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Elephant Bird

Elephant birds were removed builds from the ratite guild. This build is native to the [Madagascar] server. The ratite guild includes Ostriches, Kiwis, Cassowaries, Rheas, Emus and the removed Moas. These build forgoes the [Flight] trait in favour of increases base stats and a less vulnerable start.

## Tier Placement

Is it worth it to play as a giant flightless bird? This ratite build may have high Power and Health and a good Defense stat thanks to forgoing the [Hollow Bones] trait. Since Elephant Birds are related to Kiwi players, they also had decent Intelligence, though not on par with crows or parrots. These builds did not have a very vulnerable start, just like all Ratites aside from the [Island Gigantism] trait, speccing into meta seclusion for higher base stats. These builds are often believed to be griefed too hard by the Human build, leading to their ban. However, further datamining suggests that Human players and Elephant Bird players have coexisted for thousands of years but the high Health stat came at the reduction of Mobility. But it is still worth it. A tier at best.
Fish

**Fish** are an informal group of vertebrates consisting of different classes of vertebrates that lack limbs with digits, body specialized only for aquatic and marine biomes like a set of fins and streamlined body, and have gills in their respiratory system.

## **Major Classes and groups**

* Bony fish (Osteichtyes): A group of aquatic vertebrates that have skeletons primarily composed of bone tissue. They are divided in two groups:
* Ray-Finned Fish (Actinopterygii): Ray-finned fishes are a group of aquatic vertebrates which includes almost all fish builds in the game. Their fins are supported by rays, thus their name. They also specced into [Swim Bladder], allowing them to recharge Stamina passively
* Lobe-Finned Fish (Sarcopterypgii): Lobe-finned fishes are the fish builds characterized by their paired, fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins. These builds would eventually give rise to all terrestrial vertebrate builds.
* Cartilaginous Fish (Chondrichthyes): Cartilaginous fish are so named because, instead of bony skeletons, their body frame consists of cartilage
* Placoderms (Placodermi):Placoderms are characterized for having bony plates on their bodies that gave them extra defense. They are known to be the first vertebrates with jaws (Gnathostomata).
* Jawless Fish (Agnatha): Lampreys and hagfish are jawless vertebrates that have a long, narrow body. They lack scales. Lampreys have a sucker-like mouth filled with little teeth, while hagfish produce copious mucus and can tie themselves in knots to grip loot.

Also, check out the Fish tier list.
Electric Eel

## Overview

Electric Eels are an electric knife-fish, having one of the game's few elemental attacks and the only electric attack; this build forgoes the popular choices of speccing into fins, teeth, and any aesthetics at all and invested all the evolution points on its signature move, Discharge.

This electric type attack is a short-ranged Area Of Effect burst move that can be used both offensively and defensively; the damage scales inversely with distance and target's mass (Max Damage=50). While it can decimate an entire party of fish, most larger builds would walk away with minimal HP loss unless it crits and deals Cardiac Arrest.

## Base Stats

Belonging to A Tier, held back from S Tier only by its low intelligence and mobility due to a lack of strong defense. It has almost average HP and Stealth due to a lack of aesthetics.

It cannot take down larger builds effectively but can one-shot builds in smaller weight classes reliably. It has a pretty decent DPS and defense nonetheless.
Giant Pangasius

The giant pangasius is one of the four heavyweight builds of the Mekong River server, the other three being the Giant Freshwater Stingray, Giant Barb and Mekong Giant Catfish. The build got its fanmade name, the dog-eating catfish, because it is known to loot defeated Domestic Dog players.

## Tier Placement

A-tier. This build is basically an upgraded Mekong Giant Catfish build with better Mobility. Since this build is able to scavenge for defeated players. Since Catfish mains are usually bottom feeders and bottom feeders often rely on scavenging, this build has a great advantage when it comes to securing a defeated player. This build has also spread to other servers like in Africa.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/mekong-river-dam-threatens-four-of-worlds-top-10-biggest-fish-species.html
2. ↑ https://wwf.panda.org/?194313/Mekong-dams-threaten-rare-giant-fish
3. ↑ https://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/fishkeeping-news/seven-fish-best-left-in-the-wild/
4. ↑ http://www.fishtanksandponds.co.uk/profiles/pangasius-sanitwongsei.html
5. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/animal/catfish
6. ↑ https://ir.sun.ac.za/cib/handle/123456789/1323?show=full
Leach’s Giant Gecko

The Leach's Giant Gecko (*Rhacodactylus leachianus*), also known as the New Caledonian Giant Gecko, is the largest playable Gecko build in the game. It is playable in the New Caledonian server, where it plays as an arboreal and nocturnal build. It feeds on insect and spider players, fruits and sap.

## Overview

For a Gecko, the Leachie's Giant Gecko has a lot of HP, being the largest build of its guild. Like most Geckos, it specced into cling pads to suit its arboreal playstyle. This gives it a lot of Mobility.Like Chameleons, it has [Color Change], but this time, it actually uses it to hide from griefers instead of communicating.

## Moveset

**Cling Pads (Passive, Mobility)**- Drastically improve clinging abilities, increasing Mobility greatly.

**Color Change (Active, Stealth)**- Greatly boosts Stealth by changing color palettes.

**Autonomy (Active, Utility)**- Throw out a bunch of HP for a free distraction!

## Tier Placement

This Gecko build has the [Color Change] ability and increased Health. Seems like a good recipe for high-tier, right? Unfortunately, that is not the case, as invasive Rat and Domestic Cat players are making incursions to its server. Due to being an island build, it had no prior expertise in dealing with these types of players, reducing their playerbase by a huge amount. However, it has been protected and is playable in natural reserves, so there is still a glimmer of hope for these players. For now, Low C-tier (same as other Gecko builds) is all it gets.

## Referrences

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/596067-largest-living-gecko-species
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-ventral-view-of-a-New-Caledonian-Giant-Gecko-Rhacodactylus-leachianus-climbing-a\_fig1\_331722272
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Different-color-of-the-skin-in-the-New-Caledonian-Giant-Gecko-caused-by-environment\_fig4\_331722272
4. ↑ https://uk.inaturalist.org/taxa/33862-Rhacodactylus-leachianus
Komodo Dragon

Note: Komodo Dragons should have a higher INT stat.

The Komodo Dragon is a Lizard build known for having solid Defense, Health, Mobility and Power stats. It completely dominates parts of the Indonesian Archipelago and is the also the only Lizard which has attained Megafauna status and has a number of special abilities. On top of that, it also utilizes the Pack Hunting strategy. Because of it's medium to high stats, excellent abilities, and use of Pack Hunting, the Komodo Dragon is placed in S tier.

## Offensive Abilities

A Komodo Dragon's bite attack has fairly high base damage, but it also induces a Bleed debuff due to an Anticoagulant debuff. This drains the target's stats over time, making any battle against the Komodo Dragon an uphill battle from the start. Komodo Dragon mains have been known to use the Tail Whip move, which is a strong disjointed attack that can disorient opponents or inflict a Stun.

## Defensive Abilities

On the defense, the Komodo Dragon is resistant to many debuff effects and disease effects because of its Antibacterial Blood ability. This ability is so sought after that Human data miners are attempting to mod this into consumable Medicine items. It also has tiny bones that create a chainmail-like armor (osteoderms) under its skin.
Fire Blast

A bombardier beetle using fire blast

### Damage

7-per second MAX.scales inversely with target distance,not afected by target size.

### Damage type

Projectile-Fire

This is the only fire type move in the game if you don't count the fire spread move that some Australian hawks have. It causes a Debuff to microscopic weight class parasite resistance, and can inflict a the burn status effect.
Hyracodon

Hyracodons are mammals that played on the North America server. They were closely related to Paraceratherium's and rhinos

## Overview

Hyracodons were closely related to rhinos but even worse than them. They don't have many defenses aside from fleeing and they were only the size of a sheep. Not to mention their mouths were not very good at cropping up grass compared to dedicated grazers. They got banned during the start of the Miocene because during that time forests were replaced with grasslands, predators became better at hunting, and herbivores became better at grazing.

## Tier Placement

These builds were in D tier during the Paleocene but they fell into F tier as the expansions came along due to their low defenses and poor grazing skills. However, some Hyracodons learned from their mistakes, and specked their points into becoming tanks, turning a low tier build into the S tier, OP, Paraceratherium.
Hagfish

Hagfish is a long, Eel-like fish build that has a skull but no spinal column. It is a scavenger, and it feeds off already dead players. Because of this, Hagfish mains are usually disliked, and their inability to defend themselves makes them an easy target; if you can get past the slime.

## Overview

Hagfish are currently the only known build to only spend evolution points on a skull and not a spinal column. Hagfish players are few and far between, seeing as their low Power, Defense, and Health stats require them to grief other players to stay alive. Hagfish mains typically steal from larger players who have already gotten a Game Over, but certain brave Hagfish will try to steal from live players (although they are not usually successful).

## Abilities and Skills

### Slime

The [Slime] ability allows the Hagfish to cover itself in a mucus-like slime, giving it a Slipperiness Bonus and allowing it to escape from capture.

### Tuck and Roll

The Hagfish's second ability, [Tuck and Roll], lets the Hagfish twist itself into a knot and pull itself through from head to tail. The Hagfish can use this ability to:

1. Clear slime off itself so it doesn't smother to death
2. If the Hagfish twists itself into a knot while captured, it can squeeze out of the situation
3. The Hagfish can bite down on food and then twist itself into a knot while still holding on. They then pull themselves through, ripping the food off in the process.

## Weakness

### Low Defense

The Hagfish's main weakness is their very low Defense and Health stats. If they can't escape capture, they will be killed. Hagfish are also very easy to be caught by Human players because of their low Intelligence. The Hagfish doesn't need high Defense, however, because of its aforementioned abilities.

## Moveset

### Passive Abilities

**Boneless** - 10% decrease on enemy's [Grab] attack, and grants access to small holes

### Temporary Abilities

**Slime** - 50% decrease on enemy's [Grab] attack

**Tuck and Roll** - Allows the Hagfish to escape capture

### Moves

**Bite and Pull** - The Hagfish bites the victim, twists itself into a knot, and pulls away, ripping off a piece of flesh.

## Pros and Cons

### Pros

* Very difficult to be attacked due to "Slime" ability.
* Easily escapes from fights by squeezing into small holes because of a lack of a spinal column.
* Hagfish can survive months without food.

### Cons

* Must scavenge for XP due to lack of Power.
* Low Health and Defense makes it hard to enter hot PvP spots.

## Tier Placement

The Hagfish is A tier, because even though its defensive abilities can make it escape tough situations, if caught off guard the Hagfish can be killed before it's able to activate them. The only advantage to play Hagfish is the fact that they can't be attacked head-on, but if you want to play as a Defensive class, it would be a much better idea to pick a Crustacean or Mollusk build, as these have much higher Defense and Power stats. With powerful slime thought means they are a tier
Hydrozoa

Hydrozoa is a Faction under the Cnidarian faction that may have arrived in the Late PreCambrian. It is distinguished by complex life cycle, by the growth of medusae from (urn, conical, cylindrical, club-shaped) buds rather than strobilae or from metamorphosis, by the presence of a velum (muscular ring of tissue) inside the bell of the medusa, the production of gametes from ectodermal. It tends to feed on zooplanktons, fish eggs and small crustaceans. Found in most marine and a handful in freshwater habitats, most of the Hydrozoan builds are colonial as asexual polyps, usually at the lowest zone of the water body. Other colonial hydrozoans, such as chondrophorines and siphonophorans, were pelagic and have developed internal gas-filled floats for optimal buoyancy.

## Abilities

* Regeneration [Passive] (Support) - heal wounds and regrow body parts
* Colonial [Passive] (Support/Utility) - allows the same builds to stick together for resource sharing and other purposes
* Stinging Cells [Passive] (Offense/Defense) - deal damage to players that brush off their tentacles
* Anchored [Passive] (Support) - resistance to the ocean's currents and attacks through holding onto surfaces
* Few may access: Death Touch [Passive] (Offense/Defense) - Inflicts massive to insta-kill damage when touched

## Notable Builds

* Hydra (Seemingly immortal and Regenerative)
* Hydractinia (Colonial, found in discarded shells)
* Portuguese Man o' War (Venomous, often found on shores)
* By-The-Wind Sailor (Sail to catch wind)
* Immortal Jellyfish
* Blue Button (blue float made of a flat, circular disc with many gas-filled tubes)

## References

1. ↑ https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/cnidaria/hydrozoafr.html
2. ↑ https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Hydrozoa/
3. ↑ https://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/
4. ↑ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3511741/
5. ↑ https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/hydractinia
6. ↑ https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/portuguese-man-o-war.html
7. ↑ https://www.climatewatch.org.au/species/marine/blue-button
Gerenuk

The Gerenuk, also known as Waller's Gazelle, is a long-necked Gazelle build. It is playable in the "Horn of Africa" and east African server. It was discovered in 1842.

## Overview

Like most Gazelles, it had below-average Health. It also had below-average Power. It had a good Mobility stat, being able to run fast, however, this is still slower than most Gazelles. It only has moderate Intelligence, having a small herd size. It only specced into a two-color palette, and its long neck significantly lowers its Stealth.

## Moveset

**Long Neck (Passive, Utility)**- Allows a longer reach, but reduces Stealth.

**Bipedalism (Active, Utility)**- Allows you to reach loot much higher, and also allows you to detect gankers easier.

**Ruminant (Passive, Misc.)**- Allows you to consume any type of plant loot.

## Tier Placement

F-tier. The long neck is really a surefire way to get bodied by your gankers, which tend to be numerous thanks to your small size. Because of their smaller size, they are very vulnerable to ambushes, unlike other antelope builds. And while Ostriches can deal a decent amount of damage with their feet, this is not an option for this build using its horns, so if they ever get caught, its game over. They could have pulled off bipedalism to detect gankers, except they only use this gimmick to feed.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/animal/gerenuk
2. ↑ https://www.gbif.org/species/165695088
3. ↑ http://www.ultimateungulate.com/Artiodactyla/Litocranius\_walleri.html
4. ↑ https://www.awf.org/wildlife-conservation/gerenuk
5. ↑ https://animalcorner.org/animals/gerenuk/
6. ↑ https://africafreak.com/gerenuk
7. ↑ https://animalia.bio/gerenuk
8. ↑ https://faunafocus.com/home/gerenuk/
9. ↑ https://www.bionity.com/en/encyclopedia/Bipedalism.html#Mammals
10. ↑ https://www.lazoo.org/explore-your-zoo/our-animals/mammals/gerenuk-southern/
11. ↑ https://www.softschools.com/facts/animals/gerenuk\_facts/1828/
Everglades

The Everglades is a complicated system of wetland, lake and river servers. This server used to be much bigger, but due to Human mains, this server is becoming a more difficult server to play in.

## Builds

The Everglades server contains 20 mammal builds, 50 Reptile builds and more than 300 fish builds. This server combines subtropical climate with a shallow flowing river to make a viable server for many builds,including Bull Sharks and Burmese Pythons.

### **S-tier**

* Crocodile
* Dolphin
* Bull Shark (normally A-tier)
* Alligator Gar

### **A-tier**

* Constrictor (Burmese python, normally B-tier)
* Tarpon
* Grouper
* Barracuda
* Bald Eagle
* Heron
* Peacock Bass
* Pit viper (Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake)
* Wild Boar
* Raccoon
* Bowfin

### **B-tier**

* Mayan Cichlid
* Skunk (Normally S tier)
* Egret
* Pleco
* Tortoise
* Largemouth Bass

### **C-tier**

* Basic Toad
* Opposums
* Manatee
* Fox
* Deer
* Cougar

### **D-tier**

* Rabbits (usually C-tier)
* Walking Catfish
* Snail (Normally F tier)
* Pond Frog
* Basic Snakes

### **F-tier**

* Molly
* Freshwater baitfish
* Tree Frogs

## References

1. ↑ https://www.livescience.com/62903-everglades.html
2. ↑ https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Wild-Places/Everglades
3. ↑ http://evergladessafaripark.com/blog/everglades-national-park/everglades-the-wildlife-attraction-of-south-florida/#.XqgU6GTQF0s
4. ↑ https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-animals-live-in-the-everglades.html
5. ↑ https://www.evergladesholidaypark.com/sharks-in-the-everglades/#:~:text=Bull%20sharks%2C%20known%20as%20one,estuarine%20areas%20for%20smaller%20prey.
6. ↑ https://www.history.com/news/burmese-python-invasion-florida-everglades
7. ↑ https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article140670663.html
8. ↑ https://carolinafishes.github.io/eeb/Florida/
9. ↑ https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/03/pythons-wipe-out-rabbits-and-probably-much-more-everglades
10. ↑ http://www.columbia.edu/itc/cerc/danoff-burg/invasion\_bio/inv\_spp\_summ/Clarius\_batrachus.html
Freshwater Drum

The freshwater drum is the only drum build found in freshwter servers.This build is known for its characteristic noise.This build has a size ranging from 31 cm to 71 cm and from 0.45 kg to 3.6 kg.

## Tier Placement

C-tier. While this build has the [Armor Breaker] ability,is known to live in schools,and has no predators aside from Gulls and Human mains after level 1, with its low ability ceiling and moderate stats, it does not have much going for this build.

## Referrences

1. ↑ http://www2.dnr.cornell.edu/cek7/nyfish/Sciaenidae/sciaenidae.html
2. ↑ https://www.nps.gov/miss/learn/nature/freshwater-drum-sheepshead-aplodinotus-grunniens.htm
3. ↑ http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Aplodinotus\_grunniens/
4. ↑ http://www.sciencebuzz.org/museum/object/2003\_04\_pharyngeal\_teeth\_from\_freshwater\_drum\_aplodinotus\_grunniens
5. ↑ https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Aplodinotus\_grunniens/
6. ↑ https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/freshwater-drum-13848/
Llama

**Echo Fighter: Alpaca**

Llamas (support class version of guanacos) are builds in the camel guild that play on the South American server. During The Ice Age, they could be found in the North American server. These builds are used as support classes by Human mains to protect groups of Sheep players from potential attacks by Wolf playersand along with donkeys are even better than guard dogs and as mounts .They are not griefed as hard as the vicunas or guanacos they descend from, which is an advantage of the llama.

## Abilities

### Cold Resistance

Type: Utility

Effect: Damage and stamina drain from low temperatures reduced.

### Long Colon

Type: Utility

Effect: Water drain reduced

### Spit

Type: Offense

Effect: An attack that deals low damage but can lower Resolve drastically.

### Canine hatred

Type : Defense

Effect: All players from the canid faction get a heavy hp sat reduced

## Tier Placement

A tier. They have a great matchup against the Dog guild. Their [Spit] skill also has a great potential for trolling, giving them good enough matchup against Human mains. To top that, they have a slow water drain, thus making this useful for arid servers aside from their stats. Despite this, they get bodied and griefed by cougar mains which is really hard to combat cause with laser sharp claws means that even thier thick coat won't save them, and they play on risky terrain [ even thought they have adapted to this ]. They are also not good mounts as they are stubborn unlike there humped pals which are sometimes loyal and they are a little harder to control despite this they are good pack animals if experinced which makes them b tier for support.
Loch Ness Monster

The Loch-Ness Monster is a cryptid build that seems to resemble a dinosaur. Sightings of this
are extremely rare, and is mostly spotted by Human mains with a "drunk" debuff.
It seems to resemble a dinosaur build, hence the controversy around its existence, as the devs seemingly destroyed
the old dinosaur build style. Its most likely a plesiosaur if it was real, as it is a marine dinosaur build
with a long neck and fins. IF this cryptid did exist, then it would be one of the most powerful
builds alive today, as the dinosaurs were known for having some of the highest attack and defense stats of all time.

Nobody is really sure how to get this cryptid build, as low tier cryptids are just obtained by getting a debuff.
The Loch Ness monster is a mystery for sure, as many players continue to investigate how to obtain this build, and the mystery behind its existance. Some say it does not exist. This is a lore animal
Fractofusus

In the mid-Ediacaran meta, before the game was even in beta, size, more than anything else, mattered. Macroscopic organisms with large surface areas for feeding and respiration became high-tier, and Fractofusus was one of these. It was unable to move, had no brain, and had no power, and its only defense was its large body, which back when it was common was good enough to defend against its competition. Since the archival screenshots found in Newfoundland were at considerable depth, Fracofusus must have relied on absorbing XP, instead of using photosynthesis. Additionally, it is theorized to have been colorless. Unfortunately, players who chose this build soon came to realize that it had no potential for future upgrades, such as internal organs, limbs, or sensory features. Shortly after the build came onto the scene, it was swiftly outcompeted. Its fractal way of growing, plus its inability to move or spawn sexually hastened its demise. Nonetheless, it illustrates innovation in the animal guild at a time just after the devs nearly wiped out all animal life with a change to the Overworld known to data miners as Snowball Earth.

## Tier Placement

Fractofusus would have briefly been A tier in the Ediacaran (Vendian) meta, though it would almost immediately fall toF tier  when other animal guilds discovered the abilities of movement and attack. The rangeomorph build has not been even playtested since just after the game entered beta, and would be F tier . In fact, it is rumored the build was never banned because of how unviable and pointless it would be against anything from more recent expansions.
Jonkeria

Jonkeria (from Jonkers) was a banned titanosuchid dinocephalian synapsid build. It was playable in the Karoo lobby in the South African server, It resembled the Titanosuchus build but with shorter limbs.

## Overview

This build would likely have a Health stat rivalling that of Moschops. Its Mobility would likely be average or below-average, due to its shorter legs. It also had similar teeth to Titanosuchus. Not much is known about its other stats.

## Moveset

The Jonkeria build has only a few abilities, thanks to its good base stats.

**Heat Exchange Circulatory System (Passive, Utility)**- Higher Stamina and cold resistance at the cost of losing cover for heat vision and higher food cost.

## Tier Placement

High B-tier. This build has one of the highest base stats for a synapsid of its meta. Additionally, they wereomnivores, allowing them to take down weaker players when plant material was rare. It only had a few griefers to deal with, like Titanosuchus.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://www.thoughtco.com/therapsid-mammal-like-reptile-4043336
2. ↑ http://palaeos.com/vertebrates/therapsida/tapinocephalia.html
3. ↑ https://www.fieldmuseum.org/fossil-non-mammalian-synapsid-collection-field-museum
4. ↑ http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/j/jonkeria.html
5. ↑ http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/m/moschops.html
6. ↑ https://palaeopedia.tumblr.com/post/128981822223/the-jonkers-one-jonkeria-1916-phylum
7. ↑ https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/2193064
8. ↑ https://www.palaeocast.com/get-well-soon-titanosuchid/
9. ↑ http://www.science.uct.ac.za/news/uct-researchers-discover-bone-disease-265-million-year-old-mammal-ancestor
10. ↑ https://alchetron.com/Titanosuchus
Grouper

big fish

## Overview

Groupers are a guild of Fish that went for extremely high base stats. They have high HP, Power and Defense.

### Teaming

Groupers sometimes team up with the S Tier Moray Eel to catch prey that can escape them if they hunted alone, like the Octopus, which can go into the coral, where the Moray Eel can catch it, but completely outmatched if out in the open. Groupers on the other hand, can easily catch prey in open water, but since they’re so bulky, they can’t go into coral to catch their prey. If they team up, their success rates increase. They don’t share the loot, but they both benefit.

## Tier Placement

A Tier at best. Their team up with the Moray Eel is powerful, and it is a very powerful fish by itself. However, their inability to go into tight spaces is a weakness, and ocean builds with high Power can game end a Grouper quite easily. They also have a great match-up against A to S-Tier build, Lionfish so they do have venom resistance.
Genetically modified organisms

Genetically modified (GMO) players are those whose base creation material DNA has been manipulated by an intelligence player, like humans, taking the roll of the Devs and changing the player build's basic design from it's original.

### Domestic classes

For thousands of years humans have been using the artificial selection method of driving the evolution of many builds creating many support classes like domestic dogs, cats, horses etc. Gene modification is a rapid evolution perk used mainly to buff certain stats making them more useful in human societies but it can sometimes nerf some stats in the long run as qualities like cuteness are only good for one thing.

### Mutants

Players whose DNA is altered in a lab, and thus rapidly changing their basic design, can be described as mutant players.
Globidens

Globidens (Globe Tooth) is a removed build of Mosasaur from the Cretacous Expansion. This build opts for the Armor Crusher ability instead of increased base stats. This build is well known for is characteristic spherical teeth.

## Tier Placement

B-tier. The Armor Crusher is actually useful for some of its prey, which are nautili, turtles, ammonites and bivalves. However, this comes at the cost of its base stats except Power. Thus, it was not as dominant as the Mosasaurus
Giant Squid

**Echo Fighter: Colossal Squid**

Giant Squid's stats

The **Giant Squid** is a tank build variant of the basic squid. They also are the mesopredators of the seas deeper areas. They can also venture out into the midnight zone which is the gateway to the more familiar abyss, and when human dataminers found in the code that the developers refer to it as the Hadal Zone. Humans eventually took inspiration and made it into the own god part of a thing called religion, but we're getting off track, back to the giant squid. The **Giant Squid** has higher Health than the Collosal Squid, but doesn't have as much Power

## Overview

Although the pressure of the midnight zone is too say the least, lethal, the Giant Squid is massive able to grow up to the size of a house! They hold the record for the longest tentacles in the cephalopod faction. Like most other squids, they have 2 large arms and 8 smaller ones that have long shark claws on them. They also have eyes the size of dinner plates. This is because the sperm whale (the giant squids' predator) do what predators do and make players rage and mad that they didn't choose an apex predator build. This is usually unhelpful as the whales' Echolocation ability will most likely nullify the squids' powerful eyes. When squids get caught, they lose 99% of the time which is why the squid players decided to go for the eyes because they said 'it's better than nothing'. They also have bad matchups against sleeper sharks, despite the sharks slow speed. Its radula, a tongue-like organ that is covered with teeth also helps in grinding food down further which boosts its already great crushing strength. Due to its size, its significantly slower than the usual squid mains but it is claimed to reach a top speed of 24 km/h (~15 mph).

## Tier Placement

Majority of people agreed on A Tier placement. Even though it has tremendous strength with sharp claws and its enormous size, it still suffers from having their soft flesh with a hydrostatic skeleton. It has a near unwinnable match-up against Sperm Whales and Orcas due to their comparatively lower Defense and Mobility. It is speculated that Giant Squids got bodied hard and had to live in deeper waters to be less pressured by the whales.  Being a cephalopod does guarantee this DPS build greater intelligence than most marine animals.

## References

1. ↑ https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/giant-squid
2. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Tierzoo/comments/my4rbu/where\_you\_will\_place\_giant\_squid\_on\_tier\_list/
3. ↑ https://carnegiemnh.org/sperm-whales-and-giant-squid/
4. ↑ https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/ocean-life/sperm-whale-and-giant-squid
Eusthenopteron

Eusthenopteron was a removed lobe-finned fish build available during the Devonian expansion. These fish builds are said to have the ability to walk on dry land. However, dataminers have decided that this build is strictly locked in the Aquatic mobility tree.

## Tier Placement.

Regardless, this build had fins which looked more like webbed feet, and this build was thus, the precursor to the Amphibian guild. This build also had moderate stats overall, giving it the position of B-tier.
Envenomate

**Envenomate**is an offensive move of the Toxin Type. It is one of the most well-known moves and quite universal that is not a normal type. The most notable users of this move are Snakes and Arachnids.

## Effect

Envenomate causes the Toxin debuff and the potency of the move is scaled by what and how much the animal has specced into the Venom Tree. This move can inflict high cumulative damage over time and it could be accompanied with other symptoms like paralysis. It can deal massive damage no matter the size of the opponent; this needs to be specced further in order for it to succeed.

Envenomate can be prevented by having thick hide, fur or a strong enough exoskeleton that the opponent cannot inject deep enough into the bloodstream. The venom effect can also be cured by anti-venom. Anti-venom is only mainly an option for humans exclusively have.

### List of Users:

* Viper
* Cobra
* Platypus
* Scorpion
* Spider
* Octopus
* Squid
* Cuttlefish
* Many fishes (e.g. Stone Fish, Lion Fish, Stargazer)
* Bee
* Wasp
* Centipede
* Some Ants
* Jellyfish
* Portuguese Man o' War
* Cone Snail
* Sea Anemone
* Some Lizards
* Shrew
* Mongoose
* European Mole

## See Also

* Moves
* Fire Blast
* Overheat
* Discharge
* Water Gun
Honduran white bat

The Honduran white bat is a bat that lives in the central American server. This build has a very unique defense strategy, by chewing leaves to make tents to avoid predators and beat out the heat. The bats only main XP source is the ficus colubrinae and they can only make their tents out of certain ferns so they can only live in certain forests. With deforestation rates rising the playerbase of the bats is decreasing. Thankfully the decrease isn't so dramatic that they will be taken out of the game soon, but still these builds contain a similar niche to the panda where it can only survive off one food source so these builds are in F tier.
Elephant Seal

This is a seal that's like an elephant because it chunky and it have a trunk like nose thing

## Classification

### Species

angustoristris/leonina

Elephant seals are among the largest pinniped builds currently playable. There are two species, Mirounga angustoristris from the Pacific Ocean, and Mirounga leonina from the Antartic server. The larger individuals are in fact, male.

## Tier Placement

B-tier. These builds have among the largest Health stat of any Pinniped build. This build can easily defeat Hagfish players with ease, sucking them up and ignoring the purpose of their slippery build. This build can also stay in the [Terrestrial] server longer than any other Seal player.
Influenza

This right here easily S tier

During our guides, we don't usually talk about playable builds in the microscopic weight class, simply because they don't have as an interesting playthrough, but since a lot of players are new to the scene, we are going to talk about a universally agreed top tier, Influenza.

## Let's start with Basics

If you want to be a successful disease, you're going have to do these three things (Note that all 4 are connected in one way or another).

### Don't Damage the Host too badly

There are a lot of high intelligence players in the world, and they will stay away from others which are sick. If you don't damage their body too much, they will be less likely to self isolate themselves which means you can spread.

### Heat Resistance and Cold Resistance

Since viruses are not mobile on their own, they require this to spread anywhere in the overworld, which means you can get the maximum amount of bonus evolution points.

### Have a Stage where you're harmless to the host

If you have this, this means that you're more likely to spread without the host noticing. A third of the infected tends to be asymptomatic.

### Spread Quickly

Having good capabilities of not killing your host is important, but if you want to be able to use this evolution points, you're going to have to spread. Spending points in the coughs and sneezes symptoms but don't go overboard because there are diminishing returns and high intelligence players will notice something wrong and self isolate.

## Influenza

Influenza does this perfectly. Apart from the 3rd tip, they also have 2 different kinds. If you're looking for top tier influenza, I'd suggest C or A. C doesn't cause epidemics which means that more people are likely to not self-isolate, while A only has the non-epidemic trait to some extent, they are more versatile and are not only limited to humans. Influenza also has different genetic codes every season which means that human players can't develop a vaccine that will last forever. Overall, the Influenza is easily S tier because of all its perks and useful evolution points picks.
Jungle Tooth

A bite to pierce anything.

**Jungle Tooth** is a unique ability known by the Jaguar and Tiger Shark build and a major reason for their incredible DPS.

## Effect

When the user lands a critical hit, such as either by chance or attacking a weak spot like the neck, the damage will pierce armor, causing maximum damage to the target build.

As a result, even tanks can quickly be DPSed down with a few decisive blows, cementing the Jaguar as S Tier.
Jumping Spider

**Jumping Spiders** are an A tier build type in the Spider Class. They are also the ones that hold the record for the highest living animal build in the game as the Himilayan Jumping Spider at 6700 metres above sea level. Many build types of the Spider Class have a cosmetics option directed toward high Intelligence builds that induces the Fear status effect, called Creepy, but the Jumping Spider has almost the opposite ability, Cute, which induces a strange effect the developers still haven't revealed the purpose of. Although not intended, some high Intelligence builds have already, through the course of the game, developed the Arachnophobia debuff due to the sheer amount of Creepy spider build types, which negates the Jumping Spider's Cute ability. Jumping Spider players usually have a lot of skill, being an A tier build. Another unique quality of the Jumping Spider is the trade of spinning webs for pouncing. Using the skill of the player, the Jumping Spider gains Accuracy and Precision while leveling up, which allows it to collect experience better. The Jumping Spider's Pounce ability makes use of the player's skill AND the insanely high Mobility stat to let the spider pounce on its prey, a skill proven effective. The second highest stat of the Jumping Spider is Intelligence, which it uses in conjunction with Mobility to outmaneuver pretty much any build in its weight class.
Gastropod

The different Gastropod shells

The Gastropod is a herbivorous tank class that became playable in the late Cambrian expansion 500 million years ago.

## Overview

Gastropods are one of the slowest builds in the game, lacking in intelligence, mobility and power. They are also known for maxing out in defense having one of the strongest shells in the game being able to deter and shrug off most players in their weight class. A type of gastropods called the slug as opted out of of using shells and instead is carnivorous. Their stealth is known to be decent.

## Abilities

### Acid generation

Gastropods have the ability to generate acid, one of their organs produces uric acid as waste. This ability is really useful in combat.

## Tier Placement

Gastropods are in F tier overall. Their only defense is their shell which can be crushed by many predators. The thing with Armadillos is that they have agency when it comes to defending themselves, as their armor is not their only defense because they can also dig to safety and even run suprisingly fast, but most of all, their ability to move from place to place at a reasonable speed allows them to choose which place is the safest. Snails just don't have that privilege.

### How to Spec

I would recommend speccing into another form of mobility, like digging. This is why I believe that Slugs are much more viable than Snails, as they can crawl into cracks, thus giving it much more agency to defend itself.
Gymnotheria

**This page is a candidate for deletion.**

*Remember to check what links here and the page history before deletion.*Gymnotheria (Naked Beast) is a proposed class of vertebrates that consists of the non mammalian synapsids. This includes animals like Dimetrodon, Edaphosaurus, Gorgonops and Lystrosaurus. This class would act as a counterpart to Reptilia, which would make Mammalia a counterpart to Aves.

## Characteristics

Gymnotherians are characterized for having a leathery and soft, scaless skin. Many posses canine teeth and modified mouths that help them chew their food. Later gymnotherians known as theriodonts would evolve fur and whiskers.

## Mammalian descendance

This class would later give rise to a new class of vertebrates, called mammals.
Flying Gurnard

Flying Gurnard (Dactylopteridae) are bottom dwelling builds closely related to Seahorses and Trumpetfish. Despite their name, they are nearly incapable of actually flying or at least gliding, but like true gurnards (sea robins), they can make sounds by hitting their swim bladder.

## Overview

Due to being solitary, mostly lacking shoaling tactics, these builds have low Intelligence. It also has a low amount of Health. Although normally slow, it is surprisingly fast when escaping, and its armor provides high Defense. Lastly, it does not have much Power, being unable to eat things in its weight class. It also has a surprisingly high Stealth stat.

## Moveset

**Speed Burst (Active, Mobility)**- A boost of speed needed for fleeing predators.

**Wing Show (Passive, Inimidation)**- Allows you to use your wings to drastically reduce Resolve of predators and makes you larger for predators to make swallowing you more difficult.

**Fin Grasp (Active, Utility)**- Allows you to use your fins to dig.

## Tier Placement

Mid C-tier. Syngnathiformes is a very unusual bunch. While Seahorses are considered to be low-tier, Trumpetfishes and Cornetfishes hide behing big passive fish before sniping down targets with their mouths are top-tier. Surprisingly, they ended up in the middle of the bunch. While it is not as helpless as the Seahorse, due to their speed bursts and wings allowing for greater survivability, they are not as dominant as the Trumpetfish as they cannot body builds their own weight class or greater.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://www.fishbase.se/summary/FamilySummary.php?ID=285
2. ↑ https://scubadiverlife.com/the-flying-gurnard/
3. ↑ https://kids.kiddle.co/Syngnathiformes
4. ↑ https://www.scuba.com/blog/explore-the-blue/fish-wings-fly/
5. ↑ https://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/fishkeeping-news/weird-fish-of-the-week-flying-gurnard/
6. ↑ https://www.tetiaroasociety.org/island/fish/helmet-gurnard
7. ↑ https://www.seafishpool.com/flying-gurnard/
8. ↑ http://onlineissues.wherewhenhow.com/publication/?i=247156&article\_id=1935812&view=articleBrowser&ver=html5
9. ↑ https://scubadiverlife.com/marine-species-flying-gurnard/
10. ↑ https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/scorpaeniformes-i-gurnards-and-flatheads
11. ↑ https://sweet-metazoa.tumblr.com/post/136652330297/dactylopterus-volitans
12. ↑ https://guidesly.com/fishing/fish-species/flying-gurnard
Heracles Inexpectatus

Heracles Inexpectatus is a banned Parrot build related to the Kakapo. It was playable in the New Zealand server, separated from the mainland where most predator Mammal builds are playable.

## Tier Placement

A-tier. This build had the [Insular Gigantism] perk, allowing it to increase its base stats. Sustaining large size means speccing away from the [Flight] ability. To accomodate its size, it also had to spec into a more of a generalised diet. Thus, it could body other Parrot players and even Moas While it could not fly, it had good Arboreal Mobility and could glide. The main downsides are that it had a large hitbox which lower defensive stats which means that stealth could be really effective against this.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/aug/07/fossils-largest-parrot-ever-recorded-found-new-zealand-heracles-inexpectatus
2. ↑ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2212660-worlds-largest-parrot-was-a-metre-tall-and-lived-19-million-years-ago/
3. ↑ https://www.businessinsider.com/giant-parrot-squawkzilla-fossil-3-feet-tall-2019-8
4. ↑ https://nypost.com/2019/08/07/fossil-of-ancient-3-foot-tall-parrot-found-in-new-zealand/
5. ↑ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/08/fossils-15-pound-parrot-found-new-zealand-kakapo/
6. ↑ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chonky-ancient-bird-worlds-largest-known-parrot-180972841/
7. ↑ https://theconversation.com/meet-the-hercules-parrot-from-prehistoric-new-zealand-the-biggest-ever-discovered-121437
8. ↑ https://www.livescience.com/66112-worlds-largest-parrot-extinct.html
Green Bumphead Parrotfish

The green bumphead parrotfish has the highest Health stat among parrotfish mains They are named for their bulbous foreheads. Members of its guild are known for the [Coral Tooth] ability, which deals extra damage against coral but no damage to same weight class builds.These builds are known for their headbutting behavior.

## Tier Placement

B-tier Arguably, coral is actually low in XP compared to bodied fish players, which it has no offensive options to use for looting.However, this build also eats the coral skeleton, which has three times as much EXP.This build has no builds it gets readily bodied with other than Sharks. It has access to [Mucus Bubble] which reduces the Resolve of nearby predators. It is armored with scales everywhere except the head, giving them great Defense. They also have dorsal spines, creating a backbone that makes it harder to land a hit. It also has decent Intelligence for a fish by living in large shoals. Held back from higher tiers by its lack of offensive abilities.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://www.scubadiving.com/8-interesting-facts-about-parrotfish
2. ↑ https://blog.padi.com/2017/02/12/aliens-of-the-ocean-bumphead-parrotfish/
3. ↑ http://www.sci-news.com/biology/article00376.html
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190430141628.htm
5. ↑ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/blue-planet-2-parrotfish-teeth-coral-biominerals-study-bbc-sea-oceans-reef-a8056671.html
6. ↑ https://www.dive-the-world.com/creatures-bumphead-parrotfish.php
7. ↑ http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/f2013/feaster\_meli/interactions.htm
8. ↑ https://www.thainationalparks.com/species/green-humphead-parrotfish
9. ↑ http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/f2013/feaster\_meli/facts.htm
10. ↑ https://www.dive-the-world.com/creatures-bumphead-parrotfish.php
Ibex

The true king of the mountain.

The Ibex is a Goat build that specks into the horn skill tree. They don't speck into damage but more into range as they have some of the longest horns in the game rivaling the Oryx. They play on the Alps and Zagros mountain servers, and like most other mountain goats, have an incredible climbing ability. On top of that, try to sneak up on an Ibex, probably already a dumb idea since they play on mountains but Ibex have insane eyesight. That's great and all, but playing on mountain servers poses a risk to yourself, and there's lots of luck needed., so they are A tier.
Helicoprion

*Helicoprion* was a banned build of fish from the Permian Expansion.This build was discovered by geologist and legacy meta analyst Alexander Petrovich Karpinsky. This build was once depicted as a Shark build, but it was revealed that the build was actually a ratfish, closely related to the chimaera guild. Also, it is now known that the tooth whorl of this build is attached to its lower jaw.

## Overview

This build had a tooth whorl, perfect for bodying builds like squid and fish, thus the high Power stat. Its Health is also high, growing to a great size. It is also surprisingly mobile.

## Moveset

**Chainsaw Swirl (Active, Attack)**- If [Bite] move lands a grab, deal 50% of bite damage every 2 seconds. It also inflicts the [Heavy Bleed] debuff and instantly kills any player with less than 25% of the user's max HP.

**Electroreception (Active, Utility)**- Motion shown on minimap.

## Tier Placement

A-tier. It had no losing matchups at late-game. It also had a powerful attack that could absolutely damage players somewhat easily. However, like with Ptychodus, it was held from S-tier due to its overspecialization, since its main attack-which could easily one-shot a player, worked only on Squid and Shark players.

## Summary

### Pros:

* High Power and Health.
* Above-average Mobility and Defense
* Devastating move that can instantly kill a player.
* Extremely effective against Cephalopod and Shark players.
* Anti-Stealth abilities.
* Lacks unwinnable/bad matchups

### Cons:

* Below-average Mobility and Stealth.
* Instant-kill move is ineffective on bone and armor.
* Specialized in soft-bodied loot.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.newdinosaurs.com/helicoprion/
2. ↑ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/prehistoric-ghost-shark-helicoprions-spiral-toothed-jaw-explained/
3. ↑ https://discover.hubpages.com/education/The-Guide-To-Prehistoric-Animals
4. ↑ https://phys.org/news/2013-02-helicoprion-scientists-mysteries-ancient-shark.html
5. ↑ https://usa.oceana.org/blog/mystery-prehistoric-fishs-bizarre-body-part-solved
6. ↑ https://royalsociety.org/news/2013/ancient-spiral-tooth-shark/
7. ↑ https://planetsharkdivers.com/helicoprion/
8. ↑ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/unraveling-the-nature-of-the-whorl-toothed-shark
9. ↑ http://www.wild-facts.com/2013/helicoprion/
10. ↑ http://geology.byu.edu/Home/news/prehistoric-buzzsaw-killer-comes-byu