● Large · Carnivore · Karakorum

Needler Mango

Mango kestros, the dart-throwing shark.

The Needler Mango is a large carnivore found in Karakorum. It has 15 fixed spawn points. Its bio scan unlocks Dermal Garden.

1,000Health
15Spawn points
LargeSize
CarnivoreDiet

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Reference

Found in: Karakorum
Spawn depth: 188 to 293 m
Sight range: 45 m
Between attacks: 15 s
Scan time: 5 s

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Spawn locations

Every fixed spawn point

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Attacks

Damage per hit

Shoot · reach 2.5 m: 3 physical damage
Bite · reach 2.5 m: 50 physical damage
Hit · reach 2.5 m: 10 physical damage

Behaviour

Who it attacks and flees from

Attacks: the player and the Tadpole

Hunts

Creatures it targets as prey

Databank

Needler Mango

Mango kestros, the dart-throwing shark. Territorial predator capable of launching uranium-tipped tusks at up to twenty meters per second. 1. Erupted jaw Dominated by six upper jaw tusk sockets. The lower jaw has receded into the throat for rasping and crushing. Muscles behind each tusk crank ligaments around hard anchors, storing mechanical energy like a crossbow. 2. Teeth battery Tusks are reloaded from mature spares deeper in the skull. Needlers constantly form new tusks by 'sneezing' ground mineral paste and quick-setting enzyme into dental sacs. Each tusk is tipped with a self-sharpening uranium oxide cap. 3. Body structure The equally spaced dorsal, pectoral and pelvic fins give the needler excellent stability and aim control. A large caudal fin drives the needler on the sprint. Like its relative the marrowbreach, it has no thruster. Four 'whiskers' detect water currents to help aim. 4. Behavior Needlers are social, nesting and sometimes hunting in family groups. They may be pack predators - cooperating to bring down larger organisms. Their need for constant mineral intake makes them fiercely territorial. 5. Evolutionary history The needler shares a close relationship with the nibbler mango, which has a similar battery of constantly regenerating teeth. The needler may have evolved its tusks to penetrate hard shells - first firing into prey already clamped in its jaw, then launching the tusks as harpoons. Assessment: dangerous, territorial predator. Avoid or distract even when operating submersibles.

Biomods

Unlocked with its bio scan

Dermal GardenPassive biomod

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