Scorpion

*For the special variant, see Emperor Scorpion.*

The second uncommon creature added to the game, added alongside the Rhino beetle.

## Scorpion

* Regular
* Golden

## Obtaining

### Conditions to Attract

* dusk
* night
* any weather

## General information

A somewhat deadly creature. They have as much health as a tarantula, but has more speed and a very high attack rate. When it detects an enemy, it charges and attacks quickly. It is considered one of the strongest non-event melee creatures.

On the map, they are seen making medium-sized movements in any direction and stops for about 3 sec, similar to a tiger beetle. At night, they are easily spotted with their reddish appearance on the map.

For end game players these can be treated as a regular source for creature parts but should be captured by early game players.

## Description

Scorpions capture prey with their claws. Larger and more aggressive prey is given a sting, which can happen very quickly.

## Stats

Main article: Creature Stats

Scorpions have medium health, have a very high attack rate, and are good at killing lots of soldiers. They also have average speed.

Scorpions can be upgraded a max of 60% each stat in the Creature Lab.

* Health
* Attack Rate
* Damage

**Scorpion Health Stats:** (Shown in bites from a 4-star gold spider)

 2
 3
 4
 4 (gold)

**Scorpion Attack Stats:**

Attack rate is how quickly it moves to attack after the  appears shown in seconds.

**The attack speed is one hit every 1 second.**

 2
 3
 4
 4 (gold)

**Scorpion Damage Stats:**

Data is based on attacking a 2 star normal tarantula, shown with the % of health bar lost for each hit.

 2
 3
 4
 4 (gold)

A picture of the full Scorpion entry can be found below:

## Obtaining

##### Attracting conditions

Uncommon, appears at any weather. Only appears at dusk and night.

##### Defeating

The player ant recruits soldier ants and send them in to attack. Put the garrison in the path of the scorpion to distract it, so the player ant or recruited soldiers won't get killed. Scorpions attack very quickly and are very fast so avoid letting the scorpion target the player ant unless player speed has been upgraded.

If player speed has been upgraded enough, the player can let the scorpion target them and run around the map while soldiers attack. This makes it so no soldiers die while defeating it.

## PvP

The scorpion attacks very quickly while also having decent survivability for its role. It is useful against anything. It kills lots of soldiers quickly and can also deal significant damage to enemy creatures. Just remember to protect it as its not much of a tank (unless 4 starred).

Scorpions are not that hard to summon, especially with platinum or diamond pheromones. This makes it fairly easy to acquire several 3 and 4 star scorpions.

### Platinum/Diamond League

The scorpion is one of the most ideal creatures, due to its high attack rate and speed. Players often have a group of 4 star scorpions and some 3/4 star rare creatures to increase the overall damage. It's only weakness is its medium health, attackers can easily paralyze and wipe out scorpions with chrysanthemum.

### Golden

4 star gold scorpions have the same stats as many 4 star special creatures but can be slow to acquire. The Youtuber Lamman has an attack army consisting mainly of fully upgraded 4 star golden scorpions.

## Trivia

* The scorpion is one of the few creatures to actually have an attacking animation. Most other creatures just play their idle animation when attacking. The stinging animation is just visual and doesn't do any extra damage.
* The Scorpion is based on the Common Yellow Scorpion (*Buthus occitanus*).
* Bigger scorpions can run up to 12 mph.