Slugcats

In Rain world, **Slugcats** are intelligent beings with many different abilities, from explosive saliva/bile, to extreme speed and the ability to breathe underwater.

## Slugcats

Slugcats are the main playable characters in Rain World, with nine different Slugcats currently available to play as:

###  The Monk

**The Monk** is a yellow Slugcat and the easy mode of Rain World. They are the sibling of the Survivor. Enemies are less aggressive and less common in the Monk's campaign.

###  The Survivor

**The Survivor** is a white Slugcat. They are the regular mode of Rain World.

###  The Hunter

**The Hunter** is a light red Slugcat and the hard mode of Rain World. Enemies are more common and more aggressive. The Hunter has tougher enemies, like Red Lizards and King Vultures after reaching cycle 0 the game gets progressively harder and cycles go into the negative leading to perm death.

The Hunter starts with a green neuron and a colored pearl.

###  The Artificer

**The Artificer** is one of the five Slugcats added in Downpour. They have the ability to turn Spears and rubbish into explosives and explode while in the air to jump.

The Artificer permanently has the lowest possible repupation with Scavengers and can't gain more.

###  The Gourmand

**The Gourmand** is one of the five Slugcats added in Downpour. They are able to craft things using two objects, and can slide into or jump on creatures to hurt them.

###  The Rivulet

**The Rivulet** is a semi-aquatic Slugcat added in Downpour. They are able to breathe longer underwater and move much faster, but cycles are much shorter,and shelter failiures are more common.

###  The Spearmaster

**The Spearmaster** is one of the Downpour Slugcats. They have no mouth and eat by hitting creatures or popcorn plants with the spears that come from its tail.

###  The Saint

**The Saint** is another Slugcat added in Downpour. They have a very long tongue and can use it to grapple. The Saint is green, and unlike every other Slugcat, has fur. They are also a pacifist and cannot pick up spears, so they must run from fights

Unlike the other Slugcats, The Saint cannot throw spears or eat creatures, and has to escape predators using its tongue, and eat plants.

## Other

###  Nightcat

**Nightcat** is a non-canonical Slugcat that was only made for arena mode to be a fourth Slugcat. They were removed in Downpour when Arena Mode changed.

###  ???

**???**, commonly referred to as Inv or Enot, is a secret joke Slugcat. Their campaign is much more difficult than the others. They can be accessed by typing SOFANTHIEL on the title screen. To get ??? on console input the following code using the right and left bumpers:

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## Slugcat Behaviors

Slugcats are surprisingly crafty creatures, with an incredibly high intelligence, and the ability to befriend other wild creatures. They understand the usage of spears, and use them frequently, with some Slugcats even being able to craft objects such as lanterns, and explosives. Slugcats have an interesting relationship with the other intelligent creatures of rain world, the Scavengers. Some Slugcats become allies with Scavengers, through trading and gifts, while others go out of their way to hunt down and kill Scavengers whenever possible.

As well as being highly intelligent, Slugcats are a species of incredible biodiversity, with one Slugcat looking almost nothing like the next. Although most Slugcats vary only in color, some such as the Spearmaster and Rivulet vary incredibly in body shape and function. Most Slugcats are omnivorous, with some having evolved adaptations to eat larger prey such as Lizards, and some having adaptations allowing only for the consumption of plant life.

Although the exact origin of Slugcats is unknown, it is confirmed that they were originally created, presumably by an iterator, to clean out the inside of pipes. This has led many to believe that most Slugcats have skin similar to that of a slug being slimy in texture to protect them from the rough insides of the pipes that they crawl through.