Zooming Cometchaser

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Zooming Cometchaser

FRIC Number

36

Grouping

Arthropod
Celestial

Location

Crop Circle Canyon

Rarity

Uncommon

Standard Variant

Red

Time Per Stage

25 hours

Delves

NONE

Weaknesses

Resistances

Basic Attacks

Launch
Comet trail

Special

Scraps

Common: Unknown
Rare: Unknown

Scrap Resistances

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Release Date

July 22, 2021

Artist

Wymsical


The Zooming Cometchaser is an Uncommon creature released on Protochroma. It is found only in Crop Circle Canyon and cannot currently be found in any Delve. Its standard variant is Red.

Descriptions

Baby

This rocky, meteorite-esque egg is much heavier than its size lets on. The spikes that adorn the top of it are very rigid and slightly warm to the touch.

Juvenile

The egg has hatched into a pupa-like arthropod with bright red eyes and feelers. Most of its body is covered in a shell that’s always warm. While it scoots its way along the ground like one would expect, it also has a surprisingly good jumping ability. If allowed, it’ll freely climb to the tops of counters and repeatedly jump off of them, seemingly unharmed after each landing. Spends most of the daytime resting, and is typically active during the night.

Adult

Red and blue lights can be seen flying across Crop Circle Canyon at night. These lights are actually Zooming Cometchasers, whose pastime is launching themselves from one side of the canyon to the other. The lights they emit are referred to as trails, and they will persist for a few seconds before dissipating whenever they jump. Since they spend their entire lives honing their jumping ability, it’s best to exercise caution around wild Cometchasers. If they perceive something as a threat, they may opt to launch themselves directly at it in order to startle and drive it away.

The impressive speed at which they launch themselves is equal parts intriguing and troublesome. A handler that neglects to properly train a Cometchaser may find themselves with a creature that has zero qualms with launching itself off of even the most cluttered of desks and countertops. They’re very easily motivated by food, and will happily accept most offerings. Their favourite foods are large leaves that they can gnaw away at for an extended period of time. Seemingly no leaf can be too big for them to turn away, though it may take them a few sittings to get through it.

Additional Lore

Delving

Images

Image Type Images
Baby
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Juvenile
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Common
Adult
Rare
Adult

Trivia

  • Zooming Cometchaser was the very last creature to flood Crop Circle Canyon upon the release of the Sector.