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Hello everyone I introduce to you the magnificent Shringasaurus! Now a quick disclaimer, this is NOT a Carnivore, it is a Herbivore. At first impression it looks like a cross between a Carnotaurus and a Megalania, but the Shringasaurus is actually a herbivore that feeds on the various flora in its habitat. The Shringasaurus lived during the Middle Triassic period, between 247 and 242 million years ago in what is now India. The Shringasaurus is not a dinosaur, it is an extinct genus of the archosauromorph reptiles, and unlike most reptiles, the Shringasaurus was a Warm Blooded organism meaning it was more hyper and active than the more inactive Cold Blooded organisms. The Shringasaurus could generate its own body temperature instead of relying on the environment to regulate body temperature. Dossier Text Wild: At first, most survivors would easily mistake this fearsome creature for a carnivore, for its resemblance to both the Carnotaurus and Megalania. But in my experience, the Shringasaurus will not give you trouble unless you enter near its territory. I have observed that these beasts are often found near each other in groups, likely as a strategy in the case of larger predator attacks. I have also come to find that the Shringasaurus are sexually dimorphic, with the males possessing larger horns for use in fighting other males to attract a mate. The females posses smaller horns, but are still just as deadly in a fight. Domesticated: The way these creatures are tamed is quite a danger but is well worth the risk for tribes looking for a powerful and agile mount. The Shringasaurus seems to be immune to all forms of narcotics, in fact they seem to like to eat narcotic potent flora. One would need to approach a male with crystalized sap and offer it to the creature. The Shringasaurus would then recognize the survivor and then proceed to attempt to impale them. A prepared survivor would then run away from the Shringasaurus upon a fast mount, you would then need to lead it into trees or rocks while it lunges at you. The impact from these objects will eventually knockout the Shringasaurus where it will then allow you to feed it. To tame a female is different, they seem to be more observant of other creatures and will not fall for tricks. You will have needed to tame a male Shringasaurus and to approach a female and offer it the sap. Once the female has acknowledged you, you will need to mount your Shringasaurus and challenge a nearby wild male at a horn fight. The female will remain docile and watch you in your fight. If successful, the female will become impressed and allow you to tame it passively, all other wild Shringasaurus nearby will become docile to your tribe for a while seeing your Shringasaurus as dominant and not to be messed with. The Shringasaurus makes an excellent travel mount due to its high speed and agility as well as its high capability in combat. The Shringasaurus is able to scale cliffs, swim in the ocean, and run at high speeds with excellent turning. Additional Notes: Survivors like to use the Shringasaurus to produce narcotics and other healing pastes, as with its special immune system and enzymes. The Shringasaurus likes to feed on Narcoberries, Tintoberries, and various other Narcotics. The properties of these berries mix with the Shringasaurus special enzymes after digestion creating a paste identical to narcotics and a paste similar to The Rockwell Recipes Medical Brew though not as effective, and useable by other herbivores. This can be useful while you are out if you need to gather certain healing or taming supplies in a pinch. Information Behavior: The Shringasaurus is a territorial creature that travels in groups with other Shringasaurus, they are sexually dimorphic which mean the males have larger horns and the females have smaller horns. They are docile in nature but turn aggressive when humans get too close for too long. Male Shringasaurus are aggressive to any survivors who get close and will continue to chase them. Female Shringasaurus are not aggressive and choose to observe for danger, if provoked or you attack another Shringasaurus, they will turn aggressive. In real life there are certain creatures that produce toxins by stealing it from other poisonous creatures or plants. Jellyfish have their nematocysts harvested by these creatures and reused as toxins. The Shringasaurus also shares this case, it is able to use other venoms or toxins from the animals it kills. It harvests the narcotic or healing properties from certain flora and augments it with its enzymes. It is able to enhance or reuse venom/toxins. They seem to reside in The Sunken Forest. They feed on berries and like to eat Narcotics or Narcoberries. Their favorite food is Red Crystalized Sap, they seem to be able to produce venoms depending on the crystalized sap they eat. Taming: To tame a male Shringasaurus, you will need a fast mount or a mount that is able to avoid getting hit by the Shringsaurus Dash attack. You will then need to put Crystalized Sap in your last item bar and run up to a Male Shringasaurus and press E to feed it. You will have 5 seconds to stand near the Shringasaurus before it becomes aggressive, make sure to feed it during those 5 seconds. After it has eaten the Crystalized Sap, it will then acknowledge you and start to attack you with Dash attacks. To knock it out, you will need to make it dash into trees or rocks to inflict torpor on it, it is essential that you have a mount that can outmaneuver it or dodge out of the way when it does its dash attack. Such a good tame would be the Gallimimus to outrun it or the Beelzebufoo to jump out of the way. Trees do less torpor than rocks. Once you have knocked out the Shringasaurus, you can then feed it Narcotics or Crystalized Sap to tame it. To tame a female you will need to have already tamed a male Shringasaurus, you will need to approach a Female Shringasaurus which will probably be keeping an eye on you. Feed it Crystalized Sap and it will initiate a taming bar. There must be a nearby wild male Shringasaurus to initiate the taming bar. Once you have fed the female you will need to mount your Shringasaurus and a single Male Shringasaurus will challenge you. Both males with be locked in a horn wrestling fight where you will need to complete a minigame to win the fight. This will involve either pressing keys or clicking left or right fast enough. If you lose the fight, all the Shringasaurus will attack you, if you win the fight, the female will allow you to passive tame her with Narcotics or Crystalized Sap. All other nearby wild males will become docile to you for a long period of time after you win the fight. Link to Image: https://www.deviantart.com/kepyle2055/art/Shringasaurus-847510106 Abilities: The Shringasaurus has various attack abilities and passive abilities. It is able to produce Narcotics from having Narcoberries in its inventory, it produces 1 Narcotic per 5 Narcoberries though not as time efficient as crafting Narcotics. It can produce a new item called a Healing Paste that can be used as a less effective but easy to acquire alternative medical brew. It can be consumed to regain health faster or force fed to other herbivores to regain health similar to how meat can be force fed to carnivores to heal faster. It is still inferior to Medical Brews. It is produced by having Tintoberries in its inventory, producing 1 healing paste per 5 Tintoberries. The Shringasaurus can produce a Shock Venom which is produced from having Blue Crystalized Sap in its inventory, it produces 1 Shock Venom per Blue Crystalized Sap. Lastly the Shringasaurus can produce a Red Venom which is produced from having Red Crystalized Sap in its inventory, it produces 1 Red Venom per Red Crystalized Sap. The Shringasaurus is able to toggle a venom in combat depending if it has any in its inventory, it can use narcotics from its inventory to deal torpor with its bite attack, it can use Shock Venom to deal a short stun attack on creatures with a cooldown before it can use Shock Venom again (This will not dismount in PvP). It can use Red Venom to inflicts poison damage to the victim over time but can be stacked to deal even more damage the more venom is inflicted to the victim with an attack. It can also use Megalania Toxin or Titanoboa Venom if it happens to have some in its inventory. Megalania Toxin would apply Megarabbies to its victims and Titanoboa Venom would be a stronger torpor attack. The Shringasaurus can also consume a Corrupted Nodule to have a violent stomach reaction which will result in it throwing up a corrupted acid that deals severe damage to creatures and structures at the cost of losing all its hunger. The Shringasaurus gives a passive buff while in the wasteland protecting you from the wasteland debuff effects. It also provides increased damage and armor for creatures during wave defense. It significantly buffs herbivores more. The Shringasaurus has a dash/lunge attack where it propels itself forward horizontally, closing gaps in combat while dealing damage. This attack could also be used to clear trees or rocks out of your way. It also has a bleed/impale horn attack similar to the Carnotaurus. The Shringasaurus is always aware and will not allow enemy flyers from picking you off its saddle, it will hit flyer that tries to pick you with its horns. Travel: The Shringasaurus makes an excellent travel mount being a high speed tame with great maneuverability and agility. Being a warm blooded creature, it is more active and agile. It can be outrun by other creatures though such as the Gallimimus. The Shringasaurus is capable of climbing walls similar to a Megalania but not as fast as a Rock Drake. It makes an excellent swimmer in the ocean for exploration and combat. Shringasaurus also has fall damage reduction taking almost no damage from high drops. Harvester: The Shringasaurus can collect berries from bushes, but is unable to collect anything from trees or rocks. It seems to harvest more Narcoberries than the others as it is a picky eater preferring to produce narcotics to use later. The Shringasaurus is also great for harvesting Black Pearls from Corrupted Creatures. The Shringasaurus also collects vast amounts of Blue and Red Crystalized Sap from the proper trees. PvE and PvP: The Shringasaurus is a great travel mount, good for combat and closing spaces with its dash attack. It offers protection from enemy flyers, it is useful for harvesting black pearls and overall can traverse almost all terrain except flying. Its multiple status affects and ability to toggle venoms makes the player strategize how to use it in combat. Utility: The Shringasaurus is a great utility mount making it useful for situations where you forget to bring narcotics, or if you need to regain health in a pinch. Its most unique use is the ability to produce healing pastes to heal other herbivores which can be force fed to them or consumed yourself. Thanks to Adamworks for letting me use his art for this forum. Here is his art page https://adamworks.tumblr.com/post/658274049833811968/hi-there-sketch-shringasaurus-inspired-by-the Hey! Thank you for reading this, I appreciate any comments or advice. I worked on all of the ideas and texts and my brother drew all the dossier art and sketch art. We will be releasing more concept art soon with funny sketches and such.