Spearmaster

''An abnormality who feeds using needles pulled from its body. A traveler from a far away land; A feeling in your depths sets you out once again, messenger...''

The Spearmaster is one of five playable Slugcats in the Downpour DLC. They begin the game with a swallowed pearl in Outskirts, and have a variety of unique mechanics, including the ability to grow organic spears from their tail, which can be used to impale and drain fluids from other creatures. This is required to gain food pips.

Food
5 food pips are required to hibernate, while up to 5 may be stored for the next cycle.

Opening
The Spearmaster starts the game with a gate closing behind them in a dimly lit subterranean part of Outskirts, with a red watching and directing them forward.

Movement
The Spearmaster moves generally similar to the Survivor, with a slightly faster walk speed.

Crafting
The Spearmaster can create spears of no cost by pressing and holding shift.

Hunger
Having no mouth, the Spearmaster instead leaches nutrients from live enemies using self-made spears, filling up to 1 hunger pip per hit. Spears must be self-made to leach and lose this ability if they are dropped or thrown, signified by a gradual color transition from white to black.

The amount of hunger pips filled by each creature per hit varies as listed below:

Batflies: 0.25

Vulture Grubs: 0.5

Squidcadae: 0.5

Dropwigs: 1

All Lizards: 1

Big Spiders/Tranqrantulas: 1

All Vultures: 1

Scavengers: 1

All Longlegs (Rot): 0.25