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Wobbegong Shark

Wobbegongs are fish builds that play on some of the tropical ocean servers. Known for their barbels and camouflage

## Overview

Wobbegongs have great stealth due to their camouflage. They have powerful jaws which can deal a lot of damage giving them a high power stat. Aside from that their mobility is bad but they are mainly stationary and function as an ambush predator. They have decent defense and their intelligence is not very good but they don't really use it much. They mainly eat invertebrates and fish and are mainly solitary

## Abilities

### Jaws

The wobbegong specked into jaws and needle like teeth. They pull prey in by expanding their throats

### Pattern

The wobbegong uses certain patterns to be stealthy. This only works if their pattern matches the enviornment

### Tassels

The Tassels of the Wobbegong obscure the outline of the Wobbegongs head making it hard to find out where the animal ends and the bottom begins

## Tier placement

They are in B tier. They have some good things going for them like their high stealth and power. However they don't dominate their ecosystem or have high mobility

## References

https://marinebio.org/species/spotted-wobbegong-sharks/orectolobus-maculatus/

https://oceana.org/marine-life/sharks-rays/tasselled-wobbegong

https://www.georgiaaquarium.org/animal/tasselled-wobbegong/
Surgeonfish

Range: 10

Surgeonfish are a perciform build which get their name from their tail (caudal) spine, which they use to defend against predators. There are 80 builds worldwide, all which use the same strategy.

## Tier Placement

B-tier. These builds use a tail weapon to attack gankers looking for an easy meal. When one of their players is attacked, a group of surgeonfish players swarm the predator and attack with their tail weapons cooperatively. Their low Stealth also gives them a good Intimidation factor. Midnight Parrotfish also take advantage of this and school together with surgeonfish players. Due to overfishing of some of their predators, they have been buffed, increasing their playerbase.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://www.livescience.com/55339-regal-blue-tangs.html
2. ↑ https://www.hanauma-bay-hawaii.com/surgeonfish.html
3. ↑ https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Paracanthurus\_hepatus/
4. ↑ https://oceana.org/marine-life/ocean-fishes/blue-tang
Titanotylopus

Range: 50

Titanotylopus was a tanky Camelid build that lived in the North American server. It was one of the, if not the largest camel build with ridiculous amounts of HP. This build would later invade the Asian and Arctic servers. This build had sharp teeth, and was capable of PvP. It is now banned

## Tier Placement

S tier.  This build was too OP for anything to grief it. Its invasion of Eurasia led to the Camel builds of today. Even an experienced Sabertooth Cat player couldn't stand up to it. Cave bear players might have been a problem, but I digress.
Spectacled Bear

The spectacled bear is the only short faced bear build currently playable. They are also the only South American Bear build in the game. These builds are named from their [Spectacle] accessory.

## Tier Placement

B-tier. Arguably the lowest-tiered Generalist Bear build. Unlike most generalist Bear builds, this build lacks the [Hibernate] ability. It also has decent Mobility. Because they live in different altitudes, they do not have no worry about being bodied by Jaguars. While spent more wisely than the Panda, the rest of this build's evolution points goes to its [Spectacles] accessory, hindering it from being any higher tier than the short-faced bears or generalist bear builds.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://www.earthtouchnews.com/natural-world/evolution/the-spectacled-bear-and-its-spectacular-forebears/
2. ↑ https://www.kidzone.ws/lw/bears/facts-spectacledbear.htm
3. ↑ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/s/spectacled-bear/
4. ↑ https://www.aboutanimals.com/mammal/spectacled-bear/
5. ↑ https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Tremarctos\_ornatus/
6. ↑ https://a-z-animals.com/animals/spectacled-bear/
7. ↑ https://shaggygod.proboards.com/thread/799/spectacled-bear-interaction-jaguars
Supernova Resistance

"IT'S TIME TO STOP!!!!!!! IT'S TIME TO STOP, OKAY!!!!! NO MORE!!! WHERE ARE YOUR PARENTS?!!! WHO ARE YOUR PARENTS??!!!! I'LL CALL CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES!!!! IT'S TIME TO STOP!!!!!!!" - Filthy Frank

### Used By

Tardigrade

> **"TARDIGRADES, WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING TO ENCOUNTER?!!!
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> SINCE WHEN IS THIS GOING COME IN HANDY, YOUR LIFE SPAN IS ONLY A YEAR!!!!"**
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>       - Tierzoo
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**Supernova Resistance** is a joke Ability put in by the devs.

## Effect

Supernova Resistance would reduce the damage taken from a supernova, however, this ability is universally considered useless as not only can the Sun not go supernova, but even if one did go off in range, the damage would instant-kill the user anyway, alongside the entire game.

Despite it's uselessness in the meta, it has still been specced into by Tardigrades, along with many other abilities that protect them from everything that they wouldn't normally encounter, such as the vacuum of space and extreme radiation.

## See Also

Other absolutley ridiculous and un-needed abilities include:

* Radiation Resistance
* Meteor Impact Resistance
* Gamma Ray Burst Resistance
Takahe

The takahe (*Porphyrio hochstetteri*) is a bird build native to the New Zealand server. The playable build is the South Island one, as the one playable in the North Island subserver is unfortunately banned. It is the largest Rail build and the largest flightless Bird in New Zealand. While related to the similar Pukeko, but without flying capabilities. It was considered a Lazarus taxon, a build formerly though to be unplayable, but was later discovered by dataminers.

## Overview

The Takahe is a chicken-sized Bird build, giving them below average Health for a build of its own class. Its beak can potentially deal a good amount of damage. While its completely flightless, their wings can provide them decent climbing ability. Being brightly colored, they were absolutely terrible at Stealth.

## Moveset

**Clambering Wings (Passive, Mobility)** - Repurposed wings provide Mobility bonuses in mountainous terrain.

**Mountain Beak (Passive, Attack/Utility)**- A beak designed to tear off tough grass, but also provides good Power.

## Tier Placement

Currently, the newly rediscovered takahe build is at risk of predation from builds like introduced Stoats. It is also outcompeted gradually by the Red Deer build, and many other mammal builds continue to take a toll on it. Nowadays, Human mains are working to give it a new server free of predators and griefers, and culled the introduced mains. However, it is still vulnerable to Falcon players, and its Health and Mobility are still too low to make flightlessness worth the trade, so it only gets to D-tier at best. Before Human settlement, this build used to be better, but not by much, being C-tier at best.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/birds/birds-a-z/takahe/
2. ↑ https://www.visitzealandia.com/About/Wildlife/Birds/Takah%C4%93
3. ↑ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/visit-animal-species-back-from-dead-lazarus-taxon
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 https://animalia.bio/south-island-takah
5. ↑ https://sites.google.com/a/cloud.waimeaint.school.nz/newzealandendangeredspecies/home/room-7/room-7-endangered-species-project/the-takahe
6. ↑ https://sites.google.com/a/cloud.waimeaint.school.nz/newzealandendangeredspecies/home/room-7/room-7-endangered-species-project/the-takahe
Therizinosaurus

The Therizinosaurus specced into the claw skill tree allowing them to hold the record for the longest claws to ever exist in the game. They excellent at 1v1 combat because their claws granted them excellent range and decent damage. This combo was perfect to defend themselves from carnivore mains trying to attack them. As well as doing heavy damage, this also had a high chance of inflicting the bleed status effect which rapidly lowers stamina and health. Therizinosaurs but so many evolution points into claws that it had nothing left for being a carnivore and therefore is the only theropod to switch factions which is a bummer because they couldn't get any XP from the kills they make. Therizinosaurus, however, was perfectly suited to a herbivore playstyle because it had a long neck great for reaching XP and loot. Their strategy was surprisingly effective and its only weakness was that it had no defensive capability which means a team attack could result in a game over.
The Paleogene Expansion

The Paleogene Expansion (Update 4.214 to 4.257) allowed other guilds to finally gain major footholds after the Cretaceous-Paleogene balance patch that banned almost every dinosaur (except birds). It took the developers a few million years to fix the Earth’s ecosystems. The continents separated into 7 with the formation of major mountain belts (Himalayas, Alps, Rockies, Andes). Dominance had shifted from the Reptiles to the Mammals.

## Initial Power Vacuum

Mammals diversified but its fauna remained small. Ferns initially flourished after the balance patch before flowering plants and conifers took over. Diversification of flowering plants would go on to have a major impact on terrestrial ecosystems. A new NPC called Grass would be introduced into the game.

Out of the Reptile guild, turtles and crocodilians managed to survive the catastrophic transition. At this point, bony fishes’ playerbase was given a buff and continued to maintain viability later on. At the end of Paleocene, the Earth would start heating up quickly.

## Extreme Global Warming

   In the Eocene update, high concentration of methane and carbon dioxide from the ocean floor was speculated to have cause the warmest five million years of the Censozoic era. It became so warm that trees could even grow in the polar regions and palm trees grew in Alaska. Crocodilians took the opportunity to inhabit the zone above the Arctic circle. Grass continued to evolve but for the meantime, herbivorous mammals fed on leaves and herbs. Odd-toed (e.g. Rhinoceros), Even-toed (e.g. Camels), marine mammals (e.g. whales), primates and many carnivorous guilds originated in this epoch. Africa would finally split off into an island continent. The Earth would start to cool off throughout the Censozoic. At the end of the Eocene, there had been an emergence of modern bird groups, such as passerines (perching birds), raptors (birds of prey), and waterbirds.

## Even more diversification

The forest biomes are reduced in extent and the grasslands began to form. Anthropoid apes made their first appearance. Oreodonts, Three-toed horses and Rhinoceroses became prominent with Indricothere, a giant Rhinoceros build dwarving elephants being the largest land mammal ever. Birds had their fair share of giant builds too. The pinnipeds debuted later in the Oligocene update. South America broke away from Antarctica. A significant reduction of the marine playerbase was seen at this point.
White Sturgeon

The White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontnus) is a Fish build playable in the North American server. It is also the largest playable freshwater Fish build in that server. It is a build whose playstyle stayed viable for millions of years and this build is considered Least Concern (LC), surprisingly for a Sturgeon build.

## Species

### Location

North American freshwater servers and Pacific Ocean.

### Relatives

Sturgeons, American Paddlefish, Chinese Paddlefish

## Overview

This build is capable of bodying Fish builds. Due to this build's size, it has a good Power. Like other Sturgeon builds, it has specced into scutes for Defense, which are sharp early-game, but get duller as it levels up. It also has a really high Health stat. Surprisingly for a bottom-feeder, it has a good amount of Mobility, being able to jump out of the water. Lastly, it travels in groups and hunts in packs, having a considerable Intelligence stat.

## Moveset

**Barbels (Passive, Utility)**- Provides a great augmentation to [Olfaction] and allows players to detect with taste.

**Scutes (Passive Defense)**- Provides a great Defense boost and creates invulnerable hitboxes.

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

## Tier Placement

A-tier. This build is the best bottom-veeding Sturgeon build. It has only a few griefers. This is the great to-go build when playing as a bottom feeder.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://www.oregonzoo.org/discover/animals/white-sturgeon
2. ↑ https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-largest-freshwater-fish?qt-news\_science\_products=0#qt-news\_science\_products
3. ↑ https://fox11online.com/news/offbeat/teen-catches-huge-20-foot-white-sturgeon-fish
4. ↑ https://www.seattleaquarium.org/blog/shark-or-sturgeon
5. ↑ https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/fish/Kootenai\_River\_white\_sturgeon/natural\_history.html
6. ↑ https://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/education/lessonplans-lecons/sturgeon-esturgeon-eng.html
7. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/animal/sturgeon-fish#ref102539
8. ↑ https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/saving-sturgeon/
9. ↑ https://kidadl.com/animal-facts/white-sturgeon-facts
10. ↑ https://www.cityofvancouver.us/publicworks/page/learn-about-sturgeon
11. ↑ http://calfish.ucdavis.edu/species/?ds=241&uid=113
Whelk Snail

The Whelk Snail is a weird build. It is a predator and a scavenger. It’s play style is very weird.

## Abilities

* All abilities of sea snails
* Increased mobility
* Drilling attack: This can ignore the defenses of builds like barnacles and clams

## Tier placement

A tier. It has very high mobility and power for a snail but it is very awkward to play. You need to have lots of experience with this build to succeed. It feeds on armored builds, but also acts as a scavenger in some screnarios. Additionally, it is annoying to deal with competition and predators.
Swift

The swifts (Apodidae) are builds characterized by forked tails and boomerang-shaped wings. These builds are known to have some of the highest horizontal Mobility of any build. These builds took a page off of Songbird builds to make their builds. These builds are capable of spending most of their playthrough in the air.

## Overview

Like the Songbirds that they are based off, these builds have decent Intelligence. Because they are quite small, it has very low Health. However, they have some of the highest aerial Mobility stats in the game. Because it has to fly, it has to make concessions to its Defense, greatly reducing it.

## Moveset

**Flight (Active, Mobility)**- Allows the user to fly.

## Tier Placement

A-tier. Unlike their relatives, the Hummingbirds, these builds have a high survival rate due to their good stats. These builds have become quite successful in replicating the Songbird build.

## References

1. ↑ https://carolinabirds.org/HTML/Swift.htm
2. ↑ https://nhpbs.org/wild/Apodidae.asp
3. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth\_news/newsid\_8539000/8539383.stm
4. ↑ https://www.beautyofbirds.com/swifts.html
5. ↑ https://gazette.com/pikespeakcourier/swift-takes-life-on-the-wing-words-on-birds/article\_1639c55a-acfb-11eb-bdf6-cb9e6605c483.html
6. ↑ https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/swifts-apodidae
7. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/animal/swift-bird
8. ↑ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9600463/Swifts-fly-faster-futher-previously-thought-scientists-say.html
9. ↑ https://projectbeak.org/adaptations/skeletal.htm
10. ↑ https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/apodiformes-swifts-and-hummingbirds
11. ↑ https://www.discoverwildlife.com/news/swifts-spend-the-majority-of-their-lives-in-the-air/
Metriorhynchus

Metriorhynchus was a removed Reptile build from the Jurassic expansion. This build is related to Crocodile builds but it had the [Streamlining] trait, increasing Mobility while decreasing Defense.

## Tier Placement

Metriorhynchus had increased Mobility from its [Streamlining] trait. It could also rely on a wide variety of loot sources, from fast moving fish and armored cephalopod players, to the defeated plesiosaur and Leedsichthys players. However, it had poor Defense and low Health, which meant that an attack successfully landed by a Liopleurodon player meant a game over. Overall, C tier at best.
Traira

The traira or trahira is a characiform fish build found in the Amazon River. This build, also known as wolffish (not to be confused with the marine perciform Wolffish). This build has the [Modified Swim Bladder] ability, allowing it to breathe air.

## Tier Placement

B-tier This build uses an unusual strategy revolving around its signature ability. During the dry season world event, many builds in the Amazon River lose water faster, and they have to drink. However, this is an easy exploit and common knowledge in traira subreddits, and could easily body and grief other players this way. However, it had bad matchups against Otters and does not use any form of team strategy, hindering it from becoming more viable.

## Referrence

1. ↑ https://www.amazonxtremefishing.com/traira
2. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/animal/wolffish
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.acuteangling.com/amazon-gamefish-science/guide/traira-trairao.html
4. ↑ http://www.guianas-geographic.com/article-en/the-giant-otter-emblematic-species-of-the-amazonian-rivers/
5. ↑ https://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/features/predators-hoplias-wolves-of-the-water/
Spaghetti eel

Spaghetti eels are carnivorous freshwater fish builds. They have a similar stat spread as the garden eel, having almost zero attack and very low defense. However, its mobility is higher than the garden eels allowing it to leave the sand and not be a total sitting duck. Still, this build has zero defense strategies against predators so they are only in D tier.
Titanoboa

**Titanoboa** was a removed snake build from the Mid-Late Paleocene. This build is the largest of the snake guild. Like other constrictors, it used its body to inflict the [Suffocation] debuff, thus defeating its prey very easily.

## Tier Placement

A-tier. It had good Power, Defense, Health and Stealth. It also had the [Amphibious] trait. The only disadvantage is that it was vulnerable to attacks itself while trying to defeat another player.
Squid

Squid's Base Stats

## Overview

The Squid, now known for a certain Korean Netflix series, is part of Cephalopod clan in the Mollusc Guild. It's distinctive feature is its mantle. It has 8 arms and 2 tentacles. The Squid also shares its short game time with the Octopus.

## Abilities and Skills

The Squid is the premier ocean intelligence, power and mobility hybrid with reasonably high intelligence and extraordinary power due to its armour piercing beak. and one of the top grabs available in the ocean server. Its grab has the added bonus of inflicting damage when the grabbed target struggles in an attempt to break free. Squids back up this powerful offensive kit with high mobility which means if a squid player wants to pick a fight, escape is rarely an option. Squid also have the Ink Squirt ability found in many Cephalopods which temporarily buffs Stealth to max. The squid's intelligence is exemplified by one of its attributes which is exclusive to high intelligence builds; the ability to hunt in packs. Pack hunting makes squids a genuinely oppressive force in a territory that they control. A notable build from the Squid subclass is the Humboldt Squid.

## Playstyles

There are also different playstyles available for Squids. For example, opting for a tank build by selecting either the Giant or Colossal Squid. This build also allows the player to enter the deepest ocean servers, areas of the game very few players ever get to see. Stealth-based build can be obtained by selecting the Bobtail Squid which is one of the only builds which uses light(Bioluminescence) to hide. As it emits light, the squid avoids casting shadow against starlight or moonlight which counter-intuitively makes it one of the most stealthy nocturnal builds. Squids have high power and mobility but can also have high HP and stealth, and intelligence depending on the build.

## Trivia

The Bobtail Squid can't activate the stealth ability on its own as it's actually a buff supplied by a support class from Kingdom Bacteria called Vibrio Fischeri. This is also TierZoo's reddit name so fun fact.

## Gallery

Bobtail squid stats.Giant squid stats.Bobtail squid stats in new styleGiant squid stats in new style
Rotifer

Rotifers are an aquatic faction mostly playing in freshwater servers although some play in the ocean server as well.

Rotifers have the smallest non-parasitic animal builds in the game.

A few of rotifer builds have unlocked Colonial trait.

Some rotifers, especially AFK ones, have Metamorphosis quest which they have to complete to get to higher levels.

### Cons

* They are prime target to many builds inhabiting freshwater servers.
* Short playthrough
Tapeworm

Tapeworms, also known as **Eucestoda**, are a group of builds that have opted to go for a parasitic playstyle, griefing players of higher weight class.

## Overview

For the most part, they play AFK, passively leeching EXP from its host with its (often hooked) suckers. Many tapeworm builds require to complete host switching quests in order to advance to higher levels. Tapeworms dwell in a diversity of animals' intestines and reproduce through egg laying. They are known to survive in their hosts for a long time, up to 30 years. This can cause a series of symptoms like nausea, diarrhea, malnutrition and etc. in the long term. They can also be ridiculously long for its weight class, growing up to 2.8 metres.

## Abilities

* **Acid resistance**: Essential for withstanding corrosion effects from acid
* **Hooked sucker**: Pierces intestinal wall easier and provides stronger anchoring.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/tapeworm/symptoms-causes/syc-20378174#:~:text=Adult%20tapeworms%20can%20live%20for,infections%20can%20cause%20serious%20complications.
2. ↑ https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/tapeworm-was-112-times-patients-height
Termite

Termites are a type of eusocial flying insect although only some of the players have flight ability, and even that for a short time.

Most of the builds tend to focus on the underground base building playstyle.

Most termites have teamed up with gut protists, which in turn, have teamed up with gut bacteria. This allows them to consume wood for EXP.

## Tier Placement

Undoubtably S tier. They have unlocked 2 of the best abilities in the game: Eusociality and Flight. They've also managed to colonize every server aside from the arctic ones. On top of that, They have the fastest bite in the game allowing them to absolutely melt human structures.

## Abilities

### Eusocial

Eusociality is a rare ability and for a good reason most scavenger insects have it like bees,wasps,ants and termites and naked mole rats have it too. Basically Eusociality is basically a hive mind where one person gives an order and everyone must follow the bosses order. Eusociality is an op ability because of the idea of a bunch players who act like one organism sounds op.

### Flight

Allows them aerial movement. Flight ability for termites is rather weak, does not last long and players with only a certain level can acquire it.
Tube Worm

## Overview

The Tube Worm is one of the dominating builds in the Abyssal server. the Giant Tube Worm is an S tier. They are stationary creatures and do not kill other animals. Instead, they found a way to tap into an infinite source of XP by making great use of the Heat Resistance perk. Their extreme heat resistance is one of the highest known in the game (only surpassed by Pompeii worms and some extremophile prokaryotes) that even sleeper sharks can't pose a threat. The high temperatures, along with nutrients from the Earth's core, provide nourishment for bacteria players, which are farmed by the tubeworms to farm nearly infinite XP.

## Base Stats

Tube worms have nothing in Intelligence, Power, Mobility, and Stealth statistics. They are similar to plants since they are stationary for most of the game. However, their Defense is very high, only contrasted by low base HP. Their Heat Resistance allows them to farm XP in high temperatures, and their Chemosynthesis allows them to make food out of organic compounds made by bacteria which would make sense seeing that no sunlight can even reach that deep into the ocean. Tube Worm players would not have to worry so much about predators though. Tubeworms also have one of the longest playtimes in the Abyssal server among non-clonal animals.

## Tier Placement

Tube Worm cannot be placed in a tier yet and they aren't definitively S-tier either. They have unparalleled success in XP farming and base defense abilities. They kind of get away with success they don’t deserve because all the armor-destroying animals are in the regions above - all except one. Vent crabs are the only certain predator of Tube Worms and their only viable defensive mechanism is to quickly retract their gills as those are the weak spots.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.mbari.org/products/creature-feature/giant-tubeworms-landing-page/
Toxodon

Toxodon was a banned Meridiungulate main playable in the South American server. This build rose to fame after it was discovered by game analyst Charles Darwin. Their guild is closely related to the perissodactyls.

## Overview

This build had great Health among other South American builds. This would have also equated to greater Defense as well. It had great Mobility for a build their own size. That's all.

## Moveset

**Tough Tooth (Passive, Misc.)**- Allows the build to get 0.5× potential EXP gain from grass.

## Tier Placement

C-ter It had a humongous Health stat and fairly great speed, along with teeth that allows positive EXP gain (albeit at 50% EXP gain value), but thats it. Vulnerable to some gankers like giant terror birds. Became D-tier during the Pleistocene due to builds like Humans and Smilodon.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=gGRSDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT217&lpg=PT217&dq=toxodon+meridiungulate&source=bl&ots=Y\_eOUiiTYn&sig=ACfU3U0R64O3piXMUdLUlGkJCuuyk7p6gw&hl=xx-bork&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiN2baxnYzvAhXMdd4KHVW4Dh0Q6AEwFnoECBwQAg#v=onepage&q=toxodon%20meridiungulate&f=false
2. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/animal/Toxodon
3. ↑ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/darwins-strangest-beast-finds-place-on-tree
4. ↑ https://eol.org/pages/4471874/articles
5. ↑ http://zims-en.kiwix.campusafrica.gos.orange.com/wikipedia\_en\_all\_nopic/A/Toxodon
6. ↑ https://prehistoric-fauna.com/Toxodon
7. ↑ https://www.mindat.org/taxon-3240514.html
8. ↑ http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/t/toxodon.html
Velvet Worm

These even have a projectile attack

## Overview

Velvet Worms are nocturnal, elongate panarthropods (closely related to Arthropods) with low health stats and slightly subpar defense but relatively high intelligence stat to offset it especially among other arthropods. Lacking in mobility and below average stealth but decent power stat (scales with size).

## Abilities and Skills

Although their mobility is far from great, their stub feet with chitin claws helps them to gain a firm grip on almost any surfaces usually on uneven terrain. They have sensory antennae to assess objects and prey and a pair of simple eyes. Hidden within the oral cavity is sharp, crescent-shaped mandibles which is able to tear flesh of its own weight class quite easily. On the left and right of the mouth, there are two openings and tiny extensions which stores and shoots out adhesive strings of slime to ensnare their enemies and used for defensive purposes, making it easier for them to bite and inject saliva into them. This tremendously slows down small targets like insects and spiders which could basically make their mobility stat 0. The velvet worm does not possess a rigid exoskeleton like it's arthropod relatives but a hydrostatic skeleton made of body fluid. They also have numerous papillae on their skin that are sensitive to touch and smell. Their intelligence is quite unmatched by a lot of the panathropods, especially tardigrade players. Complex and capable, their brains allow them to create social bonds and groups. This is displayed strongly by the Euperipatoide velvet worms. This may vary from genus to genus. They can be classified as eusocial as a dominant female leads the group of females, males and youngling. Their social hierarchy is formed through the usual submission and dominance.

## Disadvantages

They have a few setbacks hindering them from being Top S Tier. They require a long time to replenish their slime glands and fluid, taking close to a month. This means they would usually eat their dried slime if possible to conserve energy and their main source of weaponry. Their antennae are also obstructions for the worm's forward vision. Even though they have a decent bite force, their ingestion needs a long duration to complete, normally several hours. This is made easier for them as they eat on average one to four weeks. As mentioned, their slow movement is a significant disadvantage but supplemented with nice grip with their stub feet.

## Addendum

Despite their abilities and intelligence, human mains struggle to estimate their population but there are a few documented species and all of them are seemingly endangered. This could be the human mains being total douche's and destroying their natural habitats rather then their incompetence and them not being viable.
The Developers

The **Developers**, more commonly known as the Devs are the creators of Outside. Notoriously, many of them are highly secretive, with the head developer, or whether there's multiple, being unknown and highly theorized.

They are thought to be playful, reportedly messing with the physics engine or making mice float during jumps.
They also sometimes nerf builds when they get too op they can do this in different ways such as like nuking the earth with a asteriod or making a extinction event,but humans in the future might bypass these nerfs like they can launch a rocket at the asteriod to stop it and humans have a deep knowledge of the game engine,they also mess with build through genetic engineering.
Humans worship the devs by the name of God. There are many differnet beliefs about them such as Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, etc.
Zoos

The zoo server are servers located worldwide. This is the only server where builds from every server of the world can live in. This server also has a huge emphasis on the human build breeding animals so they can either be released into their home server or be sent to other zoo servers worldwide. Zoos are servers built by the human build and are commonly near to or in a city biome. In a lot of cases animals in the zoo server are not as happy as animals in the wild server. The tiger build commonly paces around it's enclosure if it's a small one and elephants would sway their heads around. Sometimes animals don't get to display their natural behavior in the zoo server like the cheetah which needs space to run. Lastly local wildlife builds like geese, squirrel, and raccoon commonly roam the zoo servers freely

## The enviornment of the zoo server

Since zoo servers are located worldwide their enviornment varies. Some builds that live in zoo servers northward are not used to the colder climates that the zoos contain because they live southward. Smaller animals like reptiles, invertebrates, amphibians, and small mammals commonly live in controlled temperature exhibits indoors.

## The Aquarium servers

The aquarium servers are also worldwide servers but they mainly aquatic animals like fish, marine mammals, and aquatic invertebrates. They are normally indoors but sometimes marine mammals are kept outdoors. Most marine animals are kept in tanks

## Best builds in the zoo server

The best build in the zoo server by far is the human build. The either visit the zoo and mostly completely safe or tend to the animals which they are mostly completely safe. If you want to play as another build I don't recommend playing as any of the exotic animals in the enclosures because it's pretty much just easy mode. Playing as a wild animal especially the raccoon is very hard because human builds need to protect the zoo grounds however, if you can get past all that there is a great loot source being leftovers from humans.
Wahoo

The Wahoo (Acanthocybium solanderi), also known as kingfish is a pelagic Fish build found in tropical and subtropical servers. It is known as a sport fish by veteran Human players.

## Overview

This build does not specc into pack-hunting and is mostly solitary, giving it low Intelligence. It has moderate Health, having a weight of 83 kg. It has razor sharp teeth, allowin it to have a good Power stat for their size. It has one of the highest Mobility stats among aquatic builds. Lastly, it has great Stealth and is capable of changing palettes to inflict [Confusion] among other Fish mains.

## Moveset

**Streamlining (Passive, Mobility)** Increases Mobility by 80%.

**Pattern Change (Active, Stealth)**- Inflicts [Confusion] debuff. Also increases Stealth.

## Tier Placement

B-tier. This Fish build is pretty viable, able to take down smaller players with ease. It also takes advantage of its high Power stat and plays aggressively. However, they do not have much in other stats to rank higher.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/animal/wahoo-fish
2. ↑ https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/acanthocybium-solandri/
3. ↑ https://thisfish.info/fishery/species/wahoo-ono/
4. ↑ https://floridasportfishing.com/species-spotlight-wahoo-2/
5. ↑ https://oceana.org/marine-life/ocean-fishes/wahoo
6. ↑ https://fishingthespot.ph/tips-and-techniques/7699-The-Wahoo-fish
7. ↑ https://www.vacationscostarica.com/travel-guide/wahoo/
8. ↑ https://myfwc.com/research/saltwater/fish/wahoo/facts/
9. ↑ https://biologydictionary.net/wahoo/
10. ↑ https://www.seagrantfish.lsu.edu/biological/mackerels/wahoo.htm
Xenacoelomorpha

Xenacoelomorpha

Xenacoelomorpha is one of the oldest and one of the more obscure Factions. Their body plan is simple. They lack base stats and have only weak perception capabilities. Many builds do have burrow and Regeneration special abilities. Most of the playerbase play in ocean server although a few builds play in freshwater servers.

## Clans

### Xenoturbellida

#### Cons

* Lacks base stats
* Lacks notable special abilities
Smilodon populator

Smilodon Populator was an S tier DPS cat build that was most viable in the Ice age expansion and was the largest of the Smilodon genus.

## Offensive traits

Smilodom populator had big teeth that dealt massive damage. However they broke quite easily, so they were saved for the finishing blow and also used them for butchering their loot. They had a very weak bite. However they did had very strong arms, indicating that they killed their prey by delivering deadly paw swipes and strangling it. And this species, being the largest and bulkiest of the genus, had possibly one of the strongest arms in the game.

## Game plan

All Sabertooths, including S. populator, where long distance runners and possibly pack hunters. They specialized on hunting mammalian megafauna. When they catch their targets, they strangled them with their powerful arms and on occasion finish them off with their fangs with they where too weak. They had good matchups against humans thanks to their pack hunting skills and brutal strength.

## References

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7698601.stm

https://www.science.org/content/article/scienceshot-saber-tooth-tigers-add-powerful-arms-their-arsenal#:~:text=As%20they%20report%20online%20today,struggling%20prey%20with%20its%20arms.
Snake Neck Turtle

Snake neck trutles are a turtle build that are known to take a page from the snakes guide book and put it into use because they are a side neck turtle. This is seen as a really risky strategy but this usually doesn't work so it leaves them in F tier.

## Overview

Side Neck turtles are split into two groups but first a bit of background knowledge; Side neck turtles are at a disadvantange because their necks (a well-known critical hit point) are exposed so the first way side necks counter this problem is by extending the shell. The second (the on we will be focusing on) is to invest their points into the neck itself as opposed to the shell. This grants them an impressive tether grab and allows them to reach around barriers while hunting. A common strategy for this build is to bury oneself into the lakebed and use the build's snake-like neck to attack any fish that enters the player's zone of control. However, a lot of counterplay options exist, and the player's neck is even more vulnerable than the regular side-neck Turtles. Snake Neck Turtles also are a human support class and one of the more well-known turtle builds but most people don't know how low tier they are.
Titan Arum

The Titan Arum is a build also known as the "corpse flower". It is native to Sumatra. It, along with the Raffesia, are the largest flowers currently in the meta.

## Tier Placement

S-tier. The titan arum had all the measures to deter predators, like an AoE reducing debuff which only attracts certain pollinators,speccing into lichens to fool herbivore mains into thinking it is a trunk from a defeated Tree player, and being basically worth negative XP to predators. If that does not work, then its above-average Health will do the trick.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://www.livescience.com/51947-corpse-flower-facts-about-the-smelly-plant.html
2. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/plant/Titan-arum
3. ↑ https://www.pickupflowers.com/flower-guide/largest-flower
4. ↑ https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/botany/stink-plant-stink.htm
5. ↑ https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/22087212
6. ↑ https://gustavus.edu/biology/titanarum/faq.php
7. ↑ https://www.edenproject.com/learn/for-everyone/plant-profiles/titan-arum
Temnospondyl

Range: 20

**Temnospondyls** were a Faction of Amphibians, removed after the mid-Cretaceous balance patch, whose name means 'to cut vertebrae'. Many temospondyl builds either resembled Crocodiles or salamanders. This Faction was among the first to utilize terrestrial gameplay. This Faction was remarkably diverse, from the largest amphibian build (Prionosuchus) to the very lightweight Warrenisuchus. They lived from the Carboniferous into the middle of the Cretaceous expansion.

## Tier Placement

Ah, the good times, where amphibians are not the horrible low tiers known today! While the tier of Temnospondyls varied, it was usually A to S-tier. These builds usually had high Power and Health. They were also great ambush predators like the current Crocodile. The builds with the [Bony Plating] and [Scales] abilities had great Defense. The earliest builds accessed the Terrestrial servers, though most remained near rivers and lakes. Their viability decreased over time, and the last playable build, the Koolasuchus was a B-tier, though this was likely due to its isolation and not its overall viability.

## Notable Builds

### Prionosuchus

The Permian expansion introduced the largest amphibian builds the game has ever seen. Largest of these was Prionosuchus, which dataminers have calculated to have been about 9 meters long. Many new amphibian builds introduced during the Permian opted for the terrestrial servers; Prionosuchus went the other direction. It had a snout similar to a gharial, and its short legs and paddle-like tail indicate that Prionosuchus was likely an aquatic ambush predator. Tier-wise, there was no build known that reached the size and power of Prionosuchus at its time. In the water, Prionosuchus had no clear competition apart from its own playerbase, and so easily achieved the rank of S-tier.

### Koolasuchus

The final Temnospondyl build to be introduced, Koolasuchus was a relic from a bygone age. For a long time, dataminers thought that all Temnospondyls were eliminated following heavy nerfs with the Triassic-Jurassic balance patch. The discovery of Koolasuchus meant that at least one build of Temnospondyl survived two additional balance patches (Jurassic, Cretaceous). It only seems to have survived because its main competition, crocodiles, could not tolerate the cold climate of Antarctica. Koolasuchus, while not as large as its Carboniferous ancestors, still was large enough to hold its own. A powerful bite, combined with an ambush strategy, made Koolasuchus a solid A+-tier in the Antarctic forests of the early Cretaceous. Sadly, the devs released one nerf too many, by raising the temperature of the overworld just enough to allow Crocodiles the opportunity to enter uncharted territory. This doomed Koolasuchus, and with this, the storied history of the Temnospondyls was over.
The Hadean Expansion

The hadean expansion also know as the version 0.1 of the game was the first version of the game and also the alpha of the game. The game as we know it would not have existed if not for this update. They introduced the first builds, tiny single-celled organisms that had to adapt to the extreme weather and smashing asteroids but the devs thought that this wasn't the right way to handle things after about 600 million years later (literally). Many of the game's history got corrupted over time, and this was the most corrupted version of the game. This was when the devs decided they wanted a sandbox to play on. This included all the other planets and mainly the moon. There wasn't to much interesting content to play around with so most of the 'player-base' were actually AI. There are 4 unnoficial sub updates: The Eohadean, Paleohadean, Mesohadean and the Neohadean

## Timeline

**Due to the game's history corruption, what is shown here is just especulation from game dataminers so this information may be outdated, if that is the case, please update this page.**
 However, Earth is a toxic place until a protoplanet named "Theia" that contained water collided with the Earth
 The oldest known mineral of earth (Zircon) apears
 The first tectonic plates appear
 The first alive builds appear
 The Photosynthesis ability apears

## Fun facts

* This Expansion is named after a greek god named hades.
* The Expansion's name is also given by the fact that earth was a literal hell at that moment.
* There was actually no alive builds at all in this expantion until the very end of it.
* The game was more like a chemistry simulator than an actual life simulator, as no builds existed back then.
Stonefish

Stonefish are a build of bony fish that are found in the coasts of the Indo-Pacific server. This build had once of the deadliest venom moves known from the fish guild. These builds do not use their [Neurotoxin] ability to defeat smaller players, but to defend against shark, ray, sea snake and even Human players.

## Tier Placement

One of the few times a Defense-based build was rated as a high tier. This build had excellent Stealth and Defense. Their strategy is to wait for a smaller build to pass by, then use their good Mobility and Power in order to defeat them. But they have a bad matchup against any build that have [Neurotoxin] resistance, for the example is humphead wrasse. So they rank in A-tier.
Sloth Bear

The sloth bear is a small bearwhich gets its name from its long thick claws and ability to hang upside-down. It is playable in the Indian subserver and has been threatened by Human mains who try to extract the [Bear Bile] product for medicine

## Tier Placement

In B tier, along with the Sun Bear, there is the Sloth Bear. Despite their name, they have a good Mobility stat. These bears use another generalist type build, mainly focusing on eating insects and plants Sloth Bears are miles ahead of the Panda in viability. Insects, especially beehives are a great source of XP, assuming that a player can tank the damage from the stings. Not only that, but unlike bamboo, insects are almost everywhere so habitat loss due to human builder players doesn't pose as big as a problem to them as it does for Pandas. Unlike the Sun Bear, they are only in B tier because they get griefed by many others way too much. Example include Humans .

## Referrences

1. ↑ http://factsanddetails.com/asian/cat68/sub433/entry-3574.html
2. ↑ https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/sloth-bear#:~:text=They%20are%20not%20related%20to,thick%20claws%20and%20unusual%20teeth.
3. ↑ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/s/sloth-bear/
4. ↑ https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/25/asia/bear-bile-trafficking-intl-hnk/index.html
5. ↑ https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/why-sloth-bears-are-the-cutest/
Ur Server (Continent)

**Ur** is a hypothetical testing server that formed in the Archean 3,100 million years ago (3.1 billion). The server became bigger at the start of version 0.3 and ended at start of open beta 1.1

## reconstructions

About 1,300–1,071 Mya, Ur joined the Test servers Nena and Atlantica to form the server Rodinia. In the reconstruction of Dataminer Roger from human faction Ur remained the nucleus of East Gondwana until the break-up of Gondwana. In other reconstructions, however, India and East Antarctica did not collide until Rodinia formed 1,071 Mya.

Source- wikipedia

See also- **removed servers list**
Weight Classes

Weight Classes is a mechanic that applies to all builds of the games as it determines the range of their size. Tiny builds like ants and hummingbirds sustain way less fall damage due to their size and weight. Weight would scale power, defense and mobility accordingly. For example, a crocodile would have little problem biting through a turtle's tough shell. Another example would be how a human has less power and defense than a spider but a human, for certain, can bite through a spider easily. For micro-organisms, the weight classes would vary even more so they'd most likely be classified under one or a few sub-weight classes. Usually, the HP stat is a good indicator of the build's weight class.

The problem with weight classes is obviously the need for many tiers since 1,000 kg build like a rhinoceros cannot compare to a 100,000+ kg blue whale. Hence, classifying them under the same weight class is strange. Micro-organisms' weight are extremely tedious or difficult to measure precisely.
Snail

## Overview

Snails play in both aquatic and terrestrial biomes.

Snails are pretty much universally regarded as low tier, having one of the lowest top speeds in the game and not much else to talk about. Their low top speed is somewhat mitigated by their exceptional wall climb stats which allows them to stick to surfaces on which even Gecko mains have trouble with. However, such surfaces are very rare outside urban biomes.

While they do have strong defense due to their shell, this pretty much only ever stops players that are in or below their weight class. It's pretty rare that it will successfully fend off an attack from anything larger. This is because a strong defense isn't worth much without at least some form of offense to counter-attack with. If your opponent has no penalty for repeated attempts to attack, eventually they'll land a crit. without ever needing to put themselves in danger. The best most snails can do in that regard is a pretty pathetic looking shell smash. But not all snails are so helpless; the Cone Snail's harpoon ability raises it to A tier and allows it to body higher weight classes with ease.

## Reef Servers

In the reef meta, snails are in D tier. Now, there are ocean snails that are considerd high tier, like the Cone Snail, which has venomous spears. However, the much more basic jack-of-all-trades style snail is not as gifted. Sea snails have exceptionally high defense levels but not much else. They are nearly invincible while in their defensive stance, except against players with armor piercing abilities. However, those abilities aren't uncommon in the reef meta and as a result sea snails have bad matchups against much of the rest of the reef server.
Teach

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**[Teach]** is an ability used by Humans which allows them to pass down wisdom to other players, essentially ignoring the problem most intelligence builds face on game over. This boost in intelligence can help the human players learn better tactics and strategies to counterplay adversities.

### Uses of Teaching:

* Unlock better occupations in the urban life
* Upgrade Intelligence in a particular field
* Mitigate potential Game overs in a crisis
* Add more proper work force in projects
* Craft a variety of items in conjunction with **[Tool Use]**