The Pliarys is a Tier 4 land herbivore. The species is available in the Rotation Store as an Uncommon creature for 
3,500 Shooms. The trial version is available in the Trial Creatures Shop for 250♂/2500♀ Shooms.
Description
| “ | Pliarys are large, giraffe-like creatures that prefer to live in herds. They are of a peaceful nature, and will only attack if provoked. Pliarys often roam large, open plains as adults, and stay in more forested areas when young. They possess large crystalline structures on their backs that are chemically similar to quartz. These structures provide protection from predators, and act as stores for vital minerals. Pliarys are most active in the evening, with 4 well-developed eyes for seeing in low-light. | „ |
| ~ In-game Description |
Behavior
- Pliarys graze from trees, however they will occasionally drink nectar from large flowers or eat termites when the opportunity arises.
Appearance
The Pliarys heavily resembles a giraffe or horse, with large tufts of fur on its chest and tail. Turquoise crystals appear to grow from its back, the top of its tail, and its forelegs. It has a thin snout, with a long tongue similar to that of an anteater, two pairs of eyes, and horns protruding from its head. The Pliarys also has crystalline frill-like structures running from the top of its head to its tail-base, and crystalline veins covering its body.
Males
Males have a pair of longer horns protruding from their eyebrows.
Females
Females' eyebrow horns are smaller and more curved.
Abilities
Main Article: Creature Abilities
This section is intended to list and describe the abilities of the Pliarys. (editor list)
- Ambush is a recode-only ability that allows a temporary speed boost according to an ambush multiplier inherent to the species. It can be toggled by pressing the correct active ability key, which may vary between creatures. It automatically deactivates after either a set period of time, when stamina runs out, or after halting movement, whichever happens first. Ambush can be used while sprinting. Activating the ability while another instance of the ability is active will not stack max time and stamina consumption. Additionally, Ambushing disrupts strafing.
- Bleed Block/Block Bleed is a percentage based passive ability that grants the user resistance to getting bleed status from melee attacks at minimum. If an attacker deals 5 bleed per hit and the receiver has 60% Block Bleed, then the receiver gets only 2 of that 5 bleed. This ability is gained gradually as the creature ages. If a creature's Block Bleed is 100%, then they are immune to Bleed inflicted by melee direct attacks once fully grown. If a creature's Block Bleed is negative, it may indicate an extra vulnerability to the status effect.
- Injury Block/Block Injury is a passive ability that grants the user resistance to getting Injury status from melee attacks at the very least. It is percentage based, e.g. if an attacker deals 5 Injury per hit and the receiver has 60% Injury Block, then the receiver gets only 2 of that 5 Injury.
- Broodwatcher is a passive ability that allows users to assist in the gestation of other players' eggs. It applies one stack of Gestation to nearby creatures, which increases other creatures' egg gestation speed by 2.5%. The total buff any nesting species can receive is 5%, so only two Broodwatchers can be effective at any one time. Additionally, when sitting near a nest, the Broodwatcher gains 5 Defensive, which starts to decrease if they move.
- Charge (Crush) or Crush Charge is an specific type of Charge that inflicts Injury Status on the victim.
- Crystal Breath is an active ability using the breath control (C on PC or
on Mobile) that is a type of Elemental Breath that inflicts 1 DPS (0.5% PER HIT). It has a Capacity of 10, a Regen Rate of 2, a Range of 150 studs, and a Critical chance of 35%. It can also inflict the following ailments: Bleed Status (Probability = 75%, STACKS set to 0.5), Injury, (Probability = 75%, STACKS set to 1), and Shredded Wings (Probability = 23%, STACKS set to 3). - Keen Observer is a passive ability that allows the user to see the health, equipped Plushies, Traits, and status effects of nearby creatures with a green HP bar over them. Temporary status buffs are set on green, temporary status debuffs on red, traits now present their correct indicator and plushies are marked with their plushie icon.
- Mud Pile is an active ability that allows the user to place a mud pile that lasts for 60 seconds. Creatures can wallow in the mud to gain healing Muddy status and unscentable status for 90 seconds.
- Pack Healer is a pack-oriented passive ability. This passive ability allows the user to boost the HP regen of their fellow packmates.
- Will To Live is a passive ability that allows the user to sprint without spending stamina. However, if stamina is depleted and the creature attempts to sprint, it will deal 3% of health every 3 seconds.
Carry-able Creatures
The Can-Carry lists features lists of creatures that Pliarys 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 Pliarys can grab and carry (pick-up), taking into account if this creature has grab/latch and discounting any other special abilities. The Pliarys (a(n) herbivore) is a tier 4 with 4750 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 Pliarys 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 Pliarys taking into account grab/latch abilities and discounting special abilities. The Pliarys (a(n) herbivore) is a tier 4 with 4750 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 Pliarys can latch into, but not carry; taking into account latch/grab abilities and discounting any other special ability. The Pliarys (a(n) herbivore) is a tier 4 with 4750 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 Pliarys 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 Pliarys discounting special abilities. The Pliarys (a(n) herbivore) is a tier 4 with 4750 lbs of weight and can be latched onto by any creature of lower tier and enough lighter weight difference, as follows:[
Expand Collapse ] Grab-able by: |
Trivia
- Original concept and redesign by HappyPoltergeist (@HappyPoltergeist#1752) on the Creatures of Sonaria Discord.
- Original model by CatboyNathann.
- Animated by BlckBrryJam.
- Pliarys was previously declared a scrapped creature before receiving a second redesign, after which it was returned to in-development status and later completed.
- On top of this, the Pliarys is also the first previously scrapped creature to return to the game via a redesign, with multiple others afterwards.
Gallery
This tab is intended to present official concept sheets and color palettes for the Pliarys.
Second Pliarys redesign concept art
First Pliarys redesign concept art
Original Pliarys concept art
Pliarys' primary color palette
This tab is intended to present anything showcased during the process of development for the Pliarys, such as the creation of models, animations, and poses.
Old Pliarys model
Pliarys' rigged model
PliarysDev1
Clip provided by EastByEastz, CoS Discord, 3/24/2023
This tab is intended to present anything to further observe the Pliarys' design, inspirations, and changes in growth stages for reference.
Juvenile Pliarys
Teen Pliarys
Adult Pliarys
A closer view of Pliarys' gender dimorphism
This tab is intended to present how different Mutations appear on the Pliarys.
Albino Pliarys
Amethyst Pliarys in-game
Bewitched Pliarys
Blood Moon Pliarys
Clover Pliarys
Clownfish Pliarys
Creator Star Pliarys
Old dark heart Pliarys
Diamond Pliarys
Custom Dwarfism (right) and normal (left) Pliarys
Custom Dwarfism Pliarys, top view
Elemental Pliarys
Elemental + Glimmer Pliarys
Emerald Pliarys
Fool's Error Pliarys
Fool's Gold Pliarys
Old Frostburn Pliarys
Old custom Frostburn Pliarys; skin slightly customized
Garnet Pliarys
Garnet Pliarys in-game
Ghosty Pliarys
Custom Gigantism (right) and normal (left) Pliarys
Custom Gigantism Pliarys, top view
Glimmer Pliarys, night
Glow Tail Pliarys
Custom Glow Tail Pliarys
Glow Tail + Glimmer Pliarys
Harvest Pliarys
Old Headless Pliarys
Leucistic Pliarys
Melanistic Pliarys
Opal Pliarys
Overgrown Pliarys
Pearl Pliarys
Peridot Pliarys
Piebald Pliarys
Pure Heart Pliarys
Rose Quartz male Pliarys
Rose Quartz female Pliarys
Ruby Pliarys
Sapphire Pliarys
Shadow Pliarys
Old Shadow Pliarys; note that the teeth aren't neon white
Shimmer Pliarys
Custom Shimmer Pliarys, highlighted
Smore Pliarys
Souls Blessing Pliarys
Souls Fracture Pliarys
Stitch Pliarys
Zombified Pliarys
This tab is intended to present images related to the Pliarys that don't fit into the other tabs.
Pliarys in the game's icon during its release, by daktronic
Notes
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