Creature roles
Which creatures can you adopt on a planet? A median planet lists 5 adoptable creatures, most of them on land: 81% live on the ground, 14% underground, 4.8% under water, and none in the air. 89% are out at any time of day, and none is active only at night.
Adoptable means the scan card shows three grades, and creature stats says what they mean. Fish, birds, flying lizards, flying snakes, and small insects have none and stay out of these pages. Creatures that float over the ground, such as floating crabs and purple star shapes, count as ground creatures and can be adopted. The line a new discovery prints, such as Found 2 of 13, counts them too, so a planet with adoptable creatures holds a median of 8 species in all.
Where they live
Land holds most of them. Caves hold creatures on 38% of planets, so look underground too. Water needs a sea, and the only swimmers you can adopt are crabs.
| Lives | Of all creatures | Planets with one | Median where they live | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In the air | 0% | 0% | — | None: flying lizards and snakes show no grades |
| Under water | 4.8% | 15% | 1 | Crabs |
| Underground | 14% | 38% | 1 | Rodents, spiders and blobs |
| On the ground | 81% | 81% | 4 | Most kinds, large insects and floating creatures too |
Roles
A role says how a creature behaves, and a planet deals them out with its list. Passive creatures and prey fill most of it. Predators hunt other creatures, and player predators come for you.
| Role | Of all creatures | Lives |
|---|---|---|
| Flyer | 0% | — |
| Insect | 2.9% | On the ground |
| Player predator | 3% | On the ground |
| Predator | 16% | Underground and on the ground |
| Prey | 29% | On the ground |
| Passive | 49% | Under water, underground and on the ground |
Active time
The time comes with the role, not the planet, so a creature keeps it wherever it lives. Insects are the day shift. The only creatures active solely at night are deep sea fish, which cannot be adopted.
| Active | Of all creatures | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Only by day | 1.6% | Insect |
| Mostly by day | 7.8% | Prey |
| At any time | 89% | Passive, Prey, Predator, Player predator and Insect |
| Mostly at night | 1.8% | Passive |
| Only at night | never | — |
By planet type
Lists run about the same length on most types, with a median of 5 on Lush worlds. Weird worlds keep to kinds of their own and list 1 at the median. A Waterworld has no ground and no caves, so its median is 0. Dead worlds and gas giants hold no life at all.
| Type | Median creatures | Longest list | No creature | In the air | Under water | Underground | On the ground |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterworld | 0 | 1 | 68% | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weird | 1 | 7 | 11% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Green | 5 | 14 | 9.7% | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 3.8 |
| Blue | 5 | 14 | 9.3% | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 3.8 |
| Barren | 5 | 14 | 7.4% | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 4.0 |
| Scorched | 5 | 14 | 6.1% | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| Lava | 5 | 14 | 6.6% | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 4.0 |
| Red | 5 | 14 | 4.2% | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 3.9 |
| Radioactive | 5 | 15 | 5.5% | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| Toxic | 5 | 14 | 5.6% | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| Frozen | 5 | 14 | 5.6% | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| Swamp | 5 | 15 | 6.1% | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 4.0 |
| Lush | 5 | 15 | 5.4% | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 4.0 |
How many on a planet
15% of planets list no adoptable creature. A planet stops at 23 species, adoptable or not.
| Creatures on a planet | Planets |
|---|---|
| None | 15% |
| 1 or 2 | 16% |
| 3 or 4 | 19% |
| 5 or 6 | 32% |
| 7 or 8 | 13% |
| 9 or more | 5.2% |
Two bodies, one species
We have seen two species of mechanical creatures show two bodies each, under one name and with one set of grades. The Gender line changes with the body, and so do base weight and height. The game picks those three by the body, so they follow it, and no gender decides a body. The name and the grades never look at the body.
Both are the same kind of walking machine. How a body gets picked, and whether other kinds do the same, is not known.
Every creature on a list rolls three grades, and creature grades shows where the best ones turn up.