Megalania

The ***Megalania*** is a medium-sized venomous carnivore.

## Description

*Megalania* is an ambush hunter. With it being so low to the ground and well camouflaged, it effortlessly hides in foliage and creeps up on unsuspecting prey. Once it is within range, it can burst forward and bite its prey, injecting venom into their wounds. Megalania has a venomous bite that drains stamina of its prey, as well as stopping stamina regeneration. With the Night Stalker update (5/9/23), Megalania can now be an efficient semi-aquatic predator.

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## Paleo Info

*Megalania* refers to an extinct giant goanna or monitor lizard, recognized as either *Megalania prisca* or more recently *Varanus priscus*. They were part of the *megafaunal assemblage* that inhabited southern Australia during the Pleistocene era. The youngest known fossil remains dated to around 50,000 years ago. The first aboriginal settlers of Australia might have encountered them and been a factor in their extinction. *Megalania* adults were on average 6 meters long and 600 kg. *Megalania* belongs to the family Varanidae.

## Abilities

These are the **Abilities** *Megalania* can use for **combat.**

## Survival Tips

The *Megalania* is a mostly terrestrial carnivore with some traits that allow it some aquatic efficiency. It is one of the two playable animals that has a venomous bite attack. It has high movement speed, but rather low stamina regen unless resting, and moderate capacity. This makes *Megalania* more of a burst speed attacker. With the Night Stalker update, *Meg* can become a full-fledged semi-aquatic while Streamlined Hide is equipped as it stops stamina loss while swimming and increases swim speed without the original defense loss. Practicing good stamina preservation and using water sources to your advantage is key to being an efficient *Meg* player.

*Megalania's* stats: 650 Health, 150 Stamina, 2700 Weight, 1 Armor, 1.83 Health Regen, 0.032 Bleed Heal, 2.22 Stamina Regen, 4 Stamina Drain, 1100 Sprint Speed, 330 Trot Speed, 180 Walk Speed, 390 Swim Sprint Speed, 2 Swim Stamina Drain, 4 Swim Sprint Stamina Drain, 60 Precise Turn Speed, 2600 Fall Death Speed.

**Offense:**

* **Venomous Bite**: Currently *Meg's* only means of offense. A moderately damaging bite that applies venom to the target. Being an ambush hunter, *Meg* must try to get as close to the prey as possible before launching an attack. Applying as much damage and venom as possible before the prey can retaliate or flee, then following the prey to ensure they cannot rest to recover from the venom. Targeting resting or sleeping enemies is the preferred tactic, but going after small and unsuspecting ones works just as well.

**Defense:**

* **Streamlined:** Increases swim speed and swim turn radius. This Hide also enables stamina regen while swimming and stops stamina drain while swimming.
* **Toxic Immunity**: Makes the player immune from building up Venom and Poison status effects, but increases how much damage the player receives. This is a rather useless Hide to have since only two characters have venom, and only one of those two apply Poison. The increased damage intake makes this not worth using overall.

**Metabolism:**

* **Hypercarnivore**: The default diet that has moderately slow core drain and only allows meat to be eaten. *Meg's* base core drain is pretty quick, so you'll be needing food and water frequently.
* **Fish Eater**: Allows *Meg* to eat fish and meat. This metabolism allows for a better semi-aquatic lifestyle, but the faster core drain rate means that *Meg* cannot venture too far from a water source with fish in it.
* **Scavenger**: Eat meat, fish, and bones. Faster drain rate. This is a bad diet to use because of the faster drain rate. If you want to eat either fish or meat, just run Hypercarnivore or Fish Eater instead. Bones are only found in a few places. You *cannot* eat shellfish with this ability.

Misc. Abilities:

* **Dive:** Allows you to dive in water. Increased oxygen and swim speed. It's the only ability in the slot.
* **Nictitating Membrane:** Better underwater vision. Basically, clears up the foggy effect from swimming underwater.
* **Webbed Feet**: Increases swim speed and reduces swim stamina drain.
* **Leap:** Enables jumping. Reduces fall damage.
* **Twilight Menace:** 30% stamina regen at night.

## Skins

### In Game Skins

These skins can be unlocked in game by purchasing them with Marks.

Default
Common
 FREEKomodo
Common
 1,500Garter
Common
 2,300Mottled
Uncommon
 3,000Sandveld
Uncommon
 4,500Amevia
Uncommon
 5,600Monitor
Rare
 6,000Bygone
Rare
6,500Lined
Rare
 7,000Bug
Rare
 8,000Albino
Legendary
 10,000Melanistic
Legendary
 10,000
### Store Skins

These skins can only be obtained by purchasing them in the in-game or Alderon Games store for a limited time.

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## Trivia

* It was a part of the fifth stretch goal, which was worth $71K AUD ~ $50K USD.
* The Alderon Games team was interested in implementing this creature due to it being discovered in Australia.
* *Megalania* is also currently the first and only playable animal to have not lived during the Mesozoic era. Instead, it lived much, much more recently, during the Pleistocene epoch of the Cenozoic era; the latest "ice age".
* The skin "Bug" is named and designed after the pet Tegu of one of the developers.
* Most of the skins are based on other monitor lizards or reptiles.
* While modern monitor lizards are confirmed to have a unique type of venom in their bites, *Megalania's* venom is speculated. Varanus venom also works differently than described in game. The real world venom is more of an anticoagulant that stops blood from clotting and slowing down bleeding, as well as other side effects.

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