Airweed

Airweed is a species of aquatic plant found in rivers and waterways and appears very different depending on its size, being either a gatherable item, an environmental tool or a large trap for monsters. Each form can be commonly found in both freshwater and saltwater regions even those with little light (however not in complete darkness).

As the plant gets larger it's name changes, when small it's called Airweed, when a bit larger it's called Bubbleweed and once full grown it's called Bubblekelp.

## Appearance

Airweed in all its forms resembles a grey green kelp like plant with a rough texture, its tendrils becoming flatter as it grows, near the base where it attaches to the ground are a collection of bulbs containing oxygen, these bulbs vary depending on the size of the plant from small shoots with little oxygen to large bulbs full of oxygen and ready to burst.

## Airweed

Chewing it releases oxygen but that's easier said than done, it's really sticky.

### Cost to sell

20z

The youngest form of airweed is the brightest blue and grows in shallow water such as rivers and shorelines, If the water is too shallow to swim it looks like a collection of fronds floating on the waters surface, a collection of small bulbs in the centre form the main part of the plant and is the part that is gathered, these bulbs contain a sticky substance that releases oxygen when chewed, however due to the difficulty in chewing, hunters must combine it with a suitable ingredient to utilise its effects.

This plant can be harvested much like other plants used in crafting such as herbs or ivy and will leave the shoots undamaged, only removing the useful oxygen producing buds.

### Combinations

  Airweed
  Airweed

## Dense Airweed Bulb

A large and especially sticky bulb from an Airweed plant, valued as a delicacy as opposed to a functional item, A result of its syrupy texture once cooked (Account Item)

### Cost to sell

300pts

Rarely an Airweed bulb will grow exceptionally large and dark in colour, these bulbs are less useful in crafting useful items but is sought after as a delicacy by many chefs, a result of how the thick substance inside becomes syrupy and oddly sweet when cooked.

Because of its rarity and difficulty to produce through farming, hunters are able to sell them for a large sum of points.

## Bubbleweed

Found in deeper bodies of water, Bubbleweed is a more mature form of Airweed, It is slightly darker in colouration but with thicker fronds and larger semi transparent bulbs filled with oxygen.

These larger plants are usually found in deeper water on the sea or riverbed where the air bubbles hold up the plant in the water, preventing it from sinking and allowing the plant to maintain a higher position in the water.

When struck the bulbs rupture releasing a large amount of oxygen, enough to completely instantly fill a hunters oxygen bar as opposed to smaller bubbles columns which fill the bar slowly.

## Bubblekelp

Sometimes when allowed to grow exceptionally large, an Airweed plant can grow into a Bubblekelp, an immense blue grey plant tangled on the seafloor, at its center is an enormous amount of large bulbs, all transparent and filled with oxygen. The leaves and tendrils are very thick on this plant and very rough to the touch similar to kelp, hence the plants name.

The bulbs on these large plants are hardier than their smaller forms meaning they take a large amount of force to rupture, such as a barrel bomb or a strike from a large monster, however once a single bulb is ruptured, the force is enough to start a chain reaction causing the rest to rupture creating a large mass of bubbles that rush to the waters surface, pushing anything caught in it to the surface and staggering monsters caught in the bubbles for a long time

## Notes

* There can be multiple airweed and bubbleweed plants in a single map but only one BubbleKelp as it is a very powerful trap.
* Bubblekelp cannot be used in place of a placed trap for capturing
* Bubbleweed can affect multiple hunters when struck.