Venus Flytrap

* Current (S2)
* Old (S1)

## Release info

The **Venus Flytrap**, also commonly referred to as the **Flytrap**, is a plant in Mope.io that spawns across the Desert biome and can damage and catch animals in its mouths. It was released in the Desert Update on April 27, 2019.

## Technical

* It is a stationary plant that cannot be eaten by any creature.
* The middle part of the plant, referred to as the "base", is solid, forcing most Animals to walk around it. The Giant Scorpion, Black Dragon, and King Dragon are exceptions, as those animals can walk through Flytraps.
* When any animal within the range of tier 4 to tier 14 approach one of the Flytrap's mouths, the mouth will reach out and attempt to bite the player. If bitten, the player will lose health, the Flytrap's mouth will immediately close, and the victim will sweat (though the latter does not always occur).
	+ All animals within the range of tiers 1 to 3, when bitten by a Flytrap, will become trapped inside the Flytrap's mouth and become unable to move. This particular range of animals will also lose approximately 2/3 of their Health Bar, in contrast to tiers 4 to 14 animals losing less than a quarter. However, animals from tiers 4 to 14 will experience the trapping effect if their health bar is extremely low.
	+ Once bitten by a Flytrap, there will be a cooldown time in which opened Flytrap heads become unresponsive to the bitten player. This effect wears off after a few seconds, however.
* Mangoes often spawn around Venus Flytraps, though they can appear elsewhere in the Desert.

## Appearance

The plant can have from 3 to 5 mouths, with their direction varying – some can be bending backwards.

### Current (S2)

The Season 2 era Flytrap skin, which is the current in-game skin, is more detailed than its predecessor. It has a dark green base with leaves sticking out, and is the place from which the heads are rooted. The heads themselves are lined with small white 'teeth' spikes, and the inside area appears to have what resembles a gum, with the inside of the mouth being a darker red-pink than the gum.

### Old (S1)

The Season 1 era Venus Flytrap is a meat-eating plant with a mouth sticking out that is green on the outside and red on the inside. It has green spikes around the opening that resemble the teeth. In the middle there is a green shape what probably is supposed to look like a bunch of leaves.

## Strategy

* If the player is below Apex tier, Venus Flytraps provide no benefit whatsoever and should be avoided in all scenarios.
	+ Despite this, the player can still use the flytrap to their advantage. When being chased by a predator that has a very low Health Bar, if the player stays close to a flytrap, they will be able to stall the predator for a while.
	+ Furthermore, prey of the player can also be steered towards flytraps to weaken it for the player to eventually kill.
* For low-tier Desert animals, consuming mangoes near the flytrap will be beneficial in XP, but risky nonetheless. The Gazelle and Armadillo's special abilities give those animals speed, which can be used to avoid the mouth of a flytrap.
	+ One way of going near flytraps unharmed is to bait the mouths by moving close to one, and moving out of its range before it snaps so that the mouth will snap shut but not harm the player's health bar. The only downside is that predators will also use this to their advantage to avoid the flytrap's effect.
* As a Komodo Dragon, Blackwidow Spider, or any other animal within the range of tiers 15 to 17, the player is immune to flytraps and thus should employ the aforementioned strategy against prey.
	+ As previously mentioned, an effective method of wounding prey is to steer it towards a flytrap so that it is bitten, allowing the player to finish the prey off, potentially with the player's special ability.
	+ Sometimes, players that are bitten by the flytrap will begin sweating and lose water from their water bar at a rapid rate. This will be visible by the bitten player leaving behind a trail of water pods. If this occurs, be sure to block that player from all water sources so that eventually the prey will run out of water, making them easier to finish off.

## Gallery

### Assets

The Season 2 Flytrap skin (in-game from February 1, 2022–).The stem of the Season 2 Flytrap.The top of the Season 2 Flytrap's mouth.The bottom of the Season 2 Flytrap's mouth.The closed mouth of the Season 2 Flytrap.the base of the Season 2 Flytrap.The Season 1 Flytrap skin (in-game from April 27, 2019 – January 31, 2022).The stem of the Season 1 Flytrap.The top of the Season 1 Flytrap's mouth.The bottom of the Season 1 Flytrap's mouth.The closed mouth of the Season 1 Flytrap.The base of the Season 1 Flytrap.
### In-game

Venus flytrap produces mangoes.A Desert Chipmunk being eaten alive by a Venus Flytrap.A Gazelle near a Venus Flytrap.Bali's spawn being obstructed by a Venus Flytrap.The Flytrap's new skin in-game.A Venus Flytrap in the arctic!
### Teaser

MOPE.IO VenusFlytrap EATS MOUSE ALIVE DesertUpdate TEASER 78
## History

 April 27, 2019: Desert Update | * Added.

## Trivia

* In real life, Venus Flytraps only eat flies and other bugs that crawl or land on its leaves.
* Previously, animals could damage the leaves by using an ability (the plant itself is invincible). This has since been removed but it says in the mope.io beta change log that this will be added again.
* If the plant induces sweat, the combined water from water drops that drip from the Animal is greater than the amount of water lost. If the Animal stands still and boosts minimally, their water bar will be higher than before getting bit.

### Glitches

* Venus Flytrap leaves would grow to enormous sizes, causing Desert Rats, Desert Chipmunks, and Meerkats to become as large as Black Dragons.
* After the December 23, 2019 "*#GoldenAge*" update, Venus Flytraps stopped functioning properly and became an obsolete element of the game that was still physically there, but was mostly irrelevant. This glitch was patched on August 11, 2020.
* Venus Flytraps affect the spawn of Redemption bosses, as seen in the gallery.
	+ This glitch occurred for the umbrella page as well. When a player equipped an umbrella, and got bitten by a Venus Flytrap, the umbrella would be dropped due to being stunned. If the animal picked the umbrella up afterwards, the umbrella would strangely push the animal against it. This glitch came with the Summer Update on July 30, 2021.

## Footnotes

### Notes

1. ↑ The Komodo Dragon and Blackwidow Spider, which are tier 13 and tier 14 animals respectively, are exceptions as Flytraps will not attempt to bite them.