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About: Protomandua is an extinct mammal from the Anteater family that lived in the Ice Age period. They were carnivorous and mainly fed on insects. They lived in north and central America, with some subspecies found in south Asia. Its defining features are its long tongue, its huge claws, and its long bushy tail. Attacks: Attack One – (LMB) – Standard claw swipe attack. Attack Two – (RMB) Charge Heat. – hold down to slowly consume charcoal, sulfur or propellant in inventory and build up inner heat, maximum 100%. Attack Three – (C) Flame Whip – Press the button to lash out your fiery tongue, which can set enemies on fire. Can also be held down to continuously spew flames out of Protomandua’s mouth, which drains 3% heat per second. Requires 50% heat to use flame breath, and 20% heat to use flame whip. Attack Four – (X) Flame Nova – at 100% heat, cause a massive inferno that deals heavy damage and burns everything around you, but consumes all 100% heat. Passive Abilities: -Immunity to all forms of fire damage, (Flamethrower, fire wyverns, Magmasaur, etc.) except Lava. -eating bugs heals you over time, similar to argents. If you eat an ant, you’ll be healed for double the normal amount and will also get a rage buff similar to the megatherium, increasing damage even further. -For every 1% heat, deal 2.5% increased damage. -heat benefits: -30% heat – claws now burn on hit and deal more damage. -50% heat – flame breath available. Claws attack much faster, and you run faster. -65% heat – flame breath has more range, and flame whip can attack much faster. -80% heat – begin to take damage over time, but attack much faster and deal much more damage. -100% heat – ignite on fire, everything that touches you is also set on fire. attacks much faster and moves much faster, but takes massive damage over time in return. Flame nova is available. -50% weight reduction on charcoal, sulfur, and propellant. -harvests thatch and wood from trees, and at 30% heat, converts some of the wood into charcoal. At 65% heat, converts all harvested wood into charcoal. At 50% heat, it would be able to harvest Sulfur from Sulfur Nodes. -being set on fire (flamethrowers, fire wyverns, magmasaurs, etc.) will charge up heat. Taming: -Found in the Sulfur Fields and maybe in the Sludge. Protomandua is immune to narcotics and Tranqs while charged with heat, so you will need to wait for it to aggro onto you and burn all of its fuel. Once it does so it would begin running away, and can then be knocked out. But the window would be short as it would regain its fiery rage shortly, and resume attacking you. Once knocked out, it can be fed Charcoal, Sulfur or Exceptional Kibble to tame. Other Notes: We don’t have a creature anything like this, the closest being the Megatherium. I feel like a large mammal such as an Anteater would be right at home in the ark universe, especially on a map such as Extinction. In terms of mechanics, we don’t have anything unique to the Sulfur fields as a spawn zone, so this would be a nice addition to spice up the wasteland. On top of that, we have many ice related creatures on Extinction such as the Snow Owl, Ice Titan and Managarmr, but nothing unique related to fire. In terms of power, I feel like it should be a parallel to the Managarmr in a way. Managarmr specializes in movement speed and crowd control, where as the Protomandua would specialize in damage over time and sheer attacking power. Please vote for the Protomandua!