Hyena

* Hyena (S2)
* Gold Trim
* DJ Hyena (S)
* Classic

"*UPGRADED to the Hyena!
Hyenas have a very loud and scary laugh!
Press W to Laugh.*"

The **Hyena** is a tier 10 Desert-spawning animal in Mope.io, and is equivalent to the Bear, Tiger, Swordfish, Wolf, Pelican and Gobi Bear. It was first added in-game in the Desert update on April 27, 2019.

## Technical

* Upgrades from the Rattlesnake, Cheetah, Gorilla, Toucan, Pufferfish or Snow Leopard at 60K XP.
* Upgrades to the Vulture, Crocodile, Falcon, Lion, Octopus or Polar Bear at 90K XP.
* The Hyena can consume almost all food sources in Mope.io. The only ones that it cannot eat are the Cactus, Cactus Pear, Date, Berry, Coconut, Conch, whole Aloevera plants, and large-size meat.
* Prey of the Hyena includes all animals within the range of tier 9 to tier 3 (Rattlesnake to Armadillo).
* Predators of the Hyena includes all animals within the range of tier 11 to tier 17 (Vulture to Black Dragon).
* Its Special Ability is the "Laugh" effect, which causes it to emits semi-circle waves of laughter that will stun any animal that touches them. The soundwaves disappear when they hit other players. Using the ability causes the Hyena to recoil as it is laughing, though this ability can be cancelled by pressing the `W` key again.
* The Passive Ability of the Hyena is the ability to consume carcasses.

## Appearance

When the Hyena uses its ability, its head will move backwards and its mouth will open, giving the impression that the Hyena is snarling.

### Hyena (S2)

The "*Season 2*" era Hyena has a light-brown furry body speckled in dark-brown and black dots. Its relatively small head has large, pointy, and brown ears and a snout the same color ending in a black nose. A darker tuft of fur sits on top of its head. Its eyes are large, outlined in brown. The Hyena's tail is thin with brown tips.

### Gold Trim

The Gold Trim Hyena, in comparison to its Classic counterpart, has a golden snout, ears, and tail tip.

### DJ Hyena

The DJ Hyena has a smaller, more rounded head in comparison to the normal Hyena. Its head is magenta topped with angular large ears with orange insides. Its body is purple with a thick magenta stripe down the center and two thinner stripes to the side which bulge outwards halfway down. Small red, orange, green, and aqua blue lights line down the stripes. The DJ Hyena has a brown tuft at the end of its tail and a larger tuft on its head on a lighter base. It has visor glasses with many brightly colored squares and a purple center. Above the visor is a green, aqua blue, and yellow pattern. Its snout is short with a small orange nose and two stripes of the same color.

### Classic Skin

The Classic Hyena, which is also the only default "*Season 1*" era skin, is less detailed yet light brown, featuring a massive darker head. Its snout and wars are brown, although its ears are circular. Spots are scattered across its body haphazardly. Its tail is longer, ending in brown.

## Strategy

### As the Hyena

Since the #GoldenAge update, the Hyena's ability can no longer damage food. Because of this, you should primarily eat melons in quicksand, bushes and watermelon slices from lava patches by pressing `S`. Be careful when eating in quicksand, as you are slow on the desert quicksand and will potentially become vulnerable prey for predators such as Komodo Dragon and Blackwidow Spider.

You can stun and hurt prey with your laughs, which is best used on prey with lower health for easy XP. The further your distance, the bigger the sound-waves are. Target Rattlesnakes for the most XP, but don't let them get to quicksand or oases as you can't keep up with them. Laugh at a Rattlesnake if you see them trying to get to quicksand, and push them into the laughing area so that they continue to be stunned.

You can also stun predators with it to slow them down if they are low on water, or for self-defence purposes. Komodos can make you sweat using their ability, so before they do that, laugh at them and run away! The main threat for Hyenas are Vultures, as they can fly and then land straight on top of you, dealing damage. When you see a Vulture about to fly and grab a carcass, laugh at it so that it can't fly and catch up to you easily.

*More Coming Soon*
## Gallery

### Assets

The "*Season 2*" era Hyena, which is currently the default Hyena skin for logged-out players (February 1, 2022–).The Gold Trim skin of the Hyena (in-Store from October 21, 2020–).The DJ Hyena (Summer Skin; in-Store from July 30, 2021–)The Classic Hyena skin (April 27, 2019 – January 31, 2022; in-Store from February 1, 2022–).
### In-game

The Hyena's abilityA laughing Hyena.A Bison throwing a Hyena into the air.Hyena caught in a Heatwave.A Hyena laughing at a T-REX and Night Komodo Dragon.Hyena Laughing near a Venus Flytrap.Blackwidow Spider killing a Hyena in an oasis.

## History

 February 1, 2022: Season 2 | * Default skin changed from the Classic () to the "*Season 2*" skin ().
 April 27, 2019: Desert Update | * Added.

## Trivia

* At some point, it was moved from tier 9 to tier 10.
* The "Laugh" ability used to damage food sources such as cacti and aloevera which was useful for farming, but no longer does after the December 23, 2019 "*#GoldenAge*" update.

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