Yellow Lizard



Yellow or Orange lizards are the only pack hunting lizards in the game. They have a black body with either orange or yellow coloration in their heads, tails, and spikes. They have antennae used to communicate with other Orange lizards.

Oranges are found in the Exterior, Farm Arrays and Sky Islands, but may also spawn rarely through lineages in Outskirts, Chimney Canopy, Garbage Wastes, Industrial Complex and Shaded Citadel.

Group Hunting
The only species in the game to actively use group hunting strategy. One will typically go in your direction while the others will circle around to block off your escape route if they can. They communicate via their large antennae, which they will often have stiffen and vibrate when idle. There is typically one boss Orange lizard that tends to run more aggressive. But if one lizard sees you, all lizards in that room see you.

Combat
Difficult to combat, not because they're very tough as they go down in 3 spear hits, but because Orange lizards are typically never alone. You'll have to kill and avoid multiple lizards at a time, but the strategy of tunnel hoping to lure them into a spearable position works well enough. They are also fairly bad at catching you in the air, so backflipping over them works if no other option is available. Orange lizards will try and hunt slugcat down by surrounding and eventually cornering it with their pack tactics, so avoid corners and watch out for incoming lizards as you fight them. They are very clumsy and have a tendency to fall off poles, which can be fatal in places like the Wall.

The weakness in a pack usually lies with the alpha, the lizard with the longest antennae. Killing said alpha will make them confused and have them charge at you rather then trying to corner you. Sometimes the alpha is hard to distinguish from the normal pack members.

Stealth
Difficult to stealth past, as if one lizard spots you, they all do. But is possible provided you crawl and are far away.

Evasion
Run or get to higher ground. They aren't hard to outrun but will try and box you in if they can; if you are about to get boxed in, look for opening to backflip over them. When on the Wall, keep dropping down if you can. They'll flop after you but some will tend to flop early and will fall off, resulting in their deaths.

Taming
It's possible to tame. The code suggests feeding one about 4-5 squidcadas might work, although you can use 2-3 grappling worms if nothing else. Taming one will separate it from its pack and have it become territorial to other Orange lizards not tamed. Taming the alpha does not cut communications with its previous pack.

Variants
These lizards have a great variety of colors and features, but one is common between all of them: the antennae. Colors typically vary from red-orange, orange, and even yellow. Bodily features typically include feathers or quills, but do not include more intimidating features like spikes.

Trivia

 * Have the lowest rivalry with their own species written in the code.
 * Their base speed is the second highest in the lizard species, with Red being the highest.
 * The only lizards that have antennae.