Omnivore

The origin of the boomrat has varied over time. In the initial release of the Revival Briefing, which is now considered non-canon, they were described as originating as a biological weapon that survived and bred after wars on the worlds they now inhabit. The current version of the Revival Briefing states that they, along with the boomalope, were originally engineered as a primitive renewable fuel source. While this holds true for boomalopes, boomrats cannot and could never be milked for chemfuel in-game. Meanwhile, their current in-game description also disagrees with the current briefing and supports the now-obsolete original version, stating that their explosive tendencies are either a result of deliberate weaponization or intended as a defense mechanism.

Iguanas are solitary omnivorous lizards that live in the warm dry climates of the arid shrubland, desert, and extreme desert. Despite their small size, their scratch and bite attacks are twice that of the squirrel's.

Summary

Iguanas have 95% Toxic Environment Resistance rendering them highly resistant to environmental effects such as rot stink and toxic buildup from non-attack sources.

Analysis

Other than being a meager source of food for desert and extreme desert starts, iguanas have very little niche.

They are the only omnivore in the desert / extreme desert. They'll eat any food they have access to, which is usually your own, so think of iguanas as desert rats. Like rats, tamed iguanas have a small niche as they can eat and dispose of corpses.

Training

This animal can be trained as follows:

Guard:
Attack:
Rescue:
Haul:

*As of version 1.1.2610, all animals can be tamed. The percentage of likelihood of success depends on factors such as the Animals Wildness Percentage, Pawn Handling Skill, and others. More information can be found on the animals page.

Health

Part Name	Health	Quantity	Coverage^[1]	Target Chance^[2]	Subpart of	Capacity^[3]	Effect if Destroyed/Removed
Body	40	1	100%	21%	N/A^[4]	-	Death
Tail	10	1	5%	5%	Body	-	-
Spine	25	1	3%	3%	Body	Moving	−100% Moving^[5]
Stomach	20	1	3%	3%	Body	Digestion	−50% Digestion
Heart	15	1	3%	3%	Body	Blood Pumping	Death
Lung	15	2	3%	3%	Body	Breathing	−50% Breathing. Death if both lost
Kidney	15	2	3%	3%	Body	Blood Filtration	−50% Blood Filtration. Death if both lost
Liver	20	1	3%	3%	Body	Digestion	Death
Neck	25	1	24%	6%	Body	Eating Talking Breathing	Death
Head	25	1	75%	2.16%	Neck	-	Death
Skull	25	1	24%	1.296%	Head	-	Cannot be destroyed Increasing Pain based on damage.
Brain	10	1	70%	3.024%	Skull	Consciousness	Death Damage always results in scarring.
Eye	10	2	9%	1.62%	Head	Sight	−25% Sight. −100% if both lost. Damage always results in scarring. 0% Hit Chance against Blunt damage.
Ear	12	2	8%	1.44%	Head	Hearing	−25% Hearing. −100% if both lost. −15 Disfigured Social penalty
Nose	10	1	10%	1.8%	Head	-	−15 Disfigured Social penalty
AnimalJaw	10	1	10%	1.8%	Head	Manipulation	−100% Manipulation. Can no longer use Bite attack.^[6]
Jowl	20	1	10%	1.8%	Head	-	-
Front Leg	30	2	6.5%	4.875%	Body	Moving	−25% Moving. −50% if both lost
Front Claw	7	10	5%	0.325%	Front Leg	Manipulation Moving	−5% Moving. −50% if all lost. If all lost, claw attack no longer available.^[7]
Rear Leg	30	2	6.5%	4.875%	Body	Moving	−25% Moving. −50% if both lost
Rear Claw	7	10	5%	0.325%	Rear Leg	Moving	−5% Moving. −50% if all lost.

↑ Coverage determines the chance to hit this body part. It refers to the percentage of the super-part that this part covers, before its own sub-parts claim their own percentage. For example, if the base coverage of the super-part is 100%, and the coverage of the part is 20%, 20% of hits would hit the part, and 80% the super-part. If the part had its own sub-part with 50% coverage, the chances would be 10% sub-part, 10% part, 80% super part.
↑ Target Chance is the actual chance for each part to be be selected as the target when each part's coverage has been taken into account(I.E. Neck covers 7.5% of Torso but Head covers 80% of Neck so it actually has only a 1.5% chance to be selected). This is not pure hit chance, as different damage types propagate damage in different ways. See that page for details.
↑ Note that capacities can affect other capacities in turn. Only the primary effect is listed. See specific pages for details.
↑ This is the part that everything else connects to to be considered 'connected'.
↑ If Moving drops below 16% a pawn cannot move.
↑ A Bite attack of Power 10, cooldown 2.6.
↑ A Scratch attack of Power 8, Cooldown 2.

Gallery

Iguana facing east
Iguana facing north
Iguana facing south
Iguana decaying

Version history

0.12.906 - Can now lay eggs
0.18/1.0 - Now provides the new lizardskin, which merged its previous leather type, iguana skin, with tortoise leather and cobraskin.

Animals

Herbivorous: Alpaca • Bison • Boomalope • Capybara • Caribou • Cassowary • Chicken • Chinchilla • Cow • Deer • Donkey • Dromedary • Duck • Elephant • Elk • Emu • Gazelle • Goat • Goose • Guinea pig • Hare • Horse • Ibex • Megasloth • Muffalo • Ostrich • Rhinoceros • Sheep • Snowhare • Squirrel • Turkey • Yak • Toxalope

Dendrovorous: Alphabeaver • Thrumbo

Omnivorous: Boomrat • Grizzly bear • Human • Husky • Iguana • Labrador retriever • Megascarab • Megaspider • Monkey • Pig • Polar bear • Spelopede • Raccoon • Rat • Tortoise • Wild boar • Yorkshire terrier • Waste rat

Carnivorous: Arctic fox • Arctic wolf • Cat • Cobra • Cougar • Fennec fox • Lynx • Panther • Red fox • Timber wolf • Warg

Dryads: Barkskin • Berrymaker • Carrier • Clawer • Gaumaker • Immature dryad • Medicinemaker • Woodmaker

Megascarabs are a type of Insectoid found in regular and extreme deserts, infestations or inside ancient shrines, including inside the caskets.

Summary

They are ground beetles of metallic color that posses elytra, a protective shell that provides some armor. Megascarabs are hazardous to hunt, for if they are injured by a human or a mechanoid, they will turn manhunter and attack any human or mechanoid on the map they can reach. If slain, they can be butchered for insect meat. Colonists dislike eating any insect meat, but meat-eating animals have no such problem.

All insectoids, including the omnivore, experience hypothermic slowdown instead of fatal hypothermia, have 100% Toxic Resistance, rendering them immune to toxic buildup from any source, and 80% Toxic Environment Resistance, rendering them resistant to environmental effects such as rot stink. They experience also pollution stimulus when in polluted terrain. See that page for full details.

Insectoids are incapable of sexual reproduction like other animals, due to their breeding type (EusocialInsect). Instead, wild insects reproduce via hives which create new insectoids periodically, up to a maximum value each hive can support. Tamed insectoids cannot reproduce at all. For more detail, see the Hive page.

Effect of its armor on melee damage

Analysis

Combat

Main article: Infestation

Megascarabs are the smallest and fastest of the 3 insectoid types, and will often catch up to colonists and "lock" them into melee. It may be wiser to focus on bigger targets, like megaspiders, as they are stronger in combat.

Melee block tactics work well against infestations in general. In an open field, kiting works well, as even megascarabs are slower than a healthy human.

Taming

Megascarabs offer no real niche as a tamed pet, however they can be tamed. Unlike the larger insects, they can generate non-hostile, and are found naturally in deserts.