Kreet Grazer

**Kreet Grazers** are a rocky appearing creature native to Kreet.

## Overview

Kreet Grazers are large, four-legged herbivores that can be found living on the moon of Kreet. They tend to be found in more hilly or mountainous areas, however they can also be found in flatland or plateaus occasionally. They can be seen in a variety of sizes, some are just barely taller than a person with others being three or four meters tall. Grazers are almost always found in herds, ranging from about 4 grazers to over a dozen. The herd behavior is most likely for defense Kreet Stalkers, which can be seen ambushing and killing Grazers occasionally, usually at night.

## Anatomy & Physiology

Kreet Grazers are a quadrupedal species of alien with a large amount of natural body-armor. The entirety of the Grazer's body is covered in a thick armored shell, similar in appearance to jagged rocks or stone. The entire body is the same gray color with the exception of a few spots appearing black or bluish depending on light. Their natural gray color and rocky appearance works as great natural camouflage. Interestingly, other than the hard carapace shell, the Kreet Grazer doesn't share any characteristics with other Kreet species like the Trilobite or Stalker. They don't appear to have any sort of paw or foot, much rather having a spiked edge at the end of their legs, with their legs being multiple jointed. Perhaps their most notable feature, or lack thereof, is no discernable head or face on the body. However, based on their grazing movements, it can be seen that their head and mouth are on the pointed edge side of the body, with multiple black spots potentially acting as eyespots that assist them in seeing and differing light from dark.

## Behavior

Kreet Grazers aren't initially hostile in nature, much rather being territorial. Grazers naturally live in herds for protection, wandering about consuming the few grass there is on the planet. Although these herds make no apparent effort to stick close together, they generally don't wander too far apart and will either defend themselves or flee from threats as a group. Upon seeing a threat, such as a human or a stalker, they will begin loudly calling out to the others of the herd. This will continue constantly until either the threat moves on and walks away, or until they decide to take action. This consists of two things, they will either attack the aggressor or will begin to run away, generally all of the members of the herd and all others in the immediate area will take part in running or fighting, instead of just the one noticing the threat. One notable behavior is that they will generally attempt to avoid the player before engaging in combat, usually purposely walking away if you get too close initially, then attacking if this continues.

## Combat

Combat with Kreet Grazers is mostly up to the player, as their territorial nature and purposeful attempts to avoid the player will usually suffice in avoiding combat. However if the player does decide to fight them, or unknowingly starts combat with a herd by approaching too close, they are capable of holding their own. Their most effective combat tactic is the combined effort of the entire herd, being able to swarm the player, making it difficult to focus on a target. The herd mentality can be quite extensive, possibly resulting in the player having to fight up to ten or more Kreet Grazers before being safe again. The damage by a single grazer is mild, however not extreme enough to make fighting one or multiple impossible.

If you choose to hunt Kreet Grazers, attempt to engage small herds of three or four members. Target the higher level grazers first as they pose the most threat to the player, then deal with the lower level grazers. If possible, engage them in combat from afar using a rifle or other medium to long range capable weapon. Due to their general low level (Kreet being the first planet the player can openly explore), a high powered handgun is usually enough to satisfy self defense needs, when coupled with attention to not angering the entire herd or large herds.

## Notes/Trivia

* The areas in which Kreet Grazers spawn is generally several hundred meters away from the Abandoned Research Center, meaning you will not encounter grazers during the opening scenes of the game unless you go out of your way to find them.