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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.
 
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.
  
In the next update (edit me), there will be a way to inscribe [[Sigil Scripting|runes]] into those gems, so that you can attune the gem to one specific animal curse. You'll want to get your [[Sigil Scripting]] skill to level 25 to be able to use those techniques.
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[[Preta]] can teach you to inscribe [[Sigil Scripting|runes]] into those gems, so that you can attune the gem to one specific animal curse. You'll want to get your [[Sigil Scripting]] skill to level 25 to be able to use those techniques.
  
 
=== General tips regarding playing in an Animal Form ===
 
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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.
 
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.
  
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 npcs
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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).
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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 NPCs. 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)  
 
You definately should start working on favor in [[Animal Town]] asap, especialy if you are full time animal (eg - not wolf)  
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Revision as of 14:34, 31 August 2019

One of the unique features of Project Gorgon is that is allows players to choose to play as an animal. The animal forms like Cow and Spider were originalle intended as curses, but they each have their own playstyles, so some players enjoy playing as animals full time.

General Characterisation

Cow and Deer are both built as Tanks, Cow as more of your traditional tank archetype, while Deer can be considered an Off-Tank. With Cow your Tankiness/Tank-like Abilities come inherently from your skills. While with Deer, your tank-like abilities come from having the right mods on your gear.

Spiders would be similar to your dps/assassin types most of their skill is set on using Infinite Legs, or Poison abilities to quickly kill the enemy. The same can be said about Werewolves and Giant Bats, they're both known for their damage and their ability to keep the pressure on.

Pigs 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.

Rabbits offer a stealthy playstyle.

Druids 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

With Cows your advantages are you are a tank, so you have high survivability. Cows also have a nice sprint skill called Moo of Determination, and they have the ability to produce their own milk, which helps in crafting skills such as Cheesemaking, or Cooking. If you are a vegetarian Cow you have the ability to produce milk every 3 or 4 minutes, while if your a non-vegetarian you can only produce it every 5 minutes. Players can also milk other Player Cows every 15 minutes. Both are considerably better than waiting an hour to milk a specific cow.

Deers have the ability to jump faster/higher, they also have AoE Taunts, while Cow only has single target taunts. They have the ability also to summon another Deer Pet to help out in battle.

Spiders have the ability to use Insidious Illusion to talk to Animal Hating NPCs, it uses up a Moonstone. They also have the ability at lvl 50 to produce their own Spiderweb, which does help with crafting such as Tailoring, especially if they want to make their own Spider Carapace Armor.

Pigs 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.

Rabbits are the only Beast Form capable of using Ice Magic by equipping a special headgear item.

Giant Bats 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.

Wolves have the ability to switch in and out of wolf form(except during Full Moon, when they are stuck for 3 days), they also have specific Wolf-Altar/Wolf benefits, the altar can unlock higher lvl abilities, has the option of being a storage space, and by completing quests for the Altar you can get bonuses like Extra Armor, Power, Health, Damage Mitigation, Bonus Attack %, or a Sprint Speed bonus.

Disadvantages

Becoming a Werewolf / choosing for Lycanthropy is a PERMANENT CHOICE. It has some impactful consequences when doing that. It CANNOT be reversed.

One of the disadvantages of being an animal is Beast Speech. While typing in chat certain words can be changed to a sound-representation.
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).

Crafting Gear for Animal Forms

Observant players have noticed that it's hard to craft gear for animal-cursed players. There's only one gem that covers all animal curses, so you often craft Deer gear when you really want Spider gear, and so on.

Preta can teach you to inscribe runes into those gems, so that you can attune the gem to one specific animal curse. You'll want to get your Sigil Scripting skill to level 25 to be able to use those techniques.

General tips regarding playing in an Animal Form

For general advice, avoid playing as an animal unless absolutely certain, and after you have explored zones such as Serbule and Etilbule as a human, and gotten at least some storage space, NPC favors done, and gotten used to the general feel of the game. Because starting off as an Animal can be hard or trying for a new player.

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 chat every 5 min or so. That way you will get exp in your Beast Speech, and won't bother people in Global. 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 NPCs. 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.

NPC & Animal Interactions

NPC Name Zone Speak
Aceri Red Wing Casino Yes
Agrashab/Fae Realm Fae Realm Yes
Agrashab/Sun Vale Sun Vale Yes
Ailred Povus Yes
Akhisa's Herald Serbule Yes
Alravesa the All-Hunter Ilmari Yes
Amutasa Rahu Yes
Aralorn Gazluk Yes
Arianna Fangblade Red Wing Casino Yes
Arlan Ilmari Yes
Ashk the Answerer Rahu Yes
Aven Gazluk Yes
Azalak Serbule Yes
Backfat Fae Realm Yes
Bahdba Serbule Yes
Barnaby Kur Mountains Yes
Baroness Marith Felgard Serbule Hills Yes
Beehive Fae Realm Yes
Bellema Deftwhisper Gazluk No
Bendith the Banished Fae Realm Yes
Blanche Serbule No
Bogaku Rahu Yes
Braigon Eltibule Yes
Brandon Mellus Ilmari Yes
Brianna Willer Serbule Hills Yes
Broken Glowing Sphere Kur Mountains Yes
Brugo the Wise Povus No
Casino Greeter Red Wing Casino Yes
Cassie Kur Mountains Yes
Chaf Springfield Red Wing Casino Yes
Charles Thompson Serbule Yes
Chief Glortok Rahu Yes
Chirrra Serbule Hills Yes
Cinnamon the rabbit Sun Vale Yes
Cleo Conyer Serbule Hills Yes
Corey The Croaker Sun Vale Yes
Creepy Alchemist Serbule Yes
Crelpin Fae Realm Yes
Curious Creature Gazluk Yes
Dachak the Digger Povus All
Daisy (NPC) Sun Vale Yes
Daniel Murderdark Rahu Yes
Delia Red Wing Casino Yes
Deville Sun Vale Yes
Dhakmar Rahu Yes
Dog Ear Povus Yes
Dorimir Fangblade Red Wing Casino Yes
Drima Ilmari Yes
Durstin Tallow Serbule Hills Yes
Dye Monster Serbule Yes
Easter Bunny Eltibule Yes
Echur Serbule Yes
Elahil Serbule No
Elaina Sun Vale Yes
Eleme Sun Vale Yes
Elmetaph Anagoge Yes
Ensign Cricket Fae Realm Yes
Errruka the Benefactor Povus No
Eveline Rastin Red Wing Casino Yes
Fainor Serbule Yes
Falkrin Overstrike Ilmari Yes
Fazzi Sun Vale Yes
Felmer Fae Realm Yes
Ferand Deftwhisper Povus Yes
Fiddler Red Wing Casino Yes
Firaki Ilmari Yes
Fitz the Boatman Serbule Yes
Flia Serbule Yes
Floxie Fae Realm Yes
Fluffikins Gazluk Yes
Furlak Rahu Yes
Garad Red Wing Casino Yes
Gasu'um Gazluk Yes
George Madler Eltibule No
Gerrux Povus yes
Gershok Serbule Hills Yes
Gisli Serbule Yes
Glajur Kur Mountains Yes
Gloria Stonecurl Kur Mountains Yes
Glowing Sphere Kur Mountains
Glowing Sphere Fae Realm Yes

Yes

Gorvessa Eltibule Yes
Gozzaroon Sun Vale Yes
Grakelsput Povus Yes
Gremix Ilmari Yes
Gretchen Salas Eltibule No
Gribburn Eltibule Yes
Gurki Kur Mountains No
Happy-Go-Lucky Bat Serbule Yes
Harry the Wolf Serbule Yes
Helena Veilmoor Eltibule No
Hemmit Magmagrip Gazluk Yes
Hiral Sun Vale Yes
Hirochi the Booklord Rahu Yes
Hogan Eltibule Yes
Hulon Serbule Yes
Ichin the Ice Master Rahu Yes
Irkima Red Wing Casino Yes
Ishiko Povus Yes
Ivyn Serbule No
Jace Soral Kur Mountains Yes
Jaime Fatholm Serbule Hills Yes
Jake the Buckler Sun Vale Yes
Janet Lews Kur Mountains No
Jara Serbule No
Jaw Serbule Yes
Jesina Eltibule Yes
Joeh Serbule No
Jopol Red Wing Casino Yes
Julius Patton Serbule Hills Yes
Jumjab Eltibule Yes
Jumper Sun Vale Yes
Jurl the Boatman Serbule Yes
Justin Fargold Povus Yes
Kalaba Eltibule No
Kalrod Red Wing Casino Yes
Katarina Eltibule
Kelim Ilmari Yes
Kib the Unkillable Red Wing Casino Yes
Kimeta Povus Yes
Kimoc Red Wing Casino Yes
Kinira Red Wing Casino Yes
Kleave Eltibule Yes
Kodan Sun Vale Yes
Kohan Rahu Yes
Kuzavek Red Wing Casino Yes
Lady Alethina Red Wing Casino Yes
Lady Windsong Rahu Yes
Lakrea Rahu Yes
Lamashu Kur Mountains No
Lana Songtree Serbule Hills Yes
Landri the Cold Kur Mountains Yes
Larsan Serbule Yes
Laura Neth Kur Mountains No
Lawara Anagoge Yes
Leah Bowman Povus ?
Legacy Item Replacer Serbule Yes
Legs Sun Vale Yes
Leonard Allenson Serbule Yes
Lincha Povus Yes
Lisi Sun Vale Yes
Loche Red Wing Casino Yes
Lugnir Serbule Yes
Lumpfuzz Ilmari Yes
Makara Ilmari Yes
Malgath Kur Mountains Yes
Malvol Eltibule Yes
Mandibles Red Wing Casino Yes
Marna Serbule No
Melandria Gazluk Yes
Merriana Serbule Hills ???
Message Starfish Sun Vale Yes
Midge the Apothecary Fae Realm Yes
Milton Kur Mountains Yes
Mirror Gazluk Yes
Mittens Kur Mountains Yes
Moku Povus Yes
Mope Povus ???
Mox Warcut Gazluk Yes
Moxie Red Wing Casino Yes
Mu Serbule Yes
Mushroom Jack Serbule Yes
Mythander Eltibule Yes
NPCs by Area
NPCs by Special
Nelson Ballard Serbule No
Nightshade Kur Mountains Yes
Nishika Rahu Yes
Nissim Ilmari Yes
Noita the Green Fae Realm Yes
Norbert Sun Vale Yes
Norbert/Strange Pig Serbule Yes
Ogamboe Fae Realm Yes
Oritania Eltibule No
Orran Red Wing Casino Yes
Otis Red Wing Casino Yes
Pasha Ilmari Yes
Paul Vaughn Serbule Hills Yes
Pegast Fae Realm Yes
Pennoc Serbule Yes
Percussa Rahu Yes
Percy Evans Eltibule Yes
Pickles Kur Mountains Yes
Poe Serbule Yes
Preta Sun Vale Yes
Puffy Ben Sun Vale Yes
Qatik Red Wing Casino Yes
Quest Hag Kur Mountains Yes
Ragabir Red Wing Casino Yes
Raim Red Wing Casino Yes
Raina Fae Realm Yes
Rappanel Serbule Hills Yes
Ratuk the Thinker Kur Mountains Yes
Raul Sun Vale Yes
Rayar Red Wing Casino Yes
Records Golem A Anagoge Yes
Records Golem B Anagoge Yes
Records Golem C Anagoge Yes
Records Golem D Anagoge Yes
Red Kur Mountains Yes
Ricatu Povus Yes
Richter Heavenly Sewers Yes
Rick Snapley Gazluk Yes
Riger Anagoge Yes
Riston Red Wing Casino Yes
Rita Serbule No
Rohina Sun Vale Yes
Roshun the Traitor Serbule Yes
Rubi Kur Mountains Yes
Rugen Rahu Yes
Sammie Grimspine Serbule Hills Yes
Sanja Kur Mountains Yes
Sarina Eltibule Yes
Selaxi Ilmari Yes
Selphie Serbule No
Sem Gazluk Yes
Sentient Flame Serbule No
Sergeant Ultaka Rahu Yes
Serrold Red Wing Casino Yes
Shala Povus Yes
Sheyna Rahu Yes
Shirogin Rahu Yes
Shovel Dispenser Fae Realm Yes
Sie Antry Eltibule Yes
Silvia Sun Vale Yes
Sir Arif Serbule No
Sir Coth Serbule No
Sir Johnson Ilmari Yes
Sirine Rahu Yes
Snowleaf Kur Mountains Yes
Solgribue Fae Realm
Sona Gazluk Yes
Spot Sun Vale Yes
Squidlips Sun Vale Yes
Stables Golem Serbule Hills ?
Stephie Blackhammer Povus Yes
Strange Spider Serbule Yes
Stulza Rahu Yes
Sugar (NPC) Kur Mountains Yes
Suspicious Cow Eltibule Yes
Syndra Kur Mountains Yes
Tadion Serbule No
Tangle Kur Mountains Yes
Tantai Red Wing Casino Yes
Tavilak Red Wing Casino Yes
Teleportation Attendant Red Wing Casino Yes
The Bat in the Hat Yes
The Sand Seer Ilmari Yes
The Wombat Sun Vale Yes
Thedar Red Wing Casino Yes
Therese Serbule Yes
Thimble Pete Eltibule No
Three-Eyes Rahu Yes
Torana Red Wing Casino Yes
Torgan Gazluk Yes
Trasen Serbule Hills ???
Trekker Gazluk Yes
Tremmond Blackhammer Povus ?
Tryaka Povus Yes
Tyler Green Serbule Hills Yes
Ufkar Rahu Yes
Ukorga Kur Mountains No
Ultashk Eltibule Yes
Umarak Povus Yes
Urglemarg Sun Vale Yes
Uriana Fae Realm Yes
Urzab Ilmari Yes
Velkort Serbule Yes
Vendor Fox Yes
Verac Red Wing Casino Yes
Viedesi Sun Vale Yes
Voo Serbule Yes
Way Serbule Yes
Willem Fangblade Red Wing Casino Yes
Wintria Irasce Rahu Yes
Wobbuk Povus Yes
Yagreet Sun Vale Yes
Yalox Eltibule Yes
Yasinda Eltibule Yes
Yavazek Sun Vale Yes
Yetta Eltibule No
Yogzi Sun Vale Yes
Yoy Serbule Yes
Yurra Serbule Yes
Zealo Serbule Yes
Zeratak Serbule Yes
Zhao Rahu Yes

Returning to Human Form (temporarily)

In order to make "being an animal" a viable path through the entire game, the next update (Sept 2014) adds some high-level Words of Power that can help. These Words apply an illusion to you that makes you look like a human for a minute or so -- just long enough to talk to NPCs that ignore animals!

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.
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.
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).
Please note: once a player has transformed to a Lycan (wolf), that CANNOT be undone !

Trivia

Animal forms (and specifically Cow at first), was at first 'a fluke' by the Dev's. Citan / Eric originally only intended the Animal forms to be a very temporary curse. Intended only as 'punishment' and to be cured ASAP.
He / they were surprised to find that certain players wanted to continue playing in that animal form. And subsequently the different animal forms and their abilities and playstyle were further developed.

Sources