Bison

* Current (S2)
* Titan Bison
* Gold Trim
* Classic Skin

"*UPGRADED to Bison!
Hold W to charge and toss opponent in air.*"

The **Bison** is a tier 12 Desert animal in Mope.io, and is the equivalent of the Rhino, Eagle, Shark, Wolverine and Markhor. It was released in the Desert Update on April 27, 2019.

## Technical

* Upgrades from the Vulture, Crocodile, Falcon, Lion, Octopus or Polar Bear at 145K XP.
* Upgrades to the Komodo Dragon, Hippo, Boa Constrictor, Ostrich, Killer Whale or Sabertooth Tiger at 350K XP.
* The Bison can consume all food sources in the game, with the exception of Berries, Dates, and Cactus Pears.
* Prey of the Bison includes all animals within the range of tiers 11 to 6 (Vulture to Fennec Fox).
* Predators of the Bison includes all animals within the range of tiers 13 to 17 (Komodo Dragon to Black Dragon).
* The Special Ability of the Bison is "Gores", which cannot be used in water. When pressing `W`, the Bison will charge, knocking into the air the first animal that it touches as long as it is between tier 6 and tier 15. For every additional time the prey is hit the ability's duration is extended for a few seconds, allowing the Bison to chain hits and rack up damage. Prey and Komodo-tier animals can be tossed into the air continuously, while tier 14 and 15 animals can only be knocked up once.
	+ When the Bison's ability is used on predators, or on other animals after the Bison has tossed a different animal into the air, they will receive stunning, but no damage.
* The Bison has no Passive Abilities.

## Appearance

When the Bison's Special Ability is active, it will rear its head forwards so the horns point in front of it (this applies to all Bison skins).

### Bison

The "*Season 2*" era Bison has a dark tan base and hair as well as a dark brown mane and hair. It has a head with a V-shaped snout, a gray nose, narrowed eyes, and two ears. Two off-white horns protrude from the left and right sides of the head above the ears. Noticeably, there is shorter fur on the body and head as well.

### Bison (#GoldenAge)

The "*#GoldenAge*" Bison is a large brown Animal with a big lighter head. Its face has round eyes, a patch of fur on the short snout, and a gray nose with nostrils. It has a pair of off-white horns curving upwards and small triangular ears under each horn. Under the head is a large ruff of shaggy fur. The actual body has two folds. Its tail is long with a black tuft of fur.

### Gold Trim

The Gold Trim Bison is identical but with longer golden horns, gold on its ruff, a golden ring piercing in its nostrils, and the fur at the end of the tail is golden. It looks slightly higher, and has a little more fur under its head.

### Titan Bison

The Titan Bison is a greatly desaturated brown with black fur behind its head. Its eyes look angry, and the fur on its snout is lighter than the "mane". The horns are thicker and are further apart, each with a metal spiky brace. The end of its tail has a battle axe head.

### Classic

The Classic Bison has a brown body with a black snout and two large curved horns on top of its head. It has a huge furry mane, that is a darker shade of brown It also has 2 ears on each side of its face underneath the horns, and a small tail sticking out at the back.

## Strategy

* The most convenient way of leveling up is to eat Cacti, which require prior consumption of Aloevera plants to maintain the player's Health Bar.
	+ An easy way to get a cactus without losing too much health, is to observe a Komodo Dragon or Blackwidow Spider that is eating a cactus, wait until it has two or one bits of health left. Then ram whoever is eating the cactus away with the Gores ability, and steal it from them.
		- The same can be done with Aloevera plants.
* The main predators to watch out for are Komodo Dragons and Blackwidow Spiders. Their abilities, if used, will cause the player to rapidly lose water, and will disable use of their Gores ability, meaning they can potentially eat the player.
	+ It is discouraged to stray into Quicksand or Oases; there would be a high probability of being eaten by the two mentioned predators, both of which have the passive skill of moving fast in quicksand.
* A way to kill prey is by knocking them continuously in the air and eventually knock them into Cacti or into an Venus Flytrap to kill them, or into the ocean so they take freezing damage. Consistently targeting one Vulture may prove fruitless, as vultures can climb hills while Bisons cannot. However, if any animal has extremely low health, it would be a good idea to gore them as the player will most likely get the kill.
* If there are other Bison around (2 or 3 is enough), then the players can work together to mob a Komodo Dragon or a Blackwidow, as they can only use their abilities on one animal at a time.
* If the player is by themselves and a Komodo or Black Widow attacks, try to dash away, then turn around and ram them once, then run away (to be safer with Komodos try to wait for them to use their ability, but make sure to stay out of reach before they sweat all of the player's water away.) Note that the Bison's ability does not damage predators, only prey, so it's not recommended to mess with predators.
* The Bison tier is the last tier of the desert that can be bit by flytraps. Be wary of any flytraps, for the Bison gets very chunky with high xp and cannot climb any terrain. Combined, it's incredibly easy to get bit by one while trying to scoot past the plant. Getting sweat bit by a flytrap can be the difference between life or death when escaping a predator.
* bAvoid the ocean at all costs. It's a bad environment for Bisons not only because the player suffer freezing damage, but the player also has a bad dive time. Therefore, if a Shark dragged a player into the ocean, they'd have little chance escaping, and could be dragged further and further. Additionally, other ocean predators can also eat Bisons very easily.

## Gallery

### Assets

The ultra high-definition Season 2 Bison skin (in-game from February 1, 2022–).The ultra high-definition Bison using its Special Ability.The ultra high-definition Bison's body.The fur of the ultra high-definition design of the Bison.The ultra high-definition Bison's head.The ultra high-definition Bison's head while its ability is in use.The Titan Bison skin (in-store from May 22, 2021–).The Titan Bison using its Special Ability.The Titan Bison's body.The Titan Bison's fur.The head of the Titan Bison.The Titan Bison's head while its ability is in use.The Gold Trim Bison (in-store from October 21, 2020–).The Gold Trim Bison using its Special Ability.The Gold Trim Bison's body.The Gold Trim Bison's fur.The Gold Trim Bison's head.The Gold Trim Bison's head when using its ability.New Bison.pngThe high-definition Season 1 Bison skin (in-game from December 23, 2019 – January 31, 2022).The high-definition Bison using its Special Ability.The high-definition Bison's body.The high-definition design of the Bison's fur.The head of the high-definition Bison.The high-definition Bison's head while its ability is in use.The Classic Bison skin (in-game from April 27, 2019 – December 22, 2019; in-store from May 22, 2021–).The Classic Bison using its "Gores" ability.The body of the Classic Bison.The fur of the Classic Bison.The head of the Classic Bison.The Classic Bison's head when its ability is activated.
### In-game

A Bison wandering the desert.A Bison charging at a Camel.The Blackwidow Spider being gored by a Bison.A Hyena being thrown in the air by a Bison.Two Bison.Two Komodo Dragons using their sweat-poison bite on a Bison in an Oasis.A Bison in the Arctic, near an erupting Arctic Volcano.
## History

 April 27, 2019 | * Added.

## Trivia

* It is one of the only animals to have been found in the game files before KOA revealed its existence on YouTube.
* It is one of the only four bovines in the game. The other three are the Muskox, Gazelle and Markhor.

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