Raptor
Raptors are creatures that have been created through countless xenobiological experiments by Nanotrasen to breed an animal that can withstand the harsh conditions of Lavaland and aid miners. Their diet primarily consist of ores, you can scan your raptors with your raptor-dex device, available at your ranch.
Ranch
The ranch starts somewhat empty as most raptors have escaped containment and are now scattered all across Lavaland, you can find them and return them to your ranch. In order to tame a raptor, you first need to prove to it that you're a capable master, by completing the minigame prompt that appears when you try to ride it. This is also where you can find your raptor-dex.
Breeding
Breeding different colored raptors together can net you an entirely new colored raptor. Each breed has atleast 1 guaranteed combination of parents that it will result out of.
You will also need to maintain a good friendship bond with your raptors, this is done by feeding them, grooming them, and petting them. You can see the strength of your bond by SHIFT clicking them. More hearts indicate a stronger bond
Having higher friendship bonds means your raptors will perform better in combat, and in the case of blue raptors, they will produce more milk. Maintaining friendship bonds with baby raptors and keeping them happy will also encourage them to grow faster
Breeds
- Red raptors: Excel at combat and can be very useful for dealing with Lavaland mobs or defending the node drone
- Yellow raptors: Very speedy mounts, they'll get u from point A to point B in record time
- Green raptors: The tankiest type of raptor and very good miners. While mounted, they will clear any rock walls in their path
- Purple raptors: They can store items in them. They have a decent storage size allowing players to carry more items across trips
- White raptors: Able to heal other injured raptors. having one in your party would be very useful as they can nurse the combat raptors back to full health when they need it
- Blue raptors: Produces very nutritious milk with healing capabilities.having 1 or 2 of these back at your ranch would be very useful
- Black raptors: by far the rarest breed, its very unlikely that you'll be able to get one of these, but in the case you do, they have the combat capabilities of the red raptor, speed of the yellow raptor, and tankiness of the green raptor.
Raptor-dex
the inherit modifiers indicate how strong this raptor's offspring will be. Raptors inherit attack and health stats from both their parents, Breeding raptors with higher inherit modifiers means the offspring will be stronger.
Raptors will also inherit some traits from their parents that will change how they will act around you and around other raptors, some
Playful: raptors will play with their masters and tease them
motherly: raptors will care for baby raptors, this will encourage baby raptors to grow quicker
depressed: means its hard to keep this raptor happy and friendship bonds will deteriorate faster if not given enough care.
coward: makes them flee combat if severly injured.
trouble maker: makes them attack other raptors at the ranch. however, trouble maker raptors will not attack other trouble maker raptors, instead they will form posses and bully raptors together. to feed raptors, You need to place ore into the food troughs at the ranch. they are too civilized to eat ores off the ground or directly from your hand, they will only eat it if its in their trough
Minigame
In this minigame, the bird's icon rapidly changes direction and you have to quickly click the arrow thats OPPOSITE to the direction its facing several times before the direction changes. If you fail 3 times it'll knock you off and run away, however if you win it will deem you a suitable master and listen to your orders.