Default relationship | Uncomfortable with (0.5) |
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Ignores | Overseers (0.0) • Snails (0.0) |
Afraid of | Brother Long Legs (0.8) |
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Snails are small, shelled creatures, most often found slowly waddling around watery regions. They are capable of emitting a loud 'pop' that stuns nearby creatures.
Snails are colorful, hard-shelled creatures. They have black bodies with small white eyes and two legs. Their bodies are protected by brightly colored, almond-shaped shells that they are able to retract into for self-defense. They are slightly smaller than Slugcat.
Snails can be held and thrown to temporarily stun creatures, giving Slugcat time to escape from predators. This is effective against Leeches; throwing a Snail into a pool of water stuns Leeches in a wide radius, allowing Slugcat to swim past safely. With a well-timed jump, the Snail's pop may also grant a good amount of vertical momentum, allowing Slugcat to reach high places, though this use is fairly niche.
They can be utilized as a distraction, as Slugcat can throw one at one of the Snails' predators, causing them to either catch the Snail and retreat to their den, or sometimes even get trapped in a near endless loop of grabbing the Snail, the Snail popping, the predator getting stunned, the predator attempting to grab the snail again, and so on. This can come in handy for passing dangerous creatures such as Centipedes and Monster Kelp, who often take a long enough time to kill or eat the Snail for the Snail to pop.
Snails wander around and ignore most other creatures. While slow, they can scale background walls, which allows them to easily traverse rooms.
Snails are capable of producing a loud pop from within their shells, creating a shock wave which can repel and stun Slugcat and any other similarly sized creatures. There are a few conditions under which Snails may pop:
A Snail's pop radius is proportional to its size. Pops are considerably stronger in water, up to 5.5 times if both the Snail and the creature receiving the shock are submerged.
Popping when close to a creature
Popping shortly after being thrown
Popping when hitting the ground
Popping when hit by a Rock
Dead Snails only pop when touched - once on death, and then once after every throw.
Popping after death
Stunning a Green Lizard
Default relationship | Uncomfortable with (0.5) |
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Ignores | Overseers (0.0) • Snails (0.0) |
Afraid of | Brother Long Legs (0.8) |
Default relationship | Uncomfortable with (0.5) |
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Afraid of | Stowaways (0.9) • Giant Jellyfish (0.2) |
Snails' bodies vary in size. Their shells can take on almost any color except for grayish shades. Shells have an ~80% chance to feature a gradient and a ~20% chance to feature one solid color.
A white shell
A magenta shell
A small body, and turquoise/jade shell gradient
A white/dark purple shell gradient
A purple/green shell gradient
A large body, and yellow/black shell gradient
A fuchsia/yellow shell gradient
A black shell
A blue/red shell gradient
A purple shell
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