The Exotide is a Tier 2 semi-aquatic carnivore. The species is available in the Rotation Store as a Common creature for 
1,500 Shooms. The trial version is available in the Trial Creatures Shop for 50♂/500♀ Shooms.
Description
| “ | The Exotide species has evolved solely for the purpose of that to be in the environment of the air and sea, being quite the aggressive type whenever it comes to protecting their kin and territory and fighting furiously when they do. | „ |
| ~ In-game Description |
Behavior
- Despite their rough and mean look, the Exotide are quite social animals and enjoy the company of their own species, even showing self-sacrificing behaviors when it comes to their loved ones.
- Exotide have a similar intelligence level to real life dolphins and other high intelligence species, being able to experience fun and play with things like that of a dog playing with a chew toy or picking up specific things and dropping them onto creatures for fun.
- The Exotide species is mainly made up of females who are dominant in both hierarchy and hunting.
Appearance
The Exotide is a tetrapodal-like creature with heavy fish-based elements, specifically from the flying fish in terms of ray-fish fin structures (with a homocercal, forked caudal fin; one well-developed pair of pectoral fins which work as wings; a smaller but developed pair of ventral fins; and two pairs of dorsal fins, with the first covering the "neck"), and the swordfish, in terms of a long, pointed bill. Additionally, it presents two pairs of axolotl-gill-like lobes stemming from the sides of the head, which seem to compliment the seven pairs of gills on its neck used for breathing; a second dorsal fin stemming from the same point as the ventral fins, being divided into three peduncules similar to the gill lobes mentioned previously; and a front pelvic fin partially mirroring the first dorsal fin. Unlike real-life swordfish, their bill is not flat, but slightly curved upwards, and seems to develop into some sort of helmet with additional, smaller and curved blades.
Exotide has no gender dimorphism.
Abilities
Main Article: Creature Abilities
This section is intended to list and describe the abilities of the Exotide. (editor list)
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] ability list:- Agile Swimmer is passive ability, similar to legacy's Streamlined, which buffs the player when submerged underwater for more than a second, receiving the following buffs:
- 100% more stamina regeneration
- 50% more total stamina
- 75% more walk speed
- 75% more sprint speed
- 15% more oxygen, if the creature is a semi-aquatic; 180% more oxygen otherwise.
- Additionally, like with legacy Streamlined, a glider semi-aquatic (and an aqua-glider) can abuse the extra stamina to increase the number of glide flaps it can perform from the water boosted, since until they touch the ground or stop gliding, the boosted stamina amount will remain.
- Note that since most of these are multipliers, creature incapable of naturally recovering stamina underwater do not get any stamina regeneration boost (as any fraction of 0 is still 0).
- 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.
- Charge (Gore) or Gore Charge is an specific type of Charge that inflicts Bleed Status and Deep Wounds on the victim.
- Dart is an active ability of the special control Jump/Dart/Glide/Flight, similar to ambush in terms of being a temporary speed boost that propels the creature forward, but restricted to water and usually far less stamina-consuming. All creatures capable of jump and with the proper semi-aquatic mobility type can dart when underwater. A creature cannot dart while strafing nor outside water, but a dart will become a jump if the impulse propels the creature outside water.
- Dart has an associated speed boost and stamina consumption for every creature. If there's not enough stamina, the creature cannot dart. The wiki prepends to dart power a negative symbol ("-") to easily determine at a simple gaze that that creature's dart propels backwards.
- Diver is a passive ability that grants a creature the ability to temporarily keep flying underwater for a short period. The exact period is displayed in the information section, in seconds. As a side effect, and probably due to buggy behavior, it sometimes allows the user of this ability to regain stamina underwater, particularly during violent winds.
- First Strike is a passive ability that grants a creature increased damage while they are above 75% health. The damage increase is based on the number listed for the creature, and the increase is reflected on the creature's stat menu.
- Glide is an active ability pertaining to the special control Jump/Dart/Glide/Flight and inherent to all gliders and glider semi-aquatics have this ability as primary. However, due to the fact glider semi-aquatics got absorbed into Semi-Aquatics, the correct recode terminology would be to say that all Gliders and a few Semi-Aquatics and Aquatics have this ability as primary. Flier (and all-terrain) creatures have this ability as well, but the Jump/Dart/Glide/Flight button is not their primary, but the toggle glide button. Creatures with glide ability cannot jump per se, they instead enter flight or glide mode, unless jump supersedes them via some jump age value. If there's not enough stamina, the creature can hardly glide. Depending on some creature factors like tier and glide stamina regeneration, as well as some environmental conditions, a creature can or cannot regain stamina while gliding.
- 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.
- Strength In Numbers is a passive ability that confers a creature a 7% stamina regeneration boost and a 1.5% damage boost. This stacks according to how many creatures with the same ability and same species are nearby. If there are no other users of this ability nearby, it won't provide that boost.
- Water Breath is an active ability using the breath control (C on PC or
on Mobile) that is a type of Elemental Breath that inflicts 2 DPS (1% PER HIT). It has a Capacity of 10, a Regen Rate of 2.5, a Range of 220 studs, and has a Critical chance of 10%. It can also inflict the BlurredVision ailment (Probability = 60%, no stacking).
Carry-able Creatures
The Can-Carry lists features lists of creatures that Exotide 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.
Can-Grab ListThis section is intended to list the non-elder fully-grown adult creatures that the non-elder fully-grown Exotide can grab and carry (pick-up), taking into account if this creature has grab/latch and discounting any other special abilities. The Exotide (a(n) carnivore) is a tier 2 with 1100 lbs of weight and as long as it has the Grab Ability, it can pick up any creature of lower or equal tier with enough lighter weight difference.* There is no creature which the Exotide can currently carry
Grabbed-By ListThis section is intended to list the non-elder fully-grown adult creatures that can grab and thus carry a non-elder fully-grown adult Exotide taking into account grab/latch abilities and discounting special abilities. The Exotide (a(n) carnivore) is a tier 2 with 1100 lbs of weight and can be picked up by any creature of higher or equal tier with enough heavier weight difference and the Grab ability, as follows:[ Expand Collapse ] Carry-able by:
Can-Latch ListThis section is intended to list the non-elder fully-grown adult creatures that the non-elder fully-grown Exotide can latch into, but not carry; taking into account latch/grab abilities and discounting any other special ability. The Exotide (a(n) carnivore) is a tier 2 with 1100 lbs of weight and as long as it has the Latch ability, it can latch into any creature of higher tier with enough heavier weight difference.* There is no creature which the Exotide can currently grab but not carry
Latched-By ListThis 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 Exotide discounting special abilities. The Exotide (a(n) carnivore) is a tier 2 with 1100 lbs of weight and can be latched onto by any creature of lower tier and enough lighter weight difference. However, carnivores and photocarnivores cannot be grabbed by herbivores and photovores, as follows:[
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Trivia
- Concept by dew_theangeldragon in the Creatures of Sonaria Discord.
- Inspired by flying fish and swordfish.
- Exotide's name is a portmanteau of the words "exoskeleton" and "tide".[1]
- Lore-wise, their ancestors used to be sea-floor dwellers that would feast upon algae and kelp but due to large amounts of sea predators hunting them into lower number they had ended up striving to evolve onto land, sooner or later evolving into Exotide's current state.
- Animations by BlckBrryJam and Rook.
- Recode Exotide can bounce on the water when gliding into it, as can a few other semi-aquatic gliders such as Gobli. It is unknown if this is intentional.
Gallery
This tab is intended to present official concept sheets and color palettes for the Exotide.
Exotide concept art
Exotide's primary color palette
This tab is intended to present anything showcased during the process of development for the Exotide, such as the creation of models, animations, and poses.
Exotide's rigged model
ExotideDev1
Clip provided by East (EastByEastz), CoS Discord, 3/24/2023
This tab is intended to present anything to further observe the Exotide's design, inspirations, and changes in growth stages for reference.
Juvenile Exotide
Juvenile Exotide, back view
Teen Exotide
Teen Exotide, back view
Adult Exotide
Adult Exotide, back view
This tab is intended to present how different Mutations appear on the Exotide.
Albino Exotide
Amethyst Exotide
Bewitched Exotide
Blood Moon Exotide
Blossom Exotide
Clownfish Exotide
Clownfish Exotide, under view
Creator Star Exotide
Diamont Exotide
Dwarfism male (right) and Regular male (left) Exotide
Dwarfism male (right) and Regular male (left) Exotide, from above
Elemental Exotide
Emerald Exotide
Fool's Gold Exotide
Old Frostburn Exotide
Ghosty Exotide
Glimmer Exotide day/night
Old custom Glimmer Exotide
Old Glimmer Exotide
.png "Rain's Default Glimmer Exotide (Night).png (1.34 MB)")
Old Glimmer Exotide, night
Garnet Exotide
Glow Tail Exotide
Harvest Exotide
Headless Exotide
Leucistic Exotide
Melanistic Exotide
Overgrown Exotide
Pearl Exotide
Piebald Exotide
Rose Quartz Exotide
Rose Quartz Exotide in-game
Sapphire Exotide
Sapphire Exotide, alt view
Shadow Exotide
Shadow Exotide; note that the teeth aren't glowing neon white
Shimmer Exotide, day/night
Smore Exotide
Zombified Exotide
This tab is intended to present images related to the Exotide that don't fit into the other tabs.
Exotide's Water Breath ability
Exotide's hitbox
Notes
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