Saugling

Sauglings belong in the Experiment tier.

Spawning

• Spawn naturally in laboratory structures (Military Camp, Hospital, Permafrost Mining Outpost, and Groundzero structures.)

  • Spawns in groups of 1 - 2 with a spawn weight of 15.

• Spawned from Arena Tendrils as a special mob during a raid.

• Spawned from naturally placed monster spawners in various structures.

Unique Behavior

• When within 8 block of a Chest, the Saugling walk towards and enter the Chest. When inside a Chest, the Saugling will make muffled giggling noises. If a target gets within 3 blocks of the Chest, the Saugling will scream and jump out, attacking them.

  • If a Chest is broken when a Saugling is inside, the Saugling will be forced out of the Chest.

  • When having a target, Sauglings will not enter Chests.

  • There can be an infinite amount of Sauglings in a single Chest.

• Sauglings often pounce at their targets when in close range. They can utilize this to leap across small gaps to reach targets.

• Can fall from up to 13 blocks before taking fall damage.

• Is able to climb up blocks.

Behavior

• Sauglings are melee combatants, attacking mobs with Infected forms, golems, and most hostile mobs.

• Sauglings inflict Mycelium Infection for 30 seconds when dealing melee damage.

• Has a follow range of 16 blocks.

• Sauglings, when spawning naturally, will be in stasis (explained on the Experiment page.)

• Sauglings have a 5% chance to drop a Scent upon death.

• Can perform low leaps/dashes to chase prey quickly through water.

• Able to use kill points to give themselves buffs, such as strength or speed if the target is running away. They can also give themselves regeneration if they are low on health.

• Capable of breaking blocks with a hardness of 1 or below.

• Present a weakness to the cold, like all spore mobs.

Related Advancements

• Meet the Team

• Boo! Did I Scare You?

Drops

• Mutated Fibre

• Mutated Heart

• Tumor

Lore

• The Saugling is a baby infected that was experimented on and had additional arms stitched on and a tail that is a spine.