Giant Scorpion

* Current (UHD)
* Old
* Classic

* Immunity to lava and poison.
* Any animal that touches it will shiver.
* Can walk on the webs of
* Can eat carcasses.
* Moves faster on quicksand and mud.

"*UPGRADED to Giant Scorpion!
 Sting and shiver your prey to death.
 (Press W to Sting)*"
The **Giant Scorpion** is a tier 16 Desert animal in Mope.io, and is equivalent of the Land Monster, Dino Monster, Bird Monster, Sea Monster, Ice Monster. It was introduced on April 27, 2019.

## Technical

* Upgrades from the Pterodactyl, the T-REX, the Dragon, the The Kraken, the King Crab, The Snowman, The Snowgirl or the Yeti at 5M XP. Mainly upgrades from the Pterodactyl, because they are from the same biome.
* Upgrades to the Black Dragon, or King Dragon, at 10M XP. If a Black Dragon's XP goes down to 9.6M and is in the Desert, it will downgrade to a Giant Scorpion.
* The special ability of the Giant Scorpion is "Grab and Sting". By pressing `W`, it will grab the nearest animal facing its head with its pincers, stun them and sting them with its barbed tail. The sting will cause the victim to shiver, preventing them from using any special abilities or boosting/running. The stung animal will be damaged gradually, and its sprite will appear to violently shiver.
	+ The effect can end faster by entering a hiding spot.
* The passive abilities of the Giant Scorpion are: climbing on hills and rocks; immunity to lava and poison; being able to consume carcasses; being able to walk on Giant Spider webs; inflicting a shiver effect on any animal that touches it (though it will be shorter than the shiver from the "Grab and Sting" ability).
* The Giant Scorpion can consume every food source, with the exception of berries, dates and cactus pears.
* Prey of the Giant Scorpion is all animals within the range of tier 15 to tier 7 (Pterodactyl down to Warthog).
* Predators of the Giant Scorpion are all tier 17 animals (the Black Dragon and King Dragon).

## Appearance

The ultra high-definition Giant Scorpion skin, the default version currently, has a big black body, with three protruding legs on each side of its body. Its tail is black and curves up, with a dark red stinger on the end of the tail which looks like a drop of blood. The color turns to orange, then dark red again periodically. The tail bobs up and down constantly. The Giant Scorpion's eyes are frowning, and it has two large pincers in front of its face. Its mouth is a small pair of mandibles. When using its Special Ability, its pincers will increase drastically in size and open more. Its mandibles will also open. The Giant Scorpion's tail will extend forwards and the sharp point on its stinger will extend. After a second, its pincers and mandibles will snap shut.

Most of the Giant Scorpion's other skins have a similar appearance (aside from color scheme) to the ultra high-definition version, except they all only have two eyes and less mandibles.

### Purchasable skins

*The skins listed below are or have been accessible to buy in-game. Older versions or non-purchasable skins may be seen in the article's infobox and/or asset gallery.*

## Strategy

### Using

* Use your ability as often as you can, as it does less damage than that of other monsters, but you have an advantage as your ability lasts longer, stops abilities and boosting, and also makes the animal move slowly and damages it. It also recharges very quickly. However, abilities of other apexes can be harmful (e.g. the Dragon's fire breath, the Yeti's freezing snowball projectiles, etc.) and can make you die.
	+ If you are going to go after other apexes, first sting them, then chase and bite them when they are shivering. They are weak because they rely on their abilities to defend themselves and to attack and can't use them. Just leave them when they have about 1/8 of their health left, because they will die 100%, even if inside a hiding hole. However, if you feel confident enough, try challenging an apex to a 1v1 battle. 1v1 is an effective way to level up, and will guarantee a kill if you know what you're doing. Refer to the main 1v1 article for extra tips.
* It's important to note that the larger you are, the greater your ability's grab range is. This also applies to the temporary size change you receive while on a hill or rock. If you need extra range to attack an Animal, find a hill/rock nearby, face toward the Animal(make sure the Animal isn't about to turn, as the ability's lack of turning can cause you to miss entirely), and use your ability. The ability's range will be enormous, even more so if you're close to upgrading.
	+ Even if you do miss, the sting itself will stun and knockback the Animal if they're close enough, giving you time to reposition yourself toward the Animal.
* Most apexes are safe to hunt, but T-REXes are the one that you should be cautious around. T-REXes no longer suffer burn damage in the Desert, so there will be some T-REXes in there. Their ability can damage you, especially if you get freeze damage from being in the ocean. If a T-Rex tries to attack you on low health, stay near hills and rocks, as they cannot climb them. If the T-Rex doesn't leave, use your ability on it to make it leave. Your ability has a larger range than theirs, especially at 8–9 m, so if it is pursuing you, pretend to be fleeing away and turn around to sting the T-Rex before they have time to react.
* Also, there is another idea is to go outside of the desert, and to the Poison lake. There likely will be a large number of Giant Spiders there. Since you can now walk on their webs, you can dominate the Poison lake. When Pterodactyls drop prey in the lake, you can take it all for yourself.
	+ You can even try eating one of the Giant Spiders or Pterodactyls too, but it would probably be easier to make an alliance with them, or at least be on peaceful terms as some Spiders/Pterodactyls can contribute to trapping a lot of your prey. If you do stay around the lake, beware of receiving damage from the water being cold. It may lead to you losing health and potentially being killed. Try to get water from a Healing Stone, or consume water droplets at the edge of water spots. You can also eat Blackwidow Spiders that may be at the poison lake, but their Spin Web ability will slow you down significantly, allowing the Blackwidow to get away. Eat Blackwidows that are low on water or stunned, as their decreased speed makes them much easier targets.
* Avoid Black Dragons at all costs, as they will most likely try killing you if they ever set sights on you (since the Giant Scorpion is one of the apex kills needed for a Black Dragon becoming a King Dragon), though this is unlikely, as their demand for Lava leaves them mostly bound to the Volcano they live in. If they ever do visit the Desert, find the nearest hiding hole and wait until the Black Dragon leaves. Try not to sit at a hiding hole near a healing stone as they can camp you easily while thriving on the gem. If you're feeling risky you can sting them as the Giant Scorpion's ability does massive damage to them and they'll most likely leave you alone after just a couple of stings. Additionally, if you are at the Volcano, don't hide in one of the volcano's hiding holes. If you do, the Black Dragon can wait there forever, since it won't lose lava.
* When wanting to gain XP from prey, wait in a hiding hole or pretend you have left the game, and as the prey comes closer, use your ability on them and kill them, since the ability is like sweating (disable running and ability) without the water draining part but with the vibration and health-drainage part, so it’ll be an easy kill. Just make sure there are no hiding holes around.
* Also, if a Dino Monster is all set to kill you and is on low health, sting them, and if a hiding-hole is far away, you'll get a guaranteed kill. If you’re the one with low health, seek refuge in a hiding hole, or better still, Lava if you can. Never try fleeing into the Ocean or Arctic, because you will freeze and be slower in the ocean. Eating Watermelons at the Volcano can sustain your water supply until you have the chance to run again.
* Your equivalents are mostly easy to kill except Dino Monster and Ice Monster. Be careful with them! Dino Monsters, however, do have their weaknesses. While they try to ram into you, make sure you are facing them. This strategy requires good timing. At the last second, use your ability before they can make contact with you. If possible, try to lure them to somewhere far from a hiding-hole.
* Fighting with apexes is mostly easy. However, you need to take care or others will be the deadly foe! Follow these tips or even 1v1 tips
	+ Against The Bigfoot, the player will need to take care about it launching its spears on you. If you have good reflexes, you can dodge the spear or even sting them before Bigfoot can do anything. It will be a hard battle: It can place campfires and its spear can make you bleed and unable to use your ability and enter a Hiding Hole, similarly to your ability.
	+ Versus a Dragon: It will likely throw a fireball at you before you can do anything. It is better to stay near a large Hiding Hole to quickly negate the fire effects. You can also sting them after exiting the Hiding Hole and block them from entering it. Beware, however: the Dragon's fireball can recharge quickly.
	+ Versus a T-REX: It has a powerful bite-drag ability, and you need to run into a safe range (not so far or your ability will not work). You can also try rocks and hills to try to avoid the T-REX's drag. After one sting, you can stay at a safe close range.
	+ Versus a Yeti: Don't sting it when it's disguised, it can easily freeze you. Otherwise, this is almost the same as a Bigfoot fight, except you can enter Hiding Holes while frozen. It also burns inside the Desert, so try to make it leave the Arctic. In a similar manner, don't enter the Arctic as you will freeze, allowing the Yeti to freeze you more. This strategy also applies to Snowmans, but since they are hard to find, you won't fight one probably. Aqua Yetis (and Snowgirls) are a bit harder to fight due to their complete freezing.
	+ Versus a Phoenix: The fire can harm you, but it is slower in the Desert (even if it doesn't get burnt). You can sting them while they try to aim their Fire Tornado at you.
	+ Versus a Pterodactyl: Since they use up all their energy flying, they’ll be slow and will need to eat to regain energy to fly or boost away. Before that happens, sting them and keep tailing them no matter what they say. The Pterodactyl will die after just 2 stings, and you will get basically free XP.

## Gallery

### Assets

The ultra high-definition Giant Scorpion skin (in-game from February 1, 2022 – present).The body of the ultra high-definition Giant Scorpion, with pincers.The body of the ultra high-definition Giant Scorpion, without pincers.The pincers of the ultra high-definition Giant Scorpion.The pincers of the ultra high-definition Giant Scorpion, grabbing animation.The stinger and tail of the ultra high-definition Giant Scorpion.The stinger and tail of the ultra high-definition Giant Scorpion while attacking.The lower portion of the ultra high-definition Giant Scorpion's tail.The upper portion of the ultra high-definition Giant Scorpion's tail.The ultra high-definition Giant Scorpion's dull stinger.The ultra high-definition Giant Scorpion's brightened stinger.The ultra high-definition Giant Scorpion's dull stinger when stinging.The ultra high-definition Giant Scorpion's brightened stinger when stinging.The old pre-Season 2 Giant Scorpion skin (in-game from April 27, 2019 – January 31, 2022).The Nebuladon Scorpion skin (in-Store from October 27, 2022 – present).The Golden Giant Scorpion skin (in-Store from December 23, 2019 – present).The Carnelian Scorpion skin (in-Store from December 23, 2019 – present).The Classic Giant Scorpion skin (in-Store from May 22, 2021 – present).
### In-game

The Giant Scorpion.A mini Giant Scorpion on a rock, using its sting prey ability.A Giant Scorpion near a Pakistani Vulture, a Vulture and a Fennec Fox.A Giant Scorpion walking on the webs of a Giant Spider colony, at the Poison lake.A Giant Scorpion camping an animal in a hiding hole.A Giant Scorpion eating some Aloevera.A Golden Eagle picking up a Giant Scorpion.Purrfect Speed holding a Soccer Pumpkin as a Carnelian Scorpion.The "Sting Prey" ability for the Carnelian Scorpion.A Golden and a Carnelian Scorpion together. The Carnelian has a pumpkin.A Carnelian, Giant, and Gold Scorpion in descending size.The Sting ability's icon in-game.A Giant Scorpion in the void.
## Trivia

* The Giant Scorpion is the first non-spider arachnid, and the first non-spider playable land arthropod.
* It is the only other animal (aside from Blackwidow Spider, Black Dragon and King Dragon) that can climb a Giant Spider's webs.
* Its tail animation stops when it is in the 1v1 arena.
* The stinging animation does not keep the stinger's gradient; it is always at its lightest point.
* The Giant Scorpion is the only tier 16 animal without "Monster" in its name.

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