Critters

This is the guide to pets and other critters.

What you need to know about critters

Critters are 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

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	Name	Description
	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.
	Autumn	A fluffy fennec fox that dwells in cargo.
	Birdboat	It's a sick-looking goose, probably ate too much maintenance trash. Best not to move it around too much.
	Ian	Ian spawns in the Head of Personnel's Office. 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.
	Joe	A moon-rat that is always murdered in the Arrivals Garden.
	Lamarr	Held in a display case inside in the Research Director's Office. Lamarr is a de-fanged alien facehugger, who likes to harmlessly latch on to people's faces.
	Officer Kreb	The often forgotten station pet that dwells in the Arrivals Checkpoint.
	Pete	The (not really) harmless and mostly terrible goat. He spends his time plotting in the Chef's freezer; it's best to leave him there. 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.
	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. Lets you know if the singularity escapes Complains about the lack of hardsuits repeatedly.
	Pun Pun	Pun Pun spawns outside of the Bar. 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 Space Station 13 are usually made of Pun Pun.
	Renault	The Captain's trustworthy fox.
	Runtime	Runtime is the pet cat of Medbay. She spawns in the Chief Medical Officer's Office. 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.
	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.
	Spiffles	Found in the gift shop, unlike most goats this one has been raised to be docile as possible making it the perfect pet!
	Tom	The resident mouse in Perma to keep those pesky criminals entertained. Sentenced for crimes against cats.
	Wags-His-Tail	A cute lizard that keeps janitors too enamoured to do their job.
	Warden Jacob	Much better at protecting the armory than your average warden.

	Name	Description
	Betsy	Friendly cow in the public Garden.
	Birdboat	It's a sick-looking goose, probably ate too much maintenance trash. Best not to move it around too much.
	Citrus	Cargo's pet sloth. She's dressed in a horrible sweater.
	Featherbottom	Kentucky's hen pal in the Garden.
	Ian	Ian spawns in the Head of Personnel's Office. 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.
	Kentucky	Featherbottom's hen pal in the Garden.
	Lamarr	Held in a display case inside in the Research Director's Office. Lamarr is a de-fanged alien facehugger, who likes to harmlessly latch on to people's faces.
	Pete	The (not really) harmless and mostly terrible goat. He spends his time plotting in the Chef's freezer; it's best to leave him there. 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.
	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. Lets you know if the singularity escapes Complains about the lack of hardsuits repeatedly.
	Pugly IV	The research department's lovable pug clone. Hopefully nothing happens to this one - fourth time lucky!
	Pun Pun	Pun Pun spawns outside of the Bar. 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 Space Station 13 are usually made of Pun Pun.
	Renault	The Captain's trustworthy fox.
	Runtime	Runtime is the pet cat of Medbay. She spawns in the Chief Medical Officer's Office. 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.
	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.
	Wags-His-Tail	A cute lizard that keeps janitors too enamoured to do their job.

	Name	Description
	Birdboat	It's a sick-looking goose, probably ate too much maintenance trash. Best not to move it around too much.
	Bloodthirsty Peckins	A chicken that thirsts for your blood in maintenance.
	Ian	Ian spawns in the Head of Personnel's Office. 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.
	Killer Cluck	A chicken that thirsts for your blood in maintenance, best friend of Peckins.
	Labrette	Chemistry's pet mouse for testing their chemicals.
	Lamarr	Held in a display case inside in the Research Director's Office. Lamarr is a de-fanged alien facehugger, who likes to harmlessly latch on to people's faces.
	McGriff	The Warden's pet pug.
	Pete	The (not really) harmless and mostly terrible goat. He spends his time plotting in the Chef's freezer; it's best to leave him there. 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.
	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. Lets you know if the singularity escapes Complains about the lack of hardsuits repeatedly.
	Pun Pun	Pun Pun spawns outside of the Bar. 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 Space Station 13 are usually made of Pun Pun.
	Runtime	Runtime is the pet cat of Medbay. She spawns in the Chief Medical Officer's Office. 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.

	Name	Description
	Birdboat	It's a sick-looking goose, probably ate too much maintenance trash. Best not to move it around too much.
	Citrus	Cargo's pet sloth. She's dressed in a horrible sweater.
	Eats-The-Roach	A cute lizard that keeps janitors too enamoured to do their job.
	Ian	Ian spawns in the Head of Personnel's Office. 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.
	Lia	A failed experiment of Nanotrasen to create weaponised carp technology. This less than intimidating carp now serves as the Head of Security's pet.
	Lamarr	Held in a display case inside in the Research Director's Office. Lamarr is a de-fanged alien facehugger, who likes to harmlessly latch on to people's faces.
	Pete	The (not really) harmless and mostly terrible goat. He spends his time plotting in the Chef's freezer; it's best to leave him there. 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.
	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. Lets you know if the singularity escapes Complains about the lack of hardsuits repeatedly.
	Pun Pun	Pun Pun spawns outside of the Bar. 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 Space Station 13 are usually made of Pun Pun.
	Renault	The Captain's trustworthy fox.
	Runtime	Runtime is the pet cat of Medbay. She spawns in the Chief Medical Officer's Office. 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.
	Swanson	Research and Development's experimental pug.

	Name	Description
	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.
	Autumn	A fluffy fennec fox that dwells in Mining.
	Bethy	Cow for milking in the public Garden,
	Bethy Jr	Bethy's daughter.
	Birdboat	It's a sick-looking goose, probably ate too much maintenance trash. Best not to move it around too much.
	Bobo	The wild and much less annoying cousin of PunPun, frolics in the Garden.
	Buck	Part of the Hydroponics chicken division.
	Carcinus	Pesky crab that lurks in Maintenance.
	Citrus	Cargo's pet sloth. She's dressed in a horrible sweater.
	Cluck	Part of the Hydroponics chicken division.
	Gus	In Perma to do what geese like to do, which is be an asshole.
	Ian	Ian spawns in the Head of Personnel's Office. 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.
	Lamarr	Held in a display case inside in the Research Director's Office. Lamarr is a de-fanged alien facehugger, who likes to harmlessly latch on to people's faces.
	Officer Kreb	Kreb was promoted to HoS pet after his stellar work as a Checkpoint Officer.
	Pete	The (not really) harmless and mostly terrible goat. He spends his time plotting in the Chef's freezer; it's best to leave him there. 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.
	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. Lets you know if the singularity escapes Complains about the lack of hardsuits repeatedly.
	Pun Pun	Pun Pun spawns outside of the Bar. 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 Space Station 13 are usually made of Pun Pun.
	Renault	The Captain's trustworthy fox.
	Runtime	Runtime is the pet cat of Medbay. She spawns in the Chief Medical Officer's Office. 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.
	Spiffles	Found in the Gateway, unlike most goats this one has been raised to be docile as possible making it the perfect pet!
	Warden Jacob	Much better at protecting the armory than your average warden.

	Name	Description
	Ian	Ian spawns in the Head of Personnel's Office. 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.
	Pete	The (not really) harmless and mostly terrible goat. He spends his time plotting in the Chef's freezer; it's best to leave him there. 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.

Bots

	Name	Description
	Cleanbot	One of the station's robotic creations. Cleanbots will always be helpful; even if hacked they still clean floors, albeit in a more sloppy way.
	Firebot	This lil guy will scoot around and try his best to extinguish burning people and gases around him. If emagged he will spray Chlorine Trifluoride at anyone who isn't on fire.
	Floorbot	Another robotic creation. 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 OUR JOBS is a popular one).
	Security Robots	A.K.A. Officer Beepsky/Securitron 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.

Friendly

	Name	Description
	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.
	Mouse	Wanders around the dark glimpsy maintenances, and squeeks when stepped on. Bonus points if you can find Tom.
	Cow	Known for their milk, just don't tip them over. Can be milked for milk with a bucket.
	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.
	Chicken	Hopefully the eggs are good this season. If you feed it wheat it starts laying eggs. The eggs may hatch which can result in a chickensplosion.
	Chick	Adorable! They make such a racket though.

Neutral

	Name	Description
	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.
Space Clown	Space Clown	The lesser-skilled inhabitants of Clown Planet, they mostly mill about the area, occasionally honking. Robust one like the redshirt you are, or talk smack about the Honkmother, and your eardrums will explode at the menacing HONKs, and your body will be ground to dust under the stampede of floppy shoes.
	Goat	Will fight back and randomly attack anything in sight. Only useful for its tendency to nibble on space vines and goat milk.
	Snake	Hunts and eats mice. Retaliates if attacked. Can be bought at Cargo or created via Xenobiology.

Hostile

	Name	Description
	Space Carp	Spess Carp are an alien lifeform that travel through space in schools. Sometimes, space stations will be attacked by a traveling 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.
	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. Changelings have the ability to infest the station with spiderlings that will grow into these.
	Facehugger	Facehuggers knock out their victims outright and have a chance to infect them with a deadly xeno embryo. On the other hand, they can usually only attack once before they die and their infectious embryos can be resisted. Facehuggers don't care about masks or most headgear and will tear them off when they leap.
	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.
	Cosmic Horror	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.
	Killer Tomato	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!
	Viscerator	A small flying deployed drone created and manufactured by one of the Major Syndicate Corps, they are hostile towards anything they see and attack using their rotor blades. Considered extremely efficient and are used in infiltrations and hostile take-overs, usually serve as a distraction to a more serious threat.
	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.
	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.
	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
Goliath	Goliath	The bane of many careless miners. Found on the asteroid, these creatures pack a heavy punch, and slip anyone who comes near with four tentacles for better ease of punching. If felled, they leave behind hive plates that can be used to strengthen hardsuits, plus a corpse that can be used to revive with a lazarus injector and terrorize the station paraded as a trophy.
	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.
	Goldgrub	Mostly harmless and quite rare. Found on the asteroid, these creatures swallow up any loose, valuable ore they can find and flee when approached by a human, smashing through even solid rock on their path of escape before burrowing into the ground.
	Blob Spore	Spawns from the Blob Factory. Chases and hits you, and releases spore gas upon death.
	Blob Zombie	If a Blob Spore finds a corpse, it will zombify it and then chase and hit you.
	Blobbernaut	A Blob Factory can turn into this. Chases and hits you hard.

Hostile Gold Slime Pool

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

	Name	Description
	Space Carp	A spaceproof giant carp. Deals medium damage with bites, and dies easily.
Megacarp	Mega Space Carp	A spaceproof even more giant carp. Has more health and damage than basic carps.
	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	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 chaos magicarp shoots a random bolt every time it fires.
	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 grees eyes are Nurse Spiders and can lay eggs that'll hatch into more spiders, if it manages to cocoon a corpse. Extremely dangerous.
	Space Bear	Space bears are dangerous creatures that deal heavy damage and are fairly resistant.
	Cosmic Horror	Horrifying, nightmare-inducing monsters from beyond the stars. Cosmic horrors are yellow, blob like creatures that will attack anyone they can find.
	Killer Tomato	These mutant vegetables will hop menacingly after the first living thing they see. They aren't very dangerous since they haven't been botany-engineered and spawn with low potency.
	Viscerator	A small flying deployed drone created and manufactured by one of the Major Syndicate Corps, they are hostile towards anything they see and attack using their rotor blades. Considered extremely efficient and are used in infiltrations and hostile take-overs, usually serve as a distraction to a more serious threat. By itself it's really fragile, though.
	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.
	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.
	Blob Spore	Works like the ones from the Blob Factory. Chases and hits targets, and releases spore gas upon death. Can hit corpses to make them into Blob Zombies.
	Blob Zombie	If a Blob Spore finds a corpse, it will zombify it.
	Skeleton	A spooky skeleton. Fragile, but hits fairly hard. Can come in an ice variant as well, which has more health and is faster.
	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.
Statue	Statue	A statue of a human. Nigh-indestructible, extremely fast, and hits incredibly hard (more than double of an esword's damage) but cannot move or attack while someone is looking at it. Can cause lights to flicker around it, and can temporarily blind people around it to gain a few moments of free movement.
	Poison Bees	Bees that are coded to a random poison reagent. They'll inject a few units of it when they sting their targets.
	Blobbernaut	Works like a normal blobbernaut, but does not die if not close to a blob.
Headcrab	Headcrab	The same critter spawned by a changeling's Last Chance power, can infect a corpse and burst out of it as a monkey changeling, with all of a normal changeling skills but not the antag status. Use a transference potion on it and infect your own corpse to become a Xenoling, although remember to remove your valuable possessions since they'll be gibbed once you burst out.