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Spotted Hyena

Range: 12

The spotted hyena is part of the Feliformia build, and specializes into stamina and bite abilities.

## Tier Placement

A tier. Spotted hyenas are often underrated and said to be low tier, but this is untrue. Hyenas have excellent mobility, and some of the strongest bites in the current meta. The only animals which can defeat a clan, is lions and larger animals like hippos. Though lions have a fear buff that normally can keep the hyenas away. This can be very useful for them because a couple hyenas can kill a lion with ease so if a clan attacked they would easily defeat a pride of lions because a hyena clan have more than four times the amount of lions. They physically do have good matchups against humans, though they rarely engage in conflict. Its worth noting that one subspecies of Spotted Hyena named the Cave Hyena was able to directly compete with Neanderthals (Homo Neanderthalensis) by stealing their kills and sometimes eating them. They have a surprisingly high intelligence stat allowing them to launch coordinated assaults on other players. This is by far one of the most viable yet most underrated builds in the game.

### Intelligence

Despite being regarded as dumb by most human players, spotted hyenas have one of the highest intelligence stats in the game, being as smart as chimpanzees.

### Utility Abilities

#### Digging

Hyenas are decent diggers, they can use this to dig dens and dig up animals though there digging capability are very limited compared to other builds like the warthog

#### Don't stop

Hyenas have large hearts which means that they can run for very long times. Even longer than wolves.

#### Pant

The ability to pant mean a hyena can quickly regenerate stamina but they have to stop running.

#### Home alone

Hyena mothers has very nutritious milk meaning they can leave their cubs alone for a couple days.

#### The real treasure

Due to hyena's powerful bite and teeth they can break bones and get bone marrow.

### Moves

#### Bone Breaker

Hyena's have some of the strongest bites in the meta

#### Bite

causes high damage, enough to break bones and tear flesh.

### Weaknesses

The only weakness a hyena really has is the fact it doesn't have the strength to steal from leopards or lions on its own, but since lone hyenas are extremely rare, this weakness is not encountered very often.
Walking Catfish

The walking catfish (*Clarias batrachus*) is a Catfish build native to Southeast Asia. It is valued a a good loot source for Humans in its native server, and is known for its ability to enter terrestrial servers. It has been introduced into other servers and is now considered an invasive build.

## Species

### Relatives

African Sharptooth Catfish, Vundu, other airbreathing catfish

## Overview

This build has a low Health stat when compared to other Catfish. Fitting this build's small size, it also has a low Power stat. However, it has a good Defense stat from its scales.

## Moveset

**Barbels (Passive, Utility)**- Gives you more Perception through Smell. Also allows you to negate Stealth using taste.

**Modified Gills (Passive, Utility)**- Allows access to land servers without losing the ability to breathe underwater.

## Tier Placement

Sure, being able to breathe air and walk on land might sound good on paper, and the Walking Catfish clearly made its way into the "100 of the World's Worst Invasive Alien Species". In practice however, it did not pan out well. Their low base stats (with only their spine being one of the good points this build may have), as well as their rather subpar temperature tolerance, and the vast array of predators that they may have, make this build very overrated, placing it in D-tier. If you want to crawl on land and invade new servers instead, better invest in Snakehead instead.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/factsheet.aspx?SpeciesID=486
2. ↑ https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/clarias-batrachus/
3. ↑ https://fisharticle.com/fish-that-can-walk-on-land/
4. ↑ https://uk.inaturalist.org/taxa/97926-Clarias-batrachus
5. ↑ https://www.fishbase.se/summary/3054
6. ↑ http://www.iucngisd.org/gisd/species.php?sc=62
7. ↑ http://handlinefishing.com/whatsthisfish/airbreathingcatfishes/walkingcatfish.htm
8. ↑ https://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/fishes/common\_walking-catfish.htm
9. ↑ https://a-z-animals.com/animals/walking-catfish/
10. ↑ https://blog.nature.org/science/2020/07/23/the-invasive-catfish-that-walks-across-parking-lots/
11. ↑ http://www.iucngisd.org/gisd/100\_worst.php
12. ↑ https://www.fao.org/3/AC378E/AC378E02.htm
13. ↑ http://www.columbia.edu/itc/cerc/danoff-burg/invasion\_bio/inv\_spp\_summ/Clarius\_batrachus.html
Stats

**Stats** (short for statistics) are a group of aspects of a build. Higher stats almost always make a build better. Stats are usually specced into by a guild or class using Evolution Points when they become available. Some abilities can increase or decrease stats. There are seven base stats in the game, though there are also other hidden stats. Hidden stats cannot be specced into directly, but instead only through abilities.

## List of Stats

### Base Stats:

* Intelligence: How intelligent a build is; if high enough, the creature can craft equipment, form complex social structures, have a high Resolve, and make the build generally overpowered, like Humans.
* Power: How much damage a build can do with their attacks; if high enough, certain builds can kill in seconds or even one-shot other builds, like Great White Sharks with their bite attack, or Box Jellyfish with their sting attack.
* Defense: How much dealt damage is decreased by a build. Boosted by tougher skin, fur, and armor-like scales; if high enough, this build can easily resist attacks that would usually deal heavy damage, like Hippos.
* Mobility: How fast a build can move and react; if high enough, these builds can achieve incredible force in their attacks and become deadly assassins, like Peregrine Falcons.
* Health: How much damage a build can endure; varies based on size and structure. Defense is applied to this to determine damage. Tank builds such as whales and elephants have high health and can endure more hits than most other animals in the game.
* Range: How long your hitboxes are from the rest of your body. Range doesn't necessarily entail only PVP, as it can be something as simple as having long legs, which are useful for a lot of things.
* Stealth: How easily a build can avoid being noticed. Stealth builds can avoid being detected by sense surroundings, and animals who spec very heavily into this, like Cephalopods, can change not only their color but their texture as well. These builds can only be spotted by a few animals with the Echolocation or Electroreception ability or the heat vision trait if the target is warm-blooded.

### Hidden Stats:

* Stamina: How long a build can attack or move. Abilities can increase it.
* Intimidation: How scary and threatening a build can appear to other players. Boosted by body features such as teeth, size, extendable parts such as frills and hair, and charging.
* Resolve: How much intimidation a build can endure before being intimidated by it. It's possibly increased by intelligence, extreme lack of intelligence, prior experience with the same build, and one's intimidation stat.
Regeneration

You should've picked Mercy

The ability, **Regeneration,** is a versatile ability that is used to heal injuries and possibly regrow missing or damaged limbs.

## Uses

Most guilds and builds are capable of slow Regeneration in small to moderate wounds but more notable uses of this ability include:

* Lizards can regrow their tails completely within nine months or so for most of them, this technique can be used to distract predators and escape from danger but sacrifices some HP.
* Sharks can replace their teeth continuously to use Bite effectively.
* Spiders use this to replace missing legs or parts of legs.
* Starfish that lose arms can grow new ones.Sometimes it can reproduce an entire animal just by a single lost arm.
* Axolotls are masters of this ability, being able to perfectly regenerate limbs, jaws, spinal cord, skin and tail and possibly other vital organs as well. It can be used repeatedly. They can also attach broken limbs into other parts, similar to the grafting of plants with assistance.
* Hydras have specced a lot into regeneration ability, being ability regenerate themselves from even small parts.
* Placozoa can regenerate, even when cut into small parts.
* Sponges have maxed out HP regeneration ability. In many cases, they can fully regenerate even from a single voxel.
Speech

Blah blah blah...

**Speech** is a high-level Intelligence-based skill.

## Effect

This ability allows the user to communicate more clearly to players of the same species.This can be used for signalling and sharing of information which can be evolved to utilise the ability Teach - a signature move of humans to boost skill points.

Humans and certain species of birds can unlock this ability through their play-through.

Though the birds can speak, they cannot do it as well as humans and can usually only copy already done speech by human beings.
Stomp

Stomp is a move which can be used by most ungulated herbiviorous builds but can be used effectively by hornless variants that specialize in hooves like equids or giraffes. It usually requires the opponent to be down on the ground or significantly smaller than the user, but if one of the requirements are met, the damage can be fatal.

Alternatively, stomp move can be used for Intimidation.
Tawny Frogmouth

Tawny Frogmouths are bird builds that play on the Australia server. These builds are similar to owls but are closely related to nightjars. Similar to owls they are nocturnal but have lower power and higher stealth. The tawny frogmouth must stand near gray areas for it's stealth to work, that is why the city biome is a great home for them. They also live in woodland-like areas and rural areas. They also piss dogs off. They are ambush predators sitting and waiting till small prey comes in striking range. They make it into C tier kept out of higher tier because they don't have as high of an attack stat than owls

## References

https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/animals/birds/tawny-frogmouth/https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/animals/birds/tawny-frogmouth/[1]
Uaru

Uaru is one of the many cichlid builds found the Amazon River . Their mostly known for their milk like slime, used to feed new born fry. They are also known to populate in the Aquarium server which is a challenging task to survive in for some builds.

## Overview

Like all cichlids, Uaru have above average intelligence for most fish. Smart enough to raise young and notice changes to their surroundings. With that much intelligence it can target certain spots when in battle to deal as much damage towards their opponent. Uaru has great mobility compared to most cichlids. The bulk and speed is great paired with their mediocre power, allowing them to drive off most aquatic builds. All of the stats are great or mediocre, but not defense. Uaru sacrificed strong scales for milk like slime.

Uaru are omnivore, but players will prefer plant matter over meat. Uaru players are usually docile but if provocted they will attack.  Young startout with leaf camo, which increase the stealth stat, but when this build gets to the adult stage, it loses the camo for more intimidation. They can kill animals threatening their home when required and are exceptionally powerful in groups.

## Abilities and Skills

Most of Uaru's abilities caterer towards reproduction rather than offensive abilities.

### Milky Slime

The fish produces a thin slime layer. Which if consumed by fry, it will boost the growth rate of the consumer. Allowing the young to grow up quickly. This ability is only seen in three types of fish builds including the Uaru.

### Parental Rage

When in the spawning stage of the game, Uarus swap from running a passive playstyle to a aggressive style. This greatly increases their power, speed, and stamina. Pair that with their already high stats, and you got a nightmare to approach.

### Teeth

The teeth of Uarus allows them to break down plant matter, but it can be used for offense.

## Weakness

### Lack of Defense

Due to the slime covering Urau have a low defense stat. Increasing the chance of a critical hit. Uaru makes it up with great health to tank hits, speed, and intelligence to evade attacks.

### Pollution, Disease and Parasites

Due to the slime covering Uaru are vulnerable to pollution and can't handle massive quality change. This makes them even more vulnerable to diseases and parasites.

## Tier Placement

Uaru are effective builds and that places them in high B tier. The are vulnerable to quality change and attacks, but the rest of their stats make up for it. They have one of the best ways of protecting and raising young for a fish, and they do it better than the other builds in it's server (Discus which sucks completely compared to the Urau). Remember the Amazon River is basically the Africa of rivers servers.
Tail Club

A defensive move used by some of the banned dinosaur builds like Ankylosaurus. The tail swings the heavy club on the end into the opponent's body which causes mass damage and even death. The mammal builds created a similar version in the Armadillo build doedicurus which eventually got banned as well.
Tardigrade

The **Tardigrade**, also known as the Water Bear or the Moss Piglets, is an extremely infamous and rare build. They debuted shortly after the game's full release and have survived every expansion since then. They also play on almost every server. Despite all of that, they are one of, if not the, worst, lowest-ranking, and lowest-rated build in the history of the game. They are usually placed at the very bottom of F tier. They are relatives of the Opabinia build. They can live in a vacuum. If the developers banned earth they would survive longest. These players are preparing.

## Playstyle

Tardigrade is a prime example of a minmaxed build, with almost completely minimum stats in exchange for a wide variety of resistance abilities. However, this is more of an example of how not to do a minmaxed build, as the resistance abilities it uses offer no protection to things that it would actually run into and have problems with. They are essentially resistant to everything except for the things that would actually kill them. As a result, they get killed by the millions by Crabs, Shrimps, Worms, Snails, Slugs, Mites, Spiders, Scorpions, Centipedes, Insects, and other Tardigrades. Can survive in a vacuum (Space)

## Skillset

The two most notable things about Tardigrades are their massive amount of resistances and an ability called Cryptobiosis. This ability allows it to go dormant for long periods of time and increases how resistant they are to the elements. It is important to note that Tardigrades are not an extremophile build. They can persist in ridiculously harsh environments, but they can't live in them permanently.

## Abilities

* Yea Heat Resistance
* Cold Resistance
* Radiation Resistance
* Volcano Resistance
* Meteor Resistance
* Gamma Ray Burst Resistance
* Supernova Resistance
* Space Resistance
* Cryptobiosis

## Pros & Cons

### Pros:

* Possesses a vast amount of resistances to natural phenomena
* Can enter a state of cryptobiosis to greatly increase their aging resistance (up to 2000 years or more)

### Cons:

* Has extremely low stats across the board
* Can be killed very easily by physical attacks
* Lacks Extremophile (which allows them to survive in harsh environments)
* Bad match-ups with some of the lowest tier builds
* Rare
Teleost/Notable Builds

These are the notable Teleost builds.

## Builds

Xiphactinus (S)-A powerful ray-finned predator able to dominate most servers.

Arapaima (S)-One of the best ray-finned fish builds in the game, with bulletproof scales and phenomenal stats.

Billfish (S)-A very mobile build with a sharp bill.

Wels Catfish (S)-With high stats overall including Intelligence and Stealth for a Catfish, and having been spread to other servers, this is one of the best Teleost mains in the game.

Protosphyraena (A)-A glass cannon, this time with well-rounded attacks similar to the current meta Komodo Dragon.

Tarpon (A)-A build [Adaptive Gills], [Modified Swim Bladder] and good Power and Mobility, but with the requirement to surface for air.

Taimen (A)-A salmonoid which could hunt in packs.

Lionfish (B)-One of the most venomous fish builds in the game, however, they can be countered by aiming for the head.

Leedsichthys (B)-One of the first successful Teleost mains in the game and also the tankiest, with good Mobility.
Walrus

Walruses are one of the premier animal build in the Arctic server. These tank builds have the [Amphibious] trait, allowing them to switch between Aquatic and Terrestrial servers quickly without penalty. Their two tusks can inflict a lot of damage and have a great match-up against Polar Bears and Wolf builds.

## Tier Placement.

The Walrus is easily S-tier thanks to its great Health and defense stat. This is considered the highest ranking pinniped build in the game due to its great match-up spread and amphibious trait. These builds also have two tusks which can easily inflict stab type damage on anyone, it can also be used defensively, not just Bivalve builds. They have surprisingly high intelligence, which means they can use the tusks slightly more effectively. Their Defense is so good that Polar Bear canines cannot pierce their defences. Their only bad matchup is the Orca, which doesn’t really matter because firstly, orcas the 2nd best build in the game, and secondly, it’s able to go onto land, where the Orca doesn’t really stand much of a chance.
Stegosaurus

**Stegosaurus** was a herbivorous Dinosaur build available in the Late Jurassic Expansion. It was playable in the North America and Europe servers.

## Overview

**Stegosaurus** was up to nine meters in length and around three tons in weight. Its Intelligence is famous for being one of the lowest of any Dinosaur build. However, **Stegosaurus** had high Power due to its Thagomizers at the end of its tail, as well as high Defense because of its Bony Plates all over its back. It wasn't particularly mobile either, but it had a robust body.

## Abilities and Traits

### Thagomizer

At the end of **Stegosaurus**' tail were Thagomizers, bony spikes around a meter in length and used to injure an unwary predator.

### Bony Plates

**Stegosaurus** had Bony Plates running all over its back, possibly used for heat regulation and intimidation against predators. They worked well as Defense.

## Summary

### Pros:

• excellent in combat

• excellent in defense

### Cons:

• not particularly mobile

• couldn't flee from fights

## Tier Placement

### TierZoo's opinion

According to this Wiki Creator, TierZoo, the **Stegosaurus** belongs in C tier (The Dinosaur Tier List).

### Its own Niche

Overall, the **Stegosaurus** in its niche gets a comfortable spot in S tier. It was excellent for its niche and could sometimes put carnivores like the Allosaurus to shame.
Zombie

Players may enter zombie mode when they have been infected with a player that causes them to lose self control and takes possession of their bodies. Examples have occurred in some insects and slugs. Zombie mode buffs the virus as it is able to use the hosts body as a vector (transportation) to go and infect other players and spawn further. This gives it an advantage over other viruses that are usually nerfed after they have eliminated too many of their hosts and can no longer spread.

**Zombie** **apocalypse**

The human players in the current meta seem to be slightly concerned about a possible new balance patch caused by a pandemic of mass zombies of humans and other large players leads to a nerf in civilization collapse. Some of them try to prepare for this with zombie survival kits which may come in useful, who can tell?

**Notable Factions with Zombiefication ability**

***Ophiocordyceps unilateralis** commonly known by Human players as **Zombie-ant fungus** is a type of Fungi mainly playing in Tropical forests biomes. They infect ants from a faction named **Camponotini*** and control them until they find humid place and make a place for another fungi player.

EXP gained from the Zombiefication quest- from 35 to 45.
Tapir

Tapir Statistics

The tapir is a herbivore build that is playable in the South American and Southeast Asian servers. They have went through many balance patches like the Ice age, Miocene, and Eocene updates. They are also one of the tankiest builds in the rainforest servers. They are like Capybaras but even better in any way because of their attack, defense and health Ski power to shrug or resist most attacks being the tank build in South America.

### Prehensile Trunk/Snout

When tapirs lay down or sleep they look like giant rocks but it doesn't work when they are standing on all four legs. Tapirs are great swimmers. This helps them hide from predators underwater, and find hidden loot. They can also use their snout as a snorkel just like elephants. But this also puts Tier Placement. The Tapir placement is C tier because they have good attack, defense, and health. However the bulk is not enough to stop Tigers and Jaguars because of their amazing power stat, but overall they're adecentpick for a jungle tank.
Pygmy hippopotamus

Range: 10

Pygmy hippopotamus are mammal builds which play in the Africa server. Unlike the Common hippopotamus, Pygmy hippopotamus are more terrestrial than their aquatic counterparts, but they still require water. They are also more nocturnal than spending the day underwater in rivers. Their jungle-like server has been destroyed by Humans recently so these builds are rare. Unlike the Common Hippopotamus, Leopards and Lions could easily grief them. These builds are not low tier but not amazing so they belong in high C tier.
Sweating

## Overview

Sweating's main **function** is to decrease body temperature. As the water in the **sweat** evaporates, the surface of the skin cools. Sweating is an extremely effective perk that can be specked into on a high amount of evolution points.

## What is Known

It is known that it takes a large number of evolution points to speck into to sweat and when it is specked into, it can greatly increase stamina of the player.

## List of all known bonuses

* Cools body temperature and prevent heat strokes
* Regenerates stamina when moving

### Causes

* Hot temperatures
* Physical exercise (Usage of stored energy for movement)
* Emotional stress
* Eating hot or spicy foods
* Fever associated with illness.

## Other

Sweating to regenerate stamina is unique to humans but some hippos can sweat to use as sort of a sunscreen to help protect them. This is useful to the hippo as they play in the Africa server which is known for its scorching temperatures. This does come at a cost as the hippo's stealth stat is lowered while this is active.
Triops

Triops are freshwater builds who are arthropods. They are pretty much just lesser versions of horseshoe crabs except in the stealth department. They are generalist builds who eat pretty anything from plants to tadpole eggs. Their eggs have the ability to survive drying up so they are good in the respawn department but, aside from that they get completely bodied by fish, frogs, and waterfowl due to their low mobility so they are in mid d tier.
Songbird

## Species

### Location

Grasslands, woodlands, scrublands, forests, deserts, mountains, and urban environments

## Classification

### Order

Passeriformes

**Songbirds** or perching birds refer to many species in the order Passeriformes under the bird guild. As the dominant faction of the bird guild, comprising more than half of all bird species, this group includes finches, starlings, sparrows, wrens, warblers, birds-of-paradise, and surprisingly, corvids. This order is distinguished by its specialized toe arrangement that unlocks the perching ability. These birds' high mobility make them undoubtedly successful in the bird world.
Skink

Blue-tailed Skink

## Overview

The skink is a lizard build that doesn't really have anything standing out for it. It usually has one brightly coloured body part. This usually results in having a low stealth rate. Skinks are small and nimble that use burrows to hide as they don't have a real defensive mechanism for them. A burrow is usually best when the player hiding in the burrow can fire an attack at one direction keeping an attacker at bay but since skinks lack much of anything, they can't do this which means when the burrow is discovered they cannot defend themselves. They do have really quick speed of up to 65 mph(104 kph). Their bite isn't all that powerful either.

## Abilities

### Autotomy

Autotomy is an ability that lowers your max HP to use the a fallen body part as a distraction while the player runs away. It works differently for different builds but for skinks, when something gets hold of it, it releases it's tail and runs as fast as possible. Because skinks don't use their tail for a move like tail whip or are a prehensile tail, losing their tail isn't as bad as some other builds that use autotomy. This also isn't guranteed to work.

## Tier Placement

The skink gets placed in D tier as they only shine in terms of speed and they can't do anything when another player attacks them apart from autotomy which isn't even a guarantee escape.
Tarantula Hawk

A Tarantula Hawk fighting a Tarantula

Tarantula Hawks are insect builds that play in the North America server, known for there impressive matchup against tarantulas

## Overview

The Tarantula has an excellent attack stat having one of the best stingers in the Insect world. They are fast flyers giving them a high mobility. Unlike other wasps they don't have much in terms of intelligence due to their solitary playstyles. They are relatively stealthy but they have poor defensive stats but they mainly use mobility to escape situations. They mainly feed on plants and sometimes other tarantulas. They target Tarantulas because they commonly lay their eggs inside the abdomen of Tarantulas.

## Abilities

### Stinger

Similar to other wasps Tarantula Hawks have a stinger but this one is one of the strongest in the insect world. They use this to paralyze enemies and this gives them great matchups across the board. Humans even fear this build as their stinger gives them immense pain. However, males don't have one.

## Tier Placement

Tarantula Hawks are great builds. With great stats, few bad matchups, and a deadly stinger these builds make it into high A tier. Kept out of S tier due to their poor matchup with roadrunners.
Wojtek

## Wojtek The Soldier Bear of WWII

Wojtek was a Syrian brown bear who joined the game in 1942. He was a bought as a young cub in the server of Iran, by Polish PvP human players who had been released from a Soviet Union prison camp (Gulags).

Wojtek is a name fondly remembered by dataminers as the warrior bear or Wojtek—a common Polish name meaning “joyful warrior. A brave player built to fight on the front lines and a memorable support player.

As the Regiment moved west to join the fight against the Axis clan, the bear they adopted quickly became a popular and important boost to morale .In the time the bear was accompanying the regiment had learned to salute and carry supplies. Going into combat, however, presented a problem, as soldiers were forbidden from bringing pets into theatres of operation (and by this point the bear had, by all accounts, thoroughly imprinted on the soldiers who had raised him). Thus, the bear was enlisted into the 22nd Artillery Transport Company of the 2nd Corps, and accordingly given an official number, the rank of private, and the name Wojtek—a common Polish name meaning “joyful warrior.”[1]

Sadly wojtek had his gameplay ended in 1963 long after the war. With statues and memorials of his bravery across the United kingdom and Poland servers.
Sputnik 1

Sputnik\_1 was the first Man-made object to enter the space reigon out of the overworld. Their playthrough was really short but to all the players of outside (especially human players) this was an accomplishment for the history books.

## History

Sputnik 1 was part of the space race against the USSR and the USA. USSR immediately took action and launched Sputnik 1.
Wels Catfish

Wels Catfish mains are among the largest Catfish mains in the entire game, rivalled by the Piraiba and Mekong Giant Catfish in size. These builds are often characterized by their elongated body. These builds are also available in the Chernobyl server, a server so normally unforgivable that Human mains have left this lobby.

## Tier Placement

S-tier. These builds have very high stats overall. These builds actually have the highest Intelligence stat of the Catfish builds and can learn new behaviors not normally possible by Catfish players like beaching to loot Pigeons and taking advantage of fish passes to body Salmon players. This along with its long play time makes this build fairly suitable for acquiring Wisdom. Unusual for most Tank mains, they actually have a good matchup against Human players. They have also spread to other servers! In their native range, however, it is still suspectible to predator builds like Pike, Otter and Zander, making them B-tier.

## Summary

### Pros:

* Great stats overall, including Stealth and Intelligence.
* Can deal with builds normally too OP for most freshwater fish to body like Salmon, Sturgeon and Pigeon
* Good matchups against Humans and Domestic Dogs.
* Very powerful perception abilities.
* Spread to many servers.
* Generalized diet; can eat almost anything smaller than it.

### Cons:

* Bad matchups against Pike, Otter and Zander in its native server.
* High base stats means high food cost.
* Large size makes this build worth a lot of EXP.

## Referrences

1. ↑ http://valorielord.com/index.cfm/fun-stuff/creature-feature1/catfish/
2. ↑ http://www.misin.msu.edu/facts/detail/?project=misin&id=273&cname=Wels%20catfish
3. ↑ https://www.earthtouchnews.com/wtf/wtf/yes-there-are-giant-catfish-in-chernobyls-cooling-pond-but-theyre-not-radiation-mutants/
4. ↑ http://diadromy.com/2018/04/28/move-over-fluffy-atlantic-salmon-are-a-tasty-treat-for-a-new-type-of-cat/
5. ↑ http://sciencythoughts.blogspot.com/2014/01/terrestrial-hunting-in-european-catfish.html
6. ↑ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5909622/
7. ↑ https://www.animalfunfacts.net/catfish/8-wels-catfish.html
8. ↑ https://knowledgenuts.com/2013/09/15/the-giant-catfish-that-eat-humans/
9. ↑ http://www.invadingspecies.com/wels-catfish/
10. ↑ https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Silurus\_glanis/
11. ↑ https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/64279
Toucan

The toucan is a flying build that have more than 25 diffrent variations and is playable in the south and central america servers. Altough a mildly diverse faction, its playstyle can be generalized into using fruits and lower weight class players for xp gain. Some specific members, expecially toco toucan members, are migrating to the city servers.

## Toucan

two can do more than one toucan because two twocans are toocans AAH

## Abilities and Move set

### Flight

Toucans have unlocked the flight ability being that they are avian players. Flight gives the player a huge mobility boost.

### Big Serrated Beak

Toucans beaks are highly specialized, and grant them a range and power bonus, helping when forraging for fruits and small vertebrate or insect players. It is also capable of temperature regulation, giving a mild heat/cold resistance. Unfortunately, it comes with the debuf "bad aerodinamics" with compromises the flight ability. This ability also grants them an advantage for pvp and defending nests.
Taimen

The taimen is a freshwater fish build that includes some of the largest Salmon guild members ever.These heavyweight fish and are widespread, from the European and Asian servers. Unlike other salmonoids, this build does not play in marine servers at all. However, in the current meta, it is threatened by overfishing and server destruction.

## Overview

This build has a good amount of Intelligence, due to having the ability to do pack hunting. It has a decent Power stat due to its jaws. It also has a great Mobility stat. Lastly, it has a surprisingly high Health stat for a freshwater fish build.

## Tier Placement

A-tier. Pack Hunting strategies, great Power, Health and Mobility as well as a terrifying reputation for griefing Human players. However, they still have some predators.

## Summary

### Pros:

* Great Intelligence, Power, Mobility and Health.
* Can hunt in packs.
* Can gather in schools for protection.
* Can eat almost any player in their server.
* Can spawn more than once.
* Is near the top of the food chain.

### Cons:

* Low Stealth and Defense.
* Is an endangered build.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://freshwaterblog.net/2012/10/22/worlds-largest-salmon-face-extinction/
2. ↑ https://finsandfeathersonline.com/bozeman-fly-fishing-blog/save-the-taimen
3. ↑ https://wwf.panda.org/discover/our\_focus/freshwater\_practice/freshwater\_species\_of\_the\_week\_2020/
4. ↑ https://wildsalmoncenter.org/salmon-species/taimen/
5. ↑ https://www.bioexpedition.com/taimen/
6. ↑ https://www.pressreader.com/chile/patagon-journal/20140201/281509339182989
7. ↑ https://news.orvis.com/fly-fishing/fish-facts-siberian-taimen-hucho-taimen
8. ↑ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/facts/taimen
9. ↑ https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=USXpCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA122&lpg=PA122&dq=taimen+predator+bear&source=bl&ots=EeWVFMl0q2&sig=ACfU3U2mXrBB89C77k3HgsipXfiXzPy5\_Q&hl=xx-bork&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi2-Lf04e7xAhXCDN4KHeUWByYQ6AEwFHoECCAQAg#v=onepage&q=taimen%20predator%20bear&f=false
10. ↑ https://troutster.com/trout-species/taimen-fish/
11. ↑ https://fishbio.com/field-notes/the-fish-report/technology-taimen-worlds-largest-salmon
Zygophyseter

Zygophyseter, also known as the killer sperm whale, is a build similar to playable Sperm Whales. However, it is closely related to Brygmophyseter and belongs to a group of Sperm Whale builds that decided that being a swimming death machine is a much better idea than spending most of your playtime in The Abyss. It is playable in Italy, which, during it time was part of the Paratethys Sea.

## Species

### Relatives

Other physeteroids, especially Brygmophyseter.

## Overview

This build, like other macroraptorial sperm whale builds, had powerful teeth and jaws. In addition, this build specced into a beak to make grabs even mor powerful, increasing its Power. It also has a great Health stat, able to contend with builds like Megalodons. It likely has a greater Mobility than a Sperm Whale main currently playable today. It is unsurprisingly, a pack hunting with above-average Intelligence.

## Moveset

**Echolocation (Active, Utility)**- Allows a build to detect a user in front of them.

**Sonar Blast (Active, Attack)**- Stuns nearby players and does moderate damage.

**Bottlenose (Passive, Attack)**- Grab strength scales with damage dealt in one [Bite] move.

## Tier Placement

Low S-tier. It was a decent enemy to Megalodon and Livyatan mains and a force to be reckoned with. Unlike those two, it had just the right stats to perform pack-hunting skills and can travel safely in pods for protection.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://findwords.info/term/zygophyseter
2. ↑ https://www.gbif.org/species/165631843
3. ↑ https://prehistoric-fauna.com/Zygophyseter
4. ↑ https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/sperm-whale
5. ↑ https://theworldofanimals.proboards.com/thread/650/zygophyseter-varolai
6. ↑ http://everything.explained.today/Zygophyseter/
7. ↑ https://www.mindat.org/taxon-4832440.html
8. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2010/sep/20/sperm-whales-fossils
9. ↑ http://wwwmidgetonfire.blogspot.com/2010/07/
10. ↑ http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/z/zygophyseter.html
Wild Boar

The wild boar (echo fighter:domestic pig), also known as the wild swine, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to the Eurasian, North African servers as well as The Greater Sunda islands server. It is a relative of other pig builds, including the Warthog and Babirusa

## Abilities

### Thick Fat

Type: Defense

Effect: Extreme resistance to venom damage.

#### Olfaction

Effect: Good perception bonus through smell.

### Squeal

Effect: Causes Intimidation and calls teammates for help.

## Tier Placement

The Wild Boar is rated S tier because of its well-placed base stat allocations. It also has high defensive, offensive and evasive abilities. Its generalist playstyle makes it live in almost any server or biome. It also has very good matchups against humans. While it is true that humans have hunted wild boars for centuries, wild boars have also been proven to be capable of killing and fatally injuring humans. In fact, many human players even say that they are more dangerous than brown bears. Despite being prey for most predators that share their biome, they are so successful and good at what they do, it doesn't even matter. But because it's a tank, its playstyle makes it B tier in the City biome. However, they can quickly learn to navigate cities because of their high intelligence stat. This characteristics make the Wild Boar the highest ranking suid in the current meta.
Whale Shark

The whale shark is the largest Fish build of the current expansion. It is a carpet shark buildthat decided that being a filter-feeding tank build is much better than being a lame bottom-dwelling build that uses the element of surprise to body its prey. It is the tropical counterpart of the temperate Basking Shark.

## Species

### Location

Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean

## Tier Placement

This is one of the Sharks that decided it would rather AFK its entire game, instead of making use of the best tools available to Sharks. The Whale shark thought filter-feeding was a better idea than being a swimming doom machine. It may be easy if one makes it to the late-game. But without good weapons and bad Mobility, the majority of the playthrough is a huge risk, with mobile Fish players like the Marlin and Sailfish taking the player out quite easily. However, they also specc into camouflage. This is why they’re stuck in C tier.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/on-exhibit-posts/whale-shark-largest-fish#:~:text=The%20whale%20shark%20(Rhinodon%20typus,than%2040%20feet%20in%20length.
2. ↑ https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/orectolobiformes-carpet-sharks
3. ↑ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/w/whale-shark/
4. ↑ https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/whale-shark
5. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/animal/basking-shark
6. ↑ https://www.thoughtco.com/facts-about-whale-sharks-2291601
Warsaw Grouper

The Warsaw Grouper is a Grouper build playable in deep servers. Despite its name, this build is not playable in the Polish coastal servers, and instead is playable in coastal servers off North America and South America. In fact, this build's namertag actually originated in a modification of the American Spanish word "*guasa*". This build is also one of the largest playable Grouper builds.

## Overview

This build has low Intelligence, due to being solitary. Due to its large size, its suction attack has a lot of Power. Being an ambush predator, it has decent Stealth. Having a lot of spines can also work as defense against predators, giving this build a good Defense stat. This build, like other Grouper builds, has a below-average Mobility. Lastly, it has a great amount of Health

## Moveset

**Extreme Suction Strike (Active, Attack)**- An upgraded version of the [Suction] attack that has longer range and can kill larger players.

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

**Hermaphrodite (Passive, Misc.)**- Unlocks the main quest without the requirement of a female player.

## Tier Placement

High A-tier. This build is large enough to avoid most griefers, and can also play is deep water servers. It also has spines for further protection. It also manages to do this while being opressive in its own right against smaller builds.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://fishingbooker.com/blog/types-of-grouper-in-florida/
2. ↑ https://guidesly.com/fishing/fish-species/warsaw-grouper
3. ↑ https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warsaw%20grouper
4. ↑ https://www.sportfishingmag.com/10-heaviest-world-record-groupers/
5. ↑ https://www.fishbase.in/summary/Hyporthodus-nigritus.html
6. ↑ https://fishspecies.dnrec.delaware.gov/FishSpecies.aspx?habitat=2&species=191
7. ↑ https://www.combat-fishing.com/fishencyclo1/seabasses/warsawgrouper.html
8. ↑ http://www.allfishingbuy.com/Fish-Species/Warsaw-Grouper.htm
9. ↑ https://finandflycharters.com/grouper-fin-and-fly-fishing-charters/
10. ↑ http://identifyfish.blogspot.com/2010/10/warsaw-grouper-epinephelus-nigritus.html
11. ↑ https://gulfcouncil.org/fishing-regulations/warsaw-grouper-epinephelus-nigritus/
Wolf

A dog that don't play by the rules! (i'm so sick of wolf mains hacking.)

Wolves are a carnivoran canine build renowned for their versatility and pack hunting ability. They use a five step process to hunt beginning with tracking and then followed by intimidation and death.

## Hunting

When hunting the wolf follows this 5 step game plan

1.Locate prey: Use perception abilities such as Smell, Hearing, and Footprint Tracking to locate a potential bounty.

2.Stalk prey: Go into Stealth mode and attempt to get as close as possible to the target without alerting it.

3.Startle prey: Use intimidation abilities and moves to weaken the target's resolve, hopefully causing it to flee.

4.Chase prey: Chase after target player and attempt to isolate them from a group if their in one.

5.Kill prey: Use the Bite attack to damage and eventually eliminate the target. If the target is a mid-weight, go for a critical hit by attacking the throat. If the target is a heavy, attack the hindquarters repeatedly until inflicting the bleed status effect.

## Abilities

Wolves have very good sound ability that helps when tracking prey. They also utilize their footprint tracking ability which can be useful in the snowy forest servers they play in.

The aforementioned pack hunting strategy is another ability that has helped wolf builds become successful in the modern meta.

## Moveset

The wolf can use these moves

* Bite
* Tackle
* Growl
* Bark - Signature Move
* Swipe
* Howl

## Weaknesses

Wolves lack of sharper teeth plus non rectacable claws means that players with thicker skin can resist their attack

Resisting a wolf build's intimidation ability will also help a build survive especially if they are a heavy.

## Subspecies

Domestic Dog

Northwestern Wolf

Arctic Wolf

Mexican Wolf

Eastern Wolf

Eurosian Wolf

British Columbia Wolf

British Columbia Wolf
Yak

The yak is a survivalist bovine build which lives in mountain servers. This build does not make the characteristic mooing sound that other bovine build do. The wild variant does not even make a sound at all, hence 'Bos mutus'.

## Tier Placement

B tier. A mountainous variant of Cattle with lower base stats but higher cold resistance and icy/rocky Mobility. Its cold Himalayan habitat allows it to avoid most predators experienced by other Cattle, but it still experiences the same weakness as those builds.
Tiger

Range: 35

Tigers are the 2nd highest ranked feline in the entire game, being outclassed only but jaguars, like the jaguar they have many unique abilities like swimming climbing and running and super strong paw swipes which make them one of the most versatile builds. They are also some of the best tank busters in the game, able to turn some of the toughest builds like water buffalo and gaur into XP.

Tigers don't have bad matchups, but they can lose to some animals like bears, elephants, rhinos, and crocodiles if they get too greedy. The Siberian variant has an increased cold resistance and higher defensive stats with thicker fur and fat layer, and unlocks the ability to hunt brown bears. However, getting human mains have decided that tiger pelts are amazing for decorating bases, and the fact that tigers are losing their viability with deforestation keeps them from being S tier.

## Moveset

1. **Roar**- Intimidates other builds causing their resolve to be crippled. And also has the secondary effect of stunning it's prey
2. **Tiger Cannon** - Tiger pounces onto its prey using its high stealth and keen accuracy.
3. **Supremacy of the Tiger**- The Tiger gains a massive speed boost to quickly kill its prey
4. **Claw of Destruction** - The Tiger pulls out its 5 razor sharp claws that tears apart any build and has a 90% chance to 1 shot its victim
5. **Amphibious**- The tiger like the jaguar dominates the aquatic, arboreal, and terrestrial zones but not to the same degree.
6. **Bear Legs**- The tiger has the unique ability to stand on it's hind legs like bears .
7. **Tiger Thumb** - Deals high damage to large builds
8. **Tiger Fang** - Tigers have huge teeth which allows them to ignore the defense stat of thick skinned opponents.
Tinamou

Tinamous are builds from the ratite family consisting of 47 unique variations. This build is unorthodox in that it still has the [Flight] ability. Their closest relatives are the Moas.

## Tier Placement

Pretty unusual for a ratite, isn't it? This build still has the [Flight] ability and also lives in groups, thus having decent Mobility and Intelligence. However, this build has lower base stats and is griefed a lot, making this build D-tier.
Amphipods

Amphipods are a group of crustaceans that are generally small, have no carapace and have a laterally compressed body. They were added into the game in the Eocene Expansion tho some believe that they go as far back as the carboniferous or cretaceous. Amphipods play in ocean servers pretty much anywhere. They can even be found at the deepest point in the game, Challenger Deep. Surprisingly they can reach up to 30 cm in the abyss while only being 10 millimetres. Amphipods have specked into the parenting skill and have no larval stage unlike other arthropods.

* Alicellidae
* Crangonyctoidea
* Dexaminoidea
* Eusiroidea
* Gammaroidea
* Hadzioidea
* Iphimedioidea
* Kurioidea
* Leucothoidea
* Liljborgioidea
* Lysianassoidea
* Melphidippoidea
* Oedicerotoidea
* Pardaliscoidea
* Phoxocephaloidea
* Stegocephaloidea
* Stenothoidea
* Synopioidea
* Talitroidea
* Thurstonelloidea
	+ Caprelloidea
	+ Phtisicoidea
* Cyamida
	+ Cyamidae

Hyperiidea* Physosomata
	+ Scinoidea
	+ Lanceoloidea
* Physocephalata
	+ Vibilioidea
	+ Phronimoidea
	+ Lycaeopsoidea
	+ Platysceloidea

Ingolfiellidea

* Ingolfiellidae
* Metaingolfiellidae

TABLE COPIED OF WIKIPEDIA
Snowy Plover

Snowy plovers are birds that play on coastal beach servers in the new world

## Overview

The snowy plover does not speck into aquatic abilities like swimming and diving, Instead the speck into water wading with bipedalism and a long beak. The snowy plover also uses intelligence to help itself and other plovers. They mainly consume insects, crustaceans, and other small ocean creatures. The snowy plovers bipedalism allows good mobility in inshore waters.

## Tier placement

These birds have some good advantages but due to their small size and humans using their beaches they make it into B tier.

## Refrences

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/snowy-plover/