Painted Kalak

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Painted Kalak

FRIC Number

38

Grouping

Flora
Mammalian

Location

Elusive Oasis

Rarity

Seasonal (Summer)

Standard Variant

Gold

Time Per Stage

20 hours

Delves

NONE

Weaknesses

Resistances

Basic Attacks

Bite
Tail Slash

Special

Scraps

Common: Unknown
Rare: Unknown

Scrap Resistances

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Release Date

August 6, 2021

Artist

Sora


The Painted Kalak is a Seasonal creature released on Protochroma. It is found only in the Elusive Oasis, a seasonal Sector available only during the summer season, but can be bred for very rarely outside of its season. It has not yet appeared in any Delve. Its standard variant is Gold.

Descriptions

Baby

This tan, speckled puppy has four ears, a small plant growing at the end of its spine, and spends much of its time hiding and napping. It's very clumsy and unsteady, but it seems very aware of where you are when you approach it.

Juvenile

The puppy has grown into a lanky adolescent canid, and has grown rows of cactus-like spikes along its sides. It spends most of its time playing, and its colors are getting steadily more vivid, with the spots blending together into stripes. The plants on its body have grown significantly. It seems to primarily use its ears and the heat pits on its face for navigation, and still trips over inanimate objects sometimes.

Adult

Painted Kalaks are a species of mammal that appear to have lost their endothermy in exchange for developing heat-sensing pits along their lips and symbiosis with water-storing desert flora. They hide near oases in tall grass, with only their tail-plants sticking out, and ambush herbivores. They are more active at night, after spending all day basking and sleeping while soaking up heat.

Painted Kalaks in the wild will attack large prey, and have been known to injure researchers who fail to notice one and get too close. In captivity, they need to be kept in very hot enclosures, but they do bond with their handlers and will not attack them. Their symbiotic plants can be gently harvested from without harm, and contain a gel that's extremely good at soothing burns--overharvesting, though, can lead to dehydration, as they store much of their water in the plants.

Additional Lore

Delving

Images

Image Type Images
Baby
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Juvenile
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Common
Female
Common
Male
Rare
Female
Rare
Male

Trivia

  • Painted Kalak's Chromas are based on pride flags:
    • Red: Polyamorous
    • Green: Aromantic
    • Blue: Transgender
    • Purple: Genderfluid
    • Orange: Lesbian
    • Pink: Bigender
    • White: Nonbinary
    • Tan: Intersex
    • Obsidian: Agender
    • Silver: Asexual
    • Gold: Aroace
    • Bronze: Pride
    • Rainbow: Gay
    • Sapphire: Bisexual
    • Emerald: Gay Men
    • Ruby: Pansexual