Critters

This is the guide to pets and other critters.

For Lavaland mobs see here.

What Are Critters

Critters are usually controlled by the game's artificial intelligence, not to be confused with the AI. This AI is remarkably limited in many respects, which most often manifests in subpar pathfinding and limited reaction to the physics systems that human controlled mobs have to deal with. This makes them unpredictable and frustrating as both allies and opponents.

Pets

These critters are mascots or pets belonging to certain departments or jobs.

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	Name	Description	Location
	Anadear	Was used in a experiment by the RD to test how a penguin with a sombrero would effect morale. Results were uncertain but is being kept as the science department's mascot anyway.	Experimental Lab
	Autumn	A fluffy fennec fox.	Cargo Office
	Bananium Kreb	It's shell is made out of pure bananium.	Theatre
	Bap	An amphibian friend for all your hydroponic needs.	Hydroponics
	Becquerel	Virtually unkillable.	Incinerator
	Betsy	One of the possible kitchen animals.	Kitchen coldroom (25% chance)
	Catslug	It seems to be both a cat and a slug!	Telecommunications
	Eats-The-Roaches	A cute lizard that keeps janitors too enamoured to do their job.	Custodial Closet
	E-N	It's a borgi.	Research Director's Office
	Ian	Ian can be dressed up in a variety of hilarious outfits, commonly found in the theater or around the station. Please don't throw him in the laundry machine. If you kill Ian, expect to be lynched. The secret objective for every HoP is to get Ian on the shuttle alive, to return to Centcom.	Head of Personnel's Office
	Lamarr	Lamarr is a de-fanged alien facehugger, who likes to harmlessly latch on to people's faces.	Research Director's Office (display case)
	Officer Kreb	The often forgotten station pet.	Arrivals Checkpoint
	Pete	The (not really) harmless and mostly terrible goat. Not only is Pete a wily and murderous animal, but his caretaker, the Chef, may just have the excuse he's always wanted for making you into a burger.	Kitchen coldroom (33% chance)
	Poly	Poly belongs to the Chief Engineer. Will annoy the hell out of you by stealing objects from your hand. He can also wear and talk over a headset. Complains about the lack of hardsuits repeatedly.	Chief Engineer's Office
	Pun Pun	If you are the Bartender, you are going to spend most of your shift protecting him from the Chef. This rarely works out well, as if the chef doesn't get him, science does. The first burgers you eat on the station are usually made of Pun Pun.	Bar
	Renault	The Captain's trustworthy fox.	Captain's Quarters
	Runtime	Runtime is the pet cat of Medbay. She is much less fun than Ian as she can't be dressed in silly costumes. If you work in Medbay, your secret objective is to keep her safe, and away from that brute Ian. Runtime likes to chase mice. When presented with another cat, Runtime will make kittens. These kittens will persist between rounds until Runtime dies.	Chief Medical Officer's Office
	Sergeant Araneus	The Head of Security's pet. A fierce companion for any person of power, this spider has been carefully trained by Nanotrasen specialists. Its beady, staring eyes send shivers down your spine.	Head of Security's Office
	Warden Jacob	Much better at protecting the armory than your average warden.	Warden's Office

	Name	Description	Location
	Anadear	Was used in a experiment by the RD to test how a penguin with a sombrero would effect morale. Results were uncertain but is being kept as the science department's mascot anyway.	Experimental Lab
	Autumn	A fluffy fennec fox.	Cargo Office
	Bap	An amphibian friend for all your hydroponic needs	Hydroponics
	Becquerel	Virtually unkillable.	Incinerator
	Betsy	One of the possible kitchen animals.	Kitchen coldroom (33% chance)
	Bop	He hears everything.	Telecommunications
	E-N	It's a borgi.	Research Director's Office
	Ian	Ian can be dressed up in a variety of hilarious outfits, commonly found in the theater or around the station. Please don't throw him in the laundry machine. If you kill Ian, expect to be lynched. The secret objective for every HoP is to get Ian on the shuttle alive, to return to Centcom.	Head of Personnel's Office
	Joe	A moon-rat that is always murdered. Does not count as a rat ingame, neither for bounties or lizards.	Garden
	Lamarr	Lamarr is a de-fanged alien facehugger, who likes to harmlessly latch on to people's faces.	Research Director's Office (display case)
	Officer Kreb	The often forgotten station pet.	Arrivals Checkpoint
	Pete	The (not really) harmless and mostly terrible goat. Not only is Pete a wily and murderous animal, but his caretaker, the Chef, may just have the excuse he's always wanted for making you into a burger.	Kitchen coldroom (33% chance)
	Poly	Poly belongs to the Chief Engineer. Will annoy the hell out of you by stealing objects from your hand. He can also wear and talk over a headset. Complains about the lack of hardsuits repeatedly.	Chief Engineer's Office
	Poppy the Safety Possum	Safety first!	Singularity Engine
	Pun Pun	If you are the Bartender, you are going to spend most of your shift protecting him from the Chef. This rarely works out well, as if the chef doesn't get him, science does. The first burgers you eat on the station are usually made of Pun Pun.	Bar
	Renault	The Captain's trustworthy fox.	Captain's Quarters
	Runtime	Runtime is the pet cat of Medbay. She is much less fun than Ian as she can't be dressed in silly costumes. If you work in Medbay, your secret objective is to keep her safe, and away from that brute Ian. Runtime likes to chase mice. When presented with another cat, Runtime will make kittens. These kittens will persist between rounds until Runtime dies.	Chief Medical Officer's Office
	Sergeant Araneus	The Head of Security's pet. A fierce companion for any person of power, this spider has been carefully trained by Nanotrasen specialists. Its beady, staring eyes send shivers down your spine.	Head of Security's Office
	Spiffles	Unlike most goats, this one has been raised to be docile as possible making it the perfect pet!	Gift Shop backroom
	Terrance	Born and raised in a cage in the Universal Animalist Hegemony's mega-church, they were found in an abandoned religious ship and left on station.	Shipbreaking
	Tom	The resident mouse in Perma to keep those pesky criminals entertained. Sentenced for crimes against cats.	Permabrig
	Wags-His-Tail	A cute lizard that keeps janitors too enamoured to do their job.	Custodial Closet
	Warden Jacob	Much better at protecting the armory than your average warden.	Warden's Office

	Name	Description	Location
	Autumn	A fluffy fennec fox.	Mining Dock
	Bap	An amphibian friend for all your hydroponic needs	Hydroponics
	Betsy	Friendly cow.	Garden
	Birdboat	It's a sick-looking goose, probably ate too much maintenance trash. Best not to move it around too much.	Port Maintenance
	Bop	He hears everything.	Telecommunications
	Citrus	Cargo's pet sloth. She's dressed in a horrible sweater.	Cargo Bay
	Featherbottom	Kentucky's hen pal.	Garden
	Gary the snail	Gary come home.	Library
	Ian	Ian can be dressed up in a variety of hilarious outfits, commonly found in the theater or around the station. Please don't throw him in the laundry machine. If you kill Ian, expect to be lynched. The secret objective for every HoP is to get Ian on the shuttle alive, to return to Centcom.	Head of Personnel's Office
	Kentucky	Featherbottom's hen pal.	Garden
	Lamarr	Lamarr is a de-fanged alien facehugger, who likes to harmlessly latch on to people's faces.	Research Director's Office (display case)
	Pete	The (not really) harmless and mostly terrible goat. Not only is Pete a wily and murderous animal, but his caretaker, the Chef, may just have the excuse he's always wanted for making you into a burger.	Kitchen coldroom (33% chance)
	Poly	Poly belongs to the Chief Engineer. Will annoy the hell out of you by stealing objects from your hand. He can also wear and talk over a headset. Complains about the lack of hardsuits repeatedly.	Chief Engineer's Office
	Pugly IV	The research department's lovable pug clone. Hopefully nothing happens to this one - fourth time lucky!	Experimental Lab
	Pun Pun	If you are the Bartender, you are going to spend most of your shift protecting him from the Chef. This rarely works out well, as if the chef doesn't get him, science does. The first burgers you eat on the station are usually made of Pun Pun.	Bar
	Renault	The Captain's trustworthy fox.	Captain's Quarters
	Runtime	Runtime is the pet cat of Medbay. She is much less fun than Ian as she can't be dressed in silly costumes. If you work in Medbay, your secret objective is to keep her safe, and away from that brute Ian. Runtime likes to chase mice. When presented with another cat, Runtime will make kittens. These kittens will persist between rounds until Runtime dies.	Chief Medical Officer's Office
	Sergeant Araneus	The Head of Security's pet. A fierce companion for any person of power, this spider has been carefully trained by Nanotrasen specialists. Its beady, staring eyes send shivers down your spine.	Head of Security's Office
	Wags-His-Tail	A cute lizard that keeps janitors too enamoured to do their job.	Custodial Closet

Bots

Helpful bots that can be crafted.

	Name	Description
	Cleanbot	Cleanbots will always be helpful; even if hacked they still clean floors, albeit in a more sloppy way.
	Firebot	Firebots will scoot around and try their best to extinguish burning people and gases around them. If emagged they will spray Chlorine Trifluoride at anyone who isn't on fire.
	Floorbot	Normally they repair flooring on any opened space tile, but when hacked they expose floor tiles to open space instead.
	Honkbot	It's annoying and useless, but the clown might bug you to make one of this in absentia of a H.O.N.K. mech. God forbid if a traitor emags the thing.
	Medibot	A creation straight from the bowels of hell. It does not need any chemicals to function properly, and will synthesize its own using nothing but trickery and magic of the devil. If one is created, it will be smited correctly by the medical doctors, however for all the wrong reasons (taking their jobs is a popular one).
	Security Robots	Officer Beepsky and ED-209. Unless emagged, attacked, in view of a Law Violation, or otherwise provoked, these robots will simply patrol the station. When one spots a criminal, it will rush towards the offender, shooting taser bolts, or swinging a stunclub. After incapacitation, handcuffs will be applied, ready for Security to pick up.

Gold Slime Pools

Friendly

These are the possible animals summonable by a Gold Slime reaction with water.

	Name	Description
	Bananium Kreb	Its shell is made out of pure bananium.
	Butterfly	A butterfly that comes in an array of colours, no one knows how they got into space though.
	Cat	Cat's are your friend when you are sad. They also reproduce insanely fast. Put two cats together and you will have 5 minutes before you will die of catsphyxiation.
	Catslug	It seems to be both a cat and a slug!
	Chick	Adorable! They make such a racket though.
	Chicken	Hopefully the eggs are good this season. If you feed it any kind of produce it starts laying eggs. The eggs may hatch which can result in a chickensplosion.
	Chocobo	A tame ride-able bird.. thing.
	Cockroach	Unpleasant pest that squashes when stepped on.
	Corgi	A cute little dog. Very affectionate, and truly man's (or woman's) best friend. Will eat anything, and will accept certain clothing. Expect to be lynched if you kill one. Especially Ian.
	Cow	Known for their milk, just don't tip them over. Can be milked for milk with a bucket.
	Crab	Crabs are rarely seen aboard space stations, because crabs like beaches, but what idiot company would include any kind of beach on the station. Their claws are very strong, and mischievous crabs mostly use them to pinch other creatures.
	Emperor penguin	Penguins that can't fly, found in cold places.
	Fennec Fox	Fluffy little fox.
	Fox	Noisy fox.
	Gutlunch	Scavenger that eats raw meat, often found alongside ash walkers. Produces a thick, nutritious milk.
	Honkers	A goofy little clown cat that throws up bananas.
	Lizard	Harmless, and will not attack until you do. Otherwise, they will move off in a random direction every few moments. Not to be confused with lizardpeople.
	Moon Rat	A close relative of the hedgehog.
	Mouse	Wanders around the dark glimpsy maintenances, and squeeks when stepped on. Bonus points if you can find Tom.
	Opossum	It's an opossum, a small scavenging marsupial.
	Parrot	The parrot squawks, "It's a Parrot! BAWWK!"
	Pug	Another type of dog, pug's are less popular than corgis, and are therefore never ordered. God knows why NanoTrasen still have those as something you can order at Cargo.
	Sheep	By far the fluffiest animal on the station. Can be shaved for it's wool which can be spun into cloth, Also produces sheep milk which can make some really nice cheese.
	Sloth	An adorable, sleepy creature.
	Snail	Snails are mollusks, putting them in the same category as oysters, clams, and mussels.
	Snake	Hunts and eats mice. Retaliates if attacked.

Hostile

These are the possible monsters summonable by a Gold Slime reaction with blood or plasma.

	Name	Description
	Basilisk	Fierce, territorial beasts that live on the asteroid, capable of firing freezing beams, cold enough to inflict serious freeze burns while it closes in and attacks its immobilized target. Fortunately, they don't attack unless someone comes very close to them. Drops diamonds upon death.
	Blobbernaut	A Blob Factory can turn also produce this. Chases and hits you hard.
	Blob Spore	Spawnable from the Blob Factory. Chases and hits targets, and releases spore gas upon death. Can hit corpses to make them into Blob Zombies.
	Clown Bug	Absolutely disgusting... almost as horrid as that one green clown. Slippery like a banana peel. Honk!
	Clown Spider	A big, angry, poisonous clown spider. It likes to snack on noses. Its preferred food source is you.
	Creature	Horrifying, nightmare-inducing monsters from beyond the stars. Cosmic horrors are yellow, blob like creatures that will attack anyone they can find. The Wizard keeps one as a pet.
	Evil Crab	A normal crab with nefarious intentions.
	Faithless	A humanoid monster. Medium-high resistance, medium-high damage. Can knock down with his attacks. Has one ability that lets him listen to radio channels.
	Frog	Angry, noisy, small, green thing.
	Giant Spider	Giant spiders that grow from spiderlings, spread webs and attack anyone they encounter, causing brute damage from the hit and toxin damage from the venom they inflict. Those with green eyes are Broodmothers and can lay eggs that'll hatch into more spiders, if it manages to cocoon a corpse. Extremely dangerous.
	Glockroach	HOLY SHIT, THAT COCKROACH HAS A GUN!
	Goose	Most commonly known for the sickly Birdboat, packs a nasty bite.
	Hivebot	A roaming bee-bot equipped with an attached weapon that fires bullet projectiles that can also come in stronger versions, its rate of fire is slow and is considered moderate in terms of damage. Easily destroyable, however this is countered by being in packs or even in an entire platoon.
	Killer Tomato	Usually spawned from the hydroponic trays of spiteful botanists, these mutant vegetables will hop menacingly after the first living thing they see. You should have eaten your veggies, because now they'll eat you invade harmlessly your personal space!
	Lightgeist	Can also be created when ghosts interact with an Anomalous Crystal, turning the ghost into one of these.
	Lusty Xenomorph Maid	A handy alien that cleans everything it touches.
	Marrow Weaver	A big, angry, poisonous spider. It likes to snack on people.
	Mimic	Just a regular crate.
	Pine Tree	A large, wintry tree. It appears to be a normal evergreen tree that would be perfect for the holidays, but it secretly detests festivities and will assault anybody within range of its menacing branches. Commonly seen spawned by scientists with gold slimes and too much free time.
	Poison Bee	Bees that are coded to a random poison reagent. They'll inject a few units of it when they sting their targets.
	Skeleton	A spooky skeleton. Fragile, but hits fairly hard. Can come in an ice variant as well, which has more health and is faster.
	Space Bear	Space bears can be spawned by cruel admins or mad scientists and will swarm the station, rapidly killing anyone they encounter. Bears will choose their targets one at a time and pursue them, giving a growl to alert their intended victim. Bears can see through windows, but won't break them.
	Space Carp	Spess Carp are an alien lifeform that travel through space in schools. Sometimes, space stations will be attacked by a travelling school, and anyone unlucky enough to be outside the protective walls will be attacked. Carp have a chance to stun their victims and attack every tick, doing about 10 brute damage with each bite.
	Triangle Spider	A creepy geometric spider. When it stares at you, you get the feeling it's trying to triangulate your position.
	Viper	A type of snake, infamous for their venomous bites.
	Viscerator	A small, twin-bladed machine capable of inflicting very deadly lacerations.
	Wasp	A massive, mutated wasp equipped with a giant stinger. Its eyes flash with burning fury.
	Wumborian Fugu	The wumborian fugu rapidly increases its body mass in order to ward off its prey. Great care should be taken to avoid it while it's grown as it is nearly invincible, but it cannot maintain its form forever.

Other

Friendly

	Name	Description
	Bat	How the bats got into space is anyone's guess, but they've adapted quite well and can easily survive in the many dark maintenance shafts a space station has.
	Clown Fox	Extra noisy.
	Clown Penguin	These penguins still can't fly, but they make it funny and less sad.
	Clown Pug	It's a pug which has been made to look even sillier then usual by a clown mask on its face.
	Dolphin	Dolphins in space usually occur during a migration event, the only thing better is a Manatee.
	Eggdog	A living egg/dog hybrid.
	Frank	An adorable, slow moving, Texas pal. Can be found in the mining base.
	Gondola	Gondola is the silent walker. Having no hands he embodies the Taoist principle of wu-wei (non-action) while his smiling facial expression shows his utter and complete acceptance of the world as it is. Its hide is extremely valuable.
	Manatee	The most adorable space-faring creature from a migration.
	Spaceman	Found in space.
	Walking Mushroom	Truly neutral, their only purpose is to travel around the area they're in and look adorable. A more sinister property is their ability to warp and slow space-time MURDER EACH OTHER. Only in massive groups is their evil truly realized. One or two as pets are fine, however.

Hostile

	Name	Description
	Floor Cluwne	Avoid.
	Goat	Goats are generally peaceful creatures, but might suddenly have a surge of raaaaaagee and attack the nearest living creature. They are usually turned into meat when the chef sees them, but sometimes the chef gets turned into meat instead. Goats will also feverently eat vines, so they are on high demand when there is a spacevine outbreak.
	Gorilla	A ground-dwelling, predominantly herbivorous ape that inhabits the forests of central Africa. Has been weaponised by The Syndicate.
	Hivelord	Found on the asteroid. These strange creatures will unleash hivelord broods one after another at you whilst trying to keep distant. Fortunately, each of its spawn dies in a single hit, and deal tickle damage. Their remains are known to have curative properties.
	Humanoid	Humanoid looking creatures that will attack you on sight, do not be fooled into thinking they are player controlled.
	Magicarp	A spaceproof giant carp with magic powers. Can bite like a normal carp, but it can also shoot magic bolts (Door Creation, Change, Animation, Healing, Death, Fireball, Teleportation, Nothing, Spellblade). A magicarp can only shoot one kind of bolt, picked randomly at the moment of spawn.
	Chaos Magicarp	Like a magicarp. but a shoots a random bolt every time it fires.
	Space Dragon	A space carp turned dragon by vile magic. Has the same ferocity of a space carp, but also a much more enabling body. Breathes fire and brings certain death (by gibbing).
	Stickman	A very angry stickman who rejects those with more than one colour.
	Stickdog	Stickman's best friend, despises cats.
	Vampire Bat	Like a friendly bat, but a bit nippy.
	Venus Human Trap	A result of a rare mutation of space vines. Attacks by trapping its prey.