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Covid-19

## How did it Start?

Most human players investigating don't actually know how Covid-19 (Coronavirus) started. It is likely from a non-human player which is commonly agreed to be a bat. It is unlikely that a bat transferred it directly to a human player but had sort of a train to help it. This is where the pangolin comes in. It is likely that a bat transferred the virus to a pangolin and then a human player consumed for XP:( (Can we get F in the chat for Mr. Pangolin).

## What is it?

Covid-19 is a virus. They are unplayable, and only appear as random status effects. However, these debuffs can spread, letting huge outbreaks start.

## How does it Spread?

Covid-19 spreads through a mechanic called droplet infection. This is when the human player sneezes or coughs and little droplets of moisture get stuck on another human player's body where it can enter through eyes, mouths, nose, and other places which is not allowed to be talked about because FANDOM is PG-13. It can also spread via surfaces but the amount of time Covid-19 can survive on a surface is unknown.

## Symptoms

If you're experiencing cough, fever, general pain, or breathing problems visit someone who has a doctor as their prestige class.

## How to end event?

After a while, human players with the Scientist prestige noticed that the devs added the "Covid-19 vaccine" research option, and every Scientist in the world decided to research it. It was accelerated by the Cut Corners and Share Research action. If many, many human (and even other) players get vaccinated, the Covid-19 event will most likely stop.
Animosity

You can handle it, alone.

Animosity is a high-level ability used by honey badgers. It increases damage and intimidation by a moderate amount, and courage by a substantial amount. But those perks come at the hefty downside of completely disabling any cooperation between members of the same species, except mating and child raising.
Boto

The Boto Is a smaller Cetacean build specifically adapted for the Amazon river. The Boto doesn't really have a ton of competition in it's local meta so it's tough to gauge it's prowess in combat. The other top tiers of the region include the Jaguar, Caiman, Anaconda, Otter and Arapaima.

## Tier Placement

B-tier.This build is special because it puts the maximum amount of evolution points the Echolocation skill tree. Along it's snout are whiskers that buff the accuracy of the Echolocation target locating effect. This offsets the near total blindness of the Boto. Cetaceans lack the ability Smell, and this leaves them particularly vulnerable to pollution. Pollution is a big problem in the Amazon and without the ability to sense when the water around it is contaminated, the Boto is at a high risk for being poisoned by the waste generated by Human players. It is also an outlier among Whale builds as this build is solitary. It also tends to struggle against Arapaima players. Dolphins are not known for their bite force, let alone river dolphins, so their attacks cannot easily pierce the Arapaima's tough scales. Besides this, the Arapaima player can be in a posistion to counterattack using [Skull Bash] which does great damage when it hits.
Defense

**Defense** is one of the 6 main stats in the game. Defense determines how well a build can negate attacks from other players or damage from the overworld.

A high defense build is the most well equipped of all builds to take on a high power build. Bites and stings often have a hard time penetrating a defensive tank's skin. Low power builds simply lack the ability to deal any meaningful blows.

They can be weak against extremely high power builds as they may be able to deal enough damage to pose a real threat to a defense tank. Intelligence-based builds often give defense-based builds nightmares because they can find chinks in the armor, ignoring the defense stat for the most part.

## Abilities

Like other stats, a high defense stat allows for certain unique abilities that can greatly help in matchups against other players.

### Shell retreat

Retreat into a shell. Negate 90% of damage. Only available to shelled creatures.

### Slimy body

Negates grab abilities, not very good against stab type attacks.

### Exoskeleton

Makes skeleton go outside, grants shell like abilities, bad against crush type attacks.

## Traits

### Toxins

* Repulsive Odor
* Stinging
* Sickness
* Death (Small Animals)
* Death (Medium Animals)
* Death (Large Animals)
* Immediate Paralysis and Death

### Armor

* Scales
* Thick Hide
* Shell
* Exoskeleton
* Thick Skin

### Resistances

* Radiation
* Heat
* Cold
* Toxin
Bull Shark

The Bull Shark is one of the largest requiem sharks (Carchariniformes) in the game, growing up to 315 kg and 3.5 m in size. They get their name from their habit of head-butting their prey as well as their short snout.

## Species

### Location

Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and adjacent freshwater servers

## Tier Placement

At the top of A tier, there is the Bull Shark, which has two unique and powerful abilities. The first is that they have the highest bite force of any Shark, meaning that even though they have average teeth in terms of slicing and cutting utility, they can still deliver an extremely potent bite. The second ability, Adaptable Gills, allows Bull Sharks can enter freshwater servers without recieving the energy sapping and damaging debuff that obligate saltwater builds do. This allows them to travel into rivers and streams, where they have no real competition. This makes Bull Sharks the best build for griefing low-level players. And judging by the Bull Sharks reputation for being the most aggressive Shark, it's clear that this is exactly the type of player that this build attracts.

## Human Killing

Bull sharks have a reputation of bullying humans as their hunting grounds are near human settlements. Bull sharks KO more humans than any other shark. But why are bull sharks trying to kill humans? Won't they just make the human players mad and want to get revenge? It's for territory. Bull sharks are notorious for being one of the most aggro sharks ever. And since they are put in so close proximity with humans, its bound to happen.
Cornish Jack

The Cornish Jack is a mormyrid build found in the waters in the African server. Mormyrids are notable for having the highest Intelligence among teleost fish builds.

## Tier Placement

A-tier. Mormyrids are a build which sacrificed [Bony Tongue] and [Modified Swim Bladder] in favour of an increased Intelligence stat and the [Electroreception] ability. This build had some of the highest Intelligence levels of any fish, allowing this build to engage in pack hunting. It has also spread to servers like Australia. Held back from S-tier by having only moderate stats other than Intelligence and Stealth. It also has a low play time, only having Level 8 as level cap.

## References

1. ↑ https://thewebsiteofeverything.com/animals/fish/Osteoglossiformes/Mormyridae/Mormyrops-anguilloides
2. ↑ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161221132803.htm
3. ↑ http://mormyrids.myspecies.info/en/taxonomy/term/436/descriptions
4. ↑ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2768566
5. ↑ http://www.wild-facts.com/2013/cornish-jack/
6. ↑ https://www.fishbase.se/summary/2394
Bush Dog

The Bush Dog is a South American Dog buildwhich has spent most of their playstyle in the [Forest] biome. This build is considered as a Lazarus taxon, which was thought to be banned but then was made available.

## History

In 1842, Peter Wilhelm Lund was inspecting a legacy Dog player which he found in a Brazillian cave, naming the legacy build "Speothos", which was allegedly banned during The Ice Age balance patch. The following year, he described current mains as "bush dogs", not realizing that it is the same build.

## Overview

The Bush Dog is a build that has specced into a Glass Cannon playstyle compared to other Canids, speccing into powerful ambush pack-hunting tactics and sharp teeth to make up for their small size. It specced into basic camouflage, having an increase in Stealth. Unlike other Dog mains, it cannot resort to endurance chasing and instead has to rely on pack-hunting tactics. It specced into webbed feet to make up for this.

## Moveset

**Webbed Feet (Passive, Mobility)**- Increases aquatic Mobility by 25%.

**Pack-Hunter (Passive, Attack)**- Call upon other players to deal more damage to different targets.

## Tier Placement

### Generally

B-tier. In its server, it is a decent pack-hunting build able to take down builds like Tapir, Peccaries and even Rheas. It is held back from higher tiers due to its inability to shrug off attacks from other builds.

### Compared to other Dog builds

Compared to other builds from its guild. This build is D-tier. While it still has pack-hunting strategies, its low Health and Mobility means that they can easily get bodied in fights other Dog mains can easily win. It also does not have much options in chasing their target, so all Peccaries, Tapirs and Rheas need to do is to keep running away from them to avoid them.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01901.x
2. ↑ http://animalia.bio/bush-dog
3. ↑ https://interestingengineering.com/7-species-that-came-back-from-the-dead-the-lazarus-effect
4. ↑ https://www.knowsleysafariexperience.co.uk/explore/our-animals/bush-dogs/
5. ↑ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261821456\_Speothos\_venaticus
6. ↑ https://www.altensis.com/wp-content/uploads/004v0/134378-where-do-bush-dogs-live
7. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/animal/bush-dog
8. ↑ https://www.saveamericasforests.org/Yasuni/Biodiversity/Bush%20Dog.html
9. ↑ https://www.gbif.org/species/144100366
Baobab

Baobabs (Adansonia), also known as the upside-down tree, are a group of 9 Tree builds found in Africa, Madagascar and Australia. It is a decidous Tree build which loses its leaves during the dry season. Itis also oneof the longest-living Tree builds.

## Overview

The baobab trunk is thick, having a good Health. But it only has above-average Defense due to mostly being hollow. Being a plant, it has likely no need for other stats.

## Moveset

**Water Holder Trunk (Passive, Utility)**- Allows you to store water in your trunk. Useful for the dry season.

**Tiny Leaves (Passive, Utility)**- Allows this build to minimize water loss and avoid overheating.

**Buckle-Proof Trunk (Passive, Utility)**- Increases maximum Health and height by 75%.

## Tier Placement

C-tier.While it has all of those abilities and stats, plus fire resistance, it lacks a meaningful way to avoid predators from attacking it.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://www.dictionary.com/browse/baobab
2. ↑ https://safarisafricana.com/baobab-upside-down-tree/
3. ↑ https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4020-6431-9
4. ↑ https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/baobab#:~:text=Baobabs%20are%20deciduous%2C%20and%20during,species%20in%20the%20genus%20Adansonia.
5. ↑ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/the-tallest-strongest-and-most-iconic-trees-in-the-world-759955/
6. ↑ https://www.gardenguides.com/13428672-baobab-tree-facts.html
7. ↑ https://www.thoughtco.com/fun-facts-about-the-baobab-tree-1454374
8. ↑ https://www.mvorganizing.org/how-does-the-baobab-tree-get-water-during-the-dry-season/
9. ↑ http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/savannahP.html
10. ↑ https://asknature.org/strategy/large-trunks-and-thick-bark-prevent-buckling/
11. ↑ https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/botany/epically-touch-baobob-trees-dying-off-africa.htm
Cuttlefish

## Basic Cuttlefish

The **Cuttlefish** build has been around since the Miocene, though some players believe they were first created in the Cretaceous.

## Overview

Like many other cephalopods, Cuttlefish have high intelligence and stealth. They also can use ink which is perfect for getaways as well as suckers which can tell food from terrain. Some cuttlefish have invested some evolution points into venom, some classes have it as lethal as a Blue-Ringed Octopus.

Cuttlefish are one of very few builds that use the Color Change ability as well as being the only build to have Shapeshift. The combination of those two abilities make the build virtually undetectable to some players wanting to target them. Something interesting that cuttlefish players can do is using hypnosis. By cycling through colors at a rapid speed, Cuttlefish players can mess with the graphics engine of the target to the point it crashes, which results in a free win.

Though the primary EXP source of cuttlefish are crabs and fish, newer player prefer to get their EXP from shrimp. To hunt, they usually color change to sneak up on their prey. Then, the player shoots a jet of water to expose the target and grab it with its tentacles.

Cuttlefish have a game time of around 1-2 years which (like most cephalapods) is a huge downside of the cuttlefish.

## Abilities

### Color Change

This allows the user to change to any color they want on will.

### Shapeshift

This allows the user to change texture at will

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Cuttlefish have known to rapidly change colour which will actually corrupt the graphics engine of the game for many crustaceans. This is commonly called Hypnosis.

### Ink

Gives a temporary boost in stealth for the user and temporarily blinds the attacker.

## Tier Placement

Like other Cephalopods, the cuttlefish build falls into A tier, short of S tier due to their short game time, which doesn't utilize their intelligence stat to their fullest potential would be able to be unlocked if the game time extended more. Humans also grief cuttlefish players for to be used as loot or EXP for their parrot companions.
Baleen Whale

Baleen Whales, also known as whalebone whales or Mysticeti are a variation of Whale which speccs into baleen.It includes the largest playable build in the entire game, the blue whale.

## Tier Placement

Baleen Whales are a variation of the Cetacean build that arose when Cetaceans really hit the big time, reaching such a massive size that size alone was the only defence that they really needed. Because of that, they took all the cool, unique abilities that Cetaceans had such as Echolocation and sacrificed them to reach the maximum Health level attainable. They also traded their teeth for an entirely new style of weapon called baleen. Baleen doesn't do any damage in combat except against players in the micro-weight class. Most of the time, larger builds don't bother griefing in the micro-weight class, simply because they aren't worth the XP. But baleen is so efficient at catching Krill that Baleen Whales can rack up an absurdly high KD ratio, enough to offset the low XP value from each individual Krill. Baleen Whales are nearly invincible because of their size, and because of that, they earn an easy A tier spot. The only builds that can pose a threat to them are Humans and the topmost Cetacean build (Orcas), although orcas rarely attack those in the late game. They frequently target new players and hunt them using coordinated strategies.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://www.thefreedictionary.com/whalebone+whale
2. ↑ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128043271000583
3. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/animal/baleen-whale
4. ↑ https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-whale-evolution-20170523-story.html
Crown of Thorns Starfish

Crown of thorns starfish are echinoderms that play on coastal servers near Australia. They are the top tier echinoderm with a very high defense stat due to their venomous spines. Their venom is not the most potent in the ocean but it does just fine. This build completely bodies the coral builds, being able to kill them using their extendable stomachs. They can destroy entire reefs so much that humans are trying to stop them. These builds belong in S tier.

## About their Tier Placement

COTS will likely lose it's top tier, at least in Australia, as human players don't like COTS destroying the reef servers. But due to the recent pandemic, the process has slowed down. They also piss dogs off.
Arctica (Ancient Continent)

**Arctica** or **Arctida** was a server during Precambrian but we don't know much about it. Was added about 2.565 Gya during Neoarchean Subupdate.

## Precambrian Server

### Rogers Reconstruction

In his reconstruction of Supercontinent cycle rogers proposed that Ur Server was added About 3 Gya and Joined east Antarctica to create East Gondwana. **Arctica** formed around 2.5-2 Gya by amalgamation of Canadian, Siberian Shields and Greenland. Atlantica was added ~2 Gya by adding of West african craton and South america. **Arctica, East Antarctica and Baltica joined and created Nena around 1 Gya. Nena joined ur and Atlantica to create Superserver Rodinia.**

### Rogers and Santosh 2003 Reconstruction

Rogers and Santosh argued that most Cratons from 2.5 Were in one single place. WIP

## Fun Facts

• Dataminer Nikolay Shatsky was the first to assume that Arctic region may be of Server Origin.
Ceratosaurus

A Horned Lizard indeed. Well, not exactly a lizard.

**Ceratosaurus** (Echo Fighter: Genyodectes) was a medium-sized Dinosaur build in the Late Jurassic Expansion. It was playable in the North America, Europe and Africa servers.

## Overview

**Ceratosaurus** was up to seven meters in length and around one ton in weight. It had mid Intelligence, but high Power accompanied by a set of massive sharp teeth. **Ceratosaurus** also had above average Defense due to its tough skin and osteoderms and was quite nimble as well. The build hunted smaller animals in the ecosystem, like the Dryosaurus and Camptosaurus, although it possibly fed on the Lungfish build as well. **Ceratosaurus** also hunted crocodilians and it is likely that groups of the dinosaur would hunt the Stegosaurus.

## Abilities and Traits

### Horn for Display:

**Ceratosaurus** had three horns above its head, two of them being above its eyes, but one being bigger and above its snout. It was most likely used for display and intimidation.

### Tough Skin:

**Ceratosaurus** possessed thick skin with osteoderms all over its body, giving it solid Defense, as mentioned before.

## Summary

### Pros:

• was quite nimble for its size

• possessed tough skin and osteoderms for defense

• had a flexible tail, making it agile

• males were great at displaying females

• was excellent in its niche

### Cons:

• wasn't as common or large as some of the other carnivorous builds

## Tier Placement

Overall, the **Ceratosaurus** build was viable enough to be in S tier. It was very well suited for its own niche (as mentioned before) and even outlived the more abundant Allosaurus build.

## Credits

### Researchers and Helpers

DarkCerato

Ragnarok
A tier

[1]

   **A Tier** is a tier in the game's meta. These builds are very good and feature stats, abilities or strategies well above the average. The builds here are still definitely viable in the meta, but still aren't outstanding enough to make it into S tier because of several flaws preventing them from being extremely dominant. Playing an A tier build is good for players who are serious in the game, but not competitive enough to play an S tier build.

## Notable A Tier Builds

* A Tier: Octopus, Lion, Tiger, Bull Shark, Mako Shark, Tiger Shark, Old and New World Monkey, Chimpanzee, Orangutan, Crow, Tarantula, Jumping Spider, Eagle, Hawk, Falcon, Muskox, Grizzly Bear, Kodiak Bear, Sea Turtle, Grey Wolf, Squirrel, Cone Snail, Sperm Whale, Blue Whale, Hogs, Squid, Ape, Tegu, Trumpetfish, Nile Perch, Swan, Halibut, Tarpon, Tuna, Siamang, Rattlesnake, Gaboon Viper, Cottonmouth, Moose
Beaver

Beavers are large rodents,considered the national emblem of Canadaknown for building dams.

## Tier Placement

In C tier, there is the Beaver, one of the most well-known Builder builds in the game. This is where the Rodent's teeth become important, as they deal high damage to the environment. Beavers have iron-reinforced teeth that can be used to bring down trees. This isn't optional, by the way.  Like all rodents, their teeth have a passive regeneration ability  that mitigates loss of durability. But, this also means that if they don't continuously use them, they'll eventually become overgrow and deal damage to the user. The resources they gather are used to construct dams in rivers. Once fully completed, they work great, but the strategy does have its drawbacks that keep the Beaver out of the higher tiers.

Firstly, Beavers are very vulnerable while their dam is still under construction. They have no good method of defense if they're caught in the open. Even their iron teeth don't deal enough damage to truly deter a predator. And carrying large amounts of mass through the woods makes Stealth very difficult to maintain. Beavers also don't have much recourse if their river their base is located in freezes and becomes uninhabitable, as they only get a Mobility bonus in liquid water. Beavers also have fat-storing tail that serves as energy reserves though they do not hibernate.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/b/beaver/
2. ↑ https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/official-symbols-canada.html
3. ↑ https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/why-do-beavers-build-dams/
African Painted Dog

Range: 10

The Painted Dog also know as the 'Cape Hunting Dog', 'Tricoloured Dog' or simply 'Wild Dog', is a highly social predator that hunts in large packs across the plains and bushland servers of Africa. They are arguably the most social of all canine builds, hunting in large packs which in past times possibly numbered in the hundreds.

## Tier Placement

Nestled within S tier the Painted dog is currently the most viable Canine in all the meta thanks to its highly cooperative playstyle, unmatched endurance and extremely high success rate in hunting. The Painted dog is the most successful in hunting of all large African carnivores with up to 90 percent of all hunts ending in a kill, which unlike any other land predator build they let the new players feed first. The one problem is that painted dogs share a strong rivalry with hyenas for food which they mainly end up losing and also get bodied by lions.

## Match Ups

The Painted Dogs by far have the best match-ups against medium-sized ungulates such as Gazelle which they hunt with devastating efficiency making a kill almost every hunt. They dominate other midsized carnivores such as Cheetahs in confrontations and experienced Painted Dog players in groups need not worry about them. Where this build may fall short is in its match-up against the ruling Carnivore of the African meta the Lion. The lion is one of the few truly bad match-ups for the Painted dog so much so is that Painted Dog players actively avoid areas with high lion densities, but by far the worst and ironically the Painted dog's closest relative the Domestic Dog which carry diseases it has developed antibodies, allowing them to carry them harmlessly, that decimate Painted dog populations, which lack the antibodies the Domestic Dog has developed by exposure. The Painted dog player base is on the decline because of these diseases and humans killing them in a exempt to protect their livestock support classes and the dogs are in danger of disappearing from the meta, and are crashing towards mid tier. But despite this the Painted dog is by far the most successful non-domesticated Canine in the meta and most successful hunter on the African Plains. (somehow...)
Death Touch

No touchy-touchy.

**Death Touch** is a very powerful high-level ability that can be used by jellyfish and sea anemones.

## Effect

Death Touch is an ability that instant-kills builds that touch the user.

Despite its powerful effect, it has a surprising number of counters, such as either being immune to the user's contact effects (such as Clownfish being immune to anemone tendrils) or the poison being unable to enter the victim. When it does succeed, it can make it very difficult to land any damage.
Anthozoa

Anthozoa is a Faction of carnivorous, marine invertebrates, consisting of sea anemones, corals and sea pens. It is formed in the Cambrian and is still active to this day. The adults are attached to the seabed and they are radially symmetrical to have equal sensitivity to the environment in all parts of its body. They often have AFK playstyle and rarely moves. Like other Cnidarians, they have stinging cells or nematocysts that contains toxins and adhesives.  Most corals, however, are mild in its toxins and can be handled by medium weight class organisms. They seem to be more vulnerable than amphibians to thermal stress, bleaching and acidification in the sea in the current meta with many endangered. They have one of the best regeneration capacity with its polyps but it is a lengthy process.

## 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) - deal damage to players that brush off their tentacles
* Anchored [Passive] (Support) - resistance to the ocean's currents and attacks through holding onto surfaces

## Notable Builds

* Rhodactis howesii (Guinness World Record holder for the most toxic sea anemone)
* Brain Coral
* Spirularia (tube-dwelling anemones)

## References

1. ↑ https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/corals-and-sea-anemones-anthozoa
2. ↑ https://www.iucn.org/sites/default/files/2022-08/red-list-of-anthozoans-factsheet.pdf
3. ↑ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022098117304483
Charles Darwin

**Charles Darwin** (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was a game analyst and content creator recognised as one of the most influential figures in the community. Darwin was the first analyst to understand how Evolution Points worked, and his analysis on the impact of Evolution Points to viability and chances of further development of builds remains one of the starting points for most research and analysis done today.

## Life and work

Darwin used his human playthrough to develop deep understanding of skill trees and its most important feature - Evolution Points. Before his ideas, it was fairly widely accepted that The Devs impacted the playthrough of all players by a significant amount, and that they themselves created all the builds existent in today's meta. Darwin is best known for his hit gaming blog *On the Origin of Species*, where he disputes these claims and states that today's builds were mostly created by players themselves, opting into different Evolution Points to see what works best in which server, and that the optimal combinations suited for survival became the standard builds used in the game.

His notion that the game works on the principle of the "survival of the fittest" was met with polarised reviews at the time. Many got offended by Darwin's insinuations that players whose builds couldn't survive simply sucked at the game, and regarded his claims as a denial of the existence of The Devs. Still, Darwin's ideas gradually became more widely accepted over time, and other analysts frequently point to his content as inspiration for their dedication to game theory.

Some of his other famous works include *The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex*, where he presents his theories on reproduction and passing genes onto future generations of players, and *The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals*, one of the first pieces of analysis on the skills of communication between players.

1. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Darwin/On-the-Origin-of-Species
2. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Descent-of-Man-and-Selection-in-Relation-to-Sex
3. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Expression-of-the-Emotions-in-Man-and-Animals
Camel Spider

Camel Spiders (Solifugae) are an arachnid build playable in arid and dry servers worldwide. Neither true Spiders nor true Scorpions, these builds are memed to take down Humans. They also have absolutely no venomous abilities whatsoever.

## Species

### Location

Arid deserts worldwide except Australia and Antarctica.

## Overview

This build has a low Health stat. They have a great Power stat to compensate for this. They also have high Mobility and Stealth. Lastly, they have low Defense, typical of many arachnid mains.

## Moveset

**Powerful Chelicerae (Passive, Attack)**- Allows Arthropod players to deal heavy bite damage.

**Advanced Tracheal System (Passive, Utility)**- Provides 25% more Stamina for Arthropod mains.

## Tier Placement

High B-tier. Just an arid Glass Cannon/Fragile Speedster Arthropod powerhouse, that's all.

## Referrences

Pest Control Abu dhabi

1. ↑ https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/25166/
2. ↑ https://www.accessscience.com/content/solifugae/635100
3. ↑ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47824-Solifugae#Etymology
4. ↑ https://kidadl.com/animal-facts/camel-spider-facts
5. ↑ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/facts/camel-spider#:~:text=Camel%20spiders%2C%20also%20called%20wind,bigger%20than%20its%20actual%20size.
6. ↑ https://www.livescience.com/40025-camel-spiders-facts.html
7. ↑ https://www.livescience.com/40025-camel-spiders-facts.html
8. ↑ https://www.proshield.ae/post/camel-spider
9. ↑ https://biologydictionary.net/camel-spider/
10. ↑ https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/research-posts/respiration-makes-camel-spiders-potent-predators
Bulletproof Scales

Bulletproof Scales is a unique ability used by the Arapaima, which is a major reason for their great matchup against Piranhas and their high Defense. This ability is an inspiration for Human to make vests protecting them from [Stab] and [Gunshot] damage.

## Effect

This ability grants them extremely high Defense stat without the Mobility reduction. This solves the problem of Armor slowing you down.Horses can get game-ending debuffs from broken legs,Cheetahs can easily be defeated due to their huge sacrifice to Power and Health, Birds like Pegerine Falcons have to specc into [Hollow Bones] to fly, which is weak to crush-type damage (the same one usually inflicted by Grappler moves) and builds like Tuna and Billfish have to keep moving because a single stop will incur a game over. Thus, the Arapaima can block hits from all but the strongest attacks, and dodge once an attack strong enough to pierce its armor connects.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelease/piranha-proof-fish-scales-offer-inspiration-for-better-armor
2. ↑ https://phys.org/news/2019-10-three-meter-long-amazonian-fish-toughest-scales.html
3. ↑ https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/this-freakish-fish-has-piranhaproof-scales-built-like-a-stabproof-vest/
4. ↑ https://nypost.com/2019/10/17/this-fish-has-its-own-bullet-proof-vest-to-protect-it-from-piranhas/
5. ↑ https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/secret-of-super-tough-scales-of-giant-amazonian-fish-uncovered/4010407.article
6. ↑ https://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/accumulating-glitches/body\_armor\_is\_not\_always/
7. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2011/sep/23/claims-five-broken-leg-horse
8. ↑ https://news.cgtn.com/news/2019-12-05/Ten-things-you-might-not-know-about-cheetahs-MaCXEqqx4Q/index.html
9. ↑ https://branagan12.weebly.com/blog/the-respiratory-system-of-a-bluefin-tuna
10. ↑ https://billfish.org/education/did-you-know/
Aurochs

The aurochs was a removed build from the bovine guild. These builds were available in the European, Asian and African servers. This build was the wild variant of Cattle, which is still playable in the current expansion. Aurochs survived the longest in the Polish forest servers.

## Overview

Aurochs have one of the highest power stats for a mammalian herbivore. With max health and high defense, this build tank multiple hits. It had the speed to out run most builds. But lacked into stealth, making it easily spotted and pretty easy to fall into traps set up by wolves and humans. But its still better compared to modern Cattle considering it had a much better intelligence and didn't had the genetic modification debuff caused by humans that modern Cattle has.

## Moveset

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

## Tier Placement

This build is basically the Cattle build before it was nerfed by humans. All subspecies of this build can reproduce properly, and without the spawn-killing from Human players. They had a better intelligence and where much stronger. However, they face a different enemy, Wolf players who out smart this build and in packs can take it down. Later this build became domesticated and became the current day Cattle. But despite its flaws it still was very OP similar to the Cape Buffalo. So overall, a short S tier.

## Summary

### Pros:

* Few bad matchups.
* Moatly high stats overall.
* Is still capable of reproducing naturally.
* Ruminance allows it to eat any kind of plant loot.

## Referrences

1. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/animal/aurochs
2. ↑ https://mossy.earth/rewilding-knowledge/aurochs-rewilding
3. ↑ https://magazine.scienceconnected.org/2021/04/what-was-the-wild-ancestor-of-cattle/
4. ↑ https://www.eurowildlife.org/news/the-aurochs-is-coming-back-to-european-forests-and-grasslands/
5. ↑ https://www.eurowildlife.org/news/the-aurochs-is-about-to-return-to-the-mountains-of-central-europe/
6. ↑ https://a-z-animals.com/animals/aurochs/
7. ↑ https://www.thoughtco.com/auroch-1093172
8. ↑ https://mossy.earth/rewilding-knowledge/aurochs-rewilding
9. ↑ https://www.worldanimalprotection.org/cows-calves-dairy-factory-farming-animal-welfare
10. ↑ https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-the-domestication-of-cows-170652
Coyote

## Tier Placement

The Coyote, or for Non American players, the Jackal, only needs a slight buff in order to be strong, but at the moment isn't in the greatest spot in the meta. Even with solid team play, Coyotes just don't do enough damage to score eliminations on targets that aren't already weak. If Coyotes were to spec into some longer more dagger-like teeth, they would be a better build, but for now they just aren't threatening enough. They tend to have equal or possibly favorable matchups against Lynx and Bobcat players, but lose hard against Cougars. This puts them at the high end of D tier definitively. In cities, they are only slightly higher in C tier.

### Eastern coyote:

A variation of the coyote build that is a hybrid between, coyote, eastern and western wolf and domestic dog builds. They have all the special traits that coyotes posses such as omnivory and versatility while having increased power due to the wolf, which allows them to hunt deer players. They are also successful in city biomes where humans player live, due to the dog DNA they have. Overall, a solid A tier.
Box Jellyfish

Boxing Jellyfish

The Box Jellyfish build is not techinacally a real jellyfish but are so much like one that is often forgotten by the outside community. They poses one of the most venemous stings in the game and are responsible for many human game overs on coastlines.

In addition, Box Jellyfish has invested more points into vision than majority of other jellyfish builds.

## Tier Placement

Box Jellyfish are easily A+ tier, there is almost nothing that could stop their deadly stingers and they like most jellyfish, they have the Transparent ability which drastically boosts stealth, plus with the rumored 1.3.7 balance patch out, they are basically cemented into high A tier, with their only bad matchup being sea turtles. In fact, they have such a good matchup on even humans that only one human has been recorded to have survived a match with a Box Jellyfish.
Bivalves

## Overview

Bivalves have two 'valves' which they get their name from. They include clams, oysters, scallops, mussels and more. They were introduced to the game in the Cambrian Explosion. Bivalves don't have brains but have a simple nervous system called a ganglia. This makes Bivalves around the same intelligence level as a fly. Bivalves use their evolution points to extend their lifespan to around thirty years, however, their intelligence level suffers from this. Some bivalves may hide in the sand while others have greater defence. Bivalves are filter feeders.

## Bivalves Nerfed?

The expected 1.3.7 update is most likely going to nerf bivalves, which is a questionable decision, as Bivalves are already falling out of the meta. They are nerfed directly because their shell will corrode in the acidic ocean. This applies to any build with a shell, so many crustaceans, cephalopods and bivalves will suffer in general.

## References

**TierZoo YT:**

* Top 5 worst animal designs
* Standard Tier list
* Earth's Next Balance Patch

https://www.britannica.com/animal/bivalve

http://bivalves.teacherfriendlyguide.org/index.php?option=com\_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=2
Basilosaurus

Basiliosaurus was a banned whale build from the Eocene expansion. Known for being one of the primitive whale builds from past expansions.

## Overview

The Basilosaurus highest stat is their HP similar to modern baleen whales but they also have a high power stat due to their powerful jaws. They had low intelligence, defense, mobility, and stealth, due to their long body. They targeted fish, sharks, and smaller whales.

## Abilities and Skills

### Armour Crusher

These builds had a powerful bite attack strong enough to crush the bones of its prey. This is because of their large strong teeth.

## Tier Placement

S-tier for its time, Basilosaurus had good Power and Health and was able to loot and grief sharks and early whales. It had low Intelligence and could not [Echolocate] like modern whales. However, the large size of Basilosaurus meant that when at max level, it had no opponents. Basilosaurus easily dispatched its primary foes, the Sharks.
Anole lizard

Anole Lizards are a class that specs heavily into the arboreal meta by using cling pads. Most cling pad builds are slow and cumbersome, but Anoles subvert that expectation by being extremely quick and agile too. This makes their arboreal mobility absolutely busted, able to rival the speed of the squirrel, the fastest climber in the game. They also spec into the color change ability, or at least the most basic version, giving them above average stealth too.

## Abilities

### Cling pads

The Anole's cling pads allow it climb most surfaces with ease, giving the build far more versatility. Another perk of the cling pads is kickback resistance and increased stability, making attacks like a quick aerial strike ineffective.

### Color change

The ability to match your surrounding is extremely overpowered. Anole's have just about the most basic version of that, being able to change their skin color between green and brown at will. Although it sounds very limiting, green and brown are all you need the vast majority of the time to hide.

## Weaknesses

### Lack of defensive options

If the Anole is spotted and is not able to run or jump to another branch, there's basically nothing the player can do. It's scales while somewhat resilient, can't defend against slash attacks and it has an abysmal health stat.

## Tier Placement

The anole lizard has so much potential if they specked into size and intelligence I think the Anole Lizard is placed squarely in B tier. While the color changing perk can make it hard to find and it's arboreal mobility make for one of the best escape options, the low defense and health stats of the Anole hold it back from being a truly remarkable build.
Burmese Python

Burmese Python coiling on a branch

The Burmese Python is one of the most competitive constrictor snake builds in the game. It is known for its invasiveness in the Florida Everglades and its massive size.

## Overview

This tank build is a generalist and can adapt to many biomes. Burmese Pythons have wiped out almost all opossum and bobcat and likely rabbits due to the extremely one-sided match-up against non-social mammals. It has complete dominance in the arboreal zones and is also a great swimmer. Additionally, they have the **[Heat VIsion]** ability to detect prey easier. However, it still has low speed and still lack venom.

## Tier Placement

B Tier. Burmese Pythons are, without a doubt, threatening in any areas with impressive stealth that human hunters and birds struggle to find them. Their oppressive force had clearly shown in the statistics with match-ups heavily in their favour. Its versatility carried it up to high B tier.
Cryptobiosis

Cryptobiosis is an ability where an animal can go dormant for years. There are many forms of Cryptobiosis those being Anhydrobiosis which is done during droughts, Anoxybiosis which is used during situation lacking oxygen, Chemobiosis is used for situations of high enviornmental toxins, and Cryobiosis used during situations of very cold temperatures. Builds which use them are brine shrimps, tardigrades, some nematodes, and some rotifers.
Antarctica

## Overview

Antarctica is a server similar to the Arctic in that it is a cold desert class. However, unlike the Arctic, Antarctica has a permanent landmass under a layer of ice rather than consisting entirely of ice floating on water. Most players who regular the Antarctic server tend to play in or around the surrounding Antarctic ocean, as it is more player-friendly than inland Antarctica. Antarctica is much colder than the Arctic server because of the lack of heat-retaining ocean under the ice and higher elevation (the Antarctic is over 2700m above sea level at the south pole).

## Cons

Terrestrial Antarctic builds face a number of challenges:

* Cold resistance is required to survive in the Antarctic
* Vegetation is very rare and only appears around the fringe of the server, so terrestrial herbivore builds are largely unviable
* The chilling Antarctic wind makes the server a dangerous place for new players to spawn above water - new penguin players must be sheltered or will take damage from the frostbite debuff
* Most of the landscape is mostly just very deep snow and ice, meaning players that don't have much balance might slip and gain a game over.

It's not surprising that Antarctica is one of the least popular servers among players outside of the marine meta. No mammal builds are viable in the Antarctic server due to the challenging PVP environment and low exp gains.

The Antarctic server is home one of the most unexplored regions of the map as players tend to never approach the south pole due to extreme difficulty, however, recently some human players have reached this area of the map. It's worth noting that even human players with high level equipment can get bodied by the Antarctic status effects.

Commonly used builds in the Antarctic server include Penguins and Seals and other Pinnipeds as semi-aquatic builds, predatory birds, fish, whales and invertebrates.

## Pros

The Antarctic Server does have some advantages for players, like the lack of noise and odour. This makes the gameplay experience less bothersome. Enduring the extreme effects of Antarctica boosts your overall durability in other cold biomes. Disease resistance is less needed in Antarctica. Builds are still adapting to the Antarctic Server. One of the most notable builds of the Antarctic server is already highly-adapted to the cold, namely the Emperor Penguin. It has the ability to recycle its own body heat and posesses a thick, windproof and waterproof coat. The Antarctic Server, being one of the least explored places, still has an abundance of loot yet to be found.

## Builds

* Seal
* Whale
* Penguin
* Krill
* Petrel
* Albatross
* Orca
* Snowy Sheathbill
* Narwhal
* Lemming
* Giant Sea Spider
* Antarctic Krill
* Snailfish
* Icefish
* Antarctic Silverfish
* Nematodes
* Tardigrades
* *Laternula elliptica (no common name)*
* Antarctic Scallop
* Colossal Squid
Brittle Star

Brittle stars are abyssal builds which are in the same guild as starfish. They are found in all of the ocean servers, even the Abyss.

## Overview

Brittle stars have a very low defense stat and low health, which allows bulkier builds to easily take it down. They makes it up with slightly better mobility, which helps evading other predators, and find carcasses. Their diet consists of carcasses and waste from other organisms, but they will eat anything they can take down, like small squids. These build choose to hide under rock.

## Abilities and Skills

### Detect

Unlike most starfish who have eyespots, brittle stars lack these. Instead, they have poured lots of points into their nervous system. Like the Sea Lily the brittle star can sense light and smells. This allows it to sense movement and hidden loot.

### Suction Cups

Like all star fish, Brittle Stars are covered in suction cups. This allows this build to traverse the rocky and sand terrain of the ocean floor. It also allows this build to have strong grabs, great for grabbing builds in a lighter weight class.

### Autonomy and Regeneration

Like all starfish, if a limb is removed it will regrow the missing limb, or the missing limb will regrow the full body, this allow this build to let go of limbs and regrow them later.

### Burrow

Many brittle stars have the ability to burrow in sand. This greatly increases stealth at the cost of mobility.

## Tier Placement

### General

These builds, for now, are either in High F or Low D. They hide among rock and coral, lowering encounters with other builds, and only come out when there is food. They have amazing speed by starfish standards but have terrible health and defense. They carry low amounts of EXP so most builds will avoid it. Even if attacked they can pull a limb and retreat. For now just vote on the poll on which tier it should be.

### Abyss

The Brittle Star in the abyss server is much better than the other server variants. Their special nervous system allows them to sense prey or predators in open sea floor. They require less energy to move, and if they do encounter a threat they can just easily pull a limb and quickly squirm away. The only thing that holds them down in this server is that they don't do much. So they get C tier
Cyanobacteria

Cyanobacteria was one of the first builds in the game. It was very popular through the Hadean and Archean updates which took up to this day nearly over half of the game's history.

## Conditions for Cyanobacteria to Thrive

Cyanobacteria players love Phosphrous and Nitrogen rich water as well as warmer oceans.

## History

Cyanobacteria was lived in oxygen free pure CO2 environments. But then, they some cyanobacteria players discovered that a new ability called photosynthesis. This produced lots of oxygen by taking in CO2 and water to produce sugar and the previosuly mentioned O2. Since they have optimised for a CO2 rich atmosphere playthrough, this really damaged the playerbase and almost all of them quit. But then more complex forms of builds were now playable. And they the remaining loyalists also stayed and evolved to take in oxygen and sugar to produce CO2 and water but some algae players found a way to easily make them a free source of EXP. So they didn't produce much CO2 and were knocked into the dark corners of the map. Players refered to the discovery of photosynthesis as the 'Great Oxidation'.

## Cyanobacteria Buffed?

In the Anthropocene update, Cyanobacteria love the conditions thanks to fertilisers that contain Phosophrous and Nitrogen wash into the ocean by rainfall and warmer oceans. When certain bacteria eat the corpses of the cyanobacteria players, they temporarily take oxygen from the waters below which means that ocean players ocaisinally die from the and they pollute drinking water which could mean a massive quit of a lot of builds with Cyanobacteria becoming as popular as it is.

## Tier Placement

When Cyanobacteria were playable during the alpha stage, they were pretty OP as they had photosynthesis and therefore had an easy source of XP but now that the conditions have changed a lot, it has become hard for cyanobacteria to sruvive but they still are relivant in the places that they are present in and with the rumored 1.3.7 balance update probably comming soon, it wouldn't be supprising if they rised up to B or A tier.
Bark

Dog using Bark

Bark is an intimidating AOE attack that lowers the target resolve. It is the signature move of dogs and wolves. This is one of the less effective intimidation moves as it not that loud and players can eventually train to resist it which is easier on bark than on say a syrinx shreek but it is still pretty useful at times.