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Conifer Tree

## Overview

Conifer Trees are some of the best trees to play as they swap out leaves for needles which has a lot of advantages. Needles don't fall off during the winter which means Conifer trees and harness as much XP as they want during the harsh winter. Needles also make it harder for insects to nibble down on and cover much less area meaning that they are more resistant to winds from hurricanes (cyclones and typhoons). Needles also retain water much more effectively which can make them survive even droughts. They have one disadvantage tho. Their waxy needles are much more flammable making finishing a game without completing the main quest is a problem, except it isn't because Conifer trees pinecones can resist the heat and actually spread more seeds when scorched.
Ctenophora

## Overview

Ctenphora(AKA comb jellyfish), are crinoid builds that have been playing since the Cambrian. With relatively low stats across the board comb jellyfish focused on abilities instead of stats. This phylum has been able to speck into many strategies over there long play time

## Abilities and skills

### Bioluminescence

Commonly members of ctenphora live deep underwater so along with many other abyssal builds they decided to speck into red bioluminescence as red is harder to see deep underwater. Other species use it as a way to distract or startle a predator

### Cilia

Cilia is the main way many members of Ctenphora move. This does have its limitations as cilia does cause slower moving speed. They are the largest build to use cilia as the rest are all microscopic

## Lower Classifications

* Tentaculata
* Typhlocoela
* Nuda
Anaconda

Anaconda's base stats

An anaconda is any member of the waterboa genus, Eunectes. Anacondas are generally the biggest in size among other snakes. Closely related to Pythons, they are constrictors so they have no venom. They usually dwell in the Amazon River and the Orinoco basin in South America.

## Overview

As tanky snakes aptly suited for grappling, Anacondas do not spec into venom but rather, into larger teeth. They also have enough evolutionary points for higher base stats than most other snakes. Their size and thicker skin granted them the **[Heat Resistance]** ability. They can take on a Tiger on 1v1 and can pose a serious threat to Crocodilian mains. They still tend to get killed by the sheer bite force from Crocodilians but if they managed to squeeze their jaws together, it can change the tide of the battle. Their grappling playstyle does leave them vulnerable to pack hunting. Anacondas are definitely the strongest in terms of physical prowess but their lack of mobility does limit them on land. They are, however, better swimmers with eyes and nose oriented towards the top of the face to peek from the water. Despite their large size, they do have good camouflage to ambush faster preys.

## Abilities

#### Heat Resistance

Effect: Damage and stamina drain from heat is reduced.

## Tier Placement

High B Tier. Anacondas are great builds to fend off targets with strong defense or thick hide. Their slowness does make them more dependent on aquatic biomes. As a constrictor, they have to confirm kills as much as possible to avoid expending too much energy. Their base stats still solidify their spot in B tier.
Chinese Paddlefish

The Chinese Paddlefish was a banned build known by its playerbase name, panda of the Yangtze. It was one of the most recent banned builds.

## Tier Placement

High A-tier. A build with decent [Electroreception] as well as great Mobility. Unlike the American Paddlefish build, this build was a predatory build with protusible mouths. Also one of the best freshwater tank builds in the entire game, only beaten by the sturgeon and the hippopotamus, the former of which has the [Adaptive Giils] ability also present in this build, allowing acess to saltwater servers as well,  and the other of which is a herbivorous mammal build which could also access land servers. Held back from S-tier by its bad matchup against the Baiji, a freshwater cetacean mains similar to the Boto.

## Tribute

It is so sad to see one of the best freshwater tank mains get banned at the start of the new decade after being playable for four expansion and surviving the K-P balance patch and the Ice Age balance patch. The Chinese faction has a notorious reputation for banning many builds through poaching. They have also nearly banned the four freshwater tank builds. through building of dam structures. Hopefully, the remaining tank builds will continue their legacy of viability. Can we have an F in the comments.

## Refferences

1. ↑ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/01/chinese-paddlefish-one-of-largest-fish-extinct/
2. ↑ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7848271/Giant-Chinese-paddlefish-dubbed-Panda-Yangtze-River-declared-extinct.html
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.thevintagenews.com/2020/01/13/chinese-paddlefish/
4. ↑ https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/paddlefish-13844/
5. ↑ https://the-orbit.net/alyssa/2016/11/07/eerie-sadness-chinas-paddlefish/
6. ↑ https://www.fishbase.in/summary/4513
7. ↑ https://prezi.com/sfomoka75mps/baiji-white-dolphin/
8. ↑ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chinese-paddlefish-which-lived-200-million-years-now-extinct-180973938/
9. ↑ https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/wild-laws-china-and-its-role-illicit-wildlife-trade
10. ↑ https://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/mekong-river-dam-threatens-four-of-worlds-top-10-biggest-fish-species.html
C tier

**C Tier** is a tier in the game's meta. These builds are average. They might have the potential to be in a higher tier but have factors holding them back such as lowered stats, less useful abilities, or a worse gameplan. C tier builds are still a decent choice and are moderately viable, but it is generally recommended to pick a higher tier build.

## Notable C Tiers

* Salmon
* Archerfish (Elemental Type Moves - The Secret Meta)
* Goose (Are Geese OP?)
* Crustaceans including Crabs, Copepods, Lobsters (The Spongebob Character Tier List)
* Terror Bird (The Ice Age Tier list) (Pleistocene Expansion)
* Seal (Seal vs Sea Lion Who Would Win)
* Fox (The Dog Tier list)
* Whale Shark (The Shark Tier List)
* Basking Shark (The Shark Tier list)
* Beaver (The Rodent Tier List)
* Stegosaurus (The Dinosaur Tier List) (Jurassic Expansi
* Trilobite (When Earth Was In Beta) (Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian Expansions)
* Hallucigenia (When Earth Was In Beta) (Cambrian Expansion)
* Boto (The Whale Tier List (Are Dolphins OP?))
* Beluga (The Whale Tier List (Are Dolphins OP?))
* Narwhal ((The Whale Tier List (Are Dolphins OP?))
* Hesperornis (How Mosasaurus Broke the Game) (Cretaceous Expansion) - limited to Late Cretaceous
* Deer (Standard Tier List)
* Whale (Standard Tier List)
* Oak Tree (The Tree Tier List)
* Ostrich (Best Build for Griefing at Watering Hole)
* Python (Best Build for Griefing at Watering Hole)
* Giraffe (Best Build for Griefing at Watering Hole)
* Common toad build(The Frog Tier List)
Blobfish

The blobfish is a Sculpin known for being one of the ugliest builds in the game. In reality, this build is actualy normal-looking in its native server. It is a deepsea build.

## Species

### Location

Coastal waters of Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand

## Tier Placement

An Abyssal build would not have much known about its tier, but it is most definitely C-tier. This build loses the [Sharp Spines] ability in favour of [Acid Skin]. Nevertheless, it does the job just fine. It also speccs into [Gelatinous Skin], allowing it to float around. However, it is not as dominant in its server and only has moderate stats.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Psychrolutes-marcidus
2. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/12/blobfish-world-ugliest-animal
3. ↑ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/in-defense-of-the-blobfish-why-the-worlds-ugliest-animal-isnt-as-ugly-as-you-think-it-is-6676336/
4. ↑ https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://untamedscience.com/biodiversity/blobfish/&ved=2ahUKEwiI7f\_tzbrpAhVsHKYKHVaHC\_EQFjAkegQICRAB&usg=AOvVaw0ekZ2-AHkGFbmYeH5QjpCM
5. ↑ https://www.weekendnotes.com/blobfish-worlds-most-ugliest-animal/
6. ↑ https://www.surfertoday.com/environment/what-is-a-blobfish
7. ↑ https://oceanconservancy.org/blog/2020/01/10/an-ode-to-the-blobfish/
Armadillo

Armadillos are some of the most defensive builds in the entire game. Armadillos are quite small and usually sleep for the majority of the day. They are docile and are related to Anteaters and Sloths. Armadillos are known to have diseases that are very harmful to other builds but not the armadillo.

## Quick Rundown of (some) stats

### Power

Armadillos aren't really known for their power. They usually don't attack at all but they have such little teeth that if it did bite, in about 5 minutes or so, the HP of the opponent would be back to full, maybe higher. However, their diseases could take care of that.

### Defense

Armadillos are known for their defense but how effective is it? Well, long story short, very effective. The amour of an armadillo is strong enough to protect it from a bullet. There was one case when a Human main tried to eliminate an armadillo player using a gun. The bullet ricocheted right off the armour and hit the human's face! Maybe it was a karmadillo?!

### Mobility

Despite how heavy they are, armadillos can be surprisingly fast. This (like other uses) is for escaping predators which is another thing that makes this thing hard to eliminate

## Abilities

### Dig

Digging burrows is very useful to armadillos, as it can help escape predators. Armadillos also have claws, which are perfect digging tools.

## Tier Placement

Low B tier. The armadillo has lots of ways to escape predators. It is fast, well-armored, and can have a disease-ridden bite. However, they face issues with harpy eagles with fall damage and jaguars can pierce their armor.
Candiru

The candiru (*Vandellia cirrhosa)* is a Catfish build playable in the Amazon River server. This build is a gimmick one, being part of the 40 or so "pencil catfish" builds. It is a build normally drains the health of larger players to sustain itself. However, it was puroported to get in the urethras of Human players.

## Overview

Due to its miniscule size, this build has very low Health. It is capable of sucking blood, but is way too small for it to make a difference to its Power stat. However, its small size makes it quite skittish, giving it high Mobility. It's transparency also gives it very high Stealth.

## Moveset

**Barbels (Passive, Utility)**- Augments [Olfaction] and allows you to detect players through taste.

**Bloodletting Bite (Active, Attack)**- A small attack that gives the user EXP and has lifesteal.

## Tier Placement

C-tier. Candirus are builds that specc into a parasitic playstyle, sucking the blood of other heavyweight players for XP. Currently, a predator build that could grief a candiru is unconfirmed, but it is countered by the Pacu build, which can deal crush-type damage with its gill flaps or its pectoral fins.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.fishbase.de/summary/vandellia-cirrhosa.html
2. ↑ https://www.rainforestexpeditions.com/wildlife/candiru/
3. ↑ https://www.k-state.edu/parasitology/625tutorials/Candiru.html
4. ↑ https://australian.museum/blog-archive/science/candiru-careful-where-you-go-/
5. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/amazon/namethefish.shtml
6. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/animal/candiru
7. ↑ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10010057/Vampire-catfish-travel-Amazon-river-using-larger-hosts-taxis.html
8. ↑ https://kidadl.com/animal-facts/candiru-facts
9. ↑ https://hitechglitz.com/how-transparent-vampire-catfish-can-travel-unseen-through-the-amazon/
10. ↑ https://www.fishbase.se/summary/8811
Argentine Black and White Tegu

Base Stats

The **Argentine Black-and-White Tegu**is a build that debuted in the South American Servers in middle of the Pliocene update and is still playable to this day.

## Overview

The Argentine Black-and-White Tegu is one of the highest-ranking lizard builds in the Americas. When it first debuted in the Pliocene update, it was an instant success thanks to its amazing intelligence stat, higher than most reptiles. The tegu also has great mobility and strength to defend it's self against S tier builds. Tegus are omnivorous eating small players like rodents or snails, and seeds and fruits. It also can eat eggs

## Abilities and Skills

### Warm Blooded

Tegu are warm blooded, which allows the Tegu to raise its body temperature to survive in colder climates.

### Fowl Balls

Allows the Tegu to have high resistance to intimidation.

### Autonomy and Regeneration

Allows this build to drop its tail and regrow it. Making a good distraction.

### Jacobson's Organ

With its tongue and Jacobson's Organ, the Tegu can detect chemical changes if it located prey or predator.

## Tier Placement

Argentine Tegu are great reptile builds. With great well rounded stats for a non-varanid, adaptability, and great match ups, this allowed the Tegu to invade the Florida server, and cause trouble for the natives builds. Overall this build gets a place in High A tier, because its early game is still pretty vulnerable.
Arachnid

Arachnids are a type of arthropod that hse 2 body segments, 8 legs, and generally have high power and defense.

Like most arthropods, they have access to Wall Climb ability.

## Arachnophobia

Arachnophobia is the most common phobia of humans of all time although this only includes spiders. 1 in 8 human players has this phobia and the number

of people that have this phobia in the Australian server increase. This is also more common among female human players.

## Arachnids

* Spider
* Scorpion
* Pseudoscorpion
* Mites
* Harvetmen
* Camel Spiders
Cane Toad

Range: 90

## Species

### Location

Native: North America, South America. Invasive: Australia, Several Pacific Islands

## Classification

### Species

R. marina

The Cane Toad is the highest-ranking Amphibian build. This build keeps all of the main negatives of the Amphibian class to a minimum. A respectable amount of evolution points allocated to thicker, leathery skin boosts both physical defence and resistance to the elements. And when combined with a larger size, most lightweight and mobility-based builds simply cannot take it down. Obviously, larger size is seen as a risk in the meta, due to a higher food cost. But the Cane Toad build allocated a huge amount of points into hunting and digestion, with a specialty in gobbling.

In addition, an extremely fast growth rate keeps the starting stage vulnerability to a minimum. The Cane Toad also avoids making the same mistake as the Poison Dart Frog. Investing only a moderate amount of evolution points into toxins grants the Cane Toad a toxin strong enough to kill a Cat and make a Dog sick. Although it's nowhere near the Elephant herd slaying potential of the Poison Dart Frog, it gets the job done just as well. And by spending nearly zero points in aesthetics, the Cane Toad has saved enough to adapt to almost any environment. In fact, they're so dominant in the Australian server that they've caused many low tiers to quit entirely.

## Abilities

### Mild Poison

This poison is powerful enough to sicken up to mid sized carnivores like the dingo and possible kill smaller ones like the domestic cat, this stops them from griefing them, but doesn't cost as much evolution points as the Poison Dart Frogs, which can kill almost anything and is a bit overkill.

### Aqua Regeneration

This allows it to regenerate stamina while in the water.

### Puffing Mechanism

This ability is used to significantly increase Intimidation stat at the cost of mobility.

## Weakness

The Australian Raven (a Corvid) can use it's high Intelligence stat to avoid the cane toads poison by not touching the poison glands, making it able to bypass the poison and there for, eliminate them and eat them, this may cause it to drop tiers in the future.
Angelystor

Angelystor was a pregnant ghost who was bound to the Llangernyw Yew in a graveyard in a tiny Welsh village and had been haunting there for the last 500 years. Harry Potter met her on his quest to find a yew tree for the wandmaterial of his new untraceable wand.

## Personality

Angelystor was a very lonely person because she didn't have a lot of contact with magical beings or mundane persons outside the small Welsh village. Due to that she liked to scare muggles on Hallows Eve because it became her only contact to anything. When she first met Harry she was due to the loneliness very friendly towards him. Later on she quickly became close to the harem with her bubbly personality while teaching them Divination. As a teacher she was further very patient and encouraging.

## Abilities

Angelystor was a powerful seer who was able to tell when other people would die. Additionally she had an extensible knowledge about the old art of Divination before the purge from the ICW. Besides that she had the usual ghost abilities.

## Biography

### Third time line

#### Meeting Harry arc

Angelystor was a magical witch with extensive knowledge in Divination. She visited one of the four minor schools and learned there to access her inner eye. When she was 21 she became pregnant with a local noble muggle, he killed her around the 16th century. As a ghost she was bound to a Llangernyw Yew in a graveyard and started to haunt people on Hallows Eve, when the non-magical were able to actually hear her once a year.

Her meeting with Harry was the first contact she had with anyone in over two hundred years and helped him immediately on his quest to get his much needed wand material. Both talked a little bit about Harry's prophecy and the beautiful girls he knew of.

## Inspiration

The Llangernyw Yew is a real tree in the village of Llangernyw, Conwy, North Wales. According to legends it is inhabited by an ancient spirit known as *Angelystor* who shouts every year on Halloween the name of the persons who will die within one year. The word Angelystor means "Recording Angel" or "Evangelist" in Welsh. Interestingly, written folklore reliably refers to the Angelystor as male.

## References

Book 1 - RiBSR - Ch. 2 - Flying Under the Radar - Wand,

Harry met Angelystor for the first time.
Bungartius

Bungartius was a banned Placoderm build named after Peter Bungart. It was playable during the Late Devonian, and info about this build was discovered in the Cleveland Shale in the current meta's Ohio subserver. A 2017 study shows that it was placed phylogenetically between Tafilachthys and Titanichthys.

## Species

### Relatives

Unknown, may be related to other Arthrodires

## Overview

The dimensions of its bones indicated that this build was capable of having moderate Health. Due to how its skull(the only part of a Placoderm that can be reliably datamined) was built, it also sported a streamlined shape for greater Mobility It also had decent Power, good for crushing armored targets, but nothing too interesting. Like all Placoderms, it had decent Defense due to its armor on its head. The rest of its stats were just typical for a Placoderm.

## Moveset

**Better Chomp (Active, Attack)-**A very heavy hitting attack that does piercing damage. Also allows you to absorb larger prey loot.

**Bony Plating (Passive, Defense)**- Negates all critical hits.

**Streamlining (Passive, Mobility)**- Greatly increases aquatic Mobility.

## Tier Placement

This build has a stable niche of being able to damage and grief armored players during its time. Its high speed also helps it avoid its main griefers, which is great considering that the downsizing makes them slower, locking them to an ambush playstyle. However, it does not really bring anything domating to the meta of The Devonian Expansion, and so, caps out at B-tier at best.

## References

1. ↑ https://archive.org/details/scientificpublic69clev/page/n443/mode/2up
2. ↑ https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/new-information-on-titanichthys-placodermi-arthrodira-from-the-cleveland-shale-upper-devonian-of-ohio-usa/F9C6D35916E95652B86894AAF33D8DDF
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/183089#page/445/mode/1up
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.200272
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/basalfish/placodermi.html
6. ↑ https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/3/318
Bold and Brash

not scared.

Bold and Brash (not to be confused with Belongs in the Trash) is a negative status ailment that reduces fear in the infected player, which is easier for predators, especially cats, to hunt down their prey since they are less likely to evade predators. This also infected humans to manipulate them into allowing cats to share their territory. In return, Toxoplasma players gain tons of easy XP by causing hecc load of infections among any mammals in the cat's territory. This is a conspiracy whatsoever, which led to the house cat player base stealing a top-tier spot in the meta and use it to grief weaker builds, racking up an absolutely disgusting 24 billion KDR every year off of these weaker builds they bully.
Arthropleura

Arthropleura's stats

Arthropleura is a banned arthropod, tank build from the Millipede faction. Their length ranges from 0.3 to 2.5 metres. Much like other arthropods in the Carboniferous expansion, it was able to grow to tremendous size with the surge of oxygen level.

## Overview

Its dorsal exoskeleton has unmatched toughness. Arthropleura can regenerate lost legs. Its camouflage with the ground is more effective at night and meagre at day, mainly due to its massive body. Their mandibles are still small and weak and its mobility is poor as the build really only relies on the high hp and armour. Its intelligence is similar to every other arthropod builds at that time.

## Tier Placement

Along with many other arthropods, they are S tier by default. During the Carboniferous period, the intelligence stats were not developed well enough yet so there were not much counters to defense besides piercing and blunt damage. Since it's a herbivore, there is actually no need to spec into stronger mandibles that pierces hard.
Bleeding

## Overview

Bleeding is a Debuff which is a long-term status effect that can lead to a game over with out any help. Some builds use bleeding to their dvantage. An example would be the Horned lizard, they can squirt blood out of their eye for protection from predators.

## Causes

The player might have been bitten, scratched or took fall damage.
Decorator Crab

Decorator Crabs are a group of crabs found in the Superfamily Majoidea. These crabs are well known for their use of rocks, coral, and other organisms as camouflage.

## Overview

Like most reef crustaceans, the Decorator Crab is apart of the light-weight population of the reef server. This means that they can be easily bodied by the larger builds. And it shows by a glimpse of its default stats. Most of it are very low. Except for intelligence, defense, and stealth which are pretty good for a crustacean. These crabs make it up with their abilities.

## Abilities and Skills

### Hooks

This crab like others in it's subfamily are covered in hooks, allowing it to attach debris on its body. This greatly increases its stealth, which helps this build evade predators that would easily one-shot this build.

### Hard Exoskeleton

The shell of the Decorator Crab is thick enough to be immune to stings from Anemones. This greatly increases its defense stat as it provides protection from larger fish.

### Area Awareness

This crab has spent points into the Awareness skill, which allows this build to recognize its environment and what it looks like, this is needed for the Decorator Crab to recognize if its disguise matches its environment.

## Partners

### Protectors

Decorator Crabs will team up with Anemones  and Toxic Algae to protects it. The Crab places the protector in a desired location of the crab's body. The Anemone will sting any fish trying to attempt a grab on the crab. In return of protecting the crab, the Anemone will gain a way of transportation to more desirable areas.

## Tier Placement

Overall Decorator Crabs is a decent build for a light-weight crustacean, their [Hook] ability allows them to raise their stealth and defense. But their low default stats makes them an easy one-shot, and if a larger build is immune to the algae and Anemone , then this build is basically helpless. Also theirs better picks in the current meta, like the Arrow Crab which has the [Hooks] ability and has better range, stats, even more stealth, a more active playstyle, and a build that would body the Decorator Crab in a 1v1 matchup. So Decorator Crabs are sitting nicely in C tier.
D tier

**D** **Tier** is a tier in the game's meta. These builds are below average and have many flaws. D tier builds are most of the time not a good choice, but some may get buffed in the future. D tier builds are good viable for experienced players to test for potential in a unexpected pick, for new players to learn basic game mechanics, or for trolling. Otherwise, it is heavily recommended to choose a higher tier build.

## Notable D Tier Builds

* Salmon (Fish Tier list)
* Flying Fish (Fish tier list)
* Skink (Lizard tier list)
* Basilisk (Lizard tier list)
* Basic Snake (Optimizing The Snake Build)
* Basic Lizard (Lizard Moveset Guide)
* Coyote/Jackal (The Dog Tier List)
* Ringtail Lemur (The Primate Tier List)
* Ostrich (Standard Tier List, Is It Possible To Play As A Dinosaur ?)
* Sea Snails (The SpongeBob Tier List)
* Rhinoceros (Standard Tier List, The Ice Age Tier List)
* Chalicotherium (The Ice Age Tier List) (Oligocene, Miocene, and Pliocene Expansions)
* Hadrosaurs (The Dinosaur Tier List) (Cretaceous Expansion)
* Spinosaurus (The Dinosaur Tier List) (Cretaceous Expansion)
* Coelophysis (The Dinosaur Tier List) (Triassic Expansion)
* Cynodonts (Earth's Worst Balance Patch) (Triassic Expansion)
* Softshell Turtle (The Turtle Tier List)
* Cheetah (Best Build for Griefing at Watering Hole) (typically F tier)
* Arctic Hare (Surviving the Arctic Meta)
* Archelon (How Mosasaurus Broke the Game) (Cretaceous Expansion)
* Sheep (What's the Best Human Support Class?) (typically F tier)
* Chicken (What's the Best Human Support Class?)
* Naked Mole Rat (The Rodent Tier List
* Saw Shark (The Shark Tier List)
* Starfish (Standard Tier List)
* Scorpion (Are Scorpions OP?)
* Birch Tree (The Tree Tier List)
* Basic pond frog (The Frog Tier List)
Aplacophora

Aplacophora

Aplacophora is a Mollusc build, typically specializing in hunting Cnidaria, worms and forams.

It is considered a joke build, even among other low-tier mollusc players, lacking in almost every stat except stealth which they receive from their burrow ability. Aplacophoras are some of the less known mollusc builds as they are overshadowed by the others. Their main server is deep down in the abyss
Baryonyx

The **Baryonyx** is a banned Dinosaur build playable during the Early Cretaceous expansion. It belonged to the *Spinosauridae* guild and was playable in the European server. Unlike Spinosaurus, this build did not specc into a sail.

## Overview

This build is relatively intelligent. It also had relatively high Power with its powerful claws and teeth. It also had a decent Health stat. They also have decent Mobility.

## Moveset

**Heavy Claws (Passive, Attack)**- Claws ignore armor.

## Tier Placement

A-tier. Ths build is one of the larger Dinosaur builds in its meta, and unlike Spinosaurus, can body other Dinosaur builds like Iguanodon. Its lack of a sail also allows it to be less vulnerble to grabs.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/mar/15/the-five-dinosaurs-that-once-roamed-the-british-isles-stegosaurus
2. ↑ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/40661580\_The\_spinosaurid\_dinosaur\_Baryonyx\_Saurischia\_Theropoda\_in\_the\_Early\_Cretaceous\_of\_Portugal
3. ↑ https://blog.everythingdinosaur.co.uk/blog/\_archives/2011/01/15/4727557.html
4. ↑ https://www.ipl.org/essay/Baryonyx-Research-Paper-FKBV7DM428VV
5. ↑ https://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/dinos/Baryonyx.shtml
6. ↑ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/62198/10-hooked-facts-about-baryonyx
7. ↑ https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/dino-directory/baryonyx.html
8. ↑ https://blog.everythingdinosaur.co.uk/blog/\_archives/2008/05/31/the-thumb-claw-of-baryonyx.html
9. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/mar/15/the-five-dinosaurs-that-once-roamed-the-british-isles-stegosaurus
American Cheetah

The American cheetah is a mammal build that play on the North America server. Known for the ability to run

## Classification

### Species

Varies

at very fast speeds.

## Overview

The American Cheetah had a maximum mobility stat being able to run very fast and being able to catch builds such as the pronghorn. This huge mobility caused a sacrifice to defense so a few blows from another predator could mean a game over. They have average intelligence and decent power though not even close to the power that other cat builds have. Lastly their stealth is above average. They mainly ate other animals such as pronghorns.

## Abilities

### Extreme speed

The American Cheetah is ridiculously fast reaching being faster than any other builds in the Ice Age meta. However they couldn't run at extreme speeds for that long and had to stop if they got tired since they didn't speck into sweat.

### Respiration

The American Cheetah had a short face with an enlarged naval cavity which would allow more air to be breathed in whilst running.

## Tier placement

These builds face similar problems that modern day cheetahs do. Builds like coyotes, cougars, wolves, bears, cave lions, and sabertooth cats could easily steal kills, Their other stats aside from mobility are poor, and the young ones have a high mortality rate. Since they get outclassed by so many other predator builds they are in F tier. By the end of the Ice Age this build was banned due to human activity.

## References

https://www.thoughtco.com/american-cheetah-miracinonyx-1093041

http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/m/miracinonyx.html
Cookie Cutter Shark

Cookie Cutter sharks are a different take on the shark build. They decided that they wanted to play as a parasite build instead of a Predator or filter feeder. They simply bite on to their target and steal a cookie shaped bite of the target. These players were really secretive and were only discovered when a soviet submarine surfaced with a shark still on. Since they were doing this during the Cold War, the Americans and Soviets thought that they were sabotaging their equipment. Cookie Cutter sharks are actually bioluminescent and can survive up to three hours above water. They are B tier but usually get ignored by most players.
Desmatosuchus

Desmatosuchus was an aetosaur build that played in the Triassic server in North America.

## Overview

The Desmatosuchus highest stat is it's defense. Their power is pretty low same with mobility. They have minor stealth and low intelligence like most builds from their time. They mainly ate plants like ferns with it's peg-like teeth.

## Abilities

### Body Armor

similar to most aetosaur builds Desmatosuchs had armor amongst it's back. This would protect it from attacks from above but would not protect it from attacks to the front or from the sides. This was one of the first land armor builds so predator builds wouldn't have seen anything like it

### Spikes

Desmatosuchus had two rows of curved spikes on it's back to protect it from side attacks. This is what the Gigantspinosaurus would do later down the line.

### Neck Spines

To protect the neck Desmatosuchus had small spikes on it's neck.

## Downfalls

Their only major flaw is attacks from the head or the legs as there is no armor in those areas. But predators wouldn't really prey on Desmatosuchus so they are safe most of the time

## Tier Placement

These builds are in A tier. They were pretty good for the time as no intelligence builds existed. However as stronger dinosaurs entered this build became less viable.

## References

http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/d/desmatosuchus.html

http://www.dinosaurfact.net/Triassic/Desmatosuchus.php
Conger Eel

The conger eel build is the heaviest eel build in the entire game, weighing up to 159 kg. While some Moray Eel builds can rival the Conger in size, none of them are as heavy as this build, and weight is usually and indicator for measuring the Health of a build. While this build can hunt and body lightweights and midweights, it can also loot defeated players.

## Tier Placement

Tierzoo (OP) said that he made a mistake of assuming nighttime is longer than daytime, which is not true because that's how seasons work. They have decent [Olfaction] abilities, perfect for finding defeated players. They are also capable of doing the [Death Roll] ability, something most often thought as being exclusive to Crocodile players. While they can still use holes and crevices to carry out surprise attacks on fish players, they are not bound by this restriction as much as Moray Eels and can scavenge players who got a game over on the seafloor or actively hunt other fish players in open water. With its bulk and nocturnal nature, this build is easily a top tier in its region.Low S-tier.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c\_id=2&objectid=11449130
2. ↑ https://www.atlantisgozo.com/conger-conger-european-conger/
3. ↑ https://animals.net/conger/
4. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/39305266
5. ↑ https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2008/8/15/568637/-
6. ↑ http://antediluviansalad.blogspot.com/2014/02/death-roll-not-just-for-crocs.html
7. ↑ https://study.com/academy/lesson/conger-eel-habitat-lesson-for-kids.html
Alligator

An Alligator main that had just ventured through the terrestrial server via a golf course.

## Classification

### Species

varies

The **alligator** is a large Crocodillian that's located in freshwater in North America (specifically the U.S.), South America (Mexico is not South America you dumbass), & Asia (specifically China) servers. They are generalists, thus eat anything that's available & edible, ranging from a Rabbit to heron, to sometimes fruit. Black Bear, Florida Panther, & even bobcats sometimes fall in the menu of an **alligator** when no other food is available.

## Defensive capabilities

The Alligator's thick, scaly hide offers a lot of protection. Just like their foster Crocodile, **Alligator**s have high Health regeneration. This allows them to tank hits. An injured **Alligator** that can swim and bite will eventually heal.

**Alligator** also possesses the **bellow** ability, which is used for Intimidation. It is mostly used against other Crocodillian builds.

## Offensive capabilities

The **alligator** invests a huge amount of evolution points into the Bite attack. While it isn't as much as its Crocodile counterpart, it's still a lot, producing about 13,172 Newtons of bite force. Another offensive capability is the death roll. The death roll is used to subdue prey &/or fight w/other Crocodillian mains. Being unparalleled in DPS, this simple combo can end up one-hit killing all but the tankiest of builds. Additionally, their INT is slightly higher that that of Crocodiles, making securing a kill easier for them.

## Pros and Cons

### Pros

* Almost maximum PWR
* High DPS
* Solid HP
* HP regen
* Great Stealth
* Very High Armor
* Amphibious
* Decent INT

### Cons

* Low MBL outside of water
* Death roll costs a lot of stamina

## Tier placement

S tier. Unlike the Caiman, they didn't make the same mistakes, avoiding sacrificing their stats for a smaller build. Sure, they have a lower PWR stat, but this trades off well w/their higher frost resistance than Crocodile. Also, they avoid specializing in anything (Gharial specializes in fish) since the meta revolves more in generalists. Overall a great build.

### Improvements

No improvements are needed because it's an excellent build overall.

## More about **alligator** & Crocodile

Note: both are very similar in terms of gameplay.

Are Crocodilians OP?More about alligators &/or crocodiles
Bombardier Beetle

Bombardier beetles are a beetle class that specks deep into the chemistry tree. They spend enough evolution points to unlock one of the only fire type moves in the game; fire blast. The Fire blast will inflict a burn, make the enemy possibly flinch, possibly blind the opponent, and stat modifiers like the immune system for example. These guys average around A tier, kept out of S tier because they aren't social and if it is attacked from the front with stealth, there is no time to react. They also have a terrible match up against teams. beetles also have a good defence mechenizum good sex
Copepod

## Basic Copepod

Copepods are microscopic crustaceans that live in both freshwater and saltwater habitats. Many species of copepod are eaten by fish, insects, arthropods, and a lot of other stuff. The largest copepods are only a couple of millimeters. The copepod obviously lacks any form of defense (apart from its minute size) and has extremely low HP, being easily defeated by stray blows that weren't even directed at it.

## Abilities

### Stealth

The copepod's best stat would be stealth, as due to the fact that most of them are microscopic that would make sense. However, they have no innate Stealth abilities as this microscopic bonus only applies against large animals.

### Cholera

One special ability of the copepod is its team strategy with the bacterium *Vibrio cholera*, which causes cholera - severe diarrheal illness. Cholera gives a damage-over-time effect that has scored countless wins against entire settlements of human players.

## Tier Placement

Copepods are very similar to Nematodes and Tardigrades in that they are bottom tier trash with virtually no defensive abilities. The only reason they have survived for so long is because they are small and tiny species have an extremely high player cap. This means casual noobs can try them out and have a good run because they’re one of zillions and it’s impossible to kill them all.

Interestingly, they are able to consume over 373,000 phytoplankton daily, but this is meaningless because phytoplankton are single-celled organisms (diatoms, cyanobacteria, etc.)

They’re worthless trash that get griefed by fish, jellyfish, auks, penguins, whales, and even other zooplankton such as chaetognaths and krill.
Avian Dinosaurs

Trough different combination of ability, some dinosaur faction manage to use an ability which originally intended to give cold resistance to fly. This faction of dinosaurs is the one who manage to dodge the ban hammer. This faction was a bad news for some pterosaurs player who like agile play style in the forest biome. Feather is better suited for forest because it gives some damage protection making collisions less damaging. Still this faction was underpowered but it start to control the dense forest. They could fly away from big dinosaur easily. In the end they were the dinosaur faction who survived the mass banning.

## Tier Placement

Due to lack of power, they cannot be the top tier. They’ll probably sit in D-B. They only become top tier once big dinosaurs were banned.

## Notable Builds

Archeopteryx

Fukuipteryx

Avisauridae

Confuciusornis

Microraptor
Belemnite

Belemnites were a very successful guild of Mesozoic cephalopods. They specced into a rostrum, known in various legends and myths of Human fanfiction, which were used for providing counterbalance and provided support for the build. They were the premier fodder cephalopod build of their time.

## Overview

This build had below-average Health, similar to Squid mains. However, it has a lot of Power, even higher for their weight class than most Squid mains. It has high Mobility. It can also shoot ink for a decent Stealth boost. Lastly, their rostrums give them a moderate Defense stat.

## Moveset

**Ink Blast (Active, Utility)**- A shortshot of ink drastically increases Stealth and disables [Olfaction].

**Rostrum (Passive, Mobility)**- Increases Mobility and stabilizes the build. Also deals slight damage if swallowed whole.

## Tier Placement

C-tier. Yes, I know this is controversial, but it is because the belemnite was even a better DPS than playable Squid builds. Additionally, [Ink Blast] works even better during its time,as builds that hunt with eyesight or smell are far more common than today.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article-abstract/40/10/911/130707/Belemnites-originated-in-the-Triassic-A-new-look
2. ↑ https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/ssp/2021/05/03/belemnites-in-mythology-from-thunderstorms-to-fertility-symbols/
3. ↑ https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/museums/2017/11/17/specimen-of-the-week-317-the-belemnite-fossil/
4. ↑ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/brv.12557
5. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/animal/belemnoid
6. ↑ https://www.mindat.org/taxon-9341894.html
7. ↑ https://www.abc.net.au/science/ozfossil/ageofreptiles/eromanga/belemnites.htm
8. ↑ https://conchsoc.org/MolluscWorld20/7
9. ↑ https://www.livescience.com/jurassic-seafood-fossil.html
10. ↑ https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=m-Mv7awvtIQC&pg=PT103&lpg=PT103&dq=ink+sac+defense+belemnite&source=bl&ots=mI4169\_-3K&sig=ACfU3U1CqDrqB1sSXoatQe3jZdjHOsNJOw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiRpfrhhZT0AhUZbn0KHev1CbAQ6AF6BAhGEAI#v=onepage&q=ink%20sac%20defense%20belemnite&f=false
Bacteria

Bacteria is a prokaryotic domain that consists of thousands of Factions of microscopic builds. They have existed since the Archeaen period. They are ubiquitous in every server, including the abyss. The constituents of the domain have varied play-style, series of quests, objectives, abilities and anatomy. They can spread through different transmission modes and tends to be within multicellular organisms way bigger than its weight class. It tends to be way smaller than eukaryotic cells due to simple prokaryote morphology. Most are spherical (cocci) or rod-shaped (bacilli). Some are slightly curved rod (vibrio), spiral (spirilla), tightly coiled (spirochaetes) with a handful of other irregular shapes.

## Roles

They can either be parasitic or mutualistic to their hosts. It is major factor in medicine in studies for antibiotics, vaccines and enzymes.

Important roles that Bacteria can perform are:

* Decomposition
* Conversion of dissolved compounds in hydrothermal vents into energy
* Digestion aid
* Enhances soil fertility

## Tier List

### B Tier

**Bacillus Anthracis (Anthrax)**

**Clostridium perfringens**

### A Tier

**Mycobacterium Tuberculosis**

**Escherichia Coli**

## References

1. ↑ https://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/slidesets/marslife/
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-cellbio-120219-024122
3. ↑ https://www.reactgroup.org/toolbox/understand/bacteria/bacteria-are-essential-for-human-life/#:~:text=The%20well%2Dknown%20functions%20of,and%20the%20cycles%20of%20nature.
Boomslang

### Relatives

Garter Snake, Tiger Keelback, Racer Snake, Kingsnake, Vine Snake and other Colubrids

## Classification

### Species

D. typus

Boomslang is a snake build from the Colubrid (non-front fanged) family that is like an upscaled version of a vine snake. They are one of, if not, the most venomous colubrid build. Boomslang snakes are endemic to the sub-Saharan African regions.

## Overview

Boomslang snakes are higher tiered Colubrids due to their excellent climbing and high stealth stat, comparable to Vine snakes with their green camouflage exterior. They have bigger rear fangs than other colubrids to deal a strong bite and since their venom can threaten human life, they'd have a good offense. The venom is still slow-acting.

## Tier Placement

C Tier. Boomslang is a promising snake build that needs a few upgrades to be high tier. They have better match-ups against high tier reptiles like Chameleon. The higher base stats definitely contribute to their tier placement but they would need a more effective venom secretion method or unlock a new niche ability.
Cnidaria

Cnidaria is one of the major invertebrate factions, and one of the first. This group contains Jellyfish, Anemones, Coral, Siphonophores, and many others. They are famous for forming the Coral Biome, or just going AFK to kill a bunch of fish players.

Some of the builds (like jellyfish) have complex leveling systems, possessing different attributes at different level ranges.

## Main Characteristics

### Pros

* Access to a long lifespan
* Reproduces quickly, with some builds and Factions have multiple methods of reproducing
* Egg transformation ability allows eggs to transform straight into low-level players
* Best Access to the Venom Skill Tree
* Requires Little Energy to run
* Aquatic build
* Access to the Abyss Server
* Great HP regeneration abilities

### Cons

* Terrible Mobility, Power, and Intelligence
* Default Cnidaria has terrible Defense
* Low Skill Ceiling
* Bad Access to Perception Skill Tree
* Vulnerable Early Game

## Groups

Because this group is filled with many groups, the following groups listed are the most notable groups.

### Hexacorallia (Rocky Coral)

Ex: Sea Anemones, Stony Coral, Black Coral

#### Pros

* Best Default Defense
* Good Access to Aesthetic
* Premiere Stationary Build
* Longest Default Life Span
* Can Filter Feed
* Biome made out of this group
* Access to Venom

#### Cons

* Low Power stat
* Lowest Mobility of all the groups
* Promotes AFK farming
* Mainly depends on the Defense stat to protect them

#### Pros

* Focuses more towards Filter Feeding
* Decent Defense
* Good Access to Aesthetic
* Access to photosynthetic zooxanthella

#### Cons

* Low Mobility
* Usually no Power stat
* More sensitive to light changes than the other builds
* Promotes AFK farming

### Medusozoa (Jellyfish, Box Jellies, Siphonophores)

Ex: Australian Box Jellyfish, Giant Siphonophores, Upside Down Jellyfish

#### Pros

* Best Mobility of all the groups
* Best Access to the Venom Skill Tree
* Best Grab potential out of the group
* Most Adaptable

#### Cons

* Even though it has the best mobility it is very slow
* Terrible Defense and Power
* Dependence on Venom for defense

## Notable Builds

Theirs a few notable builds in this group

**Bold = Appears in a Tier Zoo Video**

Giant Siphonophore - (S) A large jelly based build, that can potentially live forever.

Lion's Mane Jellyfish - (B) The largest of the jellyfish, and a form of protection to small fish.

**Anemone**  - (B) A stationary build that partners up with Clownfish and crabs.

**Australian Box Jellyfish** - (TBA) The most dangerous of all the jellyfish builds. A simple touch can insta-kill most players.

Portuguese Man O' War - (TBA) A dangerous build that uses the wind to move around, while laying out it's tentacle to catch any passing build.

Black Coral - (TBA) Coral that spent points into defense and stinging cells. Very little predators are known.

Immortal Jellyfish - (TBA) If this build is super lucky it can live forever. As long if it doesn't get eaten by another player.

Upside Down Jellyfish - (TBA) These jellyfish stay close to the sea bed, swimming downwards rather than upwards.
Arctic Hare

The Arctic Hare is a rabbit build that is playable in the arctic servers. They get bodied by nearly every other build in a higher weight class like lynxes ,wolves and fox mains

## Stats

Intelligence - 55

Power - 15

Defense - 20

Mobility - 60

Health - 25

Stealth - 80

Tier - D

## Tier Placement

Arctic hare is D tier because they have no special abilities whatsoever and not only do they have crappy stats. They also have an incredibly bad matchup against every carnivore/omnivore and their only saving attribute is it's above average stealth.