Chili Pepper

* Straight Red Pepper
* Curvy Red Pepper
* Green Pepper

* Increases movement speed
* Desert (in quicksand and oases).

The **Chili Pepper**, also known simply as the **Pepper**, is a food in Mope.io that spawns in the Land and Desert biomes, increasing the movement speed of players that eat it. Peppers were released on October 6, 2018.

## Technical

* The pepper spawns in the Desert and Land biomes. Specifically, Desert peppers can be found in quicksand patches and oases, while Land peppers spawn in bushes.
* All animals within the range of tier 11 to tier 17 (Crocodile to Black Dragon) can consume peppers.
* There are two varieties of pepper; green and red.
	+ When a red pepper is eaten, the player will move 25% faster than usual; this effect lasts for three to five seconds.
	+ Green peppers have twice the spiciness, and make animals move 50% faster instead, and for twice as long (up to seven seconds).

## Appearance

Both variants of chili peppers are small, curved, although the red chili pepper can be straight sometimes. They each have a green stem on their top with small leaves. The flesh of the red chili pepper is red, and vice versa for the green one.

## Strategy

* When the player reaches tier 11, they can eat peppers.
* As a tier 11 animal, and any pre-apex tier creature, the player should consume large amounts of peppers as they are quite benefical XP-wise.
	+ Though peppers do spawn in the Desert, they are typically more plentiful in Land bushes. If the player gradually makes a circuit through multiple bushes, they can periodically gain high amounts of XP to level up. However, this method becomes more tedious around the apex tier mark, but is still useful.
* The other useful effect of peppers is that they temporarily increase the player's movement speed when eaten. When the player is chasing prey or fleeing from a predator, peppers should be utilized to achieve either of these.
	+ If the player is a high-tier animal and is chasing any animal that can eat peppers themselves (tier 11 and above), the player should make sure to prevent their prey from eating the peppers, otherwise the prey may gain the upper hand.
	+ Even for the purpose of preventing the player's prey from gaining distance from them, the player should eat all peppers where possible to prevent someone else from using them.

## Gallery

### Assets

The "*Season 2*" straight Red Pepper design.The straight "*Season 2*" Red Pepper with a light green outline, meaning it can be eaten.The "*Season 2*" curvy Red Pepper.The "*Season 2*" curvy Red Pepper with a light green outline.The "*Season 2*" era Green Pepper skin.The "*Season 2*" Green Pepper with a light green outline.The Season 1 straight Red Pepper skin.The Season 1 design of the curvy Red Pepper.The Season 1 skin of the Green PepperThe Season 1 skin of the Green Pepper with a light green outline.
### In-game

Red peppers near a Warthog.A Kraken next to red peppers.A Legacy Desert Rat near to a Curvy Red Pepper.
## History

 October 6, 2018 | * Added.

## Trivia

* Peppers and Aloevera are the only food items in Mope.io that are able to give animals passive abilities that affect gameplay.
* In Wild Mope, every animal, from tiers 1 to 17, could eat peppers. However, peppers provided substantially less XP in Wild Mope than they currently do.

* Removed
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