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Minor spoilers!
The content below may contain minor spoilers for in-game content!

Creatures are living entities in the game that can spawn randomly. Some creatures can be tamed, causing them to follow the player around and produce items, such as Milk and Eggs, or when pet trigger them to drop scales or spider silk.

Neutral NPCs can also be found wandering the world and are not categorized as Creatures.

The corpses of most dead creatures can be carved using a sharp item, allowing the player to harvest resources.

The spawn rate of creatures is affected by the difficulty/reputation of the world, which is determined by the malignity and benignity as well as by time of day. Tougher creatures are more likely to spawn at night and at higher difficulties. There is a cap to how many creatures can be spawned on an island, once hit no more monsters will naturally spawn.


Aberrant Creatures[]

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A goat (left) and an aberrant goat (right).

All creatures in the game have an aberrant form. Aberrant creatures are automatically hostile, pursuing the player regardless of the original creature's aggression. Aberrant creatures deal far more damage and have several times more health than their regular counterparts, making them especially tough for unarmed players. They are also less likely to be tamed. Also, unlike creatures that have a min damage of 1, aberrant creatures have a min damage of 3.

When killed aberrant creatures are more likely to drop higher quality items, likewise carving their corpses has a higher chance of producing higher quality items.

Very rarely, regular creatures can transform into their aberrant form, indicated by the Chat message, "You notice a (creature) become enraged and increase in strength."

Aberrant creatures are much more likely to appear at very high Malignity values.

Note that while aberrant fish are agressive, they currently do not deal attacks to the player.

List of Creatures[]

Name Sprite Min HP Max HP Min Atk Max Atk Base Def AI Can Tame Description
Acid Spitter Demon
Acidspitterdemon main
23 29 42 47 9 Hostile No A small, but fierce demonic-looking creature with sharp claws. Appears to spit an acidic fluid.
Antelope Jackrabbit
Antelopejackrabbit main
5 7 2 4 1 Scared Yes A hare with formidable speed and agility. It is visually striking with its pointed ears and long muscular frame.
Arctic Hare
Arctichare main
6 12 2 4 1 Scared Yes A species of hare that is very fast and is highly adapted to living in the arctic and other icy biomes.
Arctic Wolf
Arcticwolf main
12 19 14 17 3 Hostile Yes A wolf unconcerned with your presence, its stark coat glistening as it moves.
Bear
Bear main
15 18 14 19 3 Hostile Yes A hulking carnivorous mammal attracted to your scent. A deadly foe without protection.
Blindfish
Blindfish main
2 3 1 3 1 Neutral Yes A cave-dwelling, sightless fish. Hard to see in detail within the murky depths.
Bogling
Bogling main
16 18 11 14 4 Hostile Yes A foul, sulphurous-smelling writhing mass of vegetation, seemingly animated and alive.
Chicken
Chicken main
2 3 1 3 0 Neutral Yes A flightless fowl that seems fearful of your presence. Produces feathers, eggs, meat, and more.
Claw Worm
Clawworm main
8 11 2 3 1 Hostile Yes A wriggling creature with a massive claw-mouth, spawned forth from the ground due to vibrations caused by your gathering.
Cod
Cod main
2 3 0 1 0 Neutral Yes A common ocean fish, known for its nutritionally-dense, flaky white flesh.
Coyote ? ? ? ? ? Hostile Yes An extremely quick canine, seemingly skittish and very aware of its environment with a gaunt appearance.
Drake
Drake main
110 130 28 34 10 Hostile Yes A massive flightless lizard-dragon with large scales and the ability to breath fire. A fearsome foe.
Fire Elemental
Fireelemental main
15 25 14 23 5 Hostile Yes A creature that is seemingly composed of only fire. Appears to spread fire and destruction in its wake.
Giant Rat
Giantrat main
3 4 2 5 1 Hostile Yes A rat of unusual size with sharp claws and piercing teeth. Keep at a distance without equipment.
Giant Spider
Giantspider main
4 8 1 4 1 Hostile Yes A gangly, frightful arachnid with the ability to poison you.
Goat
Goat main
8 13 2 5 2 Neutral Yes A hardy ruminant animal that has horns. A frisky, lively creature, but dangerous when provoked, ramming at its target with much force.
Grey Wolf
Greywolf main
12 17 12 14 3 Hostile Yes A tall canid animal. Able to tear into flesh with vicious abandon.
Harpy
Harpy main
14 17 10 17 4 Hostile Yes A large and unusual avian creature. Hostile to your presence.
Hobgoblin
Hobgoblin main
18 19 12 19 3 Hostile Yes An odd-looking humanoid. Dislikes your presence and appears to know how to use traps.
Ice Element
Iceelemental main
30 48 13 18 9 Hostile Yes A towering mass of ice chunks, somehow animated and levitating together with hostile intent.
Ice Witch
Icewitch main
31 42 22 27 9 Hostile No A lithe, but domineering figure, glittering with frost and entombed in icy flesh.
Imp
Imp main
16 20 16 21 4 Hostile Yes An odd hovering creature with thick wrinkled skin and sharp claws.
Jelly Cube
Jellycube main
12 13 4 8 2 Hostile Yes An animated cube of gelatin. Its body jiggles to-and-fro as it moves towards you with hostile intent.
Kraken
Kraken main
65 75 26 28 4 Hostile Yes A wiry mass of thick tentacles, this lumbering sea-giant is angered by your existence.
Lava Beetle
Lavabeetle main
19 30 14 21 4 Hostile Yes A horned beetle with a large abdomen, filled with liquid magma.
Living Mushroom
Livingmushroom main
7 12 6 10 2 Hostile Yes A living mycological abomination. It appears to have a vengeful attitude towards you.
Living Rock
Livingrock main
24 32 4 6 5 Neutral Yes A massive pile of rocks and minerals that appears to be alive, or semi-aware at least.
Mammoth
Mammoth main
77 80 20 24 8 Hostile Yes A monstrously large mammal, covered in hair; seemingly from a time long ago, but brought forth once again by unknown means."]
Mudskipper
Mudskipper main
8 10 1 2 4 Scared Yes A slippery fish that appears to come to land for feeding. Its bulgy eyes and a large gaping mouth make it quite the sight.
Penguin
Penguin main
8 14 1 6 1 Neutral Yes A slow moving blubbery flightless bird. Its countershaded black and white plumage give it a distinct look.
Pirate Ghost
Pirateghost main
18 26 17 22 8 Hostile Yes A glowing, ethereal visage of a pirate. It appears to be able to manifest a physical weapon to attack you.
Polar Bear
Polarbear main
18 25 13 20 5 Hostile Yes A hypercarnivorous white bear known for its fast swimming talent and ability to resist cold temperatures.
Rabbit
Rabbit main
2 3 1 2 0 Scared Yes A fast moving, peaceful herbivorous mammal. Useful for a good meal or as a pet.
Rat
Rat main
2 3 1 2 0 Scared Yes A small and scurrying rodent. Afraid of predators, it will try to escape your grasp.
Rattlesnake
Rattlesnake main
6 8 7 11 6 Hostile Yes A dangerous rattling predator of the desert. The rattlesnake warns you with its vibrating tail as you pass by it.
Red Snapper
Redsnapper main
5 8 1 3 0 Neutral Yes A massive snapper lurks below; this variation is known for its red hue and is a much sought-after game fish and food source.
Sandcat
Sandcat main
9 17 9 14 3 Hostile Yes A small, but ferocious feline that lives exclusively in desert areas.
Scorpion
Scorpion main
6 12 1 4 2 Hostile Yes A predatory arachnid, known for its tall segmented tail and ominous stinger.
Shark
Shark main
9 12 7 12 3 Hostile Yes A large blood-thirsty cartilaginous sea creature. Its fin juts from the waters, taunting you.
Skeletal Mage
Skeletalmage main
34 36 18 23 7 Hostile No A robed, magic-casting skeletal humanoid. It appears to hold a wand; flicking it to cast its spells.
Skeleton
Skeleton main
11 16 8 12 4 Hostile No An animated pile of human, or human-like bones.
Slime
Slime main
4 8 1 4 1 Neutral Yes A bouncing globule of animated gelatin. It is not aware of your stirring.
Slither Sucker
Slithersucker main
20 24 5 12 5 Hostile No A wriggling foreign-looking worm-like creature. Its mouth is wide and is filled with suction modules and razor sharp teeth.
Snake
Snake main
3 4 4 10 1 Neutral Yes A slithering, poisonous reptile. Appears ambivalent to your encroachment.
Snow Walker
Snowwalker main
30 40 11 17 8 Hostile Yes An undead human, entombed in ice and frost, crinkling and shattering as it lumbers towards you.
Time Skitter
Timeskitter main
18 24 19 23 8 Hostile Yes An unusual spider-like creature that appears to be able to move through solid objects and move at incredible speeds.
Trapdoor Spider
Trapdoorspider main
2 5 2 3 0 Hostile Yes A large spider that appeared from an underground dwelling as you stumbled over it.
Vampire Bat
Vampirebat main
3 6 2 6 2 Hostile Yes A flying mammal with large rubbery wings. Appears to have a penchant for human blood.
Void Dweller
Voiddweller main
666 666 24 28 0 Hostile No As you gaze into the void, it appears as though the void gazes back.
Walleye
Walleye main
2 3 0 1 1 Neutral Yes A decent sized freshwater fish, known for its olive and gold coloration and pronounced dorsal fin.
Wisp
Wisp main
22 44 13 15 7 Scared Yes A magical glowing orb of ghostly blue fire, playfully moving among the trees. A rare sight indeed!
Zombie
Zombie main
8 14 6 13 5 Hostile Yes A slow, but strong foul-smelling undead or diseased human. Appears to dislike the sun.

Trivia[]

  • Three creatures are capable of laying and hatching from eggs - the Chicken can lay Chicken Eggs, the Giant Spider can lay Spider Eggs, and the Penguin can lay Penguin Eggs.
  • Creatures have a very small chance chance of stumbling and injuring themselves or even dying at random.
  • Creatures can trample plants when walking over them.
    • The exception to this is the Bogling and Claw Worm, which instead repair plants instead of trampling them. They cannot repair plants in the "dead" stage of growth.
  • Creatures stop moving entirely when out of the player's range, not even to wander - they start moving when the player re-enters their sight.
  • Creatures occasionally despawn out of range.
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