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I'm back again with a creature that I created a concept for 2 years ago. It may not look like much but I think that this giant capybara (which is real surprisingly enough) would be a great fit for Aberration. Keep in mind the Wildcard can change anything they want about the creatures we submit so take everything with a grain of salt. Besides, who doesn't love capybaras. Phoberomys Diet: Berries/vegetables, and gas balls Rider Weaponry: Yes Temperament: Territorial Wild Phoberomys are around the same size on the Arks as they are in real life. Which is fairly unusual because usually creatures on the Arks that existed in prehistoric times are either smaller or bigger than their prehistorically accurate counterparts. Anyway, Phoberomys have a unique adaptation that allows them to survive in the most dangerous areas on Aberration. They adapt to the many vents of poisonous gas where they live by trapping the gas in their thick fur. Because of the many dangers of the environment that they call home, Phoberomys are territorial and defensive like a Dire Bear. In other words, when Phoberomys feel threatened they attack with their sharp teeth. Because they’re giant rodents their teeth are very long and sharp and don’t stop growing. Not to mention that they can shake their fur to create clouds of poisonous gas to protect themselves. Supposedly their bite can cause rabies. Domesticated Despite their aggressive instincts they can in fact be domesticated. In order to domesticate a Phoberomys you have to locate a baby Phoberomys and passively feed it with congealed gas balls or any kind of mushroom from Aberration. This is more difficult than you may think because baby Phoberomys are hard to find because they are fairly small and therefore fast but not fast enough to escape the dangers around them. They also tend to be near their parents so if you scare the baby then it will run away and that will alert the adults to attack you. If you are successful then you will have an excellent mount for traveling throughout the many dangerous areas on Aberration. They can even be good for harvesting resources. Controls Left click: Bite: 100 base damage, has a 25% chance to cause rabies, goes through armor Right click: Head swing: 150 base damage, deals torpor based on damage (meaning 150 torpor at base and it goes up with melee), has a 50% chance to stun for 5 sec C - Stomp: 200 base damage, high knockback, stuns for 5 sec, 10 sec cooldown X - Poison blast: 50 base damage per hit, shoots 10 small clouds of gas that hit once each, the clouds are launched in the direction that the Phoberomys looks, each cloud of gas applies the “Poison Gas” debuff for 10 sec, 20 sec cooldown Control: Poison cloud: no initial damage, makes a cloud of poison gas around itself that applies the “Poison Gas” debuff (which lasts indefinitely while the victim is in the cloud but only for 10 sec after the victim leaves the cloud), gives the Phoberomys (and its rider if it has one) a buff called “Concealed Fear” that lasts indefinitely but only gets applied while in the gas cloud, gas clouds lasts for 20 sec Q: Roar: for aesthetics but can scare away small creatures. Extra Info Phoberomys is immune to venom, poison gas (as in the debuff that Phobers apply and the “Gas Bursts” debuff that is applied from the gas veins on Aberration and Genesis), bleed, stuns, radiation. The Poison Gas debuff that Phoberomys can apply drains 1% of the victim’s oxygen, stamina, and health per sec of the effect and makes it harder to see. This buff doesn’t work on allies. The Concealed Fear buff that Phoberomys applies doubles speed, attack, health regen, and stamina regen (and makes the eyes of a Phoberomys glow red). The buff can only be applied to a Phoberomys (this rule only applies to when either a tamed Phober uses the move on wild creatures or when a wild Phober uses the move on other wild creatures or when a wild Phober uses the move on tamed creatures). When riding or near an allied Phoberomys you (and other allies including tamed creatures) get a buff called “Poison Protection” that grants you immunity to venom and poison gas (as in the debuff that Phobers apply and the “Gas Bursts” debuff that is applied from the gas veins on Aberration and Genesis). Allied Phoberomys are immune to this buff because they are already immune to these things. During the taming process congealed gas balls are like kibble for these guys and after that mushrooms are their preferred food (like raw mutton is to most carnivores). When not mounted on an allied Phoberomys can be told to sit to increase healing Phoberomys’ saddle can be learned at level 56. Phoberomys spawns near gas veins on Aberration. Phoberomys is about the size of Ark’s Dire Bear.