and good stamina regeneration, it can run for a while, recover stamina easily, and drown slowly. Additionally, its Winter Tag prevents it from getting hypothermia when entering the water and from suffering cold effects to a degree, keeping better mobility regardless of the season. However, unlike many other HP healers, it has a way to actively harm others via its Golden Breath, which, while not overly powerful, can still be used to blur an opponent's vision and eventually defeat them.
Its nightvision is good enough to detect creatures with Night Stalker without the huge debuff that creatures with better nightvision suffer.
=== Cons ===
Being a photovore, it cannot grab food like carnivores/photocarnivores. It is also somewhat slow, so a fast attacker cannot be escaped, plus its turn rate is not that good, either; fast and agile creatures with status effects the has no defense against can rapidly shred the .
Its Gold Breath is not as lethal as other breaths, with its most important effect being the blurred vision and disorienting factor; so unless the hides its scent, foes sniffing for resources can quickly overcome that handicap and keep targeting the . It has a slight disadvantage against other fast creatures with more noticeable/immediate/harder to ignore or compensate for breath effects, such as Vaumora or Tundrik.
Non-fully grown are still as vulnerable against poison as most other creatures. But even then, they need to remain wary of getting in places with high levels of poison or radiation since they are not fully immune to it. Due to the nature of Bleed Defense development through aging, young ones are still vulnerable to bleeders as well.
Additionally, due to its light green blood and brown carcass' bones, some people may just target this creature to see it bleed and drop a weirdly-colored carcass.
== Carry-able Creatures ==
== Trivia ==
* Concept by Kyzenith in the Creatures of Sonaria Discord.
** Inspired by "Pine trees, firs, Christmas trees, and the North Star".
** Part of its name may derive from the word "conifer".
* Modeled by JaxonBirb.
* Animated by Mukudori.
* The has light green blood.
** Due to this, when killed, the drops a light green carcass.
** This is an actual color in some Earth creatures: both from those that use chlorocruorin, a green oxygen carrier that replaces hemoglobin in some invertebrates' blood and in some vertebrates (like some green-blooded lizards) that have adapted to carry lethal amounts of biliverdin in their blood, which is a toxic byproduct of heme catabolism whose only good side is that it has antimutagenic properties. It is possibly green just because of the inspiration of this creature, meaning the blood could be a sap, which is more fitting for the .
* is the very first photovore to receive the ambush ability.
* It is the first Christmas Event creature to be an HP healer and the second overall Christmas Event healer if taking into account that Norskogg had Pack Healer ability during the first weeks of its release.
* can more or less safely traverse through lava (idle animation, sitting, laying down, aggro, cower, hiding scent, and walking on a straight line over lava don't hurt the ), as seen here.
* Many people refer to it as "pine llama" or "pine alpaca".
== Gallery ==
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Main =
This tab is intended to present official concept sheets, color palettes, and Glimmer (if applicable).
Coniferon_Concept.png|Coniferon concept art
Coniferon_Palette.png|Coniferon's primary color palette
Sanashyshyshy.webp|Default Glimmer Coniferon
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Development =
This tab is intended to present anything showcased during the process of development, such as the creation of models, animations, and poses.
Mystery creature.webp|Coniferon silhouette teaser 
Coniferon_Rigged.png|Coniferon rigged model
ConiferonGlimmer.png|A preview of Coniferon's glimmer
ConiferonMenu.png|Coniferon viewed from the customization menu
ConiferonDev1|Clip provided by Mukudori (M_uku), CoS Discord, 12/21/2022
ConiferonDev2|Clip provided by Mukudori (M_uku), CoS Discord, 12/22/2022
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References =
This tab is intended to present anything to further observe a creature's design, inspirations, and changes in growth stages for reference.
Coniferon Baby.jpeg|Juvenile Coniferon
Coniferon Teen.jpeg|Teen Coniferon
Coniferon Adult Male.jpeg|Adult male Coniferon
Coniferon Adult Female.jpeg|Adult female Coniferon
Coniferon Male vs Female Designs.png|Dimorphism between male and female Coniferon
Coniferon-carcass.png|Coniferon's former carcass color, which featured white bones
ConiferonCarcass.png|Coniferon's carcass features green flesh and brown bones
Coniferon Blood.png|Coniferon's blood, which is green
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Other =
Coniferon daktronic.png| in the game's icon during its release, by daktronic
Coniferon Gold Breath.png|Coniferon's Gold Breath ability
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Category:Glimmer/Legacy
Category:Reuses Calls
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