video Thylacoleo Spotlight

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The Thylacoleo is a powerful ambush predator that is also known as the marsupial lion. They have sharp claws and the most powerful jaws of all land mammals.
Their appearance somewhat resembles the sabertooth however they are not related.
The Thylacoleo can only be found in The islands Redwoods, where they often hide high in the redwood trees, faced down ready to ambush their prey. 
Even though they are supposed to be hidden they are fairly easy to spot while hanging on the side of a tree. 

As soon as the Thyla spots a small or medium seized creature it will leap from it's tree on to it's victim, locking it in their jaws and tearing it open with its sharp claws. While within a tree it is possible for the Thylacoleo to dismount the rider and pin them to the ground regardless of their mount.

Small and medium seized creatures are unable to fight back when grabbed by a Thylacoleo, however players can use their melee attack to break free from it's grip and escape. Creatures too large to be grabbed will not be affected by the attack.

Wild Thylacoleos are not particularly great at predicting movement and will often miss relative fast targets such as flyers.

A wild Thylacoleo only spawns on large redwood trees, once they leap down they are unable to climb back to their ambush position and remain on the ground where they can be killed with ranged weapons or a strong enough mount.

When killed the Thylacoleo can be harvested for hide, meat and keratin. It's inventory will also contain a Thylacoleo hook claw which is needed to summon the Megapithecus boss on beta and aplha difficulty.  

A Thylacoleo can be stopped in it's tracks by small and large bear trap or a chain bola. They can be also be picked up by a Quetzal and dropped in a taming pen on a location of choice. It is not advised to try to grab a Thyla from a tree with a Quetzal due to the fact that the Thyla can dismount and kill a survivor fairly easy.

It is also possible to knock out a Thylacoleo from a high enough cliff with tranquilizer arrows, darts and shocking tranquilizer darts.

When unconscious the Thylacoleo prefers Titanboa kibble, cooked lamb chop, cooked prime meat or cooked prime fish meat to be tamed. Since Titanboa eggs are not easy to find, survivors will have to come prepared with enough narcoberries, narcotics or bio toxin to keep the Thylacoleo's torpor up.

A saddle to ride the Thylacoleo can be crafted in the smithy when a survivor reaches level 51.

A tamed Thylacoleo can climb vertical surfaces such as walls or Redwood trees by jumping at them and holding the A button on your controller.
They will climb straight up until they encounter an obstacle, such as an overhang on a cliff or when they successfully reach the top and jump over. If the A button is released while it is climbing, it will cling to the wall. The Thylacoleo will stay attached even when it's rider dismounts. 

Rotating the camera with the right joystick on your controller while mounted and attached to the wall will make the Thylacoleo turn around. ready to perform it's pounce attack. Line up the crosshairs with your target and press the right trigger on your controller to leap on to your victim. If the pounce attack hits a small or medium sized creature or even an enemy survivor, the Thylacoleo will grab hold of them and will use it's claws until their death 
You can stop the Thylacoleo by pressing the left trigger on your controller.

Players can not use weapons while mounted on a Thylacoleo that is hanging from a vertical surface. 

The Thylacoleo can also roar by pressing the right joystick on your controller however this does not inflict any damage on to your enemies 

In my opinion The Thylacoleo is a decent mount for all-round players, it has good combat capabilities, low stamina drain and a high speed even while swimming.
Its capability to climb vertical surfaces can be very useful to reach locations that are otherwise hard to reach without a flyer.

Performing a pounce attack while mounted on a Thylacoleo can be somewhat difficult due to the movement of other creatures and it's targeting range.
Practicing this attack on peaceful creatures can be very helpful to determine the placement of your crosshairs before using it on enemy survivors and dangerous animals.

The Thylacoleo can be very useful as a base defence as they can be parked on the walls of your base where no one will expect them, to protect it from unwanted visitors.

Survivors riding the Thylacoleo wil have to keep in mind that climbing a wall to fast will result in jumping over it. Depending on the height of the jump, the Thylacoleo can take fall damage when leaping from it's ambush position. 

That concludes our spotlight on the Thylacoleo
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