Megalodystrix

Megalodystrix
Classification
Classified As	Artifact Creature (?)
Basic Information
Diet	Carnivore
Type	Flier
Tier	4 (Large)
Growth Time	50 min · Teen - 16 min · Adult - 33 min · Full Grown - 50 min · Full Elder - 100 min Veneration rate: x1: · Full Elder phase II - 460 min · Full Sage - 820 min · Full Master - 1180 min · Full Venerated/Ancient - 1540 min
Blood Color	Red
Blood Texture	Normal
Stats [Click] for extended stats
Health	4250 (5% regen)
Health	4250 (5% regen)
Weight	5000 fty-> 5250
Weight	5000 fty-> 5250
Appetite	60 1 thirst (30 min) 1 hunger (30 min)
Appetite	60 1 thirst (30 min) 1 hunger (30 min)
Speed	36 walk 63 sprint 31 fly/glide 30% fly sprint
Speed	36 walk 63 sprint 31 fly/glide 30% fly sprint
Damage	250
Damage	250
Bite Cooldown	1
Bite Cooldown	1
Moisture	N/A
Moisture	N/A
Oxygen	40
Oxygen	40
Stamina	80 (2 regen) (1 glide regen) 20 takeoff mult.
Stamina	80 (2 regen) (1 glide regen) 20 takeoff mult.
Nightvision	3/3 (Good)
Nightvision	3/3 (Good)
Turn	4
Turn	4
Status Resistances
Block Bleed	65%
Block Frostbite	45%
Block Poison	35%
Other Abilities
Charge	Power
Active Ability List	Fortify, Grab
Passive Abilities List	Block Bleed (0.65), Block Frostbite (0.45), Block Poison (0.35), Charge (Power)
Miscellaneous
Concept by	undeary
Date added	11/10/2023 10 November 2023 00:00:00

The Megalodystrix is a Tier 4 flying carnivore. The species is available in the Artifact Shop for an initial price of 450,000 Shooms, which can be lowered with the use of artifacts. The trial version is available in the Trial Creatures Shop for 400^♂/4000^♀ Shooms.

Description

“	The Megalodystrix is a bird of prey. They are strong, independent creatures and the spots along their body are to ward off other creatures as to say "Do not mess with me." Despite being rather heavy, they are able to fly for short distances and are able to dive towards their prey.	„
	~ In-game Description

Appearance

The Megalodystrix resembles a feathered wyvern adorned with feathers resembling those of a peafowl, with an armored head and vibrant blue feathers along its head and tail, and scaled hind legs. It has uniquely shaped spines on the top and bottom of its striped tail. It also bears peafowl-like feathers protruding from its head, on its shoulder, and coming from its hind legs. There is an eye-like pattern at the base of its wings.

Males

Males have no additional features.

Females

Females have an extra set of peafowl-like feathers protruding from their jaw.

Abilities

Main Article: Creature Abilities

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

• 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.
• Frostbite Block/Block Frostbite is a passive ability that grants the creature resistance to getting frostbite status from melee attacks at the very least, and every other source at most. It is percentage based, e.g. if an attacker deals 5 frostbite per hit and the receiver has 60% block frostbite, then the receiver gets only 2 of that 5 frostbite.
• Block Poison/Poison Block is a passive ability that grants resistance to poison status once they reach max age (100). Like many other block defenses, it works by blocking a percentage of the ailment received. If a creature's Poison Block is 100%, then they are immune to those stats (and will be healed instantly if they are somehow applied) once they reach age 100.
• Charge (Power) or Power Charge is a specific type of Charge that temporarily increases the user's damage slightly and inflicts Shredded Wings on the victim.
• Flight is an active ability pertaining to the special control Jump/Dart/Glide/Flight and inherent to all Fliers and legacy mobility type All-Terrain creatures have this ability. However, due to the fact all-terrain got absorbed into Flier, this means that with purely recode terminology, only fliers have the ability. Creatures with flight ability as dominant cannot jump per se (only with jump superseding flight if jump has a certain jump age value), they instead enter flight or glide mode - however some creatures may also present the jump ability replacing the flight one as the dominant at some point in their live stage. Flying and takeoff both take stamina. If there's not enough stamina, the creature cannot fly. A creature with flight can switch between flight and glide and vice-versa without that switch costing stamina.
• Fortify is an active ability toggled by the regular active abilities buttons and with a 90-second cooldown that wipes pretty much all status effects deemed as negative, except thirst and hunger, plushie-derived and weather effects. However, it may also wipe some beneficial status effects if they present one negative debuff. It also grants a very-short immunity to effects applied shortly after activating this ability, and increases weight by 5% for a short period according to the stack (3, on this case).
• 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.
• Grab is an active ability, the recode's equivalent of Legacy's creature "grab a lighter creature", allowing a creature to pick up a lower-tiered creature. Unlike legacy's, it has several pecularities, among them that grabbing is no longer based on weight, but tier. Another peculiarity is that grabbed creatures cannot escape until 5 seconds later. After that, the grabbed creature can struggle by using any button and will release such creature from the grab. The user can ungrab at any moment by pressing the same button used to grab. A creature darting from outside water will grab any creature it finds automatically. Interestingly enough, using this ability may also make a piece of grabbed food drop.

Carry-able Creatures

The Can-Carry lists features lists of creatures that Megalodystrix 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 Megalodystrix can grab and carry, taking into account if this creature has grab/latch and discounting any other special abilities. The Megalodystrix (a(n) carnivore) is a tier 4 and can carry any creature from any lower tier size, as follows: [Expand] Can carry: • Adharcaiin • Aereis • Aesho • Aholai • Akorbik • Alkaksu • Allifu • Amolis • Ani • Apofuex • Arcabatur • Archinax • Arrainoa • Artikauk • Aseliorus • Astrothi • Aueko • Beezu • Belluvaraptor • Bengon • Bolatra • Brequewk • Cantapodi • Cenicara • Chisudo • Chromohege • Chrysos • Cimidstik • Cimmabu • Citrulantis • Colval • Corsarlett • Cottol • Cupuere • Dabaemura • Dalitil • Dieamarjla • Diesura • Diokrine • Doragonix • Dowatt • Dyaelatura • Emphines • Eskarlor • Eulopii • Euvias • Exotide • Faecalu • Fairiocris • Felifaux • Fernifly • Ferrah • Flickaflie • Flipli • Flixlit • Fluren • Frigiboa • Frigilinx • Furnilixii • Fyluf • Fyranili • Galiryn • Garra Warden • Ghalgeya • Ghibli • Gloracus • Glovaucus • Gobli • Gorgonichus • Gryvila • Gurava • Halaqual • Hallucinix • Hebitoa • Heisoteri • Hemokai • Hikorshi • Hushike • Ibetchi • Idrabark • Ikoran • Imini • Irdegarde • Jeff • Kaluaka • Karakro • Kemoti • Keruku • Khiku • Khilutatra • Kiiwin • Kiridian • Knalriki • Koini • Koryser • Kriffin • Kriprik • Kyiki • Laibonich • Lenarabu • Leurimess • Levoneh • Lissiceous • Maiueve • Malupiscis • Mekmek • Menace • Miik • Minawii • Minthwyrm • Mobuushiy • Moluna • Momola • Moonelle • Mordelium • Morinus • Muravil • Murlk • Nimoona • Noctivul • Noctla'Lune • Norskogg • Noxiouk • Nymphasuchus • Nytoltalus • Nyxasolyx • Olatua • Ovufu • Owa'Stryrus • Paru-Gama • Parux • Pernirex • Pero • Phyremia • Pierry • Prabiki • Pterolythux • Puffwump • Quezekel • Ralokai • Reeox • Reverbelle • Ripirin • Rorolo • Rukig • Saikarie • Sarchias • Sha'Rei • Shiyaro • Shro • Sleirnok • Sochuri • Squitico • Starlit • Stratifelis • Sturbi • Therokis • Tohukos • Traiboros • Trutholbyeva • Tsugae • Tundrik • Uleoum • Undoli • Urzuk • Ushrumesh • Valkurse • Vaumora • Veldys • Venatrox • Veraiatrice • Viracniar • Viridex • Wewuix • Wixpectr'o • Wuggawyrm • Wystora • Xenolif • Yama'tu • Yenyasha • Yiepir • Zarrax • Zeoarex • Zhelijin • Zieti • Zohdok • Zoocuu • Zwevealisk 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 Megalodystrix taking into account grab/latch abilities and discounting special abilities. The Megalodystrix (a(n) carnivore) 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 • Sarcosiris • Syroudon • Turgeon • Vahiaex • Volnoirve Can-Latch List This section is intended to list the non-elder fully-grown adult creatures that the non-elder fully-grown Megalodystrix can latch into, but not carry; taking into account latch/grab abilities and discounting any other special ability. The Megalodystrix (a(n) carnivore) is a tier 4 and can latch onto any higher tier size. * There is no creature which the Megalodystrix 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 Megalodystrix discounting special abilities. The Megalodystrix (a(n) carnivore) has 5000 weight and can be grabbed by any creature with sufficiently lower weight. However, carnivores and photocarnivores cannot be grabbed by herbivores and photovores, as follows: [Expand] Grab-able by: • Alkaksu • Flipli • Fyluf • Gobli • Hemokai • Jeff • Koini • Minawii • Nimoona • Rukig

Trivia

• Originally designed by @KotoAdventures on the Creatures of Sonaria Discord.
• Redesigned by @undeary on the Creatures of Sonaria Discord.
• Rigged by Mezzioli.
• The Megalodystrix was once deemed scrapped by developers until November 2023, when it was announced it would be coming to the game.
• Megalodystrix's false eyes resemble eye beads, or nazar, small glass amulets used to deter something.
• Megalodystrix's wings during mudroll and lay animations are broken, and rotates around its axis approximately one-three (1-3) times.

Gallery

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Megalodystrix redesign concept art

Original Megalodystrix concept art

Megalodystrix's primary color palette

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Megalodystrix rig

Size comparison with Saukuryn and Etheralotus, front view

Size comparison, side view

Size comparison, top view

Size comparison, top view, spread apart

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Juvenile Megalodystrix

Teen Megalodystrix

Adult Megalodystrix

Dimorphism between male and female Megalodystrix

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Albino Megalodystrix

Amethyst Megalodystrix

Bewitched Megalodystrix day/night

Blood Moon Megalodystrix

Blossom Megalodystrix

Clover Megalodystrix

Clownfish Megalodystrix

Coal Chunk Megalodystrix

Diamond juvenile Megalodystrix

Dwarfism (left) and normal (right) Megalodystrix

Elemental Megalodystrix

Emerald Megalodystrix

Fool's Error Megalodystrix

Fool's Gold Megalodystrix

Frostburn Megalodystrix

Garnet Megalodystrix

Ghosty Megalodystrix

Glimmer Megalodystrix

Glow Tail Megalodystrix

Custom Glow Tail Megalodystrix, highlighted

Old Glow Tail Megalodystrix; note the glowing long feathers and parts of the legs

Harvest Megalodystrix

Previous Harvest Megalodystrix

Old Harvest Megalodystrix

Headless Megalodystrix

Leucistic Megalodystrix

Melanistic Megalodystrix

Overgrown Megalodystrix

Pearl Megalodystrix

Piebald Megalodystrix

Rose Quartz Megalodystrix

Sapphire Megalodystrix

Shadow Megalodystrix

Shadow Megalodystrix in-game

Old Shadow Megalodystrix; note that the teeth aren't neon white

Shimmer Megalodystrix

Custom Shimmer Megalodystrix

Smore Megalodystrix

Zombified Megalodystrix

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Megalodystrix in the game's icon during its release, by retronintendo102

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