Zager

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Zager is the fourth region of the first planet, Tapti. It is a large desert scattered with patches of painfully **hot sands**.

## Environment

Zager is a large, wide open region surrounded by water. The top of its upper area is cracked in two, giving it a U-shape. This upper region rises higher out of the water as it moves north, such that the northernmost parts are high above the water and the southernmost parts touch the shore. A small landmass is connected to the upper area by a thin land bridge. This area holds a cave which connects to Bowltektos. The entire region of Zager is a desert, filled with wide patches of scorching **sands**. Despite this, is still supports a wide variety of plant life, including berries which grow directly on the hottest sands.

## Story

### Before Bowltektos

Upon entering Zager, Oogie will see a nest of Skuzzalopes attacked and conquered by a pair of Taktos. Noting that the creatures in Zager are particularly aggressive, Oogie decides to try and help the Skuzzalopes. To do this, Oogie must feed the Old Timer and bring the Skuzzalope nest back to life. To feed the Old Skuzzalope, the player must bring them a banana, then a grape, and finally a berry. Unfortunately, berries can only be found on dangerously hot sands, and Oogie will need a pair of heat-resistant legs to walk over them. Luckily, a Microlope can be found near the berries, and Oogie must defeat it to obtain the legs. Oogie must also bring the Skuzzalope nest back to life by bringing a Skuzzalope Sporeling to the nest.

Once both of these tasks are complete, Oogie returns to the Old Timer for a reward. The Old Timer leads Oogie to three different dirt mounds. The first contains nothing, the second contains an Intelligence Pickup, and the third, in the middle of a bed of hot sand, contains a new arm with Heal II. Upon picking up this arm, the cave to Bowltektos will open up, and Oogie decides to go there to battle the Taktos.

When crossing the land bridge to the lower area of Zager, Gar'skuther's damaged ship finally crashes. He immediately leaves in a new ship, but he leaves a now-infected Little Oogie behind. Oogie decides to set off to find Gar'skuther and get a cure for Little Oogie. Noting that only one more spaceship part is needed to repair the ship, Oogie sets off to Bowltektos.

### After Bowltektos

Upon returning to Zager, the Oogie hopes that the Skuzzalope will be safe from the Taktos for a while. In exchange for this aid, the Old Timer has provided the final spaceship part, next to the wrecked ship. With this part, Oogie repairs the ship, and sets off into space, to Pangu, after Gar'skuther.

## Goals

### Find Spaceship Part: 3 of 4

* Return Skuzzalope Sporeling to Nest
* Follow the Digging Skuzzalope
* Find the Taktos' Hideout
* Feed the Old Skuzzalope

## Creatures

* Skuzzalope
* Macroneer
* Microlope
* Pollinated Creature

## Trivia

* The Microlope in the cutscene where Oogie notes they have no trouble with hot sands is completely unique. Not only does it have a different coloration to all other Microlopes, its stats are different as well. It has **12 Attack** and **5 Defense**, compared to the **26** and **18** of a normal Microlope. This makes it much weaker than normal and thus much easier to obtain the desert legs.
* There are several things which are odd about the goals in Zager. First, the desert legs side goal seems like it should be a normal goal, since getting the legs appears to be required to get a berry to feed the Old Timer. Second, the "Feed the Old Skuzzalope" goal always appears at the bottom of the normal goal list, moving below goals which are done after it. Finally, the Taktos' hideout goal doesn't appear to be completable. It requires the player to move to the next area, so the goal is gone before it can be completed. The player will not gain any Intelligence for going to the next area, indicating that the goal is never registered as completed.