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[[Pig]]s are your support build, they can solo decently, but they are better of in groups, as a healer or a buff build with use of Mudbath, Frenzy, Porcine Alertness.
[[Rabbit]]s offer a stealthy playstyle.
[[Druid]]s by themselves should NOT be classified as a Beast Form. However Druids are given spells that will allow them to assume certain beast appearances like [[Deer]], [[Raven]] and [[Mallard]].
=== Advantages ===
[[Pig]]s have two sidebar abilities Terror Dash, which gives them a sprint bonus, and Truffle Sniff which allows them to sniff for mushrooms, I believe the higher the Truffle Sniff the higher lvl Mushroom you are likely to get, or the higher the chances you are of getting a mushroom.
[[Rabbit]]s are the only Beast Form capable of using [[Ice Magic]] by equipping a special headgear item.
[[Giant Bat]]s have the ability of Echolocation which allows them to see in the dark, such as dungeons (especially helpful with Claudia), and they do have the ability to Fly, they also have the ability to turn players into Bats, so be careful when facing them in PvP.
Example: a Cow might type "I'll wait for you near the Serbule well". But after pressing Enter the sentence may read as "I'll wait moo you near the Moooooo mooo". The words that will be replaced will be random.
Certain NPCs will not speak to you while you are an animal. Especially the ones in [[Serbule]]. (Note: This also has the consequence that the storage for Joeh, Marna, Ivyn and Tadion may not be available. At the moment those storages are available to animals through the Serbule central storage closet in the room between Hulon and Marna). But to counter that there are Animal NPCs in [[Animal Town]] which is in [[Sun Vale]], who will speak to you, but only after you have been an Animal for 3 in game hours.
Another disadvantage is your inability to use skills that require hands, such as Sword, Fire/Ice Magic, Shield, and your inability to cut/gather wood, since skills that require the use of Hands do not work, since animals do not have hands (or thumbs).
Observant players have noticed that it's hard to craft gear for animal-cursed players. There's only one [[Gems|gem]] that covers all animal curses, so you often craft Deer gear when you really want Spider gear, and so on.
=== General tips regarding playing in an Animal Form ===
Be aware that the Animal Forms stack. If you are a cow, and drink a [[Deer Juice]] potion, you will appear to be a Deer. However you are also still cursed as a Cow. So after drinking an Un-Deer Juice, you will not be in human form, but will be a Cow again.
When just starting animal say something in nearby Nearby chat every 5 min or so. That way you will get exp in your [[Beast Speech]], and won't bother people in globalGlobal. You can also set up a new chat-channel with a unique name and use that as a private channel to randomly type in, to level up Beast Speech. To (some) animals Joeh will not talk. Thus causing a problem for those players when trying to sell gear loot-drops. Please know that [[Roshun the Traitor]] talks to animals and also buys gear. Storage unlocked in Serbule (from Joeh, Ivyn or Marna) will seem to be unavailable to animals since those NPC's wont talk to them. That storage can be accessed (at least as of the moment this is written) through the Bookshelf (between Marna's and Hulon's house).
3-sylabe word of powers include ones that will grant you illusion, making you look like elf for 2 min. can be helpfull when talking to npcsNPCs. Note that Spiders can learn a spell Illusion (that consumes a moonstone) to take human form for some minutes.
You definately should start working on favor in [[Animal Town]] asap, especialy if you are full time animal (eg - not wolf)
[[Jumper]], [[Raul]] and [[Norbert]] in [[Sun Vale]]'s [[Animal Town]] offers [[Storage]] only for players in animal form.
====Seek out special NPC's====
There are unique opportunities for animal players. For instance, if you're playing as a Cow, Deer, or Pig, seek out the [[Suspicious Cow]], an NPC cow in the fields of Eltibule. She can sell you some '''animal-specific abilities''', and even has a unique dye recipe that is otherwise unobtainable ("drab grass green"). She also sells belts for each of those animal forms. Werewolves should look for [[Sanja]] the wolf, in the forests off the coast of Kur. And every animal player will find it helpful to talk to [[Flia]], a fairy in the wilds of Serbule.
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====Returning to Human Form (temporarily)====
Completing quests this way is a fairly laborious process, because you have to research the Words and each Word is usable only once. It is intended that being an animal is a hard play style. The "human form" Words of Power just ensure that animals can access important skills and equipment that they will need at higher level, even though it will be a bit of a pain.
Spiders can learn the 'Illusion' spell (that consumes one moonstone each time) to assume a human form illusion for a limited time.
To permanently undo the transformation to Cow, a player will have the kill the [[Maronesa]] boss in the [[Crystal Cavern]].<br>
To undo the transformation to a Deer, Rabbit or a Pig, a player will have to obtain a random drop Un-Deer potion or Un-Pig potion and drink that.<br>
To undo the transformation to a Spider the player will have to obtain an Un Spider potion from the [[Strange Spider]] in Serbule Crypts (who is guarded by the tough [[Rhino Guardian]]).<br>
Please note: <B> once a player has transformed to a Lycan (wolf), that CANNOT be undone ! </B>
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