Cryptoth

This is the recode-only page for Cryptoth. To read information about the legacy-only Cryptoth, see Cryptoth/Legacy, or select the Legacy Cryptoth link from the NavNext.

Cryptoth
Classification
Classified As	Halloween Special (?)
Basic Information
Diet	Herbivore
Type	Terrestrial
Tier	4 (Large)
Growth Time	52 min · Teen - 17 min · Adult - 34 min · Full Grown - 52 min · Full Elder - 104 min Veneration rate: Unknown
Blood Color	Red
Blood Texture	Normal
Stats
Health	7650 (5% regen)
Health	7650 (5% regen)
Weight	5500
Weight	5500
Appetite	80 1 thirst (40 min) 1 hunger (40 min)
Appetite	80 1 thirst (40 min) 1 hunger (40 min)
Speed	38 walk 63 sprint
Speed	38 walk 63 sprint
Damage	285
Damage	285
Bite Cooldown	0.8
Bite Cooldown	0.8
Moisture	N/A
Moisture	N/A
Oxygen	25
Oxygen	25
Stamina	85 (2 regen)
Stamina	85 (2 regen)
Nightvision	4/3 (Great)
Nightvision	4/3 (Great)
Turn	5
Turn	5
Status Effects
Bleed	off. 2
Burn	off. 1
Poison	off. 2
Status Resistances
Block Bleed	30%
Other Abilities
Ambush	x1.3
Active Ability List	Spite (0.5)
Passive Abilities List	Bleed Attack (2), Block Bleed (0.3), Burn Attack (1), Poison Attack (2)
Miscellaneous
Concept by	undeary
Date added	11/05/2021 05 November 2021 00:00:00
Sounds	Broadcast Friendly Aggro Voice

The Cryptoth is a Tier 4 land herbivore. The species is not currently available, but was available in the Halloween Store for 8,000 Wisps during the Halloween Event 2021, in the Halloween Store for 8,000 Wisps during the Halloween Event 2022, in the Halloween Shop for 10,000 Candy during the Halloween Event 2023, and in the Halloween Shop for 6,250 Candy during the Halloween Event 2024. It is a Limited Event creature. The trial version is available in the Trial Creatures Shop for 200^♂/2000^♀ Shooms.

Description

“	The Cryptoth is a slow, lumbering beast. Despite its threatening appearance, it is quite passive and gentle, and prefers to eat from bushes rather than you!	„
	~ In-game Description

Appearance

The Cryptoth is a slow-moving bulky herbivore reminiscent of a giant ground sloth. Large spines that resemble large candles sprout from its spine and head. Its head resembles a bare skull, and there are three eyes on its neck.

Males

Males have candlestick-like protrusions attached to their front legs.

Females

Females have what appears to be tufts of fur on their wrists and ankles.

Abilities

Main Article: Creature Abilities

This section is intended to list and describe the abilities of the Cryptoth. (editor list)

• Ambush is a recode-only ability, inheritor of the Ambush control in Legacy, and thus shares some similarities to it. Ambush can be toggled by pressing (not holding) the correct active ability key (which may vary between creatures). It will automatically deactivate after a set period of time, after stamina runs out, or after halting movement, whichever happens first. Like legacy ambush, recode Ambush ability allows a temporary speed boost according to an ambush multiplier inherent to the species (e.g. x 1.5 or x 1.25), usually granting a faster Sprint (except when the multiplier is x1.0 or lower). It will not be stopped by entering or leaving water once initiated; but at a higher stamina cost and a possible decrease in turn speed, directly making a creature unable to turn while ambushing. Similar to legacy, a creature can know if ambush is toggled not only from the the evident speed boost while moving, but because when pressing the activation button, the camera FOV zooms out a tiny bit. Ambush can be used while sprinting. However, unlike Legacy ambush, pressing the appropriate key again will not stack max time and stamina consumption, and can be initiated underwater by creatures with the appropriate mobility type (however, it still keeps the Legacy characteristic of keeping creatures not adapted to water from initiating ambush underwater). Additionally, Ambushing disrupts strafing.
• Bleed Attack is a passive ability, where a creature offensively inflicts a specific amount of melee bleed status on a creature with every bite (not with breath/ranged abilities or reflecting abilities). A negative value means that it heals an amount of such status upon biting.
• Bleed Block/Block Bleed is a passive ability that grants the creature resistance to getting bleed status from melee attacks at the very least, and every other source at most. Recode's equivalent of bleed defense; it is percentage based, e.g. if an attacker deals 5 bleed per hit and the receiver has 60% bleed defense, then the receiver gets only 2 of that 5 bleed.
  • If a creature's Block Bleed is 100%, then they are immune to Bleed inflicted by melee direct attacks once fully grown. This ability is gained gradually as the creature ages, that is, a creature with 100% Block Bleed will have some fraction of bleed defense while growing, being such fraction bigger as it grows.
  • A negative value in-game may indicate an extra vulnerability to the status effect this ability is supposed to protect from.
• Burn Attack is an ability that offensively deals burn when biting. Stacks with itself. A negative value means that it heals an amount of such status upon biting.
• Poison Attack/Melee Venom is a passive ability that makes a creature venomous by melee - that is, biting another creature will cause the victim to receive Poison Status, as much as the attacker has labeled on their stats and affected by modifiers such as some plushies or resistances. Stacks with itself. A negative value means that it heals an amount of such status upon biting.
• Spite is an active ability that increases a creature's next attack damage based on its power meter, which gradually fills and then drains to 0 if no creature is attacked by the user during this time. It also has a customizable percentage (%) of the creature's damage (the % listed is the max of said creature's Spite power). Alongside raw damage, the user inflicts double ailments on their targets. The ability has a 20-second cooldown that starts upon activation.

Carry-able Creatures

The Can-Carry lists features lists of creatures that Cryptoth is carried by, can carry (grab), can latch, and can be latched by in RECODE. To see the lists and their toggles to view each, click on the collapsible text to the right of the table below, to Expand or Collapse the list.

See Can-Grab, Grabbed-By, Can-Latch, and Latched-By Lists

Can-Grab List This section is intended to list the non-elder fully-grown adult creatures that the non-elder fully-grown Cryptoth can grab and carry, taking into account if this creature has grab/latch and discounting any other special abilities. The Cryptoth (a(n) herbivore) is a tier 4 and can carry any creature from any lower tier size. * There is no creature which the Cryptoth can currently carry Grabbed-By List This section is intended to list the non-elder fully-grown adult creatures that can grab and thus carry a non-elder fully-grown adult Cryptoth taking into account grab/latch abilities and discounting special abilities. The Cryptoth (a(n) herbivore) is a tier 4 and can be picked up by any creature with higher tier and the Grab ability, as follows: [Expand] Carry-able by: • Aqoxturumox • Arachyu • Eigion Warden • Iztajuatl • Kendyll • Magnacetus • Opralegion • Syroudon • Turgeon Can-Latch List This section is intended to list the non-elder fully-grown adult creatures that the non-elder fully-grown Cryptoth can latch into, but not carry; taking into account latch/grab abilities and discounting any other special ability. The Cryptoth (a(n) herbivore) is a tier 4 and can latch onto any higher tier size. * There is no creature which the Cryptoth can currently grab but not carry Latched-By List This section is intended to list the non-elder fully-grown adult creatures that can grab but not carry (latch onto) the non-elder fully-grown Cryptoth discounting special abilities. The Cryptoth (a(n) herbivore) has 5500 weight and can be grabbed by any creature with sufficiently lower weight, as follows: [Expand] Grab-able by: • Alkaksu • Flipli • Fyluf • Gobli • Hemokai • Jeff • Koini • Minawii • Nimoona • Rukig

Trivia

• Concept by undeary/vetris on the Creatures of Sonaria Discord server.
  • The Cryptoth was primarily based on candles, the claws inspired by Avothious' talons, "but primarily this is what he was referenced from, he was an old concept about a year ago that wasn't thought of until recently when Halloween concepts were wanted" (quoted by concept creator).
• Cryptoth has purple blood.
  • Due to that, when dying, it drops a purple carcass in Legacy.
  • In real life, the change in color is caused by hemerythrin, a respiratory pigment of a purplish/violet color once oxygenated, replacing hemoglobin in several invertebrates.
• Cryptoth is one of the few creatures in Legacy that have both toxin and bleed, others being Diokrine, Nakamaska, Undoli, and Zwevealisk.
• The Cryptoth's name may be a reference to crypts, a stone chamber that will often hold bodies.
• The Cryptoth used Zethines health stats as a placeholder. This has now been fixed.
  • Cryptoth formerly had ambush; this has since been removed as it was borrowed from when Cryptoth borrowed the stats of Zethines.

Gallery

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• Mutations
• Other

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Cryptoth concept art

Cryptoth's primary color palette

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Model development

Finished model

MysteryCreatureOneDev1

Cryptoth animation shared by NauticaElurra, CoS Discord, 10/18/2021

This tab is intended to present anything to further observe the Cryptoth's design, inspirations, and changes in growth stages for reference.

Juvenile Cryptoth

Teen Cryptoth

Adult Cryptoth

Custom Cryptoth with fire

Dimorphism between male and female Cryptoth

Cryptoth's Legacy carcass features violet flesh and orange bones

Cryptoth's blood, which is purple

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Albino Cryptoth

Bewitched + Glimmer Cryptoth

Blood Moon Cryptoth

Clownfish Cryptoth

Diamond Cryptoth

Elemental Cryptoth

Emerald male Cryptoth

Emerald female Cryptoth

Fool's Gold Cryptoth

Old custom Frostburn Cryptoth

Ghosty male Cryptoth

Ghosty female Cryptoth

Custom Ghosty Cryptoth

Glimmer Cryptoth, side view

Glimmer Cryptoth, side view (night)

Glimmer Cryptoth, night

Glow Tail Cryptoth

Old Glow Tail Cryptoth; note the glowing thumbs and parts of the hind legs

Headless Cryptoth

Leucistic Cryptoth

Melanistic Cryptoth

Overgrown Cryptoth

Pearl male Cryptoth

Pearl female Cryptoth

Piebald Cryptoth

Sapphire Cryptoth

Shadow Cryptoth

Shimmer Cryptoth

Shimmer Cryptoth in-game

Custom Shimmer Cryptoth, highlighted

Custom Shimmer + Glimmer Cryptoth, highlighted in rainbow colors

Smore Cryptoth

Zombified Cryptoth

Zombified Cryptoth in-game

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Cryptoth in the game's icon during the Halloween Event (2021), by organic_clown

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