Yoshis

A Wild Yoshi

**Yoshis** are the main, most frequently encountered species across the world of Yoshi Resort, if the map's title didn't give that away. They are found almost everywhere and in all 3 dimensions, coming in many different types that all have unique properties and looks, as well as many different personalities.

## Personality

Most Yoshis are rather shy and will be initially afraid of the player, but the player can gain their trust through some ways such as feeding them their favourite food or treating them nicely. While most Yoshis are not predators and won't attack the player, there are some more aggressive types such as ravenous Feral Yoshis or Meteor Yoshis around crash sites that will attack nearby players.

Some Yoshi types are not that intelligent and for example, could be tricked into thinking a human is one of them if they wear a disguise. But some Yoshis won't be fooled by such things and few even evolved into intelligent beings, such as Tommy or the Yoshi Scientist, whereas others may have evolved into just kinda smart beings like Tony.

Yoshi types have varying ways of acting and interacting with eachother, with some types being observed to have engaged in full-on relationships and friendships with even Yoshis that aren’t of their same type. On the other hand, Yoshis can also be mean towards others and end up bullying or fighting them for resources or just to take the mick, such as Tangle Yoshis.

## Types of Yoshi

There are a plethora of different Yoshi types that currently exist in Yoshi Resort:

* **Wild Yoshis** are basic Yoshis that are found most frequently across the Overworld’s surface, and will eat basically anything without a favourite food of sorts. They come in many different colours - while most commonly green, they can be blue, yellow, pink, red and many more.
* **Rock Yoshis** inhabit mountainous and rocky areas as well as frequently spawning underground in the Overworld, and like eating vegetables with Beetroot as a favourite of theirs. They are covered on spikes which can hurt anyone who runs into them, however they are not hunters so they very rarely attack anything. Out of self defence though, they can curl into a small spikey ball and spin away, like a big porcupine of sorts.
* **Tabby Yoshis** are cat-like Yoshis that frequent the surface’s Jungles and Forests. They are meat eaters with cow meat as their favourite food, and can often sneak up on their prey to pounce on them. They don’t typically attack other Yoshis or humans though, and can even make good pets.
* **Phosopher Yoshis** are ethereal, fairy-like Yoshis that only come out at night and are fragile to the sunlight, vanishing quickly if exposed to the sun. They eat fruit and are rather friendly, they will never attempt to harm or attack anything else even if harmed first and can fly.
* **Crystal Yoshis** are rather similar to Rock Yoshis, being covered in a coat of dazzling crystals that live deep underground and also within Amethyst Geodes quite often. They can curl into a ball and spin in defence just like Rock Yoshis, but in addition to this they can also leave a trail of point crystal shards wherever they roll sometimes. They also eat vegetables, favouriting Golden Carrots - they are more greedy and bad-tempered compared to Rock Yoshis though.
* **Hunter Yoshis** are predatory yoshis who frequent forests, taiga and jungle biomes, being meat-eating carnivores like Tabby Yoshis, but their favourite meat is pork. Just like Tabby Yoshis, they will often pounce on their prey but also have the ability to briefly turn invisible with only their eyes still being visible. Despite their hostility towards animals and when in competition for food, Hunter Yoshis are rather shy around humans and will often run from those they don't trust.
* **Honey Yoshis** are sticky Yoshis most often found in jungles and flower forests, or generally around areas where many bees are present. They are made entirely out of honey and honeycomb, which causes bees and sweet-loving Yoshis to be attracted to them and follow them around. Honey Yoshis eat fruit, with their favourite being Melon, and are rather bad tempered due to all the attention they usually receive.
* **Radiation Yoshis** can be found in mountain biomes, most often at night, for unknown reasons, being one of the most confusing Yoshi types due to their unique properties and unknown history that gives them it. Though friendly, within their bodies boil hazardously high amounts of radiation that they release to their surroundings, so as a result any entities that come too close will be poisoned. Despite that, their favourite foods are vegetables of any type.
* **Boom Yoshis** live in caves usually close to the surface or near sources of lava, being found commonly around the deep underground's lava aquifers. Being meat-eating and favouring chicken meat, they are very bad-tempered and will tend to attack other Yoshis for no reason but they rarely attack humans. Likely being one of the most dangerous Yoshi types, Boom Yoshis quite literally will short fuse every so often and create a fiery explosion, which deals high damage and lights it's surroundings ablaze but would also leave it stunned for a few seconds.
* **Quantum Yoshis** remain one of the Resort's biggest mysteries. They lack a defined habitat unlike the majority of Yoshis, but have been spotted wandering around ancient areas such as ruins - it is often theorised they used to live in these places. Quantum Yoshis possess some otherworldly abilities, such as being able to phase in and out of our reality to presumably another and use their concentrations of quantum energy to create short-lived clones, usually as a defensive move if they are scared. They are also impervious to most physical forms of harm, and are happy to eat any type of fruit but like Glow Berries most.
* **Dull Yoshis** are commonly found in caves just about anywhere across the Overworld. Being made out of a dull type of stone, they do not eat anything at all even if tempted, likely having grown to not know food due to living underground. Dull Yoshis possess the strange ability to seemingly suck emotion out of nearby entities, almost as if they have a shield of dullness - most mobs and other Yoshis would lose motivation to attack or interact with them at all if they stay near for too long.
* **Cloud Yoshis** frequently roam the skies above the Resort near space, being found most frequently around Nimbus and the Floating Islands. They come in 3 different variants: Cloud Yoshis which are friendly and found often during clear weather, Raincloud Yoshis who drip water and spawn during rain and Thundercloud Yoshis who are dangerous and attack with bolts of lightning, spawning during thunderstorms.
* **Mutated Yoshis** were once regular Yoshis that agreed to being test subjects within the Yoshi Scientist’s lab, but they were severely deformed by some of the extreme experiments within that they weren’t told about. The scientist attempted to hide their existence from the world for many years, but more recently they have breached containment and been spotted roaming certain areas in groups, most often at night time. They have a few weird properties compared to other Yoshis such as not eating anything or really interacting eachother at all; they just wander randomly as if they are looking for something. Furthermore, the Yoshi Scientist may even sometimes offer a quest to the player which involves luring a Mutated Yoshi back to his lab in order for him to keep it contained once again, in exchange for a prize as usual.
* **Frozen Yoshis** inhabit areas of sub-zero temperature, such as icebergs, snowy mountains and snow tundra biomes. These Yoshis are quite literally made of ice, so they would melt if exposed to a heat source or the sun for too long which is why they typically roam at night; they can also freeze some weak materials such as wood or dirt on touch. Frozen Yoshis eat fruit, favouriting Frost Apples.
* **Tangle Yoshis** live near Desert oasis areas, being formed from the amazing upshoots of life that grow with typically barren places. These Yoshis in particular are very vicious and aggressive, feasting on meat and snatching prey using strangling vines they can grow and control out of the ground. Typically picking on other Yoshis for no reason and stealing their food, they also would not hesitate to use their vines against any mobs or humans that they don't trust.
* **Dervish Yoshis** inhabit barren areas that usually receive high amounts of wind, like Desert or Badlands biomes and will eat vegetables, favouring Potatoes. Being surrounded by a small, swirling ring of scorched rocks, they are able to conjure gusts of wind that they often will use to ride across the desert landscape with haste. Though they are not hunters and don't ever mean harm, their gusts are sometimes able to become powerful tornadoes that can cause some notable collateral damage.
* **Mosaic Yoshis** also live around Desert oasis, being formed most often at noon when the scorching Desert sun is right above the lands. These Yoshis are built of a highly beautiful collage of coloured glass chips made from the hot sun impacting the sand, and they often let off glass sparks which are very beautiful but can sometimes erupt into deadly flames. Their beautiful colours are admired by many other Yoshis who will often follow them around, dazed by the scenery, and Mosaic Yoshis will eat fruit but like Sweet Berries the most.
* **Bone-Shis** are found only in arid Badlands biomes, being the skeletons of deceased Yoshis that have somehow come to life. They don't eat anything since they lack any organs to digest food (or any organs at all), and also harbour a strange ability - they are able to extend their limbs out very far, which aids them in grabbing things they want more easy.
* **Sandstoneshis** are found roaming across the barren desert areas, more commonly during sandstorms, being made out of sandstone. These Yoshis seemingly don’t eat anything at all and do little in general other then randomly walking around the dunes, not attacking or interacting with anything and minding their own business. They come in two different variants: a sandstone one found in normal deserts and a red sandstone one that resides in badlands biomes.
* **Meteor Yoshis** can be found lurking among Meteor Crash Sites, being formed from the unstable Astral energy of the meteor crash meeting the Earth's atmosphere. They are highly dangerous and one of the few actively hostile Yoshi types; they will attack any outside beings by launching burning chunks of meteorite at them, which can hurt quite a lot. Meteor Yoshis don’t eat any food, but seemingly draw their power from the Meteor crash sites, so they become weaker as the Meteorite is excavated.
* **Mushis** are found sometimes in places where many mushrooms are present, being most commonly found on Mushroom Islands, of course. Being vegetable eaters that favour Beetroot, they will spread mushrooms to whatever valid surface they tread on, and are rather friendly towards eachother and humans.
* **Metal Yoshis** were forged deep within the compound of Nimbus, and those halls are where they still roam to this day. Obviously their status as robots means that they don’t have much personality and do not eat anything, but they do sometimes need to recharge their energy after too much of it has been drained. They are usually friendly but will attack anything that threatens the compound, such as monsters or dangerous humans. Some can also be found within the lab of the Yoshi Scientist sometimes, as he built them to defend the lab from any hostile intruders.
* **Jin Yoshis** are very magical Yoshis who exclusively roam the floating Jinjago, hovering around on flying carpets. Though their magical skills are highly volatile and deadly, they actually aren't hostile to anything unless attacked first and have never been seen eating anything. Their powerful magicks include casting fireballs, teleporting and even weak telekinesis to send their foe flying.
* **Dark Yoshis** are evil Yoshis composed of pure darkness and hatred, frequently found roaming across the Dark Island. They are hostile towards any outside beings and will attack them without any hesitation, using a variety of attacks such as dark stomps and even breathing shadowflame fumes that poison non-dark beings. In addition to this, the Dark Yoshis come in several different variants that are like dark and corrupted versions of normal Yoshis; for example there is a Dark Rock Yoshi and a Dark Tabby Yoshi.
* **Light Yoshis** are parallels to the deadly Dark Yoshis, being more friendly Yoshis that live on and guard the Light Island. They don't eat any food and instead draw their energy from sources of light like the sun and moon, similar to a flower. Though friendly by default, they will be willing to defend the island against any threats to it or them with their sharp slate crystals.
* **The Tarr** are another hostile Yoshi type, being a putrid, swirling rainbow of a monster that spawns at night. Said to have been produced by an experiment gone haywire in which Yoshi genes were mixed with rancid substances, they now will seek out animals, Yoshis and humans to eat; they even will attack other enemies like Zombies should they happen to stumble into their path. The Tarr will devour many animals and Yoshi types in just one bite, and are sometimes able to duplicate themselves from eating enough, creating a separate Tarr body that can also duplicate. Tarr have one notable weakness, which is water - a few splats of water upon them is enough to evaporate and destroy them completely, putting a stop to their rampage.
* **Levishis** inhabit the deepest, murkiest waters of the world, being an aquatic Yoshi that can breath in water and will suffocate if in the air for too long. In water though, they can swim very fast and are hostile towards the player and most sea animals, being able to bite for serious damage. Their favourite food is live flesh, but they can hunt easily on their own and are aggressive towards humans.
* **Lucky Yoshis** are a very rare variant of the Tabby Yoshi that may spawn in place of one on occasion. If they realise they have been spotted by a player, they will begin to run away and disappear in a puff of smoke. As Lucky Yoshis mostly eat Tokens, they have a very light stomach, so if they are fed meat for example it would cause them to shoot up into the air and rain down several Tokens the player can collect.
* **Gold Yoshis** are the rarest type of Yoshi, very rarely spawning in any biome across the Overworld. They do not eat anything and will also run away and disappear if a player comes close, but on occasion they will produce a lot of Tokens that can be picked up and used - Though they will automatically disappear on the fifth time they do this.
* **Jumpin' Jack Flesh** is the most formidable Yoshi of all, being a huge and highly dangerous boss tier mob. It has never been spotted roaming around naturally, and instead must be summoned by using an ancient Amulet in a shrine within the Yoshi Nether. It is very powerful and has several different attacks alongside a huge health pool, which can make it very challenging to defeat. But on defeat, it does drop a lot of Tokens alongside one of 2 unique weapons and disc fragments for it's boss track.

## Feral Yoshis

If most of the aforementioned Yoshis who eat do not eat for a long period of time, it will cause them to become hungry, then ravenous, and eventually they will become feral. These feral Yoshis are dangerous, as they will become hostile towards players and animals and possess a large leap and stomp attack which can do some major damage. In a feral state, all Yoshis will eat any type of food, even if it isn’t something they would usually eat: for example a Feral Hunter Yoshi will settle for some fruit. Feeding a Feral Yoshi some food or letting it eat an animal will cause it to become happy and friendly again. Feral Yoshis don’t come in the Yoshi variants that don’t eat any food such as Sandstoneshis, nor do they come in the variants that eat special things like Lucky or Gold Yoshis.

Feral Yoshis can spawn naturally in some areas as well, to add an extra challenge.

## Gallery

Rock YoshiTabby YoshiPhosopher YoshiHoney YoshiHunter YoshiBoom YoshiCrystal YoshiRadiation YoshiDull YoshiCloud YoshiRaincloud YoshiThundercloud YoshiMutated YoshiQuantum YoshiDervish YoshiMosaic YoshiTangle YoshiBone-ShiSandstoneshiRed SandstoneshiMushiMetal YoshiJin YoshiFrozen YoshiLevishiMeteor YoshiDark YoshiLight YoshiFeral YoshiTarrLucky YoshiGold YoshiJumpin' Jack Flesh
## Trivia

* Many of the Yoshis on both Yoshi Resort Rebooted and the old Yoshi Resort are based on slimes from the game *Slime Rancher*, which the map's creators were hooked on around the time Yoshi Resort was first created; however, the later Yoshis added are unique types that aren't based on anything from that game. Some features of Yoshis were also inspired by features from Slime Rancher such as favourite food types and plorts (which aren't a thing anymore in Yoshi Resort: Rebooted).
* Also, the concept of Yoshis themselves as a creature obviously comes from the Yoshis in the *Super Mario* franchise, with the Yoshi Resort map being created for Tommy who was a big fan of Yoshi. Mario himself exists too as a guy who lives here and was once evil but now sells t̶a̶c̶o̶s̶ burritos.
* The effect of Mosaic Yoshis being followed by Yoshis due to their sparkles can be replicated onto the player by wearing a Glittering Yoshi Disguise.
* Currently the Sandstoneshis, Dull Yoshis, Mutated Yoshis and Jumpin' Jack Flesh are the only types in Yoshi Resort: Rebooted that didn't exist in the old Yoshi Resort map and are exclusive to the rebooted version.
* The idea for the Mutated Yoshi was suggested by He Who Shall Not Be Named Here.
* For the longest time, the Yoshis were just personified by a bunch of blocks in game on top of eachother, usually different types of concrete alongside an accessory. But since the 1.2.0 update for the Yoshi Resort Addon, they all finally exist as actual mobs after so many years of being lifeless blocks.

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