Ceratosaurus

Ceratosaurus is one of the carnivorous dinosaurs in Evrima, released in Update 6.5 alongside Troodon, Gallimimus and Beipiaosaurus. It doesn’t shine in any particular aspect, but is exceptionally resilient, making it perfect for the bully role. Its disgusting habit of feeding on rotten kills builds bacteria in its mouth, making for a nasty bite. Most dinosaurs in its size range will want to avoid getting hit by this vomit-inducing bite.

## Developer Comments

*"A stout carnivore, easily recognized by it's distinct nasal horns and it's astonishingly robust digestive system that allows it to feed upon the most putrid of carcasses without incurring any negative side effects."*

-Official The Isle Roadmap

*"The oversized honey badger of the Isle. With an iron stomach, its able to dig into many putrid carcasses that might otherwise poison other carnivores. Even cannibalism isn’t far from the menu. A vicious bully with a vicious bite, but when it can’t chase its foe away, having a more hydrodynamic body than its peers can give it an edge to take the food and run."*

-Devblog Description

Characterization - The ceratosaurus is billed as a tough, bullying garbage disposal. Though it is neither particularly fast nor damaging for its size, ceratosaurus is an extremely durable animal. With its shortcomings as a hunter, it excels beyond most as a scavenger. Ceratosaurus is capable of detecting rotting corpses and bones much further than other animals on the roster, easily consuming these otherwise undesirable leftovers as an alternate survival tactic. This loads its mouth with bacteria, increasing in potency the more the remain have decayed.

Speed - Ceratosaurus is slow for a theropod of its size, however this animal attacks incredibly fast. Combining this with a bacterial bite makes this animal particularly difficult to move if they do not want to.

Feeding Habits - Ceratosaurus has an insatiable appetite. It can detect decaying, rotting corpses, bones, and vomit from great distances. The further along the decay, the further the distance a ceratosaurus can pick up the scent. It also consumes food at an increased rate and amount. This allows even a single ceratosaurus to deplete the food value of a body with alarming speed. Due to the amount of food they consume, sustaining large packs is difficult. This animal is food aggressive and forcefully chuffs when approached if food is nearby.

Constitution - The thick skin of the ceratosaurus makes it difficult to apply meaningful damage to them by creatures even larger than themselves. Not only does it have an innate stronger resistance to bleeds, but it has a temporary bleed reduction until sufficiently wounded. Also, while eating the ceratosaurus becomes immune to damage beneath a certain threshold, allowing it to completely brush off minor attacks and harassment from smaller animals while focusing on itself.

Glance sheet *(Do note that, being a GLANCE SHEET, the approximations aren't accurate)*

Diet: carnivore.

Lifespan: 16 APPR.

Length: 8m.

Weight: 500kg APPR.

height: 2.5m.

Glance sheet notes:

Due to the range they will journey for food, it is difficult to classify a preferential territory. While lone juveniles often don't wander far, once they reach a defensible size the adults can be considered a nomadic animal regardless of site location.

Highly efficient digestive system. Seen devouring bones, hornes, hooves, and even each other.

Exceptionally aggressive towards other members of its own species. Ceratosaurus is found in small social groups only when food is in surplus. When two or more of this social groups encounter one another, the result is almost always the complete death and consumption of one of the social groups.

Despite several lethal encounters, it has been concluded ceratosaurus does not succumb to the nasty effects its bite has on other animals. Do not approach them when they are feeding. You will hear them from very far off. You will know.

## Controls

*\*can be used while moving*

*#deals bleed*

**deals fracture**

*\*\*inflicts stagger/knockdown*

**LMB:** Bite\*#

**Alt+LMB:** Omnidirectional Bite\*#

**RMB:** (Held) Charge Bite\*# *Ceratosaurus gapes its jaws in a ferocious display, increasing the damage of it's bite to up to 2x the strength of it's normal bite when held down for long enough*

**Passive:** Chuffing *When near a body Ceratosaurus will begin to chuff automatically when other animals are near, alerting you to their presence. It also serves as a tell that your body buff is active. This buff reduces incoming damage to a Ceratosaurus by up to 80%. The amount reduced is dependent on the size of the corpse, the larger the better.*

## Diet

*Unknown, but will include members of its own species*

## Gallery

Ceratosaurus RenderCeratosaurus Glance SheetCeratosaurus Concept