The Shararook is a Tier 4 land carnivore. The species is available in the Mission System as a Secret Mission Reward. The trial version is available in the Trial Creatures Shop for 
100♂/1000♀ Shooms.
Description
| “ | This beast is only thought to be a legend, a monster that is used in stories to discipline the little ones. It is said that they snatch away creatures in their sleep, and if they wake up, the sight of a Shararook is so terrifying they are paralyzed from fear. It uses its victims expressions for its twisted masks. | „ |
| ~ In-game Description |
Behavior
- Shararooks are very intelligent nocturnal predators that are capable of crafting, architecture, and the creation of different art forms. ㅤ
- In Shararook society, masks play a vital role, as it is something deeply ingrained in their culture. Every Shararook mask is handcrafted by its owner. Shararooks tend to use their prey as inspiration for masks.
- Teen Shararook gain their mask through a maturing ritual, which requires them to kill their first prey.
- Shararook live in colonies with social hierarchies. These colonies are always in hidden, dark places.
- Shararook are active outside during the night; they hunt either solitarily or in small groups. Their preferred hunting method is rather peculiar, as they target sleeping creatures, though some Shararook enjoy teasing and scaring their prey.
- Juvenile Shararook are called spawns, and a group is called a coven.
Artist Headcanon
- Shararooks have a rather close connection to the occult and magic, which explains their near supernatural abilities.
- Shararooks preferably locate their colonies in underground tunnel systems.
- Their masks do not correlate to their gender.
- Shararook is a relative of Kriprik.
- Shararooks rarely interact with Kripriks in person, but they do have quite a complicated cultural view of them: while they do not see them as their equals, they do respect them more than other creatures and refuse to hunt them, mainly due to their ancient blood tie to Shararooks. Kripriks sometimes appear in Shararook folklore and mythos as well, mainly as mystics or mysterious helpers.
- These two creatures have the capability of forming positive relations through trade and other friendly interactions, due to both of the species being sapient. Though because both of them are elusive in nature, this is unlikely to happen.
- Shararook have their own language and generally they don't speak Sonarian - mainly due to Shararook colonies keeping to themselves and not interacting much with Sonarian speakers. But due to their intelligence they can make out what certain words mean, and can attempt to communicate. They can learn the language fully, but it's very rare to find a fluent speaker.
- They're incredible vocal mimics, much like corvids (crows, magpies) and certain other birds (and even humans to some extent). They can mimic sounds pretty accurately, which includes voices and calls of other creatures. This ability greatly aids them in both language acquisition and hunting.
- Shararooks can be found in any region except particularly hot or tropical ones, like the mesa, desert, volcano or flower cove. This is because their thick fur can cause them to overheat easily. They prefer cold and temperate regions — any forest, meadow, or mountain will suit them.
- Despite this some colonies have found themselves in the jungles of Sonaria. Though they are quite rare and have some specific adaptations to fare better in the humid, hotter weather - like shorter fur.
Appearance
The Shararook appears as a long, quadrupedal creature with lots of dark colors on its body. Its head has rows of various teeth, and is guarded by a terrifying mask with feathers jutting out of the sides. Its front legs are larger than the back legs, and have opposable thumbs. Parts of its neck and lower body have multiple spots that run down to the tail. The back of the Shararook is furry and covered in masks of altering sizes. On its tail are 3 more masks that alter in size, with some bits of skin being exposed, and its tail tip is covered in fur.
Males
Males have a 3-eyed mask with a large, orange-lipped mouth bearing large teeth in a grinning expression. The larger eyes have extra blue sections that resemble large eyelashes. The sides of its mask have what appear to be rosy red cheeks.
Females
Females bear a 6-eyed mask that appear to be crying with a differently shaped mouth, full of darker colored teeth. On its sides are 6 growths similar to horns, and the middle has a blue circle that splits in half.
Abilities
Main Article: Creature Abilities
This section is intended to list and describe the abilities of the Shararook. (editor list)
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] ability list:- Bleed Attack is a passive ability, where the user inflicts a specific amount of bleed status on a creature with every bite, excluding 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 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.
- Burn Block/Block Burn is a passive ability that grants the user resistance to getting burn status from melee attacks. It is percentage based. For example, if an attacker deals 5 burn per hit and the receiver has 60% block burn, then the receiver gets only 2 of that 5 burn.
- If a creature's block burn is 100%, then they are immune to Burn inflicted by melee direct attacks once fully grown. This ability is gained gradually as the creature ages. A negative value may indicate that the creature is vulnerable to burn effects.
- 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.
- Cause Fear is an active ability and Recode's equivalent of Fear. It gives all creatures around the user 10 stacks (30 seconds) of Scared Status effect, and has a cooldown of 120 seconds (2 minutes)..
- Climber is a passive ability that allows the user to walk on walls and ceilings. To detach from a wall, press the Space on PC. On Mobile, press the dedicated Detach button, or, if the creature has Jump, press the jump button.
- Cursed Sigil is an active ability that offensively inflicts the Bad Omen status on anyone in a 100 stud radius centered on the user. It has an 85 second cooldown after use.
- Drowsy Area is an active ability that gives those within its area of effect the drowsy status, slowing their bite speed and severely slowing them down in movement and turn speed. Has a 60 second cooldown.
- First Strike is a passive ability that grants the user increased damage while they are above 75% health. The damage increase is depends on the creature and is reflected in its stat menu.
- Invisibility is an active ability that makes the user invisible to other players when toggled. Invisibility allows the user to walk and swim cloaked as long as they don't bite, use any active ability, sprint, ambush, or jump/fly/glide. While active it does not hide the creature from being spotted by scent. Additionally, invisibility has a 30 second cooldown after being activated; however, deactivating the ability does not modify the cooldown.
- Iron Stomach is a passive ability that allows the user to eat rotten meat without getting negative ailments from it--preventing them from getting the Sickly Status.
- Jump is an active ability pertaining to the special control Jump/Dart/Glide/Flight that allows a creature to jump on land. Creatures can turn during jumping. If a semi-aquatic creature with Jump starts swimming and tries to jump, they will Dart instead.
Jump has an associated speed boost, stamina consumption, and age limit for every creature. Beyond that age limit, a creature will be unable to jump - that field is commonly used for creatures which will develop Glide or Flight on a later growth stage.
- If a creature's infobox on the wiki only has a jump age stat, that means that the creature has actually jump 0 (no jump) and on the stage that jump supersedes Glide or Flight, it is equivalent as to being unable to jump nor flight nor glide.
- 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.
- Poison Attack is a passive ability that makes the user deal Poison Status to another creature upon biting them. It stacks with itself. A negative value means that it heals an amount of such status upon biting.
Carry-able Creatures
The Can-Carry lists features lists of creatures that Shararook 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 Shararook can grab and carry (pick-up), taking into account if this creature has grab/latch and discounting any other special abilities. The Shararook (a(n) carnivore) is a tier 4 with 4520 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 Shararook 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 Shararook taking into account grab/latch abilities and discounting special abilities. The Shararook (a(n) carnivore) is a tier 4 with 4520 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 Shararook can latch into, but not carry; taking into account latch/grab abilities and discounting any other special ability. The Shararook (a(n) carnivore) is a tier 4 with 4520 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 Shararook 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 Shararook discounting special abilities. The Shararook (a(n) carnivore) is a tier 4 with 4520 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 Renorayz in the Creatures of Sonaria Discord.
- Shararook was based on the Boogeyman, theatre masks (tragedy and comedy), fear of the dark/unknown, and general uncanny-ness.
- Shararook's name was inspired by The Babadook.
- On release it used to leave no footprints and make no footprint sounds. This has since been fixed.
- Some players have pointed out that the Shararook's female mask shares an slight resemblance to an unmasked Urzuk's face. It is currently unknown whether this is a coincidence or not.
Gallery
This tab is intended to present official concept sheets and color palettes for the Shararook.
Shararook concept art
Shararook Glimmer concept art
Shararook's primary color palette
This tab is intended to present anything showcased during the process of development for the Shararook, such as the creation of models, animations, and poses.
Shararook model
Shararook's size compared with Arsonos and Magnarothus, front view
Size comparison, side view
Size comparison, top view
Size comparison, top view
ShararookDev1
Clip provided by Minisode, CoS Discord, 11/28/2023
ShararookDev2
Clip provided by Minisode, CoS Discord, 11/28/2023
This tab is intended to present anything to further observe the Shararook's design, inspirations, and changes in growth stages for reference.
Child Shararook
Teen male Shararook
Teen female Shararook
Adult male Shararook
Adult female Shararook
Dimorphism between male and female Shararook
This tab is intended to present how different Mutations appear on the Shararook.
Albino male Shararook
Amethyst male Shararook
Amethyst female Shararook
Bewitched male Shararook
Blood Moon male Shararook
Blood Moon female Shararook
Custom male Blossom Shararook
Female Blossom Shararook
Clover Shararook
Clownfish male Shararook
Clownfish female Shararook
Coal Chunk Shararook
Creator Star female Shararook
Creator Star male Shararook in-game
Previous Dark Heart Shararook, note the pinkish parts
Diamond Shararook
Diamond Shararook, alt view
Diamond + Glimmer Shararook
Elemental male Shararook
Elemental female Shararook
Emerald female Shararook
Emerald + Glimmer Shararook
Fools Error Shararook
Fools Error Shararook in-game
Fool's Gold Shararook
Custom Frostburn Shararook
Old Frostburn male Shararook
Old Frostburn female Shararook
Old Frostburn Shararook, side view
Old Frostburn + Glimmer female Shararook
Garnet male Shararook
Garnet female Shararook
Ghosty female Shararook
Custom Ghosty male Shararook
Glimmer male Shararook
Glimmer female Shararook
Glimmer female Shararook, night
Glow Tail Shararook
Custom Glow Tail Shararook
Glow Tail + Glimmer female Shararook
Custom Glow Tail + Glimmer male Shararook
Headless male Shararook
Headless female Shararook
Leucistic male Shararook
Leucistic female Shararook
Leucistic + Glimmer male Shararook
Leucistic + Glimmer female Shararook
Melanistic male Shararook
Opal Shararook
Overgrown male Shararook
Overgrown + Glimmer female Shararook
Overgrown female Shararook
Pearl male Shararook
Pearl female Shararook
Piebald male Shararook
Piebald female Shararook
Pure Heart Shararook
Rose Quartz Shararook
Rose Quartz male Shararook in-game
Rose Quartz female Shararook in-game
Sapphire Shararook
Shadow Shararook
Old Shadow Shararook; note that the teeth aren't neon white
Shimmer Shararook
Shimmer male Shararook in-game
Shimmer female Shararook in-game
Custom Shimmer Shararook, highlighted
Shimmer + Glimmer Shararook
Shimmer + Glimmer Shararook in-game
Custom Shimmer + Glimmer Shararook; note that the Shimmer areas are highlighted in white while the Glimmer areas are in lavender colors
Smore Shararook
Smore + Glimmer male Shararook
Smore + Glimmer female Shararook
Stitch Shararook
Zombified Shararook
This tab is intended to present images related to the Shararook that don't fit into the other tabs.
Shararook in the game's icon during its release, by FoolHippie
ShararookPromo
Promotional short featuring Shararook, uploaded to Twitter on 11/27/2023
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