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Emu

Emus are ratite builds native to the Australian server. These builds are the fifth largest bird build still in the game, beaten only by the two variations of the Cassowary build and the two variations of the Ostrich build. The ratite class also includes Elephant Birds, Moas, Rheas, Kiwis, Ostriches, and Tinamous.

## Abilities

Bullet Resistance- Makes the emu player almost invincible to any thrown items, even being able to shrug off the hits of most human players' OP ranged items. One human player claims "that the bird players could take several hits without batting an eyelash"

Dodge: Emu players can also dodge and weave out of the way of projectiles due to their high mobility, making them even further unkillable by human players.

Guerilla Tactics: They actually might have a higher intelligence stat then most players give them credit for, because in the Great Emu PvP Event, a human player states "each pack has its own leader now" and each of the packs ran off in separate directions, which would make them fairly intelligent.

Kick: The Emu's sharp foot claws make a decent kick attack, however it has relatively low power.

## Matchups

Humans- Great matchup versus humans, due to their ability to take projectiles very well and scatter before they can be chased down and killed. In fact, only 986 of the 20,000 emu players were killed in the PVP event- and the human players used up 9860 projectiles.

Other Australian Builds- Okay matchup, better than the Ostrich as the competition is far less fierce in the Australian Server. They don't get bodied as hard also because of their high Mobility and Health.

## Tier Placement

C-tier. This build encounters the same problems as Ostrich build, however it plays in the Australian server, which is easier than the African server. However, its uncanny matchup versus humans cannot be ignored, which puts it much higher then other Ratites.
Fly

Range: 5

The fly is one of the things that human mains complain to the devs about. They thrive in places where humans play. They are easily A tier because of their quick respawn time, high mobility, small hitbox, and ability to gain EXP from a wide variety of loot. Instead of the usual 4 wings, fly players opted for 2 wings. This is because the fly works like a drone and is much more precise with its flying.

They still have a few weaknesses. While their mobility is high, their HP is not, meaning that even weaker attacks can be game over. Their stealth also suffers somewhat due to flying emitting a lot of sound. In addition, some fly builds have no swimming ability so landing on water can mean a game over.

## Abilities

**Halteres**

drastically increases flight stability and balance

### Protocrebrum Optic Lobe

This allows the user to play in slow motion which means that they can dodge attacks more easily.

### Creepy Crawl (low-level form only)

Causes intimidation to various builds, amplified under the presence of other low-level fly players.

## Different fly builds

* **Housefly**: A base build. High mobility, low stealth.
* **Green bottle fly** and **Bluebottle Fly** and : A slightly higher-weight class fly with even higher mobility but with much lower stealth due to louder sound and aesthetics.
* **Horsefly**: A build that griefs players of higher weight class builds but has nerfed Protocrebrum Optic Lobe ability.
* **Tsetse fly**: Similar to horsefly build but can cause serious debuffs on griefed players.
* **Botfly**: A build that opts to parasitic playstyle at lower levels.
* **Blackfly**: Another griefer build with with lower weight class. Tend to hang around in groups.
* **Hoverfly**: A build with lower top speed but highly increased maneuverability that has also invested points into mimicry.
* **Rodent bot**:
* **Bee fly**: Fly that has also invested points on mimicry aesthetics with low leveled players having a parasitic playstyle.
* **Fruit fly**: A lightweight fly build with lower mobility but with a very good spawn rate.
* **mosquito**: A parasitic fly build that uses blood to make its eggs and also transmits many diseases such as

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Hammerhead Shark

The hammerhead is an S tier build that gets it’s name from it’s bizarre shaped head. Hammerheads are one of the most viable of the shark build. It has the best Electroreception in the current meta. and with the way the eyes are shaped they can see in a full 360 angle. The way their eyes are shaped also gives them a bigger mouth.
Gorgonopsid

These were synapsid players from the Late Permian expansion. They were OP and the top predators in the Pangaea server at that time. Equipped with strong running limbs and the saber-tooth weapon. They were close relatives of the mammal class which eventually took over after the dinosaurs got banned. These builds eventually got banned by the Permian extinction event.

## Overview

This build had a decent Stealth stat, due to its camouflage. Its rather high bite force, along with its canines gave it a very high Power stat. Some of the largest Gorgonopsids, like Inostrancevia, had above-average Health. Lastly, they had above-average Mobility. Intelligence and Defense were likely mediocre.

## Moveset

**Saber Bite (Active, Attack)**- Critical hits can deal very massive damage. Unlike mammalian Sabertooths, Gorgonopsids can do this ability again and again.

## Tier Placement

Low S-tier. Gorgonopsids were likely very dominant predator builds during the Permian meta, able to attack builds like armored Scutosauruses.

## Summary

### Pros:

* Above-average Mobility and Health.
* High Stealth.
* Very high Power.
* No bleach matchups.
* Sabertooth attacks can be reused for critical damage.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://obscuredinosaurfacts.com/blog/post/2020/11/04/mammals.html
2. ↑ https://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/magazine/formidable-fauna
3. ↑ https://prehistoricearthblog.wordpress.com/2018/05/11/gorgonopsids/
4. ↑ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/12/first-saber-toothed-animals-had-5-inch-canines/
5. ↑ https://www.degruyter.com/database/Zoology/entry/bp\_027590-2\_1/html
6. ↑ https://kids.kiddle.co/Gorgonopsid#:~:text=The%20Gorgonopsids%20were%20Therapsids%2C%20a,the%20Permian%E2%80%93Triassic%20extinction%20event.
7. ↑ https://www.newdinosaurs.com/inostrancevia/
8. ↑ https://biznewske.com/gorgonopsid/
9. ↑ https://prehistoric-fauna.com/Inostrancevia
10. ↑ http://www.athenapub.com/aria1/PAL/17Records-18.html
11. ↑ http://www.idomo.org/gorgonopsids.htm
12. ↑ https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/2180096
Shapeshift

Ditto

**Shapeshift** is a very advanced ability currently only known by the Cuttlefish build. It is the best Stealth-based ability in the game.

## Effect

When used, Shapeshift copies the color and shape of any solid environment, allowing the user to be nearly undetectable in plain sight. Other cephalopods have a variation that nearly does the same effect, but not as good as the cuttlefish.

Shapeshift, despite its incredible uses, has some counters; anything that can detect a creature, such as Echolocation and Heat Sense can also detect a cuttlefish.
Earthworm

The Earthworm is a worm build that specs into the decomposer playstyle, outside of helping plant players these builds are pretty much the easiest source of XP in the game.

## Overview

The Earthworm is a unique build that specced into pretty much nothing, with low intelligence, no attack, low defense, very low mobility, low HP and mediocre stealth.

Like all worms they drop multiple senses replacing eyes with light receptors and ears are replaced with vibration sensory. They have a horrible matchup against pretty much anything, with its best matchup being against builds in the micro-weight class.

Earthworms are known for going out of cover during rainstorms, which makes a perfect opportunity for birds and badgers and to grief them. Intelligent bird players can stomp on the ground to make Earthworms come up to the surface, why Earthworms do this? Well, nobody really knows, but current theories suggest that its easier to move across wet surfaces, and it also helps them find new areas and mates.

Earthworms are also vulnerable to their bases to be flooded, but a even bigger weakness is the Sun. With their low defense, they are very sensitive to solar damage and their low mobility makes them almost always get a game over.

Earthworms have a surprisingly great digging ability using tiny leg like hairs in their segments, this can escape from most of the griefers like birds but not moles, which are pretty much a earthworms worst nightmare.

Like the Axolotl and Octopus, Earthworms have the rare regeneration ability allowing them to regrow any part under their clitellum.

## Abilities And Skills

### Regeneration

Can regrow any HP or damaged parts of the Earthworm, under its clitellum.

## Weaknesses

### Solar Damage

Earthworms have one of the worst defenses against the Sun, being region locked to moist environments.

## Tier Placement

Absolutely F Tier, with no good stats and a horrible matchup spread Earthworms are better off quitting the game. Only known for being the easiest source of XP in the game, which is why almost every small vertebrate has Earthworms on their menu.
Megaloceros

Megaloceros, or The Irish Elk was a large deer build that lived during the Ice Age expansion. It could one shot some predator mains with it's huge antlers.

## Tier Placement

Megaloceros gigantegus was definitely F tier. It's huge antlers slowed it's mobility. While effective against wolves and other predators, Cave bears and humans could easily kill them. Antlers often broke during mating quests, which often led to death. Females were sitting ducks, with no defense against predators. Lower weight classes of this build could be C or B tier like modern deer.
Plethodid

Plethodids were bammed Teleost builds playable in North America, North Africa and Europe. They were part of the greater Tselfatiiformes guild and were distinguished by they cartilaginous skeletons, angelfish-like nodies and high dorsal fins.

## Species

### Location

Oceans of North America, North Africa and Europe

## Overview

Many Plethodid builds were known to have a good Health stats. It had decent Mobility as well. It also had a above-average Power stat. Its other stats are just average.

## Moveset

**Sail Fin (Passive, Mobility)**- Greatly increases Mobility.

**Streamlining (Passive, Mobility)**- Greatly increases Mobility and reduces stamina cost.

## Tier Placement

C-tier. Plethodid mains are simply just your average speedy build that can deal with lightweights very easily. However, they have difficulty fending off predators, as they are not necessarily the largest builds during their time.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://www.mindat.org/taxon-4838325.html
2. ↑ https://www.jstor.org/stable/3628380
3. ↑ https://alchetron.com/Plethodidae
4. ↑ http://oceansofkansas.com/Plethodids.html
5. ↑ https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=Jp6HCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT105&lpg=PT105&dq=paranogmius+oceangoing+fish&source=bl&ots=oheK3EmxRR&sig=ACfU3U1iTTeTWPv6XI6yUmpAxbBAOZ4PGg&hl=fil&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjwpqXU6s73AhUHvJQKHZ86A9EQ6AF6BAgDEAI#v=onepage&q=paranogmius%20oceangoing%20fish&f=false
6. ↑ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195667115301440?via%3Dihub
7. ↑ https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=Ej4rDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA134&lpg=PA134&dq=plethodids+teeth&source=bl&ots=LdXOpvDywE&sig=ACfU3U0KqK8B765Svmh72p56Nyh3FJb\_aQ&hl=fil&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjV4Lqp6873AhUUxZQKHZdvDq4Q6AF6BAgZEAI#v=onepage&q=plethodids%20teeth&f=false
8. ↑ https://phys.org/news/2016-02-texas-fish-dinosaur-era-species.html
SARS CoV1

SARS CoV1 is the predecessor to SARS CoV2 (See viruses for more info about SARS CoV2). Unlike its successor, it was largely controlled by simple public health measures without having less than 10000 cases & less than 1000 deaths. Although the outbreak lasted 4 years, Human players didn't make the same mistakes when handling this virus. Like smallpox, it has been reduced to F tier.

What SARS-Cov1 could've looked like
Nigersaurus

Nigersaurus was an African build that was played during the Cretaceous patch.

## Overview

Unlike other sauropods, Nigersaurus specked into low ground grazing, or swamp grazing  This build also had to cut some of their defense and health to change its face and size. This gave their skulls very little defense. To make up for it they most likely herded up with fellow Nigerasauruses. They had an average attack stat and a very long tail, which was used for self defense. They had low mobility and stealth due to their large hit box.

## Abilities and Skills

### Whip Tail

Increases range, attack, and flinch rate. This is one of the only ways this build can defend itself.

### Grazing Head

This increases efficiency when eating low laying plants. This build is pretty much a generalist.

## Weaknesses

### Head

This build sacrificed the defense for better grazing, causing it to be a greater critical zone then before.

### Size

Due to evolutionary pressures, this build had to decrease its size to stay viable. This allows some builds to start targeting these sauropod, and nigersaurus got very unlucky, because Sacrosuchus was in that server. This makes water holes the most risky area for this build.

## Tier Placement

This build has decent stats, and the tail whip is great to have, but due to the size, and that Sacrosuchus existing, this build only gets up to C tier. This might be the lowest sauropod in the game.
Reproduction

Reproduction is the main quest players have to complete to win the game. This can either be performed by 1 user, asexually or 2, sexually. Reproduction allows the continuation of a species to thrive in the game of life.

## Asexual Reproduction

Asexual reproduction is when a player births offspring without the need of another player. This is mainly used by single-celled “Players”. Unlike sexual offspring which Is a 50/50 asexual offspring are clones of each other. All having the same traits and abilities.

Types of asexual reproduction include: **Fission, Budding, Propagation, Formation, Fragmentation and Parthenogenesis**

## Sexual Reproduction

Sexual reproduction is when a player (usually female) births offspring without the need of another player. This is mainly used in complex builds and have things like eggs and sperm. 50 percent of the traits and genes are passed from the male and female to the offspring, Unlike asexual builds they are not exact clones and are all different.

Types of sexual reproduction include: **Egg Transformation, Egg Laying, Live Birth and Oviparity**
Rabbit

The rabbit build is a burrowing build related to Rodents. Its signature ability is its long ears. They are usually shown getting bodied left and right by almost everyone like foxes, bears, wolves, deer, leopards and even F tier builds like cheetahs and other builds that share a server with them as well, but this is far from the truth. Rabbits also have good stats like speed. It avoids making the same mistake as the cheetah and specs into other stats like its stealth. Rabbits also have high intelligence

## Tier Placement

C tier. Rabbits have the option to burrow, much like the Groundhog build. This makes them safe against most gankers, along with their ears, which have excellent hearing. Unfortunately, the Eagle Eye ability that the Raptor guild specced into completely ignores this barrier, making the matchup unwinnable for the rabbit. Most of the builds like the snake and badger builds also ignore this, as theses builds' narrow bodies allows them to come inside burrows. Rabbits also have a limited game time. Support class rabbit players are completely safe from gankers, as they are kept safe by Humans in their dwellings, and they have a longer game time, earning them B tier.

## Outside Hall of Fame

Rabbits have been in many different types of media. The famous rabbits include Peter Rabbit, Bugs Bunny, the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog, The Energizer Bunny, Thumper, The White Rabbit, and most importantly....BIG CHUNGUS!!!!!

I like to harass a late-game Human player who survived an island server full of dinosaur builds by stealing his loot.What's up, Doc.THROW THINE HOLY HAND GRENADE!!!!!!!!!!!DRUMROLL!!!!!!!!!!!!I like to thump.OH CRAP THE DUCHESS IS WAITING FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!He's a Big Chungus! He's a big chunky boi!
Olorotitan

## Overview

Olorotitan is a hadrosaur build that played in Asia server during the Cretaceous. They were related to other hadrosaurs such as lambeosaurus, corythosaurus and parasaurolophus. Olorotitan was of an average size for a hadrosaur build at approximately 8 meters (26 feet) long and weighing around 3.5 tons. This is a good size for a hadrosaur as while it lacks the monstrous size of edmontosaurus and shantungosaurus it makes for it with its above average mobility stat. This build probably travelled in herds giving it the herd buff as well as an intimidation bonus from its large hatchet shaped crest.

## Abilities

### Headbutt

Backed up by olorotitans large weight, this attack does medium rushdown type damage

## Species

### Relatives

Lambeosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Corythosaurus, Hypacrosaurus, Amurosaurus

## Classification

### Trample

Due to its high weight and mobility, olorotitan could deal critical trample damage to small to medium opponents.

### Bipedalism

The Olorotitan can switch between being on four legs to being on two. This is used for higher mobility when sprinting and allows for more food intake by browsing from trees.

### Kick

Front kick deals high rushdown damage with a kick from its front legs. A back kick deals high damage to opponents trying to attack olorotitan from behind.

### Trumpeting Call

Due to its hollow crest it can make loud calls to communicate with its species and intimidate opponents as well as assisting with the mating quest.

## Tier Rating

Olorotitan is a mid b tier, as while not overwhelmingly powerful it is extremely well rounded and has multiple impressive abilities, however it does have a few drawbacks which I will address in the pros and cons section.

## Pros and Cons

### Pros-

* Large size and hp make it almost invincible to smaller threats
* Bipedalism allows for higher mobility to escape larger threats
* Crest allows for mating and attraction buffs as well as intimidation buffs
* Herding allows it to stay safe in numbers
* High blunt force damage

### Cons-

* If unable to escape a large predator, its reliance on blunt force means it is completely bodied by anything strong enough to tank its hits
* Having little body armor and a stiff tail means has a large extended hitbox being its tail
Slap

Slap is a move which deals crush type of blunt damage by maximizing the area of effect. It is mostly used against players with much lower weight class.

Examples include human players using it to get rid of Mosquitoes. Since damage against higher weight class (and therefore self) is negligible, it can be safely used to target insects and other smaller creatures trying to grief on you.
Saw Shark

Sawsharks (Pristiophoriformes) are Shark builds that play in offshore water servers. These builds should not be confused with the batoidean Sawfishes, whose differences can be discussed below.

## Species

### Location

Indian Ocean, Southern Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean.

### Relatives

Other squalomorphs. They are not related to Sawfish.

## Sawfish vs Saw Sharks

### **Saw Shark**

* Usually small, reaching only 1.5 meters
* Shark builds
* Gill silts at the sides
* Found in deep offshore servers
* 2 barbels
* Uneven saw teeth
* Saw teeth are loosely attached but continously regenerating.

### **Sawfish**

* Much bigger, being 7 meters in length
* Ray builds
* Gill silts underneath
* Found in shallower coastal water and even freshwater servers.
* No barbels
* Saw teeth of even length
* Although sharp, once broken, saw teeth cannot be replaced.

## Tier Placement

In D tier, there is the Saw Shark.The Saw Shark's main weapon, it's saw, is goofy, cumbersome, and impractical. Swinging the saw around uses up way too much stamina for what it nets the player, and isn't very useful for defensive purposes.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://quizlet.com/295161370/shark-groupings-flash-cards/
2. ↑ https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/sharks/blog/the-sharks-of-animal-crossing/
3. ↑ https://www.sharks.org/blog/2020/6/15/sawfish-or-sawsharkhow-are-they-different
Mosasaurus

The most powerful marine reptile ever.

## Overview

The Mosasaurus is generally considered one of the most overpowered builds in the game before they were banned in the 1.3.1 patch update. Along with Mosasaurus and its kind, non-avian dinosaurs and pterosaurs were banned as well. Mosasaurus had stats that were unrivaled, easily being the apex predator of the ocean and even being able to take down any creature in the ocean at that time. It was capable of reaching lengths of up to 17 meters. And had a bite force of 33,000 pounds per square inch.

## Base Stats

Mosasaurus has the maximum power available which gave it an extreme edge in the old meta. It has average intelligence but at the time not many animals had worked too much into the stats and at the time, it was actually pretty high which is great considering how OP this build was. Their defense also was greatly high, along with their extremely high hp which made them nearly unkillable only vulnerable at the young baby stage. Another thing that made it such a killing machine was the fact that it could ambush its prey with deadly accuracy to offset its mediocre mobility. Its high stealth made this possible and it got the jump with short boosts of speed hunting down anything it could find. Plesiosaurs, giant fish, sharks, and even other Mosasaurs. Additionally, mosasaurs in general where endothermic, meaning they can even survive in the arctic servers of the time which are warmer than today, yet still very cold. They also have a top speed of 30 mph, slightly slower than Great White sharks.

## Progression

The Mosasaurus was developed as Lizard players chose unconventional, difficult set-up. They had bad match-ups with Dinosaurs back when they started.

The Mosasaurus had adapted to give birth underwater which decreases the risk of newborn raids and less likely to be unlike Turtles with their eggs on open land. This even made the young decide to thrive in the water, not returning to terrestrial server to hunt.

The amount of evolution points spent on water mobility perks can be compensated by gulping down fishes with their wide hinged jaws and get more upgrades.

They continued with their specced ability, **[Live Birth].** The Mosasaurus even concentrate on the Parental Instinct trait. It's apparent that the only stage they were vulnerable during the start of their playthrough. The other top tier ocean builds like the Xiphactinus would seize the opportunity and launch their assault on their baby Mosasaurus players so as to circumvent this, the smaller lizards would stay in the safety of shallow waters.
Mollusc

Molluscs are a faction of players that are unsegmented and bilaterally symmetrical and have no skeleton which means that since they have no spine, they are invertebrates.

## Pros and Cons

### Cons

* Low Intelligence
* Low Stealth
* Low Mobility or No mobility
* Low Power which means that other builds can keep attacking until they get a crit
* Bad or No Eyesight

## Classes

### Aplacophora

#### Pros

* None, aside from moderately high stealth

### Gastropoda

#### Pros

* High Defense
* Access to marine and Terrestrial servers

#### Cons

* Low Intelligence
* Low Stealth
* Low Mobility
* Low Power
* No Eyes

### Monoplacophora

#### Pros

* Relatively high defense
* Pressure resistance

#### Cons

* Other base stats are low
* Cannot survive in very competitive servers

### Bivalvia

#### Cons

* Low Intelligence
* Low Power
* Low Mobility
* A more than common food source for humans.

### Cephalopoda

#### Pros

* High intelligence which access problem solving capabilities, tool use and much more
* High stealth
* Access to high defense
* Access to venom
* Great Dexterity

#### Cons

* Short Lifespan
* Low average defensive stats low average mobility stat
Paraceratherium

Paraceratherium was a banned build from the Oligocene Expansion. This build is related to the Rhinoceros, but it was hornless. This build was the second largest terrestrial land mammal, after the Palaeoloxodon.

## Abilities

### Megafauna

Type: Utility Effect: Only vulnerable to pack hunters or predators the same weight class.

## Tier Placement

Due to these builds large size and insane health nothing can really stop them in the late game. So these builds deserve their spot in S tier
Rushdown

Rushdown is one of the 4 combat styles. Unlike Grapplers, the main goal is not to do a grab, but to dish out enough hits to defeat a build. Rushdowns do it with a flurry of attacks, which might not deal much damage individually, but can defeat most builds if enough hits against the target are successful. Thus, many Rushdowns employ team strategies to maximize the amount of hits dealt while minimizing risk.

## Base Stats

### Stealth

40

Since your opponent can easily counter-attack even if your attacks hit, it is important to focus on Mobility to hit your targets enough times while avoiding their attacks, although some builds also spec into Power. Rushdowns are effective against Projectile users, since they can overwhelm them before they take a lot of damage from the projectiles. Not only that, Projectile users have a hard time aiming up, which Rushdowns can easily utilize. On the other hand, they fare poorly against Spacers, since most of Rushdown plays can't tank a lot of damage at once. AOE attacks, which are often Spacing moves, can also easily counter team strategies. Players with armor or very high HP can also counter the Rushdown strategy.

## Notable Rushdown Builds

* All Cats
* All Dogs
* Most Sharks
* Many of the higher-tiered Characins (except Pacu)
* Most Whales
* Arapaima
* Most Bears
* Primates (Gorillas and Humans)
* Falcon
* Hippopotamus
* Tasmanian devil
* Most bovines, wild and domesticated alike.
* Pike
* Barracuda
* Salmon
* Taimen
* Tuna
* Mahi-Mahi
* Tarpon

### Banned Builds

* Dunkleosteus
* Xiphactinus
* Most Mosasaurs
* Most Icthyosaurs
* Tyrannosaurus
* Carcharodontosaurus
* Dromeosaurs
* Troodon
* Hyneria
* Quinkana
* Bear Dogs
* Hyaenodonts
* Gorgonopsids
* Dimetrodon
* Hell Pigs
* Marsupial Lion
Dogtooth Characin

## Payara

Dogtooth characins are South American fish builds also known as vampire tetras. These builds are favoured by Human players because of their fangs, which can deal pierce-type damage. Most information from this build is actually from the largest playable build in this class, the payara.

## Tier Placement

A-tier. This build is a great DPS build because of their fangs that deal pierce-type damage, which gives it high Power stats as well as a sizable amount of Health and Mobility. It also uses pack hunting to easily body Piranhas.
Fowl Balls

GOOSE IS NOT AFRAID TO FIGHT!!!!!!!!

**Fowl Balls** is one of the unique abilities of the Goose and Tegu build, the other for the Goose being Fowl Play.

## Effect

Fowl Balls grants extremely high Resolve, which gives a very high resistance to Intimidation.

Thanks to this, it causes geese to become almost impossible to flinch or scare off with intimidating moves such as Bluff Charge.

It is surprisingly potent as builds that rely on scaring away foes are nearly shut down by Fowl Balls.
Outside Hall of Fame

The Outside Hall of Fame is where the most famous builds mostly manmade by humans go

## Mammal

Echidna: Knuckles, ~~Ugandan Kunckles~~

Platypus: Perry

Rat: Stuart Little, Remy,

Mouse: Pinky, The Brain, Jerry, Mickey

Lion: Mufasa, Simba

Cat: Garfield, Tom, Felix

Fox: Tails

Tiger: Shere Khan

Dog: Scooby-Doo, Doug, Bolt

Rabbit: Bugs Bunny, Peter Rabbit

Hippopotamus: Moto Moto

Elephant: Horton, Dumbo

Woolly Mammoth: Manny

Dinosaur: T-Rex, Velociraptor

Caracal: Gregory/Big Floppa

Ringtail Lemur: King Julian (?)

## Fish

Clownfish:Finding Nemo and Finding Dory

Blue Tang: Finding Nemo and Finding Dory

Whale Shark: Finding Dory

Beluga Whale: Finding Dory

## Bird

Secretary Bird: Appearance in two coats of arms.
Rhizodus

Rhizodus is a removed fish build from the Carboniferous Expansion. It was the largest of the Rhizodontida builds, which could also be found in the Australian server. The lobe-finned fish guild also includes the tetrapods.

## Overview

Rhizodus was one of the largest freshwater fish mains, thus the ginormous Health stat.Its fangs give it a very high Power stat to match.It also had good ambush strategies, explaining the high Stealth.While its aquatic Mobility is rather average, it has a trick up its sleeve; the ability to lounge on land.Lastly, it has Arapaima-level armor.

## Skillset

**Land Lubber (Active, Mobility)**-Hitch a short trip through the terrestrial server to body terrestrial builds.

**Bulletproof Scales** **(Passive, Defense)**-No Mobility penalty for 8× more Defense.

## Tier Placement

S-tier. It is easily a top-tier of its server, allowing it to body almost anything on top of its ginormous base stats.

## Hall of Fame

This build appeared in River Monsters (Prehistoric Terrors), where it is cited as the ultimate river monster.

## Summary

### Pros:

* Great base stats, except Intelligence.
* Above-average Mobility
* Can beach on land
* Armor protects this build from any potential ganker.
* Freshwater server protects this build from saltwater threats.
* Even buffed Arthropod mains are no match for this build.

### Cons:

* Low Intelligence
* Large size means high EXP cost.

## References

1. ↑ http://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/handle/10539/15573
2. ↑ https://www.mindat.org/taxon-4838295.html
3. ↑ http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/r/rhizodus.html
4. ↑ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18302189/
5. ↑ https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=EFBgeD0jEDAC&pg=PT235&lpg=PT235&dq=rhizodus+largest+freshwater+fish+weight&source=bl&ots=RdUfmfwm9O&sig=ACfU3U2susSFAyKnXcgablAGHfFLZzAeZg&hl=xx-bork&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjtm8zc\_ZzuAhUJBKYKHf4NBWI4ChDoATAJegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=rhizodus%20largest%20freshwater%20fish%20weight&f=false
6. ↑ https://www.wikizero.com/en/Rhizodus
7. ↑ https://www.toptenz.net/10-prehistoric-fish-that-make-sharks-look-innocent.php
8. ↑ https://wikivisually.com/wiki/Rhizodus
9. ↑ https://carnivora.net/rhizodus-hibberti-v-xiphactinus-audax-t5924.html
10. ↑ https://www.deviantart.com/wdghk/art/Ultimate-River-Monster-681438476
11. ↑ https://river-monsters.fandom.com/wiki/Rhizodus
Shastasaurus

Shastasaurus (echo fighter:Shonisaurus) is a banned build from the Late Triassic meta. This build was a mower, griefing any builds which pass in front of them. Shastasaurus and its kin are also similar to Whales, sharing [Warm Blood], [Parental Care], [Live Birth] and the requirement of going to the surface to breathe. In theory this puts these players in a dangerous position, but these builds have no natural predators when they become mid-level. As noobs, however, young Shastasaurs would have been attacked by Sharks and other marine predators.

## Abilities

### Warm Blood

Type:Utility

Effect:Constant stamina level any time of the day, allows for increased stamina regen.

### Live Birth

Type:Support

Effect:Carry respawn points with you, which decreases chances of getting a game over while on the character selection screen.

### Parental Care

Type:Utility

Effect:Protects players on the character selection screen as well as early game players.

## Tier Placement

A-tier, because this build has high Power and maxed out Health, thus giving this build no enemies at all. [Live Birth] and [Parental Care] also ensures that early-game players are well protected. This build also easily bodies lightweights that happen to get in the way of this build. Considering the meta during its time was built on Power and Health, unlike the Intelligence and Mobility-based meta in the current expansion, it is safe to say this build is excellent. It is held back due to its below-average Mobility and specialized niche. Later icthyosaurs were F tier becuase of the OP build that is the Mosasaurus.
Mochele Membe

It is a legendary dinosaur-like monster with a similar appearance to a sauropod, said to live in the Congo River Basin in Central Africa. Thirty-five feet in length and its skin is smooth. Because it appears to have invested into the Pygmy trait, it is considered an S tier. It is also believed that it survived the extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous expansion because of this. They are believed to reside in the Congo jungle on the servers of Central Africa. There has yet to be any scientific evidence to support its existence.

## History

The name "Mokele-mbembe" comes from the Lingala language of the Congo, and means "one who stops the flow of rivers". This is likely due to the creature's reported ability to create large waves and whirlpools when it emerges from the water.

The first European reports of the Mokele-mbembe date back to the late 19th century. In 1909, German explorer Georg August Schweinfurth wrote about a creature he called the "Nguruma", which he described as a large, aquatic animal with a long neck and tail. In 1913, American explorer Frank M. Chapman also reported seeing a similar creature, which he called the "Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu".

In the years since, there have been many other reports of the Mokele-mbembe, but none of these reports have been verified. In 1980, an expedition led by cryptozoologist Roy Mackal claimed to have found footprints of a large, unknown animal in the Congo River. However, these footprints were later dismissed as being those of a hippopotamus.

See Also: https://www.icr.org/article/search-congo-dinosaur
Murray Cod

The Murray Cod is an Australian freshwater build that resembles a Grouper build. This build is not actually related to the marine cod builds of the Northern Hemisphere. The build is one of the largest freshwater fish builds in the entire game, growing up to 1.8 meters and weighing up to 113 kg.

## Tier Placement

Crikey mate! This build is an apex predator build, bodying not only builds introduced to the Australian server, but also birds, freshwater turtles, amphibians, snakes and mice. Its high Intelligence is not only due to its long-term memory, but also its surprisingly high Resolve and acute senses. It also has great Health and Power, being one of the largest freshwater fish builds and an apex predator build, respectively. Surprisingly, this build changes its hunting strategy depending on the in-game time, going from ambush predator build by day to actively hunting players at night. This build also specced into [Patterned Camouflage], giving this build a good Stealth stat.This build also had a great lifespan, allowing it to accumulate good amounts of Wisdom. This build also had no predator builds in its server, making it an S-tier
Nothosaurus

Nothosaurus was a banned reptile build, a relatively primitive Sauropterygian build, to be exact.These builds are basically just reptilian Pinnipeds and was not as specialized for aquatic Mobility as later Sauropterygians.

## Tier Placement

These builds had teeth good for catching low-tier fish and squid players and good Mobility. Since it lacked in bulk, it had to make up for it using its amphibious playstyle, avoiding marine predators like Sharks fairly easily. However, while on land, many coastal terrestrial builds see this build as a free kill. Overall, C-tier at best.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nothosaurus
2. ↑ https://sites.google.com/site/themarinereptiledatabase/home/other-marine-reptiles/sauropterygians/nothosaurs/nothosaurus
3. ↑ https://www.thoughtco.com/nothosaurus-1091514
4. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/animal/Nothosaurus
5. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/science/seamonsters/factfiles/nothosaur.shtml
6. ↑ http://www.dinosaurfact.net/Marine/Nothosaurus.php
7. ↑ https://www.factmonster.com/dk/encyclopedia/science/below-waves
8. ↑ http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/n/nothosaurus.html
Meteor Impact Resistance

"You need to stop everything. This needs to stop NOW! This, This- This is NOT okay! This needs to STOP! NOW!!!" - Filthy Frank

### Used By

Tardigrade

> **"TARDIGRADES, WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING TO ENCOUNTER?!!!
>
> SINCE WHEN IS THIS GOING TO COME IN HANDY, YOUR LIFE SPAN IS ONLY A YEAR!!!!"**
>
>

>       - Tierzoo
>
>

**Meteor Impact Resistance**is a joke Ability put in by the devs.

## Effect

Meteor Impact Resistance would reduce the damage taken from Meteor Impacts. This ability is considered one of the most useless, as the chances that a giant, mass-extinction causing asteroid would hit earth within any length of time is highly unlikely, as seen that during the entire length of the game, this has occured only once, that being The Cretaceous Balance Patch. And even if a meteor DID hit earth, the damage could insta-kill any build in the game.

Despite being absolutely useless in the current meta, Tardigrades have specced into it, along with many other useless abilities, such as radiation resistance or resistance to the vacuum of space.

## See Also

Other ridiculous abilities include:

* Supernova Resistance

* Radiation Resistance

* Gammaray Burst Resistance
Rat

**Rats** are a build that have been around since the Pleistocene expansion. Their echo fighter is the mouse.

## Overview

Rats are a very commonly played character, flourishing in almost every main server. Most Rat players make up for their low BST (aside from great Intelligence for its size) by joining up with other players to form competitive clans, Though their main strength is in their adaptability, which allows them to effectively live in the very common Human-made City biomes, and allow them to get a lot of loot from human mains undetected. Rats are members of the order Rodentia, meaning they get the signature ability of rodents, their constantly growing teeth. These teeth give them the ability to bypass many barriers to obtain sequestered loot. Their high intelligence stat also lets them come up with basic strategies (as well as making them a target for human data miners.)

## Tier Placement

Rats make it into high B tier for their exceptional adaptability and the spread of the player base. Their accessibility to players who are just starting out also makes them very convenient. This openness stems from newbies being able to join clans for protection. In cities they are S tier, being exceptionally adaptive.
Ringtail Lemur

## Ring-Tailed lemurs

A lemurs stats (Madagascar where it is most commonly known)

Ringtail Lemurs are below average animals or low tier. Like most prosimians, they're low tier but they are better than most prosimians because they don’t spend their evolution points into being a nocturnal or something useless like long sharp claws. Generally weak but have the potential of being mid-high tier animals. A big reason why they're D tier is that they have no defense or offense other than fleeing. They also do have a decent social structure and on Madagascar they rise in the tier list because they don't have to compete with apes, have higher intelligence and higher health.

## Abilities and Moveset

### Tool use

Ring tail lemurs are primates so they have n opposable thumbs giving them the ability to use sticks, rocks and other items to their advantage

### Climb

Ringtail lemurs have a high enough mobility to have the ability to climb.

## Outside Hall of Fame

   They were featured in the movie Madagascar and had a whole spin-off series dedicated to ring-tailed lemurs. Lemurs are kept as pets by the air nomads they were capable of flight.
Saurosuchus

Saurosuchus galilei was a banned Prestosuchid build playable in the Ischigualasto lobby, where it is the top tier of that server.

## Overview

This build is one of the largest terrestrial carnivore mains playable, thus the high Health stat. Its teeth were also serrated and it had a strong bite force, also giving them great Power.It was relatively sluggish due to its weightThe osteoderms that it had helped conceal itself and gave it good Defense. And last of all, its 100 year playtime allows it to develop a good amound of Wisdom during its time, due to its good Intelligence stat.

## Skillset

**Tricky Osteoderms (Passive, Defense)**-Creates smaller nearly indestructible hitboxes which also give a slight Stealth bonus.

**Battle Knowledge (Passive, Misc.)**- Increase Wisdom gain exponentially with more varieties of builds griefed.

**Serrated Teeth (Passive, Attack)**-Each attack inflicts the [Heavy Bleed] debuff.

**Bone-Crushing Bite (Active, Attack)**- Each attack inflicts the [Broken Bones] debuff. Also gives access to Bone Marrow Loot.

## Tier Placement

S-tier, duh. The synergy of bone-crushing and heavy-bleeding debuffs allow you to easily tire your targets. It is also able to easily tank off hits from other mains, too.

## Referrences

1. ↑ http://palaeos.com/vertebrates/archosauria/prestosuchidae.html
2. ↑ https://www.mindat.org/taxon-4818073.html
3. ↑ https://dinoanimals.com/animals/saurosuchus-a-lizard-crocodile/
4. ↑ https://www.google.com/search?client=tablet-android-samsung&sxsrf=ALeKk00q3k5K0J6cHAeHHMIgbUj8yFRmmQ%3A1610336399721&ei=j8j7X-XNK7-Kr7wP9eaWsAQ&q=saurosuchus+bite+jaw&oq=saurosuchus+bite+jaw&gs\_lcp=ChNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwEAM6BAgAEEdQsrACWMe4AmCsvAJoAHABeACAAboDiAHODpIBBzItMy4yLjGYAQCgAQHIAQjAAQE&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp#ip=1
5. ↑ https://listverse.com/2016/09/22/10-non-dinosaur-terrors-of-the-past/
6. ↑ http://prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blogspot.com/2021/01/saurosuchus-beast-of-week.html
7. ↑ https://dinopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Saurosuchus
Parasitoidism

Parasitoidism is a playstyle that revolves around insect larvae feeding on their living hosts until larval development is complete - the hosts are killed.

## Examples

It begins with wasps attacking larger creatures (e.g. caterpillars). Specialised builds like the tarantula hawks counter tarantulas or another specific build of a higher weight class. The paralysis effect and higher mobility stat can overwhelm the tarantula before it is dragged to a burrow. Once they're buried alive, the wasps lay eggs in the still-living body of the tarantula. It provides a convenient source of xp for the hatchlings. Humans may use parasitoid wasps to rid plant eating pests.

Emerald cockroach wasps are a different breed that targets cockroaches with neurotoxic venom that can control their mind. The cockroaches could be used as another egg shelter and xp source.

### Weaknesses

* Generalist insects outdoes the parasitoids in every other aspects.
* If the hosts are affected by new predators or a disease, this have a very negative impact that the parasitoids are not prepared to handle.
Skills

**Skills** are abilities that can be used defensively or to attack other animals or to amplify their skills and abilities for better viability in the meta.

Skills that typically inflict damage and are considered 'normal' type, with the exception of the three main elemental attacks; the electric-type Discharge, water-type Water Gun and fire-type Fire Blast

## List of Offensive Skills

* Bite
* Discharge
* Double Edge
* Fire Blast
* Gore
* Slash
* Sting
* Stomp
* Thrash
* Trample
* Venom Spit
* Water Gun
* Peck

## List of Defensive Skills

* Thrash
* Guard
* Evade
Metamorphosis

Some guilds have EXP (and therefore level) cap gated by metamorphosis quest which must be completed in order to advance the character level.

Activating Metamorphosis can drastically affect playstyle of the build. Some metamorphosis checks are gradual, others are more sudden. Some builds have metamorphosis check that causes temporary immobility.

Guilds and clans with metamorphosis check include:

* Sponge
* Cnidaria - May have up to three metamorphosis checks
* Bryozoa
* Crustacean
* Insect
* Brachiopod
* Echinoderm
* Fish
* Amphibian
* Tunicate
Skeleton Shrimp

Skeleton shrimp are ocean crustacean builds who are very lightweight and belong to the Caprellidae family. Most lightweight crustacean builds decide to go for the very evasive playstyle but the skeleton shrimp doesn't do that and instead goes for the playstyle of clinging onto surrounding objects and feeding on anything they catch. This playstyle made the shrimp lose most of their mobility to increase their grabbing stat. This build gets completely bodied by jellyfish, anemones, snails, fish, crabs, lobsters, and other shrimps. Credit to this build can go to their ability to resist strong waves and it's pretty high stealth stat but still, these builds are nothing but F tier.
Papuan Black Bass

The Papuan Black Bass, also known as the Niugini Bass, is a relatively unknown build playable in the Papua New Guinea server. Despite its name, it is actually a Snapper build. This build can be playable in freshwater servers and its guild is known to use their powerful jaws as a form of DPS, thus the name. It was popularized by the show "River Monsters", in the episode "Volcanic Island Terror".

## Species

### Location

Papua New Guinea, Malaysia and western Pacific Ocean

## Overview

Like most Snappers, this build has decent Power. Its spiny dorsal fin provides above-average Defense. Although its relatively light, most builds in the PNG freshwater servers are smaller, so it has a decent amount of Health. Lastly, it is an ambush predator, having a high Stealth stat. Not much is known about this build.

## Moveset

**Adaptive Gills (Passive, Support)**- Allows switching between freshwater and saltwater servers without penalty.

**Snap (Active, Attack)**- A moderately powerful variant of the [Bite] move with the chance to inflict [Bleed].

**Spines (Passive, Defense)**- Returns a small amount of damage back to the attacker.

## Tier Placement

A-tier, for now. This build is downright oppressive in its own home server due to its abilities and base stats. However, they have poor matchups against Climbing Perch and Crocodiles.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://igfa.org/game-fish-database/?search\_type=SpeciesID&search\_term\_1=227
2. ↑ https://www.sportfishingpng.net/single-post/2017/06/30/papuan-black-bass-the-guardian-of-hell
3. ↑ https://www.sportfishingmag.com/an-expedition-to-find-papua-new-guineas-river-snapper/
4. ↑ http://www.talkaboutfish.com/red-fishes-basses-congers-etc/snappers
5. ↑ https://river-monsters.fandom.com/wiki/Papuan\_Black\_Bass
6. ↑ https://castandspear.com/papuan-black-bass/
7. ↑ http://aquafind.com/Bass/Bass-Niugini.php
8. ↑ https://blog.rodmaps.com/en/le-papuan-bass/
9. ↑ https://www.baiafishingpng.com/post/top-5-fish-to-catch-in-papua-new-guinea
10. ↑ https://www.alammas.com/en/products/kakap-hitam-papua-tembaring
11. ↑ https://bassfishing-gurus.com/niugini-bass-autumn-fishing-information-and-facts/