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Carolowilhelmina

Carolowilhelmina was a banned European Placoderm main playable during the Middle Devonian Expansion.The classification of this build is completely unknown within Arthodire mains.It was playable in a server with lush floating plankton.

## Overview

This Placoderm has a surpisingly high Health for a build that mimics the playstyle of Rolfosteus. Surprisingly, it can only loot microweight builds, giving it a low Power stat. This also gave it a high Mobility stat, unlike most Placoderm builds. It had moderate Defense similar to Rolfosteus.

## Moveset

**Streamlined Nose (Passive, Mobility)-** Increases Mobility by 60%

**Bony Plating (Passive, Defense)-** Negates all critical hits. Also increases maximum capacity of EXP and Stamina.

**Filter (Active, Attack)-** Allows you to body microweight builds.

## Tier Placement

B-tier. This build had decent Mobility, thus allowing them to do one of the few things that Placoderms cannot do. It also had a good amount of Health as well. It is limited by the size of builds that it could body, however.

## References

1. ↑ https://en.unionpedia.org/i/Carolowilhelmina
2. ↑ https://amp.en.google-info.org/20768745/1/carolowilhelmina.html
3. ↑ https://species.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Arthrodiriformes
4. ↑ https://wikimili.com/en/Carolowilhelmina
5. ↑ https://fossil.fandom.com/wiki/Carolowilhelmina
6. ↑ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230550725\_The\_inferognathal\_in\_the\_Middle\_Devonian\_arthrodire\_Homostius
7. ↑ https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2014.0703
8. ↑ http://palaeos.com/vertebrates/placodermi/placodermi.html
Anteosaurus

Anteosaurus was a removed DPS therapsid build that lived during the Permian expansion. These builds tend to hunt like Crocodile build in the water. They have three abilities that can prove very deadly when used.

## Abilities

### Skull Bash

Type:Attack

Effect:A damaging move with the head that can inflict the [Stunned] debuff.

### Cranial Cushion

Type:Defense

Effect:Shrugs off most attacks aimed at the head.

### Warm Blood

Type:Support

Effect:Constant stamina 24/7. Allows access to faster stamina regen.

## Tier Placement

A-tier. These builds are basically what happens when you make a Crocodile with the Goat's signature abilities. However, this build was less suited for DPS on land due to their weak, sprawled legs, thus giving them low Terrestrial mobility. These abilities as well as its large size gave the Anteosaurus high Defense, Power and a good amount of Health. They are basically the buffed version of Gorgonopsid builds.

**Warning: Anteosaurus alongside other non-mammalian sinapsids have been known by the community as "mammal like reptiles". Data miners have recently said that they are no longer considered reptiles but rather stem-mammals due to the fact that reptiles are exclusive to the sauropsid group. So stop referring to Anteosaurus and other non-mammalian sinapsids as "reptiles" cause they aren't reptiles.**
Argentavis

**Argentavis** was a removed Raptor build closely related to the Andean Condor build. No other builds with the [Flight] ability ever rivalled Argentavis in size except Pelagornis sandersi and the Azhdarchid builds. This build could also be the closest contender to being the mysterious Thunderbird build.

## Overview

This build has the title for the most bulkiest flying bird in the history of the game. Focusing its points for high bulk and power. Giving it lots of intimidation to scare away apex builds, and other scavangers from their kills. But if needed to this build could hunt other players. Due to their large size they do not have that much stealth, but this build doesn't need stealth that much, due to the fact that it could just steal loot from other players.

## Abilities and Skills

### Flight

Like most birds, this build can fly. Allowing it to travel long distances for food.

#### Soar

This build uses up drafts to move upwards and stay in the air for long periods of time. Great for long distances.

## Tier Placement

S-tier. These builds are basically stronger Andean Condor builds with the same advantages. These include the [Longetivity] trait, extreme parental care for low risk of spawncamping, no unfavourable matchups (Human builds were not introduced yet), survival without acquiring loot for days, and easy looting in an easy zone along with more superior stats overall. This build's huge size gave it an incredible Intimidation buff scaring away even many apex predator builds. It also resorted to griefing midweights and lightweights when defeated players were rare.
Coatimundi

Coatimundis are mammal builds that play on the South America and North America server

## Overview

The coati normally plays in dense forests but some play on grassland, mountain, and desert servers. The coati eats fruits, lizards, snakes, rodents, and small birds. Female coatis normally play in teams but males commonly play alone. The coatis' gankers are Jaguars, Foxes, Pythons, and Dogs. These builds play similar to the raccoon as they both climb and they both have a similar diet excluding the extremely versatile EXP gain of the raccoon, plus they have very good intelligence

## Abilities

Omnivory: The coati can gain EXP from plants and other players, notably insects and spiders.

The coati also has access to [Bite] and [Scratch] moves

## Improvements

The coati should gain better damage-dealing moves aside from biting and scratching they also could sacrifice some mobility for defenses.

## Tier

B tier these builds are not the worst due to their arboreal mobility and very good intelligence but they are ganked a lot.

## References

https://www.britannica.com/animal/coati

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coati
Birkenia

Birkenia is one of those forgettable fish builds of the past. Its best known for having a weird "crown" shaped lumps on their body. Birkenia were popular in the Mid Silurian to the Early Devonian.

## Overview

This build has a great speed stat for a majority of fish for its time. Choosing to be an active swimmer. Its defense and stealth stats were alright for the time. But the health, power, and intelligence were very low it sacrificed most of the stats for the speed.

## Abilities and Skills

### Scales

Instead of the bony defensive armor that most fish choose at the time. Birkenia opted for scales. This drastically increased the speed stat while retaining some of the defense.

### Suction

Due to the jaw-less mouth, Birkenia had to use the ability suck to consume prey.

### "Crowns"

The little bump on the top of the fish, it made consumption of this build uncomfortable and increases the chance of the fish to be left alone.

## Tier Placement

### Silurian

This build got a nice place in low B tier. With the usage of scales rather than the use of bulky Armour, this build could evade and catch prey its other relatives could dream of. It is held back by the fact that if caught this build can't do that much, but wiggle.

### Devonian

When the Devonian started it was bodied so hard that it got removed. More better builds with jaws and more speed out classed it. This build fell to F tier.
Bite

A hippo biting a crocodile player

Bite is a universally used move most used by predators as a safe and easy option to get loot from smaller builds. It has high damage, but almost always has to be preceded by a move such as Tackle or Grip Squeeze as a combo finisher. Has some start-up lag, but little end lag.
Common Carp

Common Carp, known to dataminers as *Crypinus carpio,* is a midweight fish build that has spread to other servers. It has caused several powercreeps.

## Tier Placement

B-tier. The secret of this build is its adaptability. They have a lot of respawn points and can earn levels very quickly, thus eliminating the struggles other fish builds get in the lower levels. As stated above, it has caused several powercreeps. This build also has put its Intelligence to good use by shoaling. It also has decent Mobility. It can also survive in very low oxygen scenarios which would normally mean a game over by mass-producing the [Glycogen] resource.This build also has the ability to spawnkill other fish players. While not high tier due to getting spawnkilled by build like bluegill and getting bodied by builds like Pikes, Largemouth Bass, Herons and Ospreys, This build is surprisingly better than most Carp builds.

## Referrences

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/pests-diseases/freshwater-pests/species/carp/general-information
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://georgianbayforever.org/asiancarpspecies/
3. ↑ https://fishbio.com/field-notes/the-fish-report/common-conquerors-the-quiet-takeover-of-the-common-carp
4. ↑ https://www.fisheriessciences.com/fisheries-aqua/comparative-growth-performance-of-common-carp-cyprinuscarpio-fry-fed-dried-quail-egg-and-other-starter-diets-in-indoor-hatchery.php?aid=5821
5. ↑ https://www.panfishonthefly.com/carp-1
6. ↑ https://www.hookhack.com/html/fom090113\_carp\_common.html
7. ↑ https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9848-how-carp-hold-their-breath-through-winter/
8. ↑ https://www.maisrc.umn.edu/about-commoncarp
9. ↑ https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Cyprinus\_carpio/
Cantor's Giant Softshell Turtle

The Cantor's Giant Softshell Turtle is a build found in the Mekong River. This build is named after Edward Cantor, a Human main and a Danish build analyst.It is also called as a frog-faced turtle.

## Tier Placement

Tierzoo (OP) said that Softshell Turtles are low tier, due to low Intelligence (typical of Turtle mains) and that sacrifice to Defense and Health in favour of Mobility. This is not the typical Softshell Turtle build however, since this build also specced into high Power and uses its attacks in lightning-fast strikes. Like other Softshell Turtles, It also puts some points into the [Oxygen Extraction] ability. It also has the Health and Defense sacrifice in favour of Mobility stats typical of Softshell Turtles. Instead of having the [Loot Lure] ability, it lurks in the mud, giving them decent Stealth. Although it is an ambsh predator, this build also eats plants when other players are rare. A-tier at best.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://fieldstudies.org/2015/10/saving-the-cantors-giant-softshell-turtle/
2. ↑ https://steemit.com/science/@trumpman/the-weird-looking-cantor-s-giant-softshell-turtle
3. ↑ https://www.treehugger.com/endangered-species/cutest-baby-turtle-ever-part-amazing-story.html
4. ↑ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070517074755.htm
5. ↑ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/04/cantors-soft-shell-turtles-recovering-cambodia/
6. ↑ https://www.animalfunfacts.net/knowledge/top-lists/327-ugliest-animals-in-the-world.html?start=14
7. ↑ https://www.factzoo.com/reptiles/cantors-giant-softshell-turtle-lurking-mud.html
8. ↑ https://itsnature.org/ground/reptiles-land/cantor%E2%80%99s-giant-softshell-turtle/
Carbonemys

Carbonemys was a banned side-necked build found in a coal mine,While massive, the Stupendemys build, not this is the largest freshwater turtle build in history.This build could be found in the Cerrejon Formation, which is one of the Reptile mains last stands after the ban of the dinosaurs.

## Tier Placement

S-tier. From exactly the weakest turtle guild, the Side-Necked Turtles. While low-level players are bodied by Anthracosuchus players, It had basically no bad matchups at max level. It had low Mobility, a stat offset by its high Power, Defense and Health. It has a great matchup against the Titanoboa build due to its powerful jaws and compact hitbox. To make up for its low Mobility, it had to resort to ambush tactics.This is actually decent as only a few builds specced into Mobility at that time.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://insider.si.edu/2012/05/giant-prehistoric-turtle-from-colombia-chomped-everything-in-sight-including-crocodiles/
2. ↑ https://www.thoughtco.com/overview-of-carbonemys-1093408
3. ↑ https://www.wired.com/2012/05/huge-turtle-was-titanoboas-neighbor/
4. ↑ http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/a/anthracosuchus.html
5. ↑ https://blog.everythingdinosaur.co.uk/blog/\_archives/2012/05/23/giant-freshwater-turtle-fossil-from-colombian-coal-mine.html
6. ↑ https://www.newdinosaurs.com/carbonemys/
7. ↑ https://scitechdaily.com/carbonemys-was-a-giant-turtle-from-late-paleocene/
Cosmopolitodus

Cosmopolitodus Hastalis, also known as the Broad-Toothed Mako/White Shark,is a Shark build closely related to Great White Shark build, still playable today.It was located in a lot of fossil formations, indicating that it had a worldwide range.

## Overview

This relative of Great White Shark has a great amount of Health. The dentition, being similar to the Great White Shark, would also have as much Power,since it is known for bodying marine Mammal mains. Otherwise, it has similar strategies to the Great White Shark build.

## Moveset

**Electroreception (Passive, Utility)**- Motion shown on minimap.

**Heat Exchange Circulatory System (Passive, Utility)**- Faster stamina regeneration.

**Bloodsense (Passive, Utility)**- Builds with less than 90% HP lose all Stealth bonuses.

**Charge Attack/Breach (Active, Attack)**- Kills any player from below with less than 60% HP.

## Tier Placement

A-tier. This build is really decent, able to compete with the Megalodon build. It is surprisingly a really viable and worthy opponent to the aformentioned Megalodon build, up to the Pleistocene.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://dbpedia.org/page/Cosmopolitodus
2. ↑ https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/florida-vertebrate-fossils/species/carcharodon-hastalis/
3. ↑ https://www.fossilguy.com/gallery/vert/fish-shark/giant-white/index.htm
4. ↑ https://fossil.fandom.com/wiki/Cosmopolitodus
5. ↑ http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/82214-the-great-cosmopolitodus/
6. ↑ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336567772\_On\_the\_origin\_of\_the\_great\_white\_shark\_Carcharodon\_carcharias
7. ↑ https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/cosmopolitodus/g11bt\_5zbgf?hl=en
Amazon River

The Amazon River is a river server found in South America. There may be many marine builds, but this server can rival the Ocean in terms of variety, with at least 5600 builds available, from the overhyped Piranha to the Manatee build.

## Notable Builds

### **S-tier:**

* Otter
* Crocodile
* Discus Ray and Short-tailed River Stingray (Standout River Stingray builds.)
* Cane Toad
* Human
* Jaguar

### **A-tier:**

* Arapaima (S-tier everywhere else)
* Bicuda
* Green anaconda
* Caiman
* Piraiba
* Electric Eel
* Mangrove
* Bull Shark
* Sawfish (Largetooth)
* Dogtooth Characin (Payara)
* Golden Dorado
* Basic River Stingray
* Parrot

### **B-tier:**

* Boto
* Redtail Catfish
* Pleco
* Glided Catfish
* Piranha
* Traira
* Pacu

### **C-tier:**

* Manatee (Amazonian Manatee)
* Oscar
* Candiru
* Stripped Catfish
* Uaru

### **D-tier:**

* Peacock Bass (A-tier everywhere else)
* Angel cichlid

### **F-tier:**

* Sideneck Turtle (Arrau turtle)
* Discus cichlid
Chinese Seerfish

The Chinese Seerfish is a build, made popular by River Monsters but otherwise fairly unknown. It is unique in that it is the only scombrid build with freshwater access (Mekong River, to be exact.)

## Tier Placement

As stated above, this build is comparatively unknown. However, it would most likely be A-tier. It has a decent Health stat as well as Mobility and Power. It also has the [Adaptive Gills] ability, makig it the only scombrid build to have freshwater access

## References

1. ↑ https://www.thetravel.com/river-creatures-never-show-on-tv/
2. ↑ https://www.gillhamsfishingresorts.com/fish-library/chinese-seerfish/
3. ↑ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/188371-Scomberomorus-sinensis
4. ↑ http://bigfishesoftheworld.blogspot.com/2013/01/seerfish-chinese-scomberomorus-sinensis.html
5. ↑ https://www.ultimateangling.co.za/index.php?topic=16543.0
Centipede

The Centipede is a predator tank class, commonly confused with the Millipede. They first became playable during the Silurian expansion 450 million years ago. They are in B tier in the current Meta.

## Overview

The centipede is a diverse class of carnivorous arthropods, unlike their millipede counterpart who are herbivorous. The centipede has an exoskeleton which shrugs off most players in the lower weight class and even some small vertebrates. However when facing intelligence based builds or even just builds in a higher weight class then they are kinda screwed. Centipedes also (much like their millipede counterpart) possess the maxed out 'leg' attribute ranges between 15 to 177. The only thing that they do have going for them is defense and power.

, they have abysmal intelligence and low HP, meh stealth

## Abilities and skills

### Regeneration

Centipedes like the millipedes can regrow entire limbs. This is not just exclusive to them however as many lizard builds can also regenerate body parts.

#### Venomous sting

Since Centipedes are carnivorous they have a powerful venomous sting which they use to catch their prey and deter other predators, occasionally using them against human mains if they are provoked.

## Tier

Overall, the centipede is B tier. Unlike the millipedes centipedes are predatory and have a venomous sting couple that with good defenses (for creatures in and below its weight class) Centipedes are okay to a degree. However their have bad intelligence and decent power with low HP, stealth and mobility make them quite an unremarkable build in today's meta.
Coral

Corals are builds related to cnidarians like Anemones and Jellyfish, albeit worse than them. They create the coral reef server. They are (surprisingly), animals.

## Tier Placement

F-tier, Corals might be colonial and can have stinging tentacles,but they have to get almost all of their loot source from algae. This could be a good idea, only if the algae cannot kill the coral player once it gets too hot or too bright. They also have their Health reduced by ocean acidification. And they are completely reliant on thousands of other builds to sustain. Their extremely slow growth rate also translates to terrible HP regeneration,

   making even a small isolated attack from a lightweight build take ages to recover from.

## Corals Nerfed?

Since the devs added the climate patch, coral players have been going down becuase when temperatures ris, the algae leave resulting in the coral dying and screaming to the devs through their screen[12].

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/group/corals/
2. ↑ https://www.livescience.com/40276-coral-reefs.html
3. ↑ https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coral.html#:~:text=Corals%20are%20animals%2C%20though%2C%20because,sweep%20into%20their%20inscrutable%20mouths.
4. ↑ https://reefresilience.org/restoration/coral-populations/monitoring/coral-colonies/
5. ↑ https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tutorial\_corals/coral01\_intro.html#:~:text=Most%20corals%20feed%20at%20night,%2C%20you've%20encountered%20nematocysts.
6. ↑ https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/coral-reefs-canaries-of-the-sea-rainforests-97879685/
7. ↑ https://www.iucn.org/resources/issues-briefs/coral-reefs-and-climate-change#:~:text=When%20conditions%20such%20as%20the,prolonged%20periods%2C%20they%20eventually%20die.
8. ↑ https://www.inverse.com/article/32724-chasing-coral-reefs-color-bleaching-climate-change-dying
9. ↑ https://climateinterpreter.org/content/effects-ocean-acidification-coral-reefs
10. ↑ https://eatlas.org.au/content/relationship-between-corals-and-fishes-great-barrier-reef#:~:text=There%20are%20strong%20mutual%20dependencies,may%20be%20mitigated%20by%20fishes.
11. ↑ https://coral.org/coral-reefs-101/coral-reef-ecology/how-coral-reefs-grow/
12. https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/coral-bleaching/10524996
Atlantic Cod

Atlantic Cod are a build referred by Human player Mark Kurlansky as "the fish that changed the world." This build has 3 dorsal fins and 2 anal fins.

## Unique Abilities

### Barbels

Type:Utility

Effect:Amplify [Olfaction].

### Cold Resistance

Type:Support

Effect:No penalty in cold servers.

### Ultrasound Hearing

Type:Utility

Effect:Detect [Echolocation] and counter it.

## Tier Placement.

B-tier.This build has decent Mobility (it is an active hunter) and Intelligence (a shoaling build.) The three abilities listed above give this build a decent edge. In its normal server, they are bodied by Seals, Spiny Dogfishes and large Sharks as well as Human mains.They are worth a lot of EXP from the latter due to the viability of the [Fish And Chips] food item.In the Northwest Atlantic Server however, they are S-tier apex predators.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.thoughtco.com/atlantic-cod-gadus-morhua-2291590
2. ↑ https://www.mass.gov/service-details/learn-about-atlantic-cod
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Gadus\_morhua/#economic\_importance\_negative
4. ↑ https://jeb.biologists.org/content/211/13/2079
5. ↑ https://natureecoevocommunity.nature.com/users/73434-richard-unsworth/posts/33386-conservation-of-seagrass-vital-for-worlds-biggest-fisheries
6. ↑ https://wsgiceland.is/atlantic-cod/
7. ↑ https://www.hww.ca/en/wildlife/fish-amphibians-and-reptiles/the-atlantic-cod.html
8. ↑ https://cfishct.com/blog/best-fish-for-fish-chips/
Ambulocetus

Ambulocetus was a removed build from the Eocene expansion. This build was one of the earliest Whale builds and was a transition between land-based carnivores and fully-aquatic whale builds. This build was fully aquatic like all cetacean builds but still had legs. As time went on, the cetacean players respecked more points from the leg skill tree to the tail skill tree.

## Overview

The playstyle of this build was similar to crocodiles. As it boasted great power and stealth, which was needed to ambush its prey. It had great water mobility for a mammal for its time.

## Abilities and Skills

### Salt and Fresh

This build unlike most builds can inhabit salt and fresh water. This allowed this build to prey appound many builds.

### Semi-Aquatic

If needed, this build could go on land, but it would lower its mobility.

### Death roll

The Ambulocetus can do a death roll similar to a crocodile. The death roll is a quick way of doing damage to opponents, and weaken flesh.

## Tier Placement

D-tier. Like Crocodile builds, this builds can connect its [Bite] move into the [Death Roll] ability, stunning an enemy, rapidly damaging it and reducing it to loot. It also had the [Chew] ability, maximizing the amount of XP gained from loot. However, it was pretty janky all around,. They began to opt away from the [Fur] ability in favour of a hairless, streamlined body, which gives it increased aquatic Mobility in exchange for reduced Defense.
Bass

Bass are some of the more larger fish in the pond/river/lake metas and can sometimes dominate the local playerbase as they've been known to do.

## Tier Placement

The bass has above average stats for a fish which means that they don't have any special abilities apart from the Gills and Fins. They are generalists that can eat about anything from smaller fish, arthropods, amphibians, reptiles and more. They also have a high jump to attack platform-campers. As previously mentioned, they can make entire playerbases get banned and while there's nothing special about this strategy, there is no doubt that this is effective and useful putting them firmly in the high end of B tier.

https://www.peche-leurres.com/black-bass-aux-leurres-souples-achigan-grande-bouche/
Disgusted

Disgusted is a debuff related to Resolve and XP Gain. This debuff lowers Resolve and ignores all Resolve bonuses from abilities. This can lead to very humorous situations where a predator player loses a matchup after defeating its target.

## Explanation

Several abilities inflict the [Disgusted] debuff. Certain abilities allow builds to inflict the debuff through acrid smelling or tasting defenses. Pollution can also inflict this debuff in addition to draining Health over time. It can either be active (smell) or passive (taste).

## Abilities that can inflict the debuff:

* O.W.M Mix (Oil, Wax and Mucus)
* Slimy
* Milkweed Poison
* Forbidden Compound
* Fish Breath
* Odor Gland]]
Death Bite

Komodo Dragon using the death bite ability on a Water Buffalo.

Death Bite is an attack-based ability used only by the Komodo Dragon build.

## Effect

Death Bite causes the victim of the bite attack to experience the anticoagulant debuff due to chemicals in the attacking player's venom(not saliva)meaning that their stamina is drained.
Dimetrodon

The Dimetrodon was a top tier build during the permian expansion. They had great mobility and intelligence for the time and was easily S tier.

## Overview

Dimetrodon had great all-round stats for the time. Nothing seems to crazy until we get to the abilities.

## Abilities

### Sail

This sail allows the user to make it look like it is in a higher weight class. It also made it impossible to flip Dimetrodon upside-down and since it was cold blooded, it's sail was the perfect tool for gaining sunlight. This had it's disadvantages as well including lowered stealth and larger hurt box but this was not that big of a deal simply because it's attack was very high and players couldn't risk taking damage.

### Parenting

Dimetrodon was one of the first builds to include parenting into it's strategy and this really made it top tier. Instead of hoping that eggs don't overheat or freeze, the Dimetrodon had access to one of the most overpowered moves (at the time), Incubate. This allows the low level Dimetrodon players to spawn in without weird conditions and led to a game over at the start of the game which players found really frustrating.

**Warning: Dimetrodon alongside other non-mammalian sinapsids have been known by the community as "mammal like reptiles". Data miners have recently said that they are no longer considered reptiles but rather stem-mammals due to the fact that reptiles are exclusive to the sauropsid group. So stop referring to Dimetrodon and other non-mammalian sinapsids as "reptiles" cause they aren't reptiles.**
Africa

Africa is one of the most dangerous servers in the game, mostly because of the fierce competition in the area. This is especially in savannah and rainforest biomes. This server should not be chosen if you are a beginner. Humans have made several species extinct from other servers but hardly any species ever from this server. The African Tank Mains are considered "better" than those of other servers like Elephants and Hippopotamus.

Less competition-heavy areas are desert biomes, particularly Sahara. However, this is mainly due to harsh environmental effects and little access to valuable resources such as water, both which turn away many players.

This is also where the first Human builds reside, specifically in the human faction that is Ethiopia.

Notable African builds include:

* Humans (*1st* SSS Tier)
* Elephants (*2nd* S Tier)
* Crocodile (*3rd* S Tier)
* Hippos (*4th S Tier)*

* Gorilla (S-Tier)
* Chimpanzee (A-Tier)
* Lions (A-Tier)
* Giraffes (A-Tier)
* Elephants (S-Tier)
* Hippos (S-Tier)
* Cheetahs (F-Tier)
* Hyenas (A-Tier)
* Leopards (B-Tier)
* Camels (A or S- tier)
* Zebras (B-Tier)
* Africanised Honey Bee (S Tier)
* African Painted Dog (S Tier)
* Ostrich (D Tier)
Blue Catfish

The blue catfish build is the largest catfish build in the North America. This build has also spread to many servers where it easily bodies the native builds there.

## Tier Placement

A-tier. Good stats overall, introduction into other servers and a surprisingly good method of defence. When attacked, they use their serrated pectoral and dorsal fins to make a wound and inject venom. Surprisingly, this build only has a few unwinnable matchups because of this. This build can even body introduced Asian Carp builds.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.chesapeakebay.net/S=0/fieldguide/critter/blue\_catfish
2. ↑ https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Ictalurus\_furcatus/
3. ↑ https://www.outdoornews.com/2015/04/20/blue-cats-appear-to-have-taste-for-adult-asian-carp/
Bichir

Bichirs (Polypterus) are among some of the most primitive Actinopterygii builds playable in the game. It is also one of the few primitive Fish builds with at least some viability as a support main. They are mostly playable in the African server. These builds are notable for their air-breathing abilities but they can only breath on land for a few hours and unusual dorsal fin structure.

## Overview

This build does not seem to have a lot of and a lot of Health. The same time However, it makes up for its lack of it by its high Power. It is an ambush predator, having good Stealth and decent Mobility. It also has great Defense through its scales and dorsal spines.

## Moveset

**Modified Swim Bladder (Passive, Support)**- Allows you to take oxygen spawned from the air.

**Landlubber (Active, Mobility)**- Hitch a shorthike through terrestrial servers to body smaller builds, move to other servers or avoid predators.

**Death Roll (Active, Attack)**- Use your [Bite] attack and combo it into a highly damaging move that rips off chunks of flesh into loot!

**Ganoid Scales (Passive, Defense)**- Provides a huge boost to Defense.

**Dorsal Finlets (Passive, Defense)**- Returns a moderate amount of damage to an attacker.

## Tier Placement

High C-tier. This build probably one of the boring, but practical builds to play, in a meta where builds with flashy stats, and powerful PvP potential often get into the high tiers. Their rather decent abilities and stats help the Bichir survive in this meta. They can also hide when a predator comes too close and can use the **[Death Roll]** to rip chunks of loot off larger weight classes.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/ecology/animals/vertebrates/bichir
2. ↑ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/fish/other.html#:~:text=Bichir%20are%20the%20only%20living,about%20395%20million%20years%20ago.
3. ↑ https://kidadl.com/animal-facts/bichir-facts
4. ↑ https://www.buildyouraquarium.com/bichir-care/#:~:text=One%20lesser%20known%20fact%20about,take%20gulps%20of%20atmospheric%20air.&text=In%20aquaria%20water%20is%20typically,don't%20bother%20breathing%20air.
5. ↑ https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/bichirs-polypteriformes
6. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/animal/bichir
7. ↑ https://badmanstropicalfish.com/dinosaur-bichir/
8. ↑ https://kidadl.com/animal-facts/saddled-bichir-facts
9. ↑ https://www.savalli.us/BIO370/Diversity/04.Actinopterygii.html
10. ↑ https://kids.kiddle.co/Bichir
11. ↑ https://untamedscience.com/order/polypteriformes/
12. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/walking-bichir-fish-may-reveal-how-vertebrates-moved-onto-land-1.2748483
13. ↑ http://antediluviansalad.blogspot.com/2014/02/death-roll-not-just-for-crocs.html
14. ↑ https://animals.net/bichir/
Colonial

Colonial is an trait/ability introduced in the early beta. A step beyond eusocial, it allows the same builds to stick together for resource sharing and other purposes. This is mostly useful for AFK builds as players sticking together tends to decrease movement. Alternative to AFK build is planktonic playstyle.

Some users have invested so many evolution points into colonial trait that the result rolls back into a single player. Example of this includes brain coral.

Colonial trait is reserved for aquatic builds.

## Users

* Most Sponges
* Certain Cnidaria such as Corals, certain Hydrozoa and Portugese Man O' War
* Moss animals
* Phoronis ovalis
* Entoprocta
* About two dozen Rotifer builds.
* Many Tunicate such as Sea squirts, Pyrosomes and Salps
* A few colonial ciliates such as Zoothamnium
Amargasaurus

Range: 90

Amargasaurus was a late Cretaceous sauropod build from South America. Mainly known for being the subject of data-miners arguing about weither they had sails or spines.

## Overview

Unlike most sauropods who specked into Health, Amargasaurus cut lots of it's Health in favor of Mobility. This made Amargasaurus smaller than the average sauropod, but super fast, so fast that it can outspeed tank builds like rhinoceros or ankylosaurs. Being smaller leaves the neck more vulnerable. To make it up, Amargasaurus developed elongated spines from the neck to the tail. This raises the already high Defense stat. Besides the defense stat, amargasaurus has a high power stat, which was needed to carry it's massive bulk.

## Abilities and Skills

### Spines

With the long spines, amargasaurus had a form of defense to protect it's top area. Besides it gave Amargasaurus a small intimidation buff.

### Sturdy Legs

To allow Amargasaurus to use its high mobility with its massive bulk, Amargasaurus developed sturdy legs to utilize its high mobility. This was key to out run its predators carnosaurs.

## Tier Placement

Amargasaurus gets a high B tier. Their size drags them down compared to the bulkier sauropods, but it makes it up with crazy speed and defense.
Basking Shark

i couldn't find a good slihouette on the thing that human players use on a daily basis called Google

## Classification

### Species

maximus

Basking Sharks are shark players that decided to swap from being a swimming machine that brings hell to being a filter feeder. They have an extremely large mouth so that they can eat a lot of tiny plankton players. Most players ignore basking sharks because they can take out other players that aren't so hard to kill and worth more XP in the long term. The only real threat to these shark players are Orcas and maybe Lampreys because they can cut through the skin. They do have teeth but since they are only 6mm long (0.25in for those Burmese, Liberian and American people there). Basking shark players do engage in social behavior during the summer but they are mostly solitary.

## Tier Placement

Now the late game of the shark's play through may be easy but the early game is not so easy. They are not mobile and the previously mentioned tiny teeth. Marlin and Sailfish players find it easy to just feed on lo- level basking shark players. This only earns them C tier.
Air

Air is the mixture of gases that make up the atmosphere of the earth meta between the land server and the space DLC up above. Air contains the essential stamina XP ( e.g. oxygen/ CO2) needed for many lung mains as well as land plants etc. However, it can also hold harmful gases like carbon monoxide which are deadly to players.

### Users

It is modified by flying builds (birds, bats, pterosaurs, and insects) to defy gravity and make full use of the aerial zone with their Flight ability. Humans also managed to gain access to this zone with powered flight through their crafting and technology, they built hot air balloons and later planes, helicopters, rockets, etc. This allowed them to travel faster, farther, and wider while giving them more abilities and a new kind of PvP playstyle: aerial dogfighting.

Air is used tactically as a weapon by the whale players, in particular humpbacks who create walls of bubbles (bubble netting) to trap fish prey.
Coccosteus

Coccosteus (Seed Bone) is a banned Placoderm buildplayable during The Devonian Expansion in Europe and North America. While normally a freshwater build, it can also be playable in marine servers.

## Overview

Surprisingly for a Placoderm build, this build has a relatively low Health stat.It is normally slow, but can do a speed burst to grief builds like acanthodians, which were relatively mobile.It also has great Defense to protect itself from other gankers.This build has a great Power stat as well, allowing them to access the [Chomp] move.

## Moveset

**Filter (Active, Attack)-** Allows looting of builds from microweight classes.

**Better Chomp (Active, Attack)-**A very heavy hitting attack that does piercing damage. Also allows you to absorb larger prey loot.

**Adaptive Gills (Passive, Support)-** No penalty for switching between freshwater and saltwater servers.

**Bony Plating (Passive, Defense)-** Negates all critical hits.

**Speed Burst (Active, Mobility)-** Provides a temporary moderate boost to Mobility.

## Tier Placement

C-tier. This is a viable Placoderm build, able to grief a lot of builds while also being able to protect itself reliably from gankers. However, it is not as dominant in its own servers.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/earth-and-environmental-science-transactions-of-royal-society-of-edinburgh/article/abs/ixthe-placoderm-fish-coccosteus-cuspidatus-miller-ex-agassiz-from-the-middle-old-red-sandstone-of-scotland-part-i-descriptive-morphology/97AA5B04F2B9E00AA1FA5FC3D41627C7
2. ↑ http://bugsandbeasts.com/PrehistoricAnimals/?page=Coccosteus
3. ↑ https://www.definitions.net/definition/coccosteus
4. ↑ http://animaladay.blogspot.com/2012/06/coccosteus.html
5. ↑ https://incertaesedisblog.wordpress.com/2020/11/03/ceratotrichia-and-dorsal-fin-shape-in-arthrodires/
6. ↑ http://www.lifebeforethedinosaurs.com/2011/08/coccosteus.html
7. ↑ https://sites.google.com/site/palaeocritti/by-group/placodermi/arthrodira/coccosteus-cuspidatus
8. ↑ http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/c/coccosteus.html
9. ↑ https://blog.shops-net.com/5395893/1/coccosteus.html
10. ↑ https://dinopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Coccosteus
Canary

cawnary

## Overview

Overall the canary has relatively low stats, with almost zero stealth, low defense due to being birds, and low power due to their lack of offensive abilities. Their intelligence is excellent being able to solve problems and be trained by humans, they also have high mobility due to being a small limber bird. They mainly eat seeds and grain.

## Abilities

### Communication

Like most birds they can talk to each other with sounds from their mouth. Only males sing but females make chirping sounds

### Flight

Like most birds they are capable of flight.

### High intelligence

canary mains are really smart for a bird player this can help them to get out of problems but high intelligence means more EXP

## Relationships with humans

Humans use canaries as a companion, they are not as hard to care for compared to other birds and they can provide joy and be trained making them a good support class

## Tier placement

Canaries in the wild get a mid C tier as they can be griefed easily by other animals and they have almost no offensive or defensive abilities. They can flee but that doesn't always work. As a support class they get a high B tier, they can be trained and don't require much space
Cougar

The Cougar (also known as the Mountain Lion, Puma, etc.) is a large Cat build, but like Cheetahs, they're not part of the Pantherine subfamily, but are rather Felines. However, they are the second largest New World Cat builds, just below the Jaguar. They can be spotted throughout the Americas and are surprisingly widespread for a Big Cat living there.

## Base Stats

### Tier

A (General)C (Compared to Other Big Cats)

## Classification

### Species

P. concolor

Its best stat is Power like many other Cats, and while it isn't the best in that regard, it is still really good and suited for bringing down its preffered targets.

## Matchups

While its preffered prey is Ungulates like Deer and Llamas (or Insects if it gets desparate), being a successful generalist predator, the Cougar has a winning matchup against the Coyote, Lynx, and even Wolverines.

There is a common myth that Cougars still isn't great due to it commonly losing to Brown Bears, Black Bears, and Gray Wolf packs (and getting its kills stolen from them), but it's not and often defeat wolf packs in the right conditions and the same for black bears and depends for brown bears and similar to Hyenas with Lions, that's not really much of a big deal since they're the top contenders in the North America server (besides Humans). And deep down, Cougars are still excellent at survival and being generalist Cat builds in such a competitive server that is ruled out hard by Human mains, especially as evidenced by its countless nicknames, implying how widespread it is across both the Americas.

## Tier Placement

This build is criminally underrrated by TierZoo's standards. Being able to successfully be a generalist Big Cat build in two severs where Humans reign supreme, even after all the deforestation, Cougars are basically like Wildcats (feral Domestic Cats) but bigger, and naturally much stronger. Its strengths and weaknesses keep it as a solid A Tier.

## One Major Correction

TierZoo says that Cougars are Trolling builds because sometimes, female Cougars scream like a female Human being brutally attacked. What he doesn't say, however, is that their screaming is basically their mating call. It is likely that the Cougar would just flee if a curious and/or terrified Human came across it, as Cougars are naturally scared of Humans.

### Abilities

Apex eyes - Allows them to see targets in low light and can see in murky water

Amphibious - Can swim well and can kill other Amphibious builds like caimans

Desert tooth - Can pierce skulls and backbones
Adaptive Gills

Adaptive Gills is a Support ability used only by a few Fish builds since most of them use only either freshwater or saltwater. According to the physics and chemistry engine, water seeks a chemical

### Effect

No penalty for switching between freshwater and saltwater servers.

### Usable by

Bull Shark, Salmon, most Sturgeon mains, American Eel, Barramundi, Mayan Cichlid and many more fish builds.

balance and moves from high-concentration to low-concentration solutions. This means saltwater fish builds have to enhance their kidneys to remove salt.Freshwater fish, on the other hand, have the struggle of losing salts. They solve this by speccing into chloride cells which take ions into the water, which are transported into their blood. Euryhaline builds on the other hand, have kidneys can switch to water-saving or salt-saving mode. This ability is a prequisite to playing in estuary servers, where salinity can change constantly. Other builds need this ability since their main quest requires them to travel between freshwater and marine servers. This ability can also make your build easily shrug off parasite mains. Decent as it is, it is actually balanced since this ability takes a long time to connect. As a result, many builds with this ability spend part of their playthrough in either freshwater or saltwater.

For the ability found in non-fish builds, see Salt and Fresh

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://scubadiverlife.com/seven-fish-species-that-can-survive-in-both-fresh-and-salt-water/
2. ↑ https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/water-h2o-life/life-in-water/surviving-in-salt-water
3. ↑ https://blogionik.org/blog/2017/06/16/salt-regulation/
4. ↑ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3159898/
5. ↑ https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tutorial\_estuaries/est07\_adaptations.html
6. ↑ https://mavensnotebook.com/glossary/euryhaline/
7. ↑ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-do-some-fish-normally/
8. ↑ https://www.livescience.com/32167-can-saltwater-fish-live-in-fresh-water.html
Dilong

Dilong was a dinosaur build that played in the Asia server during the Cretaceous.

## Overview

Dilong had a high mobility, good for escaping situations when it's predators are chasing it. It had a decent power stat but this build did little to damage builds above it's weight class. It's stealth was mediocre and it's defense was not very good. This build mainly ate smaller builds like lizards, mammals, and small dinosaurs. The Dilong most likely filled a role similar to Coyotes.

## Abilities

### Feathers

The Dilong build has feathers on it's body that provided insulation.

## Tier Placement

This build is in High D tier. Dilongs could grief smaller builds, and had feathers. They were fast and agile. However, becuase they weren't dromaeosaurs, they could not hunt as a pack or have sickle claws. So, larger builds could easily grief them if they acted careless. Soon or later, these builds spent points into more power and bulk which lead to the most iconic and viable dinosaur builds in the game.
Dana Octopus Squid

The Dana octopus squid (Taningia danae) is a build found in all oceans except polar seas and is named after Age Vedel Taning and the Danish oceanographic ship"Dana". It is one example of the phenomena known as "deep-sea gigantism",where builds playable in the deep sea to have a higher stat ceiling than their shallow-water counterparts.

## Overview

This build has a good Health stat. It is also a decent predator, possesing high Power. It is also a rather fast cephalopod build. Due to its reliance of bioluminescence for its strategies, it had a very low Stealth stat. Lastly, like all Cephalopods, it has high Intelligence and low Defense.

## Moveset

The Dana Octopus Squid has two bioluminescent abilities

**Disorienting Snatch (Active, Attack)**- Deals moderate damage and disorients the target.

**Luminescent Feign (Active, Intimidation)**-A bioluminescent ability that disorients the predator and has high Intimidation potential.

## Tier Placement

A-tier. With its powerful bioluminescent abilities and great stats,the Dana octopus squid is capable of bodying small players with no mercy. However, it is not a perfect build as there are many predators of this build.

## **Referrences**

1. ↑ https://www.livescience.com/53014-underwater-photos-octopus-squid.html
2. ↑ https://seahistory.org/sea-history-for-kids/dana-octopus-squid/
3. ↑ https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/493765
4. ↑ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/397815-Taningia-danae
5. ↑ https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11161-flirty-deep-sea-squid-is-fast-aggressive-hunter/
6. ↑ https://carnivora.net/dana-octopus-squid-taningia-danae-t1193.html
7. ↑ https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/3672246
8. ↑ http://fall09-1.graphicinterfacedesign.com/mmalo/html/dosquid.html
9. ↑ http://tolweb.org/Taningia\_danae/19840/1999.01.01
10. ↑ https://a-z-animals.com/blog/the-worlds-5-largest-squid/
Bicuda

The bicuda is a glass cannon build found in the Amazon River server. It can be identified by its Pike-like body and its sharp teeth.

## Tier Placement

A-tier. Their hitbox shape allows them to hide inside obstacles easily and conduct attacks. It also utilizes some forms of pack hunting. They are not S-tier because of their low Health.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.riverplateanglers.com/amazon-river-species/
2. ↑ https://www.acuteangling.com/amazon-gamefish/exotics/by-species/bicuda.html
3. ↑ https://www.acuteangling.com/amazon-gamefish-science/guide/bicuda-characins.html
4. ↑ http://www.arapaimafishingtours.com/fish.php