Cloaked Shrubstalker

Cloaked Shrubstalker
FRIC Number 8 Grouping Arthropod Flora Location Forested Laboratory Rarity Very Common Standard Variant Bronze Time Per Stage 15 Hours
Delves Cassidice Nest Drakilin Hideaway Laboratory Depths Qidrik Sighting Shadowspewer Room Weaknesses Air Ice Shadow Resistances Earth Electric Solar Basic Attacks Tackle Feelers Special Scraps Common: Shrubstalker Leaf Rare: Leafy Patch Scrap Resistances Common: Electric Green Rare: Solar Green
Release Date October 5, 2020: Beta Artist Wymsical

The Cloaked Shrubstalker is a Very Common creature released on Protochroma during Beta. It is found only in the Forested Laboratory, its associated Regular Delve, the Laboratory Depths, and its associated Limited Run Delves, Cassidice Nest, Drakilin Hideaway, Qidrik Sighting, and Shadowspewer Room. Its standard variant is Bronze.

Descriptions

Baby

This round, leafy egg is much heavier than its size lets on. It has what appears to be a thick vine or root coiled around it.

Juvenile

The egg has hatched into a pupa-like arthropod with long feelers and a leafy cloak. Such an appearance means it's well adapted to camouflaging itself in foliage, meaning that keeping it within of one's range of sight when it's outside is important. If frightened it usually opts to hide, even if it cannot blend into its current surroundings very well, if at all. When left be, it will idly inch from place to place, even going up onto walls and ceilings. Trees and branches, or anything close enough to those two things, are favoured perching spots.

Adult

Widespread in forested areas, Cloaked Shrubstalkers are large in number but difficult to spot at a first glance. Their leafy cloaks hide them from potential predators quite well, and if disturbed their tiny legs can carry them with surprising speed. If there is no opportunity for escape, they will typically stand their ground by frantically crawling all over whatever is threatening them and lashing at it with their whip-like feelers. Unwitting individuals find themselves becoming an easy meal for a Demon Weed after being enticed by their lures. These arthropods are active at all times of day and, if left be, will pay no mind to researchers passing by.

In captivity they quickly become used to the presence of their handler, but can be nervous around people they don't recognise. Being only two feet long on average have led some researchers to teach them how to perch onto their backs. What would normally be a space one would use for carrying a backpack instead is utilised as a way to take advantage of a Cloaked Shrubstalker's impressive camouflage. The trust they keep in their handler means that even if a threat surfaces they are unlikely to flee.

Additional Lore

• A group of Cloaked Shrubstalkers is called a garden.

Delving

Cassidice Nest

Species	Image	HP	Spawn Conditions	Additional Notes	Attacks	Weaknesses	Resistances
Cloaked Shrubstalker		50	Trap: Bountiful Berry Bush	Higher Defense	Tackle Feelers	Air Ice Shadow	Earth Electric Solar

Drakilin Hideaway

Species	Image	HP	Spawn Conditions	Additional Notes	Attacks	Weaknesses	Resistances
Cloaked Shrubstalker		50	Trap: Bountiful Berry Bush	Higher Defense	Tackle Feelers	Air Ice Shadow	Earth Electric Solar

Laboratory Depths

Species	Image	HP	Spawn Conditions	Additional Notes	Attacks	Weaknesses	Resistances
Cloaked Shrubstalker		50	Trap: Small Berry Bush	Higher Defense	Tackle Feelers	Air Ice Shadow	Earth Electric Solar

Qidrik Sighting

Species	Image	HP	Spawn Conditions	Additional Notes	Attacks	Weaknesses	Resistances
Cloaked Shrubstalker		60	Trap: Vine-covered Tree	--	Tackle Feelers	Air Ice Shadow	Earth Electric Solar
		60	Trap: All-Consuming Berry Bush	Higher Defense

Shadowspewer Room

Species	Image	HP	Spawn Conditions	Additional Notes	Attacks	Weaknesses	Resistances
Cloaked Shrubstalker		55	Trap: Little Berry Bush	--	Tackle Feelers	Air Ice Shadow	Earth Electric Solar

Images

Image Type	Images
Baby		--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Juvenile		--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Common Adult
Rare Adult

Trivia

• Shrubstalkers are part of Wymsical's "an isopod of every grouping" project, the second to release after the Horned Tidewatcher. In this case, they use the Flora grouping.